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EPHEMERA. Two endpaper leaves signed in black ink by Queen Mary, dated July 27th 1921 and 28th July 1926, together with a small group of manuscript ephemera and letters including two autograph letters signed by George Baden-Powell, an autograph letter signed by John Adams-Acton and a clipped sample of handwriting of Mr Henry Pollexfen counsel against the Lady Alice Lisle.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

SCRAP ALBUMS. Three scrap albums containing a George IV Coronation Pass Ticket, mounted prints, manuscript verse, clipped postal covers and newspaper cuttings, together with a leather-bound crest album.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

AUTOGRAPH, ROYALTY. An autographed petition signed in ink by Queen Victoria permitting Lord William Townshend of Fordham Abbey, Cambridge, to use the surname Dunn-Gardner, September 1843, 200 x 317mm., together with a manuscript note of the fees incurred and a copy of The London Gazette, dated 1 September 1843, announcing name change.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

MAP, IRELAND. A folding manuscript map titled 'The Parish of Kilfenaughta and Kilfenienan in the Baronies of Tullagh and Bunrattie in ye Count[ie] of [Clare, Ireland]', hand-coloured in outline with numbered plots, mid 17th-18th century, 605 x 466mm, torn with some loss.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

PAMPHLETS RELATING TO ANTIQUE FIREARMSCollection of 24 printed pamphlets by various authors including Colt, Greener, Lancaster, Wilkinson, Deane, Reilly, James Walker and others, half disbound and loosely inserted in modern calf covers, the other half bound to match; together with approximately 8pp. of manuscript notes and tipped-in letters relating to a trial involving a blunderbuss used in the murder of Jermy by Rush in Norfolk in 1849, news clippings, and several other pieces of printed ephemera, 8vo [1814-1855] (a lot )Footnotes:A full list of the items in this lot are available on requestThis 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

THE WILL OF EDWARD NEWTON OF GRANTHAM, GUNSMITHDated 1764The last will and testament of 'Edward Newton of Grantham in the County of Lincoln Gunsmith', bequeathing 'all my Shop Goods Stock in Trade and Utensils of every kind' to his nephew William Newton, 2 sheets of vellum, joined with tab and paper seal, and smaller grant of probate (this engraved and accomplished in manuscript), 23 April 1764, with codicil of 1 May 1764, and with grant of probate dated 1 June 1764Footnotes:LiteratureThe Late Tom Wimsey, 'Newton of Grantham', The Journal of The Arms & Armour Society, Vol. XVI, No.5 (September 2000), pp. 281-303, Appendix 1 [transcription]Edward Newton appears to have trained both Robert Wogdon and John TwiggFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A collection of Chinese objects to include a manuscript, a medically-used scale with original wooden protective case, and enamelled pot and dish and a white metal opium pipe

ELSYNGE, Henry - The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England : Corrected and enlarged from the Author's Original Manuscript. xx; 298 pages + errata leaf, full calf cracking on hinges but firm, 8vo, 1768.With - Townsend, W. Charles, History of the House of Commons, etc, 2 vols, 2 frontis, full calf magnificent extra gilt decorations on the spine with contrasting morocco title-label, 1843-44 * With ALS attached to f.e.p. Author's presentation copy. With - Gladstone, W.E. The State in its Relations with the Church : 2 vols, full tan calf, extra gilt on the spines within compartments, morocco title-pieces, foxing. * fine bindings(5)

GUALDO PRIOR, Galeazzo, Conte - The History of the Sacred and Royal Majesty of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland with the reasons of her late conversion to the Roman Catholique Religion : full calf hinges splitting, small 8vo, lacks all before A2 title-page, 17th century ownership inscriptions, 2 pages at the rear on the same subject in manuscript, Printed for T. W, London, 1658.

PENINSULA WAR JOURNAL : Contemporary manuscript, " Journal of Campaigns in the Peninsula, from 1st of November 1811 to 30 of January 1815." Inscribed on the endpaper " Salamanca, 16 June, 1812". Nearly 200 closely written pages but legible. Contemporary limp vellum. Interestingly the author works out his army pay for the four year period on the final couple of pages. A separate warrant signed "Exmouth" identifies the author as Charles Holman, Ensign in the 52nd Foot. "August 15, 1813 received an order from the Brigadier Major to attend a General Court Martial of which Gen. Brisbane was presided on Robt. Harmesworth of the 36th Reg while attempting to give himself up to the Enemy ... the Enemy had moved off in great force to the relief of Saint Sebastion." (1)

WIDGERY, Frederick : (illustrator) Devon Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts. By Lady Rosalind Northcote : 50 colour plates, full gilt vellum, 4to, contemporary inscription on half-title, 1908. * Limited to 160 copies. With - Jones, Pitman, Devoniae Index Parochialis, half morocco rubbed, folio, 1843. With a manuscript school book belonging to Henry Drewe, Peamore Cottage, Nr Exeter, 1840.(3)

COOKERY/MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT : Pocket manuscript receipt book of 176 pages, Mid-Victorian.

