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A calligraphic composition comprising a hadith of the Prophet Ottoman Turkey, 17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, eight lines written horizontally, 13 diagonally, in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels and florets marking the end of verses, inner margins ruled in gold and black, later marbled border, 193 x 192 mm. with borders; and a single line of bold calligraphy in diwani script, Ottoman Turkey, 17th Century, Arabic manuscript on grey-green paper, one line of text written in bold diwani script in black ink and some gold, laid down on modern card 101 x 202 mm.(2)Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Photographs of 1950s entertainers with manuscript/printed signatures, loose and in album, predominantly obtained at The Grand Theatre Leeds, including Morecombe & Wise, Frankie Howard, Lonnie Donegan, peter Butterworth, Flora Robson, Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Joan Regan, Tyrone Power, Ronald Shiner, Michael Dennison, Virginia McKenna, John Mills, Wilfred Pickles, Roy Castle etc

Hobbes (Thomas) De Corpore Politico. Or the Elements of Law, Moral & Politick, first edition, worming to gathering B affecting a few letters of text, closely shaved, touching a few headlines, [WIng H2219], for J. Martin and J. Ridley, 1650 bound with Humane Nature: or the fundamental Elements of Policy Being a discovery of the Faculties, Acts and Passions of the Soul of Man, first edition, lacking blanks A1&2, I2 moved before B1 and becoming loose, worming to inner margin, just touching text towards end, [Wing H2242], by T. Newcomb, 1650, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and head-pieces, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, 12mo,⁂ Hobbes first work of political philosophy, both parts are rare, we can only trace one other example of them appearing together at auction. Hobbes wrote the treatise The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic in 1640 as a defence of the King's own interpretation of his prerogatives. The work was circulated in manuscript form (its arguments were used by Royalist members in parliamentary debates) but never intended for publication. The Elements eventually saw publication in the present form, an unauthorised edition which split the work in two under separate titles.Provenance: George Goyder (bookplate).

Spain.- [Luna (Miguel de)] The History of the Conquest of Spain by the Moors. Together with the Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor, first edition in English, marginal foxing, occasional marginal damp-staining, some marking and ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners bumped, [Palau 144080; Wing L3484A], F. Leach for S. H., to be sold by T. Fox, 1687.⁂ First complete edition in English of this chronicle of the conquest of Spain, purportedly taken from an Arabic manuscript but in fact composed by Philip II's interpreter, Miguel de Luna.Provenance: Fra. Polson Lincolns Inn (ink inscription).

Natural History.- Grew (Nehemiah) Musaeum Regalis Societatis. or A Catalogue & Description Of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society And preserved at Gresham College, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 plates, one folding, ms corrections in ink on I3v, M1r, Aa3r, Hh4r, Rr4v, Xx4r, tear/hole in C1 part 2 in text but not affecting legibility, rust hole in N4 part 1 with slight loss of text, slight staining to upper corner at beginning, some light foxing, last couple of plates with marginal browning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, [Wing G1952; Osler 2840], folio, Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1681.⁂ Grew (1641-1712) is best known for his important contributions to plant morphology and anatomy. From about 1672, the Royal Society became the focal point of much of Grew's scientific activities and most of his works originated as papers read before the Society. By 1677 he had become one of the Society's secretaries and he was 'requested' to publish this description of the Society's museum - a description which not only lists, but describes in detail, with illustrations, the rarities collected by the Society. The second part, The Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, was an important contribution to animal anatomy. The manuscript corrections are possibly in the hand of Richard Frewin (1681-1716, physician and professor, whose ink inscription dated 1707 is on the front free endpaper. Frewin assembled an impressive library of over 2000 volumes of science and medicine and left various scholarly trusts and an Oxford house (Frewin Hall). The correction on Xx4 inserts in an otherwise blank space before the name "Henshaw", the word "Thomas".

Angling.- Tate (Nahum) The Innocent Epicure: or, the Art of Angling. A Poem, first edition, half-title, some foxing, later diced calf, gilt, spine gilt with morocco label, a little rubbed and stained, [Wing T191; Westwood & Satchell p.86; Thacher p.436], 8vo, Printed for S. Crouch, H. Playford, and W. Brown, 1697.⁂ The dedicatory poem is headed "J.S. to C.S." and the preface is signed by Nahum Tate, who states that, before endorsing its publication, he showed the manuscript to "several Experienc'd Anglers" who took the view that it excelled "any thing that has been publish'd in Prose upon this Subject", while from the poetic point of view "the Cast and Design of the Work are after the Model of Ancient and best receiv'd Poets." The second edition was published in 1713.Provenance: the George Miskin copy (sold at Bloomsbury Auctions, May 3rd, 2012); A.J. Booth (pencil name dated 1907 on front free endpaper).

Fletcher (John) The Tragoedy of Rollo, Duke of Normandy. Acted by His Majesties Servants, woodcut device on title, leaves somewhat fragile with chipping and fraying to margins but without loss to text, worming to lower corner, later in notes to verso of final f., disbound and loose, preserved in custom folding chemise, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [Madan, I, p. 220; STC 11065], sm. 4to, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield, 1640.⁂ The second edition although the first published under this title. Preceded by the unauthorised 1639 edition titled "The Bloody Brother" which was taken from a different manuscript.

Kirby (Richard) and John Bishop. The Marrow of Astrology, 2 parts in 1, first edition, foxed and browned throughout, a few stains and burn-holes, ink signatures of William Cordell (dated 1711) on A3, numerous ink annotations and calculations, probably in his and another hand, additional manuscript leaf with red ink ruled table entitled 'The Speculum for Wm Lillies Nativity" inserted after K2 part 2, later green half morocco over marbled boards, g.e., a little rubbed, [Wing K622], 4to, Printed by Joseph Streater...for the Authors, 1687.⁂ ESTC locates 9 copies. This copy with bookplate of Charles F. Cox, New York.

CORVINUS PRESS. The Diary of Politruk Oreshin, 1941, 8vo, number 21 of 150 copies, inscribed to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie by Lord Carlow, text in English, Russian and Finnish, cloth backed boards, with a 4pp. manuscript letter inserted from Carlow to Audrey about the background and printing of the book, he ends with 'P.S. I'm leaving the reorganisation of the presses' finances in the hands of Peggy; so she may write to you for some money one of these days'.

Victorian comic illustration. 'Comic Alphabet', a bound series of caricature etchings initialled 'G L J', with captions (some cropped) and 5 line manuscript limerick verse written to each opposing leaf, some light foxing, morocco gilt; with a collection of works, including Sam Slick series, Charles Lever, William Hine, Cruikshank, Doyle, etc, most in original bindings (c.45 vol.)

