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NO RESERVE Unpublished Poetry.- The Fairy Bride [&] Otto and his Wife, a Bavarian Legend and other Poems, manuscript, title and 74pp., 2pp. poetry loosely inserted, browned, original paper wrappers, slightly marked and soiled, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1850].

Military.- Artillery.- Dunnage (Arthur James) Notes on artillery, manuscript, 254pp. 7 sheets of diagrams in pen & ink and watercolour, most folding, 1 loose, occasional spotting, [c.1865] bound after Owen (Capt. C.H.) and Capt. T.L. Dames. Elementary lectures on Artillery, third edition, 40 lithographed plates, a few folding, extensive ink marginal notes in places, plate 32 lower blank corner torn away, lightly browned, Woolwich, 1861, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half morocco, gilt, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, corners worn rubbed, 4to⁂ By the time of his retirement in 1899 Dunnage had reached the rank of Colonel in the Royal Artillery, having spent most of his service in India.

Unpublished children's story.- [Nimrod (Sidney)] A Story or Tail: of The too Misses Mesals, manuscript, 10pp., including 2pp. of illustrations, vignette of a sad dog to title, a little light staining, folds, unbound, 8vo, 2879 [i.e. 1879].⁂ An unpublished late Victorian children's story, written in the form of a peculiar, rambling missive from 'a loving uncle' to his beloved nieces Clare and Daisy Inglis, seemingly to lift their spirits whilst suffering from the measles. It is an allegorical fairy tale describing the conflict between a host of wicked fairies (the 'Diseases'), the most prevalent amongst which is Measles.

Bale (John) The first two partes of the Actes, or unchast examples of the Englysh votaryes, 2 parts in 1, title to part 1 with woodcut vignette depicting Bale presenting his book to Edward VI repeated on verso of a preliminary leaf of part 2, woodcut initials, part 1 lacks A2 (first leaf of preface) but with final blank leaf K8 present, part 2 lacks C2 and all after P6 (ie 6 leaves), some supplied in later manuscript, title to first part holed and repaired with some loss of text and with ink scribbling, some water-staining, [STC 1273.5], 8vo, [by S. Mierdman] for Johan Bale, 1551.

Heywood (Thomas) Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women, first edition, engraved title trimmed and laid down, lacking initial and final blank leaves and text leaf Nn4, this latter transcribed in manuscript in a neat hand onto two inserted leaves, outer edge of Q1 defective affecting ruled border but not text, a few other tears and minor burn-holes slightly affecting text, some soiling and water-staining, a few ink annotations and scribbles, later half calf over marbled boards, worn, [STC 13326], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1624.⁂ A rather tired copy of an important work by this contemporary of Shakespeare. Includes a section on witches (whence the leaf is missing)Provenance: Joshua Churchman (longitudinal ink inscription on A3 "Bought at London December 1692 Cost 6 shillings"); William Stonehouse (ink inscription on final leaf).

NO RESERVE Shenstone (William) The Works in Verse and Prose..., 2 vol., engraved portrait, frontispiece, title-vignettes, head- & tail-pieces and folding plan of the Leasowes garden, some light spotting or browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1764 § Foote (Samuel) The Minor, a Comedy, second edition, engraved frontispiece, stitched in original wrappers, contemporary ink manuscript list of names to upper wrapper, rubbed and soiled, by J.Coote, 1760 § Irving (David) The Lives of the Scotish Poets, 2 vol.., errata leaf in each vol., contemporary book-label of Robert Davidson, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, upper joint of vol.1 split, Edinburgh, 1804; and another, Shenstone, 8vo & 12mo (6)⁂ The first includes Dodsley's 'Description of the Leasowes, the Seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq.', an important early natural landscape garden. A third volume of Shenstone's letters was published in 1769.

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol. in 4, first edition in book form, 2 wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 plates by Marcus Stone, library stamps (including to title), manuscript ink numbering to titles and pastedowns, bookplates to front pastedowns, occasional spotting and finger soiling (including to plates), nineteenth century half calf, chips and tears to spine ends, spine, joints and corners worn, 8vo, 1865.