DEVIZES : Borough of Devizes corporate red seal mounted on card, diameter 70 mm. With a 2 page manuscript letter from Trowbridge, dated July 27, 1830, from one Rev. George Crabbe to the Rev. Jas. Hews, Carnarvon. Discussing amongst other subjects the plight and educational prospects of " Mary Ann Watt".* condition of the letter is poor.

WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT [1800-1877]-Cloisters of Lacock Abbey, 1844, salted paper print,:-16 x 21cm, together with one other contemporary salted paper print of a manuscript text, numbered 2, relating to Talbot's interest in Middle Eastern antiquity, 18 x 21cm.* The 26 lines of photographed manuscript in the present lot, with references to Egyptology, is difficult to read. The text commences 'Mr. Birch's Translation - "The Livina Ra, the powerful bull...' and continues later "....Seti beloved of Phtha ....."

WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELDS : "An Atlas of the Witwatersrand Goldfields in the South African Republic, compiled under the direction of C. S. Goldman ... and Baron A. Von Maltzan ..."Single page map, 40 of 42 full and double coloured plans of various estates, etc. It lacks two plans six and nine. The title-page, contents and index pages all heavily creased and poorly repaired ( the book has obviously had some extensive use) the actual maps apart from a few short tears are mainly in good order. Half morocco worn large title label on upper cover. Atlas : elephant folio, 770 x 590 mm. Published by Edward Stanford in London, 1899. * A used copy of a rare book, we have only found records of two being sold in the past 50 years. The Witwatersrand region, which forms a natural watershed between the Vaal and Olifants rivers is 40 km wide and extends for more than 100km. The thin bands of gold known as "reefs" are mined at depths of up to 3,050 meters. Founded as a mining settlement in 1886, Johannesburg already appears as a sizeable mining town 14 years later when this book was published, despite the Boer War (1899-1902) being in full swing. Colonized by the Boers, the Transvaal become independent in 1881. About this time gold was discovered. Interestingly this atlas was published with it's many lithographed maps during the first year of the war.Sold with the Atlas are eight of the original manuscript underground mine shaft plans of the " Great Hole of Kimberley." Which is the site of the World's greatest gold rush, the Kimberly Mine dates back to 1871.The plans drawn to scale are large for instance one titled 'A K 17' is folded and hand coloured mounted on linen dissecting into seventeen sections, it extends to 1338 mm. Indicating the progression of the height and length of the shaft. These historical precision documents provide a unique record

BIBLE : The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments : [preceded by The Book of Common Prayer] , With the Whole Book of Psalms (1751), full diced calf sometime rebacked lacking part of the labels, Contents clean, stout 4to, Oxford, 1754.* has an eleven page manuscript provenance. With - Complete Concordance (1825)(2)

BLACKSTONE, Sir William - Commentaries on the Laws of England : 4 vols, eng. portrait frontispiece, folding genealogical plate, cont. calf, morocco labels on the spine which is damaged in one compartment hinges cracking, 8vo, sixteenth edition, with the last corrections of the author; and with notes by John Taylor Coleridge, 1825. * ASSOCIATION COPY, with extensive manuscript entries in the margins, on additional blanks, etc. All in the neat legible hand of the editor John Taylor Coleridge, also a presentation copy by him

An official photograph of the MCC 1928-29 Touring Team to Australia, 20 by 27cm., 8 by 10 1/2in. b&w team-group photograph with manuscript title and legend, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 50 by 58cm., 19 3/4 by 23in. All glass will be removed from framed and glazed items prior to posting and may result in delays to shipping your items. (This service is included in the cost of postage and packing). We can also totally remove all framing and mounts upon request to reduce shipping costs. Alternatively lots can be collected in person by prior appointment from NN8 1RT.      

A manuscript accounts of Hull based shipping agents George Rooth & Co. 1818-1820.Condition ReportGood condition.

***A quantity of miscellanea including H.B Ltd postcards, Dinky SRN6 Hovercraft, manuscript, badges, cigarette cards, etc. [No Sticker Albums included with this lot]

A manuscript 'Recipe for Diarrhoea', 20 x 12.5cm. 

