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A collection of ephemera for the British India Line 'Northern Cruise No.55' aboard SS 'Devonia', April/May 1967: retained by passenger Mr G H Walker including labels , menus, brochures and related items, together with a manuscript diary by Mr Walker of the cruise.

A collection of ephemera for the Cunard Line Mediterranean Cruise aboard RMS 'Mauretania', April/May 1964: retained by passenger Mr G H Walker including labels, menus, brochures, programmes and related items, together with a manuscript diary by Mr Walker of the cruise.

NO RESERVE Kent, Fawkham.- Brief note concening lands in the manor of Fawcombe, manuscript on paper, folds, 1655 § Surrender of a messuage, 40 acres of land etc. in the manor of Olvers, manuscript on vellum, folds, 1636; and a 19th century pedigree of the Seaton family, v.s. (3)

Trollope (Anthony) The Claverings, 2 vol., first edition in book form, 16 wood-engraved plates after M. Ellen Edwards (lacking tissue guards), single leaf of advertisements at rear of each vol., vol. 2 with manuscript bookplate to pastedown, also with first 12 ff. loose (including preliminaries), some light spotting and finger soiling, some cracking to hinges, original cloth, gilt and blind-stamped in black, some toning, mainly to spines, extremities rubbed, [Sadleir 27], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1867.⁂ This cloth is the variant noted by Sadleir, as opposed to the green cloth blocked only in gilt. He makes no distinction for primacy, but suggests that this present example being slightly more ornate hints at its earlier production.

Children's.- Steuart or Stewart (Walter, of Edinburgh) The ABC with the shorter Catechisme Appointed by the General Assembly to be a Directory for Catechising of such as are of a weaker Capacity, manuscript, title and 21pp., in black letter and roman script, browned, later ink inscription: "The Gift of Hary Barclay Esqr to Grissell Baillie Mellerstain Janr. 1742", 19th century bookplate of Sir Charles Philip Huntington on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, 19th century gilt panelled calf, upper joint splitting, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1714.⁂ Provenance: (1). Mellerstain House, Gordon, Scottish Borders. Home of the Baillie family, now owned by the Earl of Haddington (2). Sir Charles Philip Huntington, first Baronet (c. 1833-1906), British industrialist and Member of Parliament.

NO RESERVE Grattann (W. H.) A Selection of British Marine Algae, 28 algæ samples, most mounted with manuscript captions, loosely inserted, occasional off-setting, occasional marginal staining and finger-soiling, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, small 4to, 1859.

NO RESERVE Marlowe (Christopher) Edward the Second, one of 500 copies, light abrasion to manuscript number limitation, original vellum with red morocco decorative coat-of-arms blind-stamped to upper cover, joints splitting but holding firm, Aquila Press, 4to, 1929.

17 century courtier.- Wynn (Sir Richard, courtier, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1588-1649) Receipt of £200 paid by the architect David Cunningham of Auchenharvie , Scotland as part payment for debts of £30,000 owed to the queen, D.s. "Rich Wynn", manuscript, folds, slightly browned, 212 x 199mm., 20th April 1630; and 2 others, including: an ALs from Sir Robert Moray (Scottish soldier, statesman and natural philosopher, 1608-73), and an ALs from Sir Henry Coventry (politician, 1619-86), folds, slightly browned (3 pieces). ⁂ First mentioned: Wynn was a close associate of Charles Iand accompanied him on his journey to Spain when he was Prince of Wales. After Charles I became king he entrusted Wynn with the finances of Henrietta Maria's household.

Pleadwell (Frank Lester).- Correspondence and other sundry pieces collected by Pleadwell, including: letters from Lindquist Publications, The Library of Congress, Cooke, Sullivan & Ricks, Frank W. Stearns, Martin Sprengling, Charles Scribner's Sons, The Oriental Institute at Chicago, Dixon Wecter at Berkeley and at the Huntington, The Frick Library, Perley P.Pitkin, Roswell Hawley, and The Mark Twain Research Foundation; others signed "Catherine" and "Elizabeth"; several with Pleadwell's handwritten comments and references; music scores, 1 in manuscript; disbound articles and illustrations, some cuttings, a few photographs, a few pieces bearing pasted label "Pleadwell Collection Honolulu", overall some with faint soiling and browning, creases, folds, a few nicks and tears, in portfolio folder, v.s., 1920s-1950s (sm.qty.)⁂ Frank Lester Pleadwell (1872-1957) physician, author and editor of medical texts, bibliophile and collector.

NO RESERVE Music.- Song.- New song called Bill Beaver, manuscript draft with corrections, 3pp., folds, unbound, [c.1810].

Louis XIV (King of France, 1638-1715) Letter signed "Louis" summoning the Baron d'Euclem of Terramesnil to Arras, D.s. "Louis" & countersigned by Michel Chamillart, manuscript in French, 1p., small vertical tea (no loss of text)r, folds, slightly browned, folio, Fontainebleau, 8th October 1705.⁂ Michel Chamillart (1652-1721), statesman; minister of Louis XIV.

Printed Ephemera.  5 early 19th cent. hospitality invoices completed in manuscript, for Croft`s Red Lion Hotel, Preston; Henry Coupland, The Globe, Whitehaven; Zetland Hotel, Saltburn; C. Grindred, White Swan, Brough & Henry Fryer, New Inn, Brough. Also one other. (6)

BROCKETT JOHN T.  A Glossary of North Country Words ... from an Original Manuscript in the Library of John George Lambton ... With Considerable Additions. Rebound half calf with blank interleaves. Newcastle, 1825.

DAVISON W. (Pubs).  The History of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland. Title vignette by Bewick. Eng. frontis & fldg. eng. plate. Inserted manuscript notes incl. Contemporary Account of the Marriage of the Duke & Duchess of Northumberland, 1817. Orig. cloth, much internal browning & spotting. Alnwick, 1813; also 5 others re. Alnwick.  (6).

FOSTER SANDYS B.  The Pedigrees of Wilson of Rigmaden Park & Low Nook, Gibson, Fox, Braithwaite-Wilson, Argles & Moser. Quarto. Orig. cloth. Bookplate of Michael Berry. Printed for Private Circulation, Christmas, 1890; also Bernard Holland, The Lancashire Hollands, ex lib., 1917 & a typescript & manuscript extra illus. small quarto vol., The Ords of Ord, Northumberland, with relative ephemera in end pocket.  (3).

THE GLASGOW BALLAD CLUB.  Ballads & Poems for 1895, 1898 & 1952. The 1898 vol. with a tipped in manuscript letter from Neil Munro. Each in orig. cloth, the latter with d.w.; also 3 other vols.  (6).