Naval.- [Oplysninger om Fremmede Krigsskibe], 2 vol. only (?of 4), printed tables with manuscript additions, numerous laid down photographs with autograph captions, original half calf, rubbed, extremities worn, oblong 8vo, [c.1910].⁂ A rare Danish record of the warships of foreign powers. The volume of photographs covers France, England and Russia while the text volume only relates to Russia.

Ferns.- 2 Victorian albums of specimens of ferns, 2 vol., together 31 specimens of ferns (24 captioned in manuscript), all laid on card or paper, 1 vol. specimens loose and working loose, original half morocco, edges rubbed, 153 x 287mm. and 255 x 186mm., [c. 1850].

Fluid Mechanics.- D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Traité de l'Equilibre et du Mouvements des Fluides, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, engraved printer's device to title, engraved head-, tail-pieces and initials, ink stamp and manuscript notations to title, 3B2 with very small marginal defect (not affecting text), occasional light spotting, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt with morocco label, extremities a little rubbed, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp.7-8; Norman 33] 4to, Paris, Chez David, l'aîné, 1744.

Interesting WW2 Photo Illustrated Typed Manuscript by a US Medical Officer, the typed manuscript is entitled “So We Went to Port Rush”. The typed manuscript gives details of his service and with the use of photographs, it details his time whilst in Ireland during WW2. Many detailed incidents and photographs showing men and women in the US medical service at the time. 20 single sided printed pages.

Edgar Wood:  quantity of research material with manuscript notes; Sir Ashton Lever of Alkrington and his Museum, 1729-1788, tls. W J Smith A.T.D.

Middleton Sunday Schools:  Inaugural manuscript 1792; other related letters and ephemera

Sir Edward Elgar:  10 unused items of stationery, various addresses; a manuscript summary of the Hereford Festival 1921; other ephemera

The Bradford Corporation Alphabet, Anon, a unique manuscript satirical alphabet, c. 1870

A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a reproduction of the original manuscript, published Methuen London, Dutton New York, quarter leather and buckram bound

Suffolk, Little Thurlow.- Charter, grant by Simon Franceys of Great Thurlow and Alan le Barber of Little Thurlow to John le Non, chaplain of Little Thurlow of le Smythescroft, witnesses: John de Walpol, John de Bedeford, Nicholas le Leche and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 8 lines, in light brown ink, folds, slightly creased, lacks seal, 79 x 270mm., 18th July 1350.

Cumberland.- William Huddleston appointment of William Hutton of Egremond and William Biggyng of ?Chapel as attorneys, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 5 lines, lacks seal, 50 x 320mm., 1500; and 5 other sixteenth and seventeenth century documents relating to the Huddleston family of Millom, Cumberland, some with wear, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).

Manuscripts.- A large quantity of manuscript material, among the earliest dated 1612, in many different hands, in diverse languages, predominantly European but also examples of others such as Persian and Hebrew, on paper and vellum, including among others: bound notebooks, personal letters, documentation, v.s, v.d., C17th-20th (qty)

Welsh recipe book.- [Medical & Veterinary recipes], manuscript, c.150pp., text in English and Welsh, some spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, modern calf, 8vo, [Wales], [c.1850].⁂ A volume of recipes in English and Welsh, some copied or translated from the likes of Cheyne, Mead, Floyer, Lemery and Theobald, and some gleaned from local sources, including one from 'a stranger who was paving the road when our cow would not stand'. Includes tobacco.

Invoices.- Collection of 28 assorted invoices, printed forms with manuscript insertions, folds, slightly browned, 322 x 198mm. & smaller, 1760, 1810-98.⁂ Includes: 2 specimen engraved coal delivery notes, grocers, hatters, umbrella makers, clockmakers, wine merchants, tea importers etc.