Globus - - Seltene Reliefkarte der Schweiz nach R. Leuzinger. Schweiz, um 1890, bezeichnet "Relief der Schweiz, M. 1:600.000", rückseitig mit handschriftlichem Papieretikett "Karte der Schweiz nach R. Leuzinger 1890", Relief in Gips modelliert und von Hand mit Ölfarben bemalt, montiert in Holzrahmen, die Reliefkarte mit Rissen. Größe mit Rahmen: Ca. 75 x 55 cm. Rudolf Leuzinger (1826-1896), Kartograph, gilt als einer der produktivsten schweizer Kartographen und besten Interpreten von Gebirgslandschaften und geologischen Formen.A Switzerland relief map after R. Leuzinger.Switzerland c. 1890, signed "Relief der Schweiz, M. 1:600.000", the plaster relief finely hand painted in oil, mounted in wooden frame, the reverse side with manuscript paper label "Karte der Schweiz nach R. Leuzinger 1890", the relief map with cracks. Size c. 75 x 55 cm.

Wyttenbach, Johann Hugo. Philosophische Rechtslehre oder Naturrecht. Anonyme Vortragsnachschrift. 15 nummerierte Hefte in 1 Band. Trier, um 1800. Zusammen 670 teils separat, teils nicht paginierte S. und etliche unbeschriebene. Regelmäßige deutsche Kursive in braunschwarzer Feder auf kräftigem, lagenweise bläulichem Bütten. Etwas späterer Halbpergamentband mit goldgeprägtem Rückenschild (dieses mit Schabspur, Pergament angestaubt und fleckig, Deckel etwas berieben).Die Handschrift beginnt mit einem "Vorbericht zur Gesetzgebungs-Lehre" (so auch der Rückentitel). Zu dieser Einleitung vermerkt das abschließende "Register der in meinem Manuscript über das Naturrecht verhandelten Gegenstände": "Antritts Rede des Verfassers H. Wyttenbach". Wyttenbach (1767-1848) las ab 1799 an der neu eingerichteten Trierer Zentralschule über Naturrecht, von 1804 bis 1846 war er Direktor der Sekundarschule und des folgenden Gymnasiums. Karl Marx wurde 1830-35 durch Wyttenbachs historischen Unterricht stark geprägt. Wyttenbach galt als intellektueller Freigeist und stand 1837 sogar unter Beobachtung der preußischen Geheimpolizei. Gleichzeitig war er Begründer der Trierer Stadtbibliothek und Lokalhistoriker. Seine ungedruckte, umfangreiche und erschöpfende Darstellung des Naturrechts endet mit der selbstbewußten Feststellung: "Kant war unser Leitfaden bey unseren Untersuchungen des Rechts, aber kein LOGOS EOL, kein Er hat es gesagt brachten uns vom Prüfen ab, und wo wir anderer Ueberzeugung waren, brachten wir sie vor, und suchten sie mit Gründen zu unterstützen". - Unbeschnitten, innen sehr gut erhalten.

Birds.- [Cooke (Thomas)] A Letter to Mark Milbank, Esq. M.P....with Two Plates descriptive of the character of the Whistling Swan and of the Peculiar Structure of its Trachea, only edition, presentation copy from the author to Miss M.A.Lovett inscribed on inside front wrapper, 2 lithographed plates after Cooke on india paper and mounted, printed by Hullmandel, both a little spotted (particularly the second), horizontal crease from folding, loose (stitching broken) in original printed wrappers, foxed and soiled, small label and manuscript number to upper cover, spine worn, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, folio, 1823.

Nelson (Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805).- Bowles (William Lisle, Church of England clergyman and poet, 1762-1850) Dirge for Lord Nelson [&] On the Death of Lord Nelson, several manuscript poems, 2pp., folds, browned, edges chipped, 410 x 65mm., [19 century]; and 4 others relating to Nelson, v.s., v.d. (5).

19 century poetry.- Southey (Robert, poet and reviewer, 1774-1843) Mary [&] Saphics, manuscript poems, 8pp., n.d. [19th century]; and c. 75 19th century manuscript poetry, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (c. 75 pieces).

British diplomat.- Fane (John, eleventh earl of Westmorland [formerly Lord Burghersh], diplomatist and composer, 1784-1859) Copy Letter Book of dispatches from Berlin with copies of letters from the Duke of Dessau, Bernstoff and Bülow, manuscript in English and French, 48pp. excluding blanks, disbound, 1851; and another, manuscript legal opinion on the Duke of Sussex's desire to have custody of his children after his marriage had been declared invalid by George III invoking the Royal Marriages Act, [1805], folio (2).⁂ First mentioned correspondence regarding the Schleswig-Holstein Question, between Denmark and Prussia.