Bindings. PAUL (Evelyn; illustrator) The Romance of Tristram and Isoude, George G Harrap [no date], 8vo, colour plates, calf gilt by Hatchards, a.e.g.; BAUDELAIRE (C) Selected Poems, London: The Falcon Press 1946, 8vo, illustrated, morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; WAGNER (Geoffrey) The Passionate Climate, 1945, small 8vo, inscribed to Audrey [Pleydell-Bouverie] and with a manuscript poem, half morocco; MORGAN (Charles) Sparkenbroke, 1936, 8vo, one of 210 signed copies, first and last leaves spotted, morocco gilt; and various others poetry and literature, 19th and 20th century

KIPLING (Rudyard) If, illuminated manuscript poem on vellum sheet, 27.5 x 39cm; together with 14 vellum bound vols. 8vo and 12mo, several bound for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (15)Condition report: some rippling to vellum sheet and slight staining. Also light staining ti covers of the vols. in this lot. Some foxing and toning to contents. vellum sheet is perhaps 1930s-50s in date.

PSALMANAZAR (George) Memoirs of ****... a Reputed Native of Formosa. Written by Himself, 1st Irish edition, Dublin: P. Wilson et al. 1765, 12mo, 19th century manuscript verse written to first blank leaf, a little stained in places, later calf; [LONGUEVILLE (Peter)] The English Hermit, or the Adventures of Philip Quarll, 5th edition 1790, 12mo, frontispiece, title rather soiled, text toned, rebacked calf; HOLBERG (Lewis) Journey to the World Under Ground... of Niels Klim. London: Thomas North 1828, 12mo, frontispiece offset on to title, a little shaken, cloth backed boards; EAGLES (John) The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, new edition London 1825, 12mo, frontispiece and vignette title, publisher's cloth; SWIFT (J) [Works], vol. III only containing Gulliver's Travels, Dublin 1735, 12mo, frontispiece portrait and 6 plates, rather browned and soiled, rebacked calf; [SUTCLIFFE (Thomas)] Crusoniana, or Truth versus Fiction, elucidated in a History of Juan Fernandez. Manchester, for the Author, 1843, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and additional title, lacking plan of the island, 6 plates, bound with The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez as it Occurred in the Year 1835, and, An Exposition of Facts... Rise and Progress of the Woollen, Linen and Cotton Manufactures of Gt Britain, 1843, together 3 works in one vol., original cloth gilt (6)

ASQUITH (Anthony, 1902-1968) English film director; DEHN (Paul, 1912-1976) English screenwriter, known for the James Bond movie Goldfinger; GISH (Lillian, 1893-1993) American Actress. A Dictionary of Cat Lovers XV Century B.C. – XX Century A.D., compiled by Christabel Aberconway, 1950, 2nd impression, presentation copy signed and inscribed to the half title page by Asquith (‘For Adza and Susie, in memory of “Orders to Kill” with much love from Puff’, using an abbreviated form of his family name Puffin), Dehn (‘For the London mistress of a Boston cat – Gratefully, Paul Dehn’) and Gish (‘Dear Adza and Susie (the Queen) with such happy memories and love, Lillian Gish’), with several newspaper clippings inserted, (one relating to the appearance of Mirabel, a tortoiseshell cat, in the film Orders to Kill). Also with a manuscript note in the hand of Adza Vincent to the endpapers, recounting an anecdote told by Lillian Gish on the occasion of her farewell luncheon at the Hyde Park Hotel, London, 24th August 1957, all in red cloth gilt, slight wear and fading.Adza Vincent (1917-1995) English actress and theatrical agent.Orders to Kill (1958) was a British wartime drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and with a screenplay by Paul Dehn. Lillian Gish appeared in the film in a cameo role as Mrs. Summers.

DARLING (Grace, 1815-1842) English lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Manuscript handwriting exercise signed by Darling, the slim oblong 8vo page neatly removed from a schoolbook with six repeated lines of text in her hand, ‘Command your hand and join your letters fair’, signed and dated at the foot, ‘Grace Horsley Darling, her Book, April 28th 1829’, with three lines of similar, larger manuscript text to the verso, again signed ‘Grace Horsley Darlin[g]’ to the concluding line.

HARDY (Thomas) Moments of Love: Poems to Emma, no. 112 of a limited edition of 157 facsimile copies of Hardy’s love poems to his wife Emma, 1st edition, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Dorset, 1997, containing a tipped-in sheet signed by Hardy, leather backed green cloth, all edges gilt, gilt lettered spine, in original slipcase.In the early 1990s a group of 157 sheets signed by Hardy were discovered in the Dorchester Museum which the author had intended to incorporate into a deluxe edition of his works prior to his death in 1928. The signed sheets were bound into Moments of Love, a handsome production of his poems presented in manuscript facsimile and, on the opposing pages, in print

La QUINTINYE (Jean de) The Complete Gard'ner: or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen Gardens, now compendiously abridg'd, and made of more use, with very considerable improvements by George London and Henry Wise, 4th edition, corrected, London 1704, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 10 engraved plates (including 9 folding), few tears, 'Advertisement of J. Evelyn to the folio edition of Monsieur La Quintiney' leaves inserted between pages XIV & XV, with 3 pages of 18th century manuscript notes on planting fruit trees at the end inscribed "Francis Donneau French Gardener at Chelsea", rebacked with front board detached

Cyprus, Greece and The Holy Land, ink manuscript journal entitled ‘Notes of a Holiday in Cyprus by H.M. Hardcastle 1885', giving an insight into local life, detailing topography, costume, flora and fauna etc., approx. 42 full pages plus notes, bound in two parts; together with an early 20th Century album containing approx. 100 original photographs and postcards of a family Grand Tour from St. Roque Gibraltar to Cyprus, Rhodes, Jerusalem (Mosque of Omar, Gethsemane, Golden Gates, Nazareth),Tiberias, Croatia, Olympia, Athens etc. (3)

[SIMPSON (Samuel)] Teachings by Flowers and Trees, an Old-Man's Reveries 1876, manuscript book (27 x 18.5cm) written in a calligraphic hand with watercolour illustrations and decorations, full red morocco gilt by Hodgson of Liverpool. *An inserted note reads ' This beautiful Victorian album was found at the bottom of a teachest wrapped in newspaper in the attic.... when we moved in, in June 1975. It was illustrated in watercolours and written by the grandfather of the previous owner, Mrs Spencer-Hogg (nee Hulton) in 1878'Condition report: Spine ends a little bumped; contents with just light toning and a minor handling marks, but all looks fresh and colourful. Possibly just a little sombre in character.

Catalan school of the second half of the fifteenth century."St. Stephen", ca. 1480.Tempera painting on panel and gold background.Measures: 154 x 79 cm; 161 x 85.5 cm (total).Gothic panel of the fifteenth century with a frame topped with a poly-lobed arch. It is the representation of St. Stephen, staged standing and haloed, in frontal position. The saint carries in his left hand the stones of stoning, these in turn resting on the gospel. Also, in the other hand, the palm that identifies him as a martyr. Formally this work already shows us an important advance with respect to the international Gothic style that dominated the panorama in all Europe during the 14th century. Thus, although the line continues to maintain its prominence, a more naturalistic representation of the volumes begins to be sought, and attention is paid to detail and quality that responds to a direct Flemish influence. However, the panel maintains the full body, a resource that monumentalizes the figure and makes it more corporeal, losing the stylization of the previous century. We also see the attention to detail of Flemish origin in areas such as the hair, painted almost hair by hair, the palm or the tiles that make up the floor.The deacon Stephen, whose name means crown, was the first martyr of the Christian faith, who was stoned by the Jews, who accused him of blaspheming Moses. According to a 10th century manuscript dedicated to his biography, on the day he was born he was snatched away by Satan, who replaced him in his cradle with a small demon. He then left the child girdled at the door of a bishop named Julion, who discovered the child being suckled by a white doe and adopted him. Some time later Stephen returned to his father's house, and with the sign of the cross expelled the demon that occupied his place. Ordained deacon by the apostles, he argued with the Jewish rhetoricians, who had him arrested and condemned for blasphemy to death by stoning. Regarding his patronages, he belongs to the category of holy healers, and was considered to have the power to heal ringworm. Because of the stones from his stoning, he was invoked against stones and headaches. In Germanic countries, the legend attributed him to have been the stableman of King Herod, so he was considered the patron saint of horses, coachmen and drivers. He was also the patron of slingers, because of his stoning. St. Stephen has as main attributes, from the 15th century, a book or a sheet and the stones of his stoning, as we see here.