Slavery.- Jamaica.- Taaffe (Theobald, MP, adventurer and absentee slave-owner, benefitting from his wife's inheritance in Jamaica, c. 1708-80) Indenture, bargain and sale by Theobald Taaffe to Henry Davidson of Seven Plantations in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, including "all housed negroes", D.s., manuscript on vellum, red wax seal, folds, browned, 518 x 620mm., 13th November 1770; and 4 other indentures, including 2 other indentures relating to the Taaffe family ownership of plantations in Jamaica (1 torn), folds, yellowed, v.s., v.d., 1770-1800 (5).

Inn Receipts.- 12 inn receipts from Northumberland and the north of England, 12 printed receipts with manuscript insertions, folds, slightly browned, 222 x 143mm. & smaller, 1831 & n.d.⁂ Places include: Wooler, Haltwhistle, West Auckland, Otterburn, Morpeth, Alnwick, Darlington & Whitburn.

NO RESERVE Taylor (Alfred Swaine, English toxicologist and medical writer, 1806-1880).- An Account of the Grotta del Cane with remarks on suffocation by carbonic acid, autograph manuscript, in ink, 4pp., some light discolouration at corners, folds, creasing to second page at top edge, [mid-nineteenth century]; and an A.l.s by Austen Henry Layard to Taylor, in ink, 4pp., some light discolouration, folds, loosely inserted into card mount, 1854, v.d., v.s. (2)⁂ Both works are from the collection of Alfred Swaine Taylor, who has also been called the 'father of British forensic medicine'. The 'Cave of the Dog' was a well-known scientific attraction on the Grand Tour, featuring the effects of carbon dioxide. The letter from Layard to Taylor makes mention of his excavations at Nineveh, during which Layard uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs and the library of Ashurbanipal.

Lowry (Laurence Stephen, painter, 1887-1976).- Diary, papers and photographs of Graeme Bentham with accounts of time spent with L.S. Lowry, 2 files, numerous pp., manuscript and typescripts, folio, 1975-76.

English Civil War.- His Majesties Two Speeches: one to the Knights and Gentlement and Freeholders of the County of Nottingham at Newark ..., ex-library with faint ink-stamp to title, lightly browned, disbound, [Wing C2866], by Robert Barker, 1642; His Majesties Gracious Message to both Houses of Parliament, sent from Nottingham the 25. of August, 1642 ..., lightly browned, becoming loose, modern cloth-backed boards, title in manuscript to upper cover, [Wing C2333], by Robert Barker, 1642; small 4to (2)

NO RESERVE Trials.- Tryal of William Sacheverell Esq (The); and Several other Gentlemen for a Riot Committed at Nottingham on the Election of a Mayor of that Town, 2 tears to title, old tape repairs, damp-stain to edge, soiling to title and final leaf, ex-library with discreet blind-stamp to title, scattered faint spotting, modern cloth, title in neat manuscript to upper cover, ex-library stamp to upper cover, folio, by John Darby, 1720.⁂ William Sacheverell was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1691. He argued for the exclusion of the Catholic James, Duke of York from the line of succession.

NO RESERVE Brisbane (Albert) Social Destiny of Man: Or, Association and Reorganisation of Industry, first edition, 2 engraved plates, library stamp to pastedown, adhesive remains, also to front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, library cloth, blind-stamped, rubbed and discoloured, spine-ends chipped with some loss, 1840 § Douglas (Thomas, Earl of Selkirk) Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, first edition, half-title, ink ownership inscription to title, some light spotting and foxing, contemporary boards, lightly soiled, manuscript 'Lord Selkirk' to spine, ends chipped, joints starting, 1805; and 27 others, 19th century, social history and economics, v.s. (29)

Bibliography.- Hassall (W.O., editor) The Holkham Library. Illuminations and Illustrations in the Manuscript Library of the Earl of Leicester, half-title, 160 plates, of which 12 colour, some light spotting to rear endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, folio, for presentation to The Roxburghe Club, 1970.

[Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo)] [A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge], translated by Richard Haydock, first edition in English, lacking engraved title-page and all the 13 plates, with woodcut initials and numerous typographical ornaments, colophon with large woodcut device, with several near contemporary manuscript notes on the book & the translator to front free endpaper and one or two leaves, first leaf of text with traces of old inscription at head (most cut away), H4 slightly short, Kk1 with small paper flaw tear affecting a few letters but not sense, one or two stains but generally very clean, modern bookplate of Donald Adair Pavey, later half roan, a little worn, spine torn, [Harris 519; STC 16698], small folio, [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for R.H.], [1598]; sold not subject to return⁂ First English translation of Lamazzo's Mannerist treatise, dedicated to Thomas Bodley and one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p.297.

Textiles.- Album of fabric swatches, over 300 textile samples mounted on 27 leaves, mostly floral, ink stamp "à Alsace Matérial France" to most leaves, glue stains to margins, a little brittle and frayed at edges, modern half cloth, uncut, manuscript label "20th century florals" taped to spine, folio, [mid-late 20th century].

Devon.- Lysons (Daniel) & Samuel Lysons. Magna Britannia ... Devonshire, 2 parts in 4 vol., extra illustrated, vols. 3 & 4 with manuscript titles, c.345 engravings, etchings and lithograph plates, most window-mounted, some captioned by hand, several trimmed affecting image at the edges, one or two hand-coloured, 2 engraved maps dissected into 4 sections and window-mounted, illustrations, some additional text window-mounted and bound-in, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's presentation labels to front pastedowns, later half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, 1822.

Devon.- Pole (Sir William) Collections towards a Description of the County of Devon, half-title, previous owner's ink inscription to title, occasional ink and pencil manuscript notes throughout, additional 24pp. appendix in manuscript bound at end, occasional scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, cracked joints, but holding firm, rubbed, 1791 § Britton (John) and E. W. Brayley, A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Devonshire, 2 vol., extra illustrated with c.130 plates, scattered spotting, later calf, gilt, 1813; and others Devon, 4to & 8vo (5)

River Thames.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 vol., extra illustrated, folding map frontispiece, additional aquatint titles, 142 plates, of which 52 sepia aquatints called for, 6 folding, 4 loosely inserted, illustrations, manuscript index at end each vol., occasional faint off-setting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1801.

Staffordshire.- Shropshire.- Pitt (William) A Topographical History of Staffordshire, extra illustrated with 3 folding maps, 1 linen-backed, 4 plates, 3 trimmed and pasted to blanks, 1 folding and tipped-in, subscribers list, occasional manuscript notes in a later hand, previous owner's ink signature to title, ink-stamp to front free endpaper, later half-morocco, a little rubbed, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1817 § Hartshorne (Rev. Charles Henry) Salopia Antiqua, or An Enquiry from Personal Survey ..., additional lithograph title and 8 tinted lithographs, bookplate, new endpapers, near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 1841; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (5).

Sussex.- [Scrapbook of Sketches, Plates and Maps], c.335 engraved or lithograph plates, 19 original pencil sketches or watercolours, 27 engraved maps and plans, 8 plates and manuscript notes loosely inserted at end vol. 1., occasional dust marks, contemporary vellum, titles in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, folio, c.1813.⁂ An interesting collection of plates, maps and sketches relating to Sussex, tipped- or pasted into the scrapbook which is watermarked 1813.

A group of four Mughal School pictures, to include two figural gouaches and two facsimile manuscript pages

A 19th century lady's tortoiseshell and gold piqué rounded rectangular purse, the hinged cover restrained by a clasp and enclosing a blue silk-lined concertina interior of three compartments, later ink manuscript presentation note dated 1902, 9.5cm long, c. 1860

