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Bees.- Sumner family of the Rev. John Henry Robertson Sumner of Kelbarrow, Grasmere and Vicar of Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire.- Bees, manuscript notebook, 38pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, lettered label on upper cover, 105 x 70mm., 1884-95 § Sumner (Helen Jane Henrietta, daughter of Rev J.H.R. Sumner, 1857-1926) The Flora of the Valley of Grasmere, autograph manuscript, 32pp. with a few notes on verso of some pp., wormtrack on upper cover and pp., photograph tipped-in and 9 pieces of ephemera with drawings and notes and 2ff. Kew Gardens identifying species of plants, original printed wrappers, lettered label on upper cover, slightly stained, upper cover detaching, spine with small tears, sm. 4to, 1893-96; and c. 30 other vol. including numerous diaries from the 1870s and 1880s, some with Lake District content, v.s., v.d. (c. 30).⁂ First mentioned, Bees: "1884 No. 1 Hive. Frame. Section Super put on May? taken off June 3rd about 18 lbs of honey taken out (some drone comb & queen cell) & put on again at once."

Britain.- Gilpin (William) Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, 2 vol., 30 aquatint plates and maps, vol. 2 only with half-title (vol. 1 lacking), ink ownership inscriptions (vol. 1 front endpaper; vol. 2 half-title), vol.2 with manuscript annotations to front endpaper, bookplates, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary tree-calf, rebacked with original back-strips laid down, gilt with morocco labels, extremities rubbed, 1786 § Mackerell (Benjamin) The History and Antiquities of the Flourishing Corporation of King's-Lynn, 10 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), bookplate, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 1738 § The History and Antiquities of Winchester, 2 vol., 13 engraved plates, some folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpapers, bookplates, some spotting, contemporary calf with red morocco labels, joints cracked, spine ends and corners a little scuffed, 1773; and 12 others British topography, C18th and C19th, v.s. (17)

Deeds.- Cornwall, London & elsewhere.- Indenture agreement lease by William Toll from Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Earl Amherst and others of a public house in Germoe, near Penzance, D.s., manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, red wax seals, folds, 543 x 695mm., 1st February 1843; and c. 100 others, deeds, conveyances and leases, relating to London, Cornwall and elsewhere, by trustees for Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Portland, army and naval personnel etc., most on vellum, folds, v.s., v.d., 1773-1927 (c. 100).

Psychology.- Jung (Carl Gustav) Fundamental Psychological Conceptions A Report of Five Lectures given under the auspices of the Institute of Medical Psychology, Malet Place, London, W.C.1. September 30 - October 4, 1935, first edition, number 24 of an unspecified limitation, "Printed as manuscript for private circulation only", diagrams, in text, "Bucks mental Hospital" ink stamp to title and endpapers, some light foxing at either end, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, light wear to extremities, 4to, 1936.⁂ The first printing of the "Tavistock lectures" in which Jung first introduced the subjects of archetypes and the collective unconscious.

NO RESERVE Yorkshire.- Barlow (Rev. John Mount, Rector of Ewhurst, 1814-92) [Journey from Surrey to Yorkshire], autograph manuscript (1 sketch initialled JMB), 24pp. excluding blanks, 28 pen and ink sketches, original half morocco, rubbed, spine rubbed, sm. 4to, [Ewhurst Rectory], [Surrey], 8th - 24th August 1881.⁂ "... called at Bishopsthorpe Archbishop [William Thomson (1819-90), previously served as curate at St Nicholas, Guildford] very genial showed us over new part & talked over old times." - Barlow.Places visited include: York Minster, Middlethorpe, Whitby (Abbey etc.), Sansend, "Royal Hotel from the Abbey Meadows Whitby"; "Looking towards Glaisdale"; "Hawksher Church"; "Remains of Mulgrave (old) Castle" etc.

NO RESERVE Devon, Bradninch.- Hastings (Edward, Baron Hastings of Loughborough, nobleman and soldier, 1512x15?-1572) Document relating to Edward Hastings, Baron Loughborough and the Manor of Bradninch, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 7 lines, folds, browned, 73 x 290mm., 25th May 1562; and 3 others, including an 18th century manuscript list of authors, v.s., v.d. (4).

Guillotin (Joseph-Ignace, physician, 1738-1814), Philibert Borie, physician, 1759-1832 & ?Coutaros. Joint Address to a meeting on the importance of proper care for newborn children in hospital, manuscript in French, 3¼pp., some corrections, 2 small holes in second page, slightly browned, unbound, sm. 4to, 2nd May 1788.⁂ A wide ranging report on the proper care for newborn infants, including the perils of multiple breastfeeding by mothers or wet nurses, "The milk that a woman can produce in 24 hours is normally used up by a single child: this same quantity is rarely enough for two", the risk of contagion, "the great number of children crowded together will quicker still make it unhealthy and ripe for contagion" etc.Guillotin, an opponent of the death penalty, is best remembered for advocating a mechanical method of execution that was more humane than existing methods. The device that bears his name was invented by others but bears his name from his suggestion.

NO RESERVE Isle of Ely.- Edmonds (Sir Clement) [Report on the condition and history of the Isle of Ely] & A Coppy of an Order made by the Lords of the Councill Concerning the Sewers, manuscript fair copy, 21pp., slightly browned, unbound, sm. folio, [18th century].