NO RESERVE Blank paper.- binding.- An album of c.100 sheets of early 19th century blank paper, 15 ff. with contemporary manuscript notes, one with scrap laid down, one with original coloured sketch, light spotting to endpapers but otherwise internally clean, original vellum, gilt, lightly discoloured, 8vo (each sheet 180 x 110mm), [c.1823]; and 2 others, German language, an album for 'Gedenkschriften' and an album for 'Poesie' in manuscript (3)

Mug shots.- Group of 27 police booking photographs, male and female detainees in profile and straight-on, some with contemporary manuscript name and date recto, some captioned with the alleged crimes or physical descriptions verso, most with identifying number to top corners or verso, 10 mounted onto card, some faded and creased, 80 x 130mm or smaller, early 20th century.

NO RESERVE De la Mare (Walter).- Batterham (E. N.) Visiting Winds, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, original wrappers, upper wrapper becoming detached, spine a little darkened, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1924; Ten Poem, autograph manuscript, 11pp., stitch binding, March 4, 1925; with 3pp. A.L.s. from the author and a T.L.s from Walter de la Mare § De la Mare (Walter) The Fleeting and other poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light spotting, spine ends and corners chipped closed tears to head of upper panel, 1933; and 4 others, all signed or inscribed by de la Mare, v.s. (7)

Music.- Croft (William) Musica Sacra: or, select Anthems in Score, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, letterpress titles in red and black to both vol., vol. 1 engraved dedication leaf, vol. 2 letterpress dedication leaf, both vol. with an engraved 'Table of Anthems', with ink manuscript annotations, vol. 1 184 engraved plates of music, vol. 2 155 engraved plates of music, a few instances of ink annotations, two nineteenth century ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, cracking to gutter at upper hinge, vol.1 plate 110 and vol. 2 plate 44, contemporary vellum, gilt, remains of morocco label to spine, upper cover slightly warped, folio, John Walsh, John and Joseph Hare, [c.1730].⁂ A reissue of the [1724-25] edition, vol. 1 with engraved dedication leaf replacing letterpress dedication and without the list of subscribers in the original edition.

Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, one of 375 de luxe copies, frontispiece, 7 plates and illustrations by Herbert Cole, pp.6-7 with a few abrasion marks at inner margin, very occasional cracking at gutter, some light spotting to endpapers, original decorative vellum, gilt, yapp edges, green ties (one lacking), scattered spotting, t.e.g., others uncut, Balantyne Press, 1901; and 5 others, uniformly bound, including another copy of the Rubáiyát, 4 of these illustrated by Herbert Cole and all with the manuscript signature of his son Philip Cole, 8vo & small 4to (6)⁂ Philip Cole was incarcerated in Wandsworth Prison during September 1918, as a conscientious objector who refused to serve in the armed forces.

Hong Kong, Pekin & Macao.- Photograph album, 49 black & white or sepia photographs, some hand-tinted, comprising family and military photographs, views of Pekin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Stonecutters Island, and Macao, mounted verso & recto on 24ff. with manuscript captions below, 3 other photographs loosely inserted, 285 x 80mm or smaller, original boards bound with cord, modern sticker to upper cover, oblong 8vo, 1929-31.⁂ An excellent photograph album of views from British-occupied Hong Kong and surrounding areas. Following the First World War, the British maintained settlements around China and their forces deployed to Hong Kong. Pictures feature the field officer's quarters and arrival and life on Stonecutters island, The Summer Palace, New Year Hall and the Temple of Heaven in Pekin, the waterfront in Shanhai, views from Mount Davies in Hong Kong 1931.

Aeronautics.- [Pocock (George)] A Treatise on the Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air, by means of Kites, or Buoyant Sails; with a description of the Charvolant, or Kite Carriage, folding engraved aquatint frontispiece of the charvolant, 6 lithographed plates by Rose Gilbert after David Cox, Jun., bound without advertisement leaf at end, contemporary manuscript note to p.37, some spotting to plates, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, spine gilt, upper cover slightly splayed, 8vo, 1851.⁂ Intriguing work, first published in 1827 as The Aeropleustic Art, or, Navigation in the Air, by the use of Kites or Buoyant Sails. The delightful illustrations show use at sea and the charvolant on land. The author was the grandfather of W.G.Grace; fortunately for cricket his daughter Martha was unharmed during any of the experiments with his kites in which she and other family members partook. Library Hub lists 7 copies of this second edition.

