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Unpublished I.R.A. PlayAnon. 'The Fire' (original play script).Typescript of an original three act play set in the Curragh Internment Camp in December 1940, based on real events, a hut fire which led to discovery of an escape tunnel, and the shooting of several internees by military guards.Original typescript, carbon copy, 37 pp, complete, unsigned but with extensive author's corrections and interpolations in manuscript. The author may be Frank Mulvaney, an aspiring writer who was intensely interested in the theatre. See Mac Eoin, The IRA in the Twilight Years pp. 509-511, 676. It is clear that the playwright was writing from first hand experience, and the work presents an evidently authentic picture of the conflicts between internees and guards and the tensions between different political groups. (1)Provenance: Collection of Nora Lever.

Pike Theatre Productions. Manuscript accounts for James McKenna's The Scatterin' performed at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, October 1960. Folio 3pp (single folded sheet).Accounts for a three week run, showing takings of £3,500, wages of £1,000, author's fees of about £400, and profits to the producers of over £1900. Curiously, there appears to be no entry for hire of the theatre.Provenance: Archive of John Ryan.

Archive of John Ryan & The Dublin MagazineA small Archive from the papers of the writer, publisher, theatre producer and designer John Ryan [1925-92], editor of Envoy [1949-51] and The Dublin Magazine [1970-75], friend of Kavanagh and Myles, co-founder of the Bloomsday celebration, proprietor of The Bailey public house in Dublin's Duke Street.John Ryan was a son of Senator Seamus Ryan, founder of the Monument Creameries in Dublin. Ryan's editorship of Envoy was ended by a lawsuit, and thereafter he was active mainly in theatre, where he designed more than 40 productions. In 1970 he was asked to take over The Dublin Magazine (formerly The Dubliner), founded in 1962 by a group of former students at Trinity College, and he ran it until it closed in 1975.The archive contains the surviving documents from The Dublin Magazine (the Envoy papers are in Southern Illinois University). It includes original typescripts and some manuscripts and letters for the issues of Summer/Autumn and Winter 1970, Spring 1971, Autumn 1971 and Summer 1973, with correspondence from 1969, a file of unpublished material, and proofs, corrected and uncorrected, from 1970 and 1971. There are also 'dummy' issues for Summer 1971, Summer 1972 and Autumn 1973, with the printed copy pasted up in the body of a previous issue.The original typescripts, manuscripts and letters include items by Leland Bardwell, Patrick Boyle, Terence Brown, Anthony Cronin, Cyril Cusack, Norman Dugdale, Padraic Fallon, Constantine Fitzgibbon, Dermot Foley, Monk Gibbon, Robert Greacen, Desmond Hogan (a story written when he was 18), Fred Johnston, John Jordan, Richard M. Kain, Michael Kane, Brendan Kennelly, Benedict Kiely, Hayden Murphy, Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Sydney Bernard Smith, Geoffrey Squires, Thomas Tessier, Richard Weber and many others. Business correspondence includes a detailed TLS from Mervyn Wall at the Arts Council, 1971, about grants available to the Dublin Magazine but undrawn, and several TLS from David Elyan (recently a distinguished businessman and collector, then chairman of the DM's publisher New Square Productions).Personal papers include the original signed contract for Ryan's memoir Remembering How We Stood; an ALS from Jeremy Sandford (writer of the BBC play Cathy Come Home), thanking Ryan for a tour around Dublin and discussing plans for a production; a TLS from Alan Simpson (of the Pike Theatre) about designs; two ALS from Eoin ('The Pope') O'Mahony, then working on the Envoy papers in Carbondale; a card from Arthur Power; TLS from Aidan O'Higgins 16.9.69; ALS from Constantine Fitzgibbon, 6.11.70; two letters from the playwright Criostoir O'Flynn; TLS from the yachtsman Conor O'Brien; a draft or copy letter from Ryan to Joseph Hone about Ryan's Joycean anthology A Bash in the Tunnel; and a much earlier draft letter from Ryan to Lina Elyan (mother or sister of David?), 20.11.51, about plans to settle Envoy's debts, and various others. There are also papers relating to the James Joyce Institute of Ireland, of which Ryan was secretary, 1971-3, including minutes and legal papers; articles by Ryan on various subjects, typescript and manuscript; also his father Seamus Ryan's Fianna Fail membership card 1932; a notebook containing the log of Ryan's 'Southern Cross' yacht from 1 August 1957, and other items. A significant 1970s archive. As an archive, w.a.f. (1)

The Playscript Archive of Nora LeverNora Lever, who died in 1996, was active in Dublin theatre for almost 50 years. In 1951 she founded the 37 Theatre Club with Barry Cassin to produce experimental work. When that venue had to close, she continued as a freelance producer and actor. She taught speech and drama at Alexandra College and at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and was a life-long campaigner for animal welfare. The present archive includes a lifetime's collection of original playscripts, mostly typescript or cyclostyled, some with amendments and additions, many by young writers who went on to make their mark. It is particularly strong in work by women writers (it appears that about 1986 she appealed publicly for new work by women writers). It includes many production copies, extensively marked up and amended for production. For some revue or pageant-type productions, these scripts may be the only extant record.There are more than 50 playscripts by some 40 writers, including four works by Teresa Deevy, Wife to James Whelan (with production plan on notepaper of Mme Bannard-Cogley's Studio Theatre Club), Beyond Alma's Glory, In the Cellar of my Friend, Dignity; four by Maurice Meldon (Aisling, One Brave Day, Song of the Parakeet, House Under Green Shadows); three early sketches by Bernard Farrell, Holiday Break, The Interview and The Line of Duty [with production markings]; Nora Lever's own work The Lost Book (manuscript), also Jane Eyre (adapted from Bronte, orig. ms.); Paul Vincent Carroll, Coggerers (5 copies for a Dublin Theatre Group production); Mary Rose Callaghan (A House for Fools); Rita Kelly (Mrs. Waters, wife of Eoghan Ó Tuairisc), Wedding at Wittenberg [play about Luther], with extensive amendments and production markings; Anne Tait, So Great a Sweetness, compiled from the letters of W.B. Yeats, Maud Gonne, Katharine Tynan and Lady Gregory, Dublin Theatre Festival production at Castletown House 1975, production copy, extensively amended, also with a clean copy of the script; Elizabeth Brennan, Compassion, with production notes; also J.B.Y., featuring John Butler Yeats, Mrs. Yeats, Katharine Tynan, Maud Gonne, Willie Yeats, production copy, much amended; four plays by Maurice Davin Power, two by Ralph Kennedy, Eoin Neeson's My Brother's Keeper; Joyce Ray (Galway), Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (Women's Progress), play [in English] set in Kenya, with ALS mentioning a call for women playwrights; Tom Mac Intyre, The Walking-Stick (mime sequence); Victor Jackson, Within These Walls, a play dramatizing the history of St. Patrick's Cathedral; M. Cogley (Thanks to A.G.); and about 25 others. An impressive collection, showing the range and vitality of Irish drama outside the main theatres. Sold as an archive, w.a.f. Provenance: Collection of the theatre producer Nora Lever.