America.- Port of New York.- Master's Oath, on entering vessel, for the schooner Amphitrite from Trinidad, printed document with ms. insertions, 171 x 189mm., marginal loss at head, affecting part of 1 letter, lightly browned, [New York], no printer, 1803; and 4 others, similar, 1 a manuscript acknowledging payment of a dollar against assaults and abuses during a voyage, also cargo lists, v.s. (5)

NO RESERVE Sussex, Brede.- Recovery by Edmund Estcourt of one messuage and land in Brede, engraved portrait of George III with engraved initial "G", manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, remains of Great Seal in metal skippet, folds, soiled, 675 x 800mm., 1799; and c. 15 others, v.s., v.d. (c. 15).

Channel Islands.- Billet d'Etat XV [2 copies], original printed wrappers, library stamps and manuscript annotations, some light finger soiling and toning, lundi le 12 décembre, 1932 § Jersey. Suggestions towards a Civic and Regional Survey, folding map, illustrations, library stamps, printed wrappers, some light toning, 1932 § Civic and Regional Survey of Jersey. Final Report, type-script, manuscript annotations and corrections, wrappers with manuscript title, extremities a little frayed, 1933; and 5 others on the Channel Islands, v.s. (9)

NO RESERVE Sennert (Daniel) Epitome naturalis scientiae, engraved pictorial title, woodcut initials, engraved diagram on p.315, contemporary English calf ruled in blind with small ornaments to corners, spine with rules and with 3 similar ornaments to head and foot in blind, old manuscript paper label, rubbed, lower cover stained and wormed at lower corner, lacking a front free endpaper, Amsterdam, J. Ravestein, 1651 § Buee (A.Q.) Parallel of Romé de l'Isle's and the Abbé Haüy's Theories of Crystallography, offprint from 'Philosophical Magazine' No.74 & 75, 23pp., stitched, uncut, [1804], 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a textbook on natural philosophy (first published in probably 1618) and important in the history of chemistry. Chapter 4 relates to gemstones.

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

NO RESERVE Hodgson (Henry) Effusions of the Heart and Fancy in Verse and Prose, author's copy, inscription to title 'Henr. Hodgson his Book 1791', list of subscribers supplied in 5pp. of manuscript, in a nineteenth century hand 'H. B. Hodgson', tipped-in, early ink inscription to front endpaper verso, bookplate, nineteenth century morocco, gilt, joints and corners a little rubbed, g.e., 12mo, Gainsborough, for the author, [1778].

Poetry.- Pitt family.- Prettyman (Dr.) Epithalamium or the marriage of Mr. Elliot with Lady Harriet Pitt at Mr. Pitts House at Wimbledon, 1785, written bt Dr. Prettyman & sett to music by the Duke of Queensbury, Lord Uxbridge and Dr. Jebb, manuscript, 7pp., fold, lightly browned, unbound, small folio, [c.1785].

Book catalogue.- Catalogue après décès de l'Abbé B..., manuscript, 11pp., occasional spotting, lightly browned, 8vo, no place, 1750.

Napoleonic era collection of handwritten letters and manuscript pages, c. 1798-1804, to include: Italian 1798 Cimino Centrale (Viterbo), German 1801, etc

A rare limited edition (185/250) set of the 'Penny Edition of Great Domesday Book' produced in 1986 (90th year anniversary) by Editions Alecto (Domesday) Ltd;  dedicated by Gracious Permission to Her Majesty the Queen and comprising two main vellum and oak hardbound editions, together with a Great Domesday Introduction and Contents of the Manuscript. Volume One contains an original silver penny of William the Conqueror current at the times when the Domesday Book was written in 1086, the Introduction hardback detailing almost all the 250 coins acquired for the 'Penny Edition of Great Domesday Book' different legends of the reverse, this 'PAXS' issue was struck was stuck by two hundred moneyers operating from 64 Mints and in most cases several dyes were used by each moneyer and the reverse legends were differently spelt. This particular coin in this 'Penny Edition' was struck at Wareham by the moneyer AE Gelvic and the reverse legend reads 'IEGELRIC ON PERE', the opposing 1986 bronze penny of HM Elizabeth II is a proof specimen struck from specially polished dyes at the Royal Mint. The books within a reinforced and bound fitted hard cases and together with further, accompaniments to include separate hardback 'Domesday Book Studies', large hard cases containing 'Great Domesday Maps' and Great Domesday Indices', together with two further hardback volumes 'Great Domesday Translation Folios 0-202' and 'Great Domesday Folios 203-382' and one final Domesday book envelope containing the translations of the 'Penny Edition of 'In celebration of 900th anniversary of the making of the Domesday Book', the 'Penny Edition of The Domesday Book a Prospectus', other relevant documentation and associated ephemera etc. (excellent condition) 

A Tudor indenture manuscript on vellum, dating to 3rd July 1530 (according to cover inscription) presumably relating to a sale of land of Burghurst(?) Manor, indistinctly signed at the bottom, with missing seal. When opened: 47.5cm x 30cm.

