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NORTHUMBERLAND MILITIA: commission for Peter Paxton, 10 January 1813 as Lieutenant in the Southern Regiment of local militia, County of Northumberland, manuscript on vellum, signed Duke of Northumberland, impressed paper seal: together with a Victorian commission, plus 3 other manuscript documents. (5)

LETTERS AND AUTOGRAPHS, NAVAL AND MILITARY: collection of approx 30 items, late 18th-early 20thc, to include 2 side ALS sent from 'HMS Argonaut at sea', 29 Dec 1914: manuscript order on headed paper from HMS Agincourt, 9 Sep 1884: short note from Admiral Graham First Sea Lord, 15 Oct 1832: 3 side ALS on War Office notepaper from Major General Sir Alfred Turner, 30.8.1901: and others, some civilian. (Small quantity)

ARMOURER, HMS VICTORY: printed certificate with manuscript entries, 4th May 1827, recommending Thomas Day to position of armourer onboard His Majesty's Ship Victory, signed Captain Elliot and 3 others, Portsmouth Harbour, old folds, a few tears at head: together with a 5 page handwritten biography of Day's career in a later hand. (2)

CUBA: contemporary manuscript translation of letter from Governor Henry White of Florida to Captain General of the Isle of Cuba, 1807, 10pp, old folds. (1)

MARITIME ACCOUNTS, MID 18th CENTURY: Dr Samuel Wallis Esq with James Dickson, statement of accounts, London 20th Dec 1760, manuscript on paper, folio, old folds: together with 6 other items, manuscripts on paper, 18th-early 19thc, to include military order dated 28th Sep 1710: naval order, Admiralty Office 17 October 1728, etc, condition variable. (7)

MARITIME PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS, 18TH-19THC: collection of approx 12 items including statement of accounts, Plymouth Dockyard, 2pp, 1695: printed receipt for duty on ship's tonnage, circa 1760, browned: manuscript receipt of goods transported, Joseph Sprague to Gabriel Holman, ?Salem, 1773: and other documents, mostly maritime. (Small quantity)

NAVAL AND MILITARY DOCUMENTS: group of 8 manuscript documents, to include printed form with entries 'Form of Enquiry after a solider in the East-India Company service' dated 1853, made out for Henry Dawson of Dublin, torn at left edge with some loss to printed area: manuscript invoice to 'The Honourable Company' in respect of 'Medical Allowance for a detachment of the Benares Provincial Battalion...at Allahabad', signed Joshua Adams, acting civil surgeon to East India Company, 1823: private copy letter from Lord Ellenborough, India Board April 19 1829...'Our Indian finances are in a bad state...': together with printed report 'Correspondence respecting the seizure of the Tornado off Madeira by the Spanish frigate Gerona', London, Harrison & Sons, 1869. (9)

MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY: a quantity of ALS and cut signatures, largely 19thc politicians, nobility and churchmen, to include Sir Theodore Martin, John Morley (concerning a contribution to the fortnightly review); and others, including a freefront postmarked 1831, approx 38 items. (Small quantity)

Antique manuscript, ancient Greek writing on papyrus. The Greek text deals with the shipment of & nbsp; a quantity, 500 measures & nbsp; bushel of grain destined for the royal granaries in the port of Alexandria. The Transport takes place & nbsp; with 2 ships each with a loading capacity of 4000 bushels. A sample of grain is also provided separately for quality control. The work is dated September 6, 184 BC. The work is described by Pieter Johannes Sijpesteijn, Three New Ptolemaic Documents on Transportation of Grain, ChrEg 53 (1978) pp 107-116. 27x8 cm, outer size 43x23 cm

HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) AND BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) A GROUP OF THREE BLUE PAPER PRINTS, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1947, comprising three color serigraph on blue paper, the pages with serigraph text reproducing Henry Miller's manuscript, the original text an excerpt from Black Spring used in Into the Night Life, artwork and serigraph by Bezalel Schatz, unbound, the present published independently by the artists in an original edition of 800. 15 1/4" x 24 1/2" Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: A chew mark and hole to one at top, fading at edges to all, expected surface wear and tone, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with historically noted poor storage conditions of the original printings. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) AND HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) A GROUP OF TWO BLACK AND WHITE PAPER PRINTS, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1947, two color serigraph respectively on black paper and white paper, the pages with serigraph text reproducing Henry Miller's manuscript, the original text an excerpt from Black Spring used in Into the Night Life, artwork and serigraph by Bezalel Schatz, unbound, the present published independently by the artists in an original edition of 800. 15 1/4" x 24 1/2" Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: A few expected chew marks and holes, toning mostly on white paper pieces, white paper piece with stain in margin, expected surface wear and tone, some rubbing and transfer soil on surface, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with historically noted poor storage conditions of the original printings. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A PAIR OF TWO REPUBLIC OF TEXAS NOTES, $100 CONSOLIDATED FUND OF TEXAS CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO JACK SHACKELFORD, SIGNED BY FRANCIS J. LUBBOCK AND WILLIAM G. COOK, HOUSTON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1837, lithograph on paper with manuscript in ink, no. 1346 and no. 1348, signed by Francis R. Lubbock, controller and William G. Cook, Stock Commissioner. 3 1/8" x 6 5/8" Note: Jack Shackelford (1790-1857) physician and surgeon, leader and financial backer of Texian Revolutionaries; he personally furnished red jeans which gave them the name, the Red Rovers; he took part in the Goliad Campaign and survived the massacre, was captured as a P.O.W., spared to treat wounded Mexican soldiers, and finally Shackelford County named in his honor.Reference: Henry S. Foote, Texas and Texas II (1841); J.C. Duval Early Times in Texas (1892); Z.T. Fulmore, History and Geography of Texas (1915); The Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Trimmed edges, some mild ink fading, expected toning, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A TWO PIECE TEXAS REPUBLIC NOTE AND MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT, FOR A $100 CONSOLIDATED FUND OF TEXAS CERTIFICATE AND LUMBER RECEIPT ISSUED TO STEPHEN H. EVERETT, HOUSTON AND SABINE PASS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1837-JUNE 28, 1839, comprising a lithograph on paper one hundred dollar, "Consolidated Fund of Texas Public Faith Pledge," with manuscript in ink signed by Francis R. Lubbock, Controller, and William G. Cook, Stock Commissioner, no. 2191, City of Houston, September 2, 1837, 3 1/8" x 6 5/8"; together with a manuscript in ink on wove lined paper, receipt, Sabine Pass, placed, June 28 1839, dated, by the Collector of the Pass of Sabine, for 931 fell lumber at $110 per hundred, paid in Texas money, $93.10, sum, recorded paid in full and endorsed, "S.H. Everitt." 5" x 7 3/4" Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some toning throughout, minor losses and creases to the receipt, the one hundred note with large slash marks, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) AND BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) A GROUP OF PRINTS AND BOOK COVER, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1947, serigraphs on paper, rice paper and cloth, fifty-three unbound paper pages with serigraph text reproducing Henry Miller's manuscript, the original text an excerpt from Black Spring used in Into the Nightlife, serigraph and illustrations by Bezalel Schatz, accompanied by one rice paper sheet serigraph in blue and red ink, signed in plate, and a blue cloth board cover with felt applique, all unbound, the present published independently by the artists in an original edition of 800, cover: 26 1/2" x 16 1/2", sheets: 20" x 13", rice paper: 15 1/4" x 13". Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some tears and toning throughout, creases to rice paper with some small tears, losses and chewed at edges, clipped blue cover corners with bends and some wear, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with historically noted poor storage conditions of the original printings. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A RARE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA POETRY BOOK, "Forest Scenes by William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alfred B. Street," HURD AND HOUGHTON, PUBLISHERS, RIVERSIDE PRESS, NEW YORK AND CAMBRIDGE, 1864, John A. Hows, illustrator, "Entered into Act of Congress in the year 1864 by James G. Gregory," with marbled pages, gilt embossed teal leather, bound with personal gift letter, the previous owners manuscript in pencil, all gilt edges. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" Note: Letter affixed to book: "My Dear Mrs. Dayan. I send you a reminder of our blessed summertime together in the woods. The green leaves and the bright, with the wild flowers and the berries, which filled our paths with beauty and fragrance are gone; but the precious memories of all associated with them can never pass away. I wish I could sing as Bryant and Longfellow, the song of gratitude which fills my heart with the constant thoughts I have of you, my precious friend and of your much loved family. But I can only thank and bless you all in my poor way; and wishing you each and every one a very, happy Christmas, in which wish, my dear husband heartily joins; I kiss you tenderly and say good night. Lovingly your sincerely attached friend Ellen I. Dorsett. Brooklyn, December 23rd, 1873." Condition: Some rubbing of leather and gilt with losses, later binding but including hand written note from one friend to another gifting the text. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) AND BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) A GROUP OF SIX BLACK, BLUE, AND WHITE PAPER PRINTS, SIGNED, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1947, comprising six color serigraphs; on one blue paper, one half sheet on black paper, and four on cream white papers, one page signed, "Henry Miller," in black ink and "Bezalel Schatz," in blue ink, pages with serigraph text reproducing Henry Miller's manuscript, the original text an excerpt from Black Spring used in Into the Night Life, artwork and serigraph by Bezalel Schatz, unbound, the present published independently by the artists in an original edition of 800. 15 1/4" x 24 1/2" Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some expected chew marks and holes, fading at edges, the black paper with a surface stain, expected surface wear and tone, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with historically noted poor storage conditions of the original printings. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MANUSCRIPT, DEED REQUEST FOR LAND TITLE VALIDATION, ASHBEL SMITH AND CHARLES C. GIVENS OF HARRIS COUNTY TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1837-1844, hand inscribed ink on cream laid paper with a heraldic blind stamp. 