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CHARLES I: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. A fine D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Palace of Westminster, 17th May 1634. The manuscript document is addressed to Sir William Duedale, Knight Treasurer of the Chamber, and is a warrant for the payment of wages to Thomas Flooyd, a trumpeter appointed to replace the late John Smith, and states, in part, 'Whereas wee have appointed Thomas Flooyd to bee one of our Trumpetors in ordinary in the place of John Smith and have allowed him for his attendance in our service the wages of eight pence p[er] diem. These are therefore to will and command you out of our treasure remaynig in yo[u]r custody from time to time to paie….the said Thomas Flooyd….the said wages of eight pence p[er] diem from the time of the death of John Pendry late one of our Trumpetors during the naturall life of the said Thomas Flooyd att the foure usuall feastes or termes of the yeare. That is to saie, att the feast of the nativitie of St John Baptist St Michael Tharchangell the birth of our Lord God and Thannunciat[i]on of the blessed virgin Mary by even and equall port[i]ons……' With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and with three original corrections to the text where certain words and passages were neatly erased and replaced. VG The present document is of interest in so much as that it provides the names of three of King Charles I's musicians.

ERNST I: (1601-1675) Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1640-75) and Saxe-Attenburg (1672-75), known as ‘Ernest the Pious’. D.S., as Duke of Saxe-Gotha, one page, small 4to, Friedenstein, 26th July 1652. The brief manuscript document, comprising five lines of text, is a money order and the lower half features an eight line holograph receipt signed by Andreas Didelius. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and uniform toning, otherwise VG

[CALLIGRAPHY] BUCHINGER MATTHIAS: (1674-1740) German Calligrapher, Artist & Magician, known as 'the little man from Nuremberg'. An extremely rare example of manuscript calligraphy signed ('Matthew Buchinger'; upside down) by Buchinger, one page, small oblong 8vo, Inverness, 13th November 1728. In an attractive hand Buchinger has penned the letters A B C, and again in mirrored writing opposite, adding the place and date in between and immediately beneath stating 'This was written by Matthew Buchinger, born without Hands or Feet, 1674 in Germany' Several of the lines are in mirror writing or upside down. Some overall age toning and staining and a few tears at the head (repaired with old tape to the verso), only slightly affecting the text and signature. About G

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. A good D.S., Charles R, (fine example) as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 13th June 1672. The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney General and is a warrant for John Richards to be one of the Clerks of the Privy Seal 'next & immediately after the determination of Our Grants now in being to Hartgill Baron, Sr. Charles Bickerstaffe Knt., John Mathews & Thomas Watkins, Clerks of Our Privy Seale in possession , or any one of them, & ye same to execute by himself or his Sufficient Deputy, for & during his naturall life together with all offices, wages, Diets, profits & Priviledges to the said Offices or either of them, belonging or any wise appertaining, in as full & ample manner, to all intents & purposes, as the now Clerks of Our Privy Seale hold & enjoy…..' . Countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74. With blank integral leaf. Some very light age wear and minor dust staining at the folds, otherwise VG

PICABIA FRANCIS: (1879-1953) French Avant-Garde Painter. A.L.S., Francis Picabia, one page, oblong 4to, Chateau de Mai, Mougins, 9th October n.y., to 'Cher Monsieur' (annotated in pencil in an unidentified hand as being H[enri] Serouya), in French. Picabia states that he has just received his correspondent's letter and explains 'I am writing to Mr. Briant on Argenteuil Street in order for him to give you some pictures of the works displayed at the exhibition - he has several of them', further adding that he will send some prints which might be of use and apologising for not being able to send a manuscript as he has a great deal of work, remarking 'I trust your judgement completely regarding the comments that will accompany these pictures'. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, otherwise VG Henri Serouya (1895-1968) Jewish-French Philosopher, Writer & Journalist.

JAMES II: (1633-1701) King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Whitehall, 2nd August 1685. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing John Webb to be a 'Cornett of that Troop whereof Colonell Alexander Canan is Captain, in Our Royall Consort the Queen's Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin Charles Duke of Somersett'. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Spencer (1641-1702) 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English Nobleman & Politician, Lord President of the Council 1685-88 and also signed in the left margin by William Blathwayt (1649-1717) English Diplomat and Politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government. Lacking the seal and with some light overall age wear, about VG The present document was signed by the King in the first year of his short reign.

MUSIC: Selection of A.M.Qs.S. and signed photographs (2) etc. by various composers comprising Morton Gould (2; one a signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph and the other a quotation from Pavanne), Humphrey Searle (quotation from his Symphony No.1), Nadia Boulanger (A.N.S. on manuscript paper regretting that she cannot send a quotation), Arthur Bliss (quotation from his Violin Concerto, two corners clipped), William Grant Still (quotation from his Afro-American Symphony to the cover of an 8vo printed booklet promoting the publication of William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music) and Jimmy Kennedy (2; one a signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph and the other a series of quotations, with words, from various compositions). Generally VG, 8

EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. Good L.S., Edward R & I, as King, three pages, folio, Buckingham Palace, 30th June 1905, to the President of the Republic of Bolivia. The manuscript letter announces that the marriage of the King's niece, 'Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah, elder daughter of Our dearly beloved Brother His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn, with His Royal Highness the Prince Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustavus Adolphus, Duke of Scania, eldest son of His Royal Highness Oscar Gustavus Adolphus Crown Prince of Sweden and of Norway....was solemnized in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on the 15th instant'. Signed by King Edward at the conclusion and countersigned by 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927)  British Politician and Foreign Secretary 1900-05. A series of very small holes appear along the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: An excellent selection of A.Ls.S., a few Ds.S. etc., by various Governors, Prime Ministers and other officials related to the Cape Colony comprising John Cradock (1759-1839, 1st Baron Howden, British General & Politician, Governor of the Cape Colony 1811-14; A.L.S. to 'My dearest Sir Charles', thanking him for a letter of sympathy following a battle injury sustained by his son, who had been shot in the arm, also stating that Captain Ball of the Marines 'was cut in two by a cannon ball' and continuing to refer to the Duke of Wellington and Duke of Clarence recommending promotions to the King and remarking 'What is to become of this whole business? & how it will end, can any man pretend to say? There is a violent opposition in London to the whole of the concern. Sir John Jones has already left London overland - for the Mediterranean - but whether to entirely supersede Sir E. Codrington is not exactly known' , November 1827), Rufane Shaw Donkin (1772-1841, British Lieutenant General of the Napoleonic era and Acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1820-21 during which time he founded Port Elizabeth, named after his wife; A.L.S. to the Earl of Lichfield, concerning the appointment of an additional letter carrier at Berwick on a salary of £30 per annum, 1840), Benjamin D'Urban (1777-1849, British General & Colonial Administrator, Governor of the Cape Colony 1834-38 and later Commander-in-Chief, North America 1847-49; two A.Ls.S. and an A.N.S., one written to Abraham Josias Cloete in 1842 and referring to Lord Stanley and a report of the proceedings in the House of Commons ('It is clear that his Lordship has never given himself the trouble to make himself acquainted with the subject'), and another written to MacDonald in 1847 concerning a Captain Murray 'whom Lady Pembroke had wished me to have on my staff as Extra Aide de Camp', remarking that Murray had experienced an 'unfortunate indiscretion' but that Lady Pembroke has now informed him that there 'may now be no impropriety in my fulfilling her wish'), George Thomas Napier (1784-1855, British Lieutenant General who served with distinction in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, later Governor of the Cape Colony 1838-44; A.L.S. to Abraham Josias Cloete, confirming that he has written to Lord Hardinge expressing Cloete's feelings on not having received a promotion and remarking 'I did feel it my duty to state to him what my opinion was relative to your conduct & services….under my command….and most particularly when I sent you to the relief of Captn. (now Lt. Col.) Smith, at the time he was so closely besieged by the rebel boers & that you conducted the business, under difficult circumstances, to my perfect satisfaction in every respect', 1853), Harry Smith (1787-1860, British Lieutenant General of the Napoleonic Wars, Governor of the Cape Colony 1847-52. Ladysmith is named after his wife, Juana Maria de los Dolores de Leon Smith; two A.Ls.S., one written to Abraham Josias Cloete in 1835, expressing his happiness at his correspondent's proposed period of leave and thanking him for his 'uniform attention' over the last six years, and the other thanking John Ollivier for a volume of despatches in 1847), George Grey (1812-1898, British Soldier, Explorer and Colonial Administrator, Governor of the Cape Colony 1854-61; A.L.S. to the Lord Chancellor seeking his opinion 'on the composition of the commission on Capital Punishment' and adding that he must include representatives of abolition, 1864), Henry Loch (1827-1900, 1st Baron Loch, Scottish Soldier & Colonial Administrator, Governor of the Cape Colony 1889-95; A.L.S. to Lady Metcalfe on the printed stationery of Government House, Cape Town, advising her of the hotel accommodation he has arranged for her visit, 1893), Alfred Milner (1854-1925, British Statesman & Colonial Administrator, Governor of the Cape Colony 1897-1901; T.L.S. to Cranborne politely explaining that he has not been able to find a position for Captain Bailey of the Bedfordshire Militia as the number of administrative appointments is very limited 'while the mass of candidates - and well qualified candidates too - is quite enormous', August 1902), Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1849-1913, Anglo-Irish Diplomat & Colonial Administrator, Governor of the Cape Colony 1901-10; A.L.S. of condolence to Shepstone on the printed stationery of Government House, Natal, November 1896), John Gordon Sprigg (1830-1913, British Politician, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1878-81, 1886-90, 1896-98 & 1900-04. D.S., on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister's Office, Cape Town, 15th August 1895, being a manuscript minute relating to the submission to the Governor a regulation relative 'to the issue of medals and grant of gratuities for Meritorious service for Distinguished conduct and for Long Service and Good conduct to members of the permanent force of this colony'), William Schreiner (1857-1919, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1898-1900 during the Boer War; dark fountain pen ink signature and inscription on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Prime Minister's office, Cape Town, 31st August 1899); Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917, Scottish Politician, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1904-08, famous for his involvement in the Jameson Raid; bold fountain pen ink signature and three additional words in his hand on a printed Imperial Transport Service envelope), John X. Merriman (1841-1926, Last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1908-10 before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910; four A.Ls.S. and an A.N.S., two written to the sister of the poet Roy Campbell, one with interesting content, in part, 'I must confess that I am more like a withered bat hanging to the tree, than the piercing cicada to which your flattering spirit compares me. I never heard before of the insect Parliament but "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy". My acquaintance with the insect tribes is unfortunately a pretty extensive, and I may add a pretty expensive one; the cutworm that destroys our tobacco, the aphis that ravages our peaches & plums; the phylloxera that destroys our vines, down to the cotton moth, ants and flies of all kinds. Each calls for its special poisons and its toll of labour. You might write a long and not uninteresting poem on the whole race. Recollect old Fabre has been called 'The Homer of Insects". You may someday be named the Sappho of the same. As I am taking the liberty of suggestion might I beg you to turn your imagination on two subjects which are engaging the thought of people a good deal. The extraordinary gift of Telepathy which seems to be possessed by the Natives by which news is conveyed across trackless deserts. This is common not only to Indian people, but to the Bantu, and also the Bushman. The facts are undoubted, but how and what the gift is; no one seems to know. Of a kindred nature is the gift of presenting to common place people non existing scenes - i.e. in India the Rope Trick. The mango trick and in this country the gift of calling up pictures at the will of the operator. If ever you come across Col, Du Toit the second in command of the police get him to tell you his experiences with Matsebe's soothsayer. They were very similar to those in Rider Haggard's book "She" only not so dressed up. But if you would turn your poetic imagination on these subjects you might do a great service in getting some way with the minds of the natives….' 1921, and one written to the members of the Press Gallery on the occasion of his 80th birthday), Christopher Bird (1769-1861, Colonial Secretary of the Cape Colony 1818-24, serving under Lord Charles Somerest; A.L.S. to Abraham Josias CloeteOWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE UPLOADED. PLEASE CONTACT IAA LTD FOR FURTHER DETAILS

FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the father of Psychoanalysis. A.L.S., Freud, one page, 8vo, Vienna, 1st December 1921, to Dr. H. A, Crowther. Freud declares 'The discrepancy you have found out in my Psychopath[ology] of Everyday Life is easily explained' and continues to inform his correspondent 'You will not detect it in the German edition, so it must be considered as a misprint of the English translation, the responsibility of which I may disclaim'. Accompanied by the original envelope self-addressed by Crowther at The Sanatorium in Middleton-in-Wharfedale near Ilkley. Together with a retained manuscript draft copy of Crowther's letter to Freud, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 24th November 1921, referring to an apparent discrepancy on page 119 of the English edition of Psychopathology of Everyday Life (sixth impression, 1920) relating to an example of mistakes in reading and writing which Freud provides and questioning the use of a middle initial, in part, 'My point is the discrepancy between Mrs. Wm. H. and Dr. W. M. - if you had merely wished to transfer the illness to the doctor's wife why not “Mrs. W. M.” instead of Mrs. Wm. H. - where does the initial “H” come from - it could not be the woman's maiden name otherwise the Mrs. Wouldn't be prefixed - if the question is not impertinent may I ask if H is the name of the “other & nearer person who I was aware had the same disease”'. Some uniform age toning, light creasing and a small, minor stain at the head of Freud's letter, G, 2 The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901) is perhaps the best known of all of Freud's works and first appeared in book form in 1904. A scientific classic of the 20th century, it is sometimes referred to as the 'Mistake Book'