A small Thai palm leaf Buddhist manuscript, each leaf approximately 25cm x 2.5cm; a Khmer small jar and cover, 12-14th century, 8cm high x 10cm wide; a wooden abacus, 42cm long x 18cm wide x 2.7cm deep and a low wood Kang table or stand, 57cm long x 27.5cm wide x 19cm high (4)Condition Report: the leaf manuscript with some fading wear and minor damages the Khmer small jar with extensive wear to glaze and chipsthe abacus with one end section partly missing and overall wear the kang table with damages staining and wear Condition Report Disclaimer

A large Thai manuscript in a lacquered and gilded chest, 19th century, the manuscript with script and also with three double illustrations, each leaf 62.5cm x 14cm, the container black and gilt with red top and base, 79cm long x 24cm wide x 24cm high Provenance: Inherited by the current owner from his parents and they purchased at Santi's, Bangkok in 1987.  

Four attractive Thai manuscript leaves, 19th century, overall size to edge of mount, 26cm x 66cm, framed Condition Report: some wear visible through frames but in overall very presentable conditionunexamined out of framesCondition Report Disclaimer

Tibet & India. A group of 11 photographs of Tibet & 17 of India, c. 1908-10, gelatin silver prints, being photographs of Tibetan interest mounted on rectos and versos of 3 stiff card leaves with manuscript captions to mounts: 'Masked Lamas at Hinis', 'Statue of Lavan Vuntha at Zan Skar', 'Ladakis', 'Coolie children, Leh', 'Monastery at Bazzo', 'Lost city', 'Chorten & prayer wheel at Khalsi', 'Skin boat used on Aba Sind River, ?? Zak', 'Khalchar Nalla, Lobra, near Leh', 'Top of Zogi La, Dak Bungalow' and 'Foot of Zogi La', the largest image 21.5 x 29 cm, the smallest 7.5 x 17.5 cm, plus 17 further photographs on rectos and versos of 5 related album leaves with matching captions including one of Zogi La Mountain at Dak Bungalow, images of Srinagar, Murree, the Residency, Lucknow, 'Memorial to Queen Victoria, unveiled at Rawal Pindi, February 1909', 2 photographs of hunting trophies with sitters identified as C.E. Bond and Sabahana, shikari, etc., images 21.5 x 29 cm and smallerQTY: (28)

[Wortley, Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890]. A collection of 49 glass plate photographic negatives of British views and scenes, c. 1870s, some centring on one family and a house with nearby Norman church, a few with manuscript paper labels pasted to margins and titled 'Colonel Wortley's dryplate. July 1873 Exp 20 sec.', 'Col. Wortley's dryplate. July 1873', 'Slow tannin process. June 1873 Exp 2 1/2 min 6.30pm' and 'My dry plate 26/7/73 Exp 6 sec', plus one unlabelled cloud study, 10.5 x 8 cm, contained in a contemporary wooden negatives box with brass handle to lidQTY: (49)NOTE:The photographer Colonel Stuart Wortley is best-known for his sea and sky studies but he was also an innovator and promoter of the medium. From 1874 he marketed his own photographic plates through his Uranium Dry Plate Company and was responsible for a number of dry collodion processes in the 1860s and 1870s. The photographer of these images was clearly using a mixture of Wortley's dry plates and their own.

Magic Lantern Slides. A group of 102 photographic magic lantern slides of Rome, early 20th century, mostly architectural views and sculptures, contained in an old square wooden slide box, the slides each accompanied by a contemporary manuscript caption on notecardsQTY: (102)

China. Boats at low tide at Swatow [Shantou], by Henry Charles Cammidge (1839-1874), c. 1870, albumen print on paper mount with manuscript title in French at foot, 21 x 26.5 cmQTY: (1)

China. Four studies of Chinese men, c. 1890-1910, albumen and gelatin silver print photographs, images 16 x 10 cm and smaller, the two older images on thin card, the two later photographs with manuscript or press agency details to versosQTY: (4)

China. The Marble Boat, Summer Palace, Peking, c. 1900, gelatin silver print on card with manuscript dated inscription in French at foot, image 16 x 22 cmQTY: (1)

