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McMillan, Edwin (1907-1991), and Philip Abelson (1913-2004) Collection of original material relating to the discovery of Neptunium ‘Radioactive Element 93’, typescript (possibly carbon) of the article published in Physical Review (57, 1185, 15 June 1940) announcing the discovery of Neptunium, 4 ff.;‘Growth of 2.3 day 93 from 23 min. U293/92’, manuscript graph by Philip Abelson showing the decay of Uranium 293 into Neptunium, in pencil on green graph paper, 28 x 21.5cm, with added pencil caption by Edwin McMillan at head, hole-punched in left-hand margin, the graph published as the figure to the above article;A printed version of the graph, possibly a cyanotype, 29.7 x 22cm;‘The Synchrotron - A Proposed High Energy Particle Accelerator’, carbon typescript, 4 ff., stapled at upper left corner;Autograph letter signed from Edwin McMillan to Dr Herbert McLean Evans (1882-1871) of the University of California, endocrinologist and co-discoverer of Vitamin E, 16 May 1946, ‘Dear Dr Evans, The nearest that I could find to the manuscript of the Np letter is the typed copy made at the time of writing, which is enclosed. The hand-written original was apparently destroyed. The graph also enclosed is an original; it was plotted by Abelson, and has a caption in his hand, and a notation at the top in mine. This graph was reproduced in the published letter. Finally, I am sending a typed copy of the Synchrotron MS; here again the original was destroyed' 1 p., signed ‘Edwin M. McMillan’;Typed letter signed from Daniel M. Wilkes (assistant to Edwin McMillan at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory) to Evans, 1963, requesting ‘perusal and possible duplication of the materials he has given you’ on ‘certain materials relating to the discovery of element 93’ (quantity) 1) Given by Edwin McMillan to Dr Herbert M. Evans in 1946; 2) With John Howell, bookseller, San Francisco, in 1974; 3) Private collection, Scotland. Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson's discovery of neptunium, the first transuranium element to be identified, was one of the major advances in chemistry and nuclear physics achieved in the 20th century, initiating a cascade of similar discoveries and securing McMillan the 1951 Nobel prize in the first discipline, which he shared with his Berkeley colleague Glenn Seaborg. The pair made the discovery at Berkeley's cyclotron by subjecting uranium 238 to slow neutron bombardment and detecting a substance with a beta-decay half-life of 2.3 days, differing from the known 23-minute half-life of uranium-239 and consequently attributable instead to an isotope of the next element, 93.

Cholera Six works Keir, James. A Treatise on Cholera, containing the Author's Experience of the Epidemic known by that name, as it prevailed in the City of Moscow in Autumn 1830, and Winter 1831. Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1832. First edition, inscribed ‘Revd David Umpleby, with the author’s compliments 12 Augt 1845' on the title-page, 8vo, original boards, rebacked, half-title. leaf of manuscript errata signed ‘J. Keir’ bound in at rear, initial quire loose;Paine, Martyn. Letters on the Cholera Asphyxia, as it has appeared in the City of New-York. New York: Collins & Hannay, 1832. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, half-title, spotting, unopened in places;Kennedy, James. The History of the Contagious Cholera London: James Cochrane, 1831. First edition, 8vo, later library cloth, 2 engraved folding maps, faint ink-stamp of the Birmingham Medical Institute to title-page;and 3 others: John Bell and Francis Condie, All the Material Facts in the History of Epidemic Cholera, Philadelphia, 1832 (first edition, original cloth-backed boards with printed label); Bisset Hakwins, History of the Epidemic Spasmodic Cholera of Russia, 1831 (first edition, 8vo, library cloth, BMI ink-stamp to title-page; and one other similar

Radical War of 1820 'An original autograph letter from Andrew Hardie to his Relations Sept. 5th 1820. Written in Stirling Castle three days before his execution for high treason' [cover-title]. Single bifolium written on all four sides, 30.5 x 18.5cm, tipped to a card window-mount in early-20th-century maroon morocco presentation album by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine and covers decoratively panelled in gilt and blind, front cover with majuscule lettering in gilt and various foliate and floral stamps in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, the album also containing 10 leaves of calligraphic manuscript on japon with decorative initials in opaque red and green watercolour, the text comprising a historical introduction headed ‘The “Radical War of 1820”’, ‘An