Important Early 19th Century Ethiopian Illustrated Manuscript[Ethiopian] An early 19th Century Ethiopian Coptic Bible, with 5 attractive hand painted Religious Scenes and 74 pages (mostly m/ss) in decorative embossed hand made leather binding. As a m/ss. Unique. (1)

Co. Kilkenny - Estate Map for Toler-Alyward Estate Shankill, Co. Kilkenny, Lg. fold. wall map, with extensive manuscript legend listing No. of farms on map, occupiers name, description of holding, extent in both statue and Irish measure, value of land, value of buildings, & total value, map cold. in outline, and linen backed, and with original mahogany rollers. Good. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lord Mountjoy's Own Manuscript Maths BookManuscript: Notebook, 20 x 15 cm, bound in white vellum, inscribed “Ld Mt Joy, Dublin” and containing explanations of vulgar fractions, with many exercises, and classified by categories with headings such as “Of surd quantities”, “Of arithmetical progression” etc. The compiler appears to have been Luke Gardiner (1745-1798), who was created Baron Mountjoy in 1789 and Viscount Mountjoy in 1798, though it may have been his son the second Viscount, born in 1782. Both men left their mark on the Irish scene: Luke Gardiner was a connoisseur, statesman, advocate of Catholic rights, and developer of the capital city (killed, ironically, by those whose rights he had upheld, at the battle of New Ross); his spendthrift son is remembered as the husband of Marguerite Power, “the gorgeous Lady Blessington”. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Inscribed Manuscript PassageHeaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, New York, O.U.P. 1973, cloth in d.w., a very good copy. Inscribed on f.e.p. "to Bill Ewert", with a passage from a poem, signed and dated March 1994. (1)

Inscribed with Manuscript PoemHeaney (Seamus) Field Work, New York, Farrar 1979, First U.S., d.w. v.g. inscribed on prelim to Bill Ewert, with holograph copy of his song about '... that moment when the bird sings very close / To the music of what happens,' signed and dated 1994. (1)

Limited Edition No. 20 of 30 CopiesHeaney (Seamus) Night Drive, Richard Gilbertson, Devon, No. 20 of a Lim. Edn. of 100 copies, quarto, glassine cover. Signed and Numbered by Heaney at rear, with holograph copy of his poem Wedding Day opposite t.p., slight ink smudge not affecting the text. No. 9 in The Manuscript Series, published by permission of Faber. (1)

Manuscript Plays of Irish Interest, c. 1821Manuscripts: Anon. Two manuscript quarto volumes, containing drafts of a play with an Irish theme, in the genre of R.B. Sheridan and his contemporariness. The author's name is not given.The first is headed: "Arrivals! Or Agent and Absentee. A comedy in five acts. By the author of Changes and Chances, a comedy in five acts, performed at Theatre Royal, Crow Street, Date at bottom 1821. The list of Dramatis Personae contains some curious names such as Sir Harry and Lady Heedless, Lord Ponderwell, Captain Manly, Mrs Winlove and Lady Sarah Simper, together with numerous servants etc. The scene is set in Brighton. Despite its title, the volume ends with Act Three, so the draft is evidently unfinished.The second is headed "The Wife and Widow Agent and Absentee," a comedy in five acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal in Hawkins Street. By the author of Changes and Chances, a comedy in five acts, performed at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, C.D. 1816". Date at bottom is also 1821. The same list of Dramatis Personae follows, but this time the actors' names are placed opposite, and the scene is set in London.Also several MS poems, including "For the Dublin Shakespeare Club," signed by Gordon McNeill. Cont. hf. calf,disbound. As m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Travel Journals of a Co. Cork CoupleCo. Cork: A large quarto Album, rebacked approx. 24cms x 20cms, and with 90 + [5] + 48pp. Journals of a husband and wife from their home in Fermoy, via Cork, Bristol and Bath to London, thence to Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels (including the battlefield of Waterloo), and on to Paris, returning home via Boulogne, London, Birmingham, Manchester (their first experience of railway travel), Liverpool and north Wales. The excursion lasts six weeks, from 22 July to 3 September 1833, and concludes with a list of expenses. Internal evidence suggests that the writers are Fermoy attorney James Kirby and his wife Ellen. The latter's account of the journey, bound into the back of the volume, is unfortunately incomplete, ending on 14 August when the couple are in Paris. Both narratives are replete with descriptions of towns, parks, palaces, churches, monuments, paintings and statues. James's style is the more robust of the two and he pulls no punches in expressing his likes and dislikes: Bath is indeed a fine city, but "the women whom we saw in Bath are as ugly a set of Bitches as ever I looked at", while those of Paris are "demons in heart and soul"; Windsor Castle is not a patch on that of Mitchelstown, and the beauty of north Wales exceeds all - or nearly all: "'tis Killarney alone can equal and exceed you!" As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Important Association CopyMacNamara (Brinsley) The Valley of the Squinting Windows, 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1918. First Edn., with manuscript note, orig. green cloth; also Second /impression of same; The Mirror in the Dusk, L. 1928, and The Various Lives of Marcus Igoe, L. 1929, both First Edns & orig. d.w.'s; and The Smiling Faces and Other Stories, 12mo L. 1929. First Edn., & d.w. (5)* The first item inscribed, 'This book was given me by Joseph A. Shaw, Solicitor Mullingar, who acted for the residents of Delvin, Co. Westmeath in bringing an action against the author for an injunction to prevent the publication on the score of libel. This copy was for the use of Solicitor and Counsel for the Plaintiffs.' D. O'Connor.