An antique double page antiphonal musical manuscript sheet in Latin on vellum in double glazed frame, 50 x 69cm; and another similar, 33 x 23cm (2)

Ɵ THE ANDES: Three Works: FITZGERALD, E. The Highest Andes, Limited edition, 1899; and two related. 1892, 1901. comprises: FITZ GERALD, Edward Arthur. (1871 - 1931). The Highest Andes. A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys. Methuen & Co., 1899. Special edition limited to 60 copies, this being number 31, folio, (300 x 240mm), blue half buckram over paper boards, gilt device to front, edges untrimmed, half-title, photogravure frontispiece after A.E. Lightbody with tissue guard, 45 plates including folding-panorama, from photographs after the author, A.E. Lightbody, and Stuart Vines, 4 full-page illustrations, in-text illustrations, 2 folding maps at end: (Neate: Mountaineering Literature, 273). An account of the first successful ascent of the 6960m Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas and outside of Asia, along with reports of the surrounding topography, geology and natural history, to which other members of the expedition contribute, Neate: Mountaineering Literature, 273; CONWAY, Sir Martin. (1856 - 1936). Climbing and Exploration in the Bolivian Andes. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 155mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w. photographic illustrations throughout. an account of the first major expedition to the area, led by Conway: WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London: John Murray, 1892. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (235 x 175mm), publisher's olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, chocolate e/ps., half-title, 20 full-page illustrations, numerous in-text illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), manuscript notes in pencil to lower free e/p., and further within a few margins. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3)         Condition Report: 1. The Highest Andes - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and cloth split at head of spine, browning to untrimmed edges, upper and lower boards joints weak, and to pp. 192-193, toning to leaf edges and to the second folding map at end. 2. Climbing & Exploration in the Bolivian Andes - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a damp stain to lower centre edge of leaves, toning to leaf edges. 3. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped and rubbed head/tail, toning and sporadic foxing throughout, folded map at end 'Central Portion of the Province of Quito' with clean edge tear (with loss, approx. 9cm.) to centre l.h. fold crease. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008) & HILLARY, Louise. (1953 - 1975). Four SIGNED first editions. 1964-1968. comprises: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). School House in the Clouds. SIGNED. Garden City, NY., Doubleday & Company Inc., 1964. first American edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm) black publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., design Raphael Palacios, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 180pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). editor: Challenge of the Unknown. SIGNED. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. New York, 1958. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's grey cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, design Joseph Kemmer, SIGNED by the author to title page, 221pp: HILLARY, Louise. (1953 - 1975). Keep Calm If You Can. Round the World with the Hillary Family. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author and her husband, Edmund Hillary to title page, b/w. photo. illustrated, 159pp: HILLARY, Louise. A Yak for Christmas. The Story of a Himalayan Holiday. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), navy blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrated, 208pp., together with two loosely inserted Christmas cards from the Hillary family, one photo. illustrated, a 5 line manuscript note to verso from Louise to New Zealand botanist Dr. Lucy Cranwell Smith, a friend of the Hillary family, and two newspaper clippings, one relating to the untimely death of Sir Edmund Hillary's wife Louise, and teenage daughter Belinda, in a plane crash in 1975. Provenance: this copy from the Library of botanist Dr. Lucy Cranwell Smith. (4) Condition Report: 1. School House in the Clouds - clean copy, slight loss to lower spine of dustwrapper. 2. Challenge of the Unknown - light marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with a few edge nicks to top and lower spine, some toning to leaf edges. o/w. a clean copy. 3. Keep Calm If You Can - clean, bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, some foxing to inside flaps of dustwrapper, e/ps. title page and further sporadic foxing internally. 4. A Yak for Christmas - clean, bright boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper repaired top centre with wear to corners and top of spine, stain to top r.h. corner of front map illustrated e/p., minor marks internally, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SMYTHE, Francis Sydney. (1900 - 1949). Two Works: INSCRIBED. 1930-1932. comprises: Kamet Conquered, Presentation copy to the author's mother. London: Victor Gollanz Ltd., 1932. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 150mm), publisher's black cloth , dustwrapper unclipped, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'To Mother / with Frank's love / July 28th 1932', half-title, 48 b/w. photographic plates including frontispiece, colour folding map at end, with a 10 line manuscript note written by the author's son, Tony Smythe, tipped in, 'This copy of 'Kamet Conquered' by my father, dedicated to his mother, Florence, came to me eventually after the disposal of his estate, to me it has always been a heartening tale of how a small happy group succeeded on a high and by no means easy peak, against the odds. Tony Smythe, October, 1999', 420pp: : The Kangchenjunga Adventure, INSCRIBED. London: Victor Gollanz Ltd., 1930. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 165mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, INSCRIBED and dated by the author to title page, 'In memory of some chums / FS Smythe / December 13th 1930', frontispiece with tissue guard, 48 b/w. photographic plates, including frontispiece with tissue guard, 464pp. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. Frank Smythe was an English mountaineer, author, photographer, and botanist. Smythe climbed extensively in the Alps and Himalayas. In 1930 he joined an international expedition to Kangchenjunga, led by Gunther Dyhrenfurth. Frank Smythe led his own Himalayan expedition in 1931 to the Garhwal region of India north of Delhi. His team, which included Eric Shipton, made the first ascent of 7756m Kamet. Smythe was a member of three expeditions to Everest in 1933, 1936 and 1938. (2) Condition Report: 1. Kamet Conquered - bright boards, some light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped, with wear to corners and top of spine, foxing to edges running into some leaf edges, toning and sporadic foxing internally, (heavier to Index pages at end), clean plates, the map clean with toning mostly to margins. 2. The Kangchenjunga Adventure - boards with minor marks, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges running into a few leaf edges, toning internally o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SMYTHE, Frank S. (1900 - 1942). Twelve Works: three author's Presentation copies, and two SIGNED volumes, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935 - 1950. comprises: The Spirit of the Hills. 1935. INSCRIBED by the author to front free, dustwrapper unclipped, 308pp: Over the Tyrolese Hills, 1936. Presentation copy, INSCRIBED by the author to front free, 'Mother with Frank's love July 26th 1936', with a 9 line manuscript note loosely inserted, written by the author's son Tony Smythe ' . . . the accompanying copy . . . presented by my father, the author, to his mother, Florence . . .' , dustwrapper unclipped, folding map at end, 292pp; Camp Six. 1937. Presentation copy from the author and his wife, INSCRIBED by the author to title page, with an 11 line manuscript note written by Tony Smythe loosely inserted, ' . . . of all his books, this was the one that really gripped me when I read it as a boy - so near and yet so far', dustwrapper unclipped, 307pp: Mountaineering Holiday. 1940. dustwrapper unclipped, 229pp; Edward Whymper. 1940, dustwrapper clipped, folding map at end, 330pp: The Mountain Vision. 1941. dustwrapper unclipped, 308pp: Again Switzerland, 1947. dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., 248pp; Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, 1950. dustwrapper unclipped, 253pp; 8vo. (230 x 160mm), publisher's cloth, numerous photogravure plates after the author: together with London: Adam and Charles Black, A Camera in the Hills. 1939: Alpine Ways. Presentation copy. 1942. INSCRIBED by the author to title page 'To Lt. Col. Dickson, Yours very Sincerely Frank Smythe', pencil ownership name Captain Dickson to front free e/p., 8vo, (280 x 210mm): Snow on the Hills. INSCRIBED, 1946. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to title page, 'Yours very Sincerely / Frank Smythe / 13.12.46'; all publisher's cloth, dustwrappers unclipped: Behold the Mountains, Chanticleer Press, New York, 1949. first US. edition, large 4to., (330 x 270mm) dustwrapper unclipped, 155pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (12) Condition Report: most volumes with light marks to boards, spines bumped head/tail, dustwrappers marked with edge nicks, some volumes with foxing to e/ps. edges and leaf edges, and toning internally, o/w. clean text and maps. Spirit of the Hills - brown staple mark to lower r.h. corner of front free e/p. and the first nine pages: Again Switzerland, some light foxing to the map illustrated e/ps. and leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ STEPHEN, Leslie. (1832 - 1904). The Playground of Europe. Laura Makepeace Stephen association copy. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1871. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (190 x 135mm), half green morocco, gilt-lettered red label and raised bands to spine, half-title, manuscript signature 'Laura Makepeace Stephen, 8.3.71' in black ink to half-title, vignette title page, 4 wood-engraved plates, 321pp., within a removeable clear wrapper. Laura Makepeace Stephen (1870-1945) was the first child born to Leslie Stephen and Harriet Marion 'Minnie' Thackeray (daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray). Laura was the half-sister to Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Thoby Stephen and Adrian Stephen. Laura was admitted to Earlswood Asylum, Surrey aged 23, later moving to the private care of professionals until her death in 1945. (1) Condition Report: boards with light wear, occasional foxing and toning throughout, foxing heavier to e/ps., front free e/p, half-title and title page. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ JOURNAL: The Travel Journey of Heather F. Masterman, an English woman travelling to Russia through Europe. (1907 - 1908). in English (with one loose leaf in German). a single volume, quarter leather over marbled boards, printed label to upper cover with ink manuscript inscription reading 'Diary in Russia 1908-8. Heather F. Masterman'. 