English Midlands School (early 19th century), a portrait miniature, Mr John Davidson, Chief Physician of the Nottingham General Hospital, oval, bust-length, slightly turned to dexter, wearing a white stock and black coat, 8cm x 6cm, ebonised oval convex frame, ribbon-tied cresting, milled gilt-metal mounts, trophy apron, 17.5cm x 12.5cm overall, conserved 19th century ink manuscript label to versoJohn Davidson (1797-1843) was born at Pontcysyllte, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of Matthew Davidson (1755-1819), himself a childhood friend and future engineering colleague of Thomas Telford. The early education and surgical training of John Davidson is recorded as having been financed by Telford: in 1819 he graduated from Edinburgh Medical School, and by 1819 he was practising at Hanely in the Potteries, Staffordshire. Between 1824-1831 he Davidson was a medical doctor in Nottingham, and by 1835 was signing himself 'John Mitchell Davidson M.D., Chief Physician to the Nottingham General Hospital; not to mention his extensive private practice. While physician to the Nottingham Lunatic Asylum, -having been appointed in 1842 - Davidson, on 13th June, 1843, died suddenly of a ruptured blood vessel 'when out on a professional duty at midnight'.

A post-Medieval bronze tripod cauldron, cast with crowned lion masks, wrought iron swing handle, tapering feet, traces of verdigris, 23cm high over handle, 16.2cm diam, loose manuscript partial collector's label, 17th century or earlier

A set of four Anglo-Scottish silhouette cut-paper conversation pieces, each portrait named and titled with their respective sitters, including 1) Susan Hamilton (née Beckford), Duchess of Hamilton (1786-1859), her daughter Lady Susan Pelham-Clinton (née Hamilton), Duchess of Newcastle (1814-1889), & Miss Margueretta Crauford of Kennedy; 2) Dr Richard Huie FRCSEd, Edinburgh Surgeon (1795-1867), and his children James Alexander, Richard and Elizer playing badminton; 3) the Maitland children, George, Graham, Elizer and Adam, playing with ball-and-racket and with a toy horse; 4) "Dead" James Dalrymple and Lady Hadinton (?sic, Maria Hamilton (née Parker), Countess of Haddington) playing cards, each titled, dated and inscribed in ink manuscript, framed back-to-back as two, dated from 1830-1831, [2]

Fox-Davies, A.C: Fairbairns Book of Crests in two volumes, by T.C & E.C Jack 1892; a leather bound manuscript note book, the cover inscribed Coats of Arms, Crests, J.D & S, 1863, illustrated in pen and ink, [3]

Sir Francis Chantrey RA (1781-1841), two autograph and signed ink manuscript letters by the Regency sculptor, 1) addressed to Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart, FRS (1788-1850), inscribed and dated Belgrave Place/2 July 1841, and pertaining to the will of David Wilkie RA (1785-1841), 1pp, 17.5cm x 11cm, mounted and framed, (1); 2) addressed to John Foster Esq:r/to the left of the Athenaeum (presumably the Liverpool architect; 1786-1846), inscribed and dated Belgrave Place/10th August only (but prior to his 1835 knighthood as his his wife is colloquially referred to "Mrs C"), in which Chantrey invites Foster to "occupy a bedroom & a sitting room in my house", further going on with friendly and persuasive rhetoric, on writing paper embossed: Bath beneath a crown, lacking seal, biographical note pasted to verso, 1pp, 24cm x 19.5cm, (1), [2]

MANUSCRIPT RECIPE AND RECEIPT BOOK, mid 19th century. Circa 100 pages, with a few pasted-in cuttings of cures, and loosely inserted recipes

BAYBRIDGE CANAL ARCHIVE, 1825 - 1875. A fascinating archive of material concerning the building and closure of the Baybridge canal. The canal was about 4 miles long and ran from Baybridge to Binesfield in the parish of West Grinstead, Sussex. Most of the material covers the period when the canal was being built, from 1825 - 33. There are about 50 manuscript invoices and letters, 3 of which are booklets containing several pages of accounts. There are also two broadsides, one from 1825 inviting tenders for the construction of the canal and another from 1875 announcing its closure (folder)