CAINE HALL.  Manuscript letter from the Hawthorns, Keswick, 1893 to Sydney Pawling re. his partnership at Heinemanns; also 4 other Hall Caine autograph/manuscript items & 5 of his works in red cloth.

Manuscript Journal - Germany.  Quarto manuscript vol. with an account of a visit to Germany commencing "Thursday the 26th of November, 1874, the day we began our journey to Germany". 

(EGERTON LEIGH MAJOR).  Ballads & Legends of Cheshire. Eng. title, music & decs. Worn & rubbed maroon morocco. Manuscript letter to the author from the Duke of Westminster & with the author's bookplate. 1867; also R. E. Egerton Warburton, Hunting Songs & Miscellaneous Verses, orig. cloth, London & Manchester, 1859.  (2).

ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.  First Annual Report. Fldg. & other mounted eng. plates. Quarto. Half calf. Newcastle, 1814; also a manuscript transcription (prob. early 20th cent.) of The Principal Burials in the Register of St. Nicholas' Church, Newcastle, from 1574 to July 1695 & 1 other vol.  (3).

Alphabet cards. The Floral Alphabet, circa 1850s, 25 cards (of 26, lacking M), each with hand-coloured lithographed flower representing a letter of the alphabet, with its name (divided into syllables) printed below, some cards with (generally light) spotting, mainly to blank areas, each card 76 x 113mm, contained together in original decorative card box with lift-off lid, rubbed and dust-soiled, a little wear to edges, all corners neatly repaired, inside lid with contemporary ink manuscript presentation inscription dated 1857, lid outer side with printed title beneath hand-coloured lithograph of a group of wildflowers, lid with dampstaining to upper and left edges (faintly affecting upper corner of illustration), slightly extending to one edge of box baseQTY: (1)NOTE:A scarce example of this hand-coloured set of botanical alphabet cards.

Bennett (Charles H.). Old Nurse’s Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties, edited and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, 1st edition, London: Griffith and Farran, 1858, wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations and corner-pieces, all with contemporary hand-colouring, generally toned with some spotting, marks and finger-soiling, several leaves with few pinholes or spots of abrasion, 2 leaves with edge tear (one repaired with old adhesive tape stain to verso), p.23 with previously repaired long tear towards gutter (affecting 2 words), rear free endpaper removed, hinges cracked, contemporary cloth, extremities somewhat worn, few minor marks, gilt-lettered faded, small 4to, together with: The Illustrated London News. The Illustrated London Spelling Book, 1st edition, London: at the Office …, 1849, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations, all with contemporary hand-colouring, occasional edge-fraying, few closed tears at gutters, some minor finger-soiling and marks, first few leaves lightly spotted, several edges strengthened, front hinge cracked (some clear adhesive residue), recased in original gilt-stamped cloth, rear cover dampstained, spine repaired, 8vo, plus: Pletsch (Oscar, illustrator), The Three Little Friends, twenty pictures … with descriptions by L.V., London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1868], hand-coloured engraved illustrations, printed on one side only, 3 leaves with old repairs to blank versos (1 leaf a trifle edge-worn), original front free endpaper with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original cloth, rebacked, rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:First and second items: both are the scarce hand-coloured versions of the uncommon first editions. The third item appears to be rare in any form.

Harris (John, publisher). The Cries of London, As They are Daily Exhibited in the Streets; with an epigram in verse, adapted to each, London: for J. Harris (successor to E. Newbery), 1805, 62 uncoloured woodcut illustrations (complete), 7 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, occasionally close-trimmed at head, rarely clipping or cropping headline, small mark to fore-edge, one leaf with short closed tear near gutter, one trimmed at fore-edge (partially cropping decorative border), one advetisement leaf close-trimmed at fore-edge (cropping few letters), frontispiece blank reverse with ink manuscript ownership inscription dated 1809, endpapers renewed, 20th century cloth, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:This edition not in Gumuchian or Osborne. This is John Harris's reprint of the 1775 edition by F. Newbery.

Ireland. Flights of Fancy, being occasional poems by Thomas C. Hitchcock ..., Clonmel: 1839, 44pp. ink manuscript poems written in a neat hand, including 2pp. contents, ink manuscript title, at front an additional ink manuscript title with adhered engraved classical motifs, facing an ink manuscript dedication 'To George Rock Hitchcock as a Token of remembrance from his loving Brother Thomas Cooke Hitchcock', all in the same neat hand, the dedication with adhered engraved border and decorations, each decoration with contemporary ink signature 'Geo Hitchcock', a further 4pp. ink manuscript verse at rear, in a different hand, rear pastedown with pencil sketch of a seated traveller roughly titled 'Tom Hitchcock', above an ink manuscript poem, some offsetting from engravings, additional title blank verso with later ink annotation 'T.C.H. born 1821, died 1841', contemporary marbled boards, rubbed and dust-soiled, covers a trifle creased, spine worn, 94 x 91mm, together with: Ink manuscript music, c.1819-1821, 48 leaves with ink manuscript staves, of which 86pp. contain ink manuscript music in a neat hand, comprising 7 Irish Airs, 2 Scotch Airs, and a selection of waltzes, quadrilles, and other airs and tunes, some with dedications or notes on who they were obtained from, two dated 1821, a couple with elaborate calligraphic titles, the pages written from the front and also from the rear of the book (inverted), preliminary blank and rear free endpaper (inverted) both with contemporary ink ownership inscription 'Julia Gage, Bellarena, Newtown Limavady, Ireland' (or similar), the rear inscription dated Aug 1819, hinges cracked after endpapers/initial leaves, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to board edges, rear cover somewhat creased, oblong 12mo, plus: Album, Lines Written in a Little Lady's Little Album, c.1859-1864, a small album comprising numerous leaves of different coloured papers, 27pp. (the remainder blank) with ink manuscript verse in different hands, some dated, some signed, also one neat pencil sketch of a continental street scene within a decorative border, a 2nd neat pencil sketch of a church by a stone bridge, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco gilt, a little rubbed, front cover lightly scratched, covers and spine elaborately gold-tooled, 12moQTY: (3)NOTE:First item: George & Thomas Hitchcock's father was John Hitchcock , Governor of Clonmel Asylum.Second item: Julia Gage, daughter of Marcus Gage McCauseland or Bellarena, married Sir Hugh Stewart, 2nd baronet Stewart, of Athenree in 1826. They had a daughter and later a son John Marcus who was born in November 1830, the same month given for Julia's death.