4to., 238 x 190mm, 66 leaves and 17 additional extracts of commentary (some loose, others tipped-in), plus an additional c. 60 blank leaves, single column, mostly 23 lines to the page, with entries in two hands, all in pen, one original black and white photograph, 9 postcards, and a dinner menu pasted to first few leaves, manuscript ink inscriptions of previous owners and inheritors of the diary to front pastedown.   A travel journal of a young woman travelling to Riga, then in Russia, from England, by way of Germany and Copenhagen aboard the S.S. Lara on Saturday 31 August, 1907. She travelled with her companion (only referred to as 'D', and only ever referred to as her 'husband' once on a separate piece of paper in German, the couple listed points of improvement to their rooms that they wished to discuss with their landlady). It appeared their reason for travelling to, and taking rooms with a family in Riga, was in order for 'D' to improve his Russian. On their journey and after their arrival, it is clear that Heather and her husband were well connected with the British Consul who met them from S.S. Lara, accompanied them through Customs, and dined with them and other members of high society on a regular basis. They were taken to concerts and offered practical advice regarding lodgings, doctors, etc., The couple surrounded themselves with English friends, attended the English church, and were sent British newspapers including The Graphic, Weekly Times, and The Consulate. They clashed with the manners and customs of people in Riga and argued on more than one occasion with their landlady, referring to her as 'impossible' and 'a most trying woman to deal with' and 'cannot understand [daily] baths and open windows'. Their lodgings were clearly not as comfortable as they were used to, the bedroom likened to 'an extremely shabby servants room in England', inadequately furnished and lacking in sunlight. The couple were unhappy with their choice of landlady and host family as they did not try to converse with 'D' in Russian, food was not to their liking, and table manners were not what they were used to, complaining they 'do not always have a white cloth, sometimes we use a red and blue one, or a piece of oil cloth.' Towards the end of the main body of the manuscript, Heather appeared to have a child, however, there is no direct mention or hint at her being pregnant in her account up until this point, there are 2 leaves missing here (likely containing details of childbirth). Starting at the rear of the notebook, is a transcribed translation over 7 leaves, of an article from a Riga newspaper from September 1907, (the same time as the arrival of Heather and 'D'in the city). It describes the trial of 60 men accused of 'revolutionary affairs in the Kokengousnk & other Volosts [administrative subdivisions in Eastern Europe] of the Riga district'. The article describes in detail the objective of overthrowing the established fundamental laws of the Livonian Governments, and commencing local substitution of a Lettish Social Democratic Republic, in place of the ordinary course of Government. Criminal activities of the men are described which included obtaining weapons, attacking the house of the assistant of the Chief of the Riga district and killing him and dragoons, imprisoning and killing a priest, Cavalry Captain von Stern, clerks and others, damaging the railway, burning a castle and other buildings. The conflict between the Baltic German nobility and the Livonian peasants resulted in martial law being declared in Livonia. The article is a significant and important first-hand account of an early act of civil unrest relating to the 1905 Revolution called 'The Great Dress Rehearsal' by Lenin, and seen as a precursor and a key contributing factor in the victory of the 1917 October Revolution. An interesting document recording daily life of British people travelling to the continent, with reference to figures of high society, their views of the locals, their learning of the language and the cost of living including food and lodgings. Furthermore, an interesting contemporary newspaper account of a significant event in local history with probably one of the earliest/only translations of it into English. (1) Condition Report: wear and rubbing at corners and edges, covers slightly worn and scuffed, creasing at upper and lower hinges, rubbing with a small amount of loss at head and tail of spine, a little foxing to edges of a few pages, 2 leaves cut out roughly at the margin, overall good condition.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GRAHAM, George Farquhar. (1789 - 1867). The Songs of Scotland Applied to Their Appropriate Melodies. Wood & Co., Edinburgh, 1854. 3 volumes bound in 1, 8vo., (250 x 177mm), contemporary brown morocco with elaborate decorative border of inlaid red morocco with blue and gilt inlay, spine with raised bands bordered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled e/ps., seemingly complete, with a loosely inserted note from Howard Nixon on British Museum headed notepaper. Provenance: the loosely inserted manuscript letter written by Howard Nixon, librarian and historian on bookbinding, to British Museum headed notepaper signed and dated 15 August 1979. In the letter Nixon attributes this binding to James Hayday (a prolific bookbinder in the nineteenth century) based upon the style and original design of this binding. (1) Condition Report: some spotting and foxing throughout, some rubbing at corners and upper and lower hinges, inner front crease loose but sound.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ McCORMICK, Arthur David. (1860 - 1943). An Artist in the Himalayas. Presentation copy. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., a 1p. manuscript note from the author pasted to front free e/p. with the printed address 58 Queens Road, St. John's Wood. N.W., 'My dear Vauderwell / Book herewith / hope it will / interest you / yours sincerely / AD McCormick', and further INSCRIBED by the author to half-title, 'AD McCormick / to Harry Vauderwell / with Regards', portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with over 100 sketches after the author, folding map of kingdom of Kashmir, 306pp. within removeable clear wrapper. A.D. McCormick was a British illustrator and painter. From 1892-1893 McCormick was the accompanying artist with Sir Martin Conway's expedition to the Karokaram subrange of the Himalayas, and later in 1895 the artist accompanying Clinton Dent's expedition to the Caucasus Mountains. (1)   Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, staining mostly to r.h. edge of the 1p. manuscript note, some toning mostly to leaf edges and tissue guard, joints split in places, the map clean . Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GIBBON, Edward. (1737 - 1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781-1788. six volumes, mixed editions, 4to., (292 x 240mm), full tree calf, gilt lettered red and black morocco labels to gilt tooled spine, decorative bookplate to front pastedowns in each volume, the first three volumes with ink inscriptions to front pastedowns, 'Aretas Akers Junior/ the gift of his father / Sept 21st. 1801 - ', with a further ink signature 'Aretas Akres'; comprises: volume one: a new edition as stated, 1782, 704pp; volume two: second edition as stated, 1781, half-title, folding map of the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire, folding map of the Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, 640pp, errata pp: volume three: second edition as stated, 1781, half-title, folding map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire, 640pp., errata pp; volume four: 1788, 620pp: volume five: 1788, 684pp; volume six: 1788, 646pp. Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall' is universally acknowledged as a historiographical work, which has been read by historians of Rome and Byzantium since publication. (6) Condition Report: boards generally clean with a few light marks, corners a little scuffed, volume 6 with a scuff to the centres of front and lower boards, light foxing throughout, a little heavier to a few pages, and to the endpapers of all volumes. blue silk ribbon bookmarks in a few vols., edges toned, leaf edges browned and marked. volume 1. - manuscript ink and pencil notes to lower pastedown headed 'Roman Empire, Dates of Power, Roman Emperors'. volume 2 - the two folding maps with light foxing and toning to margins, Eastern Part of the Roman Empire with foxing to verso, heavier foxing to pp. 400-407, pencil manuscript notes to lower pastedown. volume 3. - folding map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire slightly toned, with a small clean edge tear across 'Constantinople' just off the map in the margin. volume 4. - pp.vii - pp.26 top right hand corners of pages folded over.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MACAULAY, Kenneth. (1723 - 1779). The History of St. Kilda. T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, London, 1764. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (215 x 138mm), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, red label to spine lettered in gilt, complete, half-title, bookseller's catalogue description tipped onto front endpaper, bookplate of T. Norcliffe to front pastedown, with manuscript ink inscription 'C.B. Norcliffe 1881' added, 1 folding map, publisher's catalogue at end.   Rev. Kenneth Macaulay relays the history of St. Kilda, describing the residents and activities taking place on the Scottish island, with a particular focus on religious and pagan customs, past and present. (1) Condition Report: light foxing, some wear to corners, spine a little rubbed, small crack to tail of hinge. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MANNING, Samuel. (1822 - 1881). 'Those Holy Fields'. Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil. Religious Tract Society, London, n.d. (circa 1874). single volume, first edition, 4to., (281 x 205mm), contemporary pebble-grain, bordered gilt red morocco, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, manuscript ink gift inscription on first blank dated 1886, complete, plates and illustrations throughout. Samuel Manning was a Baptist minister who was the editor of the Baptist Magazine, as well as the book editor of the Religious Tract Society: BARTLETT, William Henry. (1809 - 1854). Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem. George Virtue, London, (c. 1845). single volume, second edition, 8vo., (262 x 179mm), original brown cloth, bordered and decorated in gilt, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, ink ownership inscription dated 1854 to front free e/p., complete, 27 plates (including frontispiece), most with tissue guards, text illustrated throughout, 2 folding maps, 4 leaf uncut publisher's booklist at end, this edition erroneously identified as a third edition on the cloth of original publisher's spine. (2)   Condition Report: 1. 'Those Holy Fields' - corners and spine fairly rubbed, covers a little scratched and darkened, some spotting to first and last few leaves. 2. Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem - corners worn and rubbed, cloth rubbed, wear and rubbing to head and tail of spine with an inch and a half of loss at head, upper and lower hinges cracked with some tears in the cloth, inner creases cracked but sound, extremities and spine faded, staining to bottom right corner of first few leaves, some foxing to plates and tissue guards. Condition Report Disclaimer