PENINSULAR WAR MANUSCRIPT. A detailed and important account of the Napoleonic War in the Iberian Peninsular between April 1809 and March 1810. 4to, 163 pages running to about 32,000 words. Written in a neat hand by Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham (1777-1833) from letters written at the time, mainly to his mother. The book begins: ‘On my return to England in 1814 after my Mother’s death, I found in her dressing room, carefully put together, a great many letters I had written to her, and my father, during the time I was serving on the Peninsula, viz. from April 1809 till January 1814, as well as a few letters I had written to other friends, which had been sent to her, for her perusal; having much leisure time on my hands when I settled at Deans Leaze in 1820, I began to enter them into this book, leaving out anything relating to my private affairs, or that had no connection with the service on which I was engaged.’‘The period contained in this book is one twelvemonth, from the beginning of April 1809, when we landed on the banks of the Tagus, to the end of March 1810; it embraces three very interesting points, viz. the campaign in the north of Portugal, with the expulsion of Marshal Soult from that country, and the rapid return of the army to Abrantes; the advance to Talavera, the sanguinary contest at that place, and the retreat of the army to the neighbourhood of Badajoz after it; and lastly the long winter march from the banks of the Guadiana to the northern frontiers of Portugal; in these marches we traversed (in a hasty manner to be sure) the greater part of Portugal and some miles in Spain and saw much of the country we passed through, and although we wanted the leisure and opportunity afforded ordinary travellers to examine every point worth seeing, as much of my time was necessarily occupied in the duties of my profession; yet the grand manoeuvres in which we were engaged will make up for this deficiency, and render the whole more interesting, and worth the trouble of perusing.’To his mother, 29th July 1809, Field of Action near Talavera. ‘Had the Spaniards made any sort of movement, or shewn any disposition to have engaged, the loss on our part would not have been so heavy, but the British stood the whole attack of the French without assistance, and the Spaniards ate up, during the action, all the bread that had been prepared for us, so that our men have been fortyeight hours with scarce any food; our extreme want of provisions will prevent our following up our victory…We have suffered much in superior officers, hardly a general officer of infantry, but what is either killed or wounded; Generals McKenzie and Langworth are killed; Hill and the two Campbells are wounded, and our total loss will amount to 5000 killed and wounded. The French fought with great bravery and obstinacy and had eighty well served pieces of artillery in the field, and their loss must be at least equal to, if not superior to our own; in the 53rd we have had six men killed and thirty two wounded; Martin Crew and Seth Bishop are severely, Corporal Muslewaite and Jacob Durnet slightly wounded; these men came from the Dorset and I mention their names that you may satisfy enquiries. At the close of action yesterday I was so overcome with fatigue, and heat, that I fainted, and they all thought me killed… At this moment the Spaniards are murdering the wounded Frenchmen in the woods in our front; I must hasten to prevent them. Adieu.’To Captain Tryon Still, August 1st 1809, Camp near Talavera. In a seven-page letter Bingham describes the terrain, the positions of the armies and the action. ‘On our right was the town of Talavera and the Tagus, a perfect flat for about three quarters of a mile, much intersected with ditches, vineyards, and covered with olive trees; this space was occupied by the Spaniards in two lines three deep, and with reserves; just on the left of their line was a small eminence that commanded the plain, on this a battery was established and a work hardly more than traced out, having been interrupted by the unlooked for rapid advance of the enemy; in front of this were two small enclosures, and beyond that, all the enemy’s movements were obscured by olive trees…about 7 o’clock the French appeared in full force on our left, and after a cannonade that lasted till sunset, as soon as it was dark, brought up their columns to charge; they had succeeded in getting possession of the hill, but the 2nd division coming up, drove them from it; this hill was the utmost consequence to us, it commanded and was in fact the key position, and we retained it against several attacks the enemy made on it. About ten o’clock the firing ceased for the night, which we passed under arms, occasionally entertained by a heavy fire from the Spanish line, which they kept up on being disturbed by the enemy’s patrols…The Spanish army is in so disorganised a state, the under officers such poltroons, the superior such traitors, I am afraid one day or other they will lead us into a scrape from which it will be difficult to extricate ourselves; we are now without a day’s provisions in advance, without magazines and (notwithstanding what you may hear in England) with a population very luke warm in our behalf; this ought to have been foreseen before we left Portugal, the whole day of the action our people were actually without provisions and we have been detained here ever since for want of it.’ Half red calf, red boards. Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham (1777-1833) was born into an old Dorset family. He enlisted in the 69th foot as an ensign in 1793 and by 1801 was a major in the 82nd foot, serving in Minorca. In 1805 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd battalion 53rd (Shropshire) regiment of foot in Ireland. He went to Portugal with the regiment in 1809 and fought at its head throughout its distinguished Peninsular War career, beginning with the expulsion of the French from Oporto. He served in the Peninsular from 1809 to 1814, and subsequently fought in Spain and the south of France, including the victory at Vitoria.Bingham was awarded the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and was knighted in 1815. In October of that year he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to St Helena, and was commanding officer on the island until 1819. He ended his career in Ireland where his skill and tact were put to great use in a very difficult situation. He was regarded by his fellow officers as a thorough gentleman and a brilliant soldier.

