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NO RESERVE Larkin (Philip) The Whitsun Wedding, light soiling to front free endpapers, manuscript number to spine in black pen, lightly faded to extremities, jacket price-clipped, top fore-edge and spine darkened and chipped, small loss to lower spine, remnants of manuscript number to spine tail, 1964; Collected Poems, spine faded on boards, jacket spine lightly faded, otherwise a fine copy, 1988; Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, edited by Anthony Thwaite, 1992, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 12 others by or relating to Larkin, 8vo (15)

Chapbooks, bound vol. of 12 stories with coloured frontispieces, early 19th century, publishers include Hodgson & Co or T. Hughes, one tale - 'Life and History of George Barnwell' rather soiled and with defective final leaf, manuscript index to first leaf, quarter calf (rubbed)

Two 15th century manuscript leaves from a Gradual, probably English, of Sarum use, written in red and black, each leaf 27.5 x 16cm, the text including votive masses for special occasions [according to a label to the reverse marked 'British Museum 1942'], framed

A large vellum manuscript leaf of music and chant, probably from an antiphoner, in colours, with an illuminated capital 'D', six lines, 67 x 48.5cm (framed)

Two 19th century Grants of Arms to Price of Marrington Hall, to add the name 'Davies', both vellum manuscript documents with coloured armorials and two pendant cased seals, in original black leather boxes; together with the paper document of the same, signed by Queen VictoriaProvenance:Wood Hall, Hilgay, Norfolk

TULK (Charles Augustus, 1786-1849), patron to William Blake and John Flaxman, and founder member of the Swedenborg Society, a small archive collection including family albums and published illustrated works by Flaxman. Included is Caroline Tulk's album of drawings and watercolours with a pencil sketch of Charles Tulk attributed to Giuseppi Caputi, and another bust length sketch thought to be of Flaxman.Serena viewing herself in the Glass by Maria Flaxman, for Hayley's The Triumphs of Temper. 9 x 12cm; also a Flaxman Gallery Subscription List, 1848, inscribed in ink ‘To my dear friend – La Comtesse Cottrell, from M. Denman’. It contains handwritten corrections by Maria Denman, in ink, to the printed subscriber’s list.Five 1st edition volumes of Flaxman's drawings, published 1805-35, including: The Illiad of Homer, The Odysey, Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod, Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod, The Lord's Prayer. Also two French editions. Three works by or about Tulk. A manuscript letter dated November 4th 1847, from Charles Augustus Tulk to the wife of James J. Garth Wilkinson, social reformer, editor and translator of Swedenborg’s scientific and philosophical writings.An annotated proof copy of pages 131-142, in biographical notes 230 to 234 of Documents Concerning the Life and Character of Emanuel Swedenborg, Collected, Translated, and Annotated Testimony of Contemporaries, p556, [1875?] referring to J.J. Garth Wilkinson, Swedenborg’s Portraits, John Flaxman, Charles A. Tulk & Swedenborg’s Skull.

Army manual circa 1920 on Mountain Warfare training for trans-border warfare at the North West Frontier, with copious manuscript notes, the printed leaves interspersed with the user's own notes and records, the front cover inscribed 'E.C. Brown 6th G.R. 17/5/20'

CARTER (Will) [of the Rampant Lions Press] Gray's Elegy, manuscript poem in black with rubricated capitals on 13pp., with title, probably 1934-35, 4to, cloth backed boards; The Song of Solomon, Rampant Lions Press, 1937, no.20 of 125 copies, 4to, rubricated by Will Carter, some toning and spotting, cloth backed boards; TARLING (A) Will Carter, Printer. The Galahad Press, 1968, 4to, with autographed portrait frontis of Will Carter (3)

Sammlung: von 11 Bdn. Meist 19. Jhdt. Versch. Einbände. ╔Enthält u.a.:╗ Haushaltungs-Buch. Als Manuscript gedruckt. Freiburg 1897. - Kranich,M. (Hrsg.). Die wohlberathene Hausfrau in Stadt und Land. 3. Aufl. Lindau 1880. - Hommer,S.C. Praktisches Haushaltungs-Buch für Stadt und Land. Hbg. 1852. - Weitere. Versch. starke Gebrauchssp.

Winchester, Psalter Miniature Cycle (The).: Manuscript facsimile. Ldn., folio Society 2015. 4°. und 8°. Ldr. und. Lwd. - Zus. in Lwd.-Kassette. In 980 Ex. gedruckt.

(Dodsley,R.).: Die Weisheit an die Menschen. Durch einen begeisterten Braminen. Aus einer alten Handschrift. (Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Johann Joachim Christoph Bode). Leipzig, G. J. Göschen 1787. Kl.8°. 72 S. Ldr. d. Zt. mit floraler Rückenverg., Kantenverg. u. goldgepr. Deckelfiletten. (Gering berieb., etw. fl.). VD18 11932619. Vgl. Lowndes 657. - Dritte Auflage von Dodsleys "The oeconomy of human life. Translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin" (London 1750). Die erste deutsche Ausgabe erschien 1759 in Hamburg. - Eine Sammlung moralischer Grundsätze, die Dodsley aus einer anonymen Handschrift antiker indischer und chinesischer Autoren zusammengestellt haben will. - "A memorial piece of great popularity" (Lowndes). - Der berühmte englische Buchhändler, Dramatiker, Schriftsteller und Verleger R. Dodsley (1703-1764) veröffentlichte auch unter dem Pseudonym "alter Brachmane" und "alter Brachmine". - Der Übersetzer J. J. C. Bode (1730-1793), zog 1757 nach Hamburg wo er als Komponist, Schriftsteller und Übersetzer arbeitete. Bode war "mit Alberti, Basedow, Klopstock, Gerstenberg und namentlich mit Lessing, mit dem er sogar den freilich bald scheiternden Versuch einer eigenen Buchhandlung und Buchdruckerei unternahm. Und unter diesen geistvollen Anregungen entstanden jene feinsinnigen Uebersetzungen der englischen Humoristen Sterne, Goldsmith, Smollet, deren Einfluß auf die deutsche Litteratur um so höher anzuschlagen ist, wenn wir bedenken, welche begeisterte Vorliebe ein Lessing und Goethe den Dichtungen Sterne's und Goldsmith's zuwendeten ... Er war ein begeisterter Apostel des Freimaurerthums in jenem idealen Sinn, in welchem selbst die Größten des Aufklärungszeitalters das Maurerthum als eine Propaganda reiner und liebekräftiger Humanität betrachteten, und wie er einer der eifrigsten Führer des Maurerthums war, wurde er auch später (unter den Namen Amelius) einer der mächtigsten Führer des von Weishaupt in Ingolstadt neugegründeten Illuminatenordens" (H. Hettner in ADB II, 795 f.). - Zeitgenöss. Besitzvermerk in schöner Kalligraphie, schönes dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar, selten.

Hannoverische gelehrte Anzeigen.: 34 Bde. Hannover 1750-84. Mit einigen Kupfertafeln. Prgtbde. d. Zt. mit hs. Rtit. (Tls. etw. best., schwach berieb. u. fl.). Estermann 1.4. Kirchner 168, 206 und 219. - Umfangreiche der unter den o.a. Bandtiteln erschienenen Publikation aus den Hannoverschen Anzeigen. Die Reihe erschien bis 1791 unter weiteren variierenden Titeln (vgl. Kirchner 439). - Jeder Band umfasst ca. 1400 Spalten. Alle Bände mit ausführlichen Registern. Enthalten sind zahlreiche Beiträge Göttinger Gelehrter u.a. zu ökonomischen, literarischen, naturwissenschaftlichen Themen. - So umfangreich selten. - Später u.d.T.: Hannoverische Beyträge zum Nutzen und Vergnügen und Hannoverisches Magazin. - Vorhanden: Jgge. 1750-84. - Stellenweise etw. gebräunt u. fl. - Contemporary vellum bindings with manuscript title on spine. (partly somewhat damaged, slightly rubbed and stained).