ALBUM: A concertina-style album of 51 prints of Japan. (Japan, 1904). a single album, comprising of 51 black and white hand-coloured prints, red-brown lacquered boards decorated with scenes of mountains and a man pulling a woman on a rickshaw, overall 100 x 200mm, the prints pasted down, (photographs appearing on both sides), mostly one image per page, each image with a manuscript ink caption below in a contemporary hand, most original tissue-guards still present, varying sizes from 78 x 79mm to 91 x 132mm; The album compiled by someone possibly serving in the Navy on a tour of Japan, to be sent to someone they know at home and telling them about their experiences of Japan, 'the views in this album & what I have written concerning them, will I hope give you an idea what life in Japan is like'. They noted purchasing the album in a bazaar, it is unclear whether the images were hand-coloured before or after purchase. The album seems to be split into two halves, one half depicting Japanese girls and women in traditional dress carrying out activities such as studying, eating, and trimming flowers, while the other half presents scenes of a number of Japanese cities. Images include scenes of Yokohama and Nagasaki harbours, tea gardens, the ladies' swimming pool in Nagasaki and Mount Fuji amongst others. There are a number of captioned images depicting ships including 'Japanese Man of War', the 'Albion', the 'Glory', and the 'Blenheim', with the compiler referencing a time when 'the British & Japan fleets reciprocated friendships & commemorated the Anglo Japan alliance'. a reference to an 'H.B.M.S. Albion' can be found in the Directory & Chronical for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, ... published by the Standard Life Office in 1904, as part of a list of foreign residents in the region. (1) Condition Report: upper board detached, corners and edges a little rubbed with some chipping and loss to lacquer, spotting to some leaves and tissue-guards,   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845 - 1934). Two Works: a Presentation copy with author's 4pp. ALS, 1920; and one other volume, 1903. comprises: The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure, author's Presentation copy. London: Edward Arnold, 1920. first edition, 8vo., (245 x 170mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, map illustrated e/ps., INSCRIBED and dated by the author to half-title, 'Dorothy Hutchinson / from an old affectionate friend / Douglas W. Freshfield / April 1925', portrait frontispiece, numerous b/w. plates, route map of Mont Blanc, with a loosely inserted 4pp. manuscript letter, SIGNED and dated from the author to Mrs. Dorothy Hutchinson, 47 lines, the author's printed address Whych Cross Place, Forest Row, Sussex, and dated 23 February, 1925, 'Here is my heavy production . . . probably read the first chapter, be amused by the second and tolerate the third and fourth. There you had better stop . . . in fact most of the volume has been as much of a failure here . . . most of the {? in French) has been burnt at the publishers - the wretched Mumms!'; the author suggests that Dorothy might be interested in reading The Portrait of Zelide, and after reading this, 'look up the inevitable letter by Boswell (in Vol 1 of his newly published correspondence) proposing marriage to the damn lady -' , Freshfield also makes reference to having put back an offer from Trenton - New Jersey; loosely inserted is an accompanying typed receipt for the purchase of this volume in 1951, from Thomas J. Gaston booksellers, 190 Strand, London priced three guineas. Neate F67. 'This book gained Freshfield an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Geneva. A delightful study of early mountaineering and life in eighteenth century Geneva.': FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W. Round Kangchenjunga. A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration. London: Edward Arnold, 1903. London: Edward Arnold, 1903. first edition, 8vo., (260 x 170mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt vignette to cover, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, half-title, 41 photographic plates including frontispiece with tissue guard, after Vittorio Sella and others, folding panorama of the Kangchen Glacier, in-text map of Sarat Chandra Das's route map, folding colour sketch map of the Glaciers of Kangchenjunga constructed by Edmund J. Garwood at end, 373pp. 'This dangerous and exhausting circuit of Kanchenjunga is a classic of mountain exploration; his second most important work', Neate F69; both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. Douglas Freshfield was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, particularly noted for his work in the Caucasus. He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880 and was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, serving as president of both organizations. (4)                               Condition Report: 1. The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure - boards bright with minor marks, spine marked and bumped at tail, cloth split and bumped at head of spine, toning mostly to leaf edges, some lower corners of pages creased, joints of upper and lower boards a little weak. 2. Author's 4pp. manuscript note to Mrs. Hutchinson - foxing mostly to the first page with some minor foxing to the last page. 3. Thomas Gaston bookseller's receipt - minor foxing, toning to leaf edges. 4. Round Kangchenjunga. - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, the top r.h. corner dented, foxing throughout, some creasing mostly to the margins of the folding panorama with two tape repairs to lower l.h. margin edge, the map clean.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. (1650 - 1718). Memorie Istoriografiche delli Regni della Morea, e Negroponte . . . author's Presentation copy. Venice: Coronelli, 1686. single volume,, folio, (420 x 280mm), contemporary vellum, the Athenaeum club logo to spine end and embossed in gilt to upper cover, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt, engraved half-title, title and coat-of-arms of the Duke of Brunswick, engraved initials and tail-pieces throughout, 16 double-page illustrations (mounted on stubs), 4 engraved illustrations on two facing leaves plus an additional 15 illustrations in the text, many of these illustrations include early maps and plans of the region, lower margin of engraved title with presentation inscription by the author to 'D. Hyeronimo', plus a presentation letter from Admiral Smyth to the Atheneum Club tipped-in between the half-title and title, plus an engraved presentation bookplate from the same to upper pastedown. Provenance: Authorial presentation inscription on engraved title addressed to a Mr Jerome Vinodo (?) of the academia Capsario, then gifted by Admiral Smyth to the Athenaeum Club 20 November 1847 with a manuscript presentation letter tipped-onto the engraved title. Text: A grand publication produced on behalf of the city state of Venice following their defeats over the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the war that was declared in 1684, their victories in Morea and re-conquering of the Aegean and Dalmatian territories with plates, battle plans and maps of these events throughout the volume. The first edition of this text is rare. Coronelli's works are often found with variants and the lack of a standard collation make this a challenge for cataloguers, however the plates and illustrations present conform with a copy in Atabey (their 268). Condition Report: some very minor finger-soiling to extremities else very clean and crisp condition spine probably rebacked and corners strengthened in the nineteenth-century by the Athenaeum club, covers a little soiled, vellum on spine starting to warp, vellum backed spine beginning to lift from front vellum board. Condition Report Disclaimer