Elegy to the Memory of R. Baird & Andrew Hardie who were executed for High Treason at Stirling, September 8th, 1820. Printed and published by John Muir, Glasgow, 1820', and a transcription of the letter, housed in a custom red cloth fleece-lined solander box. Pale mottling to covers of album, letter spotted, a few holes and a little thinning along folds Charles J. Sawyer, Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts No. LXV, 1922 (with printed catalogue description laid in); The Library of a Scottish Gentleman. An intriguing survival of unascertainable authenticity but undoubted value. Andrew Hardie (1792-1820), an unemployed weaver from Glasgow, was one of three men executed for their roles in the so-called Radical Uprising of April 1820, a week of strikes and civil unrest across central Scotland, organised as a response to the worsening economic situation which followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Hardie was second-in-command of a small group of men intending to march on the Carron ironworks in Falkirk. At nearby Bonnymuir the group encountered soldiers from the Kilsyth Yeomanry and 10th Hussars and a bloody skirmish ensued, after which Hardie was arrested and taken to Stirling Castle, where he was executed in September along with the leader of the Carron expedition John Baird, a Peninsular War veteran.The document in this album in fact contains two letters by Hardie, the first addressed to ‘My Dear Relations’ and signed Andrew Hardie, Stirling Castle, 5 Sept 1820, the second to ‘My Dear Young Cousins’ signed ‘Andrew Hardie’ but with different letterforms for each of the capitals. In them Hardie places his trust in God and everlasting life, exhorts his family to pious observance, forgives those who have wronged him, defends his actions as motivated by ‘the good of my suffering country'. The first letter contains a postscript accusing ‘Mr Hardie Justice of the peace from Glasgow and Mr Nicol Hugh Baird Civiel Engineire at Kelven-head private in the Kilsyth Yeomanery Cavalery’ of perjury against him, signed ‘Andrew Hardie’ in the same style as the letter itself.The letter to ‘My Dear Relations’ was printed along with a letter from Hardie to his sweetheart Margaret on an undated Edinburgh broadside, a copy of which survives at the National Library of Scotland (shelfmark Ry.III.a.2(11)). Stirling Archives acquired in 2020 a manuscript copy of the ‘My Dear Relations’ letter, written in a non-cursive hand entirely different from that of the present letter. It is therefore a possibility that copies of Hardie's final letters to his family and any other acquaintances were circulated in print and in manuscript after his execution, and in the absence of a specimen of his handwriting established as his own, the authenticity of the present letter as Hardie's autograph cannot de declared with certainty. An 1833 report on literacy rates among Scottish mill workers reported that 96% could read and 53% could write, so it is possible than any surviving letters from Hardie were in any case dictated (R. A. Houston, Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity, 1985, p. 2).

Christie, Agatha Collection of works all 8vo, original cloth, comprising:Death in the Clouds. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1935. First edition, first impression, cloth marked, spine toned, edges spotted, manuscript purchase note dated 1952 to front free endpaper;Cards on the Table. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1936. First edition, first impression, cloth slightly spotted and marked, edges spotted, similar purchase note;Five Little Pigs. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. First edition, first impression, spine slightly faded, tips bumped, ownership inscription to front pastedown;together with early reprints of Murder on the Orient Express, The Seven Dials Mystery and The Man in the Brown Suit, and 2 others (8)

Hill, David Octavius [Plates from] Views of the Opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway Edinburgh: Alexander Hill, 1832. 4 plates: View of the Depot Looking South [large, neat repair through image]; View of the Germiston Embankment Looking West [large, neat repair through image and manuscript corrections]; View of St. Rollox Looking South-East [some neat repairs]; View Near Proven Mill Bridge [some neat repairs and subsequent manuscript corrections]; all hand-coloured, 33 x 46cm, mounted (4)