Baron, Carl (Ed.). A Memoir of D. H. Lawrence, 'The Betrayal', by G. H. Neville, [c.1981]. Typed/printed draft, unbound, with marginal notes and annotation, the editor's sections in Xerox (the more extensive annotation is printed), title page inscribed 'For Mr. Neville', main body of text inscribed in pencil, 'spare copy of Neville's memoir', together with another printed proof/draft of the same work with manuscript title and list of sections 'to come', housed in worn brown paper wrappers, inscribed, 'From C E Baron, St Catharine's Coll. Cambridge UK'. The synopsis of the final published work describes George Henry Neville as 'D. H. Lawrence's closest childhood friend', making his memoir an important first-hand account; it was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1981

A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT PAGE, PAINTED WITH A HAND depicting zodiac signs (wormholes)

Nottingham. Pharmaceutical manuscript - Note Book of Robert Elliott (1881-1932), the entries listing the ingredients and quantities of various preparations, including chlorodyne, face powder, lime juice cordial, varnish, baking powder, liver pills, cough herbs, pile ointment, acne and lemon syrup, written on one side of a page only in mostly red ink, morocco boards ruled in gilt, marbled end papers and edges, 13 x 8cm and two other manuscript notebooks of recipes by Boots employees - Tablet Department Sugar Coating Section Process of Tablets and Pills by Mary Briggs 1933 and Tablet Managers Notebook on Granulating Solutions and Tablet Excipients (3) G R Elliott began his career as Jesse Boot's first errand boy when aged 11 at the original, small shop in Goosegate, Nottingham. He retired at 65

Two 1947 diaries containing large quantity of manuscript students notes and sketches on biology, including reproductive system, nervous system etc., ownership name Margaret Collis at front, and some notes on Mellow Lane Senior Girls School, Hillingdon Heath, headed paper, loosely inserted (2)

Small illustrated Koran manuscript, Indian, probably 16th Century, 8.5x6.5cm, mounted and framed; and four botanical prints, various sizes.

A Burmese hand drawn and written 40 page 'Concertina' Buddhist' manuscript, each page covered with script and illustrative drawings, overall, these traditionally written on mulberry bark paper, 19th Century. In a fitted glazed display case. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Dimensions -  33 x 31 x 8cm Approx.

London 1825 EL-Lombard Street. XXX in black and Manuscript 2 and '7night'

[CAVALRY] "Ecole de Cavalerie", manuscript title on cover, an elephant folio of 33 d-p. 18th c. engravings after VAN BLARENBERGHE, marble boards.

Crimea: the naval journal of Capt. Augustus John Kingston; together with other various related manuscript and typed correspondence; ephemera, and a watercolour.