Buddeus, Julius,: Buch- und Kunsthändler, Verleger und Dichter (1812-1873). Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift, dat. Düsseldorf, 6. August 1854. 4°. 2 Bl., 3 S. beschieben. Mehrf. gefalt. An den Historiker, Archivar u. Politiker Heinrich von Sybel in Marburg, wegen dem 2. Band der bei Buddeus erscheinenden Geschichte der Revolutionszeit von 1789-1895: "Dein vorgestriger Brief bestätigt es mit, daß Du einiger Ruhe bedarfst, und daß Du auch aus anderen Gründen noch mit der 2ten Hälfte des 2ten Bandes zurückhalten mußt. Nach Deiner Mittheilung könnte der Druck der 2. Hälfte erst Octob. beginnen, diese Hälfte aber so spät im Jahr fertig werden, daß an eine Versendung nicht mehr zu denken ist, daher ist es besser Du stärkst vorab deine Gesundheit und vollendest das Manuscript im nächsten Jahr. Ich glaube nicht, daß ein Schaden daraus erwächst, im Gegentheil wird durch eine Theilung des Bandes das Interesse des Publikums aufs neue für das Werk erst gemacht..." Weiter über die Einteilung des Werkes, über nach Paris gesandte Exemplare etc., am Schluß über einen Betrugsskandal. - Etw. beschäd. durch Öffnen. D

Coscia,N. u.F.A.Finy.: Neu- und durch den Druck noch nicht bekandt gemachtes Manifest Dero Eminenzen der Herren Herren Cardinäle Coscia und Fini, so sie zu vermeynter Vertheidigung Ihrer begangenen und criminaliter untersuchten Verbrechen verfertigen und ausstreuen lassen : aus einem von Rom erhaltenen Italiänischen Manuscript übersezet. Ffm. u. Lpz. 1734. 48 S. Geheftet.

Traité abgregé: de diverses choses ütiles et neçessaires des sciences diverses. Anonyme franz. Handschrift auf Papier. Frankreich, 2. Hälfte d. 18. Jhdts. Mit 39 tls. ganzs. Federzeichnungen zum 1. Abschnitt. 265 Bl. mit Pag. 1-497. Pbd. mit hs. Rtit. (Berieb.). Franz. Kurrentschrift von drei Händen. - ╔Enthält: 1╗ Feuerwerkerei und Schießpulver: "Traité de la pyrotechnie ou lart de composer la poudre a canon et les feux artificieles". S. 1-208. - ╔2╗ Lacke und Farben: "Le grand secret des vernis" (S. 213-274). - ╔3╗ Gegen Ungeziefer u. medizinische Rezepte: "Contre les punaises ..." (S. 275-282). - ╔4╗ Pflanzenzucht: "Traité abregé de la culture des fleures" (S. 293-360). - ╔5╗ Medizinische Rezepte: "Traités des differrentes maladies et les remedes" (S. 365-496). - "Table" über die Abschnitte 2-5. (7 Bl.). - Leichte Alters- u. Gebrauchssp. - Anonymous French manuscript on paper. France, second half of the 18th century. With 39 pen drawings. Cased boards (rubbed). Slightly worn. R

Series of George IV family silhouettes, dated 1828, painted in ink with gilt highlights, inscribed with names and dates verso, all 9cm x 7.5cm and similarly mounted in ebonised frames with brass oak leaf suspension rings; also a miniature manuscript drawing containing the 23rd essay of the celebrated Dr Goldsmith on the Genius of Love, dated 1805, 44mm x 32mm (9)

George IV Coronation Ticket. A printed ticket for admission to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of King George IV's Coronation, 19 July 1821, printed in black and blue with a blind-embossed border by Dobbs, manuscript instructions directing the recipient to 'The Choir, Lower Gallery' and numbered 2572, signed to the lower right 'Howard of Effingham' ( Deputy Earl Marshal of England at the Coronation), a little general soiling, old folds, slight creasing and occasional marginal closed tears, 235 x 255 mmQty: (1)Footnote: There are two versions of this compound-plate printed ticket, one admitting to Westminster Hall, the other to the Abbey. These were marked respectively 'Hall' and 'Abbey' in oval cut-outs to the left of the central motif, with this invitation card being for the ceremony in the Abbey itself. Seating in the Abbey was so crowded that only twenty-two and a half inches were allocated per person. The "Dobbs" whose name is stamped on the border was H. Dobbs. His firm pioneered the use of decorative blind stamping for decorating invitation cards. The Coronation cost the Treasury over £230,000; the coronation robes costing £24,000 and £25,000 being spent on the banquet at which 9,840 bottles of wine and 100 gallons of iced punch were provided. The ceremony lasted some five hours, with one highly conspicuous absentee, being the Kings wife, Queen Caroline, who was locked out of Westminster Abbey by a disgruntled and petulant monarch.

Havell (William, 1782-1857). Clifden Spring and Woods, near Maidenhead, 1818, aquatint engraving on paper, by Robert Havell (1769-1832) after William Havell, printed title and imprint to lower margin, few pale spots, mainly to sky area, mount aperture 39.0 x 50.5cm (15 3/8 x 19 7/8ins), framed and glazed (57.2 x 69.0cm), verso with label of The Parker Gallery, London, with pencilled note 'May '83 reframed. Print cleaned', verso also with ink manuscript annotation to lower area, regarding artist, origin of engraving, and suggested provenanceQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Ink manuscript annotation on verso: "This picture could have belonged to Ben Maggs [of Maggs Bros.]and have been removed after his widow's home was bombed. Stored in the 40's by F.B. and not in good condition - well restored by Parkers in '83." One of 12 aquatint engravings produced for the book A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames. Originally published in 1812 by both Robert and Daniel Havell, by 1818 when the second edition was published by Thomas McLean (from which this item is taken), Daniel had left the family business. Therefore the imprint has had Daniel's initial removed, leaving 'Engraved by R. Havell', with a space between 'R.' and 'Havell'.