Gregynog Press Substantial collection of letters to William McCance, controller of the press, 1930-3 including numerous draft responses by McCance, and various associated documents, approx. 200 separate items in total, typed and manuscript, most on stationery with the author's corporate or personal letterhead, pencilled catalogue numbers to upper left corners throughout, a few items annotated or with sketched letterforms by McCance. Authors include:Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981), artist and wood-engraver at the Gregynog Press. 10 letters of which 1 to 'Naomi' (probably Naomi Mitchison) the rest to McCance, on various events and disagreements at the press, including remarks about other figures in the private press movement, the letters long and slightly rambling, with little punctuation, most written in pencil, some retaining original stamped envelope, e.g. 'They [the Gregynog board of directors] are furious with you … for having consulted experts or anyone without their consent in other words they dislike being shown up as fools … They all rave about [Eric Gill's] Four Gospels down here. I think its a pigs breakfast … DJ [Dora Jones?] again said at the board meeting how he objected to the Kessler Hamlet fussy he called it “but of course thats just a personall [sic] opinion”. I dont think hes taken the trouble to study it for more than 10 minutes no they all think they are safe with Gill and the Gospels and think it so cheap at 8 guineas';Stanley Morison (1888-1967), typographer. 28 letters, all on Monotype Corporation stationery, in a warm and jocular tone, filled with polysyllabic humour and containing discussion of business matters (e.g. preparation of typefaces for the press, Gill italic and Perpetua italic, etc.) interspersed with constructive criticism and advice regarding Gregynog presswork, lyrical disquisitions on the craft and philosophy of printing, ironic anti-Welsh sentiment ('I think that you and I, as non-Cambrians, may learn something from the incident'), etc. Together with 4 draft letters from McCance to Morison;R. A. Maynard, McCance's predecessor as controller of the Gregynog Press. 5 letters, arranging the hand-over, to McCance, praising McCance's productions at Gregynog (on Esope, ‘Did you, I wonder, manage the engravings without damping on that very soft sized paper. A technical detail this, but I’m interested'; and Comus, ‘a stunning book’), commiserating over disagreements with the directors of the press (‘I was sorry to hear of the contretemps over your Esope colophon. Twas inevitable! You'll get tons of it, as I did … Don't make it a life or death business - as I did. A grave mistake - the Welsh only understand talkie talkie: work doesn't count'; ‘What you say of Wales and Welsh would be illuminating did I not know the blighters so well. In my day the chief sauce [sic] of unpleasant and unexpected surprises was T. W. H. but I can see that the good work is being carried on by others. I can give you no comfort: you will never eliminate the background to your labours’);Major W. J. Burdon Evans, director of the Gregynog Press. 48 letters, concerning McCance's appointment, contractual, administrative and financial matters, press matters including leather samples and the disappointment of Miss Davies with McCance's designs for an edition of Benedicite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, McCance's resignation, etc., the letters ranging from business-like to peremptory in tone. Together with 13 draft letters from McCance to Evans, concerning the day-to-day running of the press, with strong disagreements evident: 'We have again gone into the matter [of changing from quarterly to monthly salaries] and perhaps it is that we are not so much off the rails as running on different lines, you on the Cambrian Railway we on the L.M.S.'; ‘My position, ill defined at the beginning, has become more more one of responsibility without adequate control' (issues raised including unauthorised access to the press's office safe); ‘I submit, however, that the design was both original and distinctive, being well proportioned and effectively adapted to its purpose’ (a response to criticism of his design for Benedicite); ‘I do not wish to belittle the function of the bindery but I should like to point out that its importance is secondary to the actual printing …' (a lengthy draft letter recapitulating disagreements with the Directors esp. focus of attention and resources on the bindery); a discussion of Blair Hughes Stanton's work on an edition of White's Selborne; the appointment of McCance's successor.Dora E. Yates (1879-1974), Romani scholar. 11 letters, concerning the production and design of Gregynog's XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales (1931), Yates contributing the foreword;Thomas Jones (1870-1955), director of the Gregynog Press. 11 letters on various press matters (e.g. 