JOSEPH II: (1741-1790) Holy Roman Emperor 1765-90, King of the Romans 1764-90 and King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia 1780-90. Joseph II was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette. D.S., Joseph, as Emperor, two pages, folio, Vienna, 31st July 1766, in German. The manuscript document is addressed to Heinrich von Bibra and announces the appointment of Count von Pergen as a minister plenipotentiary and also states 'In his stead, the highborn, faithful Royal Count Leopold von Neipperg who loves Our Graceful Emperor and Our Empire will take the position as Our minister plenipotentiary' and requests that von Bibra grants the new minister 'the same access and attention as his predecessor, if he has something to bring forward from time to time'. Countersigned at the conclusion by two individuals including Franz Georg von Leykam. With the original folio envelope wrappers bearing a large blind embossed paper seal. A few neat slits and a lengthy, neat split to the central vertical fold, none of which affect the text or signatures. About VG Heinrich von Bibra (1711-1788) Heinrich VIII of Fulda. Prince-Bishop of Fulda 1759-88. Johann Anton von Pergen (1725-1814) Austrian Diplomat and Statesman, one of the most influential individuals in the reformist administration of Joseph II. Count Leopold von Neipperg - Austrian Diplomat who, in 1760, invented a letter copying machine sometimes regarded as the first working typewriter. Father of Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg (1775-1829) Austrian General and Statesman who married Napoleon's widow, Empress Marie-Louise, in 1821.

AFRICA: A miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S., a few Ds.S. and signed clipped pieces etc., by various individuals associated with Africa, mainly political and military leaders, including William Palmer (1859-1942, 2nd Earl of Selborne, British Politician & Colonial Administrator, High Commissioner for South Africa 1905-10; T.L.S. to Ramsay Collins stating that a matter would be better discussed verbally than through correspondence and making a reference to Matthew Nathan, the Governor of Natal, 1908), Evelyn Baring (1841-1917, 1st Earl of Cromer, British Statesman, Diplomat & Colonial Administrator, the first British Controller-General in Egypt 1878-79 and the first British Consul-General of Egypt 1883-1907; two A.Ls.S. and a T.L.S., in one referring to some papers and remarking 'The Consular Agent's letter is rather confused. Would you kindly let me know how the matter stands, and what I can do to help?', on the printed stationery of the British Agency at Cairo, November 1894), Thackeray Edwards (A.L.S., twice, by the sculptor, stating, in part, 'I find the letter from Sir Louis Michell is about the Bust of the late Rt Hon Cecil Rhodes & not about the Death Mask. I'll see Sir Louis at the first opportunity & ask him if he will give me a letter recalling the circumstances at the time of Mr. Rhodes death…..', Cape Town, 1920), Thomas Baines (1820-1875, British Artist and Explorer of British Colonial southern Africa, accompanied David Livingstone along the Zambezi in 1858; brief A.L.S. asking not to have any letters posted to him as he will be in Durban on Monday, 1872), Home Popham (1762-1820, British Rear Admiral who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and assisted in recovering the Cape of Good Hope Station from the Dutch in 1806 becoming Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station 1806-07; manuscript D.S. testifying that he did not receive the benefit of any employment from 26th March to 30th May 1812 whilst a Captain in the Royal Navy, 1816), Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917, Scottish Politician, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1904-08, famous for his involvement in the Jameson Raid; A.L.S. in the third person, and an A.N.S. in pencil on an envelope addressed in another hand to the mining magnate Lionel Phillips), Tobias Smuts (1861-1916, South African General during the Boer War; A.L.S. on the printed stationery of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, being a testimonial letter for Major A. C. Corfe who 'has served as my C.S. officer during the late rebellion' and remarking 'I am pleased to say that he is an efficient officer and has acquitted himself of his duties in a manner which gave me the fullest satisfaction', 1915), Jan Smuts (1870-1950 South African Prime Minister 1919-24, 1939-48. Smuts served in the field during the Boer War and later as a British Field Marshal during World War II; blue fountain pen ink signature on a small oblong 12mo piece, accompanied by a similar piece signed by his wife), Princess Alice (1883-1981, Countess of Athlone, wife of the Earl of Athlone who served as Governor-General of South Africa 1924-30; A.L.S. to [Killie] Campbell, thanking her for an enchanting book about her father with all its interesting detail of early days in Natal and further remarking 'I am delighted to possess it & shall have many happy moments browsing among its pages. It has been such a real joy to my husband & myself to be able to come back here again', on the printed stationery of the Marine Hotel in Durban, 1948), Marais Viljoen (1915-2007, State President of South Africa 1979-84; signed 5 x 4 photograph by Viljoen and his wife individually), Daniel Malan (1874-1959, Prime Minister of South Africa 1948-54; dark fountain pen ink signature on his personal visiting card), Frank Rhodes (1850-1905, British Colonel, brother of Cecil Rhodes. A.L.S. to Carter concerning an inventory of heirlooms at Groote Schuur, including candlesticks, silver boxes, a bust and curios relating to Bismarck and Napoleon, n.y.), Francis William Reitz (1844-1934, South African Lawyer, Politician & Statesman, State President of the Orange Free State 1889-95 and the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa 1910-21; D.S. as Secretary of State for the Transvaal, 1899), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901, first President of the South African Republic 1857-60, 1864-66 and 1866-71; L.S. twice, once with his initials, in Afrikaans, 1882), Harry Johnston (1858-1927, British Explorer, one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa; A.L.S. to Sir Edwin, stating that he has been meaning to call on him but has always been too occupied during visits to London, 1904), Frederick Lugard (1858-1945, British Soldier, Mercenary, Explorer of Africa and Colonial Administrator who served as the first Governor-General of Nigeria 1914-19; A.L.S. to Robertson-Scott, agreeing to review a book, although remarking 'but I do not wish to sign the review' and asking when he can meet his correspondent again for a chat, 1895), Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885, British Colonel & Intelligence officer who served as a correspondent for The Times to report on Gordon's expedition to the Sudan; A.L.S. sending his autograph and adding that it must have been a long time since he last met his correspondent, 1882) etc. Some faults (minor tears to edges, neat splits to folds etc) and age wear, G to about VG, 28