Albani-Psalter, Der.: Originalgetreue Faksimile-Edition der Bilderhandschrift HS St. God. 1 der Dombibliothek Hildesheim, Eigentum der Basilika St. Godehard, Hildesheim - sowie des Fragments Inv. Nr. M694 Schnütgen Museum Köln. Faksimile u. Kommentarband von J.Bepler u.a. in 2 Bdn. Simbach am Inn, Müller & Schindler u. Madrid, Eikon Edit. (1007)-2008. 4°. Blindgepr. Oldr. mit Goldschn. u. 2 Schließen u. Olwd. in Oldr.-Kassette mit Gpräg. Facsimile edition of the illuminated manuscript. Blind-stamped original leather with gilt edges and 2 clasps.

Cantemir (Demetrius). The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 1st edition in English, 2 parts in 1, London: James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734-35, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plan of Constantinople, 22 engraved plates, lacking 4pp list of subscribers, bookplate of R M Burrell to front pastedown, damp-stained to lower margin throughout (affecting text and plates), hinges repaired, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, boards water damaged, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 190; Blackmer 281. ESTC T136520. 'Nicholas Tindal translated this history of Turkey into English from Cantemir's Latin manuscript brought to England by his son Antiochus, who was Russian ambassador to England. Cantemir himself served as Hospodar of Moldavia in 1710. His history was considered authoritative, and it was only superseded by von Hammer's monumental history of the Ottoman Empire'. (Atabey)

Fuchs (Leonhart). New Kreüterbuch, 1st edition in German, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1543, 517 full-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut portrait of Fuchs on verso of title, woodcut portraits of the artists to rear, woodcut printer’s device on title and last leaf, three historiated woodcut initials, early inscriptions to title lower margin 'Presentem monstrat quae liber herba Deum' & 'Erechielis Falckysii et amicorum constrat...', early references in German to rear pastedown, small concomitant wormhole to lower outer margin of last few gatherings, occasional light spotting and dust-soiling (but generally clean), some gatherings with faint old damp-stains to upper margin, a few plates stained, a few leaves with small closed marginal tears, near-contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, dated 1578 in blind to front board, brass cornerpieces, faded title in manuscript to spine, lacking brass clasps, lacking headcap, base of spine worn and showing, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Hunt 48; PMM 69. First edition in German of "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published' (PMM). Only preceded by the Latin edition of 1542, this edition was expanded to include 5 new woodcuts, "Hunerbis," "Spitziger Wegerich," "Klein Schlangen kraut," "Knabenkrautweible, das mittel," and "Kuchenschell.As stated in the preface, Fuchs wished to reach a wider audience with the German edition, believing that the Latin edition had been restricted to purely academic use. He however wanted to make the work accessible to anyone interested in plants and the remedies they produced. In keeping with this, Fuchs took the opportunity to augment this edition with an index of illnesses treatable with herbs. Albert Meyer produced the drawings, mainly based on plants in Fuchs's garden at Tubingen. These were transferred to woodblock by Heinrich Fullmaurer and cut into wood by Viet Rudolph Speckle.

* Drayton (Michael). Untitled allegorical map of Yorkshire, circa 1622, hand-coloured engraved allegorical map, 240 x 305 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with A Chorographical Description of all the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this renowned isle of Great Britain..., John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, 1622, title page with a near-contemporary manuscript signature, mounted with the decorative allegorical frontispiece and both displayed in a double-aperture mount, each approximately 245 x 145 mm, framed and glazed, with Van den Keere (Pieter). Surrey, circa 1627, hand-coloured engraved miniature map, 85 x 120 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (3)

England & Wales. A collection of six folding maps, 19th century, including Smith (C.). A New Map of England and wales Comprehending the whole of the Turnpike Roads, with the Great Rivers and Navigable Canals, 1835, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 580 x 460 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, together with Cary (John). Cary's Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland..., 1821, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight dust soiling, 750 x 620 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, with Dean & Low (lithographers). A Map of the Meetings of Friends in England & Wales, exhibiting the Boundaries of the Respective Quarterly Meetings, circa 1840, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, very slight staining, 500 x 450 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, plus Walker (J. & C.). England & Wales, 1837, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 400 x 330 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with printed label to the upper cover, and Darton (William). A New Map of England and Wales, 1829, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, near-contemporary manuscript ownership initials to verso, 300 x 250 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, with Bartholomew (John & Co. publishers). Bartholomew's One Inch to the Mile Environs of London, circa 1900, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 750 x 940 mm, printed cloth endpapers, contained in a later cloth slipcase with a manuscript title label to the spineQTY: (6)

London. Wyld (James), Environs of London, 1840, engraved circular map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and dust soiling, edged in green silk, diameter 580 mm, overall size 640 x 605 mm, together with Andriveau-Goujon (E. publisher). Environs de Paris dans un Rayon de 30 Kilometres, Paris, 1875, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, edged in brown silk, occasional small holes in the linen where old folds cross, short split along old fold, 825 x 1055 mm, contemporary manuscript title to rearQTY: (2)

Cookery Receipts. A German manuscript cookery receipts book, c. 1781-1820, mostly receipts for baking recipes, including tarts, macaroons, pies, biscuits, cakes, mousses, main ingredients including almonds, quinces, lemons, cherries, coffee, etc., written in ink in two or three difficult hands, ownership names and inscriptions of Cristina Maria Becherin (1781) and C.F. Schmidt (1811) to first leaf recto (small blank hole), a total of approximately 220 pages, final two leaves detached, some spotting throughout, contemporary patterned boards, soiled and worn, backstrip largely deficient, 4to (20.5 x 17 cm) QTY: (1)

* Herefordshire Account Roll. Account roll of honour of Wigmore, 1387-88, manuscript document on vellum, some spotting and soiling, somewhat creased and rubbed with a little loss of legibility, 44 x 24 cmQTY: (1)NOTE: This lot contains manorial documents, which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly, the purchasers of the documents must notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls. Every change of ownership must be reported.

Indian Diary. A manuscript diary kept by G.J. Reith Low of Imperial Bank and Aitchison College, Lahore, 1943, with one day to a page entries completed from July to the end of the year with extended entries using the first half of the diary, mostly in pen and ink with occasional pencil, including brief entries relating to the social calendar including meeting with the Princes of Bharat, Peter Patiala and other members of the family, some mentions of the war, and detailed descriptions of two excursions to the Himalayas, Kylang to Pradesh and Deo Tibbe Mainkanan Kullu Valley, 'The women of Kyelang wear a dark long-sleeved blouse to the knee over jodhpurs with an embroidered belt. Little girls have their hair parted in the centre brushed smoothly down, and platted into a dozen tiny plaits joined together at shoulder level. When they grow up, the plaits are put up and caught into a kind of metal bowl fixed in two outwards at the back of the head, with a coloured ball as an amusement above each ear. The babies are slung in a scarf and slung behind the shoulder of their mothers, or sisters from the age of eight... ', (17 August), a few mostly thumb-nail sketches, and last leaf inscribed 'Himalayan Club Journal for Sham Singh', original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, 8voQTY: (1)