Collis (Maurice) Quest for Sita, first edition, one of 500 copies on hand-made paper, with publisher's printed note of publication and slip with author's signature both loosely inserted, full-page illustrations by Mervyn Peake, original pictorial blue buckram blocked in red, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket spotted and browned, frayed at edges, two holes to spine panel, 1946 § Arberry (Arthur J., editor) The Ruba'iyat of Jalal al-Din Rumi, original cloth, uncut, 1949 § Cornford (Frances) and Esther Polianowsky Salaman. Poems from the Russian, third impression, signed and inscribed by Cornford to E.V.Rieu the poet and translator, original cloth, spine faded, 1944 § Isham (Juliet Calhoun) Winds and Tides, first edition, signed presentation copy from Ralph Isham (the author's son and the dedicatee) to the artist Eric Kennington and with a manuscript verse to rear endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket spotted and creased, New York & London, 1925; and others including vol.1 nos.1-11 & vol.2 no.4 of The Green Book periodical (1981-2), 4to & 8vo (17)

Harwood (Anthony) 8 Poems, number 2 of 100 copies, the author's copy with his wax seal monogram to front free endpaper, prospectus loosely inserted, becoming loose, original printed wrappers, spotted and browned, Paris, Maurice Darantiere, 1952; Swan Songs and other poems, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, Favil Press, 1961; Twelve Poems, typescript, 13 sheets printed on rectos only with title in manuscript and one blank sheet, torn and frayed at edges, loose in cloth folder, manuscript label to upper cover with date 1952-53, worn, 1954, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The author was an American who became secretary to Denis Conan Doyle, son and heir of the writer, and married the latter's widow after his death, enjoying a luxurious life style. He subsequently became a powerful influence on the young Derek Jarman. Twelve Poems was never published separately but with others as part of Swan Songs.

Shakespeare Head Press.- Drayton (Michael) The Works, edited by J.William Hebel & others, 5 vol., one of 500 sets, portraits, 1931-41 § Newdigate (Bernard H.) Michael Drayton & his Circle, illustrations, 1941, together 6 vol., A.L.Rowse's set with his signature or initials to front endpapers and his pencil annotations and markings to text, with 6 sheets of his manuscript notes loosely inserted, mostly written on the verso of letters to Rowse, uniform original blue cloth, gilt, uncut, dust-jackets, spines a little browned and frayed, especially final volume, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press⁂ A.L.Rowse (1903-97), historian and author of several books on Elizabethan England.

Fell Types.- Morison (Stanley) & Harry Carter. John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types...bequeathed to the University of Oxford by John Fell, D.D., first edition, one of 1000 copies, Ruari McLean's copy with his book-label, original cloth, dust-jacket, Oxford, 1967 § Hart (Horace) Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford 1693-1794, one of 150 copies, signed presentation copy from the author to Christopher Halifax (Oriental Reader at OUP) inscribed on front free endpaper and with 11 plates of oriental types from Hart loosely inserted (one with portion cut out and replaced), original cloth-backed printed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1904; another edition, edited by Harry Carter, facsimile reprint with additional material, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1970 § Specimen (A) of the Several Sorts of Letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell Oxford, 1693, number 49 of 250 facsimile reprints, original marbled boards, uncut, manuscript label, spine rubbed and slightly chipped, slip-case (rubbed and defective at edges), James Tregaskis & Son, 1928, plates and illustrations, most a little rubbed; and 9 others on the Fell types including some duplicates/reprints and a large folding broadside for The Roman, Italic and Black Letter given to the University circa 1672..., Oxford, 1930 (printed in red & black, c.575 x 445mm., small tear repaired), v.s. (13)

Allix (Susan).- Herodotus. Pyramids: An Account...Arranged with Prints by Susan Allix, Artist's Proof signed by the artist/binder at end [from an edition limited to only 12 copies, no printed colophon], printed in red and black, some leaves with triangular cut-outs, plates by Susan Allix, some etchings, some printed in colours or hand-coloured, bound in natural goatskin-backed papyrus boards, by Susan Allix, with band of red goatskin edged in narrow strips of natural or black goatskin across top and bottom of boards, upper cover with abstract design of onlaid triangles of snakeskin, black & natural goatskin and papyrus, vertical irregular strip of snakeskin to lower cover, papyrus doublures, uncut, original red suede-lined beige cloth drop-back box, small snakeskin triangle overlaid on papyrus triangle mounted on lid, irregular natural goatskin label with title in manuscript, 8vo (c.140 x 90mm.), n.p., [1995].