Wallace Hester (Robert). With the Pytchley - gone to ground at the Hemploe, Messrs. Fores, 1897, aquatint after H. F. Lucas Lucas, with contemporary hand colouring, blind stamp of the Printsellers Association to lower left, signed in ink by the artist to the lower left and signed in pencil by the engraver to the lower right, very slight spotting and dust soiling, manuscript title to mount, 570 x 430 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with a small framed and glazed keyplate loosely attached to the verso of the frame, together with Lucas Lucas (Henry Frederick). "Brooksby", circa 1900, hand coloured photogravure, boldly signed in pencil by the artist to lower left and with another pencil signature to the lower right of the subject, Captain Edward Pennell Elmhirst, 335 x 420 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (2)Footnote: Captain E. Pennell Elmhirst or "Brooksby" was the author of several books on fox hunting and an eminent fox-hunter.

Grant of Arms. Manuscript grant of arms for Hans Henry Konig, of South Street in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square in the County of London and of Ardenrun Place in the Parish of Crowhurst in the County of Surrey, 1908, illuminated manuscript on single vellum membrane, with four armorial bearings including that of Hans Henry Konig with motto 'Nec spe nec metu', Earl Marshal, Edward VII, & College of Arms, each finely painted in bodycolour and heightened with gold, blue double-rule border, signed by Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty as Garter King of Arms and George Edward Cokayne as Clarenceux King of Arms, navy silk tags with two seals in brass skippets, membrane approximately 62.5 x 52cm, mounted on maroon velvet-covered boardQty: (1)Footnote: Hans Konig (1870-1949), grew up between Germany and the Konig Mansion in New York. He and his brother, Frederick Adolphus Konig (1867-1940), were merchant bankers and at around the turn of the century left New York for England. They established the firm known as Konig Brothers of London and were afterwards naturalised as English citizens. Ardenrun Place, Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey was completed in 1909, for the unmarried Hans Henry Konig. Situated near Lingfield in Surrey, this English baroque-style mansion influenced Philadelphia's Ardrossan and bore a distinct similarity to Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island, New York. It was situated on high ground within an estate of 1,000-acres and gained a degree of notoriety in the 1920s when it was owned by one of the "Bentley Boys" Woolf Barnato (1895-1948), three-times Le Mans champion. Barnato and Etorre Bugatti brought their cars to Ardenrun to race them up and down the drive. The house was destroyed by fire in 1933.

Manuscript inventory. Inventory of goods & chattels of Julian Hall widow late of South Newnton, Sep. 16 1666, manuscript probate copy inventory on narrow vellum strip, listing wearing apparel £3-0-0, three horses & sucking colt £6-0-0, eight beast and two calves £17-0-0, two carts & a plough, three harrows & harnesses £5-0-0, two hogs & four pigs £50-0-0, the goods in the house and household stuff £8-0-0, the college lease £40-0-0, 'praised by Philip Pen and Thomas Pen both of South Newnton', 9.5 x 66cm, foldedQty: (1)

Manuscript. Power of Attorney given by Richard Gough to his brother Sir Henry Gough Kt. and three other friends, when going to the East Indies in 1697, manuscript on paper in a secretary hand, signed to lower margin with applied red wax seal, framed and glazed (manuscript approx. 40 x 31.5cm)Qty: (1)

Wax Seals. A large collection of approximately 300 reproductions of medieval, renaissance and later seals, probably early 20th century, numerous examples for Bishops, Deans, and other dignitaries, each with neat small ink manuscript paper label to verso, various sizes, approximately between 2 and 10 cm diameter, each loosely contained in a small brown envelope with details of contents inscribed in ballpoint penQty: (approximately 300)

Cumming (John). The Life and Lessons of Our Lord, [and] The Lives and Lessons of the Patriarchs, 2 volumes, London: John F. Shaw, [1863-1865], each with additional chromolithograph title, numerous chromolithograph plates and black & white plates, decorative border to text throughout, some toning, occasional spotting or marks, both front free endpaper blank versos with near contemporary ink manuscript presentation inscription to Elizabeth Miles from Alexander Simpson, dated 1866, plus another early ink signature below, Our Lord front hinge cracked after frontispiece (partly detached), rear hinge partly cracked, all edges gilt, uniform black morocco gilt (Patriarchs rubbed to green-black), with elaborate stamped decoration in blind and gilt to covers and spines, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Bible [English], Brown's Self-interpreting Family Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, Rochdale: Maden & Bentley, [after 1804], portrait frontispiece, additional chromolithograph title, letterpress title in red & black, numerous chromolithograph plates, variable spotting, few edge tears, one text leaf torn with loss, all edges gilt, original black morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear and scuffs, 4to, plus two other Bibles: The Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate ... the most Rev. Dr. Cullen, Dublin: James Duffy, 1871, covers with brass edges and clasps, and The Holy Bible, London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1881, both 4toQty: (5)

Rangachar (N.). Diary of a Pilgrimage to Lake Manasarowar and Mount Kailas with H.H. the Maharaja of Mysore in 1931, 1st edition, Mysore: printed by the Asst. Supdt., Govt. Branch Press, 1936, black & white illustrations from photographs, folding map at rear, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, together with My Jubilee Visit to London by Subadar Mahammad Beg, Sirdar Bahadur, 1st Madras Lancers, Translated by K. Srinivasa Rao, edited by Lieut.-Colonel E.E.M. Lawford, 1st Madras Lancers, Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1899, faint library ink stamp and blue pencil marks to title, a little spotting, institutional library bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth with small manuscript paper label at foot of spine, 8vo, plus Wilson (Minden), History of the Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Behar; Tirhoot and its Inhabitants of the Past; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers, 1st edition, Calcutta: Calcutta General Printing Company, 1908, 4 black & white illustrations from photographs, a little spotting, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and partly faded, a little edge wear, 8vo, plus Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Biographical Sketch and Letters, with Portraits, Translated into Gujerati by Sunabai Dinshah Taleyarkhan, 1st edition, Bombay: Education Society Press, 1897, title, dedication and translator's explanatory preface in English, main text in Gujurati, black & white plates including frontispiece, ink presentation inscription from the translator to the Honourable M.N. Bhownaggree, MP, CIE [British Conservative Party politician, like the translator of Indian Parsi origin], some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus other assorted mostly early 20th-century India interest including 3 pamphletsQty: (14)