7 3/4" x 6 1/4" Note: "To the Hon. The Chief Justice of Washington County, The Petition of Ashbel Smith of Harris County sets forth that he purchased and paid for, several years ago, a tract of land situated on San Jacinto Bay, belonging then and the property of Charles C. Givens. Said C.C. Givens then executed a bond for title to the petitioner with two good and sufficient witnesses and also delivered possession of the land to the petitioner. The bond for title was duly recorded in Harris Co. records shortly after its execution, and the petitioner has ever since held undisputed possession of the land in question. As the C.C. Givens died a few years since before making a title in regular form to the petitioner. Your petitioner therefore prays your honorable court to order and require Givens' administrator of C. C. Givens deed to make title to said tract of land, conformally with law and the written contract between C.C. Givens and petitioner. And your petitioner writes and pray, Ashbel Smith of Harris Co."Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) is recorded in the Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas writing, "Smith had a long and distinguished medical career. When he arrived in Texas in the spring of 1837, he became Sam Houston's roommate and close friend. Houston appointed him surgeon general of the Army of the Republic of Texas on June 7, 1837. In this role, Smith set up an efficient system of operation and established the first hospital in Houston, a military institution. He also served as the first chairman of the Board of Medical Censors, which was established by the Second Congress of the Republic in December 1837. During the devastating epidemic of yellow fever in Galveston in 1839, he treated the sick, published factual reports of the progress of the disease in the Galveston News, and after the epidemic abated, wrote the first treatise on yellow fever in Texas...In 1842 Ashbel Smith traveled to Europe as the charge d'affaires of Texas to England and France, a position he held from 1842-1844. In 1848 Smith met with ten other Galveston doctors to begin working for the formation of the Medical and Surgical Society of Galveston. When the Texas Medical Association came into being in 1853, he was chairman of the committee that drafted its constitution and bylaws...After Texas became a state Smith served three terms (1855, 1866, and 1879) in the state legislature as a representative from Harris County. As a legislator, he supported measures to aid railroad construction, validate land titles, improve common schools, found the University of Texas, and pay off the public debt...He spent his last years in an unceasing effort to establish a state university with a first-class medical branch. As president of the University of Texas Board of Regents, established in 1881, he led the effort to recruit the best professors available for the university faculty and to set up a curriculum necessary for a first-rate institution of higher learning." Noting the particularly European style blind stamp, the present letter is attributed to Ashbel Smith's time spent performing ambassadorial and diplomatic duties. Unfortunately undated, the surviving examples of Ashbel's handwriting and age of the paper are consistent with his other known early Texas documents. The work he is conducting here anticipates his legal ownership of lands he had apparently purchased by a word of mouth "handshake" deal between himself and early Texas Pioneer Charles C. Givens. Ashbel Smith writes to the "Chief Justice of Washington County," possibly John P. Coles (1793-1847), where the records for the Republic of Texas were held until Texas was annexed to the United States, and at that time the records were moved to Austin. The location of the records department helps date the work.Charles C. Givens, Esq., is not recorded with any birth or death dates, though his passing is mentioned within the present, undated letter. He appears to have arrived in Texas as a bachelor, which appears to have persisted throughout his lifetime, potentially causing this very land dispute. In one of a few documents that retain his name, C.C. Givens is directed, at the request of Stephen F. Austin, in a correspondence dated October 14, 1836, to supply two oxen in order to ensure supplies. The entry is found in The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, edited by George P. Garrison, Number 4, The Journal of the Permanent Council (October 11-27, 1835), page 258. Otherwise unmentioned within the early Texas record, Charles C. Givens' name is found published in an archive held at the Houston Public Library containing information on the first settlers of Harris County (1822-1845), "In 1824, Stephen F. Austin accompanied by his secretary Sam M. Williams and the commissioner, Baron de Bastrop, came by appointment to the house of William Scott (1784-1837)…'There was no provision in the law for granting land to men without families. These were joined in groups of two or three and each group constituted a legal family." Just below Adele B. Looscan pens that, "Those in Harris County who received titles at this time (1824) and located their land in this county were: [listing the names of early Harris County settlers followed by.]…There seem to have been only about thirty original grants made in Harris County at this time, but there were several settlers in the county who located their lands in other counties embraced within Austin's first colonial grant and the lands of a few located in two counties, which adjoined each other. Besides the settlers who received land titles, there were others, members of the same families who should be mentioned...Charles C. Givens and Presley Grill, who immigrated with William Scott, and Dr. Knuckles..." Reference: "Harris County, 1822-1845, Adele B. Looscan, in The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Oct. 1914, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 195-198. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some expected toning, creases as issued, red staining near edges, probably trimmed, undated, blind stamp somewhat illegible, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) AND HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) A GROUP OF TWO PRINTS, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1947, color serigraph, one on black paper with introduction and printing details, and the other on translucent paper, signed and dated in plate; the pages with serigraph text reproducing Henry Miller's manuscript, the original text an excerpt from Black Spring used in Into the Night Life, artwork and serigraphy by Bezalel Schatz, unbound, the present published independently by the artists in an original edition of 800. 15 1/4" x 24 1/2" Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some mild surface wear, creases, rubbing, some edge wear, and two tears (1 3/4", 2 3/4") upper left to the thin paper, expected surface wear and tone, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with historically noted poor storage conditions of the original printings. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A TEXAS REVOLUTION DOCUMENT, TEXIAN LOAN, SIGNED, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, B.T. ARCHER AND WILLIAM H. WHARTON, PAID BY THOMAS D. CARNEAL, NEW ORLEANS, JANUARY 11, 1836, lithograph and manuscript on wove paper, for Thomas D. Carneal, published by the "Government of Texas," printed by Benjamin Levy, New Orleans, hand inscribed no. 365, with cancelation mark, signed by, "Commissioners on the part of Texas," "S.F. Austin," with flourish, "B.J. Archer," and "Wm. H. Wharton." 10 1/2" x 8 1/4" Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Cancelation mark with expected loss and slashes do not compromise the piece, some foxing, creases, a crinkle at upper left corner, some ink bite, and minor loss in signatures for B.T. Archer and William H. Wharton, some ink bleed but overall in good to very good condition. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