Lea (Mrs. Thomas). A Family Record in prose, and verses by Mrs. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, Tottenham: privately printed, 1848, additional title page (A Family Festival held at Blakebrook, December 26th, in the years, 1844/45/46), Tottenham: printed at a private press, 1848, 16pp. of text, bound with Verses of Mrs. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, 1848, Narrative of the First Sunday School at Kidderminster, established by Mr. Thomas Lea of that place, Tottenham, 1848, manuscript presentation inscription to front endpaper, 'Presented to Miss Sarah Lea by her affectionate Uncle J. W. Hill at whose press the book was put in type in the 86th year of his age', all edges gilt, original blind-stamped red cloth, some marks, boards detached with back strip deficient, slim 8vo, together with Lays of Ancient Babyland to which are added divers small histories not known to the ancients, dedicated with much respect, but without permission, to the babies of England, London; William Pickering, 1849, title printed in red and black, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover, backstrip deficient, some light soiling and marks, small 8vo, plus [Ward, Mary]. A World of Wonders revealed by the Microscope. A book for Young Students, with coloured illustrations, London: Groombridge & Sons., 1858, 14 hand-colour printed plates, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glaze endpapers, original gilt decorated red cloth, a little frayed to upper joint, and to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and other 19th-century juvenile interests, including Jestiana, or Joke upon Joke: comprising of rich gems of humour, and smart bonmots extracted from the records of Momus interspersed with original and eccentric anecdotes, London: O. Hodgeson, circa 1830, hand-coloured frontispiece, all edges gilt, original cloth, 12mo, Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen; or the Principles of True Politeness: to which is added the Ballroom Room Manual, Halifax: Milner & Salby, 1861, hand-coloured frontispiece, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped light green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 12mo, French Rhymes for the Nursery... by Mrs. Packer, London: David Mutt, 1869, A Manchester Book; The Cat in Chancery; or The Sum of the Cat,' A legend of Law; not contained in any of the records: in three bits, edited by a Master out of Chancery, London: Simpkin, Marshal & Co., Manchester J. Haywood, circa [1858], The Child's First Step to English History, by Anne Rodwell, London: Harvey & Darton [1844], Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature, 1st, 2nd & 3rd series, mixed editons, 1857-68, The Parents Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction, new edition, 1838, James Gall, An Easy Guide to the Constalations with a minature Atlas of the Stars and key maps, circa 1850s (attractively gilt-decorated upper cover), mostly original gilt-decorated publishers cloth, small 8vo and 12moQTY: (40)

Attributed to Mary Ann Kilner. Mrs Norton's Story Book, Composed for the Amusement of her Children to which are added Instructions for the proper Application of the Stories, London: Printed & Sold by John Marshall, No.17, Queen Street, Cheapside; and No.4, Aldermary Church Yard in Bow Lane, circa 1790, engraved frontispiece and title-page, 17 wood engravings on letterpress, manuscript inscription on verso of title-page 'Elizabeth Steuart of Allanton from Miss Mcdonnell 1800', some corner-curling, stitching slightly strained (B2- B5 just holding onto stitching and consequently a little frayed to lower edge), B2 with upper outer corner torn away, resulting in loss of a letter of drop-title on recto and several words on verso, without the advertisement leaf at rear and lacking free endpapers, original Dutch floral boards, sometime rebacked with sheep, slightly rubbed overall and with some minor marks, 12mo in 6s (11.9 x 8.1 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Osborne II, p.913.A rare children's book, which Osborne notes has been attributed to Mary Ann Kilner. The title-page notes "Price 6d in Gilt Paper. - 9d Bound".The Steuarts of Allanton were an ancient Lanarkshire family. Elizabeth Margaret (1790-1866) was the sole heiress of celebrated arboriculturist Sir Henry Steuart (1759-1836), who wrote a number of books and was a pioneer in the art of transplanting large trees.

Scrap Albums. A scrap album containing approximately 110 engraved illustrations, mid 19th century, many with contemporary hand-colouring, a few with juvenile colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, some published by Dean and Co. or Dean & Son, other themes include hunting, military, natural history, humerous, moral, castles and other architectural, pastoral, nautical and transport, including an image depicting an early diving bell beneath the sea with hot air balloons above, and an image of an early steam locomotive, occasional generally minor marks or dust-soiling, several creased, a few close-trimmed, one engraving with loss to lower right corner (torn away), one stained, front pastedown with ink manuscript inscription 'Arthur Rogers Winnington-Ingram, from his Aunt [...?], January 2nd 1852', contemporary maroon half morocco, worn, 4to, together with another similar scrap album, mid 19th century, containing approximately 55 engraved illustrations, most with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, publishers include Darton and Co., A. Park, W.G. Webb, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the majority depicting animals or birds, including stories involving them such as The Death & Burial of Cock Robin, and some natural history engravings by W.H. Lizars of Edinburgh, some dust-soiling, rubbing and marks, several creased, some fraying and wear to edges, a few losses, original linen wrappers, tied at spine and fore edge with pink silk ribbons, soiled with several losses, slim folio, plus Cinderella, illustrated by Roland Pym, [cover-title], c.1950, 6 peepshow scenes folded in carousel style, each fore edge with single staple (rusting), cloth ties (somewhat frayed), original cloth-backed boards, rubbed with a little wear, 8vo, and 4 other children's books, some defectiveQTY: (7)

Valentines. A pair of paper-cut Valentine cards, circa 1790, 2 paper Valentines with pounced and cut-out patterns, each incorporating a manuscript message in sepia ink, both toned, the first made by Charles Smith for his wife, and titled 'A Verse Called a Wish', 17.5 x 17.5 cm, the second anonymous, with small area of damage to upper left corner (with associated loss), 11.2 x 11.2 cm, each tipped onto thick black paper mounted on card (38 x 25.5 cm) QTY: (2)

Athalin (Baron Louis). Transformation cards, [Paris, France, 1815], the complete deck of 52 etched transformation playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 cards (French suits), the court cards portraying events relating to named historical figures, with suit-signs (uncoloured) to upper right corners, the pip cards 1-10 depicting a wide variety of scenes, including bear-baiting, Turks smoking pipes, circus dogs, a battle scene, carpenters at work, etc., the suit-signs hand-coloured in either black or red, the plain verso of each card has a near contemporary ink manuscript description (in French) of the scene or event depicted, in a neat calligraphic hand, occasional light toning or minor marks (mainly to edges), each card approximately 95 x 66mm, contained together in 5 ringbinder album leaves with clear pockets, each album leaf 33 x 32cmQTY: (5)NOTE:Field 31; Hoffmann, p.50; Morley, pp.118-119; Ortiz-Patino collection, 64.A rare deck of transformation cards in remarkably good condition, and made unique by the fine calligraphic inscriptions on the versos.Field describes these cards as showing 'a high level of artistic ability ... with considerable detail', and the Ortiz-Patino collection states that 'this pack has been considered to be one of the most elegant and finely drawn of all the artistic transformation cards ...'. Apparently Baron Athalin (sometimes Atthalin) designed these cards during a sea crossing from Palermo to Marseilles in 1814, and they were engraved the following year. The knave of clubs has the name 'Ja[que]min Gringonneur', an artist who is known to have painted packs of cards for the French king Charles VI in 1392. It is believed that the figure used to depict Gringonneur is actually that of Athalin himself. The king of spades represents David cutting off Goliath's head with his own sword, after slaying him with the sling stone (although it does appear that Goliath is still living in this portrayal).