AN EARLY CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT PAGE, 28cm x 19cm.

AN INDIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE, painted with a royal figure and attendants, inscription and decorative floral border, the verso also painted with an illustration, inscription and floral border, 25.5cm x 18.5cm.

A watercolour and illuminated manuscript panel of the Duke of Bretagne hearing an appeal by the Duke of Bourbon, frame size 43 x 43cm.

Hargraves Journal - J H Hargrave B.A. B.E., Engineer's Office, Paddington, 1888. An exceptional manuscript journal detailing numerous Great Western Projects in Ireland, some with images - Laytown Viaduct, Gormanstown Viaduct, East Wall Bridge Dublin - with actual costings detailed. Report on Armagh Accident June 12th 1889, Ardee Branch, Belfast Roof, Lisbellaw Train Staff Instrument estimates, etc. etc. Includes many newspaper clippings, letters etc.. Letter from Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway to Hargrave signed by J M Mills. in excess of 400 pages of notes.

PHARMACY LEDGERS - 3 manuscript ledgers 1922-7 filled with prescription details

° CALAMY, Edmund (‘the Historian’, 1671-1732) Original Manuscript – ‘An Historical Account of my own Life, with Some Reflections on the Times I have live (sic) in ‘;written in three folio volumes, earlier 18th cent. half calf & paper boards; paged as: vol. 1 pp. 1-348; vol. 2 pp. 349-517; vol.3 pp. 1-274. In a large and flowing 18th cent. hand (but at vol. 2, p.125 changes to a smaller & thicker script); numerous additional marginal notes, some pencilled page headings, some underlining, some use of square brackets enclosing crossed through text (? for excision). As the work was not published until the nineteenth century (edited J.T. Rutt, 2 vols., 1829) these additions, alterations etc. could be possibly in the hand of an earlier, presumptive editor (? his son, also Edmund). The author, well-known nonconformist minister and historian, was grandson of Edmund Calamy (‘the Elder’) presbyterian and member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. Sometime after ordination he succeeded Vincent Alsop as pastor at Tothill Street, Westminster (1703). He wrote at length on the Ejectments of 1662, including additions to Richard Baxter’s writings; his friendship with Daniel Williams (becoming his legacy trustee) led up to the founding of the former’s Charity, and the Dr. Williams’s Library – still happily with us in London’s Gordon Square

° [Walch, Johann. Decas Fabularum Humani Generis Sortem...]lacks title, supplied in old manuscript. 2 engraved plates (1 folded) and 8 text illus.; (28), 393pp. old calf and marbled boards, sm. 4to. (Strassburg, 1609)