[KRUGER PAUL]: (1825-1904) South African President 1883-1900. Kruger gained international renown as the face of Boer resistance against the British during the Second Boer War, 1899-1902. A rare manuscript draft of a telegraphed despatch signed ('Crowe') by Lieutenant Fritz H. Eden Crowe, the British Consul General at Lourenco Marques, two pages, folio, n.p. (Lourenco Marques), n.d. (October 1900), to the British High Commissioner. The manuscript draft, with various corrections, is marked Secret and informs the recipient that a letter from Kruger has been intercepted, explaining that it was 'evidently intended to reach Boer leader through Colonies as it was abstracted from secret agent going to Durban', adding that he is endeavouring to trace the intended recipient and continuing to provide a literal translation of Kruger's letter, in part, 'This is briefly to show you the principle on which the war has been conducted by us, namely to do as much damage as possible to the enemy by taking his convoys and impeding transport of provisions and ammunition. Seeing that ordinary destruction of railways and even blowing up of bridges does not effectually stop communications, other plans to effect more serious damage must be employed. This can only be achieved by blowing up the Watervalboven tunnel, and I therefore beg you to give your serious attention and power to this end and thus try your utmost to carry this plan into execution. I do not need to tell you how very important it is that your operations should be crowned with success…..you have to go at once with your forces in a westerly direction and try to join Generals de Wet and de la Rey in order to be able to stand up with all your forces as soon as I have ascertained and communicated to you from Europe how far Germany and France will take up our part…..I shall await your reports and statements in the direction arranged. Tomorrow, the 19th October, I leave by the Dutch Man of War Gelderland'. An unusual contemporary document relating to the Boer War. Some light age wear, VG Kruger left the Transvaal by rail on 11th September 1900 and crossed into Mozambique planning to board the first outgoing steamer, however he was prevented from doing so when the Portuguese Governor, at the request of the local British Consul, insisted that Kruger stay in port under house arrest. A month later Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reached a deal with Great Britain to extricate Kruger on the Dutch warship HNLMS Gelderland and convey him to Marseille via non-British waters. Kruger was never to return to South Africa.

KITAJ R.B. (1932-2007) American Artist. A.L.S., Kitaj, to the verso of a postcard featuring a reproduction of Brassai's photograph La belle de nuit (1933), Paris, n.d. (6th July 1982), to Peter Howard of Serendipity Books in California. Kitaj informs his correspondent of a book that he wants, entitled The Mark of Cain by Ruth Mellinkoff and further adds 'Please send all books very well packed separately and send me a bill'. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG Peter B. Howard (1939-2011) American Book & Manuscript Dealer who founded Serendipity Books in the early 1960s and has been described as 'one of the most imaginative booksellers of his generation'

RUSSIA: An autograph album containing three individual ink signatures by various Russian political leaders comprising Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1953-64; bold blue ink signature and date, 27th April 1956, in his hand), Georgy Malenkov (1901-1988, Soviet Politician & Communist Party Leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1953-55; dark fountain pen ink signature and date, 30th March 1956, in his hand) and Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975, Soviet Politician who served as Premier of the Soviet Union 1955-58 under Khrushchev; bold ink signature). Accompanied by a T.L.S. by a Secretary at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in London, one page, 4to, Kensington Palace Gardens, to Sydney Giles, acknowledging receipt of his letter and adding that it will be brought to the attention of Khrushchev and Bulganin's secretary when they come to London, and also including a fascinating manuscript account, unsigned, in the hand of Sydney Giles, three pages, folio, n.p. (Brighton), n.d. (March 1956), recounting in detail the experiences he had in meeting Malenkov and obtaining his signature in the present album, summarising 'I never want to go through that again, one of the worst times I've had as an autographer'. A small area of the lower right corner of the first page of the manuscript is torn away, with some loss of text, and with a few other small tears and light age wear (G), the album VG, 3

AUGUSTUS OF SAXE-WEISSENFELS: (1614-1680) Lutheran Administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg 1638-80. A fine ink signature on a good oblong 8vo portion removed from the conclusion of a document, dated 31st May 1652 and bearing a countersignature and two blind embossed paper seals at the foot. With several manuscript lines of text to the verso. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a folio sheet beneath a slightly smaller portion of manuscript text removed from the head of the document. Some very light, minor uniform discoloration, otherwise about VG

MARY II: (1662-1694) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-94, reigned alongside her husband King William III. D.S., Marie R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 22nd April 1692. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and is a warrant for the payment of Four Thousand Pounds to be made to John Braguiere, and instructing that the money is 'to be distributed by him amongst the distressed French Protestants as Our Charity and Benevolence to them for and towards their Reliefe and Subsistance'. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin. British Politician, First Lord of the Treasury 1684-85, 1690-99 & 1700-01, Richard Hampden (1631-1695) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690-94, Stephen Fox (1627-1716) English Politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80, Edward Seymour (1632/33-1708) British Nobleman, Speaker of the House of Commons 1673-78, 1678-79, Treasurer of the Navy 1673-81 and Charles Montagu (1661-1715) 1st Earl of Halifax. English Poet & Statesman, Commissioner of the Treasury 1692-94, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1694-99 and First Lord of the Treasury 1697-99, 1714-15. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and neat splitting at the folds, only slightly affecting one word of text and not the signatures, otherwise VG Provenance: The present document is accompanied by the original sales receipt of noted dealer Paul C. Richards, dated 22nd March 1966, and indicating that the document appeared in his Catalogue 19 as item number 319 at a price of $100. The receipt is made out to the well known autograph collector Dr. Herbert E. Klingelhofer (1915-2015) who served as President of the Manuscript Society and co-edited Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual (1978).