Irish Manuscript Pedigree. The Pedigree of O'Kelly, 2 volumes, 18th/early 19th century, comprising approximately 77 leaves in total, one volume with general title written in a fine calligraphic hand followed by a leaf bearing the armorial bearings of the family in pen, ink and watercolour, volumes contain detailed early 19th century manuscript notes, with ten mounted leaves of 18th century notes & a related letter compiled by the Irish antiquary Chevalier Thomas O'Gorman (1732-1809) relating to the lineage and pedigree of the O'Kelly family, several leaves with manuscript pedigrees including some double-page, one folding (with closed tears) and also a seven leaf manuscript genealogical tree (two leaves having a series of small hand-painted armorials to one side), two large late 18th century folding vellum pedigrees of the family bound-in, one titled to verso 'Pedigree of the Family of Castle Kelly', all edges gilt, contemporary calf with inset cloth side panels to boards, upper board to one volume detached, light wear and few marks, large folio (approx. 57 x 45 cm) QTY: (2)NOTE:Tomás, Chevalier O'Gorman or Thomas O'Gorman (1732-1809) was an Irish soldier and genealogist. He was born in Castletown, County Clare, the son of Patrick O'Gorman with his first language being Irish. He was educated as a Medical Doctor at the Irish College, Paris and served with the Irish Brigade in the French army. He was created Chevalier by Louis XV. O'Gorman married a daughter of Count d'Eon, and from him inherited vast vineyards, which were lost in the French Revolution whereupon he retired to Ireland, where he pursued his antiquarian studies. From about 1764 he corresponded with the Irish antiquary Charles O'Conor (1710-1791) and compiled an impressive collection of Irish manuscripts. He also compiled pedigrees of Irish expatriates and also personally arranged for the Book of Ballymote to be given by the Irish College to the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

* Joseph Appleby & Sons Ltd, millers. A presentation photograph album for Joseph Appleby & Sons, 1890s, 15 albumen print photographs, c. 1867-91, printed 1890s, images include Enfield Mill - Old view, 1867, House front, 1892, Canal front, 1891, Yard view, 1891; Blackburn Mill - Front view, 1891, Canal front, 1891, Old view, 1877; Bootle Mill - Carolina Street, 1891; Bridgewater Mill - Bridgewater front, 1891, Jamaica Street, 1891; Wiltshire Grange - Exterior view, Billiard room, Drawing Room; Enfield Cotton Mill 1891 - Exterior view, images 24 x 29 cm or the reverse, mounted to album leaf rectos with neat ink captions to lower mounts, some spotting throughout, original half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, some loss at head and foot of spine, oblong folio, together with an archive of related ephemera including an accounts ledger, c. 1879-1901 with Edgar Appleby's name gilt-titled to upper cover, a manuscript and typed copy letters book, c. 1900-1918, covers badly damp stained, plus an assorted collection of legal papers and related, c. 1900-1930 including 2 small accounts books for the executors of Edgar ApplebyQTY: (a carton)NOTE:The history of this family milling empire goes back to 1841 when Joseph Appleby settled at Enfield Mills. After Joseph's death in 1878 the business of the firm was continued and enlarged by his two sons, Edgar and Arthur, under the name of Joseph Appleby & Sons.

Lincoln Tax Rates. A large manuscript volume recording tax rates and payments for the parishes of the City of Lincoln, 1852, initial leaf states "A rate made levied and assessed by the Commissioners for putting into execution an Act of Parliament intituled: 'An Act for paving, lighting, watching and improving the city of Lincoln and the Bail and Close of Lincoln in the county of Lincoln and for regulating the Police therein' being a rate of eight pence in the pound for the year commencing the fifth day of August 1851 and ending on the fifth day of August 1852 - dated this sixth day of January 1852", with signatories beneath, a summary sheet of rates by parish for lighting and paving, with 119 pre-printed manually numbered leaves (1-38, 41-121) following, arranged by parish, with manuscript insertions in columns listing house numbers with descriptions of properties, names of proprietors and occupiers, tax rates payable and payments made and scattered sundry notes, etc., versos blank except one leaf with pasted-on printed broadside for the Speech of Mr Charles Seely, at the Nomination for Lincoln City Election, 9 November 1861, signed by two Justices of the Peace at end, sewing broken and all leaves loose, occasional closed tears, spotting, dust-soiling and marks throughout, in memoriam cards and other cuttings pasted at front and rear of album, a few mostly later manuscript items loosely inserted, contemporary half sheep, lacking spine and boards detached, worn, folio (54 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)

* Spanish Lawsuit. A manuscript document concerning an ongoing lawsuit involving the village of Herreros, in Soria, Spain, 1588, the cover sheet translating roughly as follows, 'Herreros, Soria. Certification issued at the request of the village of Herreros, by an escribino de camara of the Real Chancilleria at Valladolid, 27 June 1588, 'No. 16'', the first page of main text begins: 'En la villa de Valladolid a veinte e cinco dias del mes de junio de myll e quinientos e ochenta e ocho años estando los señores presidente e oydores de la audiencia del rrey nuestro señor en audiencia publica Andres de Vallejo en nombre del concejo e vecinos del lugar de Herreros e por ante mi [...] de Rrocas escriuano de camara de la dicha audiencia presento una peticion firmada de su nombre del tenor syguiente: Muy Poderoso Señor: Andres de Vallejo en nombre del concejo e vecinos del lugar de Herreros en el pleito que trata con el consejo de la Mesta y [...] vecinos del lugar de Abejar (?) digo que para presentar ante un juez executor que executa una executoria...', the opposition apparently being the Mesta and the village of Abejar (pp. 2 & 3), the final page a receipt for payment for a land transaction at Herreros, dated 5 February 1588, a total of 100 leaves including 3 blanks, written in a neat but difficult hand to rectos and versos throughout, laid paper (one leaf with watermark 'CATALYUNA'), some spotting and damp staining, occasional marginal fraying with a little text loss, partly stitched and loosely contained in the remains of a contemporary vellum wrapper with heavily rubbed rubricated text, identified 'No. 3' to upper wrapper, folio (31 x 21 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:An unusual manuscript document seemingly written shortly before the Spanish Armada expedition that took place 21 July to August 1588. A large part of the municipal archives for Abejar were destroyed in a fire in the nineteenth century. The Mesta was a very important organisation which protected livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile but was incorporated in the thirteenth century and dissolved in 1836. The Mesta was best known for its organisation of the annual migration of transhumant sheep, particularly those of the merino breed. The flocks and herds of all species of livestock in Castile and their owners were under the oversight of the Mesta, including both the transhumant and the sedentary ones.

* World War Two. An archive of letters, postcards and documents, together with two photograph albums, relating to Leopold Koller, a Viennese police officer who served in the German police in Poland during the early years of the Second World War (Cracow by January 1940, and Lodz, called Litzmannstadt, during 1941) with the Mounted Detachment of the Cracow Police Department, circa 1939-1941, comprising approximately 45 letters in pencil or ink, in a typical German gothic handwriting style, from Leo Koller to his wife Elisabeth (Elli) and daughter Helene (Helli), 58 postcards (a few unused, and including some post-war, addressed to Wilfried, and also Peter Cope in Liverpool), and several other related documents (2 birth certificates, in German and English, for daughter Helene, Viennese streckenkarte for Helene for 1945, and a photograph of Wilfried in policeman's uniform dated Liverpool 1947), all contained in 2 small boxes, together with a related photograph album, with manuscript pictorial title 'Meiner kleine Helli zur Erinnerung, Krakau Dez. 1939', containing approximately 85 photographs of family and holidays (much dating from 1945 and 1946), all with handwritten captions in German, original cloth-backed carved wooden boards, lightly rubbed, small oblong 4to (18 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (3)NOTE:This group of letters, postcards and documents relates to the Viennese family of Leo Koller, his wife Elisabeth (Elli) and their daughter Helene (Helli), born in1927. The family were Catholic. Elisabeth was born in Cracow (1904) and her parents were not German. Leo (born 1898) was already serving in the Austrian police at the time of his daughter’s birth. After the Anschluss he served in the German police which was increasingly dominated by the SS. By January 1940 he was in Cracow and the following year served in Lodz, He worked in mounted formations. Despite his long police service, in early 1940 he was still only a sergeant (Hauptwachtmeister).The letters and postcards (1939-1941) are all from Leo to his wife and daughter. Although he mentions receiving correspondence from his wife this does not appear to have survived. A partial inspection of the correspondence suggests that the content focuses on domestic matters, including food, leave arrangements and travel movements, with little (unsurprisingly) on the murderous Nazi occupation of Poland. It seems Leo and Elli had a stormy relationship. On one occasion he tells his daughter he is coming to Vienna on leave but does not know where he is staying, so obviously not with his wife at the family home. On another, he wants his wife to do his laundry and tells her that if she has no time for him she won’t be hearing from him again. There is also a hand-written letter of uncertain date from the Mounted Detachment of the Cracow Police Regiment informing Frau Koller of Leo’s death. This interesting archive requires further close examination.