O'Curry (Eugene) On the Manner and Customs of The Ancient Irish, 3 vols. L. 1873, First Edn., also Lectures on The Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, 8vo D. 1873. Re-issue, all orig. gilt decor. green cloth. All v. fine copies. (4)

Presentation Copies to the Marquis of LandsdownePetrie (George) Remarks on The Book of Mac Firbis, An Irish Manuscript, lg. 4to D. 1838; also An Account of An Ancient Irish Reliquary called The Domnach - Airgid, lg. 4to D. 1838, 5 full page engd. plts. text illus., both orig. cloth. (2)* Both with B.P. of Landsdowne, and with inscribed Pres. Inscriptions, 'For the Most Noble The Marquis of Landsdowne, with the Author's Respects.'

Photographs: Palestine - An oblong folio Album containing approx. 175 quarter page photographs, "Palestine & The Holy Land," a very detailed collection covering all aspects of life, all with cont. manuscript captions, c. 1890, in strong hf. mor., cover inscribed 'Palestine - M. & A.W. - 1890,' As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Two 19th century agricultural manuscript ledgers, relating to the Tibthorpe area of East Yorkshire, each bound in vellum, one covering 1827-1830 the other 1858-1881 (2)

A collection of eighteen 18th and 19th century manuscript deeds on vellum, dating from 1720, of East Yorkshire interest including conveyances, indentures, probates, etc, another on paper dated 1719, auction particulars for properties in the East Riding dated 1855, a 1939 Driffield auction poster and other paper ephemera, in 19th century toleware deed box

PR. HARDWOOD FRAMES FORMED FROM SECTIONS OF PROPELLER BLADES, PR. CARVED WOODEN RFC FRAMES AND AN INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT RELATING TO ROYAL FLYING CORPS

NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Green (Robert, a farmer) An Address to the Nobility...on...Under-Draining Wet & Cold Land, by a Plough, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly offset on title), 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, author's address supplied in manuscript at end, original drab wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed and creased at edges, 8vo, 1832.⁂ Scarce; COPAC lists only 3 UK copies (BL, Bristol & Southampton Universities).

Erasmus (Desiderius, humanist, 1466-1536) A Little Treatise of Erasmus concerning Civility of Behavior in Children being a Latin Letter sent to his Pupil the Emperor Maximilian's Brother. Translated into English, [by Ralph Bridges, nephew of Sir William Trumbull], manuscript, title and 65pp. (pp. 20-21 misbound, lacks pp. 31-32 & 53-57), browned, new endpapers bound in modern marbled boards, modern cloth box, sm. 4to, [c. 1720].⁂ Provenance: Sold as part of lot 396, Sotheby's, July 1991. William Trumbull.

19th century children's short story.- [Shippen (Peter Samuel, son of Peter Shippen and Jennet Semier, of Tottenham and later St. Catherine's Hall, Niton, Isle of Wight, d. 1864)] The Travels and Adventures of Four Young Men on the Moorish Deserts with a short account of The Life of Edward Ferdinand, manuscript, 65pp., 2 naive watercolours, slightly browned, original cloth, slightly faded, spine creased, paper label chipped with loss, 8vo, 1803, endpapers dated 1824.⁂ Provenance: "To my daughter Elsbeth, Christmas, 1914, A Semier. This story is the work of Peter Samuel Shippen who lived at Tottenham and afterwards at St Catherines Hall Niton I. of W[ight]. He was the son of Jennet Semier by her second husband Peter Shippen."

Scotland.- The War of the Rough Wooing.- List of expenditure of auxiliary soldiers sent by Francis I, King of France to the Scots after their victory at the Battle of Ancrum Moor, D.s. "Hubert Vonault", manuscript in French, on vellum, 17 lines, slightly yellowed, folds, slightly creased, 196 x 277mm., 1545.⁂ The War of the Rough Wooing was initiated by Henry VIII in 1544 after the rejection by Scotland of the Treaties of Greenwich in which the future Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots were to marry and unite the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Also Henry VIII wanted to end the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France and by invasion force the Scots into changing their mind. The English invaded and burnt Berwick upon Tweed and Edinburgh. The Scots eventually defeated the English at the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, first edition of the King James Bible, the Great 'He' Bible, largely printed in black letter, double column, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, general title lacking and provided in facsimile, lacking double-page woodcut map, all other leaves including woodcut title to NT present, calendar printed in red and black, 3G5 torn, several leaves (especially 3P4 and 3P6 in OT, C4-D2, F2, F5, H3-4, K5, M5, R2 and R5 in NT) with marginal repairs and /or corners defective and most with missing words supplied in manuscript, lower portion of P5 in NT cut away with loss of bottom 6 lines of text one recto and verso, some other more minor marginal repairs, tear to final leaf, stain to lower edge throughout, mostly marginal but and beginning and particularly at end encroaching into text block, other occasional damp- and ink-stains, remboitage in old calf, rebacked, gilt-metal corner and centre-pieces, lacking clasps, [Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 61; PMM 114; STC 2216], folio (398 x 250mm.), [Robert Barker], 1611.⁂ Widely regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced and arguably the most important and influential book published in English. This Royal version took over 5 years to complete and used more than 50 translators; it is known as the Great 'He' Bible after the reading (on Bb2 recto) in Ruth 3:15 "and he went into the citie".