Fenton (Roger, 1819-1869). Lichfield Cathedral from the North-West Front, circa 1860, dilute albumen print by Francis Bedford, arched top photograph on paper mount, 17 x 21 cm, modern aperture mount, together with Fenton (Roger, 18189-1869). Lincoln Cathedral, part of the West Front, 1858, arched top albumen print mounted on card, with Architectural Photographic Association embossed label to lower mount and exhibit number 134 inserted in manuscript, 44 x 36.5 cm, plus Fenton (Roger, 1819-1869). From a drawing in The British Museum [Entombment by Raphael], 1856, albumen print on original mount with engraved letterpress beneath, image 22 x 31cm, mount soiled and frayed without loss, plus Nielson (Herman F., active 1880s-1910s). Niagara Falls, circa 1880s, mammoth print albumen print on board with photographer's credit details to verso, 47 x 39.5 cm, plus Curtis (George E., 1830-1910). A snowy mountain waterfall scene, circa 1880s, mammoth albumen print on board with photographer's printed studio details to verso, 52 x 42 cm, plus 11 other miscellaneous Victorian photographs QTY: (16)

Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). A group of 24 photographs from the Toni Parks collection, printed c. 1980s and later, including portraits of the Kennedy family including Jackie and J.F. Kennedy (7), Richard Nixon (2), George Bush Sr. (3), Malcolm X, 34 x 22 cm and smaller, together with 3 laser print photographs of President Obama, various colour snapshots, printed and some manuscript ephemera, various annotations by Toni (daughter of Gordon), many of the photographs and some ephemera with Toni Parks Collection ink stamps to versosQTY: (a carton)

Tennyson (Alfred)The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, Strahan and Co. 1870, ten volumes, all edges gilt, original limp leather bindings, original leather box (box worn);Commonplace Book, no date (1829 watermark), manuscript, all edges gilt, worn morocco gilt binding (11)

Holy BibleThe Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly Translated out of ye Original Tongues .., printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703, engraved general title page with red borders, each page with red borders, bound with;Brady (N.) and Tate (N.), A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Church, Company of Stationers, 1703,armorial bookplate of Wingate Pulleine of Carleton Hall (N. Yorks.), late eighteenth century manuscript Cradock family records to front endpaper and fly leaf , all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt with white metal corners, clasps (one clasp detached but present) and initialed lozenge to board centres. [Herbert 874][the vendors believe that the bible was given to an ancestor by the Cradock Family of Hartforth Hall, N. Yorks.]

Arts and Crafts BindingLe livre d'or de J.-F. Millet. Par un ancien ami, Paris: A. Ferroud, E. Bénézit-Constant, [1891]. 4to (333 x 248 mm), near-contemporary tan morocco by the Marygold Bindery (dated 1924 on rear turn-in), overall design of massed leaves, interlacing fillets and interstitial dots in blind, corners of central panels with red morocco onlays gilt-tooled with sunburst design, pink morocco doublures with similar sunburst designs gilt to corners, hand-printed endpapers, edges untrimmed, half-title, 9 etched plates including frontispiece, etched vignettes to title-page and in text, extra-illustrated with a lithograph and 2 woodcuts after Millet (each mounted to an initial blank with manuscript caption in French mounted opposite), original wrappers bound in at rear, light staining to pp. 111-12. Together with 2 others (Cresset Press, The Shepheards Calendar, 1930, one of 350 copies on hand-made paper, and John Evelyn, Memoirs, 1827, 5 volumes, red dark half morocco for Sotheran's, these not collated) (qty: 7)First edition, one of 500 copies on hand-made Holland paper, this copy inscribed on the limitation page to 'Monsieur Vicaire, bien sincère hommage de l'editeur'; there were also 50 copies on japon. The Marygold Bindery was established by Sangorski and Sutcliffe trainee Rosamund Philpott in Cambridge c.1904, operating until 1932.

Political autographs, comprising: 1) Six typed letters signed from members of parliament Denis Healey (2 letters), Sir Keith Joseph (2 letters), Merlyn Rees, and Charles Pannell, all to J. R. Leeming of the Land Commission, Leeds, 1970-1, concerning the commission’s closure, together with two related typed letters signed from George, Earl Jellicoe as Lord Privy Seal to Denis Healey and Sir Keith Joseph (the latter attached to one of Joseph's letters to Leeming), a later typed letter signed from member of parliament Derek Fatchett to Elaine Leeming, daughter of J. R. Leeming (dated 1985), and a printed 21 Army Group farewell message on card with apparently autograph signature of Field Marshal Montgomery, 2) Autograph book containing an original pen-and-ink self-portrait by Denis Healey signed ‘To Elaine Leeming from Denis Healey MP’, and the autographs of Harold Wilson, Edna Healey, Alice Bacon and others, 3) Album with manuscript cover-title ‘Press Notices, Sir Francis Trippel’s Knighthood’, containing a typed letter signed from H. H. Asquith as prime minister, 1909, similar letters and numerous press cuttings, 4) Typed letter signed from Vera Brittain (author of Testament of Youth) to J. R. Leeming, 1962, concerning poetry written by Leeming in response to her first book The Dark Tide (qty)

