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Simony.- Resolvtio dvbii an mvtvæ conventiones circa dotem, et svmptvs solitos pro pvella volente ingredi monasterivm sint simonicæ?, 40pp., manuscript annotations, modern ink signature on verso of upper wrapper, original wrappers, spine split and partially reinforced, 8vo, Rome, Francesco Tizzoni, 1680.

NO RESERVE Tarin (Pierre) Dictionaire Anatomique, title with woodcut printer's device, some scattered spotting and slight browning, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, later half calf, title in manuscript to upper cover, worn at extremities, rubbed with some light soiling, 4to, Paris, Briasson, 1753.

NO RESERVE Hume (David) Pensées Philosophiques, Morales, Critiques, Littéraires et Politiques, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, frontispiece with small damp-stain to foot, occasional light toning or spotting, uncut in original marbled wrappers, label with faded manuscript title to spine, worn, joints split but covers holding, A Londres, et se trouve a Paris, chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1767; and others by or relating to Hume, v.s. (14)⁂ According to the preface, the first mentioned was put together expressly to equip the French public with an introduction to Hume's philosophy in the aftermath of his famous quarrel with Rousseau.

Illuminated manuscript.- Single leaf from a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 2 columns in brown and red ink, 31 lines, recto with one 3-line initial 'M' in gold on a pink and blue background with extending leafy decoration to margin in green, pink and blue with gold, to verso another larger 5-line initial 'G' in gold, pink and green on a blue background with similar leafy extension between columns of text, several other smaller initials in red and blue, good outer margins, small folio (328 x 240mm.), Italy, [late 14th/early 15th century].

Tudor Legal Cases.- [Abstract of legal cases], manuscript in Latin, 2pp. of headlines and 13½pp., marginal tears crudely repaired with tape affecting some words, margins stained, extensively browned, old paper wrappers, shelfmark label 26756 on upper cover, torn and repaired, soiled, folio, n.d. [16th & early 17th centuries].⁂ Legal cases starting 34 Henry VIII, 1545, to various dates in the reign of Elizabeth I, latest date, 1601.Provenance: Part of a collection made for the most part from documents of the Lingen family, Herefordshire.

Tudor Libel.- Libel between ?Alice Wolman and Thomas ?Wyggly in Uxbridge, Middlesex, manuscript in Latin, 5pp., browned, hand and flower watermark, disbound, folio, 21st February 1554.

Battle of Jarnac.- Barre (Henri de la, artillery officer) Document signed acknowledging having received 100 livres tournois from the general treasurer of the artillery for the use of the artillery in the king's army commanded by the Duke of Anjou, D.s., manuscript in French, on vellum, blind-stamped paper seal, folds, slightly yellowed, 142 x 340mm., Montmoreau Camp, 26th April 1569; and 11 others, mostly documents in French, including 4 Louis XV documents with secretarial signatures, v.s., v.d. (12).⁂ The Battle of Jarnac was fought between the Catholic army of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots led by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. The Huguenots were defeated and the Prince de Condé was executed.

Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire.- Baynham (William, MP, Receiver-general for Worcs., Salop, Herefs. and Staffs, surveyor of crown lands, Worcs. 1575, of Farringdon, London and Boxley, Kent, d. 1597) Com Staff Hereff Sallop Wigorn... Recept Revene due Elizabeth Reg... Will Baynhem..., manuscript in Latin, 18pp., margins strengthened with tape, water-stained, browned, modern card wrappers, folio, 1582.⁂ Revenues of the counties of Staffordshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire due to the crown in the reign of Elizabeth I. Provenance: Part of a collection made for the most part from documents of the Lingen family, Herefordshire.

Wales, Glamorgan.- Grantid by Willm Prryt... and Thomas Hopkins gent Commissioners to... Lo Viscomte Lerle [Lisle] relating to the sale of lands in Coety [Bridgend] in the Manor of Coyty Wallia, manuscript in English, on paper, 25pp., numerous tears some affecting sidenotes, slightly browned, original upper wrapper, tears with loss, folio, 1611.⁂ Robert Sidney, Viscount Lisle, later Earl of Leicester (1563-1626). On 23 September 1584 Sidney married Barbara Gamage (c. 1559-1621), the much-sought-after heir of the recently deceased John Gamage of Coety, Glamorgan.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Norwich.- A Rate made by Virtue of an Act of... councill towards ye Repaire of the... Walls Towres and Bridges of the City of Norwiche, D.s., manuscript on paper, 1½pp., torn at head with small loss of title, folds, a few small stains, browned, 295 x 107mm., 18th April 1665.⁂ Mentions the parish church of St Michael Coslany, Norwich.

Flamsteed (John, astronomer, 1646-1719) Frankpledge relating to John Houghton and a messuage in Holbrook, Derbyshire, D.s. "Johem Flamsteed", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, folds, yellowed, 193 x 355mm., 22nd October 1677.

Popish Plot.- Corker (James [name in religion Maurus], Abbot of Lamspringe, Germany, convicted in association with the Popish Plot, 1636-1715) [Account of an encounter in Newgate Prison between Thomas Langhorne as Corker and an informant called Bolton], manuscript, 1p., right margin with small tears slightly affecting text, fold, slightly stained, browned, folio, 22nd July 1679; and 7 other manuscripts, including a document relating to the Earl of Mar, 1635, v.s., v.d. (8).⁂ First mentioned a bungled attempt to implicate Maurus Corker by mistakenly confusing him with Thomas Langhorne, younger brother of Richard Langhorne (c. 1624-79, barrister executed as a result of the Popish Plot). "Bolton in the presence of ye Turnekey Mr Langhorne and ye underkeeper called Mr Langhorne by the name of Corker, and said he knew him, and being desired by Mr Langhorne to tell him what he knew of him he againe positively affirmed. That he knew him, and added... I know you to be a Preist, and I have seen you say Mass."

Military Enlistment.- Webber (John) A Certificate of the names of such psons as have voluntarily & neely Listed themselves Souldiers in his maj:ties Service & under whose Comands & when soe Listed as followeth, D.s., manuscript, 3pp., small tear at head and others along folds, browned, sm. 4to, 4th May 1698; and 15 other mostly early 17th century manuscripts, including some pages of inventories, and documents relating to Dorset, Hertfordshire etc., v.s., v.d. (16).

Marlborough (Sarah Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744) Treasury Order to pay £10,000 to the Duchess of Marlborough, Earl of Godolphin and Lord Sundon, Executors of the late Duke of Marlborough, document signed "S. Marlborough", "Godolphin" & "Sundon", printed with manuscript insertions, surface dirt, folds, 12th August 1740.⁂ The document is an Exchequer Order of Repayment and records a loan of £10,000 made to the Crown on 21st April 1740 by the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, Lord Godolphin, and Lord Sundon, as Executors of the deceased Duke of Marlborough.

George III. Order to pay on behalf of Lieutenant General Sir John Cope to Henry Fox "nine hundred twenty five pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence" signed "by His Majesty's Command", manuscript cheque, folds, browned, remnants of wax, c.405 x 205mm., [?1761].

18th century education.- Littleton (Thomas) [Mathematical exercise book], manuscript, title and some text with calligraphic decoration, title and c. 160pp., ruled in red throughout, title loose, 3ff. torn at tail slightly affecting text, browned, lower hinges broken, remains of original vellum only, boards worn, spine working loose, folio, 1787.

Georgian Accounts.- Household Goods, manuscript, 12pp. excluding blanks, original vellum, slightly soiled, 205 x 135mm., 1792; and 5 others, including a 19th century accounts book and 3 manuscript recipes, v.s., v.d. (6).⁂ Second mentioned includes shares held in the Crystal Palace.

Free Franks.- 19th Century British monarchy and aristocracy, c.450 Free Franks and a few letters, including: William IV, Duke of Cumberland, Queen Victoria, Duke of Sussex, Louis Philippe, Prince de Lingne, and others, 6pp. manuscript index laid down to album ff. between reverse entries, other printed and manuscript ephemera including tickets to the coronation and memorial services of Edward VII, all laid down, some loosely inserted into tipped in envelopes, some album leaves detached or removed, original half calf, covers detached, worn, large oblong 8vo, v.d., 1800-1880s.

Parliament.- House of Lords.- Remembrances For Order and Decency to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there..., manuscript, 186pp. and 16pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, numerous pp. crossed out but still legible, slightly browned, original red morocco, gilt, with the arms of George III in gilt on both covers, edges and corners a little rubbed, g.e., 8vo, latest date 1806.

Canova (Antonio, Italian sculptor, 1757-1822) Pass to study at Musei Pontifici, "The Director of the Capitoline Museum permits the Mr John Davis to do studies in the stated museum",1 ff. printed text with manuscript insertions on laid paper, official stamp, signed by Canova, 22 January, 1822.⁂ Autograph signature of the famed sculpture Antonio Canova in his capacity as "L'Ispettore Generale delle Antichita Musei etc", signed with the artist's usual flamboyant flourish. In 1802 Pope Pius VII bestowed on Antonio Canova, by then the most celebrated artist in Europe, the title of "Inspector-General of Antiquities and Fine Art to the Papal State" (a position which had once been held by Raphael). In 1819, the year this document was signed, Canova laid the foundation stone to the Tempio Canoviano, the church which he himself had designed for Possagno (the town of his birth). The document here is one of the official permits which Canova was obliged to issue to Grand Tourists, allowing them entry to study in the Vatican Museums.