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. A fine D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Kensington, 13th January 1696/7. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and is a warrant for a payment of £1000 to be made to Thomas Cuddon, Chamberlain of the City of London, 'to be disposed and distributed by him for and towards the relief and support of Our poor subjects inhabiting within the parishes in and about the said City as Our Charity and benevolence to them'. Countersigned at the conclusion by Sir Stephen Fox (1627-1716) English Courtier, Royal Administrator and founder of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Charles Montagu (1661-1715) 1st Earl of Halifax, English Poet & Statesman, and John Smith (1656-1723) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1699-1701. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and some slight fraying to the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures, VG

JAMES VI & I: (1566-1625) King of Scotland (as James VI) 1567-1625 and King of England & Ireland 1603-25. A fine D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, 13th January 1622. The manuscript document is addressed to Sir Duncan Campbell and recommends the bearer to Campbell, requiring that he may assist him. With integral address leaf addressed ‘To our trustie and wel beloved Sr. Duncan Campbell’ and with a good blind embossed paper seal affixed. With a few neat slits to the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, and some minor, light areas of dust staining to the integral address leaf, otherwise about EX Sir Duncan Campbell (1597-1645) 2nd Baronet and 6th Lord of Auchinbreck. Commander of the Marquess of Argyll, Archibald Campbell’s troops (Covenanters) in Ireland.

ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 5th December 1710. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Ellis Cooper to be a 'Major of Our Regiment of Foot commanded by Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Cousin William Lord Viscount Mountjoy'. Countersigned at the foot by William Legge (1672-1750) 1st Earl of Dartmouth, English Politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1710-13 and Lord Privy Seal 1713-14. Lacking the seal and with some light overall age wear and a few minor, very small holes, about VG

CALCRAFT WILLIAM: (1800-1879) English Hangman, one of the most prolific British executioners in history. Rare D.S., William Calcraft, one page, slim oblong 8vo, Winchester Gaol, 22nd March 1856. The document is a manuscript receipt for £12.12.0 received by Calcraft in payment for the execution of [Thomas] Jones. Boldly signed by Calcraft at the foot. With a one penny Inland Revenue stamp affixed. Neatly laid down and with a thin stain to the centre, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, and with a neat tear to the lower right corner, otherwise VG Thomas Jones was executed for the murder of a Dr. Hope, a surgeon from Portsmouth.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: A small, interesting selection of A.Ls.S. etc., relating to the Cape of Good Hope comprising a manuscript document issued by the Dutch East India Company in 1702 (?) bearing various signatures and an attractive red wax seal and blind embossed VOC seal, with detached blank integral leaf and address panel (?) also bearing a red wax seal; an A.L.S. V. L. Cameron, General, by Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894, African Explorer, assisted David Livingstone in 1873 and became the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea, 1875), two pages, 8vo, The Castle, Cape Town, 6th June 1893, to Captain Jardine, thanking his correspondent, the officers and members of the Cape Town Highlanders for their congratulations and commenting 'you may rely on my always doing all that in me lies to promote the welfare & efficiency of the Volunteer Force on whose preparedness to meet the attack the safety of Cape Town may some day largely depend'; an A.L.S., Colquhon Grant, by Sir Colquhon Grant (1764-1835, British Lieutenant General, a member of David Baird's expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 where he was wounded in action at the Battle of Blaauwberg), four pages, 4to, Elizanda, Valley of Eastern Pyrenees, 15th October 1819, to Captain Cloete of the 15th Kings Hussars, explaining the reasons for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter and continuing to express his opinions of Cloete's future, based also upon correspondence with his father, 'I also have received letters from your worthy Father since my arrival in this country. It was my wish to communicate with you on the subject of them, but a multiplicity of anxious (?) affairs has heretofore prevented me. Your Father, I am sorry to observe, seems determined not to make you any future allowance, & it must be admitted that he has been already exposed to a heavy expense on your account. An expense for which he was not only little prepared, but even never anticipated when you originally entered into the Hussars. You must be sensible that his conduct towards you has been Fatherly & remarkably handsome. You are therefore, & on every account, implicitly bound to follow his advice, & the more particularly so, as it appears, that advice corresponds with your own judgment, for you admit it is altogether impossible for you to exist with credit, or respectability, on your Regimental pay. Under those circumstances, I am already of opinion that, when an eligible opportunity of exchange offers, you ought in justice to yourself, & to your family, to embrace it with alacrity'; and an A.L.S., F. Eardley-Wilmot, by Frederick Eardley-Wilmot (1812-1877, British Major General), three pages, 4to, Observatory, 8th August 1846, to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete, stating that he has been reading the dispatches and is anxious to receive a further account of the attack on Macomo, further criticising some of the reports that he has read in the newspapers ('Seriously, it is something to get out of an Editor that he will investigate a thing when the truth is quietly pointed out to him'), referring to a visit to Cloete's mother and also continuing 'The attempted assassination of Louis Phillipe fills the English papers. Provisions become dirt cheap down at Cape Town: the marked glutted with Rice…..a merchant told me that many will suffer very greatly, who have speculated in that article', further writing of mutual acquaintances including Revd. George Childe, the new Astronomical Assistant, who 'took the highest Mathematical honours of his year, at Oxford, and will soon make up his leeway as far as the practical part, and the manipulation of instruments, are concerned' and also remarking 'What a curious “heading” was put to the “Govt. Advertt.” Which contained Somerset's dispatch! Not very high commendation that “the conduct of the Troops is justly entitled to commendation” - where was the loose screw? Those 3 guns for the Chiefs was a queer concern and one which would rather astonish His Excy. I should think. Did he recongnise the act, or follow the yankee fashion, and repudiate?' With integral address panel marked Private. Some light age wear, generally G to VG, 4 Abraham Josias Cloete (1794-1886) Afrikaner General in the British Army who served as Quartermaster-General in the Xhosa Wars of 1846.

PHILIP II OF SPAIN: (1527-1598) King of Spain 1556-98, King of Portugal 1581-98 and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland 1554-58 by his marriage to Queen Mary I ('Bloody Mary'). D.S., Yo El Principe, as Prince of Asturias, one page, large folio, Valladolid, 10th May 1554, in Catalan. The manuscript document was issued in response to a request from the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles I, and the Attorney General, Don Francisco Burgues, and instructs the Captain General of the Kingdom of Mallorca to immediately comply with and attend to any request, demand or deed relating to the Royal Patrimony department. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed to the verso (some staining, which has also caused a circular stain slightly affecting part of the body of text to the recto). Some light overall age wear and a few minor areas of paper loss to the edges, some repaired, although none affecting the signature, G The present document is signed a little over a few months before Philip II’s reign as King of England commenced on 25th July 1554.