Isidore of Seville. [Isidorus de summo bono], Paris, Stephanum Jehannot, 11 August 1495, black letter text, a2-m8, lacking a1 (title, supplied in later manuscript copy), first eight leaves with some worming, affecting several words and consequent legibility, one or two minor worm holes elsewhere, pagination erratic towards end, 20th-century ownership signature of D. H. Cumming to front endpaper, early full calf (probably late 16th or early 17th century), text block near-detached, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Bodleian Incunables I-033. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Stobaeus (Kilian). Dissertatio historica de numis et sigillis lundensibus..., Londini Gothorum: Ludovici Decreaux, 1741, two engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, some browning, spotting & damp staining, all edges gilt, early 19th century calf by Lewis (dated 1839 in manuscript), gilt decorated spine, light wear to extremities, slim 4to, together with:Guarini (Baptista). The Faithful Shepherd, a pastoral tragi-comedy, London: Richard Montagu, 1736, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustrations, woodcut head and tailpieces, a few light spots, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, some wear, 8vo, withThe Adviser; or, the moral and literary tribunal, 2nd edition, 4 volumes, London: James Wallis, 1803, woodcut vignettes to titles, contemporary calf gilt, green morocco labels, some wear, 8vo, 8 other antiquarian volumes QTY: (14)

[Austen family]. Maurice (Thomas). Brahminical Fraud Detected; or the attempts of the sacerdotal tribe of India to invest their fabulous deities and heroes with the honours and attributes of the Christian Messiah, examined, exposed and defeated, London: W. Bulmer and Co, 1812, bookplate of George Austen to front pastedown, cancelled University College of North Wales bookplate to front free endpaper, library sticker to title lower margin, lightly spotted, original grey paper boards, title in manuscript to backstrip, some wear, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bookplate of George Austen (1731-1805), father of Jane Austen. Possibly placed in the volume by his son James who took over the parsonage after his father's retirement.

Smyth (William Henry). Aedes Hartwellianae, or Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell, 2 volumes (including Addenda), London: Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Son[s], 1851-1864, first volume with thirteen engraved maps, plans & plates (including lithographs and mezzotints & one hand-coloured), wood engraved illustrations, some spotting to title, second volume with eight engraved maps & plates (one map hand-coloured and manuscript note to verso of one plate), occasional light spotting, few minor damp stains to upper margins of few leaves, first volume with the bookplates of Captain William Henry Smyth, John Lee and Edward Chaddock Lowndes of Castle Combe, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, some fraying and light wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:This set appears to be Smyths own copy, with his bookplate and signature to the front pastedown of the first volume. The volume was further presented by Dr Lee- whose inscription, signature and bookplate appear. Smyth (1788-1865) was an important figure in the scientific world and was particularly recognised for his contribution to astronomy. His telescope was erected at Hartwell and was given to Dr Lee. Having completed his observations in 1839, Smyth relocated to Stone, Aylesbury, and his observatory was dismantled, the telescope sold to Dr. Lee and re-erected at Hartwell House in a new observatory designed by Smyth. Smyth still had occasion to use this instrument as his residence at St. John's Lodge was not far away, and again he made a large number of astronomical observations from 1839 to 1859.

Hottot (Robert, 1884-1939). French explorer and collector. An original illustrated manuscript diary by Hottot of his expedition in association with the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, along the Congo River to Lake Chad, 1908-1909, mostly written in diary form in 13 fascicules, beginning 12 March [1908] and ending 30 January [1909], written in blue ink in a neat hand in French on rectos and versos of ruled leaves with 38 lines to a page, including 9 pen and ink maps and plans plus approximately 80 vignette sketches of ethnographical interest, plus tools and artefacts, a few with watercolour, 6 letters to Hottot, also in French, bound in, along with a real photo postcard and a photograph of a group of men and women (possibly not related to the expedition), a total of approximately 314 pages, occasional spotting and soiling, some heavier staining to leaves of the second and third fascicules not affecting legibility or strength of paper, some fascicules with original wrappers with inscription in Hottot's hand, a few near-contemporary marginal repairs to wrappers, the collection bound chronologically with an undated thirteenth fascicule at end in contemporary plain brown morocco, slightly scuffed, 225 x 175 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An important original account of some 70,000-100,000 words that includes scientific and ethnographic observations, details of hunting and animals, vocabulary notes in the diary account of the expedition.The French explorer and collector Robert Hottot made several long expeditions through Africa and the Far East during his twenties. This Congo expedition was his third one made to central Africa and had on this occasion the endorsement of the French government. The expedition's aim was the exploration of the Kanem region east of Lake Chad, an area largely uncharted by Africa's colonial powers up to that time. The expedition lasted nearly fourteen months and its members faced difficult conditions and hostile threats as they travelled overland and by river from Brazzaville to Lake Chad, some two thousand kilometres through what is now the People's Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Chad. Hottot was accompanied by three other men on the expedition: Albert Guinard who returned home after falling ill shortly after the expedition began; Léon Poutrin who acted as doctor and later published several contributions to African ethnography; and Georges Barbat who did not survive the expedition.A large collection of photographs, equipment and documents (including diaries kept by Robert Hottot from 4 June 1906 to 2 March 1908) relating to the expedition was donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, in 1994. Objects collected by Hottot are also held by the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, the British Museum, London, and the Natural History Museum, London. This diary has been in private hands in England for over fifty years.

Trade catalogue. Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., Lining Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules, Printing Material, Machinery, 3rd edition, London: Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., [1923], monochrome illustrations, and specimen leaves of printed type, original dark green cloth gilt, extremities lightly frayed, 4to, together with:Senefelder (Alois). A Complete Course of Lithography, with a new introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor... and supplement of thirty-one plates from the first German and French editions, reprint edition, New York: Da Capo Press, 1968, frontispiece and monochrome plates, original cloth, spine worn, large 8vo,Bland (David), A History of Book Illustration: The illuminated manuscript and the printed book, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1958, colour frontispiece, colour and monochrome plates, illustrations, original cloth in slightly frayed price-clipped dust jacket, large 8vo,McMurtrie (Douglas C.), The Book: The story of printing & bookmaking, 7th edition, London, New York & Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1962, illustrations, original cloth, portion of original dust jacket adhered at head of spine, 8vo,Hardie (Martin), English Coloured Books, The Connoisseur's Library, General editor: Cyril Davenport, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1906, colour frontispiece, colour & monochrome plates, blind stamp at foot of title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-blocked red cloth, 8vo,Maggs Bros. catalogue, A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Bindings and Autograph Letters, remarkable for their interest & rarity, catalogue 555, London: Maggs Bros., 1931, monochrome plates and illustrations, original printed stiff wrappers, spine darkened, folio, plus other printing and bibliography history and reference, approximately 90 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)

Horrox (Rosemary & P. W. Hammond, editors). British Library Hareian Manuscript 433, 4 volumes, Upminster: Richard III Society, 1979-83, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Dunham (William H.), Lord Hasting's Indentured Retainers, 1461-1483..., reprinted, USA: Archon Books, 1970, 8 monochrome plates, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, plusSmall (Graeme), George Chastelain And The Shaping Of Valois Burgundy... [Studies In History], 1st edition, Woodbridge: Royal Historical Society, 1997, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern medieval & Renaissance history reference & related, including publications by Variorum Reprints, Sutton, Yale University Press, Boydell, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )

Gauguin (Paul). Racontars de Rapin, Fac-similé du manuscript de Paul Gauguin, Tahiti: Éditions Avant et Après, 1994, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth, large 8vo, together with:Wildenstein (Daniel), Monet, Or The Triumph of Impressionism, 4 volumes, Köln: Taschen, 1996, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original uniform blue cloth in slipcase, light rubbed, large 8vo, plus Berson (Ruth). The New Painting, Impressionism 1874-1886, 2 volumes, 1st edition, San Francisco: Fine Arts Museum, 1996, monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, light rubbing to head & foot, 4to, and other modern Impressionism reference & related, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves & a carton)

Kanpur. Cawnpore Improvement Trust, circa 1929, 12 maps (many folding, mostly blueprints), typed report 'A Brief report of the working of the MacDonnell University Hindu boarding house and its financial position' inserted, a few notations in an early hand, lightly spotted, a little brittle, contemporary brown cloth, some wear, small folio, together with:Allahabad. Allahabad Improvement Trust, circa 1929, 20 maps (some large and folding), 3pp., manuscript entitled 'Supplementary information' loosely inserted, some spotting, a few notations, contemporary brown cloth, some wear, small folio, withDave (B.R). Improvement Trust Allahabad, proceedings 1925-1930, circa 1930, lightly spotted, contemporary red cloth gilt, some wear and marks, small folio, with 10 others volumes related, including further works by the Allahabad Improvement Trust QTY: (13)

Westwood (J. O.). Palaeographia Sacra Pictoria: Being a Series of Illustrations of The Ancient Versions of The Bible, copied from Illuminated Manuscripts executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries, London: William Smith, 1843-45, numerous colour plates plus monochrome in-text illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with:Brieger (Peter et al), Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969, numerous monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, spines faded with minor rubbing & tears to head & foot, large 8vo, plusWarner (George F.), Miniatures And Borders from the Book of Hours Of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum, London: published by The Trustees, 1894, 65 monochrome plates, some minor toning, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco bound by H. Sotheran & Co., spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, andLewis (Suzanne), The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora, 1st U.K. edition, Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1987, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other illuminated manuscript reference & facsimiles, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves )

Modart (Jo, editor). Jane Austen's Manuscript Letters in Facsimile..., 1st edition, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990, numerous monochrome facsimiles, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, minor rubbing to head & foot, 4to, together with:Le Faye (Deirdre), A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 2006, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusNeill (Edward), The Politics of Jane Austen, 1st edition, London: Macmillan, 1999, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, andBrooke (Christopher), Jane Austen: Illusion and Reality, 1st edition, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1999, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusGiffin (Michael), Jane Austen And Religion, Salvation and Society in Georgian England, 1st edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, andOuld (Martin), The Fruits of Jane Austen, An anthology of references to fruit from the novels and letters of Jane Austen, limited edition, Bath: The Old School Press, 1994, monochrome wood engravings by Simon Brett, original blue cloth spine to boards, 8vo, 64/135, plus other modern Jane Austen reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

Bennett (George). Gatherings in Australia: Being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1860, 8 lithograph plates (7 hand-coloured, 1 tinted), illustrations, manuscript correction to one word on p. 423, modern green half morocco gilt by Walter Craven, Worthing, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Fergusson 6929. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "To Alice M. Vidler, with the kindest love of the author, Oct 22nd 1877", with a newspaper portrait of the author beneath and photographic portrait of the same, aged 88 pasted to frontispiece verso. Additional note bound at end regarding the purchase of the book and binder information.

Torquemada (Juan de). Primera[-tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros rituales i monarchia indiana, con el origen y guerras, de los indios ocidentales, de sus poblaccones, descubrimiento, conquista, conuersion, y otras cosas marauillosas de la mesma tierra..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Madrid: Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723, engraved titles to each volume (verso vol. 1 title discreetly strengthened to lower margin towards gutter, verso of vol. 3 title strengthened to upper outer corner and with early crossed through manuscript note), one folding engraved map, woodcut decorative initials, blind stamp to final leaves in each volume, occasional light damp stains, modern quarter white morocco, white buckram sides, small folio in 4s.QTY: (3)NOTE:Palau, 335033; Sabin, 95212. The second and best edition of this fundamental source of information for the history of California, the southwest, northern Mexico and Texas, was extensively revised by the Spanish historian Andres Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido y Zuniga (1673-1743), who added indexes and his own notes.The first volume contains the history of New Spain, the second volume the religious beliefs and practices of the Indians in Mexico and the third volume the development of the Catholic Church in New Spain. Written by the Franciscan provincial superior of Mexico, this edition was corrected and updated by Barcia Carballido y Zuniga. The text makes particular use of the unpublished manuscript of Gerónimo Mendieta, who reached Mexico in 1554 and spent his life among the Indians.

Leaves of Gold Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Colllections 2001 First Edition Softback Book with 242 pages published by Philadelphia Museum of Art some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE)The Supreme Sacrifice and Other Poems in Time of War, group of 9 copies, one inscribed by the author, 5 bound in limp roan or calf (varying colours), 4 in cloth (3 with dust-jackets), 4to, Skeffington & Son, 1919; Montezuma. The Newdigate Poem 1895, loose in publisher's printed wrappers (lettered 'Newdigate Prize Poem, 1895. Montezuma by J.S. Arkwright' on upper cover, slightly soiled), Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1895; [Calligraphic manuscript] 'Presentation of a pianoforte to Mr. John Stanhope Arkwright, M.P. by the Citizens of Hereford on the Occasion of his Marriage December 21st. 1905', on vellum, comprising 6-page 'List of subscribers' with heading and borders in gilt, stitched into pigskin-covered bevelled boards, with gilt decoration and arms on upper cover, soiled, small 4to, 1905; 'Address Presented to John Hungerford Arkwright... on the Birth of His Son and Heir John Stanhope Arkwright, 17th September 1872'), illuminated address leaf, one page, in original silk-lined padded roan case, titled in gilt on lid, 1872; together with some related ephemera including a manuscript score of 'O Valiant Hearts' (small quantity)Footnotes:John Stanhope Arkwright (1872-1954, known to the family as 'Jack') inherited Hampton Court estate from his father in 1905. By then the estate was encumbered with mortgages, but once he had cleared those and settled death duties, he put the estate up for sale and moved to Kinsham Court. Jack was educated at Eton, where he published short verses in the college magazine, and thereafter at Christ Church, Oxford, where, in 1895, he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry for his epic 'Montezuma'. (His own verdict, confided to his mother, was 'not at all satisfied with it & am doubtful about sending it in. I think it is just above the average of a bad year.') He published a volume of poetry The Last Muster (1901) in response to the Boer War which drew a favourable response from Rudyard Kipling. However, it is for his Great War hymn, 'O Valiant Hearts' first sung on 5th August 1917 at Westminster Abbey to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of war, that he is best remembered. His words were sung at the burial of the Unknown Soldier, at the dedication of the burial flag of Ypres, and at the consecration of the Houses of Parliament and Menin Gate war memorials. They were also recited by the Premier of Canada over the transatlantic telephone at the unveiling of the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge. The tune is still played annually at the Cenotaph in London at the Remembrance Sunday service. He was described as the 'inspired interpreter of the nation's deep and inmost feelings'. He was knighted in the 1934 New Year's honours list. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.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

BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY ACCOUNTS'An Establishment for Irleand. Commencing ye 24th June for Civil Affaires and 1st July for Military 1702', manuscript in ink, written in a neat secretarial hand, in 4 sections comprising 53pp., 32pp., 18pp. and 6pp. respectively, ruled in red throughout, first 2 sections written vertically, general title-page in pen and wash with fine armorial border, bound in elaborate contemporary dark blue morocco gilt, sides with outer border of repeated acorn tools and large centre panel filled with tulip and other floral decoration, and a large centrepiece with larger acorn tools at corners, gilt panelled spine with acorn and other floral tools and raised bands, some wear to extremities and lower cover, small 8vo, 1702--'The Regulation of the weekly subsistance for ye forces in Ireland... William R.', 114pp. (a few blank), mostly written in a similar neat hand, ruled in red throughout, contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, gilt panelled spine, worn with 2 holes in upper cover, 1690 (2)Footnotes:The first is an attractive volume listing payments relating to Irish and West Indian affairs under the reign of Queen Ann, prepared under the direction of Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, the first two sections being headed 'Signed Ann R.' and several pages in the first three sections ending with 'By Her Majestie's Command Godolphin' or similar. The third section, written in a different hand, is headed 'Regulation of the Pay for the Three Regiments in the West Indies according to the Establishment./ Anne R...', and lists payments made 'out of ye revenue of Ireland'. The last section, again in another hand, lists 'An Estimate of the Yearly Change of Salaryes for Looking after ye Barracks.. [in Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Conaught]'.These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this Lot.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

BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY'An Establishment of the Numbers of Men & of ye Numbers & Natures of the Guns Fitt to be Made & Confirmed upon Every of his Ma:ts Ships according to the Opinion of the Principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy, Humbly Presented by them to ye Lords Com:rs for Executing ye Office of Lord High Admirall', 17pp., with tables detailing the navy's ships, their dimensions, numbers of men (either 'Abroad', 'At Home' or during 'Peace'), numbers and types of guns, weights of ordnance, and when, where and by whom the ships were built, [c.1680]; 'An Establishment of all our Guards Garrisons & Land Forces of this our Kingdome of England in our Pay & Enterteynment to Commence ye. 7.th of March 1673/4', providing a breakdown of the daily, monthly and annual payments and allowances to be made by the 'Paymaster Gennerall' to the officers, men and officials of the various army garrisons in the country, 26pp., [c.1676], 2 parts in 1 vol., manuscript in ink, written in a neat clerical hand, ruled in red, with two stiff erasable WRITING TABLES and other blank leaves at end, FINELY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK MOROCCO GILT, possibly by William Cox, the sides richly tooled with floral and wavy line borders enclosing tulips and other floral tools together with elaborate central panel comprising 4 corner-pieces and centrepiece composed of interweaving drawer-handle tools, and incorporating 5 'ship' shapes (one at centre, 4 emanating from panel), gilt panelled spine with 6 floral pattern compartments, raised bands, turn-ins gilt, g.e., tall oblong 8vo (125 x 210mm.), [c.1676-1680]Footnotes:A FINE RESTORATION BINDING CONTAINING A VALUABLE RECORD OF NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES. This attractive volume is divided into naval and land sections, and was presumably produced for an unnamed high-ranking official. The naval content would have proved invaluable to Samuel Pepys at a time of a great expansion in the number of ships. Having resigned as Secretary of the Admiralty in 1679, and survived his imprisonment in the Tower on trumped up charges of treason, Pepys was seeking to rebuild his reputation and re-establish himself in the Navy. Two years after the latest date found in the present volume (1682), he returned from an official voyage to Tangier and was appointed King's Secretary for the affairs of the Admiralty.The first ship listed in the volume is the famous Sovereign of the Seas, renamed Royal Sovereign by Charles II following her rebuild at Chatham in 1660 as a first-rate ship of the line. Here we find confirmation that she was built at Woolwich in 1637 by 'Capt. Pett'son' [Peter Pett, Master Shipwright, son of the King's Master Shipwright Captain Phineas Pett], and that she had 815 men and 100 guns when 'At home', 710 and 90 respectively when 'Abroad', and 605 and 90 when at 'Peace'.Pepys is known to have owned several fine bindings produced by the Naval Binder, to whose work our binding bears strong similarities, and this is possibly the work of a successor, also attached to the Admiralty (H.M. Nixon, English Restoration Bindings, 1974, p.37). The style also bears some similarities to a 1684 William Cox binding described and illustrated by Mirjam Foot in Studies in the History of Bookbinding (no 27, p.202-3).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

BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY GRANTS & ACCOUNTS'A Particular of ye Ayds Granted in Each yeare from the 5th November 1688 unto the... 16th day of April 1697. Also a Computation of what was Intended for the Army & an Exact Account of what was Granted for ye Navy... With... Receipts & Issues of the Publick Revenue, Taxes & Loans... Severall Estimates and Observations Relating to the War', manuscript in black ink, 60pp. plus 'Table of Contents', written in an attractive cursive hand, ruled in red, some blank leaves at each end, FINELY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, covers richly tooled with outer roll-tool border enclosing various floral tools and sprays emanating from urns, dots and 12 small deer tools around a large composite central panel in 8 sections filled with closely entwined leafy tendrils and small flower heads, spine gilt in 7 compartments with repeated floral tool and raised bands, turn-ins gilt, g.e., large 8vo, [c.1697]Footnotes:FINELY BOUND NAVAL AND MILITARY ACCOUNT BOOK.These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.For three similar red goatskin bindings with the same stag tool, see the British Library Database of Bookbindings, which includes two naval volumes by Josiah Burchett (shelf marks 195a4 and 195a8), and a 1693 work by Jeremy Taylor (Davis 79).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

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYERThe Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, contemporary mottled calf, crowned royal monogram 'GR' in corners of covers and in each spine compartment, worn at edges, tall folio, Oxford University, Printed by T. Wright & W. Gill, 1776--COWLEY (ABRAHAM) The Works, ninth edition, engraved portrait, contemporary panelled calf, gilt panelled spine, rubbed, joints cracking, folio, Henry Herringman, 1700--[House of Commons Journal], clerical manuscript in ink, recording orders and business in the Commons, 432pp. plus 8pp. index, contemporary reversed calf with gilt armorial stamp on upper cover, spine labels gilt-stamped 'Comons Journa Fro 12 Apr 1689 to 14 May 1689/ G.& M. Tom II', folio, [dated 1712 at end]; and 2 others (5)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

GAME BOOKSGame book for Hampton Court, Herefordshire, recording guests and numbers of game shot on the estate between 1857 and 1905, decorative title page in pen, ink and watercolour illustrated with a vignette of the house and wildlife, a further 12 vignettes throughout depicting the landscape and game of each area of the estate ('Bunhill & Rookery', 'Hare Hill' etc.), interspersed with photographs of the guests and Arkwright family, some signed beneath, ending with an annual summary of game shot 1824-1907, printed with manuscript entries, 126 numbered leaves, original calf gilt, title in gilt on front board 'Hampton Court', rubbed, g.e., folio (320 x 265mm.), 1824-1907; Game book for the Clune Estate, Inverness, covering the period 1858 to 1873, ruled in red with printed column headings and filled in by hand, with a tipped-in Memorandum of Agreement concerning the estate and a sketched elevation of Clune Lodge, together with a loosely inserted watercolour view, original roan binding, slightly worn, oblong folio, [1858-1873]; with two more Scottish game books, the first for Clune 1858-1864, the second for Tor Castle 1893-1902 (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

GENTIL (FRANCIS)Le jardinier solitaire. The Solitary or Carthusian Gardner being Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gard'ner... Also the Compleat Florist: or, the Universal Culture of Flowers, Trees and Shrubs, 2 parts in 1 vol., 21 engraved plates (one folding, slight loss at outer edge), woodcut illustrations of gardening tools, page 191/2 loose, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, spine cracked, Benjamin Tooke, 1706; The Retir'd Gardener... with Several Additions Proper for our English Culture, by George London and Henry Wise. The Second Edition Revis'd: now Publish'd in one volume, by Joseph Carpenter, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces and 19 plates (of ?22, 2 folding including large plan of M. Tallard's Garden), near uniform contemporary panelled calf, spines gilt with red and brown morocco labels, rubbed, Jacob Tonson, 1706, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Translations of Le Jardinier Solitaire by Francois Gentil, and Le Jardinier Fleuriste et Historiographe by Louis Liger. The two English translators of the second work were both important gardeners in their own right. Wise worked for Queen Anne as 'master gardener', and London advised during visits to estates such as Longleat, Chatsworth, and Castle Howard as joint owners of Brompton Park, one of the most celebrated nurseries of the time. Highly recommended by John Evelyn, Brompton supplied specimen trees and plants to many of the large estates.Pinned to the front free endpaper of volume 1 of The Retir'd Gardener is a manuscript list headed 'Cattalogue of Peach toddy'.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