Medical & cookery recipes, manuscript, 46pp. excluding blanks, 42 manuscript recipes in several hands loosely inserted, slightly browned, original vellum, soiled, folio, [18th century].⁂ Recipes include: "A Plaster for ye Running Gout"; "A Cear cloth to clear ye skin"; "For a brus in ye Eyes"; "To make a Glister for ye Bloody Flux"; "For ye small pox in ye throat"; "To stay a womans corsis"; "To make an Aple Tansy"; "To make force meat bals"; "To make an Almond chees"; "To keep cowcumbers all ye yeare"; "To make French bread". Loose recipes include: "For a cancer or sore Breast... Staughton 1750... Mary Bills"; "A Copy of Dr Rebzs prescription"; "Treakle water"; "A Powder good to prevent any sort of Fitts"; "Sr. Robert Throckmorton's French Cook. To make French Bread"; "The Vinegar of the Four Thieves"; "To make the purple watter" etc.

China.- Photograph Album, mostly comprising scenes of Swatow [Shantou] after a devastating tropical cyclone, 34 mounted actual photographs, c.75 x 100 mm., one or two lightly browned at edges, manuscript title, original patterned roan, title in manuscript to upper cover, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, oblong 8vo, 1922⁂ The 1922 Swatow typhoon was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused thousands of deaths. It is one of the deadliest known typhoons in history.

Economics.- Pamphlets.- [Coyer (Gabriel François)] La Noblesse Commerçante, title with woodcut device and lightly soiled, "Londres, chez Fletcher Gyles, dans Holborn" [but printed on the Continent], 1756 bound with Mortimer (Thomas) Every Man His Own Broker: or, A Guide to Exchange-Alley, seventh edition, folding engraved plate, tables, for S.Hooper, 1769 and Lettere sopra lo Studio del Commercio, wood-engraved initials and ornaments, advertisement leaf at end, Venice, Baglioni, 1770, together 3 works in 1 vol., engraved bookplate of Michael Kearney, contemporary half calf, red morocco label, rubbed, spine a little worn at head § Bellergarde (Abbé) Suite des Reflexions sur ce qui peut Plaire ou Depliare dans le Commerce du Monde, second edition, additional engraved pictorial title of gentlemen viewing a country estate, old manuscript notes to endpapers, contemporary calf, a little worn, Amsterdam, heirs of Antoine Schelte, 1699, 8vo & 12mo (2)

Dickens (Charles).- Catalogue of the Beautiful Collection of Modern Pictures, Water-Colour Drawings, and Objects of Art, of Charles Dickens deceased, 12pp., first edition, sale catalogue, contemporary ink signature of Alexander Walker at foot of title with note in pencil "I attended the sale" and prices in manuscript (ink over pencil), one leaf chipped at fore-edge, newspaper cuttings concerning Dickens's will and sale report pasted to front free endpapers, loose in old brown wrappers, upper wrapper inscribed "Dickens' sale catalogue Priced July 9th 1870" in ink at head, spine worn, covers detached, edges chipped, 8vo, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1870.⁂ The auction of Dickens's pictures was held a month after his death and was well-attended, with prices greatly exceeding expectations. The highest prices were for W.P.Frith's Dolly Varden (1000 guineas) which was commissioned by Dickens from the artist, Clarkson Stanfield's The Eddystone Lighthouse (990 gns) which was painted as scenery for the amateur production of Wilkie Collins's The Lighthouse in 1855, and Daniel Maclise's portrait of Dickens (660gns) presented to him by his publishers on the completion of Nicholas Nickleby in 1839. The stuffed raven which was the model for Grip in Barnaby Rudge fetched 120gns.

Letters.- Collection of letters to John Waller Hills and Lady Hills, including: Henry Elford Luxmoore (d. 1926), Senior Assistant Master, Eton College; Lord Halifax, Anthony Eden, Karl Renner (1870-1950) President of Austria; Herbert Morrison (2 manuscript accounts of visits by Herbert Morrison); Fred Terry (1863-1933), actor; Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887-1969), politician; Alice Meynell (1847-1922), poet and journalist; Sibyl Colefax (1874-1950), hostess and interior decorator; Wilfrid Meynell (1891-1975), typographer and publisher; Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), industrialist and politician; Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood (1880-1959), politician, folds, slightly browned, v.s., v.d., [mostly 1920-50s] (c. 45 pieces).

India.- Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Samuel Howett. Oriental Field Sports, being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title finely hand-coloured (possibly through stencil), 40 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates after Samuel Howett (from sketches by Williamson) by H.Merke, J.Hamble and Vivares, plate XXXI 'Hunting Jackalls' in first state, pictorial title soiled and creased causing some wear and tears (repaired), letterpress title with tear to lower margin (repaired), water-staining throughout to lower margin but not affecting images, plates with some light marginal soiling but images generally clean and bright, plate 25 with stain within plate-mark but not affecting image, plate 40 with tear to lower margin extending into imprint but not image (repaired), final leaf of text creased and frayed at lower edge, front free endpaper detached, later half calf, old manuscript description mounted as label on upper cover, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 427; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II p.297; Tooley 508], oblong folio, Edward Orme, 1807 [text and plates watermarked "E & P 1804"]. ⁂ "The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence." (Schwerdt) with some of the earliest aquatints of the wild elephant.