BUTE EARL OF: (1713-1792) British Prime Minister 1762-63. A rare D.S., Bute, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 2nd July 1762. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, relates to an Act of Parliament entitled An Act for repealing the Several Rates and Duties upon Houses, Windows, and Lights; and for granting to His Majesty other Rates and Duties upon Houses, Windows or Lights; and for raising the Sum of Four millions four hundred thousand Pounds by Annuities to be charged on the said Rates and Duties and appoints John Grundy of Spalding to be His Majesty's Receiver General for part of the county of Lincoln (including Grantham, Stamford etc.) for the sums of money raised by the Act and further granting Grundy 'full Power to do, perform, and execute all such Matters and Things, as may be requisite for His Majesty's Service in this Affair'. Countersigned by Francis Dashwood (1708-1781, English Rake & Politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-63 and was the founder of the Hellfire Club) and John Turner (1712-1780, British Lawyer & Politician who served as Lord of the Treasury under Bute). Some very light age wear and minor dust staining, otherwise VG

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I: (1750-1827) Elector of Saxony 1763-1806 (as Frederick Augustus III), later King of Saxony 1806-27 and Duke of Warsaw 1807-13. D.S., Friedrich Augustus, as Elector of Saxony, one page, folio, Pillnitz, 2nd July 1791, in German. The manuscript document is addressed to Marshal von Herrengosserstaedt, Colonel of the Engineering Corps, and confirms the promotions of Christian Friedrich Angermann and Egidius Gotthilf Francke to Colonels, instructing Herrengosserstaedt to 'implement the promotions of the two Colonels and to communicate the promotions to the corps entrusted to his command'. Countersigned by von Schiebell and Georg Friedrich von Grossman. With blank integral leaf. A couple of very minor spots of foxing, otherwise about EX

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R. (a ‘mad’ example), as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 26th March 1808. The manuscript document is a License relating to John Tulloch and states, in part, ‘To all commanders of Our Ships of War and Privateers…..Greeting, whereas John Tulloch of London on behalf of sundry Commanders of Vessels navigating under Kniphausen, Papenburg, Hamburg, Luber, Bremen and Oldenburg Flags, Prays Our Royal Licence for permitting six vessels navigating under the said Flags (or the Flags of any neutral Power which may retain its Sovereignty and which they may assume in case their own meets with Impediments or Restrictions in Ports they may lie in or be declared extinct by any of the Belligerent Powers in consequence of the Territory the ships belong to, being annexed to any of those States) to be employed for the space of six months in trading between the Ports of Our United Kingdom and Ports from which British vessels are excluded (with liberty to touch at a Swedish or Norwegian Port out and home) with such Goods as are allowed by Our order….We….are graciously pleased to direct the Commanders of all Our Ships of War and Privateers not to interrupt the said Vessels Trading….’ Countersigned (‘Hawkesbury’) at the conclusion by Robert Jenkinson (1770-1828) 2nd Earl of Liverpool, British Prime Minister 1812-27, Home Secretary 1804-06, 1807-09. With two certificates at the conclusion, the first signed by John Tulloch in London on 7th April 1808 and stating, in part, ‘This is to certify that the Kniphausen Vessel Anna Rebecca…..now lying at Lynn & bound on a Voyage to the Baltick is one of the Vessels not named in this Licence intended to take the benefit thereof’ and the second signed by Joseph James on 21st May 1808, certifying that the vessel Anna Rebecca is under convoy of His Britannic Majesty’s sloop Kite. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and creasing and a few small holes and neat splits at the edges of the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signatures, G

Rackham (Arthur).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, one of 575 copies signed by the illustrator, colour plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, manuscript gift presentation leaf with armorial decoration bound in at beginning, modern green crushed morocco, gilt, by Asprey, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and mall red morocco onlays, spine a little faded, t.e.g., others uncut,card slip-case, [1929]; and a trade edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream, illustrated by Rackham, 4to (2)

NO RESERVE Hodgson (Ralph) The Last Blackbird and other lines, first edition, first issue with t.e.g., George A.B.Dewar the dedicatee's copy with manuscript quotation on front free endpaper, occasional damp-staining, original cloth, spine faded, with the fragile dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed at edges), 1907; and 2 others, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is the author's first book, dedicated to George A.B.Dewar, author of books on fishing and other subjects.

A Burmese folding Parabaik manuscript, containing Buddhist stories, narrated through pictures and text, painted on sa paper, the other side with tightly scripted Burmese Pali text in rounded form, the wood covers inset with mirror glass panels in architectural form. 56' open unfurled

An Islamic page from an illuminated manuscript, decorated figures, tents and calligraphy, 39 x 22 cm, and another (2)

A BRUSSELS STYLE WALL HANGING, 17/18th century, the rectangular centre depicting the Baptism of Clovis by Saint Remigius in the Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, contained within a broad border of interwoven rosettes, picked out in deep blue and earthen tones. 293 x 309cmClovis I (466 - 511AD) was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler by transforming the original mode of governance from tribal chieftaincy to a hereditary monarchy. His father, Childeric I had founded the Merovingian Dynasty in c.457 but it was his son who succeeded in creating of a stable and in turn sustainable dynasty which would rule for a further three hundred years. Clovis is also renowned for his important relationship to Christianity and is often referred to as the first Christian king of France. A pagan at birth, Clovis converted to Christianity, mostly on the bequest of his wife Clotilde, in 496. His conversion is significant in its rejection of Arian Christianity, the prevailing faith of most other Germanic tribes of the period. The conversion is widely reflected upon in literary and decorative works such as this present example. Gregory of Tours, a Gallo-Roman historian was the first to produce a written record of the event, in which he describes the baptism taking place on Christmas Day 508AD following Clovis’ defeat of the Alamanni in the Battle of Tolbiac. In a small church, which would subsequently become the Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims, Clovis is baptized by Saint Remigius (c.437 - 533 AD); a statue commemorating the occasion can still be seen today in the cloister of the church. Niamh Corcoran The inspiration for such tapestries often came from existing engravings or manuscript illustrations. The linear quality of engravings is reflected in the woven pattern of the tapestries in which a sense of depth or texture is expressed through line. A close point of reference for the compositional arrangement of this tapestry is a print contained in Right Rev. Richard Gilmour’s Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments. Similar examples of tapestries can be found in the ‘Salle du Conseil Communal’ in the Hotel de Ville in Brussels. The town hall, a gothic building constructed in the 15th century is home to wonderful 17th and 18th century verdure wall tapestries. Belgium was an important center of production for verdure tapestries from the medieval period onwards producing pictorially sophisticated works in which numerous individuals were involved in the process from the original design, to preparatory charcoal cartoon and the final woven product. The representation of Clovis varies, from a Christ-like figure, nude but for swaddling in the baptismal font, or as in this present example, dressed in heraldry and armour - following his victorious battle- as a solider of Christ, kneeling before Remigius and attendants. The history of rulers converting to the Christian faith before or subsequent to a battle is not unique to Clovis, as Constantine had done a century earlier after the Battle of Milvian Bridge. These representations reflect the broad appeal for the tradition of public acts of piety, termed religion royale, in which the ruler is presented as a Christ-like figure enacting divine rituals. Such iconography reinforced the royal claim to a divinely sanctioned authority to rule.