HEREFORDSHIRE & SHROPSHIRE[CONIGSBY (THOMAS, Earl)] Collections Concerning the Manor of Marden, in the County of Hereford, title and Introduction printed in 1813, with 35pp. manuscript bound at end titled 'The fourteenth Part of ye Patents in ye fourth and fifth years of the Reigne of Philip & Mary King & Queen', lacking pp. 545-720 (see footnote), early nineteenth century diced calf, rebacked, folio, [Privately Printed, c.1722]--BAKER (OLIVER) Ludlow, Town & Neighbourhood, etched frontispiece (this and title foxed), illustrations, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, Ludlow, George Woolley, 1888--LEIGHTON (STANLEY) Shropshire Houses Past & Present, portrait and plates, publisher's parchment-backed boards, soiled, 4to, George Bell, 1901; and 10 others, topography & history (13)Footnotes:The Earl of Conigsby's 'collections concerning Marden were printed in 1722–1727 in a bulky tome, without any title-page, and with pagination of great irregularity, but were never published. When his right to the Marden property was disputed, all the copies of this work but a few were destroyed' (Wikipedia). The present copy has some additional sections bound at the end (as mentioned in Upcott), but in common with most others copies is imperfect.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

HEREFORDSHIRE - HAMPTON COURTVolume containing collection of c.70 seventeenth and eighteenth century manuscript documents pertaining to the history of Hampton Court and the Earls of Coningsby, beginning with 'Mr Blount's Account of Hampton, transcribed from ye original in his own hand', and including copies of extracts from manorial rolls ('...This is part of the manor of Hampton Rishards, now called Hampton Court, the seat of present Earl of Coningsby...'), the Doomsday Book and Monastium Anglicanum, abstracts from and copies of charters and registers ('The Charter of Richard Bishop of Hereford... Church of Leomynster...'), 'The Fifteenth Part of Patent Rolls of the First Year of the Reign of Queen Mary', a pedigree of the Nevills, receipt from George Holmes dated 1720 for exemplifying a charter (including 02.08.0 for the Great Seal and 00.05.0 for the 'Baggbearer'), papers on 'Lady Coningesby's Case', accounts signed by John Kyrle and John Scudamore, 1640, a schedule of letters belonging to Thomas Coningsby that 'remaine in my custody at Hampton Court... November 1614', and much else; written in several hands, in English and Latin, with occasional notes ('The Kings that follow are very ancient yet I could not avoid taking notice of them as they came in my way... There is a Roll of 4 membranes or skins of parchment written on the back thereof...'), duty stamps and dockets, bound in one volume with later index written in ink on blue paper tipped into front, several pages excised at end, titled 'Herefordshire Collections' in gilt on spine, 739 numbered pages, dust-staining, creasing and marks, edges frayed, half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, corners bumped, hinges cracked, ink stain to spine, folio (various sizes 300 x 175mm. to c.320 x 200mm.), [seventeenth/eighteenth century]; and 2 others including a manuscript 'Survey and Valuation of the Estate belonging to the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscount Malden in the Counties of Hereford, Worcester and Radnor', 226pp., contemporary reversed calf, red and black leather spine labels ('Hampton Court Estate.. vol. 1'), 4to, [c.1780s] (3)Footnotes:'THIS VILLAGE, LYING IN THE PARISH OR CHAPELRY OF HOPE UNDER DINMORE, WAS HERETOFORE CALLED HAMPTON MAPPENORE AND HAMPTON RICHARD TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM OTHER HAMPTONS IN THIS COUNTY': A miscellaneous collection of documents pertaining to the property and history of the Coningsby family in Herefordshire seemingly gathered by Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729) and bound together in the nineteenth century. Amongst the copies of deeds and registers there are a handful of autograph letters to the Earl. One, signed 'James Hill' and undated, encloses copies of deeds concerning Bodenham, Marden and surrounding villages, and confirms 'This day I brought a Painter to look upon the picture of Sir Thomas Conyngesby, he admired it. And say it would take time to draw an accurate copy... he will come to Hampton & copy it exactly'. This may refer to the portrait now attributed to George Gower of his ancestor, also Thomas (1550-1625), senior knight of the shire for Herefordshire, intimate of Sir Philip Sidney and author of an account of the siege of Rouen in 1591. Another autograph letter on the militia dated May 1694 and signed 'J Scudamore', warns him to '...be careful in keeping out all those that are not very well satisfied with the government...', naming Sir John Hoskyns as such a person ('...it was against his conscience to take the Oaths Obedience to Government...').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

HEREFORDSHIREManuscript notebook bearing the names of 'David James' and 'William James', the first seven leaves with copies of legal documents relating to Herefordshire in several hands and other notes including a page of arithmetic, continuing with a prayer signed 'David James', the remainder taken up with a detailed commentary and exegesis on the Lord's Prayer beginning 'Our father which art in heaven...' and other religious texts; nineteenth century letter regarding the 'curious vol relating to Hereford' tipped into front, 126 leaves, several leaves excised, dust-staining, ink blots, marks and small tears, original vellum, marked and worn, 4to (195 x 145mm.), c.1632 onwardsThis 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

KINSHAM COURT ROLLSManuscript volume entitled 'Court Rolls of Francis Evelyn Esq', containing neat transcriptions of Court Rolls for the manors of Lower Kinsham and Rodd, Marston, Stapleton in the county of Hereford, Downton in the county of Radnor and elsewhere, running from October 1750 to March 1860, in ruled ledger by Waterlow & Sons, London, c.130 pages on lined paper, the remainder blank, some light dust-staining to edges, green ruled vellum, scratched and worn, red morocco gilt title label on front board, marbled ends, folio (364 x 230mm.), nineteenth centuryThis 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

° ° KENT: Fausset, Rev. Bryan - Inventorium Sepulchrale: an Account of some Antiquities dug up at Gilton, Kingston, Sibertswold ... and Crundale, in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773 ... Edited from the original manuscript ... by Charles Roach Smith. portrait frontis., map and 20 plates (7 hand-coloured), num. text engravings, subscribers list; original blind-decorated cloth, rebacked (preserving most of old spine), 4to. printed for Subscribers only, 1856**CONDITION REPORT**pp.XIII/XIV top margin old tear repair, gen. a good copy, most plt. guards present. (3), LVI, 230, 6pp. & 4pp. publisher's adverts.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

° ° STAFFORDSHIRE: Harwood, Rev. Thomas - The History and Antiquities of the Church and City of Lichfield ... 7 plates (1 folded), 2 plans, a folded table, and some text engravings; rebound half leather and marbled boards, gilt-ruled panelled spine, uncut, 4to, 1806; Harwood, Rev. Thomas - A Survey of Staffordshire: containing the Antiquities of that County, by Sampson Erdeswick ... Collated with manuscript copies ... 4 portraits, 2 folded labels and another plate: later 19th cent. half calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled and panelled spine with red label, roy. 8vo. Westminster, 1820. (2)**CONDITION REPORT**1) some spotting etc., but reasonable overall; 2) some title and frontis spotting, o/w generally good. lvi, 442pp.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