NO RESERVE Nelson's Solicitor.- [Haslewood (William, solicitor, Nelson's friend and confidante, 1774-1849)] By this short Account 'tis plain, that there is a general Analogy or Relation betw: all Tropes, and that in all of them a Man uses a foreign or strange word instead of a proper one, ?autograph manuscript, 12pp., central folds, slightly browned, ALs from Haslewood's wife Frances C Haslewood to her son loosely inserted, original marbled wrappers, manuscript label on upper cover: "A Manuscript of William Haslewood Esq.r (Deceased) F.G.H.", later tape on spine, sm. 8vo, [19th century].

Northamptonshire.- Minutes of the Kettering Philosophical Society..., manuscript, title and 58pp., reverse entries, 3 pieces of printed ephemera relating to the society laid down, some letters loosely inserted (1 torn and creased), some ff. loose, original roan-backed boards, rubbed, covers detached, spine defective, 1832-48; and 4 other manuscripts, including an 18th century French abridgement of John Barrow's "A New and Impartial History of England", v.s., v.d. (5).

Kingsley (Charles, novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist, 1819-75) [A March Poem], autograph manuscript signed, 1p., 225 x 180mm., n.d. [1848].

Scott (Sir George Gilbert, architect, 1811-78) Specification of Works required to be done in restoring, repairing &c Worksop Abbey Church George Gilbert Scott Archt. 20 Spring Gardens London, manuscript, 12pp., small pen and ink drawing by ?Gilbert Scott, folds, slightly browned, folio, [1874]; and an ALs from Sydney Smirke, architect, v.s., v.d. (2).

Jalal-al-Din Rumi "Molavi", Mathnavi, in Farsi, fine illuminated manuscript on paper [early Safavid Persia (probably eastern regions), early 16th centurysingle volume, 6 parts in one volume, 320 leaves, lacking at least 11 leaves (the first two leaves, one bifolia and the first leaves to five of the six books), text in four columns, 22 lines of elegant black nasta'liq, headings in red throughout, one large heading opening the second book of the Mathnawi, in Timurid style of blue and gilt with title in white thuluth decorated with green spiralling vines, some contemporary and later inscriptions to margins and endleaves Condition Report: some early repairs to outer margins, worming to outer edges (rarely affecting text), some scattered ink smudges and stains, spine cracked with some gatherings and bifolia becoming loose, 242 by 170 mm.; seventeenth-century diced leather boards, stamped in blind with central medallions and cartouches to the borders, crudely rebacked in red morocco, boards wornA fine example copied in a trained hand from the early in the Safavid period, still drawing heavily on the Timurid style of manuscript production.  Condition Report Disclaimer

JOHN NORDEN jo Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds Reproduced in facsimile by Collotype in colour and gold, 1972, together with ELIHU BURRITT A Walk from London to Land's End and Back 1868, T H Mills Wanderings in Devon and Cornwall 1863, A.W ANDREWS and E.C PYATT Cornwall 1950 and two other titles. (6)

JOHN NORDEN. 'John Norden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds'. Facsimile, cloth boards, colour illustrations with essay by William Ravenhill, some light spotting, University of Exeter, 1972; 'A Topographical and Historical Survey of Cornwall in 1650,' facsimile, card wraps, Frank Graham, 1966. (2)

MANUSCRIPT LIFE OF A SOLDIER. Major General John Soame Richardson, CB (1836-1896), for 25 years commander of the 12th Regiment of Foot in New South Wales.Small 4to, 1896. 41pp of Memoirs followed by 78pp of Letters from the Crimea. Written in a very neat hand by Gertrude Steele, probably the daughter of his guardian.The first part of the book, the Memoirs, is largely taken from newspaper articles. The second part, Letters from the Crimea, is a transcript of 23 letters home, some several pages long, written between June 25th 1855 and June 23rd 1856. The letters are detailed and personal and full of interest.Richardson was born in Norfolk but orphaned by the age of 11, after which he was brought up by his guardian and his wife, whom he called ‘Aunt.’ He served as an ensign in the Crimea in the 72nd Highlanders and was present at the fall of Sebastopol. He commanded the military forces of New South Wales from 1865 and led them in the Soudan campaign in 1885, and played a founding role in the establishment of the Australian military tradition, instigating many reforms despite government indifference. He was the first soldier in Australia to be promoted to the rank of major general.Some extracts from his letters from the Crimea:Camp before Sebastopol, August 11th 1855. The trenches are very bad for our health. One goes in about 8 o’clock in the evening, and has to endure the very heavy dews and perhaps rain, sitting in wet clothes by night, and in the day the sun is enough to kill a person, it makes me almost faint…I had just finished my supper consisting of bread and cheese under the parapet close to a wooden hut, and was just getting up to have a look over the parapet to see what was going on, when a round shot came and carried away some earth and a piece of the hut just above my head – a couple of seconds later and my unfortunate head would have gone too – The Russians have also a depraved passion for throwing what we call ‘bouquets’ and the men a ‘handful of devils,’ which consist of about fifteen or twenty hand grenades thrown from a mortar which burst about in all directions, they threw three or four of these bouquets right amongst my working party, and one grenade or devil came so near that I actually felt the scorch as it burst, but really these escapes begin to get so common that one thinks scarcely anything about them…letters are such a delight and make me feel so stout in heart when I think of everybody that I left behind and of England herself…you have no idea, dear Aunt, how they strengthen and uphold me.Camp before Sebastopol, August 22nd 1855. If you will be kind enough to send the following things with the bills etc as soon as convenient, I shall be much obliged. Soyer’s Shilling Cookery Book. A small Shakespeare. 6 pairs of woollen socks, 6 flannel shirts, 2 coarse blue woollen jerseys like sailors wear, 3 pairs of fur gloves, 1 fur cap with ears, 1 pair of thick blankets, 1 comforter, 6 yards of thick flannel for lining. Hair brush and comb, nail brush, 2 toothbrushes, a little soap, 2 lbs of green tea. Ditto coffee (ground), rug and clothing for horse with hood.Kamara, September 6th 1855. The bombardment is continuing, and an assault will be made tomorrow…I have not the slightest idea how we will get on, but I hope well. In case of accident, I have directed a few things of mine to be sent to my Guardian, as I thought and knew you would like to have something to remind you of the wayward boy (whom, bye the bye, I hope will be spared) to render back some of the love and kindness he has met with from his Aunt and Godfather. Though I have no fear of death, still as we are all liable to it, it may happen to me just as much as anyone else. I have had a thought my dear Aunt which I must tell you, because if it is wrong I know you can set me aright. It is a feeling that if I should be killed, I should go to heaven, and that by dying for my Queen and country I should in a measure expiate my many sins. I don’t know why but I often think of it.Kamara, September 10th 1855. Luckily for us some of the Russians deserted the place. The Russians blew up the magazines in the Redan from right to left. I was lying down at the time, and the ground seemed literally to heave, and volumes of fire, dust, smoke and stones were hurled some hundreds of feet into the air – mines continued to explode nearly all the morning, some too near to be pleasant. I am sure we have sustained a great loss. Every place was crowded with dead and dying – there were two dead men lying close to me all night – one had had his stomach torn out by a round shot – the other his head smashed by a piece of shell which I found I had been sitting on. When daylight came it was a shocking sight, the poor fellows lying in heaps and all along the glacis of the Redan just where they had fallen…The noise for eight hours was fearful – in fact a perfect hell, a Babel of large and small guns, musketry and groans. We had few casualties, somewhere about 10 men. Just after we got in and were watching the attack, standing together in little knots, a minié ball came and struck one of our officers, who was standing next to me, in the chin, then in the collar bone, and out again. He went down like a shot, poor fellow, and is not expected to live. It is a most curious noise when a person is hit by a ball, an indescribable crack like a small stone thrown against a stone wall.Richardson spent his last years in a mental institution. He was buried in Waverley cemetery with full military honours, and the huge attendance at his funeral was testimony to the respect and esteem in which he was held. He was one of Australia’s greatest soldiers.Half red morocco with photographic portrait frontis, another photograph of his tomb, the official announcement of his death and relevant newspaper cuttings.

MANUSCRIPT COOKERY BOOK, Small 4to, dated 1858. Containing 9 pages of early newspaper cuttings of remedies, 35 hand-written pages in an early hand and 29 pages written by later hands. Half morocco, marbled boards. With a hand-written exercise book belonging to a painter and decorater detailing work done and materials, 1916-19. With a childs' copy book belonging to George Teague, Bank School near Wellington (Salop), 1842. Rebound in quarter morocco, marbled boards. With a scrap book, small 4to c.1882. 28pp. All the scraps have been remounted onto new pages (4)

MANUSCRIPT VELLUM LEAF, probably 15th century. Latin text with red highlights. With 3 leaves, folio, from the end of the book of Revelations. Antwerp c. 1600. With 4 woodcuts, Latin text. With a Vanity Fair print of Dr Thomas Steventon

A Persian illuminated manuscript decorated to one side with soldiers on horseback, the reverse with manuscript, unframed, 31 x 20cm, together with a hand painted panel of figures on horseback and two further silk panels hand painted with elephants (4).