Musical playing cards. Les Cartes Musiciennes ou Mille et une Valses pour piano forte, [Vienna, Austria: Jeremias Bermann], circa 1830, engraved title & instruction card (toned and marked with small repair to left edge), the complete Piquet deck of 32 etched playing cards, each with miniature hand-coloured playing card to upper half, single-figure French pattern, the king of clubs with 3 fleurs de lis on his shield, each lower half with 2 staves of music, somewhat dusty, a few minor marks or stains, king of hearts lightly toned, knave of hearts with short crease centrally, plain versos, each card approximately 88 x 56mm, also a slip of paper with near contemporary ink manuscript English translation of the instructions, 23 cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder contained in original card box with lift-off lid, the lid with illegible darkened label and lacking 3 sides, the interior lined with pink paper, the display board 54.5 x 40cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Bibliothèque Nationale de France, FRBNF40918552; Fournier, Germanic 76; Tilley, p.150.This rare deck of musical playing cards is cleverly designed so that, as the instruction card explains plusieurs milliers de valses can be obtained. If any eight cards are laid out in order from king down to 7 (ace between knave and 10), disregarding the suits, a waltz tune will be formed, with thousands of combinations possible each forming a slightly different tune.This set is suspiciously similar to a pack produced circa 1820 in London by Edward Wallis, with the title Musical Transformations or Protean Dances. In Wallis's pack the instructions were printed on a label adhered inside the sliding lid of a wooden box. However, what can be recognised of the title label on the box accompanying the pack offered here appears to be almost identical to the Wallis box label: indeed in an image of the only other set of Bermann's cards found with an intact box (see https://www.antiquetoys.nl/2.musical.1.gif) the strong similarities can be clearly seen with only the text altered, the label still depicting the layout of 8 cards in order (as instructed) above a vignette of some dancers.

Transformation playing cards. Beatrice, or the Fracas, 1st edition, London: Rudolph Ackermann, [1817], the complete uncut pack of 52 playing cards, comprising 13 mixed method engraved plates on thin card, each depicting four playing cards with classical figures and scenic backgrounds, forming the complete deck of 52 cards (French suits), court cards with contemporary hand-colouring, red suits with stencilled suit signs (a couple lightly smudged, as produced), light dust- or finger-soiling to some margins, queen of clubs with single spot to lower edge, knave of clubs with very faint background mark, two plates of pip cards with previously repaired closed tears (one with brown mark to 8 of diamonds and single spot to 8 of hearts), each card approximately 90 x 63mm, each plate approximately 19.8 x 14.4cm, contained together in original portfolio, with stiff front and back covers, worn, one remaining side flap (partly detached), front cover with one of the plates reproduced as a paper label (rubbed and browned), with title at head 'Pictorial Cards', and imprint at foot, printed price to lower right overwritten in early ink manuscript '10/6', faint ink manuscript centrally, the portfolio 21 x 15cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Field 22: `One of the most artistic and imaginative transformation packs`; Ortiz-Patino collection p.72. Scarce in this format. The cards were not issued in playable form but were commonly cut up for use, and therefore rarely survive intact in their original uncut plates. According to Field this particular format, produced as a complete collection of loose plates within a portfolio, was issued before the more commonly found edition published by Ackermann as monthly parts in the magazine Repository of Arts.

Harris (John & Wallis, John, publishers). Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of George the Third, London: J. Harris & J. Wallis, December 1st, 1803, hand-coloured engraved game, with 157 numbered pictorial circles, arranged in a spiral, terminating in a central oval portrait of King George III, sectionalised and mounted on linen, dust- and finger-soiled, some marks, several light pinpricks (mainly to blank areas), upper left blank corner with ink manuscript ownership inscription, a little wear to some linen folds, 55.7 x 53.5cm, together with 48pp. booklet ‘Rules and Directions for Playing the Historical Pastime …', 1810, half-title, first few leaves somewhat spotted and worn, original buff wrappers (strengthened inside and loosely resewn), housed together in original card slipcase (worn), engraved pictorial label to front panel (rubbed and soiled), also with a 19th century ink manuscript instruction booklet, part copied from the original, together with: Harris (John, publisher), The Jubilee, an Interesting Game, London, January 1st 1810, hand-coloured engraved game, with 149 numbered pictorial divisions, arranged in a spiral, leading to a central portrait of King George III enthroned, sectionalised and mounted on linen, dusty with a few marks, some staining to folds, 55.5 x 52.5cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Whitehouse pp. 27-28. The Historical Pastime game first appeared in 1802 and was regularly updated with the changing monarchs until the reign of Queen Victoria.First item: This historical race game, devised specifically for the education of young children, has 158 playing spaces numbered in a clockwise direction. They represent events and characters in English history from William I to George III. The Rules booklet here present is dated 1810. It clearly a reprint of the booklet that was first issued with this game edition (as indicated by the title and by the phrase on page [7] ‘... ending with the Accession of George the Third’). However, the final paragraph on page 47, which originally simply read ‘Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George the Second, ascended to the throne in 1760’ has been updated by the addition of a description of George III’s reign. In 1810, John Harris published ‘The Jubilee’, a new game which focused on the years of George the Third’s reign, therefore this updated Rules booklet must have had a very short lifespan, as it was almost immediately superseded by the new game (see below). Second item: This variation on Harris’s Historical Pastime games was designed as a sequel to their first game of that name, picking-up where that game ended at the ascension of George III and continuing through the 50 years of his reign until the date of publication.