Certificate protecting against impressment in the Royal Navy.- Brunton (Nathan, Vice-Admiral of the White, as Captain, 1744-1814) Certificate, "These are to certify, That William Partridge... by Trade a Shoemaker living at Portsmouth was discharged by order of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, he having procured an Able Seaman to serve in his room. This certificate to be kept to prevent your being again impressed", printed certificate with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, laid down on card, 162 x 205mm., 12th June 1794; and 2 others, Royal Navy, v.s., v.d. (3).

Morocco.- Moroccan tasawwuf, manuscript in Arabic, 164pp., written in a neat cursive script in red, black, brown and blue ink on buff paper, some ink smudging and marks, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary blind-stamped goat skin wallet, rubbed, edges and corners rubbed with slight surface wear, sm. 4to, [1859-60].⁂ Sufism.

Islam.- [Treatise on aspects of Islamic Law], manuscript in Arabic, on paper, 758pp., slightly foxed and browned, loose, original calf wallet binding, worn, joints split, spine working loose, sm. 4to, [North Africa], [March 1786 CE].

Whittier (John Greenleaf, American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-92).- John Greenleaf Whittier Quaker-poet of Massachusetts, manuscript, 51pp., first 6pp. edges with tears, folds, tied, sm. 4to, 1858.

Fish and Marine Animals.- Rondelet (Guillaume) La Premiere [Seconde] Partie de l'Histoire Entiere des Poissons, [translated by Laurent Joubert], 2 parts in 1, first edition in French, collation: a6, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4 ; [ ]2, a-z4, aa4, titles with woodcut printer's device, final leaf blank apart from imprint, woodcut portrait of the author at end of preliminaries of each part, woodcut initials, ornaments and numerous illustrations throughout, first title lightly soiled and mounted on stub, some water-staining (mostly marginal), final signature (Table) slightly defective with loss to a few lines (repaired), later bookplate of William Stirling on front pastedown, with later manuscript leaf (?by Stirling) concerning angling on the York river in Virginia bound in at end, nineteenth century calf ruled and stamped in blind, t.e.g., fore-edges stained red and yellow to distinguish parts, rubbed and scuffed, [Nissen ZBI 3475], folio, Lyons, Mace Bonhome, 1558.

Equestrianism.- La Noue (Pierre de) La Cavalerie Françoise et Italienne, ou l'Art de bien dresser les Chevaux..., first edition, engraved additional architectural title by Jacob van der Heyden in second state with imprint "Lyon par Claude Morillon" and dated 1621, 42 engraved illustrations of dressage, jousting etc., most full-page, with an additional engraved plate of dressage captioned in the plate 'A tres noble et tres vaillant Cavalier Monsieur Iosepho Romeny Londois' bound in and with contemporary manuscript note "Coller cette figure sur celle qui est a fol.17" at foot, traces of old ink inscription to title, a little browned and water-stained, later bookplate of William Stirling, later vellum, upper cover with central with gilt crest, rubbed and soiled, spine a little worn at head, folio, Lyons, Claude Morillon, 1620.⁂ Rare work on the training of horses for dressage and military purposes including familiarisation towards gunfire. The additional plate is usually pasted down onto fol.17.

Economics.- Davies (David) The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered..., first edition, half-title, errata slip with two lines crossed out in ink and another added in manuscript, contemporary ink signature "Muncaster" (John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster) on title and with his engraved bookplate, pencil annotations to foot of a couple of leaves (cropped), slight marginal water-staining towards end, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, [Goldsmiths' 16422; Kress B2916], 4to, Bath, printed by R.Cruttwell, for G.G. and J.Robinson, 1795.⁂ Important work concerning the social conditions of rural labourers; a landmark in scientific social inquiry, being one of the earliest consumer behaviour analyses and preceding Eden's State of the Poor by two years.

Mecca & Medina.- [Mohammad ibn Sulayman al-Djuzuli (Imam of the Sufi tradition, of Morocco, d. 1465 CE) Dala 'il al-Khayrat, manuscript in Arabic, on paper, Naskh and Nastaliq calligraphic styles, 480pp., in black and red ink, 5 full-page pen and ink drawings of Mecca and Medina, 25pp. with gilded and coloured panels, browned, some staining mostly in margins, some worming, a few holes repaired, contemporary papered boards, rubbed, 8vo, [1823].⁂ A Sufi classic, a guide for pilgrims, with its emphasis on meditation, the recitation of the holy names, the praying for the Prophet, and inward devotion.

17th century translator of the Psalms.- Woodford [Woodforde] (Samuel, poet, translator and divine, Rector of Shalden and Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, 1636-1700) [Notes for "A paraphrase upon the Psalms of David, and the canticles, with select hymns..."], autograph manuscript notes, c. 84pp. of marginal notes (5pp. and a few other notes in another hand including an extract from Expositio Patrum Graecorum in Psalmos, by Balthasar Corderius, Antwerp, Plantin 1643), 170pp. of printed Psalms, 24pp. with autograph marginal notes, all printed pp. with ink autograph marks and underlinings for publication, most printed pages stuck together with cut out Psalms from a printed Bible and tipped-in, more Psalms cut out from a printed Bible loosely inserted, all but the first page in Latin, Hebrew and Greek, watermarked "RH", some water-staining throughout, 1 leaf with tear, edges chipped and affecting a few words on some pp., stitched in 18th century wrappers, modern paper parcel wrappered dust-jacket, folio, 1689.⁂ In 1667 Woodford published his Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David, dedicated to George Morley, bishop of Winchester. It was inspired by the version of Psalm 114 by Abraham Cowley, of whom Woodford was a great admirer. Subsequently there were several editions of this work and the above seems to have been preparation for a revised edition. "May 28. 1689. I veryly believe the Collation of severall versions out of the Hebre[w]... the Compilers of Our Church Psalter, when they wrote it, had fuller... exemplars before them amongst others, the ?Great Vulgar Latin in all... Editions... the Hebrew text above all other versions, Sebastian Masters... translations out of the Hebrew, all in Our Liturgic Psalter when it leaves ye Vulgar & Greeke, almost always verbatim... as I have done especialy guided this my present version. I was come to the 18 Psalm before I made this observation... I wrote it Lent May 30. 89. I lack to compleat this English Psalter Ps: 10. 15.16 (18 to ye 40th N) 29 to ye 9 N. 44 to ye 24 N. 66. 76. Ps: 88 from ye 6 N to ye end. Ps: 94. from ye 15 to the end. Ps: 97. 98 to 9 N. Ps: 144. 145 to ye 18 N." - Samuel Woodford.Provenance: By descent in the family.