MISCELLANEOUS EPHEMERA: a small collection, to include a pair of passports for Viscount John Earl Russell, 1860s period: small bundle of printed and manuscript items relating to genealogical research, 19thc: together with various photographic and printed items gathered by unidentified RAF serviceman, World War II, sundry autograph books, etc. (A tray)

MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT: an antique French paper document, probably 18th century, 18 x 24cm, framed and glazed. 

MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS: a circa 1820 indenture; together with two circa 1810 legal documents, each framed and glazed. (3)

Hand Colored Engraving On 18th C Manuscript "Nautilus". Visible date of 1716 on manuscript. Measures 18-1/4" x 14-3/4", mat measures 21-1/2" x 18". Condition: Typical toning from age or in good condition. Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00 Domestic Shipping: $125.00

Hand Colored Engraving On 18th C Manuscript "Nautilus". Visible date of 1716 on manuscript. Measures 18-1/4" x 14-3/4", mat measures 21-1/2" x 18". Condition: Typical toning from age or in good condition. Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00 Domestic Shipping: $125.00

Mabel Constance Ellen Ingrey (1872-1954) - Illuminated manuscript page titled 'Our Father', 25.5cm x 18.5cm, framed and glazed

Paliaeo Graphical Society - Facsimile of manuscript and inscriptions entered by E.A. Bond and E.M. Thompson, London 1833-1878, contained in two volumes numbered I & II, rebound in red cloth boards

Great Britain : 1840-41 Collection of 8 lettersheets each bearing 1d blacks, all addressed to Alfred Taylor, mainly at 3 Cambridge Place, Regents Park, London. An auction lot originally emanating from the sale (by Lacy Scott & Knight 5th October 2018) of The Alfred Swaine Taylor family collection Thorne Court, Bury St Edmunds. Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880) – had a distinguished career in medicine, publishing authoritative books, winning medical prizes, and was much in demand as an expert witness in forensic medicine focusing upon (quote) ‘the seemingly insatiable Victorian passion for poisoning’. He was sought out by, and inspired Victorian authors including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Charles Dickens. Alfred Taylor’s pre-eminent background well documented, the letters, surprisingly, are not. Some appear to be concerned with practical matters – all appear black manuscript legible, relatively well-preserved, though at some stage these may have become damp, because all of the penny blacks appear to have been moistened, so that some are lose requiring re-attachment to the donor letter. Half of the penny blacks appear to be 4 margins/close, the others mainly 3 margin, and probably capable of improving by removal of soiling / aging ‘bloom’. Tight focused studies of this type are rarely encountered these days and may yield interesting research upon the life and times of this pre-eminent Professor, from a period that fascinates us all today. Each ‘black’ apparently plated – unverified (very feint pencil manuscript upon each cover), plates 5, 6, 8, being amongst them. Scans available. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS

Bradbury Wilkinson Collection : NIUE: 1950 Pictorial set of ten imperf proofs on two B.W. archive page, each marked alongside 'approved in NZ', manuscript markings at foot of the pages 'Unapproved proofs, removed for destruction 20/12/49', unique and fine. (image available) [US1]

Great Britain - QV (embossed) : (SG 57) 1847 10d deep brown, 3 margins, some old faded manuscript at top and bottom on reverse, very fresh m.m. SG Spec. H2(2). SCARCE. Cat £15000 (image available) [US4]

Mexico : (SG 533-560) 1934 National University Fund Airmail Set of 8 values (Scott C54-61) 20c-20P very fine mint original gum - the rare 20P very light hinge, signed (light pencil manuscript) and exceptional centring to 10P and 20P. Scott cat US$2,685 (GBP£2,100), A RARE SET Cat £1500 (image available) [US1]

Bradbury Wilkinson Collection : GREAT BRITAIN: 1918 Seahorse 2s.6d. Rough proof, imperf block of four, from the post 1927 plates, manuscript marks, fine. (image available) [US1]

Switzerland : 1850-1990 an extensive and solid mint or used collection displayed in a DAVO hingeless printed album with slipcase, much of note with classic imperf issues incl. 1850 Rayon II 10r without frame to cross (2, one with red manuscript cross signed Kimmel, one on thick carton paper) each four margins, Strubel types (47) in mixed condition to 1f (5) used, one with four margins, 2r grey (3, two unused), Seated Helvetia types incl. 1862-64 plain paper 30c to 1f (7) used, 1867-78 to 50c (6, one mint), 1881 granite papers range, 1882-99 good range incl. 15c mint (2), 1882-1903 Standing Helvetia incl. 40c grey mint, to 3f used, 1908-40 to 1f mint, 1919-20 Air opts pair mint, most Pro Juventute and Pro Patria sets, 1945 Peace 10f cds used (corner crease), 1961 St Oswald's set unmounted mint, many other u/m sets in later period, and much else. (approx 1500 stamps). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS [US2]

13th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT LEAF.  Leaf from a French bible, c.1270, in two columns with initials & lining in red & blue, 18cm x 12cm, framed & titled as being at one time owned by the Carthusian Monastery of Villeneuve-Les-Avignons.

Magic & Illusion.  2 vols. plus an interesting bundle of manuscript & typescript notes on tricks & techniques, etc.; together with oversize playing & other cards, etc.

BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE, LORD LYTTON. Through Dark to Dawn. Manuscript play (unpublished?) in the author's hand, black & red ink, throughout. 12mo. Half calf, gilt back, n.d.; with a uniformly bound vol. of 3 of Lord Lytton's plays, The Lady of Lyons, n.d.; Money, 1878 & Richelieu, n.d.  (2).

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.  Minute Book. Neatly written manuscript vol. containing 24 minutes for May to December 1849 & 281 minutes for the period January 1850 to September 1853. Much detail on the operation of the railway, special trains for exhibitions, new carriage for Queen Victoria, etc. Rebacked orig. marbled brds. with label to upper brd.

NEWBERY E. (Pubs).  The Ladies' Most Elegant & Convenient Pocket Book for the Year 1819. 2 eng. frontis, one fldg. Limp red morocco, contents blank; also a Victorian pocket book, the etched gilt metal brds. with circular vignette of Queen Victoria, a detailed manuscript receipt of 1740 & a small bundle of 19th cent. receipts, two re. Ayr Academy, the rest generally re. the Dollar area.