Boulton & Paul Ltd, Norwich, 31/5/1910:, two page manuscript receipt addressed to Captain Scott for the alterations to the cladding timbers for the expedition huts. 'Dear Sir. Below please find list of material sent to the Terra-Nova besides the buildings erected and marked details as taken by your carpenter (Davies)'. Together with a copy of 'With Scott Before the Mast'*Notes- Prior to setting out, the expedition huts were erected on grounds in Poplar. Davies was concerned that the saw-mill was supplying the cladding timbers by yardage irrespective of the precise length of the boards required, which would mean a shortage of timber due to waste cuts. He travelled to the mill to check the order and after confronting the mill foreman who ignored his concerns he reported the matter to Captain Scott. Scott understood that Davies was correct and informed the firm that unless there was sufficient timber supplied, they would not be paid. During a conversation with Lieut Pennell towards the end of the expedition regarding what he thought his finest achievement was, Davies replied ' getting the huts away complete from London'(1)References:(1) Davies, F, E. (2020) 'With Scott Before the Mast' page 18

Handwritten manuscript 'With Scott Before the Mast' by F E C Davies under the pseudonym 'Rudolf': published two volume account of the British Antarctic Expedition, dated July 1948 (2). Together with a copy of 'With Scott Before the Mast'

A 19th century manuscript journal for the Aberdeen Clipper 'Star of Tasmania': dated between December 21st 1859 to March 16th 1860, on a voyage from Launceston to London.*Notes-The Star of Tasmania was an Aberdeen Clipper built in 1856 at yard 202 and was owned by A Hall & Co. She regularly sailed from Launceston to London and from London on to Hobart in Tasmania. On the 3rd February 1868 whilst loading a cargo of wool in Oamaru she was driven ashore and wrecked during a storm.

A late Victorian manuscript ledger for a Southampton Shipping Agent, 1883 to 1885: detailing the accounts, cargo and destinations for ships entering Southampton Docks, fully calf bound with 'FB 11' inscribed to front cover.

A WWI period manuscript W/T Signal log, 1917-1921, including entries for HMS Repulse and HMS Botha: also several entries for torpedo and depth charge practice and maintenance, rebound in blue American cloth boards with gilt stamped spine.

Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901. A framed section of letter headed paper with manuscript date 'At sea. 20th June 1904' : in black ink , section size 5.4 x 7cm, mounted with facsimile accounts and ephemera relating to the Discovery.*Notes- After being freed from pack ice on the 16th February, the Discovery turned for home, reaching Portsmouth on the 10th September 1904.

A manuscript letter from Harry Pennell's mother Winifred, to Frank Davies: from Awliscombe, Honiton, informing him of her son's engagement to Miss Hodson, and wishing Davies good luck for 1914.*Notes- Harry Pennell married Kate Hodson while on shore leave on the 15th April 1915.

A WWI War Loss Valuations manuscript ledger for C H Rugg & Co: dated from 20th Match 1917 to 26th July 1918, containing dates and details of ships lost with details of valuations and settlements including SS Port Campbell, SS Cilicia and others.*Notes- An interesting list and details of the number of ships lost during WWI, SS Cilicia was sunk by a mine laid by the German raider SMS Wolf south of Dassen Island in 1917

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). A lock of Napoleon's hair in a gilt oval locket on a crimson ribbon together with a gilt and enamel Legion d'honneur and manuscript provenance dated July 12th 1818: The order with central laurel crowned portrait of Napoleon with encircling band of blue enamel and the legend 'Napoleon Emp Des Francais' and three stars, the reverse with Imperial Eagle facing to the left with blue enamel border inscribed 'Honneur Et Patrie' with three stars, on a ten pointed gold rimmed white enamel star with gold ball tips united by wreaths of oak and laurel wreaths, suspended from a green and gold laurel wreath with scarlet moire ribbon, mounted in a glazed wooden case with manuscript label above 'Grand Cross of Napoleon Buonaparte's (sic) Legion of Honour' , further manuscript provenance below "A Lock of hair from the head of Napoleon Buonaparte late Emperor of the French Nation given by him to Major Poppleton of His Majesty's 53rd Regiment of Foot who had the care of Buonaparte's person in the Island of St. Helena from his first being sent there until 1817. & by Major T.Poppleton given to his Wife's Sister Mifs Elizabeth Martin & by Mifs E Martin given to Mrs Isabella Gregory Wife of Richard Gregory of Coole near Gort July the 12th 1818. Richard Gregory. Coole near Gort", the case 33.5 x 21.4 x 2.6cm with typewritten transcript to back of the case.*Notes Thomas William Poppleton (1775-1827) was born in England and served with General Daumier's Regiment while stationed in Galway, Ireland. He transferred to the 53rd Regiment of Foot and served in the Peninsular Wars in Egypt and in Baird's Desert March to India. He then became orderly to the Governor of St. Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe and in turn to Napoleon himself when he was exiled to the island in 1815. Napoleon's captors were issued with strict supervisory orders so as not to repeat the same mistakes as Elba. In this role Poppleton became close to his prisoner out of respect for him being a fellow soldier. In 1817 Sir Hudson Lowe believed an escape attempt was imminent and ordered Poppleton to report all conversations with Napoleon or anything overheard during daily duties. Poppleton resigned his position as he did not wish to undertake the role of a spy and he transferred to the 12th Regiment of Foot. Upon his leaving St Helena, Napoleon gifted a silver snuffbox to Poppleton which was passed down through generations of the Martin family. Major Poppleton is buried in the Martin family vault at Killannin.Richard Gregory (1790-1847) built up the family estate at Coole Park, Galway and died there after caring for tenants suffering from an outbreak of the plague. The estate remained within the family until it was sold in 1927 to the Irish State by Margaret Gregory, daughter-in-law to Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932). The house was demolished in 1941 and the site is now a nature reserve. The Gregory Family papers (1770-1956) are held at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Margaret Gregory died in Exeter in 1979.The Legion Of Honour was established by Napoleon in 1802 as France's highest Order of Merit of which he was the Grand Master. The portrait 'The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries' (1812) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) depicts him wearing a Legion Of Honour similar to that included in the lot.Major Poppleton appears to have acquired numerous artefacts from Napoleon in addition to the silver snuff box that remained within the Martin Family in Ireland. A lock of Napoleon's hair was presented by him to Lady Georgina Bathurst (1792-1874) daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bathurst in November 1817, (Sotheby's July14th 2015, Lot 23 English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations) and another to a Mrs Riely in 1821 (David Lay 5th May, 2011, lot 2447)*Provenance Acquired by the vendor's father, an antiques dealer, in the 1980s and retained within the family.

A manuscript log for the 80ft twin screw Motor Yacht 'Cingalee' dated 1926-1928:, including an entry for November 4th 1926 in which the engines failed during a heavy gale and she was towed by the French fishing vessel Resurrection to Boulogne, and newspaper clippings of the event from the Evening Standard. Also a photograph of the Cingalee dated 1929 and a RYS 'Cingalee' letter headed envelope and sheet of writing paper and related photographs and ephemera.*Notes- Details listed to the frontispiece give the owners as B & J Prescott-Westear and crew M L McLeary. Port of Registry - Southampton, Official number 146956.