SAM HOUSTON (1793-1863) AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MANUSCRIPT, ISSUING A SECOND CLASS HEAD RIGHT TO HEIRS OF DR. WILLIAM W. BOMAR, TEXIAN VETERAN, BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, MAY 15, 1838, manuscript on wove paper, "Let this be audited, Dr. Bomar was in the Battle of San Jacinto, and is entitled to pay for Surgeon for the time he served, as well as a head Right with land due to those in the battle of San Jacinto," signed with flourish, "Sam Houston," and dated "15th May 1838," with remnants of red wax seal. 7 3/4" x 3 3/8" Note: William W. Bomar (1797-1837) is documented by the San Jacinto Museum of History in the Kemp Biographical Sketches held at the Herzstein Library. William Bomar is best described as a Texian patriot, Surgeon of Battalion, Regimental Surgeon, and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. His service in the Texian Army as Regimental Surgeon running approximately March 1, 1836-May 25, 1836. The present manuscript documents Sam Houston's personal response to, most likely the heirs of William W. Bomar, upon their petition for the land due him, which was posthumously formalized on May 26, 1838, and awarded his heirs. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some losses at lower left corner, some stains, expected toning, pencil collection inscriptions at top, remnants of wax seal, probably trimmed, some tears at edges, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

LEWIS CARROLL (English 1832-1898) A GROUP OF TWO BOOKS, "Alice in Wonderland," AND, "Through the Looking Glass," LONDON, 1866 AND 1872, each book rebound including original covers, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.," illustrations by John Tenniel, Macmillan and Co., publisher, Richard Clay, printer, 1866, with all gilt edges, marbled boards, gilt tooled and embossed green leather with five raised spine bands, 7 3/8" x 5 1/4"; and "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.," illustrations by John Tenniel, Macmillan and Co., publisher, Richard Clay, printer, 1872, the titled page with retailer blind stamp, "Bailly Bailliere Libreria...Madrid," and a bookplate of Charles B. Foote on front pastedown, with all gilt edges, marbled boards, gilt tooled and embossed green leather with five raised spine bands, 7 3/8" x 5 1/4". Condition: Books rebound form original binding, exterior with some expected losses of leather and gilt, some smudges and soil on pages, one marble cover page unattached, and some cracking to pages and spine, manuscript of previous owner on one page in the 1866 book, but overall in good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) TWO HAND PAINTED ADVERTISEMENTS, "We Invite You to See the First One-Man Show of Paintings by Bob Campbell," AND "Come In And Discover Henry Miller," FOR NEW DIRECTIONS, MID 1960s, gouache and ink on Crescent Quality Boards cardboard; the calligraphy in a Filmotype style, one on a yellow ground with sparkling eye in measured manuscript, "April First through Twenty Second. No clichés, No sweets. Instead Invention, Understatement, Pails of Paint. Some persiflage. The Studio for Henry Miller. six Days a Week Noon to Six. Closed Mondays.," signed with a monogram letter "M", and the other on white ground with pale powder blue underscores, "Henry Miller is the Most Original, Most Unusual, and In the View of some Critics, Most Significant of Living American Writers, - Writings, Stories, Essays, and other Prose Pieces Which Defy Conventional Classifications. NEW DIRECTIONS. Come in and Discover Henry Miller." 22" x 14" Provenance: Collection of Kasey Rhodes, Houston, Texas. Condition: Pinholes, apparently used for advertisement, some smudges, and surface soil, bends and minor losses at corners mostly but occasionally, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age and use. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

Indian School illuminated manuscript page 12 x 21cm.

DISBOUND DOUBLE-SIDED PAGE WITH GILT RAISED CHROME-LITHOGRAPHIC PLATE FROM PARADISE AND THE PERI BY THOMAS MOORE IN A MANUSCRIPT ORNAMENT STYLE WITH ELABORATE DECORATION C.1860 ACCEPTABLE CONDITION APP.SIZE: 25cm x 33cm

A 18th century manuscript, probably an "Exmplification of Common Recovery" on vellum with a large portrait of George II and signed "Borrett", bearing a seal attached (Great Seal of England?) in a tin skippet, bearing also a pair of "stamps".

19th century illuminated manuscript leaf, St Joan and others, on vellum, 25 x 17cm

AN INDIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPT PAGE, depicting a couple in erotic scene, image size 19cm x 14cm.

AN INDIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPT PAGE, depicting a couple in erotic scene, image size 18cm x 13cm.

AN INDIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPT PAGE, depicting a couple in erotic scene, image size 19cm x 14cm.

Three Persian illuminated manuscript leafs, the first painted with seated figures feasting, on gilt ground, text to reverse, 17 x 10cm, in frame glazed to each face, together with two similar unframed leaves with painted reserve of a hunting scene

Ɏ A CEYLONESE PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT WITH IVORY COVERS, 19TH CENTURY Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 19th century. The covers made from stained ivory showing finely carved vines and flowers. The 32 individual leafs with scripture relating to ‘Buddhavamsa Desanava’ followed by ‘Anagatavamsa Desanava’. Condition: Good, complete condition. Provenance: German private collection, purchased c. 1970 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Dimensions: Size 53 x 6 cm.

A CARVED AND LACQUERED WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER, 19TH CENTURY Southeast Asia, 19th century. Carved in high relief and painted with red and gold lacquer, showing a dense and elaborate floral pattern. Condition: Age cracks, losses and wear. Provenance: German private collection. Weight: 401.6 g. Dimensions: Length 45.5 cm.

Darton (William & Son, publisher). The Wonders of the Telescope, by the author of "The Wonders of the Microscope", c.1830, 14 engraved plates, including frontispiece, most folding, all but 2 dated (1823), 4 with a closed handling tear, 1 a little edge-frayed, final plate nearly detached, front pastedown with early ink manuscript inscription, contemporary red quarter sheep, spine lettered in gilt with title and price (2s.6d), rubbed, board edges showing, 12mo, together with: Harris (J., publisher), Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales, published for the amusement of all those Little Masters and Misses who, by duty to their parents, and obedience to their superiors, aim at becoming Great Lords and Ladies, London: printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, c.1802, engraved frontispiece, scattered spotting, original printed stiff wrappers, rebacked with paper (coming away), rubbed with a little wear to edges, 12mo, plus: Tabart and Co. (publishers), The Book of Trades, or library of the useful arts, part II, 1 volume (only, of 3), 1st edition, London, 1804, 21 uncoloured engraved plates (complete), an additional (defective) plate 'Brazier' loosely inserted, possibly from part I, 1 plate close-trimmed at foot (affecting imprint), 1 opening with minor surface damage at gutter (affecting a few words), pp.3 publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt-lettering to spine, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, 12mo, with one other similar: The Garden; or, Familiar Instructions for the Laying Out and Management of a Flower Garden, 2nd edition, London: John Harris, 1832Qty: (4)NOTESFirst item: Darton H1605 (2). Second item: this edition not in Gumuchian or Osborne. Mother Bunch: although some editions of this title have several plates (as implied by the title page), this copy appears to follow the edition dated 1802, of which the British Library copy can be examined online, in having a frontispiece only. Book of Trades: this title when first published in 1804 comprised of two volumes or parts. In 1805 a third volume was published.

Fables. Select Tales and Fables with Prudential Maxims and other Little Lessons of Morality in Prose and Verse Equally Instructive & Entertaining For the use of Both Sexes wherein Their Foibles as well as Beauties are presented to their View in the fairest & most inoffensive point of Light. The whole embellish'd with Threescore Original Designs, expressive of each Subject, neatly engrav'd on Copper Plates, and publish'd according to Act of Parliament. By B. Cole, Engraver, 2 volumes in one, London: F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, [1780?], engraved title-page to each volume, volume 1 with dedication leaf facing title (early manuscript inscription on reverse), engraved emblematic frontispiece misbound in volume 2 (following and facing title), 60 engravings on 30 leaves, plates IX/X and XVII/XVIII in second volume substituted one for the other, and leaves [i]-iv volume 2 misbound preceding Preface in volume 1, some toning and dust-soiling, several plates detached, 1 plate with very small closed tear, hinges cracked, and front board pulling away, endpapers soiled, old catalogue entry mounted on rear pastedown, blue sprinkled edges, original cloth-backed marbled boards, worn, with loss to spine ends and upper edge of rear board, 12moQty: (1)NOTESESTC T127913. First published in 1746, all editions appear to be strangely scarce. The first volume contains 6 alphabets.