Luck (Robert) A Miscellany of New Poems, on several Occasions, first edition, mixed issue with errata on verso of half-title and quotations on title but without additional leaf of Oxford subscribers, half-title, 6pp. list of subscribers and additional leaf of Cambridge subscribers, title ruled in red, subscriber's copy with contemporary ink inscription "Georgii Newell liber 1736" at head of title and another by him on front free endpaper with additional verse, also biographical manuscript note on half-title and verse on rear endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, head of spine worn and label chipped, 8vo, by Edward Cave...for the Author, and Subscribers, 1736.⁂ Robert Luck (1674-1749) was schoolmaster of the free grammar school at Barnstaple, Devon. His most famous pupil was the young John Gay whom he encouraged with an enthusiasm for drama. George Newell was a local man who obviously knew Luck; he has identified many of the pseudonyms used in the poems with ink annotations.

Astrology.- Indagine (Johannes ab) Chiromantia, collation: a-l6, large woodcut portrait of the author on title and full-page arms by Hans Baldung Grien on final leaf (printer's device on verso), woodcut initials and 82 illustrations & diagrams in text, title and final leaf lightly soiled, small ink spot to woodcut portrait, two old manuscript notes on front pastedown, bookplate of William Barker, a good copy, old vellum, manuscript paper label, rubbed and slightly stained, [Not in Adams], folio, Strasbourg, J.Schott, 1541.⁂ Scarce edition of a popular work on chiromancy, astrology and physiognomy, with woodcuts of palms, horoscopes and zodiacal signs.

18th century commonplace book.- Wills (Sarah, ?merchant's daughter) Commonplace book of exercises of invoices and poetry, manuscript, 56pp., ruled in red throughout, browned, original wrappers with engraved upper cover, rubbed, edges chipped with small loss, spine torn, sm. 4to, ?Ratcliff [?London], 23rd August 1736 - 14th February 1737.⁂ Invoices, include: "A Brandy mans bill"; "A Goldsmiths bill"; "A Cabinet Makers Bill"; "A Silkmans Bill" etc.

Cookery.- Jones (Mary, of Exeter) An Entire New Treatise Upon the Art of Cookery containing many new and valuable Recipes in that much admired Science... MDCCLXXXVII... Alias a never failing receipt for procuring a good Husband..., manuscript, title and 109pp. (some tipped-in), in a variety of hands, 6pp. of index at beginning, 2 printed pieces of ephemera tipped-in at end, foxed and browned, original reversed calf, corners and edges repaired, rebacked in matching reversed calf, 8vo, 1787, date in text 1821 & later.⁂ Many of the recipes date in style to the 19th century. Recipes, include: "To cure a Ham"; "Blanch mange... Mrs. Bidgood"; "To Pot Lampreys"; "New College Puddings"; "The best Mode of dressing Veal in Steaks"; "To make Lemon Pickle"; "Orange Sponge"; "Bread and Butter Pudding... July 26th 1826 From Mrs Pitman Tiverton";

William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I to his clerk Helyas de Munros (i.e., Elias of Montrose) of rights of passage and the land of Alan close by, which Richard de Banet [had] held of the King; granted to Elias and his heirs, for an annual rent of two marks of silver (payable in halves, at Pentecost and Martinmas). Witnessed by Matthew, bishop of Aberdeen [1172-99], Andrew, bishop of Caithness [d. 1184], Walter de Bidun, Chancellor [Chancellor from 1171; d. as bishop elect of Dunkeld 1178], Richard de Morevill, Constable [d. 1189 or 1190], Walter FitzAlan [steward of William I and founder of the Stewart line; d. 1177], William de Veteri Ponte [or Vieuxpont], Walter Olif[ard the Elder, royal justice], and five others, manuscript charter in Latin, written in a fine early gothic documentary cursive hand with elaborately flourished ascenders and descenders, on vellum, in black ink, 14 lines, lacks seal, torn at tail where seal tag was originally appended not affecting text, early and 17th century (1656) ink dockets on verso, 176 x 140mm, between 1172 and 1177.⁂ Unpublished and hitherto unrecorded original charter. Not mentioned in the standard scholarly edition of The Acts of William I, King of Scots 1165-1214, ed. G.W.S. Barrow and W.W. Scott (Edinburgh, 1971).The grantee, Elias of Montrose, is almost unknown today, but he was doubtless a man of substance as well as influence: the remarkable set of witnesses is one sign of his status. The late G.W.S. Barrow wrote of the royal clerks in the twelfth century that it was "they more than the moneyers or seal-makers, very much more than the chroniclers, who ensured that the rulers of Scotland were kings of Scots", and that "It is clear that much discretion was given to them by the country's potentates, that they bore a good deal of responsibility for the way in which royal authority was communicated and for the language which formed the continuous framework of governmental and legal tradition" [G.W.S. Barrow, Scotland and its Neighbours (London, 1992), p. 101.The charter is undated, but is datable to between 1172 and 1177 and thus to quite early in William's reign. It is also known that Elias of Montrose had died by 1187 at latest, and perhaps by 1178 [Barrow, Acts of William I, pp. 270-1, no. 228]. Barrow ascertained that there were eight professional scribes in William's service, although only six were identifiable as named individuals (and three of these became bishops). Elias may be identifiable as a seventh; and it is possible that he died too early in his life to gain promotion to high ecclesiastical office.