Birk (Hans, Dietrich 1916-1997). The Story of Little Puck and the Slippers, 1945, 11 watercolours, depicting various scenes featuring Puck the goblin riding a snail, riding a grasshopper, flying with butterflies, running away from wasps, encountering a caterpillar, dangling from a dragonfly and racing beetles, each initialled and dated '45', 'Einband' and 'Titelblatt' written to the top of two pages, some with english captions printed and glued to margin over German caption, various sizes from 20.8 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 8 ins), to 29 x 20.9 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 ins), together withThe Story of Little Puck and the Slippers, unpublished typed manuscript, one in German signed by Birk (8pp) and one translated to English by Dorothy Gartner (7pp)QTY: (13)NOTE:During World War II Birk served as an air communications officer in the Luftwaffe. After the war Hans worked in Stade, Germany, painting town shields and regimental badges for the British troops in order to feed his young family. In 1947 he opened a graphic arts studio in Nagold, but the war-torn economy could not support an artistic career. He emigrated to Canada in 1952 where he worked in real estate and supplemented his income painting state and town shields.

Vicary (Charles Lane, 20th c.). A collection of original watercolours and drawings, to illustrate The Rummy-Tummy Book by Samuel Walkey, circa 1910, comprising 14 pen, ink and watercolour drawings on artist board, each signed and dated 1910, captioned to lower margins, board corners a little rubbed and bumped, image approximately 36.5 x 26 cm (board dimensions approx. 41 x 29.5 cm), together with 34 pen & ink drawings on artist board (few with watercolour wash in grey and black), signed and dated 1910, captioned to lower margins, board edges rubbed, image approximately 24 x 16 cm (board dimensions approx. 28.5 x 19.5 cm), contained in original strawboard wrapper with label '34 drawings (by C.L. Vicary) for the Rummy Tummy Book, written by S. Walkey of West Woods, Harnham, Salisbury', complete with Samuel Walkey's original typescript (arranged in parts 1-7) for The Rummy-Tummy Book, with manuscript corrections and additions throughout, occasional scattered spotting, 4toQTY: (54)NOTE:The Rummy-Tummy Book by Samuel Walkey (1871-1953) appears to be an unpublished work. Samuel Walkey was born at Kilkhampton, Cornwall and became a bank inspector in the West Country in the 1890s. Encouraged by his wife he took up writing adventure stories for boys and romantic fiction for adults, many of his juvenile fiction stories were first serialised in Chums and Boy's Own annuals and other periodicals, from 1907-1939, before being published in book form. His many stories in these publications were illustrated by Paul Hardy, Charles Lane Vicary and others and he had a large and devoted readership, The Cornishman, a weekly newspaper noted that his stories 'were read with zest by the boys of England'.

Leslie (Shane). The Cuckoo Clock and Other Poems, privately printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1987, hand-coloured illustrations by Iris Leslie, original morocco-backed boards, acetate wrapper, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited deluxe edition of 50 from a total edition of 200. This copy inscribed 'Dopsy from Iris, November 1988', with the name Luke Daniel (a new family member) added in manuscript to list of author Shane Leslie's great-grandchildren on the dedication leaf, signed by Iris Leslie, with a photographic portrait taken from an oil painting of the author mound to the front pastedown. A unique copy.

Calligraphic Manuscript. A manuscript retirement presentation volume to Gwilwym Jones, Principal of Stroud School of Art, 1952, with manuscript verses on 10 leaves, extracted from Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, John Drinkwater and others, calligraphically executed in colours by various hands, with accompanying pen, ink and watercolour illustrations, opening with the lines 'Let men do these things if they will. Perhaps there is no harm in it; W.S. Landor, tipped-in etched portrait frontispiece, mezzotint view signed by Robert Dodd, 1952, with signatures of contributors including Edward R. Payne, L.W. Mildmay, Arthur D. Arnold, Ivanna M. Lees, Gladys Sharpley, Robert Dodd, Kathleen M. Blair, endpapers with original country scene in red crayon, original red morocco, upper cover with central diamond blue morocco onlay with initials 'G J' in gilt and corner onlays with stylised bird in gilt, some light marks, 4to, with a small descriptive note loosely inserted together with Selections from Catullus, Translated by Sir William Marris, with the Latin Text, circa 1935, 11 pages of calligraphic text, first words heightened in gold with decorative tailpieces, original green morocco gilt by Frank Garrett, Birmingham Municipal School of Art, spine faded to brown, slight darkening to cover margins, 8voQTY: (2)

Rowling (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard, translated from the original runes by J.K. Rowling. A Collection of Wizarding Fairy-Tales, Sotheby's, London, 13 December 2007, colour illustrations, original stiff wrappers, 8vo, together with two 'I have seen Beedle the Bard' badges QTY: (3)NOTE:The Sotheby's auction catalogue for the sale of the manuscript, sold on behalf of The Children's Voice on 13 December 2007 for £1.95m. Signed by the author to the first leaf.

Waugh (Evelyn). Decline and Fall. An Illustrated Novelette, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1928, frontispiece and 5 plates by the author, a little light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper "Carl Winter, 1928, Coll Exon. Oxon.", original cloth, spine slightly rubbed at ends, in dustwrapper, pale toning to spine, a few chips and nicks at folds (generally a very good copy)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Carl Winter (1906-1966), art historian and museum curator, who worked at the Victoria & Albert Museum before moving to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge in 1946, at which time he also became a Fellow of Trinity College. Together with Patrick Trevor-Roper and Peter Wildeblood, Carl Winter gave evidence to the Wolfenden Committee, whose report led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Winter's evidence was given anonymously as 'Mr White'. His testimony was portrayed in the BBC television dramatisation Consenting Adults.Connolly, The Modern Movement, 58. First edition, first issue of the author's first novel with the names "Martin Gaythorn-Brodie" and "Kevin Saunderson" unchanged on pages 168-69.The author's first novel, with his own illustrations, in the dust jacket also designed by him. After the book was rejected for indecency by Duckworth (the publisher of his earlier biography of Rossetti), Waugh offered the manuscript to Chapman & Hall, but he did so while his father, who was the managing director of the firm, was away on holiday. The acting-director agreed to publish the novel and Arthur Waugh returned to London to discover that his son was his firm's newest author. When Arthur Waugh's biography was published three years later, however, Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies, the two novels published under his directorship of Chapman & Hall, were not mentioned.

Interesting ProvenanceA silver and amethyst set cross, comprising oval mixed cut amethysts, claw set within fancy rope twist borders, length approx 47mm, unmarked assessed as silver together with a manuscript family history recording the provenance of the cross along with previous Auction sales invoice.Provenance: The cross was owned by Audrey Ladbroke who's father was personal assistant and chauffeur to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson). Albert Ladbroke along with Audrey and family lived at Kensington Palace for a short while. The cross was given by the Duke to Audrey's mother as a gift.