Manuscript. An illustrated book of limericks, circa 1865, 32pp., each with large illustration and limerick beneath in brown ink, some spotting and marks, paper watermarked 'T & J H 1865', sheet size 14 x 23cm (5.5 x 9ins), stitching broken and page block loose in original lilac wrappers, worn and frayed, gilt title within volute border to upper cover, slim oblong 8voQty: (1)NOTESProbably drawn by an older girl or young lady, the limericks and their illustrations appear to be original works rather than copies, though no doubt inspired by Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense first published in 1846, for example: 'There was a young girl of Avignon, who wore a tremendous big chignon/When they cried, "That's too big!" She exclaimed "O my wig!"/They all wear them this size at Avignon', and 'There was a young lady from Bruges, who adorned herself largely with rouge/But they said, Don't you fear, twill be set down to beer/Which affronted that lady of Bruges".

Moveable. Peeps into Fairyland, a Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories, with an introduction by F. E. Weatherly, London: Ernest Nister & New York: E. P. Dutton, [1896], Nister book 633, 6 chromolithographed pop-up panoramas, 2 with tabs detached or mostly detached at right margin (failure of original adhesive), Fairies' Lake scene with 2 losses to fairy's staff (at centre and top), title with some discolouration and with contemporary ink manuscript inscription to upper corner (dated 1896), letterpress a trifle toned, with some light finger-soiling or minor marks, free endpapers slightly edge-frayed, hinges partly cracked, stitching a little strained, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, somewhat dust-soiled and scratched, extremities rubbed with a little wear, a few stains (mainly to rear cover), oblong folioQty: (1)

Straw-work miniature binding. Heures Nouvelles, Dédiées A La Noblesse, Paris: Valleyre, 1787, lighty toned, marbled endpapers, reverse of free endpapers with contemporary manuscript notes (front free endpaper slightly frayed), all edges gilt, original red morocco, spine with gilt compartments, lettered in second and with flower tool in remainder, covers each with elaborate floral and foliate straw-work panel, upper side depicting carnations, lower side depicting rose buds, some minor losses, mostly at corners, 12mo in 6s (68 x 44mm)Qty: (1)

* Moxon (J., publisher). Geometrical Playing Cards, London, 1697, 43 (of 52) copper engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with geometrical figures or scientific instruments, lacking: ace of spades; 3, 5, 10, and knave of hearts; 6 and 8 of diamonds; 3 and knave of clubs, some toning, dust-soiling, and marks, close-trimmed, often resulting in loss of line border and occasionally clipping image, 10 of diamonds with tip of lower right corner missing, plain versos, 89 x 59mm (3.5 x 2.25ins)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. Tilley, p.78. Extremely rare. The only other deck we have traced is that held by The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (11529500). Their complete deck is in an engraved wrapper and accompanies the book The Use of the Geometrical Playing-Cards, As also a Discourse of the Mechanick Powers. By Monsi. Des-Cartes. Translated from his own Manuscript Copy... Printed and Sold by J. Moxon at the Atlas in Warwick-Lane, 1697. The Moxon family produced several educational decks of playing cards, including the subjects of carving and astronomy. Sylvia Mann calls all of them "lamentably rare" (see All Cards on the Table, 258).

Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with Illustrations by Phiz, 1st edition, early issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, bound from the parts, the 19 original printed front wrappers bound-in at rear (close-trimmed at fore-edge, a few lightly cropped), engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, plates generally toned, some spotted, modern sprinkled green half calf, spine with gilt decorated raised bands and gilt lettering, 8voQty: (1)NOTESEckel pp.64-66; Gimbel A40. Early state: all plates before p.45 with publisher's imprint, plate facing p.457 with longer caption, p.123 with 'visitor' uncorrected, p.160 with 'latter' uncorrected (with neat manuscript correction). However,the caption 'Nicholas instructs Smike .... does agree with the list of plates.

Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, bound from the parts, half-titles, 40 engraved plates by Marcus Stone, including frontispieces, each volume with an original printed wrapper (parts 5 & 16 respectively) bound-in, 8 original advertisment leaves bound-in (on white, pink, and blue paper), scattered spotting, 1st volume one plate with chip and short edge tear, all edges gilt, near contemporary maroon half morocco, rubbed, corners showing, spines faded, 8vo, together with: ibid. Bleak House, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853, bound from the parts, half-title discarded, 40 etched plates by H. K. Browne, including frontispiece and additional title, generally soiled throughout, plates toned with some spotting, p.107 with long closed tear (related to paper fault), p.331 with loss to blank fore-margin, 2 plate leaves with a closed tear extending 1cm into image, modern dark brown half morocco, lightly rubbed in places, spine faded, 8vo, plus: ibid. The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st bookform edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850, half-title discarded, title misbound after Contents, 40 etchings by H. K. Browne, including frontispiece and additional title (with date at foot), some light finger-soiling, letterpress spotted, frontispiece blank reverse with early ink manuscript signature, one plate with small stain to lower blank corner, one with short edge tear touching caption, one close-trimmed at fore-edge clipping caption, contemporary black half calf gilt, worn, cover detached at front hinge, 8vo, and 3 other Dickens 1st editions: Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit, Sketches by Boz (lacking 2 plates)Qty: (7)NOTESFirst three items: Eckel, pp. 94-95, 79-81, 77-78; Gimbel A149, A130, A122 respectively.