° ° Butler, John, Major - Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam, during a Residence of Fourteen Years, 8vo, pictorial calf gilt, with frontis, folding map and 8 tinted plates, front fly leaf inscribed, ‘’John Butler. A Rating Present from his attached father, July, 30th 1856’’, with a further inscription - ‘’Walter Butler. From his mother, Sept. 1878’’, Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1855, together with a collection of related ephemera, including a photograph of Capt. Butler’s dog ‘’Tankgul’’, [the image is clearly the the origin of the depiction of the dog in R.G. Woodthorpe’s watercolour of ‘’Captain Butler and his Party among the Naga’’ sold at Christie’s 22nd May, 2008] The dog was killed by a spear during the ambush, on 25th Dec 1875, by Lhota Naga tribesmen, which also resulted in the death of Capt. Butler; a 7 page a/l dated 11th January [1876], from Lieut. R.G. Woodthorpe Royal Engineers, to Col. Johnson, recounting the death of Capt. Butler; an ambrotype portrait of Lt. Col. John Butler, [Capt. Butler’s father]; a manuscript recipe book, written by Capt. Butler’s sister, Henrietta, (1806-1852), 4to, 72pp, dated March 17th, 1831, covers detached, partly disbound; a large collection of Butler family letters and postcards, mainly from the early 20th century; and five Butler family books - Curtis, George William - The Wanderer in Syria, 1852; Our English Home: Its Early History and Progress, Trench, Richard Chenevix - Notes on The Parables of the Lord, 1864 and 2 other devotional works.Note: Capt. John Butler - British Colonial Officer and Deputy Commissioner of the Naga Hills, then a political agent there. Led several early expeditions to Naga and Manipur Hills, died 7th January, 1876, from a wound from a Naga spear, aged 33.**CONDITION REPORT**Travel and Adventures…Front fly leaf, frontis, maps and plates all disbound. Cover extremities rubbed, split to upper front spine joint.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Beethoven, Ludwig von. - Kerman, Joseph (Hrsg.). Autograph miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799. British Museum additional manuscript 2980, ff. 39-162 (The 'Kafka Sketchbook'). 2 Bände. XXXIX, Tafel 38-162; XXI, 1 Bl., 296 S. 25,5 x 35 cm. OLeinen (minimal berieben) mit goldgeprägtem RTitel und goldgeprägter hs. Signatur Beethovens auf dem Vorderdeckel. London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1970."This is likely to be the most important work of scholarship to come out of the Beethoven bicentenary year" (Alan Tyson, Beethoven's 'Kafka Sketchbook'). Mit zahlreichen faksimilierten Notenblättern. - Tadellos.

Lehmann, Christoph. Chronica der freyen Reichs-Statt Speyer, darinn von dreyerley fürnemblich gehandelt, erstlich vom Ursprung, Auffnehmen, Befreyung, Beschaffenheit deß Regiments, Freyheiten, Privilegien, Rechten, Gerechtigkeiten, denckwürdigen Sachen und Geschichten, auch underschiedlichen Kriegen und Belägerungen der Statt Speyr: Zum andern, von Anfang und Auffrichtung deß Teutschen Reichs etc. 4 Bl., 1024 S., 48 Bl. (Index). 24 x 19 cm. Pergament d. Z. mit hs. RTitel. Frankfurt, Daniel Fievet für Jonas Rosen, 1662.VD17 3:305678Z. ADB XVIII, 136. Dahlmann-Weitz 1935. Wegele 402. Vgl. Graesse IV, 151. - Zweiter Druck der zuerst 1612 ebenda erschienenen Chronik, eine dritte Auflage folgte 1698 in Frankfurt bei Oehrling. "Das verbreitetste und anerkannteste Geschichtswerk dieser Landschaft. Die Chronik ist nicht bloß eine Stadt - sondern auch zum guten Teile eine Reichsgeschichte" (Wegele). "Seinen litterarischen Ruf verdankt Lehmann zwei Werken, der 'Chronica der Freyen Reichs Stadt Speyr' und seiner Sprichwörtersammlung 'Florilegium Politicum'. Ganz besonders aber ist es die erstere, zugleich sein frühestes Werk, durch welches er sich nicht nur in Speyer einen Namen begründet hatte, um dessen willen man ihn als den 'berühmten Lehmann', ja den 'deutschen Livius' mit bereitwilligster Hingebung anerkannte, sondern das auch weit über Speyer hinaus (soll doch der Minister Colbert befohlen haben, eine französische Uebersetzung der Chronik anzufertigen) im Gebiete deutscher Städtegeschichte einen bewährten Ruf bis auf den heutigen Tag sich erhalten hat. Bei der Abfassung dieser seiner Chronik beobachtete er gewissenhaft das 'nonum prematur in annum', denn erst nach zehnjähriger Arbeit übergab er das Manuscript vorschriftsmäßig dem Rathe der Reichsstadt zur amtlichen Censur, worauf der Druck, auch äußerlich ein stattliches Opus, in Großfolio zu Frankfurt 1612 in Verlegung Jonas Rosen erschien. Die dreifache Aufgabe, die sich Lehmann setzte und in extenso schon auf dem Titel präcisirte, führt er in sieben Büchern von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf den Regierungsantritt Kaiser Maximilians I. durch" (ADB). Jedes der sieben enthaltenen Bücher mit eigenem Titelblatt. - Etwas gebräunt und braunfleckig, Seite 255/256 mit kleinem Randeinriss. Wohlerhaltenes Exemplar.

18th / 19th century Indian school portrait of a nobleman and attendants, 31 x 22cm, framed, together with an Indo-Persian framed manuscript leaf. (2)

Large collection hand coloured plates detailing manuscript illumination and decoration from the eighth to fourteenth centuries (31)

Royal Autographs & Ephemera. A gilt calf album with embroidered decoration housing loosely-inserted correspondence & ephemera relating to Queen Victoria and the Royal Family, comprising: Queen Victoria (1819-1901), autograph letter on Osborne letterhead, challenging to transcribe but seemingly requesting to know the height of a male donkey; a mounted clipping of 'The Queen's writing', presumably taken from a piece of correspondence addressed by Victoria, inscribed in ink, 'Sir Henry Ponsonby G.C.B.' [Queen Victoria's Private Secretary], ruled through in pencil and inscribed 'Sir John Cowell' [Master of the Queen's Household]; Princess Helena (1846-1923), autograph letter signed, addressed to her mother, Queen Victoria, on Cumberland Lodge letterhead, 23 April 1884, 'Darling Mama, I am sending you a little book I think you may like to have. Some of it is very beautiful - indeed I like it all. Your devoted child, Helena'; Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861), embroidered sample in paper envelope inscribed in ink, 'Rug worked by H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, put away Dec 10 1858'; lithographic letter granting permission to visit Osborne House, headed in ink, 'Windsor Castle, November 17 1897', and signed 'F. I. Edwards' [Fleetwood Edwards, Keeper of the Privy Purse]; a lithographic letter sent on behalf of Queen Victoria from Windsor Castle, 9 July 1897, thanking Lord Lathom and all those in the Lord Chamberlain's Department for their contribution to the jubilee celebrations; a handwritten admittance card for Mr Wickenden to visit Osborne Grounds, 1901, signed Andrew Slater; four menu cards, 1896-97, for Her Majesty's Dinner, the Royal Luncheon, and the Royal Wedding Breakfast, two of which are manuscript, including an 'Indian Dish of chicken curry & rice'; a printed sheet detailing the 'Arrangement of Carriages' for Her Majesty's Train from Ballater to Windsor on the London and North Western Railway, 1896; two printed orders of service for the funeral of Queen Victoria, one inscribed 'amended copy 31.1.01'; a stipple-engraved portrait of Princess Beatrice; a photogravure portrait of Queen Victoria; two steel-engraved topographical views of Whippingham Church and View from Shanklin Down; five unused royal letterheads and one unused envelope, including Buckingham Palace; two newspaper clippings. The blank album itself has evidently been used as a blotting pad, and several offset impressions of Queen Victoria's signature are present. Together with a framed lithographic letter from Princess Beatrice on Osborne Cottage letterhead, 1902, sending the 'children' each a medal to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VIIPlease note this Lot will need to be collected from Head Office in Etwall

Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, second edition, folding facsimile at end, scattered spotting, modern half-morocco, 1812; The Bride of Abydos. a Turkish tale, fourth edition, scattered spotting, original paper wrappers, lacking lower cover, title in manuscript to upper cover, defective spine, but holding firm, 1813; The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, sixth edition, advertisements at end, original paper wrapper, title in manuscript to upper cover, upper cover detached, chipping to edges, 1813; and another on Byron, 8vo (4)