Oil on canvas Janet Collins 1880 of a old 19th Century man reading a manuscript along with framed watercolour of 1920s couple in Mediterranean scene

Early Japanese manuscript book by Honyo (1707-1789), the 17th priest of the Buddhist Jodo Shinshu sect. Along with an early lacquered document box.The Jodo Shinsu sect, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan.Height: 9 3/4 in x width: 6 3/4 in x depth: 2 1/4 in.

De Vaugondy (Robert). Nouvel Atlas Portatif destine principalement pour L'instruction de la Jeunesse d'apres la Geographie Modern de seu L'Abbe Delacroix, Paris, C. F. Delamarche, circa 1804, decorative title page, introduction and index, 54 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, all present according to the index list with an additional tipped-in larger folding map of France, each map with a near-contemporary manuscript numeral to the verso, some spotting throughout contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked but retaining the original spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The maps are numbered 1 - 52, as per the index, with 1 bis plate and the additional folding map of France, which is not called for.

Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, 3rd edition, London: Robert Faulder, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece and title, folding panoramic view of London, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, some offsetting and scattered spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, some wear to extremities, rubbed, 4to, together with:Pennant (Thomas), The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell, London: B. & J. White, 1796, engraved title to both parts (initial title with rubbed paper surface of upper right blank corner), 21 engraved plates only (of 22, lacking coats of arms plate 4), light toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, old reback, rubbed and some wear, 4to,Churchyard (Thomas), The Worthines of Wales, a Poem. A true note of the auncient Castles, famous Monuments, goodly Rivers, faire Bridges, fine Townes, and courteous People, that I have seen in the noble Countrie of Wales..., London: Reprinted from the edition of 1587, for Thomas Evans in the Strand, 1776, half-title discarded, title & following leaf dust-soiled and slightly damp-stained, later endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, old reback, upper joint split and lower board detached, worn, 8vo,Bath, Somerset, Bath Anecdotes and Characters: by the Genius Loci, London: Sold by Dodsley, Pall Mall; Dilly, Poultry; and T. Shrimpton, Bath, 1782, removed bookplate from front pastedown, 19th century dark green half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo,[Stennett, Samuel], A Trip to Holy-Head in a Mail Coach with a Churchman and a Dissenter, in the Year MDCCXCIII, London: B. Law & Son, and J. Debrett, 1793, title with oval ink stamp, adhered old catalogue entry slip at head and manuscript note, some toning and few marks, ink stamp to front free endpaper, bookplate removed, contemporary calf (pitted), old reback, upper board detached and lower joint split, worn, 8voQTY: (5)

Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. A manuscript journal compiled by James Hardy of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 1877-78, 112 pages with natural history notes and Club minutes and related observations, mostly written in ink in a legible hand with crossings out and corrections, a few vignette illustrations, some related mostly manuscript letters and ephemera loosely inserted, contemporary stitched plain buff wrappers, soiled and frayed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:James Hardy (1815-1898) was a Scottish naturalist and antiquarian. He formally joined the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club in 1863, and in 1871 was appointed its co-secretary, serving in that role until 1869 or later. At least two species have been named in his honour.

Folding Maps. A mixed collection of approximately 60 maps, 18th - 20th century, including Stanford (Edward, publisher). Bartholomew's "Half-Inch to Mile" Map of England & Wales, 37 parts (complete), circa 1905, 37 colour lithographic maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, each with publisher's printed paper endpapers, one map with frayed and torn endpapers, each approximately 520 x 640 mm, together with Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Oxfordshire Drawn from the Best Authorities, Divided into Hundreds and Illustrated with Historical Extracts..., printed for Bakewell & Parker, J. Bowles & Son, T. Bowles, T. Kitchin, R. Sayer and J. Ryal, circa 1765, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 505 x 400 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a manuscript title to the upper cover, slipcase faded and worn, with Hasted (Edward). A Compleat Map of the County of Kent taken from a late actual survey and accurately corrected to the present year, 1801, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, old rust holes to each corner (possibly caused by drawing pins), near-contemporary manuscript ownership signature (Captain Packe First Guards) to verso, 495 x 695 mm, plus Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Northampton Shire Divided into its Hundreds...., J. Tinney, 1753, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining and dust soiling, 705 x 540 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, with publisher's printed title label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, and Cary (John). Cary's Reduction of his large Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland..., 1832, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and dust soiling, some damp staining to the verso, marbled endpapers, 755 x 625 mm, contained in a contemporary green marbled slipcase with a publisher's circular title label to the upper cover, slipcase frayed and worn, with another 23 folding British and foreign maps, including examples by or after Ordnance Survey, Hall, Macaulay, Brown & Sons, Bartholomew, Stanford, Waddington & Son, Burrows and Lizars, various sizes and condition, with Tallis (John & Co.). Ten pictorial maps (West India Islands, North America, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Falkland Islands & Patagonia, South America, East Canada and New Brunswick, West Canada (2 copies), Central America, New South Wales) circa 1860, engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map decorated with uncoloured vignettes, some staining and spotting and short splits along the central fold, each approximately 265 x 330 mm, and Sutherland (T. & Havell D.). Fifteen engravings after C. G. Shutz, originally published in 'Views on the Rhine' R. Ackermann, 1819, aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring (Mentz, Cologne, The Castle of Furstenberg, Bacharach, Pfalz Castle and the Town of Laub, Thurnberg, Liebenstein, Braubach, Bornhofen, Boppard, Engers and Sayn, Andernach and Neuwied, Hammerstein, The Castles of Drachenfels & Rolandseck [and] Bodesberg and the Severn Hills, some spotting, staining and dust soiling, each approximately 240 x 290 mmQTY: (approx. 86 )

India. Gunter (Col. C. P. publisher), Calcutta & Howrah Guide Map, published at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, 1926, colour folding lithographic map, laid on linen on a scale of 4 inches to the mile, retaining the distance tape indicator, very slight dust soiling and creasing, 1160 x 800 mm, bound in the publisher's blue cloth gilt boards, boards slightly spotted, envelope recess to the verso of the front board containing a 32-page alphabetical list of names, together with Burrard (Colonel Sir S. G.). Guide Map of Simla, the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun, 1917, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Jutogh, 700 x 925 mm, contemporary printed title label with manuscript ownership signature to the upper cover QTY: (2)