Lever (Charles). Davenport Dunn, or the Man of the Day, 22 parts in 21 (as issued), 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, July 1857 - April 1859, 44 etched plates by 'Phiz' (H. K. Browne), including frontispiece and additional title (issued in final double-part), numerous advertisement leaves throughout on pink, yellow, white, green, and blue papers, very scarce minor spots, sewn as issued, 2 parts unopened, original pictorial printed pink paper wrappers, somewhat faded and dust-soiled, few minor marks, part III front cover with early ink manuscript signature at head, contained together in brown cloth-covered portfolio with matching morocco-backed slipcase (rubbed with some marks), gilt-lettering to spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESSadleir 1401; Wolff 4084 both for the bookform. Sadleir regarded Davenport Dunn as the rarest of the octavo novels first published in parts, and this is a rare survival of the original parts in excellent condition. The character of Dunn is loosely based on the notorious Irish financier, politician and swindler John Sadleir, who eventually fell into ruin and committed suicide on Hampstead Heath. Charles Dickens also made use of the character in his novel Little Dorrit, basing Mr. Merdle on Sadleir.

* Durrell (Gerald, 1925-1995). English writer and naturalist. Autograph Manuscript (unsigned), no place, no date, circa 1973-78, outlining ideas that were ultimately used in his book Garden of the Gods, '…Expeditions with donkey and boat... Margo staunch ally... Margo goes on trip to mainland. Returns. I return to find mother sitting... Introduced: Family. Spiro – Theo – Donald & Max – Creech – Hunting party – talk with K – the hunt – Return”, plus a list of ducks and waders, a total of approximately 200 words in blue ballpoint pen, a few minor spots and marks and a little light marginal creasing, one page, folioQty: (1)NOTESAutograph manuscripts relating to Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy are rare.

* Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935). British Archaeologist, Army Officer, Diplomat and Writer. Autograph letter signed, 'T.E. Shaw', Plymouth, 8 February 1933, to [J.G.] Wilson, Managing Director of London Booksellers, J. & E. Bumpus Limited, discussing the plight of Manning Pike, printer of the 1926 Subscriber's Edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, '[Pike] went to Howard of Cape's, about the same time. Howard gave him some little job, and wrote to me. I explained my difficulty, and everybody's difficulty, in helping him; and said that I was ready to join in any effort that would place him anywhere. But he's as baffled as everybody. I wish it wasn't so. What on earth can we do? I wish he would write to me. If he comes to you again, please ask him to send me his address. I can't have him just go out, helplessly', in black ink on wove paper, central fold marks, some spotting, one page, 4toQty: (1)NOTESManning Pike was introduced to Lawrence by Eric Kennington. He was entrusted with the printing of Seven Pillars and in a letter to Charlotte Shaw he wrote: 'Pike is an artist of great severity and carefulness... the translation from manuscript to metal is Pike's work, and is as difficult as mine... I have given him carte blanche to cut and change the text as he pleases... this is fair, for words as elastic as ideas, and typemetal isn't elastic at all. He has the harder job...' (31 August 1924).

* Milstein (Nathan, 1903-1992). Russian-American violinist. An unpublished and undocumented autograph working sketch-leaf for two realisations of violin sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi, no place, no date, 40 bars in blue ballpoint pen and pencil, 1 page, folio (32 x 24 cm), mounted together with a head and shoulders publicity portrait of Milstein from a photograph, signed 'N Milstein' in blue ballpoint pen in blank white area beneath image, the 2 items attractively mounted together with a caption, framed and glazed, overall 48 x 53 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe 5 bars in pen relate to the fourth movement Giga (Allegro) of Vivaldi’s Sonata in D minor Op. 2 no. 3, whilst the 35 bars in pencil relate to another unidentified Sonata for Violin and Piano by Vivaldi (most likely a Grave movement or Sarabande). Although Nathan Milstein composed original works and arranged music by other composers, it is not documented that he ‘realised’ any sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi. A rare and important manuscript.

Morrell (Harriette Anne, née Wynter, 1845-1924). Manuscript journal, 1885 & 1890, autograph manuscript in blue or black ink on ruled paper, [178] pp. + blanks, 19 lines to the page, ownership inscription 'Harriette Anne Morrell, Brussels, March 29th 1885' to front free endpaper, Brussels stationer's ticket and pen-and-ink sketch of a man in profile to front pastedown, contemporary green half vellum, marbled sides, rubbed, 8vo (16.2 x 10.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHarriette Morrell was the mother of Philip, and consequently the mother-in-law of Lady Ottoline Morrell, who identified her as Henry James's inspiration for Adela Gereth in The Spoils of Poynton (see Rintoul, Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction, p. 687). An accomplished artist in her own right, she was the daughter of Philip Wynter (1793-1871), president of St John's College, Oxford and for a time university vice-chancellor; her husband was Frederick Parker Morrell (1839-1909), another St John's man and sometime mayor of Oxford. The journal records a leisured pre-Bloomsbury life of social engagements (and notably regular Catholic worship) at Lindfield (Sussex), Oxford and London and in Cornwall, and a European tour which takes in Brussels, Milan, Florence and Venice. In Florence Morrell enters a circle which includes the Duke and Duchess of Teck and lesser nobility such as Scottish baronet Sir Thomas Dick Lauder.

* Rubbra (Edmund, 1901-1986). British composer. A good archive of 29 unpublished Autograph Letters Signed and 3 Typed Letters Signed all ‘Edmund Rubbra’, Oxford University and Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 22 November 1963 to 24 May 1976, to ‘Michael Dawney’, mentioning, inter alia, the first performance and subsequent publication of his Missa Brevis, his Cello Soliloquy, Farnaby Improvisations, 2nd Symphony, Piano Studies Op. 139 and much church music, including the Advent Cantata and Nine Tenebrae Motets, a total of 38 pages (including 14 with filing holes, some affecting the text), occasional paperclip marks and some annotations by Dawney, 8vo, together with an important biographical, autograph textual manuscript in pen and pencil, 24 May 1970, being the answers to 13 questions from Dawney (included on a separate sheet) about Rubbra’s life and music, giving detailed responses about his youth, influences, impressions of Holst and Vaughan Williams, his days at the Royal College of Music, with Constant Lambert, Howard Furguson and Gerald Finzi, his interest in mysticism, the origin of his name, his book on Holst, his views on composition, etc., 6 pages on four leaves, 4toQty: (34)NOTESMichael Dawney (born 1942), musicologist, music editor, composer of hymn tunes and pupil of Edmund Rubbra. The letters are apparently unpublished and are of significant biographical importance.