Ellis FamilyA small interesting collection of material relating to the Ellis Family, comprising a manuscript family history compiled by Carles Walton Ellis in 1860, two 19th century manuscript copy books compiled by Janie Ellis and Charles W. Ellis, a John Goldsmith's Almanack for 1804 in attractive gilt-tooled leather binding and matching leather slipcase; a Pocket Anatomist, interleaved with manuscript entries, Chas. W. Ellis' Anniversary book with copious manuscript entries, a Johnson's pocket Dictionary (1827) and a small quantity of newspaper cuttings. (8).

EphemeraAn interesting collection including;Motives for Making a Navigable Canal from Barnby Bridge, by Barnsley to .... River Calder, near Wakefield [c.1791], broadside incorporating engraved map (worn);Several books including A Handy Book for Floral Decorators, 1867, four pamphlets by John Galsworthy, Severn Wildfowl Trust booklet signed by Peter Scott, Kipling's Absent Minded Beggar in original printed glassine envelope, etc.;Broadsides including a proposal for the formation of a club in Florence, signed by Norman Douglas and 'A New Gospel Hymn';'An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves Alice' from Lewis Carroll (printed);A small quantity of sketches, two signed by Chesterton;A Jacobean manuscript indenture relating to the Byron family;Original artwork and hand-coloured plates;A quantity of Autograph Letters Signed, including a collection of ALS from Thomas Frost (late 19th/early 20th century) and a small quantity from early 20th century politicians;Cropped signatures, cartes-de-visite;A leather-bound 'book safe' and a leather-bound notebook and slipcase (qty)

Autograph AlbumsTwo nineteenth century albums;The first album contains autograph letters, signed envelopes and cropped signatures of nineteenth century aristocrats, politicians, authors, etc., including several envelopes with 'free' postmarks from the Bishop of Derry, Benjamin Disraeli and others, a collection of admission slips to the Commons Gallery signed by Lord Elcho, William Ewart, Gladstone and others, the signatures of Charles Dickens, Gladstone and others on envelopes (including numerous Dukes, Earls and Lords), a cropped signature 'Dickens', a 2 page ALS from Downing Street (1842), a 2 page ALS from the 3rd Earl Grey on behalf of Prince Albert at Balmoral (1856), a cropped note from William Thackeray and a 1 page ALS from the Duke of Wellington, (1839); worn leather binding, lacking backstrip;The second album also contains ALsS, signed envelopes and cropped signatures, many from aristocrats and leading clergy including Bishops and Deans, a print and manuscript Irish court appointment signed by John and William Walcott, 1708 (bottom corner torn) and a 3 page ALS from Lord Raglan, a number of letters loosely inserted including two four page ALsS from Elinor Glyn, of WWI interest, in which she discusses a visit to the English front and time spent with the English wounded (one envelope present dated 1917). It is evident that some letters have been removed from this album, original cloth gilt binding. (2)

Percy [Thomas]The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wresill and Likinfield in Yorkshire begun Anno Domini M.D.XII., London, 1770, manuscript pedigree to verso of title, contemporary quarter calf (board detached);[Hutchinson (W.)], An Excursion to the Lakes, in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773, Wilkie and Goldsmith,1774, recent quarter calf;with four others (6)

Northumberland Coal Mining HistoryAn outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries, which were located near Amble in Northumberland. Containing over 100 drawings including shafts, drifts and seams, colliery buildings and houses, equipment and plans including the Warkworth Harbour Railway, etc., almost all 19th century, on sheets of various dimensions, many large and folded, now preserved in large solander box, a restored manuscript list of the majority of the contents identifies the original compiler as John H[erman] Merivale [1851-1916], a lecturer for the Mechanics' Institute in Newcastle and a partner at the Broomhill Coal Company. Box measures approx 31 x 22 x 2 inches.

Ardizzone (Edward)Four Songs, South Leigh Press, 1978, year round poster and greeting card with six illustrations on sheet 420mm x 296mm, folding with illustrated cover title and imprint on reverse;idem, Baggage to the Enemy, John Murray, 1941, first edition, Evelyn Waugh's copy, cloth;Gorham (Maurice), Londoners, Percival Marshall, 1951, first edition, illustrated by Ardizzone, dust wrapper;with fifteen others by, illustrated by, or about, Edward Ardizzone. (18)Evelyn Waugh's name and date in manuscript to front free endpaper. Image has been added to website.