Intourist (publishers). Three Soviet pictorial city and regional plans, Moscow a Map by Michael Getmanski, Pictorial Map Panorama of Leningrad [and] Pictorial Map of the Caucasus, published Moscow, 1935 - 38, together, three colour lithographic folding maps with explanatory text in English, the map of Moscow with small areas of repair where old folds cross and backed with archival tissue, the map of the Caucusus with very short splits where old folds cross and retaining the publisher's pictorial boards, the map of Leningrad with short splits where old folds cross and short closed tears along a few old folds, the map retains the rear paper wrapper with a contemporary manuscript ownership signature, the upper wrapper is detached, 580 x 845 mm, 350 x 670 mm and 415 x 590 mm respectivelyQTY: (3)NOTE:Intourist was the official Soviet agency for tourism and was established in 1929. Decorative and aesthetically well-designed maps; they are clearly aimed at English speaking tourists. This is somewhat counter-intuitive as Britain did not establish formal relations with Russia until 1929 and the U.S.A. would not do so until 1933 - 34. This was also the period of Stalin's first five-year plan, the Great Depression was still affecting the world economy and the Soviet Union was a remote and difficult place to reach. It is something of a mystery why these maps were published in English and who the Soviets thought would use them.

Lenthall (John, publisher). Geographical Cards of England, with part of Scotland and Ireland, and the adjacent parts of France and Flanders, describ’d to tabulate upon the Ace of Harts and the Ace of Diamonds, London: printed for and sold by John Lenthall, [circa 1712-1717], the complete deck of 52 playing cards, the 4 aces with printed description, directions, and list of counties, the remaining cards formed from an engraved map of England and Wales, hand-coloured in outline and dissected into 48 cards, each card with stencilled suit sign in black or red, the 48 map cards with ink manuscript number or Queen / King / Knave, ace of hearts with red ink tax stamp, plain versos, some light spotting, and minor marks, occasional light offsetting, 2 cards with very slight adhesion scarring, each card 95 x 58mm, with contemporary sleeve, formed from (presumably waste) playing cards of plain design, stitched together and covered in marbled paper, rubbed with some minor wearQTY: (1)NOTE:Mann, All Cards on the Table, p.132 (illustration); Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, p.140 (no. XII); Wowk, p.96.Campbell, Tony. “Chronicle for 1991.” Imago Mundi, vol. 44, 1992, p. 140: 'The Geographical cards of England, John Lenthall [c.1718-44], (40 of 52 cards, each composed of a section of the map of England engraved by James Moxon). Sotheby's 14 November 1991 [Lot]...210'.This extremely scarce pack of early geographical playing cards was created from a map of Britain engraved by James Moxon, itself based on an earlier version by Adais. When Moxon died in 1708, John Lenthall obtained many of the plates Moxon had engraved and reissued them. In this case he reprinted Moxon’s map to be cut into a set of playing cards, with suit signs and numbers added by hand. In All Cards on the Table, Sylvia Mann suggests a date of c.1700 for these cards, which could have been true for earlier copies without a tax stamp. However, in his IPCS journal supplement Taxation on Playing-Cards in England... John Berry concludes that the 'crown' tax stamp, when unnumbered (as here), was used for packs made after August 1712 but before January 1718.

London. Wilme (B. P. W. surveyor). Wilme's Symbolic Map of London. or, Visitors Guide to the Sights and Amusements of the Metropolis, Baily Brothers, May 14th 1851, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, the map surrounded by panels of explanatory text, 550 x 710 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with an orange and black title label to the upper siding, ink manuscript ownership signature to the label, binding size 150 x 105 mmQTY: (1)

Worcestershire. Saxton (Christopher & Lea Philip), Worcestershire Described by C. Saxton, Corrected and Amended with many Additions as Roads &c. by P. Lea, George Willdey at the Great Toy Spectacle, China ware & Print Shop, circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset town plan of Worcester, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, large margins, near-contemporary ink manuscript title on verso, 375 x 495 mmQTY: (1)

Persian Manuscript Leaves. A collection of approximately 80 sheets, 19th century, including 51 double-page manuscript leaves (possibly from a Qur'an) in two sets of four columns with gilt Surah headings, 10 with watercolour and gouache foliate borders, with text on both sides, each approximately 275 x 345 mm, together with approximately 30 single leaves, each approximately 275 x 155 mm, slight worming to the margins, with ten early 20th-century Indian gouache paintings of a courting couple, each approximately 190 x 130 mm, with 12 hand-coloured engravings on four sheets depicting Indian costume customs and genre scenes, each sheet approximately 400 x 250 mmQTY: (approx. 90)

Hawkesworth (John) Cook (James). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, plates only, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Caddell, 1773, 52 engraved plates (many folding, bound out of sequence), some plates toned to margins, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper with early manuscript list of plates, each plate numbered in an early hand, contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt, worn and marked, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Hill p. 139. Sabin 30934.

Victoria (1819-1901). Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1837-1901. A group of 4 tableaux vivants photograph albums taken at Balmoral Castle, 5 & 6 October 1888, 5 October 1889 and 8 & 10 October 1890, plus Osborne, Isle of Wight, 24-25 January 1890, the first album containing 28 window-mounted cabinet cards featuring Princesses Maud of Wales, Alice of Hesse, Margaret of Connaught, Beatrice, Louise of Wales, Princes Arthur of Connaught, Albert Victor of Wales, Henry of Battenberg, et al, and including 2 'India' cards featuring Mahomed Buksh, Hafiz Abdul Karim, Syed Ahmed Husain and Khairat Ali, neat four-page manuscript index of the first 18 cards at front, contemporary embossed padded morocco with clasp, upper cover titled 'Balmoral. Tableau-vivant. October 5 & 6 1888', rubbed and a little frayed at extremities, 4to; the second album containing 2 panel print photographs by G.W. Wilson & Co. of the performance of 'Used Up', including Princess Beatrice and Princess Henry of Battenberg in the cast, images 18 x 30 cm, hinged into an album with a printed programme similarly hinged at front, inscribed by Queen Victoria to front free endpaper, 'The Viscount Cross, G.C.B.' and signed 'The Queen' beneath lower left, inner hinges broken, contemporary gilt-titled and decorated red morocco gilt by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed and a little frayed at head of spine, narrow oblong folio; the third album containing 7 cabinet cards, the first by W. Watson, Ballater, showing Queen Victoria signing while attended by 'Munshi' Abdul Karim, inscribed to lower mount, 3 others with inscriptions by Queen Victoria to lower part of image and mounts, and final image of ‘Oriental bazaar’ inscribed and dated by her to verso, four-page printed programme bound at front, presentation inscription to front free endpaper for Viscount Cross in the hand of Queen Victoria and signed 'The Queen', all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red morocco by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed, 8vo; the fourth album of performances at Osborne containing 5 mounted photographs by Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight, of performances of Esther, (featuring Hafiz Abdul Karim, Saiyad Ahmad Husain and Mirza Yusuf Beg), Fotheringay, The Surrender of Calais (with Princesses Beatrice, Louise, Henry of Battenberg, et al.), and Little Toodlekins (2 photos), images 18 x 23 cm, original studio mounts with printed four-page programme bound at front (listing fourth and fifth A Bedouin Encampment and Twelfth Night for which there are no photographs present), a separate loose printed programme for the final tableau,  hinges broken and contents detached, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed and covers partly damp-stained, oblong small folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.Tableaux vivants were particularly popular during the Victorian era. They involved dressing up in costumes with plenty of props and creating a scene from a story before remaining completely still to hold the pose as a living picture for the photographer. Queen Victoria and Albert were fond of such activities with which they included their children, friends and members of the royal household.NB. An amendment regarding the contents of the fourth album has been made to this description.