* Literary Autographs. A group of 28 literary autographs, mostly 20th century, including autograph letters signed from Thomas Hughes, Rose Macaulay (x 2), Roy Fuller (signed with initials on a correspondence card), Alan Bleasdale (signed twice on a correspondence card), Walter Besant, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Victor McClure (autograph letter signed and a one-page autograph manuscript signed), Roden Noel, William Plomer, Raphael Sabatini, Arnold Toynbee, John Wain, A.F. Tschiffley (x 2), E.V Lucas (2 autograph letters and one typed letter signed), Richard Price (signed with initials), plus typed letters signed by Walter de la Mare (neatly trimmed), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (typewritten extract signed), Czeslaw Milosz (facsimile and typewritten poem, signed and dedicated in the middle), Phyllis Bentley (about her novel 'Inheritence'), a signed colour photograph of P.D. James, plus signatures of John Ruskin, Oberon Waugh and Vera Brittain, 4to and smallerQty: (28)

* Literary Autographs. A group of 13 autograph letters signed and two typed letters signed, 20th century, autographs letters signed include J.M. Barrie (written with his left hand, signed with his right hand), Alan Bennett (autograph note signed twice on a partly printed correspondence card), Robert (Owen Meredith) Bulwer-Lytton (5-page autograph letter signed re an article in Fortnightly Review), John le Carré, Cecil Day-Lewis (on a postcard thanking a poetry society), Norman Douglas (about royalties), Edmund Gosse, W.E. Henley (to Frances Allitson about her song-settings of his poetry), John Masefield (to his publisher), Edith Sitwell (about her new book of poetry), Stephen Spender (to Roy Plomley), Auberon Waugh (about some supposedly annotated books by his father Evelyn Waugh), H.G. Wells (about an article he has written on Russian authors), plus typed letters signed by Terry Pratchett (declining an invitation to speak) and Colin Wilson (about a lost manuscript), mostly one page, 4to/8voQty: (15)

* American Composers and Musicians. A collection of 22 autographs by American composers and musicians, 20th century, including a copy of Elliott Carter's Sketches and Scores and Manuscript signed and inscribed on the title page, 'Elliott, New Year 1974', John T. Williams (autograph musical quotation signed from the film Images), Lalo Schifrin (autograph musical quotation signed from Mission Impossible), Aaron Copland (signature on a detached book-weight cover photograph for 'High Fidelity'), André Previn (autograph musical quotation signed), Morton Gould (signed photograph), plus signatures of Leonard Bernstein, Ferde Grofe (typed letter signed), Rise Stevens, Isaac Stern, Walter Piston, Reri Grist, Deems Taylor (2), Paul Robeson, Marcel Grandjany (typed letter signed), Leroy Anderson (autograph letter signed), Yehudi Menuhin and Howard HansonQty: (22)

Aldin (Cecil). A group of 4 Cecil Aldin's Painting Books, London: Lawrence & Jellicoe, [1910], comprising volumes 3: The Cat and Dog Book, 4: The Doggy Book, and 5: The Baby Book (two copies), chromolithograph illustrations, volume 3: some edge-chips and several closed tears; title with ink stamped owner's name to upper margin; sewing broken and contents loose in covers, 1st copy of volume 5 with some pinpricks throughout, original pictorial card covers (toned), volumes 3, 4 and 1st copy of 5: somewhat rubbed and marked with wear to spines, volume 3 spine splitting and covers lightly creased, volume 5 2nd copy: rear cover with crease to lower outer corner, slim 4to, together with: White Rabbit [and] Pale Peter, London: Humphrey Milford, [1921], together 2 volumes from the Letter Book series, chromolithograph illustrations, facsimile manuscript text, Pale Peter lightly toned with a little edge-fraying and some gutters/folds strengthened, original pictorial card covers, White Rabbit extremities lightly rubbed, Pale Peter rubbed, creased and rebacked, small 4to, and a copy of Rags, His Adventures: Cecil Aldin's Happy Family book IV, [1912]Qty: (7)NOTESThe Painting Books: scarce, especially without any juvenile colouring as here.

Baumann (Gustave, illustrator). All the Year Round, by James Whitcomb Riley, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Company, 1912, 29 leaves, printed on one side only, 12 colour printed woodcut illustrations, each with accompanying verse, some spotting, front free endpaper with near contemporary ink manuscript inscription, original two-tone cloth gilt, spine cloth spotted, extremities lightly rubbed, rubbed dust jacket, somewhat edge-chipped with a few marks or spots, front cover with short edge tear, spine with losses centrally and at ends (with associated tears or splits), slim 4toQty: (1)

Milne (A. A.). The Rescue of Piglet, a New Story for Children, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, c.1925, the story of Piglet extracted from the Evening News as press-cuttings, mounted in a blank exercise book in story-form, 2nd title signed in ink by both author and illustrator, cuttings toned and offset, front free endpaper with contemporary ink manuscript subtitle "A Rescue of a Rescue", limp covers wrapped in contemporary patterned paper, extremities lightly rubbed with a little wear, spine toned, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: from the library of P. T. R. Gillette, sold at auction by Sothebys, February 10th 1959. A unique item, compiled by hand and signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. The press cuttings here are probably the first appearance in print of the story of Piglet and the flood, published in Winnie the Pooh in 1926.