Reelant (Adriaan). Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, 3 parts in 2, 1st edition, Utrecht: Guilielmi Broedelet, 1714, additional engraved title, titles printed in red & black with printer's device, 6 single-page engraved maps, 4 folding engraved maps (one with a few closed tears & two with a short closed handling tear), 2 folding engraved charts, 1 large folding chart with short closed handling tear, 1 folding engraved plate, some engraved letterpress illustrations, lacking portrait (not mentioned in Blackmer), scarce minor spotting, front hinge cracked after title, contemporary vellum, manuscript titles on spines, soiled, small 4toQty: (2)Footnote: Blackmer 1406.

Richardson (Gabriel). Of the State of Europe, XIIII Bookes, containing the historie, and relation of the many provinces hereof, Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1627, engraved vignette to title, engraved vignettes to text, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-soiled (mostly to margins), lightly toned and spotted (also mostly confined to margins), rear free endpaper creased, small manuscript leaf pasted to inner margin of rear endpaper,a few wormholes to front pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, raised bands, lacking top 2 compartments of backstrip and portion of compartment to base, joints cracked, extremities worn with some loss, boards marked, 4toQty: (1)

Illuminated Address. From the House of Commons Branch of the British Legion to Sir J. Smedley Crooke, J.P., M.P, circa 1945, 7pp,1 illuminated leaf, initials heightened in gilt, hand-coloured floral border to upper and inner margin, signatures and list of associated names to other leaves, broad gilt turn-ins, contemporary red crushed morocco, gilt initials to front board, binding bordered in gilt, 4to, together with: Illuminated Address. From the heads of Departments of J. Syons & Co Limited to Sir Joseph Lyons, D.L, (1911), 9pp, 2 illuminated leaves, hand-coloured floral borders heightened in gilt, further leaves with mounted photographic portraits (each signed), with hand-coloured borders, all edges gilt, gilt on top edge faded, silk endpapers and pastedowns (torn and detaching), broad gilt turn-ins finished with foliate devices, contemporary cream morocco gilt, gilt borders, raised bands finished in gilt, inset roundel to front board, 4to, with Lusted (Charles). The Garden of Heaven and other poems, circa 1926, typed manuscript with pencil corrections, 160pp, lightly spotted and toned, some marginal dust-soiling, contemporary blue half morocco gilt, spine in 7 compartments bordered and embellished in gilt, separated by raised bands, rear board toned to inner margin, extremities bumped and worn, boards faintly marked, 4to, with 2 othersQty: (5)

Ross (Alan). The Onion Man, typescript carbon copy, c.1959, [1] 23 (i.e. 24) wove-paper leaves (text on rectos only), most numbered, title with central crease, contained in thick paper wrappers, the whole hole-punched and tied with ribbon, front cover with typescript title label, signed by the author in blue ink, wrappers rubbed and lightly soiled, small slim 4to, together with: The Wreck of Moni, original typescript, c.1965, [2] 47 (i.e. 49) wove-paper typescript leaves (text on rectos only), most numbered, some authorial ink manuscript amendments to text, title signed by author in blue ink, several red ink manuscript printing annotations, especially to title and dedication leaf, some light toning in places, first (dedication) leaf with amended replacement version in pencil manuscript, was adhered over original leaf with adhesive tape (now detached), contained in thick paper wrappers, the whole hole-punched and tied with a Treasury tag, ink manuscript title to front cover, rear cover with name & address ink stamp of Raymond Briggs, wrappers somewhat faded and marked, some edge-fraying, slim 4to, with 5 additional ink manuscript and typescript leaves loosely inserted, giving possibly original versions of the title, dedication page and page '46a', plus 13 leaves of loosely inserted manuscript and typescript ephemera relating to lists of contributors to [The] London MagazineQty: (2)Footnote: The Onion Man and The Wreck of Moni were both published with illustrations by Raymond Briggs. These are possibly working copies that were sent to Briggs, as suggested by the ink stamp on the wrapper of Moni.

Wylly (Colonel H.C. ). The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 2 volumes, London: Royal United Service Institution, 1933, numerous black & white plates, numerous maps, some spotting at front and rear and to edges, armorial bookplate of George Owen Sandys of Graythwaite Hall, Lancashire to each volume, volume 1 front free endpaper with ink manuscript presentation inscription 'To G.O. Sandys from ...[?] March 1933', original cloth, gilt emblem to front covers, gilt-lettered spines (somewhat faded), few minor marks, 8voQty: (2)

Brooke (Ralph). A Discoverie of Certaine Errours [& A Second Discoverie of Errours], Published in print in the much commended Britannia, 1594..., to which are added, the learned Mr. Camden's answer to this book; and Mr. Brooke's reply..., 2 parts in one, 1724 & 1723 respectively, engraved portrait frontispiece (repaired to inner blank margin), title in red and black, early marginal notes throughout, volume separated throughout by several contemporary vellum slips each with manuscript sectional caption written at end, 19th century half calf, rubbed, 4to, together with: Valerius Maximus, Valerius Maximus: editionis Pighianae, [Leyden]: ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1612, some browning to title, toned throughout volume, front free endpaper with ownership of Franciscus Within dated 1649 (leaf torn at head), contemporary calf, upper joint split, worn at head and foot of spine with loss, paper label to spine, 16mo in 8s, Ambulator: or, A pocket companion in a tour round London, within the circuit of twenty-five miles..., 7th edition, corrected and improved, London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, 1794, folding hand-coloured engraved map (cropped to margins), contemporary half calf, morocco title label, light wear, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, some odd volumes, including 3 volumes set of Gough's edition of Camden's Britannia, lacking all mapsQty: (a carton)