'I was looking at the Esope, Singing Caravan and Erewhon leathers yesterday. Together they have an accumulatively depressing appearance to me');Dora Herbert Jones (1890-1974), secretary of the Gregynog Press, 3 letters, on press matters including a request for a selection of engravings by Agnes Miller Parker for exhibition during a visit to Gregynog by George Bernard Shaw.And from others including Gwendoline E. Davies (1882-1951), co-founder director of the Gregynog Press, 4 letters; J. Barcham Green, paper maker, 2 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Barcham); Francis Meynell, director of the Nonesuch Press, 4 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Meynell), J. G. Wilson (1876-1963) managing director of booksellers John & Edward Bumpus Ltd, 6 letters; Hugh Blaker (1873-1936), artist and connoisseur; and more.The associated documents including: 2 carbon copies of a report on the work of press by W. J. Burdon Evans (each 6 ff., foolscap leaves, rectos only, headings comprising ‘Work in hand’, ‘Work in Prospect’, ‘Policy’, ‘Welsh Books’, ‘Costings’ and ‘Generally’, remarks include ‘Eric Gill is not satisfied but the Monotype people hope to supply in November’);  4 copies of William McCance's employment contract (one typed, the rest carbons); a manuscript booklet largely in an unidentified hand, 11 pp., include draft schedule for work at the press, ‘Plan of development through apprentices’, ‘Structural alterations’ including a workshop diagram notes on typefaces in stock, etc., approx. 10 ff. further notes. Mrs Margaret McCance, second wife of William McCance. A voluminous archive shedding light on the personalities and day-to-day functioning of one of the great private presses during its interwar heyday, providing an in-depth and often richly comic insight into the harried tenure of William McCance as controller of the press, with informative business correspondence interspersed with philosophical reflections, indiscreet gossip, and splenetic rants from several correspondents, some of whom might on present evidence be justifiably described as unsung belle-lettrists. William McCance (1890-1974) was a Scottish artist notable as an exponent of the Vorticist style developed by Wyndham Lewis. Succeeding R. A. Maynard in 1930 and remaining in post until 1933, assisted by his his wife, the wood-engraver Agnes Miller Parker, he appears to have quickly found himself out of sympathy with the directors of the press and resentful of their excessive interference. See further: Kathleen Ladizesky, ‘Aspects of the Gregynog Press 1930-33', The Private Library, Third Series, 7:2, 1984.

Balgowan Larder Book Manuscript record of menus consumed, dated 1809-1812 From the estate of Thomas Graham of Balgowan, later lord Lynedoch, comprising 91 manuscript pp. listing items ‘received into the larder’, ‘dinners’ eaten and whom the family dined with An enlightening manuscript revealing the food eaten on a daily basis by Thomas Graham of Balgowan and his family. On the 1st October 1809, the household received “A hind ¼r of beef weighing 6 stone, 1 sheep, 10 ½ per ? killed, 2 hares, 6 brace of partridges [and] 1 rabbit”, which (excluding the large amount of beef) provided five dinners, including “Broth, mutton chops, roast hare, roast partridges, celery”. A feast was provided for General Graham's birthday on the 19th October, complete with blancmange.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Fraser, Sir William Extensive set of his histories of Scottish noble families Edinburgh: [privately printed], 1858-88. 15 works in 34 volumes, all first editions, 4to, original red cloth with large armorial devices gilt to covers unless otherwise stated, numerous plates including lithographic manuscript facsimiles. Comprising:The Stirlings of Keir, and their Family Papers, 1858. One of 150 copies, the author's copy, inscribed for him by William Stirling, commissioner of the work, and with Fraser's ownership inscription to title-page, original quarter morocco, a little rubbing and spotting;Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok. Edinburgh: printed for Sir John Maxwell of Pollok. Baronet, by Thomas Constable, 1863. One of 150 copies, this copy inscribed on limitation leaf to Thomas Maxwell of Woodside Place, Glasgow, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, volume 1 front cover stained, variable spotting; History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of their Kindred. Edinburgh: for the Earl of Southesk [by Thomas and Archibald Constable], 1867. First edition, one of 100 copies, this copy inscribed on limitation page to Lord Lindsay (Earl of Crawford and Balcarres), with Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates to front pastedowns), spines faded and nicked, spotting to outer leaves;The Red Book of Grandtully. Edinburgh: printed for Sir William Drummond Steuart, Baronet of Grandtully, 1868. One of 100 copies, this