Milne (A. A.). Winnie-The-Pooh, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1926, numerous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, 2 leaves with very slight edge-fraying, some toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, some pale mottling or marks (mainly to rear cover), extremities very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Now we Are Six, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1927, numerous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, half-title (toned) with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, modern red morocco gilt, front cover with gilt decoration from original red cloth front cover mounted centrally, front cover somewhat soiled and a trifle scuffed in places, 8voQty: (2)

Potter (Beatrix). The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1905, 1st issue (with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers), colour and black & white illustrations, occasional spotting (mainly to gutters), endpapers and half-title toned and spotted, stitching strained, original brown boards, front cover with inset illustration, extremities rubbed, some splitting to both joints, small 4to, together with: The Roly-Poly Pudding, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1908, 2nd issue (title with date but without 'All rights reserved'), colour and black & white illustrations, some occasional light spotting, one leaf with short closed edge tear at foot, toned half-title with early ink manuscript inscription, original red cloth, front cover with inset illustration, lightly rubbed in places, spine somewhat faded, front cover marked at upper left corner, small 4to, plus: Ginger & Pickles, 1st edition, London & New York: Warne, 1909, 1st or 2nd issue (with date on title), colour and black & white illustrations, occasional minor finger-soiling or light spotting, front pastedown with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, original buff boards, front cover with colour pictorial panel, extremities very lightly rubbed, spine a little browned, front cover upper corner slightly bumped, small 4to, and a later printing of The Pie and the Patty-Pan, with pie and patty-pan endpapers, and front cover with image of Ribby sitting by the fireQty: (4)NOTESLinder, p.425 & 427 & 428 & 425 respectively; Quinby 9 & 15 & 17 & 9A respectively.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1909, early issue (with date on title, notice board on p.14 and printer's imprint on p.[86]), half-title, colour illustrations throughout, scarce light finger-soiling, first and last few leaves with minor stain at upper outer corner, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown with ink manuscript price at head, original brown boards, front cover with inset colour pictorial panel, both boards with small stain to upper outer corners, spine with loss at head (affecting 'The'), 16mo, together with 15 Beatrix Potter later editions (but all before May 1919), comprising 12 different titlesQty: (17)NOTESLinder p.428; Quinby 16. Frederick Warne and Co. of London were incorporated in May 1919, therefore these books which all have the imprint Frederick Warne and Co (without 'Ltd.' at the end) were published before that date.

Potter (Beatrix). Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, 1st edition, London: Warne, [1917], first or second issue, with correct endpapers, and front free endpaper with ink manuscript inscription dated 1917, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, generally lightly toned, with occasional finger-soiling or minor marks, pictorial endpapers, stitching slightly showing (but firm), top edge lightly spotted, original olive-green boards, front cover with inset colour pictorial panel, a few marks or stains, 16moQty: (1)NOTESLinder p.430; Quinby 23.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, 1st edition, London: Warne, [1918], with 'London' printed correctly on the title-page, but also p.39 with quotes before first line and p.51 without quotes before first line, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, title blank verso stained, p.8 blank reverse with partial ink manuscript inscription, some finger-soiling or marks, one plate with corner crease, first few text leaves with strike-through of text from reverse, pictorial endpapers, original grey-green boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, rear cover lightly scratched and pinholed, spine split along front joint, 16mo, together with: The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, Facsimile Notebook, London: Decimus Publishing, 1979, 10 tipped-in plates (most colour, one double-page), original straight-grain morocco gilt, contained in original gilt-pictorial slipcase, small 8vo (limited edition 264/500 copies), plus: The Tailor of Gloucester, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript and Illustrations, London: Warne, 1968, a few light spots at front and rear, original gilt-lettered cloth, in clear plastic dust jacket (closed tear to front panel), contained in original pictorial slipcase (somewhat dust-soiled), 4to, (limited edition 162/1500 copies), with a quantity of Beatrix Potter later editions and related, including A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, by Leslie Linder, Warne, 1971Qty: (Approx. 120)NOTESFirst item: Linder, p.430; Quinby 25.

* Sambourne (Edward Linley, 1844-1910). The wine drinking Spaniard and the water drinking Moor, pen and black ink on thick card, depicting two knights on horseback jousting, with onlookers, signed and dated July 1887 to lower right, some light spotting towards edges, verso with red ink manuscript title, 15 x 24.5cm (6 x 9.75ins) mount aperture, window-mounted with hinged card front cover (with label to upper corner 'E6056'), together with:Ibid. Free Trade, Protection, and Retaliation, pen and black ink on card, depicting a lady and gentleman in historical costume, signed and dated 1904 to lower right, original artwork for a cartoon that appeared in Punch 27th October 1904, entitled 'Southampton Revels', a few light spots to edges, lower blank margin with card and glue residue, sheet size 31.5 x 24.5cm (12.5 x 9.75ins), mounted, plus:Ibid., The Aquittal [sic] of Sipido, pen & ink on card, unsigned, original artwork for a cartoon that appeared in Punch 15th August 1900, entitled 'The Stain on the Belgian Flag, The acquittal of Sipido', and 3 other original drawings, mostly pen and ink (one also with pencil), including: 'An Assisted Elopement' by H.M. Brock; Invitation Card (unfinished) by Linley Sambourne; and an illustration by A. S. BoydQty: (6)Note: Attribution of third item amended, and additional information added to second item.

Kipling (Rudyard). The Ballad of East & West [... The Explanation ... The Legend of Evil], c.1900, calligraphic manuscript in black ink on thick wove paper, 11 leaves (and 2 medial blanks) most written on rectos and versos, in 3 parts each with illuminated title-page, 15 illuminated initials in total (all but one full-page), pale blue linen tape-supports along gutter of each opening, gift inscription 'To Olive. Being a promise fulfilled. Reg. W. Taylor' to initial blank, edges untrimmed, contemporary binding of reversed calf, interlocking monogram 'OBC' within black frame hand-painted to front cover, neat repairs to spine and front joint, large 8vo (25.5 x 17.2 cm)Qty: (1)

Spence (Philip, 1873-1945). 'Little Billee' [cover-title], 31 August 1903, 6 original watercolours with pen and ink outlining and traces of pencil, all imagining scenes from William Makepeace Thackeray's poem 'Little Billee', manuscript captions from the poem to versos, manuscript slips with author's name and date mounted to versos of final watercolour and rear free endpaper, a few spots, contemporary blue quarter cloth, buckram covers with 'Little Billee' hand-painted to front, 8vo (17.9 x 11.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESPhilip Spence is best remembered for the parodic work Struwwelhitler (1941).