Calligraphic manuscript.- Hewitt (Graily, calligrapher, 1864-1952).- Belloc (Hilaire, poet and author, 1870-1953) The Roman Road, calligraphic manuscript on vellum, title in red and 21pp., first initial in gold, other initials in red, 1 blank f. torn and repaired with paper, loose in the original vellum, browned inside and out, threaded through with cloth ties, worn, lettered direct on upper cover, 145 x 100mm., Written out by Graily Hewitt at Treyford, Sussex, July A.D. 1918.

Furniture.- London Chair-Makers' (The) and Carvers' Book of Prices for Workmanship, 3 vol. in 1 including Supplement & Second Supplement, the first vol. 2 parts in 1, third edition, the rest first editions, Supplement lacking half-title, 29 engraved plates (16, 11 & 2), light soiling, Supplement a little browned and with tear to Y2, contemporary calligraphic manuscript book-label of Edmund Lane on front pastedown, contemporary half sprinkled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed at edges, 4to, T.Sorrell, 1823-08-11.⁂ The first guide to prices specifically for chairmakers, featuring neoclassical designs in the style of Sheraton and Hepplewhite.

Bristol.- Ely (Joseph, amateur poet of Bristol, fl. 1814-23) Poetical Thoughts..., autograph manuscript poetry, 11pp., each poem enclosed within large, decorative, circular borders, drawn in brown and sepia inks, slightly browned, original wrappers with ornate pen and ink decorated circles, other decorations and hatching covering the entire surface, stitched, oblong 4to, Bristol, 4th November - 31st October 1814.⁂ Provenance: Manuscript materials by Joseph Ely are held in The Pforzheimer Collection in New York Public Library, McMaster University, the Jewish National and University Library in Israel, and the Winterthur Library in Delaware.

Boswell (Alexander, Lord Auchinleck, judge, father of James Boswell, advocate and biographer of Samuel Johnson, 1707-82) Coppy of a Charter by Wm the Lion in which Paganus de Bosevilla is ment[ioned], Ds "Ruddeman", "Attested by Thomas Ruddeman", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, small hole in text, folds, slightly soiled, 274 x 200mm., "Copied by Mr Alexr Boswel Advocat from the Chartulary of Kelso and Attested by Mr Thomas Rudiman", Edinburgh, 3rd May 1746; and 2 other copies of charters by Alexander Boswell, v.s., v.d. (3).

Romney Marsh, Kent.- A Map of several Pieces of Marsh Land lying in the Parishes of New Church Rucking: The Estate of Thomas Kingsley Esq., manuscript estate map with watercolour wash, on vellum, title and explanatory notes within 3 cartouches, soiled and creased, some slight surface wear, laid down on board, bowed, 780 x 550mm., 1765.

Cookery.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) Collection of recipes, manuscript, 109pp., and 4pp. index at front, index and first 18pp. slightly water-stained, browned, original marbled wrappers, rubbed, faded and creased, lettered direct "Cookery Book" on upper cover, folio, [c. 1690-1720].⁂ Recipes include: "To make a Marrow Pudding... Aunt Raw"; "Carraway Cakes... my Mother"; "To make Quince Wine"; "Snake Root Brandy"; "Rasberry Brandy"; "Orange Cream"; "Minc'd Pyes"; "A Lark Pie... Withers"; "To make Almond Custard"; "Rice Pudding to bake"; "To make Buley Beef"; "To do Lambs Ears & Tails... Mr Lloyd"; "To stew Lettice"; "To make Cream Toasts" etc.

India/Burma.- [?Buddhist text], manuscript in white chalk on black paper in parabike style, 106pp., original decorated laquer boards, rubbed, edges worn, sm. 4to, [India or Burma], [19th century].

Uganda & Kenya.- Webster (Lucy, certified insane, remaining in an asylum for most of her life, daughter of Sir Augustus Webster, 8 Bart., of Powdermill House, Battle, owner of Battle Abbey, East Sussex, 1864-1923, b. 1900) Diary of journey to Uganda... or a lunatic's impression of Africa, autograph manuscript, title and 220pp., in pencil and ink (mostly pencil), original black morocco, rubbed, some surface wear, sm. 4to, 2nd November 1923 - Wednesday 2nd April 1924.⁂ Webster sails from Royal Albert Docks, London, with Olive Archer, Sir Geoffrey Archer, Governor of Uganda aboard the SS Neuralia; mentions a packed itinerary, including: Mr Tweedie, "I danced with... Mr Tweedie who is very interesting' He has been out in Egypt for 41 years and seems to have done most interesting things. He was present at the opening of Tutancarmen's [sic] Tomb..."; ship stops at Port Said; visits Suez; horse race at Port Sudan, visits Aden, has lunch with Lt.-Gen. Thomas Edwin Scott, General Officer Commanding and Political Resident Aden 1920-1925 (1867-1937), visit to the rain tanks in the hills above Aden; arrives at Mombassa, stays at Government House in Nairobi with Sir Robert and Lady Coryndon (1870-1925), Governor of Kenya; sees wild life (Ostriches, Zebra etc.); takes train to Kisumu; takes ship on the Clement Hill (Captain Blencoe) on Lake Victoria; arrives at Entebbe and met by Sir Geoffrey Archer and Rupert Forbes Gunnis (1899-1965), historian of British sculpture, and private Secretary to Sir Geoffrey Archer; meets E B Jarvis, Chief Secretary of Uganda, discussing the forthcoming visit of the Prince of Wales and cotton growing in Uganda; visits the Ssese Islands on Lake Victoria; another shooting expedition in a canoe, "... saw Sitatunga [marshbuck], hippos, & crocs... . Mr Lambert killed one hippo but he sank & we could not get him. We searched for crocodiles eggs on the shore..."; meets Denys Finch-Hatton (1887-1931), settler in Kenya and lover of Karen Blixen, "After dinner Mr. Denis Finch Hatton actually talked to me & then to my great surprise asked me to dance! I felt rather honoured! We discussed ships & our mutual dislike of them. Shambas in Kenya. Somalis, Arabs, Mohammedism as compared to christianity. His mother who is ill & who lives in Lincolnshire. Elephant hunting in Tanganika. Men in General - and in fact most subjects. Such is this gymnastic and roving brain, & character of Mr. Denis Finch Hatton! I like him quite. Talked to Mr Finch Hatton after dinner & danced with him. He is very nice. I like him so much. It was all great fun. He wants me to land at Suez with him & go & stay in Port Said & take the Dame with me . The Godsends won't go however!"Sir Geoffrey Archer (1882-1964), colonial governor; "In 1923 he was appointed governor of Uganda, where he toured energetically and took a keen interest in the flora and fauna... . His east African experience resulted in two books: The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, with E. A. Bodman (4 vols., 1938-1960): and Personal and Historical Memoirs of an East African Administrator (1963)." - Oxford DNB.Rupert Gunnis (1899-1965), historian of British sculpture; "He served successively as private secretary to the governors of Uganda (1923-6) and Cyprus (1926-32)." - Oxford DNB.Provenance: Lucy Webster was the eldest daughter of Sir Augustus Webster, owner of Battle Abbey. Her mother, Mabel, died in 1917, and her brother was killed while serving in the Grenadier Guards, also in 1917. In 1923 Lucy's father died and in this year she accompanied her friend, Olive Archer, the daughter of Charles Godman (1849-1941) for a visit to Uganda. Later, Lucy was declared insane and spent most of the rest of her life in asylums.