Antiquarian. A collection of 18th & 19th-century literature, including The Oeconomy of Human Life, translated from an Indian manuscript by an ancient Bramin, London: printed for M. Cooper, 1751, numerous contemporary inscriptions & annotations to the front & rear endpapers, some marks & minor tears, 8vo, some odd volumes & French language, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio Approximately 95 volumesQty: (3 shelves )

MacGillivray (J.A.) Knossos: Pottery Groups of the Old Palace Period, The British School at Athens, Studies 5, 1998, monochrome illustrations, author's compliments slip pasted at front, original boards, folio, together with The Palaikastro Kouros. A Minoan Chryselephantine Statuette and its Aegean Bronze Context, by J.A. MacGillivray and others, British School of Athens Studies 6, 2000, colour and monochrome illustrations, presentation inscription to Sinclair and Rachel Hood from the editor and author, original boards, folio, plus Knossos: Palace, City, State, edited by Gerald Cadogan, Eleni Hatzaki and Adonis Vasilakis, British School at Athens Studies 12, 2004, illustrations, CD contained in plastic wallet at end, original boards, folio, with 15 others including Knossos Pottery Handbook, Neolithic and Bronze Age (Minoan), British School at Athens Studies 14, 2007, Parallel Lives. Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus,British School at Athens Studies 20, 2012, Knossos Excavations 1957-1961. Early Minoan, by Sinclair Hood and Gerald Cadogan, 2001, Knossos Protopalatial Deposits in Early Magazine A and the South-West Houses (Supplementary volume 41), 2007, and Le Palais du Second Millenaire a Knossos, by Jacques Raison, 4 volumes (Le Quarter Nord/Le Front Ouest et ses Magasins), 1988-1993, together with Desborough (V.R. de'A). The Last Mycenaeans and their Successors. An Archaeological Survey c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964, half-tone illustrations, additional pamphlet 'Revue de Philologie de litterature et d'histoire anciennes, 1967 stapled at front, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned with tears at head, 4to, plus Branigan (Keith). Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974, maps and illustrations, author's compliments slip at front, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little faded with small tear at head, 4to, with six others including V.E.G. Kenna's Cretan Seals with a Catalogue of the Minoan Gems in the Ashmolean Museum, 1960 (with a presentation inscription from the author to M.S.F. Hood pasted-in), John Boardman's The Cretan Collection in Oxford, 1961, W.C. Brice's Inscriptions in the Minoan Linear Script of Class A, 1961, and N.G.L. Hammond's Epirus, 1967, and Morgan (Lyvia, editor). Aegean Wall Painting, a tribute to Mark Cameron, London: British School at Athens, 2005, British School at Athens Studies 13, numerous illustrations, some colour, original boards, couple of minor marks, 4to, Schaeffer (Claude F.A. ), Stratigraphie Comparée et Chronologie de l'Asie Occidentale, London: Oxford University Press, for the Griffith Institute, 1948, numerous plates, charts and plans, many folding, original cloth, spine faded, thick 8vo, with 12 others including: The End of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean, by Gerald Cadogan, 1986; The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete, edited by J. Wilson Myers, Eleanor Emlen Myers, and Gerald Cadogan, 1992, with ink manuscript authorial presentation inscription to Sinclair and Rachel [Hood]; Faces of Archaeology in Greece, by Rachel Hood, 1998; The British School at Athens, the First Hundred Years, by Helen Waterhouse, 1986; and including 6 offprints of articles by Sinclair Hood, 1971-1994Qty: (40)

A North Indian illuminated Nastaliq manuscript, possibly Pahari School, containing sixty one pages, eight of which are illustrated with what appears to be an ancient love story, binding 14.5cm x 8.5cm, and another (2)

APOLLO 17,'EVA-3', 1972, a unique NASA engineer’s manuscript working sketch, plotting the route of the Lunar Rover during EVA-3 (Extra Vehicular Activity 3) on 12 December 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission, undertaken by Commander Eugen Cernan and geologist and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt,manuscript in red and black ink on a sheet of acetate, overlaid on the relevant section of the USGS geological map of the moon, in a modern light box,21 x 26cm31 x 26cm, framedThis was the third and final EVA mission of the last mission of the Apollo Program. The Apollo 17 Lunar Rover travelled approximately 40km (22 miles) during which astronauts, Cernan and Schmitt, collected 66kg of lunar samples and explored the base of the North Massif, the Sculptured Hills, and Van Serg Crater. This is the most recent time that man set foot on the lunar surface.

A Collection of Late 19th Century and Later Family Photographs, Bound British Workman 1855-62 (AF), Bound Volume 1766, Medicina Libri Octo, the First Western Manuscript After the Hippocratic Writings and First Published in 1478, Author A C Celsus and Printed in Leipzig by Caspari Fritsch, together with "Biblia Hebraic" (Hebrew Bible) by Johannes Leusden Printed in London 1825. Condition issues to all.