Private patronage. A ledger of private patronage, 1886-1892, a printed ruled ledger with double-page columns for name of applicant and date of application, office sought for, qualifications, recommended by and remarks, completed in manuscript chronologically in sections with thumb tabs identifying the categories as honorary cadetships, chaplains, Council, educational appointments, honours, legal appointments, messengers and miscellaneous, 133 folios including blanks, tabulated alphabetical thumb index at rear, Eccle Riggs library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary roan, heavily scuffed, folio, together with a manuscript book of legal fees 1850-59 recording in columns fees charged at sessions in Preston, Salford, Manchester, Liverpool, etc., a few leaves loosely inserted at rear, ownership signature of Richard Assheton Cross, 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, [London], contemporary vellum with manuscript inscription 'R.A.C. Fee Book' to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus a related loose legal document for Lancaster, April 1868QTY: (3)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.Cross was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1849, attaching himself to the Northern Circuit.

Carrington (Robert Palk, c. 1782-1842). Rector of Bridford, Devon, 1815-42. A manuscript account of the wars between England and France, written c. 1820, 262 pages, written in a clear and legible hand, describing wars from the twelfth century up to and including the Battle of Waterloo, plus a selection of epitaphs, etc., including a few vignettes, armorial bookplate of Carrington with ink manuscript date 'May 1819' upper left, contemporary calf, rubbed and slightly cracked on joints, 8voQTY: (1)

Hospital Accounts. A manuscript accounts book for St Bartholomew's Hospital, Newbury, Berkshire, 1624-1696, containing annual manuscript accounts provided by the proctor listing receipts (mostly rents) and disbursements with amounts in the right column, with signatures of the mayor and other officials at foot, written continuously in various neat secretarial hands, some deletions, several leaves darkened from iron ink gall burning, written to rectos and most versos of 85 leaves, blank leaves at rear, contemporary stitched limp vellum, worn and soiled, folio, together with 3 unrelated 18th-century vellum deedsQTY: (4)NOTE:St Bartholomew's Hospital is said to have been founded by King John, who granted a fair at the festival of St Bartholomew in 1215. The disbursements refer to faggots [bundles of wood], chimneys, almshouses, various fees, building materials including sand, nails, lime and hair, wood and timber, maintenance, etc.

House of Commons Journal. A contemporary manuscript copy of the Commons' Journal for 21 June to 15 August 1645, 466 pages plus tabulated thumb index, neatly written on pages with red rule borders, some slight dust-soiling and corner curling, all edges gilt, disbound with original gilt-decorated spine and title label still present, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Subjects include Oliver Cromwell, Lord Digby, the Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Fairfax, the army, the admiralty, the church, etc.

Irish Grant of Arms. Manuscript Letters Patent for the Grant of arms issued to Charles Wybrants Higginbotham, 30 January 1900, illuminated manuscript on single vellum membrane, with finely painted armorial bearings of Charles Wybrants Higginbotham with motto 'mitis et fortis', with engraved royal armorial and that of Arthur Vickers as Ulster King of Arms in black ink, document signed by Arthur Edward Vickers as Ulster King of Arms of all Ireland Arms, navy silk tag with single red wax seal appended in brass skippet, membrane approximately 49 x 47 cm, housed in original red skiver case with hinged lid, decorated with royal VR insignia gilt, slightly rubbedQTY: (1)NOTE:Charles Wybrants Higginbotham was born in Dublin, Ireland on 10 October 1866 to Charles Higginbotham and Augusta M P Dawson. Charles Wybrant Higginbotham married Sarah Elizabeth Greer. He died on 23 November 1922 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Miscellaneous Ephemera, mostly 19th & 20th century, mostly printed plus some manuscript items including pamphlets, acts, receipts, engravings, etc.QTY: (a carton)

Book of Hours (Use of Rome). Illuminated manuscript on prepared parchment in Latin, Northern France, circa 1450, leaf size 150 x 103 mm, 170 folios: 14 leaves at front (2 leaves of manuscript prayers in brown ink, and 12 leaves of manuscript calendar), 156 leaves of text and illuminations, including two full-page illuminated miniatures and one smaller miniature to verso of final leaf, 16 pages with illuminated border decorations, three additional blank leaves separating calendar and main body of text, calendar written in French with 17 lines per page in red and brown ink, and small illuminated initial to each month, upper outer blank corners of initial 14 leaves (calendar) repaired, occasional light dust & finger-soiling, all edges gilt, 19th century marbled endpapers, mid 16th century calf, gilt embossed roundels to centre of each board depicting the Crucifixion to upper cover, and Annunciation to lower, rebacked and board corners repaired, extremities rubbed, 8vo, binding 155 x 110 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Northern France, probably Paris or Rouen, given the preponderance of names of saints (or bishops) in the calendar associated with towns in Normandy, Brittany and Northern France, including the feast days of, amongst others, Saints Amador (16 January), Metran (January 31), Blaise (3 February), Bridget (1 February), Opportune (22 April), Petronille (31 May), Bernard of Clairvaux (20 August), Bishop Hubert of Liege (6 September), Lambert of Liege (17 September), Saint Remy or Remigius of Rheims (1 October), Denis (9 October), Bishop Martin of Tours (11 November), and Saint Eloi or Eligius (1 December). Eligius for example was appointed Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in 642, and worked for twenty years to convert the pagan population of Flanders to Christianity.Carys Roberts (1946-2020), Trumpington, Cambridge; purchased in the 1980's, thence by descent.