An Early Shooting AgreementDated 19th August 1832Handwritten on a slip of paper (torn): 'Mr. Baker has permission from Mr. Doe to sport over the whole of the Glengarry Estate during the present season, for twenty five pounds, he (Mr. Baker) giving the said Mr. Doe as many birds as he (Mr. Baker) pleases... 19th August 1832. Craggan an Fhithich, signed Thos. Doe and detailing numbers of game shot during the 1832 to 1834 seasons, and noting 'I never count any that is not bagged', manuscript ink on paper 18.2 cm. X 11.4 cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CARDIFF - ROYALTYIlluminated grant admitting Prince George, Duke of Kent as an Honorary Freeman of the City of Cardiff, manuscript in coloured inks and gilt, on one sheet of vellum (250 x 635mm., with light central fold), with inset views of the City Hall and the New Extension of the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, red paper seal, signed by the Lord Mayor (C.W. Melluish) and Town Clerk (Cecil G. Brown), stitched as issued in original blue morocco gilt portfolio, elaborately tooled borders to sides with gilt metal arms of Cardiff mounted in centre of upper cover, white watered silk endapers, oblong 4to (265 x 330mm.), 25 October 1932Footnotes:Finely executed illuminated grant of the Freedom of the City of Cardiff given to His Royal Highness Prince George Edward Alexander Edmond, GCVO, KG (Duke of Kent) on 25 October 1932, the day he opened the new extension of Welsh National Museum. British Pathé made a film of the event.Provenance: Edward Holmes, Managing Director of Walsh, Holmes, & Co. Ltd, Music Sellers and publishers, with various notes indicating that the item ('Bought 27.11.34') was a wedding gift to Holmes.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BURNS (ROBERT)Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with 'skinking' at p.263, and 'Boxburgh' rather than 'Roxburgh' in the list of subscribers AUTOGRAPH ADDRESS PANEL IN THE HAND OF ROBERT BURNS, TO GEORGE THOMSON tipped onto stub between title and dedication leaf, half-title, engraved portrait by I. Beugo after A. Nasmyth, calf gilt by Riviere (with stamp on front free endpaper), g.e., rebacked retaining original spine elaborately tooled in 6 compartments (4 with thistle motif; 2 with morocco lettering labels), slightly rubbed at extremities [Egers 2; Rothschild 556], 8vo, Edinburgh, for the Author, by W. Creech, 1787Footnotes:Includes a manuscript address leaf written by Burns to 'Mr. George Thomson, Trustees Office, Edin.' and 'Robin Adair' vertically on fold. It is annotated ('ans.d'), and with numeral 'No. 20' (struck through in ink) in a different hand. On the flaps are stamped 'Au[gust] 14' in red ink, and 'Dumfries' in black. George Thomson (1757–1851) was a friend of Burns, Clerk to the Board of Trustees for Encouragement of Art and Manufacture in Scotland, and edited A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs, the first volume (1793) of which included twenty-five poems by Burns himself. Burns and Thompson were regular correspondents. It is probable that our envelope would have enclosed a version of one the poems that Burns set to the tune of 'Robin Adair' and sent to Thompson for comment. In August 1793 he sent two - 'Had I a Cave', and ' Phyllis the Fair', both of which met with the recipient's approval. For another address panel addressed by Burns to Thompson see the Burns Scotland website. Provenance: William F. Gable (1856-1921, American collector), bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MICHELOT (HENRI) AND LAURENT BRÉMONDAn untitled collection of 16 charts of the Mediterranean, 16 double-page charts engraved by P. Starckman and others, 3 double-page engraved plates (of ships and ship parts), one map cropped touching cropped at vertical margins (touching black border one edge, and just to image on other), 9 charts and the plates laid down on thick paper with early ink annotations, watercolour illustrations or coastal silhouettes in a contemporary hand [see footnote], early ink annotations (faded) on 2 maps, modern half calf [cf. Shirley BL M.MICH-1a-1d.], folio (500 x 335mm.), Marseille, Michelot and Brémond, 1715-1726Footnotes:Scarce complete set of early eighteenth century charts, with attractive manuscript additions by an English sailor. The charts are of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic coasts, the first chart being titled 'Nouvelle carte des côtes de l'ocean contenant les côtes de Portugal et Barbarie... et les Isles de Canaries'. The British Library holds four similar untitled sets of Mediterranean charts by Michelot and Bremont, Shirley noting that these also comprise the sixteen charts and three plates of ships.The manuscript additions include a dramatic eye-witness account of 'The Wreck of ship Neptune Patrick Coppinger Master... on the 13 Day of Decembr. 1730 on the coast of Barrbary 15 leag:s to the Eastwd. of Algier...', embellished with a large watercolour of the event. The author narrates events from the night of the shipwreck, death of the captain, rescue of most of the crew, engagement with enemy Turks and eventual return along the Thames, landing 'at Bell Warfe Shadwell, April the 20th 1731'. Six sheets show coastal profiles (including Portland, Cadiz and Cape Trafalgar, east end of Majorca, Cape Croisett, and Messina), and views of Stromboli, and Vesuvius with Torre de Greco in the foreground.Provenance: Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), account of shipwreck initialled 'W.F.' (see lot 24 in this sale for a fine manuscript log book of the East Indies by Lieutenant French).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COOKERY & MEDICINE - LORD MAYOR OF LONDONManuscript receipt book from the household of Sir Edward Clarke, Lord Mayor of London for the year 1696-1697, written in several hands, consisting of 30 preliminary leaves beginning with a list of contributors, 'The Names of those Noble Persons By whose Assistance I made this Collection' (such as 'The Right Noble an most Honble Lord Ruthven Earl of Gowry, Sir William Ellis M.D... Lady Middleton...' etc.), chart of measures ('Half a Scruple/ One Scruple/ Half a Dram... The Four Cordiall fflowers... The four greater hot seeds... The five Emolient herbs...'), Bills of Fare for the 'Mayorality of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Clarke at his Lordshipps or his Officers Tables...' organised by month, followed by the receipts in three sections, firstly 'Preserves Conserves etc.' ('To Preserve Pippins at Candlemass', 'To make white Marmalett of Quinces', 'To Make Biskett' 'To make Jelly of Hartshorne', 'To make Chocolate', 'Wormwood Cakes', 'To make French Jumballs', 'Orange Chipps', 'Apricock Wine'); then 'Cookery Pastry' ('To Collar Eales', 'To make Carraway Wiggs', 'Cock Ale' ('...take a Red Cock parboyle him... pound him bones and all in a mortar...'), 'How to make a Lumber Pye', 'To make Angellotts' ('...keep it in flannell till it is Eaten...'), 'To Pickle Ashen Keyes'); finally 'Phisick Chyrurgery etc.' ('To keep the Body Soluable' ('...it will give you two or three Stools you may goe abroad...'), 'For the Kings Evill', 'A Poultis for St Anthonys Fire', 'For a Mattery Substance in the Eye', 'The Green Oyle to be made in May called Oyle of Charity', 'The Weapon Powder' ('...If it be a contused wound... add... the Powder of the Moss that grows upon a dead mans Skull... If so be bones be broken you must then add thereto the bones of a man which were taken out from him when he was alive...'), many with attributions (the majority to 'Madame Bolton', also 'Lady Herbert', 'Lady Wharton', 'Dr Packer', 'Dr King' etc.), calligraphic titles, red rules between recipes, pages numbered, each section with ruled index headed with red initials ('Cookery Pastry' index bound out of order), c.286 leaves (29 of which are blank), dust-staining and marks, liquid stains and marks particularly to medicinal pages, some show through, ink gall burn causing hole to title page, small tears, later rebound in cloth-backed boards, slightly scuffed, g.e., 4to (202 x 158mm.), [late seventeenth century]Footnotes:'THERE STOOD ON THE SIDEBOARD A COLLAR OF BRAWNS THAT WEIGHTED 162£ AND A VERY LARGE GOOSE PYE': RECEIPTS AND MENUS FROM THE LORD MAYOR'S TABLE.A particularly attractive volume of culinary and medicinal receipts, clearly written and decorated in calligraphic flourishes and touches of red, compiled from receipts donated by members of society. The seasonal Bills of Fare which take up much of the preliminary pages give an insight into the lavish entertaining undertaken by the Lord Mayor of London in the late seventeenth century, noting not only which dishes were presented but how they were presented ('There was sett on Blocks as Garniture Colared Beefe, Collared Eale, Pickles, Oranges'). Details are given of a lavish dinner for the Judges in January ('...there stood on the sideboard of A Collar of Brawns that weighted 162£ and a very Large Goose Pye...'), a 'Cold Treat given by my Lord Mayor to the Officers of the Artillery Company' in June, a dinner for the Governors of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals on 5 August 1697 and 'The Entertainment of the Right Honourable Sir Edwd Clarke on the day that he was Sworn to Mayor of the City of London (att Guildhall) being the day before the Lord Mayors day Anno Dni 1696'. On that auspicious occasion, the Lord Mayor and his guests began the day with a breakfast of rib of beef, little cakes and 20 gallons of burnt claret. Despite such extravagances the anonymous author is keen to point out that they have omitted the feast days such as Easter as '...such magnificent entertainments as those were are proper only for such great solemnities and Cannot without Great Extravagancy be Imitated By Private Persons...'.Sir Edward Clark of Brickendon, Hertfordshire, was a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and held several prestigious posts in his career including Sheriff of London in 1690 and Director of the Bank of England in 1694. He was Lord Mayor of London for the year 1696-1697. Provenance: Sir Edward Clarke, Lord Mayor of London (d.1703); Helen & Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COOKERY[ATKYNS (ARABELLA, Pseud.)] The Family Magazine. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in all the Branches of Cookery.... Part II. Containing a Compendious Body of Physick... The Third Edition, Revised, Corrected and Greatly Englarged, UNRECORDED EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPT ADDITIONS, early nineteenth century ink annotations (additional recipes, etc.) to the margins of approximately 100 pages, and the endpapers, contemporary calf, spine cracked and repaired with loss to ends [not in ESTC, or standard bibliographies], 8vo, Printed for Messrs. Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1782Footnotes:AN UNRECORDED EDITION OF AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COOKERY BOOK, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED AND ADDED TO IN AN EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY HAND.ESTC records three editions, all published by J. Osborn, between 1741 and 1747. Our copy has a title-page printed by Scatcherd and Whitaker, but retains Osborn's advertisement at the end. It collates [2], iii-xiv, [6, 'Of the Use... of Tar-Water...'], 126, [4], 305, [7]. The extensive annotations indicate active engagement with the text by an early nineteenth century reader, and knowledge of other domestic manuals etc., with the inclusion of many additional recipes for cookery, medical and household purposes. A date of 1815 is given to a note about a patent taken out by James Bramah for 'Parker's Cement', and 1810 in a cross-reference to an edition of 'Family Receipts'. The initials 'J.B.' are entered under a note that 'Mrs Carpenter (wife of Charles Carpenter, Surgeon), assured that tying a piece of new cat-gut round the wrist would prevent the Piles'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BONGARS (JACQUES DE)Gesta dei per francos, sive orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia a variis, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved double-page maps (circular world map centred on Jerusalem; Palestine; Eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus), 2 city plans (Jerusalem and Acra), all by P. Vesconte, one folding letterpress table, head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials, printer's device on title-page, heavily browned (as usual, cf. Brunet 'mauvais papier'), some spotting, seventeenth century French red morocco gilt, g.e., arms of Neufville on both covers, some wear, upper joint slightly starting [Atabey 127; Brunet I 1098; Navari I 49], folio (355 x 230mm.), Hanau, Wechel, Aubry, 1611Footnotes:A collection of various accounts on the Crusades from contemporary sources edited by Jacques de Bongars (1554-1612), a diplomat at the service of Henry IV of France, who was in contact with many important scholars, including Justus Lipsius and Paul Petau. During his life he amassed a rich library, which included a number of important manuscripts. The second volume comprises the first printed edition of Marino Sanuto's (c. 1270–1343) Liber secretorum fidelium crucis. Sanuto's work is not only a plea for the revival of the Crusades, but also an important source on the trade routes to the Levant, since Sanuto travelled that area between 1300 and 1336. It also contains reproductions of the manuscript maps present in Sanuto's work, which were most likely made by the Genoese cartographer Pietro Vesconte (fl. 1310–1330). Provenance: Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (1606-1693), ex-libris dated 1693 and armorial coat of arms on covers; Ch. Schefer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COOKERYManuscript receipt book, written in several hands, opening with 3-page 'Rules to Keep Preserv[ves]' and upwards of 230 recipes, including 'To Make Scotchcollups', 'To Stew an Ox Cheek', 'Sauce for a boyled Leg of Mutton in Winter', 'Sauce for Green Geese', 'Sauce for Roasted Patridges, Pheasants or Young Turkeys', 'To Pickle Oysters', 'To Half a Calves Head', 'A Pidgeon Pye', 'To Butter Lobsters', 'Ragalia Concumbers', 'To Butter a Crab', 'Clear Cakes of Gooseberries', 'To Preserve Strawberries', 'apricock wine', 'To Make Lemon biskets', 'Chiscakes', 'Waffer Pancakes', 'The Pudding in the Pikes belly. good', 'English Catchup', 'To Make a Diet drink for a Fever', 'A Water which Dr. Stephens made and did many cures and kept it very secret to this Death. The Arch. Bisp. of Canterbury got it in Writing', 'The Walnut Water of Life', 'A most Excellent receipt for ye Plague', 'A brawn of a breast of pork', 'To Make Punch & tea', 'Pickle Samphire', 'To Pot Hare', 'George Basle breast salve', and many others, 266pp., including 182 numbered pages, a 10-page index (for recipes 1-119, and 158-166, the leaf for which bound first), several early childish illustrations including a pen and watercolour view of a house in a landscape setting, and a full-page illustration of a bird, approximately 20 blank or with single line of text), some soiling to opening leaf, one leaf with lower portion cut away, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, small 4to (185 x 145mm.) [c.1722-1771]Footnotes:'The Pudding in the Pikes belly... Take the liver of the pike, and a Dozen Oysters, Thread 2 anchoveys, some Lemon Peale and Nutmeg, the body of a Lobster or a Crab, mix all these together, then put in some grated bread, a quarter of a pound of butter, the yolk of one egg, mix all these together a little lemon and parsley, then put in the pudding at the throat of the Pikes'.Provenance: 'Sarah Robothom, Anno Domini 1722', inscription on first leaf; William Ford, inscription dated 1771 on p.6, and the recipe 'To cure the itch' signed and dated 'William Ford, Manchester, 1746'; Helen & Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)Tutte le Opere, 5 parts in 1 vol., second Testina edition, general title and all but one of the parts titles with woodcut portrait of Machiavelli, one double-page illustration, copious pencil marginal annotations, occasional light spotting, seventeenth century vellum tooled with black floral motifs on covers and spine, manuscript title on spine, joints splitting [Adams M7], 4to, [?Geneva], 1550 [but 1620]; Il Principe di N.M. al magnifico Lorenzo Piero, Testina edition with woodcut portrait of the author on the title, occasional damp-staining and spotting, nineteenth century blue wrappers, worn, 4to, 1550 [but seventeenth century]; De Republica, quas Discursus nuncupavit, Libri III, second issue of the first Latin edition [Adams M22; Bertelli 72], Mompelgart, J. Foillet, 1591; Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps. Ex Sylvestri Telii Fulgiratis traductione diligenter emendate, third Latin edition, woodcut portrait of the author on the last leaf [Adams M49; Bertelli 186], [Basel?], 1589 2 works bound in 1 vol., occasional early ink marginal annotations, light damp-staining, contemporary vellum, blindstamped initials 'H.M.S' on upper cover, manuscript title on spine, slightly soiled, 12mo; Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps. Ex Sylvestri Telii Fulgiratis traductione diligenter emendate; Vindiciae contra Tyrannos sive de Principis in populum, 2 works in 1 vol., third Latin edition, woodcut portrait of author on last leaf, later vellum-backed wrappers, title inked on spine, worn [Adams M49; Bertelli 186], 12mo, [Basel?], 1589 (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COOKERYManuscript receipt book, written in several hands with calligraphic flourishes, containing 44 numbered recipes, including 'To make Shrewsberry Cakes', 'A Pickle for a Sturgeon', 'To make Dutch Blomouge', 'Orange Jelly' ('...above all Don't make it too stiff, tis' a Dilicate Mouthfull, Oh, beyond Expression...'), 'To make a Hare Cake', 'New College Puddings', 'To make a Bride Cake', 'To make a Lemmon Cheese' ('...Lay over sweetmeats that are light as fancy pleases...'), 'Derbyshire Pudding', some recipes attributed ('Mr J Wheler', 'Lady Biddulph', 'Mrs R. Wilmot'), two leaves of household recipes inverted at end ('Rose Pomatum', 'Green Paint'), 30 leaves, c.50 additional blank leaves, dust-staining and marks, original ruled vellum, boards darkened, marked and worn, loss to spine, 4to (187 x 153mm.), [mid eighteenth century]; with another manuscript receipt book, including over 100 culinary recipes, in several hands, such as 'Stone Cream', 'Partarage Soup', 'Calves Feet Jelly' ('...Boil a gang of calves feet...'), 'India Pickle', 'Mock Turtle', 'Simpsons Sorrel Sauce', 'Giblet Soup', several attributed to Mrs Rasher, 27 numbered leaves, one leaf roughly torn out, dust-staining and other marks, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, titled 'Receipts' on spine in gilt, 4to (198 x 162mm.), [late eighteenth/nineteenth century] (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BOSIO (GIACOMO)Dell'istoria della sacra religione et ill.ma militia di San Giovanni Gierosolimitano, FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in 2 vol., 3 engraved title-pages, index at end of each part, inscription on flyleaf of volume 2, 1 folding double-page topographical view of Valletta (Malta), historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, some damp-staining, spotting and toning, early limp vellum, manuscript title on spine, soiling, upper hinges cracked, lacks ties [EDIT 16 CNCE 7206, Brunet I 1124, not in Blackmer], folio (360 x 250mm.), Rome, Stamperia Apostolica Vaticana [Guglielmo Facciotto], 1594-1602Footnotes:ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIES OF THE ORDER OF SAINT JOHN, FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 1571. Provenance: 'Caj.n 18-', ink inscription on first flyleaf of volume 2.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GENTIL (PIERRE DE VENDOME)Trattato del successo della potentissima armata del gran Turcho Ottoman Solimano. Venuta sopra l'isola di Malta l'anno MDLXV, title-page with vignette, woodcut coat of arms of the Knights of Malta on verso of title-page and one woodcut in closing, historiated initials, tail-piece, uncut, partially erased stamp on title-page neatly repaired with archival tape touching a few leaves, damp-staining and occasional spotting, bound in two leaves of vellum from a ?15th century liturgical manuscript, worn and soiled, wormholes to covers, 8vo, Rome, Antonio Blado Stampator Camerale, [1565]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EAST INDIES LOG BOOK'A Journal of a Voyage to the East Indias and From the East Indias', illustrated manuscript log of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize, written by Lieutenant Wildy French and signed by him several times throughout, comprising daily entries beginning 29 April 1744, describing the voyage via Madagascar, Sumatra, Malacca, Ceylon, the Coromandel coast, Madras, Table Bay, St Helena, returning to Deptford in August 1749, noting weather, position, geographical features and notable events, with remarks on various lands and inhabitants ('...You must be on your guard in the Night for they will come in a Friendly manner to Trade with you, and at the same time snach your Hatt and Wigg...'), encounters with other ships ('...a French ship under Moors Coulours... on board 72 chests of Dollars, two of gold... some cochinell... great quantity of cowries...'), directions for sailing through the Straits of Malacca to Batavia, hunting a tiger in Ceylon ('...I found the print of one of his feet... extream Breadth... upon which I altered my Resolution...'), collision with the Medway ('...We are now in a very bad situation...'), and much else, entries written in ink in a clear, decorative hand, interspersed with some thirty charming pen and wash illustrations including maps and profiles (double-page map of Sumatra, another bearing note 'In surveying this part of the Bay the Indians shot an Arow so I do not proceed any farther...', 'Cape Bona Esperance 1749', 'A Prospect of the Island of St Hellena' etc.), ships ('His Maj. Ship Medways Prize... 