A BONE APPLE CORER CARVED BY A BRITISH ARMY GUARD OF THE 20TH REGIMENT OF FOOT ON ST. HELENA, Dated 5 May 1821A bone apple corer engraved on the turned handle JAMESTOWN,, and 5 May 1821 within a wreath on one side and the emblem for the 20th Foot on the other, and with a motto below QUIS CUSTODIET, the blade inscribed in manuscript Longwood House, Saint Helena Island, May 1821 20th Regt. 6in (15cm high) in modern glazed oak display case with a silvered regimental button of the 20th Foot, 5 3/4in (14.5cm) long; 7 3/4in (20cm) high in case Footnotes:This apple corer was very probably crafted by one of Napoleon's guard to commemorate his death whilst in exile on the island of Saint Helena.After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815, the British sent him to the island of St. Helena to live out his exile from Europe. The island is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean some 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa, and, at the time, was in the ownership of the East India Company. The inaccessibility of this location was partly chosen in order to avoid any escape attempts, as had been seen early in 1815 with Napoleon's successful escape from the Mediterranean island of Elba. Another precaution taken by the British was a personal military guard to accompany the existing garrison of 3,000 soldiers, along with six ships on constant patrol of the coastal waters, and an array of heavier ships moored off the capital, Jamestown. In 1819, the 20th Regiment of Foot arrived on the island and were assigned as Napoleon's guard at his residence, Longwood House. This item has been inscribed with the emblem of the 20th Foot and is also inscribed 'Longwood House', so we can say with confidence that this would have been crafted by one of his close guard. A further inscription 'quis custodiet' translates as 'who will guard', again making clear reference to the maker's position. Napoleon died at Longwood on the 5th May 1821. This date has been inscribed on the corer followed by the word 'vale', being the Latin for 'farewell'. On the day of his funeral, Napoleon's casket was carried by twelve grenadiers of his house guard.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Rare Napoleonic period army surgeon’s hand written journal - The Journal of Ebenezer Black M. D., the extensive journal bound together with some transcripts of letters, remedies and music manuscript, the principle text commencing 1806 and various entries to around 1813 (letters run 1812-1825). Much of the material has been transcribed and bound together. The journal detailing everyday events including battle of Tarragona, troop movements etc, early marbled binding, 22 x 15cmCondition report: Multiple additional images now published onlinemanuscript begins page numbered 33 (earlier pages presumably missing) continued to approximately p. 70 then blank pages resuming 31st Oct for approximately 14p. Then letter to an unarmed Colonel...'Bonaparte has completely played the part of the dog' then description of a silk worm before journal resumes Jan 19th 1809 for approximately 50 pages. The reverse predominantly copies of letters, some music manuscript and history notes

An Ethiopian hand written and decorated Coptic manuscript, the vellum pages with Ge'ez text and six pages decorated with saints or figures, other illustration pages with snakes or birds, wood board covers, height 10cm (1).

A framed manuscript gilt framed

[Milne (A.A., writer, 1882-1956)] [War Prophecy... by Belisha the Hippotist], autograph manuscript in pencil, 2pp., with a small pencil drawing of a hippopotamus wearing a wide brimmed hat, 8vo, The Library, Cotchford Farm, 31st December 1943.⁂ Christopher Robin in the Second World War.Predictions about the course of the Second World War: "1. A full-scale invasion will be made across the Channel by April 7th. There will be at least three more raids on Berlin before this, the last one coinciding with the night of the invasion. 3. "The French will land in the South within a week of the Channel landing, and within another fortnight Moon [Billy Moon, Christopher Robin Milne, A.A. Milne's son] will be in Rome."

Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-1685) Warrant signed authorising the payment of one hundred pounds to Ambrose Pudsay "as of Our Royale Bounty & free gift", D.s. "Charles R" and countersigned "Danby", manuscript, 1p., small tear at tail of right margin, folds, slightly browned, Hampton Court, 21st July 1675.⁂ Ambrose Pudsay (d. before 1680), of Bolton Hall, near Clitheroe; Colonel of foot for the wapentakes of Staincliffe and Ewcrosse.Thomas Osborne, first Duke of Leeds (1632-1712), politician, best known under his earlier titles of Earl of Danby and Marquess of Carmarthen.

Typography.- Printed in imitation of manuscript.- St. John (Rev. Theoph. J.) No. 45. On obedience to the Gospel. Matthew 7th, 21st verse, drop-head title, ink corrections to text, bifolium of advertisements for the same series bound around main work (as called for by ESTC), ink ms. passage loosely inserted, original drab wrappers, no printer, [1790]; and A Sermon. 6th Chapter, First Timothy, 19th verse, from the same series, 8vo & small 4to (2) ⁂ I: ESTC lists only a BL copy II: Unrecorded.

Bible, English. The Bible: That is The Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and the New Testament, double column, title with woodcut vignette, Old and New Testament headings within woodcut borders, woodcut initials and large woodcut tail-piece at end, lacking ?¶2 (blank) and A3-6 in Genesis, last 2ff. blank at end, X6 & 7 lower margins cut affecting catchwords, 2H2 & 3 corners torn away slightly affecting a few words of text, manuscript date 1578 in corner of title, [Herbert 149; STC 2120; ESTC lists 2 copies only, not in the BL], London, Christopher Barkar [Barker], dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the signe of the Tygres head, 1577; bound with at end Sternhold and Hopkins The Whole Booke of Psalmes, woodcut vignette on title and tail-piece, lacks H2 last f. (?blank), [not listed in STC], London, John Day, date from colophon 1577 and manuscript date 1578, and an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, 1626, first and second mentioned ruled in red throughout, some ff. creased, browned throughout, contemporary calf, ornate gilt corner and centre pieces with initials "TN", gilt faded, corners bumped, rebacked in 19th century straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., 8vo.⁂ An extremely scarce Elizabethan pocket bible. Herbert lists the first ff. as ¶3, as this copy. This suggests that both copies lack ¶2, a blank.