Original ArtworkBrowning Sr. (Robert) [1782-1866], Two albums of original 'grotesque style' artwork, comprising;Album 1 - An illustrated manuscript story commencing 'Truth will out father - & must be told some time or other. & you may as well hear it at first as at last. - The fact is - my brother Tom and I are determined to see the world ....., on twenty-one pages, 185mm x 113mm, each page with an ink and watercolour caricature portrait of the men encountered, with ink manuscript below, individually mounted on album pages [followed by] eleven pencil caricatures, several with Arundel connections (see provenance below), each with manuscript description or comment, one loose, the other ten mounted on nine pages, album worn, several pages loose, lacking most of backstrip.Album 2 - [Sketches from the Law Courts, 1831], thirty-one pencil portraits or caricatures, predominantly criminals, some are identified, including 'Black George', 'Tom Pipes' and 'Henry Gubbins of Dark House Lane, Gentleman', others give a location or commentary such as 'first appearance at Bow Street' or 'I'd rather see a Bearbait than a Coronation', pencil on laid paper, various sizes, one torn, thirty mounted on album pages, one loose, well worn album with loose pages, lacking backstrip.[Provenance - descended from a neighbour of Brownings in Peckham, the family later moved to Arundel and maintained contact with Browning, loosely inserted is a three page autograph letter believed to be from Robert Browning Sr. (dated 1829), unfortunately the signature has been excised][Academic studies can be found online which discuss the influence of Browning Sr.'s 'Grotesque art' on the poetry of his son Robert Browning] Album 1; The album pages are age tanned, there is a ms title to front free endpaper 'Sketches by Robert Browning Esq. Father of the Poet by that name.' Some light foxing to endpapers, binding is 19th C. half leather but well worn as described.Album 2; Album pages age tanned, same ms. title to front free endpaper as album 1 with the addition of 'Sketches from the Law Courts &c. ?emp. 1831', loose pages as described, well worn 19th C. half leather binding similar to other volume, lacking backstrip as described.Album pages 24cm x 18.5cm. Sheets illustrated in catalogue approx 18.5cm x 11.5cm. Other sheets vary in size.

Signed by Nelson MandelaSchadeberg (Jurgen), Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC, Bloomsbury, 1990, quarto, half title signed by Nelson Mandela on his visit to London (12.7.96.), paperback.[with manuscript letter of authentication from Ian Shapiro, on Spink headed paper]

Signed by Nelson MandelaForman (Lionel) and Sacks (E.S. 'Solly'), The South African Treason Trail, John Calder, 1957, quarto, title page signed by Lionel Bernstein and Nelson Mandela (two of the accused) and by the activist Hilda Bernstein (the Mandela signature dated 14.1.2000), dust wrapper [with manuscript letter of authentication from Ian Shapiro, on Spink headed paper][At the time of signing, the vendor was informed by Lionel Bernstein that only one other copy of this book was signed by Mandela - Bernstein's own book at Rhodes House, which was signed by all of the accused]

Gladstone (J[ohn] R[obert])Manuscript Fly-Fishing Notebook, 19th century notebook containing patterns for 62 Trout flies, notes on making an Eel spear, receipts (recipes) for line dressing, varnish, boot dressing, dyes for fly materials, mayfly wings, etc. and an address list for tacklemakers, no date but instructions for one dye is from 'The Field' of 1868, half leather binding with marbled boards and edges.[Sir John Robert Gladstone, 1852-1926, Baronet of Fasque, nephew of Prime Minister W.E. Gladstone. The notebook was acquired at the sale of the Fasque Gladstone library in 2008]Brown (E.C.) 1/6 G.R., A collection of game bird feathers, collected May 1915 in Hasan Abdal (Pakistan), possibly while on military service with the Gurkha Rifles, feathers from Quail, See-See, Chika, Black Partridge, Green Crested Plover, Lesser Booming Bittern, Teal, Gadwell, Mallard, Various Pochard, Full and Jack Snipe, multiple feathers from each species, mounted in notebook (covers worn) (2)

Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 5 large gelatin silver prints of game birds, landscape, 295 x 370 mm, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking and with manuscript title on mount, titles comprising: Red-legged partridge; English partridges; Greyhen at nest; Capercaillie; Woodcock approaching chicks - a flashlight photograph (qty: 5)