1745'), nature (flying fish, a dolphin, 'a sea pidgon', 'A makcoca. By some called Wild Catts...') and people ('A St Augustine Canoe with two of the Natives in it'), with six fold-out maps and drawings ('A Plan or Draught of part of the Straits of Malaca...', 'Part of the Coast of Cormandel' etc.), 68 leaves, has undergone professional conservation, fragment of original title page laid down on modern paper, later calf-backed marbled boards, marked, folio (370 x 240mm.), 29 April 1744 to 25 August 1749Footnotes:'VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIAS AND FROM THE EAST INDIAS': A fine illustrated account of the voyages of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize with several folding maps and charts.Relatively little is known of the author of our log, Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), other than that his first known service was in January 1734/5 and that he married a Mary Hewson in 1753. In the first few pages of our log he informs us that he passed his lieutenants exam in April 1744 and soon after set sail on the Dolphin, an East Indiaman that plied the Coromandel Coast to Madras under Captain Charles Pigot from 1744-5. French's death is noted in The Gentleman's Magazine: Obituary of considerable persons for 1791, and he is described there not only as the former commander of the Zebecque packet but also the oldest lieutenant in the Royal Navy. French's log notes that in February 1744 he was transferred to a captured prize ship, the Medways Prize then in Batavia Bay: '...the Favorite, a French ship taken by his Majestys ship Medway and Dolphin at Achin. And brought it in here. Is found to be a ship fit for His Majestys Service... the Command given to first Lieut. Thos Griffin and... called the Medways Prize... The Dolphin being made a Store and Hospital ship...'. French served on the Medways Prize until it was paid off at Deptford Dockyard in August 1749 and was sold the following year. It is perhaps fortunate that he changed ships - the Dolphin disappeared on the homeward leg of her second voyage to Madras in 1750, exact date and place unknown.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SANSOVINO (FRANCESCO)Della origine de' Cavalieri, third edition, title with printer's device, numerous illustrations in the text, lightly foxed, occasional damp-staining in inner gutter, minor stain on upper margin, contemporary limp vellum, spine and hinges weakened [EDIT16 CNCE 30562; Adams S353], 8vo, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1583-- FRATTA (GIOVANNI) La Malteide, coat of arms of Ranuccio Farnese on title, toning and some damp-staining throughout, wormhole on title affecting text, neatly repaired tear to margin of G1, manuscript notations throughout, modern vellum with manuscript title on spine [EDIT16 CNCE19855; Adams Q976; Atabey 461 (variant)], 4to (225 x 106mm), Venice, Marco Antonio Zaltieri, 1596 (2)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, ?Marcus Antonius Tozzi [...], ex-libris; Casa Cabrietti, early ownership inscriptions on title-page and upper pastedown.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ULLOA (ALFONSO DE)La historia dell'impresa di Tripoli di Barberia, della presa del Pegnon di Velez della Gomera in Africa, et del successo della potentissima armata Turchesca, venuta sopra l'isola di Malta l'anno 1565. La descrittione dell'Isola di Malta. Il disegno dell'isola delle Zerbe, & del Forte, fattoui da Christiani, et la sua descrittione, ?second edition, woodcut device on title-page, folding engraved plate of the siege of Tripoli, historiated initials, light damp-staining, marginal worming and smudging, fire mark to lower pastedown, contemporary vellum with manuscript title on upper cover, ties missing, worn [EDIT 16 CNCE 48562; Adams U 39; Atabey 1257, Palau 343402], 4to, [Venice, 1566]Footnotes:An account of the Great Siege of Malta of 1565, when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island. There may have been two separate issues of this ?second edition. Adams, in fact, mentions a second preliminary gathering 'b' instead of '*', as in this copy, and does not mention the plate depicting the siege of Tripoli, that is also present here. There is another edition, undated, printed in Venice, by Francesco Rampazetto that has the addition of 'Nuovamente ristampata' to the title-page.Provenance: Famiglia Conti di Thiene, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GILLES (PIERRE)De topographia Constantinopoleos, et de illivs antiquitatibus libri quator, second edition, printer's device on title, fore-margin of aa1-aa2 torn away and repaired with loss of a few letters [Adams G1613; Atabey 496], Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1562; De Bosporo Thracio Libri III, FIRST EDITION, printer's device on title, minor soiling on title, light browning, occasional damp-staining to margins [Adams G1613; Atabey 495], Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1561, 2 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary limp vellum, with ties, manuscript title on spine, small hole on upper cover, 4toFootnotes:Two important sixteenth century works on Constantinople.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BURRA (PETER)Archive of highly-acclaimed critic, essayist and writer Peter Burra (1909-1937), including correspondence, manuscripts, papers, photographs and printed material from throughout his life, and autograph letters from Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and E.M. Forster, comprising:i) Early Life: Group of c.90 autograph letters and postcards home from his schooldays at Bilton Grange and Lancing College (several mentioning Peter Pears and one mentioning dining with Evelyn Waugh), and other material including school reports and printed programmes, c.250pp, 4to and 8vo, 1912 to 1928;ii) Oxford University: Some 48 letters to his mother ('My darling Moo') and sister Nell ('Darling Nell') from Christ Church, particularly on his activities in musical circles ('...Life here could be one continuous musical festival if one could afford it...'), the production of Lovers' Vows in his rooms, his bookish tastes ('...Decline & Fall which is screamingly funny... I am beginning Virginia Woolf's Orlando. There was never anything like it in the world before...'), John Middleton Murry ('...looks indescribably sad and puzzled and generally very inspired...'), amusing college characters ('...one man with a black shirt and red tie, and I gathered that in him fascism and socialism were finding reconciliation...'), gossip ('...Oxford is simply rocking with rage over 'The Well of Loneliness' case...'), much on publication of Farrago and its success ('...Virginia Woolf has sent a subscription! Twice!...'), Michael Redgrave in Henry IV ('...quite beautiful...'), Malcolm Sargent ('...the best conductor... I've ever done anything with...'), Vaughan Williams ('...frantically bad rehearsal...'), Jelly D'Aranyi ('...the most wonderful noise & ravishing sight...') and much else, c.210pp, folio, 4to and 8vo, Christ Church and Long Wall, 1928-1932; with a printed programme for Lover's Vows signed by the cast, various concert programmes, postcards, newspaper cuttings and printed miscellanea, etc.; with an additional group of items relating to the publication of Farrago including a rare specimen prospectus, no. 1, February 1930 and printed pre-publication leaflet for issue no. 4, 1931; two original pen and ink designs by Oliver Holt, c.1930; and various incoming letters (A.J. Symons, Laurence Whistler, Max Beerbohm) commenting on the publication; iii) Germany: Group of some 25 letters and postcards sent home whilst writing for The Times, much on opera and exhibitions ('...Kokoshka the modern German painter...'), having his portrait painted by Heidi Berzlein, politics ('...frantic riots in the Reichshalle... when Communists shot at Hitlerites...') and hearing Hitler speak in Munich ('...It was the most repulsive exhibition I've ever seen... I think it advisable to see as much of the country as possible now. It will certainly be uninhabitable in a few months...'), c.80pp, 4to and 8vo, Cologne and elsewhere, April to September 1932; programmes and correspondence from Salzburg, 1935; with later letters to his mother ('...coming up to town this evening for a concert Benjamin is playing in, going with Christopher Isherwood... I have got a motorbike, BSA, and am very pleased with it...'), including his last on 26 April 1937;iv) Britten, Berkeley and Pears: Group of 13 autograph letters and notecards from Benjamin Britten, making arrangements and thanking him for photographs ('...We couldn't have had a worse evening for listening to Jonah... we were in great danger of being struck by lightning...'), congratulating him on his Forster article ('...Christopher Ish was here last night until very late and we had a grand time...'); including four to John Moody after Burra's death ('...I hope by now you've seen Gloriana & approve...'), 18pp, 4to and 8vo, Frinton on Sea, Newquay, London, Aldeburgh, 22 June 1936 to 14 August 1973; eleven autograph letters and cards from Lennox Berkeley ('...Are you being a good boy or are you a wicked thing spending all night in the Barrio Chino?...'), on Britten ('...a charming creature...') and Burra's work ('...Van Gogh... beautifully done...'), 19pp, 8vo, Madrid, Paris, Painswick, May 1936 to April 1937; letters and postcards from Peter Pears to Nell (8), Peter (1) and Ella (1), on various subjects ('...In going though old letters the other day, I found one from Peter from Barcelona where he had just met Ben. He really brought us together...'), c.18pp, 4to and 8vo,, Lancing, Oxford, Aldeburgh and elsewhere, January 1928 onwards; with a typescript interview with Pears about meeting Britten; with tickets, programmes and articles from the Barcelona Festival, April 1936 and further letters and postcards from Burra to his mother and Nell, one mentioning meeting Edith Sitwell ('...perfectly charming...'); v) E.M. Forster: Series of 15 autograph letters and one postcard from E.M. Forster, signed ('E.M. Forster'), three to Peter Burra, the first written after reading his article on Forster in Nineteenth Century ('...nothing that I have read about myself has ever given me more pleasure... great help at the moment when I am needing it... I have been looking at my books lately, partly on account of your article. I think A Passage to India stands, but the fissures in the others are considerable...'), the second a critique on his own work ('...Howards End I lose patience with...'), the third arranging to meet and discussing Burra's work on Forrest Reid, with three autograph envelopes; the remainder to Ella Burra post-1937 (two to John Moody) beginning with his letter of condolence ('...I am a writer, and so can perhaps realise the unreparable loss that he is to literature as well as to those who loved him. I thought him the best critic of his generation... I knew and appreciated him...'), others discussing his introduction to the unpublished memorial Essays and Poems ('...if the book is to be for private circulation I would like to contribute...') and the inclusion of Burra's essay on Forster in the 1942 Everyman edition of A Passage to India, 22pp, 4to and 8vo, Abinger Hammer and King's College, 29 November [19]34 to 29 October [19]60;vi) Poetry and Plays: Group of c.30 manuscript poems including 'Sonnet of the Seeker' (with primary version), 'Prelude for the Thrush', 'King David at Cambridge', 'Not Even Summer Yet', 'The Poet's Trinity', 'The New Birth', some signed and dated, with a modern typescript; typescripts of 'The Secret Marriage. Cimarosa' (two copies, one annotated by Burra 'Dialogue specially written for the Canticleer Company's Production July 1933 by Peter Burra'), two typescript copies of Burra's translation of Eugen Gurster's 'Weather Changeable' (amended to 'Outlook Unsettled'), and 'A Note on Shakespeare'; For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