Two British Antarctic Expedition envelopes to Frank Davies dated August 1913 to the Saltram Villas address:, one containing a manuscript note 'Officers- Retention of Rank on Release and start of War Service Record AFO 2995/45. Par (2). 4830- The Polar Medal London Gazette Supplement 7th Oct, 1941'.

ATHENA AN OWLET FROM THE PARTHENON - Lady Frances Parthenope Verney, sister of Florence Nightingale, lithograph book circa 1855, originally written and drawn as a gift for Florence with the story titled 'Life and Death of Athena an Owlet from The Parthenon Miss Nightingale's devoted pet' reportedly brought back from her trip to Athens, interior dedication page reads 'To the most constant and true friend, the protector and the most ardent admirer of 'F N' (in pencil) and a continuation 'the deceased Athena', privately reproduced in book format possibly for just family and friends, owner title details to the interior for Ruth Florence Verney Miss Nightingale's goddaughter, two typed letters accompany written to the family of a recent purchase at Sotheby's circa 1987 of possibly the original manuscript and a similar lithographed book sold at the time by descendants of Miss Nightingale

Postal History. New South Wales, two interesting covers to Chesterfield 1851 (April) cover with Sydney view 2d blue pair with '85' numerals of Drayton plus another almost completely removed example, some faults, 1850 (October) cover with a single Sydney view 1d (other stamps removed) with '81' numeral of Warwick and on reverse manuscript 'Warwick/7 Nov 50' Rare use as Warwick did not have a h.s. at this time

An early 20th Century mahogany Richard Frères 'Le Taxiphote' Table Stereoscope, for 107mm x 45mm glass diapositives, serial no. 3671, retailed by the London Stereoscopic Co., the three plinth drawers containing twelve trays of diapositives, manuscript titles including Scarborough, Castles and Abbeys, Whitby, Hyères, Riviera, Dover, Engadine, Lake District, Belgium and Courmayeur, but contents appear varied, including resting British soldiers in khaki, 480mm high, G-VG, one drawer knob missing, with companion piece - mahogany diapositive five-drawer storage cabinet, used as plinth, for for twenty trays, manuscript titles including Pontresina, The Lakes, Church Stretton, Italy and Bordighera, but contents appear varied, with twenty Autochromes of houses and garden in Castle Hedingham, Essex, G, scratching to top, one drawer/four trays missing, images probably 1920s-1930s, with five card plate boxes with contents and four empty

Stereoscopic Cards, amateur (?) Boer War, manuscript caption '1901 Lord Roberts - great march, Boar (sic) Farmer being interviewed', F (1), UK topographical - 'Park Scene', country house in distance (1), ladies seated in front of ruined country house (1), harbour scene (1), Gorhambury Park gardens (1), others (4), 1860s, with Florence and antiquities, 1870s (7), 1890s-1910 (37), F M Sutcliffe studio portrait of young lady (1), American sixth-plate Daguerreotype of young lady, lightly tinted, Anson, 589 Broadway, F (1), ambrotype and other images (a lot)

Important Announcement  - the slides in this lot were prepared by Sanderson for William Nicol, the back of the second case bears a Sanderson trade label and New Holland refers to Australia.An early 19th Century rare and important group of Fossilised Wood Section Microscope Slides and other specimens some prepared by John Sanderson of Edinburgh and possibly in association with William Nicol early 1830s, contained in two red morocco fitted cases - the first case with trade label inside lid 'John Sanderson, 32, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh', containing seven out of eight hand-made over-size microscope specimen slides, each 65mm x 25mm and 4mm thick, each with diamond-engraved inscriptions, each mounted with three finely ground-down fossilised tree specimens in different sections, from finds located in coal deposits around Great Britain, each slide with common inscriptions for three specimen sections 'Parallel Hor.', 'Perpendicular Lon.' and 'To Medullary Rays Lon', locations at top of each slide 'Craigleith' (Edinburgh - quarry where fossilised tree was discovered in 1826), 'Ushhaw' (Co. Durham), 'Tweed Mill' Northumbria (2), 'Isle of Thanet' (Kent), 'Whitby' (Yorkshire) and 'New Holland' (Lincolnshire), the second case unlabelled, with no indication of preparer or lapidary, containing fifteen slides of similar form, various sizes up 40mm x 27mm and 3mm thick, and accompanying period manuscript note detailing slides, addressed to 'Miss Burnside, 47 North St', details appended in square brackets where given: 'Hyperstene' [from Labrador, South America], 'Jasper' [from Galla Water], 'Spharulite' [from Iceland], 'Shotts Coal Field' [is part of a fishbone from], 'Burdie House' (Edinburgh) [part of a fishbone from], 'Rothbury' (Northumbria) [Fossil Lepidodendron from], 'Antigua No. 1' [Fossil Cane from], 'Antigua No. 2' [Fossil Root from], 'Antigua No. 3' [Fossil dicotyledonous wood from], 'Scarboro' (Yorkshire) [Fossil pine from] and 'Siberia' [Fossil piine from], with later pencil annotation referring to 'Cannel Coal Lancashire', cover slip detached, 'Newcastle Pannet Coal' and 'Aller Wood Charcoal', with one other unlisted 'Korina Yellow Sea'; for further reference, detailed discussion of this pioneering era of translucent fossil specimens, the relationship and difficulties of William Nicol, Henry Witham, and Sanderson, Witham refers to similar slides in The Internal Structure of Fossil Vegetables Found in the Carboniferous and Oolitic Deposits of Great Britain, Witham, H T W, Black, 1833, and see 'Palebotany under the microscope', Falcon-Long, H J, Infocus, Issue 27, September 2012 and websites of The Geological Society and National Museums Scotland, for Sanderson see https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18906/lot/411/

Railways.- Merret (H., Surveyor) Map of certain Intended Lines of Railway from St Helens to West Bank at Runcorn Gap..., manuscript plan, signed and dated by Merret, and also signed by the engineer, Charles Vignoles, the plan showing alternative routes for the proposed line with several branches, pen and ink, watercolour, 600 x 1850 mm (23 3/4 x 72 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, several areas of small loss, repaired tears, surface dirt and stains, folding with purple-coloured endpapers, slightly worn, large 4to, 1829.

Railways.- Stephenson (George & Robert) Plans & Sections of the Chester & Holyhead Railway, title as upper cover, with 25 lithographed plans, and one manuscript plan in pen and brown ink, each sheet approx. 470 x 640 mm (18 1/2 x 25 1/4 in), numerous repairs to splitting and small losses, surface dirt and browning, pencil inscriptions throughout, some ink annotations, upper cover with ink inscription 'NB. This set is from the same set as actually deposited', held together with linen cloth stitch-spine, limp oblong folio, 1843; together with a set of 10 contract plans, showing Contract No.3 from Rhyl to Colwyn Bay, lithograph with hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 500 x 740 mm (19 3/4 x 29 in), mounted on linen, small losses, repaired nicks and tears, handling creases and surface dirt, stitched together without covers, oblong folio, [c. 1844] (2)⁂ Plans showing the whole route of this main line connecting London with Ireland, intended at first to utilise the Menai suspension bridge but with a supplementary plan of the deviation to a separate crossing of the Straits at the Britannia Rock, as finally built and opened in 1850.