George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820) Approval of request for 12 officers to be placed on the staff of the Army serving in Ireland, D.s. twice "George R", 1p. with conjugate blank, manuscript, repairs to folds, slightly browned, folio, 1st January 1805.⁂ Officers include: Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote K.B., Sir Charles Asgill, Earl of Cork etc.

Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, 1819-1901) Commission appointing Eaton Monins as colonel in the 69th Regiment of Foot, D.s. "Victoria R" & Sir George Grey, printed document with manuscript insertions, on vellum, paper seal, folds, slightly yellowed, 295 x 395mm., St. James's [Palace], 17th March 1847.

Royal Navy.- 2 Ward Room Officers and Gun Room Officers account books, 2 vol., manuscript accounts relating to numerous ships and docks, c. 1450pp., including: HMS Victory, HMS Trafalgar, HMY Victoria and Albert, HMY Osborne, Royal Naval College Dartmouth, HM Dock Yard, some dampstaining at beginning and end of each vol., endpapers defective, original calf with elaborate stitching, defective, folio, [c. 1830s - 70s].

Euclid. Elementorum libri XV, edited by Cristoforo Clavio, 2 vol. in 1, titles with fine woodcut architectural borders, woodcut printer's device to final colophon leaf, woodcut initials and diagrams, typographic ornaments, contemporary ink signature "Hieronymi Saphii" and small old ink ownership stamp to titles (with some doodles to second title), vol.1 with L4v & L5r poorly inked with one passage overwritten in early ink manuscript, stain to S8 & T1, and repairs to lower outer corner of Pp7-Qq6 with loss of a few letters to two side-notes, final leaf of vol.2 creased and frayed, occasional light browning, old ink stamp to final blank at end of vol.1 and another to front free endpaper, upper hinge weak, contemporary limp vellum, old paper manuscript label, soiled and stained, slight worming and splits to upper joint, [Adams E985; EDIT 16 18360], 8vo, Rome, Vincenzo Accolti, 1574.⁂ Scarce first edition of Clavius's extensive commentary on Euclid's elements, his most enduring work.

[Boudier de Villemert (Pierre-Joseph)] L'Ami des Femmes, first edition, Contents leaf at end, contemporary ink manuscript notes to title and front endpapers, n.p., 1758 bound with c.330pp. of closely-written manuscript written in same neat contemporary hand and some blank leaves, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, scuffed, spine ends worn; another edition, title with small woodcut ornament and contemporary ink inscriptions, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, n.p., 1774 § [Le Guerchoix (M.-M. d'Aguesseau)] Avis d'une Mere a son Fils, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and contemporary ink inscription, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, lacking label, Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1743, rubbed, 12mo (3)⁂ The first is an interesting work advocating both moderate education for women and breastfeeding. The additional works in manuscript include [Brillon (J.-C.)] Traits qui regardans les femmes, published 1700, 65pp., and Bibliothèque de Conversation, 227pp., plus other minor items and blank leaves.

India.- Madras Army.- Scot (Sir Robert, KCB, Major-General, Madras Army, of Haddington, fl. 1793-1833) Letter Book and correspondence relating to his estate, manuscript, 277pp., reverse entries, 1f. with small tear, slightly browned, original reverse calf, rubbed, manuscript label on upper cover "Estate of Sir Robert Scot", joints split, folio, 1823-51.⁂ Copies of Scot's correspondence at Fort St George, India and elsewhere relating to the payment of expenses incurred in his duties. Also some manuscript correspondence for his estate after his death.

Xenophon. Las Obras, translated by Diego Gracian, first edition in Spanish, collation: +8 A-Z a-e8, double column, title in red and black with large woodcut coat-of-arms, woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf, title with margins renewed, foxing and browning, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, ties renewed, spine repaired, folio (293 x 198mm.), Salamanca, Juan de Junta, 1552.⁂ A very good copy of the first edition of the Greek historian's works in Spanish. Xenophon was one of the earliest known writers on hunting, so this is certainly one of if not the earliest works on hunting printed in Spanish.Provenance: Damaso G. Arrese (bookplate); John de Zulueta (bookplate)Literature: Palau 376843; Schwerdt II, 303c.

[Kipling (Rudyard)] The Harbour Watch, duplicated typescript, title and 33pp., slightly browned, original wrappers, stitched, typescript label on upper cover, sm. 4to, [1913].⁂ Kipling's only play, staged at the Royalty Theatre, April 1913. A manuscript was included in the archive bequeathed to the Theatre Museum by L.E. Berman and now deposited at the National Art Library, V&A, their copy owned by Dennis Eadie's, with some pencilled directions and alterations, interleaved, a library typescript was made from the prompt copy.Provenance: The typescript was acquired by the Rev Kirkman, a missionary in India and a Kipling completist. He apparently wrote to Kipling and the Royalty Theatre asking for a copy of the play for his collection and was duly sent it. It was a prompt copy and it was republished privately in 1990 by John Brooman.

Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) Warrant signed to pay John Duke of Argyll two thousand seven hundred sixty five pounds six shillings and eight pence "for the Use of Our Forces", D.s. "Anne R" and countersigned "Walpole" as Secretary of War, manuscript, 1p., folds, slightly foxed and browned, folio, 17th March 1709.⁂ Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford (1676-1745), prime minister.