JERSEY – DE CARTERET FAMILYManuscript pedigree of the prominent Jersey family the de Carterets, written in Latin, French (some Patois?) and English, in several hands, illustrated with 15-full page pedigrees in colour, containing extensive notes on the de Carteret family, their history and pedigree, also that of the de Barentins and Lemprières of Rozel, the Dumaresqs and other related families, with adjacent commentaries, a list of the wardens of the Channel Islands and Governors and Bailiffs of Jersey, interspersed with historical facts and myths surrounding the Channel Islands, genealogy of the kings of England and Scotland until 1625, etc., eleven of the family trees coloured in red, green and yellow wash, four uncoloured, the names in roundels placed as leaves on a tree (the first, that of the de Carterets also hung with arms from the branches), two illustrations in pen and ink washes of seals and two coats of arms with annotations pasted in, 24 leaves, later numbering in pencil, dust-staining, spotting and marks, some water-staining along top edge, three variations of pot or jug watermarks, folio (310 x 210mm.), stitched into later paper marbled wrappers, torn and marked, loose in a later silk wrapper with roped edging painted with the de Carteret arms surmounted by a squirrel, early seventeenth century [c.1625-1640's]Footnotes:ILLUSTRATED PEDIGREES OF THE DE CARTERET FAMILY UNTIL THE REIGN OF CHARLES I, showing the origins of the prominent Jersey family from Reginald de Carteret, Baron of Carteret and first Seigneur of Saint Ouen (1140-1214) to the reign of Charles I. Seven de Carterets held the seigneury of Sark in succession until 1720 when the fief was sold and also held posts as Bailiffs of Jersey. Saint Ouen's Manor, the oldest manor on the Island, remains the family's ancestral home. The manuscript can be dated with reference to the list of monarchs, which ends with Charles I and his accession date of 27 March 1625, and to the list of Bailiffs of Jersey, the last entry on the list of Governors being Philippe de Carteret (1627-1643) and dated 1641. The document is written in several hands and would appear to have been added to in stages over the course of twenty years or so. It has been passed down by descent through the family and comes to the present owner through his grandmother Lilian de Carteret.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ERAGNY AND BEAUMONT PRESSESJONSON (BEN) Songs. A Selection from the Plays, Masques, and Poems, LIMITED TO 175 COPIES, printed in red and black, vignette printed in colours on title, a passage of Jonson's 'Timber' TRANSCRIBED IN MANUSCRIPT BY ARTHUR SYMONS on the front free endpaper, [1906]--MOORE (THOMAS STURGES) A Brief Account of the Origin of the Eragny Press & a Note on the Relation of the Printed Book as a Work of Art to Life, LIMITED TO 235 COPIES, full-page woodcut illustrations, [1903], publisher's cloth-backed patterned boards, some soiling and light spotting, Eragny Press--NICHOLS (ROBERT) The Smile of the Sphinx, NUMBER 27 OF 35 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR from an overall edition of 295 copies, illustrations by Ethelbert White, 1920--GIBSON (W.W.) Home. A Book of Poems, NUMBER 2 OF 35 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR from an overall edition of 295, illustrations by Ethelbert White, 1920, publisher's vellum-backed patterned boards, Beaumont Press, 8vo; and 4 others (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FORSTER (E.M.)Archive assembled by P.N. (Nick) Furbank for his biography of his friend E.M. Forster, being a comprehensive collection of letters, photographs, research material, books and other publications, comprising:i) Four autograph letters signed ('E.M. Forster', 'Morgan') to Nick Furbank ('Dear Nick'), the first confirming his wishes for the posthumous publication of Maurice ('...If my present literary exor. (Jack Sprott) does not feel inclined to publish the MS after my death, I should like the right to do so to pass to you... either publish in the ordinary way or issue privately...') and informing him that Christopher Isherwood might publish it in the U.S.A.; with a typed copy of Isherwood's letter to Jack Sprott on the matter; the second (first page only) on the health of Bob Buckingham; the third on the death of his godson Robin Buckingham, saying he hasn't got the letters from George Orwell and talking of his travels; the final letter in the hand of Joe Ackerley signed shakily by Forster, formally asking if he would '...write a biography or criticism of me after my death?... All the additional material for all this is in the second drawer of my bureau in my Cambridge sitting-room. Jack has a key of this drawer... You can use anything you like in it...', 7 pages, dust-staining at folds, 4to and 8vo, King's College, Cambridge and Coventry, 17 February 1956, 4 May and 12 November 1962, 26 April [19]67;ii) Correspondence to E.M. Forster from various correspondents, including: Benjamin Britten (4 letters, 3 cards), William Plomer (3 letters, one discussing Maurice '...the happy ending seems to me in a sense the whole point of the book... magnificent...'), Christopher Isherwood (from Ecuador, describing '...Little Britain, with tea and RAF slang and Churchill pinups and talk about the Royal Wedding...' and praising the 'young American writer' Truman Capote), John Morris of the BBC (describing an altercation with Nirad Chaudhuri on the British in India), Paul Cadmus, Siegfried Sassoon (2 letters, one mentioning T.E. Lawrence, another with a drawing), literary editor Joe Ackerley (3 letters, 3 postcards, one regarding Forster's short story The Other Boat), Stephen Spender, and others, c.70 pages, 4to and smaller, 1912 to 1970; with a large quantity of correspondence from the above-mentioned friends of E.M. Forster and others to the Buckinghams, the majority to May;iii) Correspondence to E.M. Forster from Bob Buckingham comprising some 76 letters on a wide range of topics, discussing family news and mutual friends, his work as a policeman, (including an amusing account of arresting a 'Bright Young Thing' on Piccadilly ('...roused all my Communist blood...'), his distaste at the behaviour of crowds at George V's funeral in January 1936 ('...if we had left them alone they would have pulled him out of the coffin and torn him up for souvenirs...'), appointing Forster as his executor ('...you are the best friend anyone ever had and I do hope we shall be able to snatch a little more happiness together...'), his pacifism, London in the Blitz, mutual friends (on Stephen Tennant '...Do you think he knows there is a war on or is he ignoring it like the French aristocrats ignored the guillotine...'), gratitude for Forster's financial help and much else, plus typescripts of articles on India, sketching and rowing, some marked 'Keep' by Forster; with a further 14 from his wife May on largely family matters, c.240 pages, 4to and 8vo, London and Coventry, 1933-1966 [c.37 undated];iv) Research papers including a large quantity of correspondence to P.N. Furbank sending reminiscences of E.M. Forster, making suggestions to his text, and giving permission to use their letters, from Forster's friends and acquaintances, such as Joe Ackerley on the publication of Maurice which, in his opinion, is '...dead as the dodo and can go into the wastepaper basket as far as I am concerned...', William Golding ('...he was so old but he positively bounded about...'), William Plomer (sending notes from his diary), Noel Annan, Evert Barger, Quentin Bell, Rebecca West ('...My recollections of E.M. Forster were few and not happy...'), Christopher Isherwood, E.V. Thompson and others, c.300 pages, 4to and smaller, [1960's to 1980's]; with other correspondence to Furbank from writers such as Frank Lissauer and Peer Hultberg, c.190 pages, 4to and smaller; typescript diary entries recording meetings and conversations with Forster between May 1952 and November 1967, 12 pages, 4to;v) Collection of c.40 photographs, loose and in an album, depicting Forster, his family and friends such as Roger Fry, the Bargers, Jack Sprott and Anwar Masood, some inscribed on reverse by Forster ('Roger Fry, inspired by local scenery', 'Wisley July 1931'), two of Forster as a child, gelatin silver prints, some press photographs and later prints, various sizes; with a booklet of 24 small photographs of the exterior and gardens of West Hackhurst (one published in the biography); and c.140 postcards, the majority collected by Forster, some in embroidered fabric silk-lined pouches entitled 'India', 'Egypt', 'Herts', 'Hants', 'Abinger', some inscribed by Forster on reverse; seven Edwardian greetings cards from Forster to May Buckingham in envelope labelled 'Very funny greetings cards from Morgan';vi) Papers of Harry Daley (1901-1971), policeman, friend and lover of E.M. Forster, including 23 densely typed and autograph letters from Daley to Furbank ('...You asked if I had much feeling for him and, assuming you meant sexual feeling, I gave an emphatic 'Oh no!'... but I was often pleased to give pleasure to my homosexual friends. If you meant affectionate feeling then the answer is an equally emphatic 'Oh yes!'...'), speaking frankly of their relationship, of showing Forster the world of the criminal classes in Notting Hill ('...My chatter with Morgan must have been chiefly about costers and boxers, gangsters, fishermen and lorry drivers...'), many anecdotes of their meetings, music and literature, his opinion of Bob Buckingham and Forster's relationship with him ('...never read a book before he met Morgan...'), homosexuality ('...Morgan's homosexuality got a good airing. Poor Bob... He once told Joe that I was silly to admit being homo. Because if ever I was challenged by Authority I wouldn't have a leg to stand on... it will be difficult for you to mention me in your book except as a stepping stone to Bob...'), giving a graphic description of Forster's sexual preferences ('...No buggery, of course...'), describing himself as '...vulgar, indiscreet, a security risk, quick-tempered and as unfaithful as an old Tomcat – not at all what Morgan wanted or deserved...', c.90 pages, 4to, Dorking, 17 March 1968 to 17 August 1970; with incoming correspondence to Daley from Forster (one autograph letter, arranging to meet for tea, photocopies of nine others), Joe Ackerley, Raymond Mortimer, Stephen Spender, Duncan Grant, commenting on the manuscript of Daley's autobiography (published posthumously) This Small Cloud, mostly 1960's; photocopies of Daley's articles on the life of a policeman in The Listener, 1929-1933, and five seemingly unpublished manuscript articles; Furbank's notes, press cuttings etc.; collection of c.25 photographs, some published in This Small Cloud, of family, in his uniform, of various young men, some in underwear, one being arrested by Daley, another two behind bars, boxers, Joe Ackerley in bed (1920's), etc.; vii) Books and printed matter, comprising association and presentation copies and Furbank's research library, including:LUARD (C.E.) et al. Dewas State Gazetteer, signed by Forster on the flyleaf, annotated in his hand throughout particularly on foldout family tree, Bombay, Bombay Education Society, 1907; FORSTER (E.M.) Alexandria: A History and a Guide, inscribed to Bob Buckingham 'Bob with M... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HESSE (HERMANN)Piktor's Verwandlungen ein Maerchen, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE, 16 leaves (written on recto only), 14 ink and watercolour illustrations comprising decorative cartouche on the title and dedication to Anna Luise Hatschek, and 12 illustrations in the text, untrimmed, later red cloth [see footnote], 8vo (229 x 145mm.), 1930Footnotes:CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY HERMANN HESSE of his celebrated fairy tale Piktor's Verwandlungen ein Maerchen ['Piktor's Transformations. A Fairy Tale'].Hesse originally created this work in 1922 for his second wife Ruth Wenger, and would later write out and illustrate the story, with slight variations, for close friends and associates. Printed copies did not appear until 1954.Provenance: Anna Luise Hatschek (1908-1994), inscribed and dedicated to her by Hesse in 1930. Born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Anna Luise moved at the age of twelve to Czechoslovakia, where her father owned a manufacturing plant. Following the German invasion she managed to survive internment until 1944, when she was sent to concentration camp. According to the vendor the original bindings were damaged during the war, and subsequently rebound; by descent to current vendor.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ARMENIA - JERUSALEM, DEEDS OF BENEDICTIONTwo printed 'Bulls of Benediction', given to benefactors of the Armenian Convent of St. James, Jerusalem, on paper, text in Armenian, one 35 lines, one 45, single column, manuscript opening initial in greens, black and yellow inks in the form of a bird, the details of the benefactor and their donation, date, name of the Armenian Patriarch in office of the Church (for the first Bull only, ink in red), and date inserted in a manuscript cursive hand, at head is a floral hand written decorated letter 'T' [God] above a printed roundel with image of Christ Risen stamped in red, each with ink annotation on reverse noting the delivery of the encyclical of blessing, old folds, one with a few tears along folds resulting in 2 very small areas of loss, folio (432 x 280mm. and 335 x 245mm.), [1796 and 1818] (2)Footnotes:A pair of attractively decorated encyclical Bulls addressed to Armenian visitors making a donation to the Convent of St. James in Jerusalem, in which are listed the Holy places the pilgrims should visit. The earliest Bull, dating to 1796, was given to 'our son Ter Khachatour respected and esteemed priest', and the name of the Armenian Patriarch as Petros, i.e. Petros III Evdokiatsi, who presided in this role from 1794 to 1800. The second, dated to 1818, leaves the name of the Patriarch blank, but names the benefactor as 'Our spiritual son Ter Martiros [name erased, and replaced with 'Khatchatur'].For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HESSE (HERMANN)Zwölf Gedichte, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE, 36 leaves (manuscript text on 27 pages recto or verso, 14 watercolours on recto only, 4 leaves blank), the watercolours comprising decorative cartouches to title and dedication page, and 12 full-page illustrations depicting villages, mountain landscapes or flowers, untrimmed, later red cloth, small 4to (225 x 180mm.), 1930Footnotes:ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH FOURTEEN WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE OF HIS Zwölf Gedichte ['Twelve Poems'].Provenance: Anna Luise Hatschek (1908-1994), inscribed and dedicated to her ('von Hermann Hesse aufgeschriebn für Fräulein Anna Luise Hatschek im März 1930') by Hesse in 1930. Born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Anna Luise moved at the age of twelve to Czechoslovakia, where her father owned a manufacturing plant. Following the German invasion she managed to survive internment until 1944, when she was sent to concentration camp. According to the vendor the original bindings were damaged during the war, and subsequently rebound; by descent to current vendor.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PHOTOGRAPHY, CORFU AND CRIMEAAlbum compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868), salt and lightly albumenised prints, many captioned in ink, including a group taken in Corfu in 1858 of landscapes and personalities ('The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu', 'A View from the College of the Citadel', 'A Montenegro. Photographed by Arthur at Corfu 1858', 'Lord High Commissioner', 'Group at Corfu', 'HM Ship 'Terrible' Corfu' and 'Sir George Buller K.C.B.'), others taken at Hampton Court and elsewhere ('Fred by Barby. Ht Ct Palace. 1854', 'The Gravel Walk to the House at Coolhurst July 1859', 'The Gateway at Lord Bathurst's Cirencester', 'Julia photographed by Arthur at Holland's Field October 1857 printed by Barbara January 1858 at Hampton Court', 'Hath[e]rop Castle... 1859');Other subjects include a wild boar and the fallen spire of Chichester Cathedral, February 1861, accompanied by Henry Ponsonby's pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859; interspersed with watercolours and ephemera, some relating to the Crimea ('cover of a Russian document found at Hertch in the house occupied by Lieut. General Sir George Browne, May 1855', a telegram from General Simpson to General Codrington warning 'The Russians are attacking the Sardinians reinforce your attack with one Brigade. Keep your civilians in Camp' 16 August 1855, autograph note from Sir Spencer Ponsonby-fane ('Sebastopol is taken – no details'), watercolours of soldiers, Ponsonby's ink plan of the attack on the Redan ('for Gen. Codrington and used by him'), watercolour map of Europe titled 'The Seat of War 1859', pencil sketch by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno, amusing extracts from Arthur Ponsonby's letters from the Crimea, printed advertisement for Roger Fenton's Crimea photograph 'The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill', playbills etc.;With the official programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross, June 1847, letters and drawings from South Africa, 1853, and much royal memorabilia (menu for the Queen's birthday dinner, 24 May 1856, the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858, souvenirs of an audience with Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, telegrams sent to Henry Ponsonby as Equerry to the Prince Consort on his visit to Prince & Princess Frederick of Prussia, June 1858, a trip to Balmoral in 1858, printed plan of 'Carriages on the Royal Train', etc.);Illustrated with over 20 watercolours (including family portraits and 'Boar Hunting His Majesty Present/1860') and pen and wash illustrations (pull-out ink drawing of 'View of Quarantine Harbour of Malta taken from Mr Bourchiers house' by Miss Bourchier, 'Waggons going down a hill... in Kaffirland'); with various playbills, menus, poetry, puzzles and much else; printed ownership label inside front cover ('Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace' with manuscript addition '4th scrap book'), above label with illuminated initials 'E.P.' in red, white and blue, 110 leaves, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on upper board with title 'Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace', amended in black ink to read 'Scrap Book 1852', marked and worn, spine partly detached, remains of label on spine, folio (278 x 220mm.), [1840's/1850's]Footnotes:THE CRIMEA, ROYALTY & EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU: An attractive album of illustrations, photographs, letters and printed ephemera compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby (1798-1877), documenting the family's position at the heart of Queen Victoria's court and reflecting the activities of her sons, Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868) and Henry Ponsonby (1825-1895), long-serving private secretary to Queen Victoria, and whose wife Mary was a close correspondent of the Victoria Princess Royal, Empress of Prussia (see corresponding lot in this sale).Arthur was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, served in the Kaffir war and the Crimea, as shown here, and was quartered in Corfu in 1858-9, where he acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Buller, the Garrison Commander. He was a keen photographer, and the album contains unusual early photographic depictions of the island, of landscapes and architecture (such as 'The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu' and 'A View from the College of the Citadel') and a number of portraits. Also included in the album are fine prints of English country house scenes and a photograph of his quarters at Aldershot. An amusing pen and ink sketch by his brother Henry depicts the pioneering photographer Catherine Verschoyle (1803-1871), only the fourth woman to join the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society) in 1853, its inaugural year, and renowned for her botanical and tree studies. She is shown under the cloth of her camera, skirts billowing behind, taking his portrait outside her house in Eaton Square in July 1855. She later used her considerable photographic skills to raise money for widows and orphans of the Crimean War. There is evidence in the album of female members of the family assisting him in his work – one caption for example notes that a portrait of Julia (possibly Julia Ponsonby) was taken by Arthur but printed by Barbara (possibly his sister Selina Barbara Ponsonby). Also of note in the album is the programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross in 1857 and much royal memorabilia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