copy inscribed on limitation page to Lord Lindsay (Earl of Crawford and Balcarres) with Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates to front pastedowns, 2 volumes, spotting to outer leaves, volume 1 initial quire slightly loose;The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country. Edinburgh: for Sir James Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss [by Thomas and Archibald Constable], 1869. One of 150 copies, this copy inscribed on limitation leaf to George Stirling Home Drummond of Blair Drummond and Ardoch, with his bookplates to front pastedowns, 2 volumes, 4to, original red cloth decorated in gilt, spines faded;Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton, 1869. First edition, 2 volumes, original purple cloth;The Lennox. Edinburgh: privately printed for Richard Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive [and others, by Thomas Constable], 1874. One of 150 copies, this copy inscribed on limitation leaf to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, with Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates to front pastedowns, 2 volumes, spotting to endpapers, limitation leaf creased, volume 1 front inner hinge cracked;The Earls of Cromartie, their Kindred, Country, and Correspondence, 1876. One of 150 copies , 2 volumes, 4to, volume 2 inner hinges cracked;The Book of Carlaverock. Memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords Maxwell and Herries. 1878. One of 150 copies, this copy presented to William Middleton of Myddleton Lodge, 2 volumes, volumes 2 inner hinges cracked;The Scotts of Buccleuch, 1878. One of 150 copies (the limitation leaf loose: apparently issued as a slip accompanying the books and never bound in), 2 volumes, Castlecraig library plates to front pastedowns, volume 2 with wear to front joint and inner hinges cracked;The Frasers of Philorth, 1879. One of 150 copies, this copy inscribed to Robert Strathern Esq., Writer to the Signet, with his bookplates, 3 volumes, wear to headcaps;The Book of Menteith. 1880. 2 volumes;The Chiefs of Grant, 1883. 3 volumes, original red quarter morocco;The Douglas Book, 1885. 4 volumes, original red quarter morocco, Talygarn bookplates, volume 4 binding marked and worn;Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss, 1888. One of 100 copies, this copy inscribed to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres on limitation slip mounted to front pastedown of volume 1, with Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates, 3 volumes, original red quarter morocco by D. S. Smith of Edinburgh The Library of a Scottish Gentleman Fraser's other family histories are: Memorials of the Earls of Haddington (1889); The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven (1890); The Sutherland Book (1892); The Annandale Family Book of the Johnstones (1894); and The Elphinstone Family Book of the Johnstones (1897).

Scottish Prayer Book - 'Laud's Liturgy' The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Parts of Divine Service for the Use of the Church of Scotland. [Part 2:] The Psalter, or Psalmes of David: after the Translation set Forth by Authority in King James his Time of Blessed Memory. As it shall be sung or said throughout all the Churches of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Young, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, 1637. First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, folio (28.6 x 19cm), contemporary speckled calf ruled in blind, later manuscript spine-title, edges dyed red, collates a-b8 A-Q8 R6 2a-2i8 2k6, text mainly in black letter, title-page and calendar printed in red and black, woodcut factotums and initials, ownership inscription and annotation to title-page, short crack to head of front joint, moderate browning, closed marginal tears to M3 and R3, short tears to lower margins of final leaf of BCP and first two leaves of Psalter, small worm-track to lower margins from quire 2b to end of volume, bound with at rear The Psalmes of King David: translated by King James (London: Thomas Harper, 1636) [STC 16607 for the main item: Psalter with no catchword on 2k6] The Library of a Scottish Gentleman First edition of Archbishop Laud's version of the Book of Common Prayer for Scottish churches, the imposition of which provoked Scotland into open rebellion against Charles I, leading to the drawing up of the National Covenant and the epochal conflagration of the British Civil Wars. Its first reading at St Giles's Cathedral Edinburgh on 23 July 1637 was met with rioting by the congregation, ignited according to legend by market-trader Jenny Geddes, who is reputed to have thrown her stool at the presiding dean. For an original copy of the National Covenant for Scotland see lot 194.