1715 RISING - [LOCKHART, GEORGE] - ANNOTATED MEMOIRS CONCERNING THE AFFAIRS OF SCOTLAND London: J. Baker, 1714. First edition, 8vo, [xxx], 403, without initial blank leaf, early 19th century half calf, [ESTC N39674, 4 copies UK, 4 in N. America], very extensively annotated, with names in text denoted by initials completed in manuscript

INDIAN MUTINY DELHI AND ITS ENVIRONS SHOWING THE POSITION OF THE ENGLISH BATTERIES hand coloured lithograph, with a small hand-coloured lithographic sketch to the reverse entitled: Rough Sketch of Delhi as it appeared from the Flag Staff Tower on the ridge, along which our Batteries were placed 25th August 1857, with some manuscript additions describing "the positions of the advanced breaching"and a neat update dated 11th September reading: "By the latest reports, the three Bastions marked 5, 6 and 7, with their curtain walls, were levelled by the fire from our Batteries.- A strong earth-work was thrown up by the rebels immediately in the rear.",, folded, a couple of very small pinholes to foot of map (Dimensions: 440 x 310mm.)(440 x 310mm.)

7 YEARS WAR - CUBA - [SIEGE OF HAVANA] MILITARY MANUSCRIPT "CAPTAIN JAMES MURRAY, COMPANY 23RD JUNE 1762 ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA. ORDERLY BOOK" for period 23rd June - 19th July 1762, 41pp., followed by "Ane Inventory of Different Articles of Household Furniture Belonging to Lieutenant Adam Stewart" including four Sloop'd Bed with Calico Curtains, c.10pp.; "Accompt of money Laid out by Lt. Adam Stewart Beginning about the 12th Dec. 1766 when he came to Perth" 5pp; "Cash Received by Lt. Adam Stewart, Commencing the 1st Nov. 1766", c. 44pp.; "Accompt of Lieut. Adam Stewart's Transactions with the Perth United Bank, from first of April 1766", c. 34pp., "Purchased the Lands and Barony of Cluny from Robert Stewart of Ballichin at Masts, 1773", "List of Books sent by Mr James Stewart in the Big Chest", 10pp., c. 1767, contemporary quarter calf, oblong 8vo [15 x 20cm.], rubbed

MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY FOR THE SALE OF THE GOODS OF SIR ARCHIBALD STEWART OF BLACKHALL, RENFREWSHIRE dated Paisley, June 21st, 1714 neatly written on 4pp. folio, listing many household items, to whom sold, and prices realised

NAPIER, FRANCIS, 8TH LORD NAPIER REMEMBRANCES FOR ORDER AND DECENCY to be kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lord when His Majesty is not there... manuscript copy of the standing orders of the House of Lords up to 1814, executed in two hands, one probably being that of Francis, 8th Lord Napier (1758-1823), 261 manuscript pages, with additional index, King George {III?} binding in red straight grained morocco gilt with royal crest and G.R. to covers, bookplate of Lord Napier to paste-down endpaper, free-endpaper verso signed 'Napier', 190 x 125mm

FLAMSTEED, JOHN ATLAS CÉLESTE DE FLAMSTÉED, APPROUVE PAR L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES Paris: F.G. Deschamps, 1776. Second edition, 8vo, 30 plates, half calf, cover edges worn, spine flaking, manuscript Greek alphabet to paste down endpaper, hinges split, early ownership signature to free endpaper, free endpaper detached, folding graph pasted down to verso of title page, some foxing, a few small tears

[MACGREOR] - THE PERSECUTION OF THE CLAN GREGOR MANUSCRIPT LICENSE, DATED 1619 [POSSIBLY 1629], GRANTED TO DUNCAN CAMPBELL OF GLEN ORCHY giving him permission to 'intercommnune' with certain members of the Clan Gregor, 250 x 200mm., with twelve lines of writing and signatures possibly of James Primrose (clerk to the Privy Council, [d.1641]) and A.L. Cancell.s, which could be Alexander Seton, the Lord Chancellor of Scotland [1604-1622], title to verso, folded into 8, 4 small wormholes affecting one letter and two small holes along centre fold, affecting one word

GEORGE III (1738-1820), KING OF GREAT BRITAIN MILITARY COMMISSION OF JOSEPH SNOW, ON VELLUM appointing him Captain in a regiment led by Colonel Sir William Johnston, signed by the King ('George R.') at head, countersigned by the Duke of Portland, (the Prime Minister), with embossed paper seal, laid down and with dampstaining affecting the manuscript but neither the King's nor Portland's signature

BURNS, ROBERT POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT London: A. Strahan, 1787. Third edition, 8vo, half-title, portrait, original blue publisher's boards, manuscript label to spine, fore-edges uncut, a little rubbing to corners and slight cracking to spine, a few small foxing spots inside and out

STAFFORDSHIRE - LANGTON, WALTER, BISHOP OF LICHFIELD, TREASURER TO THE CROWN, D. 1321 GRANTS TO ROGER DE ASTON & SIBILLE HIS WIFE (in tail), (i) a watermill called 'Synodi milne' (?Synod's Mill), with its water (flow) and other appurtenances, and timber from our wood in the Forest of Cannock; (ii) and also two places (empty sites) in 'Longedene': (a) beginning at the Corner of William de Lynton's field, and extending along by the highway as far as 'Le Bournebrok'... (b) extending in length from 'Hangestrude' by the highway leading to 'Hondesakar' to opposite the gate of the field that once belonged to William son of Nicholas of Longedon, and from, in length (?breadth) to the Marleputtesfeld...; rent 16s a year to us, and 4s. a year to the abbot and convent of Buildwas, witnessed by Magister John de Derby, dean of Lichfield Cathedral, Robert de Radeswell, archdeacon of Chester, Elias de Napton..., manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 24 lines, lacks seal, folds, remains to tape at head not affecting text, slightly yellowed, 196 x 227mm., [between 1296 and 1311] (purchased Bloomsbury Auctions, 16 Nov. 2006, lot 591, £380 hammer)

Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth Instrument of Sasine [Seisin] in favour of James, Son of John Scott in Sulyea in Wester Aberdour proceeding on precept of Constat by James , Titular Abbot/Commendator of the Monastery on Inchcolm, document signed, large ornate signature "Andrew Chalmer" [notary of the Diocese of St. Andrews], manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 32 lines, 250 x 462mm., 4th March 1584; and 3 others (1 further deed on Inchcolm and 2 strips with medieval script, v.s., v.d. (4)