OLYMPIA PRESS, BURROUGHS AND GREEK LOVEROBINSON (C.J. BRADBURY) Williams Mix, ONE OF ONLY SIX UNCORRECTED PROOF COPIES, THIS COPY SIGNED BY WILLIAM BURROUGHS on the dedication leaf, and additionally inscribed by him on the title-page 'I'd rather read Winny the Poo [sic] Bradbury Robinson', printed on recto only, publisher's brown printed wrappers, small 4to (215 x 180mm.), The Olympia Press, [1971]; together with a small group of manuscript and printed material (including cover design, and TLS from Maurice Girondia) relating to proposals for the publication of the book, see footnote (small quantity)Footnotes:EXTREMELY SCARCE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF WILLIAMS MIX signed by the dedicatee William Burroughs, who also wrote the introduction and was instrumental in persuading the Olympia Press, which had published The Naked Lunch, to accept the work for publication. Having produced this uncorrected proof in only six copies, such was the controversy of the pederast subject matter that the Olympia Press eventually withdrew their support and never published the title - there being 'no getting away from the fact that this is a book whose literary engine is fuelled by the pleasures and pains of sexual desire for 10 to 12 year old boys, in much the same way that Burroughs' own work is driven by an obsession with addiction and control' (Matthew L. Stevens, Beatdom website, which provides a detailed history of the work and Burroughs' contribution).Bradbury Robinson, at the time a young Cambridge graduate working as Head of the English Department at a Home Counties prep school, had written a first draft in 1967 but, despite interest from Calder & Boyers, not found a publisher at that time. In 1974 Bradbury Robinson and Timothy d'Arch Smith again looked close to publishing the work, as attested to by the material accompanying the lot. Additional material comprises:1. Typed letter signed from Maurice Girodias, founder of the Olympia Press, 13 March 1974, to Bradbury Robinson, discussing a proposed publication of a limited edition.2. Two typed letters signed, from the proposed printers (Morrison & Gibb Ltd.), 13 and 30 September 1974, addressed to Timothy D' Arch Smith, about printing costs, etc. for a proposed edition of the book.3. Manuscript description by Bradbury Robinson of his book for the proposed inside flap of the dust wrapper, one-page, on the headed note paper of Ampleforth Abbey, with a printed proof of the text including proposed price of £4.4. An original pencil sketch for the proposed design for the dust-jacket, depicting an indolent school boy seated upon a chair piled high with books.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RIVERSIDE PRESS - ILLUMINATED ON VELLUMKEMPIS (THOMAS A) Imitation of Christ, NUMBER 3 OF 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM AND ILLUMINATED, calligraphic manuscript title illuminated in gold and colours, 3 large illuminated initials and borders in gold and colours, 163 woodcut initials illuminated in alternate red and green, full red crushed morocco gilt, by Bumpus of Oxford, covers with gilt panel borders, enclosing central monogram 'E.O.' on the upper cover, spine tooled in gilt in 6 compartments within raised bands, g.e., gilt lettered 'E.O. with Love I.O.' inside upper cover, 4to, The Riverside Press for Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, 1905Footnotes:ONE OF 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, AND ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLOURS.Provenance: Helen & Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WORLD WAR I - ARMISTICEArmistice telegram announcing the end of hostilities, sent to 20th Battalion Machine-Gun Corps, G.B. 914, carbon copy telegram, printed with message script in blue, received by L/C Gould, Army stamp upper right, old folds (one torn, a small blank piece torn away at upper margin), 205 x 130mm., 11 November 1918Footnotes:'HOSTILITIES WILL CEASE 1100 HOURS TO-DAY NOVEMBER 11... 2OTH DIVISION 0730' - Armistice telegram received at Mauberge on the Western Front.Provenance: 'Nat Hope', the theatrical nom-de-plume of a Lance Corporal serving in 20th Battalion Machine-gun Corps stationed in Melbourne, Australia. Included with the lot is a newspaper cutting from the Star Melbourne (10 November 1934) in which Nat Hope, now a member of Frank Neil's vaudeville company performing at the Tivoli theatre, described how he had come into possession of the telegram. He was on duty as a telegraphist at Mauberge, near Mons on the morning of 11 November when the order arrived, 'and made the usual manuscript carbon copy demanded by regulations. In the ordinary way, this would have been destroyed at the end of the day... [but I] took the risk of being 'crimed'... and slipped the copy into my paybook'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SOUTH AFRICACLARKE (MRS. FRED) Native Life in Pondoland [South Africa], manuscript title-page with decorative border enclosing a photograph of the author and her African home, towards 400 vintage silver gelatin photographs of local inhabitants, villages and environs by Clarke (typically 65 x 90mm.), mounted between 4 and 9 per page on 38 leaves, all captioned in ink on the mount (some mounts with additional decorations), tissue guards, several leaves of typescript text interspersed, additional original pale grey cloth, title and author stamped on upper cover, some spotting to covers, small oblong folio (252 x 380mm.), 'Thatchings', Gosshill, Umlala, C.P., Copyright Photographs & Letterpress by Mrs. Fred Clarke, [1930s]Footnotes:A FEMALE PHOTOGAPHER'S FINE AND UNUSUAL RECORD OF 'NATIVE LIFE' IN THE EASTERN CAPE. The author was Ethel Eugene Clarke, born in Eastern Cape Province (then Transkei). The vast majority of images show local life and customs, attractively arranged under headings such as 'Men's Work', 'Native Pottery', 'War and Women', 'Wild Coast Dwellers', 'Wedding of Netelwa', 'Port of St. John', 'Mengana Pass', 'Pondoland Superstitions', 'The 'Intojane' Rites', 'The Abakweta Enter upon Manhood's Estate', 'Bewitching', 'Home Builders', 'Native Cookery', 'Kaffir Beer Parties', 'Love of Music' etc.Provenance: Helen and Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WORLD WAR II – SUBMARINER'S JOURNALManuscript midshipman's journal compiled by John E. O'Leary serving on HMS Valiant, HMS Medway, HMSub Thrasher and HMS Revenge, from 17 November 1941 to 16 January 1943, giving a detailed account of naval life including places visited, acting as a decoy for the Libyan offensive, his appointment to submarines and conditions there, chasing a convoy, etc., with much news from the wider war ('...the Japanese without any previous declaration of war had launched an air attack on the US Pacific Fleet base of Pearl Harbour...', '...Mr Churchill spoke at 1000 tonight on the gravity of the Far Eastern situation...'), 16 illustrations in pen, ink and pencil tipped in depicting plans ('Anti-Torpedo Net Defence', 'Submarine Torpedo Tubes'), shipping ('HMS Valiant', 'Submarines – Japan', 'HMS Hood') and maps ('Axis Supply Routes', 'Durban Harbour', 'Allied attacks on French N. Africa'), c.120pp., dust-staining and other marks, edges frayed, small tears, some water damage and small area of loss to lower edge not affecting text, original half cloth, worn and marked, cloth torn, spine damaged with loss, label on upper cover with ownership inscription 'J.E. O'Leary, R.N.', folio (330 x 200mm.), Alexandria, Port Said, Durban, Mombasa and at sea, November 1941 to January 1943Footnotes:Provenance: John E. O'Leary, R.N.; thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com