Optics.- Molyneux (William) Dioptrica nova. A Treatise of Dioptricks, in Two Parts. Wherein the Various Effects and Appearances of Spherick Glasses...in Telescopes and Microscopes...are explained, first edition, imprimatur leaf at beginning, 43 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary manuscript notes to front free endpaper, a little soiling and light staining, date supplied in ink in later hand at foot of title, plate 39 misbound at p.130, plate 38 slightly soiled & browned at fold and defective at foot just affecting edge of image and plate number, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt, [Wing M2405], 4to, for Benj. Tooke, 1692.⁂ The first treatise on optics published in English and including Halley's famous theorem for finding the foci of lenses as an appendix.

Erotic poem.- [Mulgrave (John Sheffield, Earl of)] The Enjoyment, first edition, [traditionally attributed to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester], drop-head title, contemporary manuscript correction "nor" for "for" 12 lines from the end, disbound, preserved in modern board folder, [Wing B5336A], folio, 1679.⁂ Rare erotic poem describing a night of passion which ends with the lovers lying "like Fish left gasping on the shore." There are two issues, this being the first cited by Wing, and located in 5 copies. The other issue [Wing B5336B] does not give London as the place of printing or the date.Provenance: John Brett-Smith with pencil note reading "ex Bute vol."

Cookery.- [Bragge family, of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset)] [Collection of cookery recipes], manuscript, 10pp. excluding blanks, lacks pp. 5-7, disbound, modern card wrappers, sm. 8vo, 1688.⁂ Recipes include: "Apricock Cakes"; "To dry cherys"; "To dry ploms"; "To make clouted creame" etc.

Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, first edition, engraved vignette title, 65 hand-coloured etchings, tissue-guards, later engraved map dated 1802 pasted inside upper cover, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary manuscript note with Italian translation to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, red morocco spine label with gilt lettering, large 4to, J. Debrett, 1790.⁂ John White was the principal surgeon aboard the First Fleet during its voyage from Portsmouth to Botany Bay. Commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip, the First Fleet founded a penal colony in New South Wales, the first European settlement in Australia. This contains descriptions of the voyage as well as illustrating many Australian species of flora and fauna for the first time, such as the Australian green tree frog, Litoria caerulea, also known as White's tree frog.

Billheads.- Collection, including: Carpet and Blanket Ware-House. Invoice of John Lawless, Woollen Draper, to Right Hon. Lord Viscount Kenmare, printed with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, 185 x 160mm., 25th May 1780 § Witton-le-Wear Grammar School, Durham, engraved list of fees with ALs offering a place at the school to the recipient's son, 2pp., small tear where opened, 17th July 1833; and c. 75 other billheads, many relating to Bristol merchants, most 19th century, v.s., v.d. (c. 75). ⁂ First mentioned, Thomas Browne, fourth Viscount Kenmare (1726-95), landowner and politician.

Americas.- Barrington (Hon. Daines) Miscellanies, first edition, 2 engraved maps, one folding, and 2 engraved portraits (one of the young Mozart, see below), lacking the genealogical tables, with contemporary manuscript note to p.151 concerning the origin of the turkey, browning to a few leaves and occasional water-staining to upper margins, 3O4 and 4B2 torn and defective at head (first with loss to pagination), contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, corners worn, joints split, [Hill 56; Sabin 3628], 4to, by J.Nichols, 1781.⁂ Covering a wide range of subjects but including 'Tracts on the Possibility of reaching the North Pole', 'Whether the Turkey was known before the Discovery of America', 'Account of Mozart, a very remarkable young Musician' with portrait of the young composer (the first published portrait, reprinted from Philosophical Transactions of 1770), 'History of the Gwedir family', 'Journal of a Spanish Voyage in 1775, to explore the Western Coast of N. America' with map. The latter is the first and only contemporary account in English of the first Spanish voyage into Alaskan waters. There is also much relating to Thomas Pennant.

Willem Dolphyn (b. 1935) - Still life of a book, manuscript, glass and other objects upon a white cloth, signed and dated '1983, oil on panel, 11" x 17" **With Sotheby's, London, sale no AM0968 (Lot no 369)

A WWII era memorial illuminated manuscript (within hard cover), In Memory of Those Associated with this Church, framed and glazed