Samuel Lines (1778-1863) was born in Allesley, Coventry and moved to Birmingham at 16, after the death of both his parents. He later set up a drawing academy in Birmingham, and helped to create the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Firstly included in this archive there is an 8vo slim volume 'A Few Incidents in the Life of Samuel Lines' written by himself and printed for private publication. Next there is a letter by Samuel Lines giving a short account of his sister's career. Susanna Lines held the position of dresser to ladies of the Royal Households, such as Miss Goldsworthy, 1st Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, and Lady Morpeth, later Countess of Carlisle. Eventually Susanna became Head Housekeeper at Devonshire House working for the 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858). Included in this archive are 12 letters, or notes, written to Susanna from the Duke - largely relating to household duties, admitting dignitaries, preparing the house, or considering buying some birds or an Italian greyhound. There is also a page with the wage bill for all Royal Household servants by each house. also 3 letters from Lady Morpeth, and letters from George Spencer Ridgeway (Devonshire's Steward). Also included in this archive is a manuscript journal documenting a three-year-tour of Europe by a Joseph Butler, comprising 902 handwritten pages on 451 leaves (genealogists may be able to ascertain clearly the family structure). The tour starts in Birmingham, where Joseph, and his wife and daughter, set out by coach - firstly stopping at friends in Kenilworth. Later he describes trying to arrange his passport and travel to his first European destination, Ostend. '24th confind [sic] with bowel complaint', later they stay at the Rose & Crown near Customs House 'to sleep or rather lie awake, having too many bugs to contend with during the night', the journal goes on to describe the tour, the places they stay, the towns, the history, architecture and notable buildings, also reflecting on the recent Napoleonic wars. He also mentions the food 'soup was followed by potatoes and beans, mutton, hare, partridges, goose, orange pudding, claret and young hock..'. there are also 130 small engravings, many hand-coloured, of the various towns and cities visited, with 2 small watercolours and a pen and ink drawing of continental landscapes. The tour journal is crudely bound in cloth, the engravings are in fair condition with some toning at edges, the letters are also good with some folding creases.    

AFRICA & AMERICA. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION. An archive of manuscript correspondence & documents comprising: a passport for James Church to conduct a "journey of exploration in the interior of Africa", departing from the Pashalic of Tripoli to Central Africa, signed by George Frederick Herman, 11 June 1853; an uncoloured steel-engraved map of Africa published by George Cox, 1 January 1853, worn, 35 x 40cm; a passport for James F. Church to travel to Central America on the Public Service, 21 September 1857, lithographic signature of the Earl of Clarendon; an Autograph Letter Signed by Trelawny Saunders [Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society], 3 January 1855, on RGS letterhead, relaying information from Dr. Vogel & Dr. Barth [Eduard Vogel & Heinrich Barth, notable German explorers of Africa], "Macguire [John Maguire] does his utmost to assist me, and is making likewise accurate observations with the compass on the road. He is still tolerably weak and suffers greatly from erysipelas on both his feet, besides the sun has terribly burnt him in such a degree, that the skin is hanging down in pieces from his face & neck...He told me that Church had tried till the last moment to persuade him to return home likewise, and to leave me alone."; ALS by Trelawny Saunders on RGS letterhead to James Church, 17 June 1856, "The secretary wishes to know, whether with the permission of your Superior Officers, you are disposed to join the proposed expedition to Eastern Africa under Captain Burton [Sir Richard Francis Burton].", plus a note concerning Vogel's allegations of secret correspondence, ungentlemanly conduct and extortion, and another letter, 14 August 1856, indistinctly signed, "I mentioned to Captain Burton, who called here to-day, the fact of your having objected to form one of the party, and he was very sorry to be deprived of your services," and then requesting that Church visit Colonel Sykes at East India House; ALS by John Maguire, headed Kuka [capital of Bornu, Nigeria], 5 November 1856, "I thank the Lord I am still alive and likely to live to say farewell to this damnable country of filth and fanaticks...Dr Vogel left here for Wadai on the 1st day of this year from which place he has never returned and report says he was murdered two days from Wara the Capital"; ALS by George Frederick Herman, 1 June 1853, being a lengthy expedition memorandum for James Church & Edward Sweeney on 14pp, and a shorter memorandum similar, 26 July 1853, for Church & Maguire; ALS by James Church, 11 July 1856, a lengthy letter defending his own good conduct during the expedition into Central Africa, and outlining the poor conduct of others, including Dr Vogel who "spent several hours a day in company with a female who was the slave of his servant Massoud, by whom he was said to have been purchased for 80 dollars"; a manuscript copy of a character reference for James Church, Royal Engineers, 1868-69, describing his expeditions, including his role as photographer in Central America to determine the feasibility of constructing a railroad across the continent; ALS by Charles Thurston Thompson [early British photographer], 29 July 1859, attesting to James Church having studied photography under his direction; correspondence to James Church on British & Foreign Anti Slavery Society letterhead, 11 January 1856, "I have received & laid before the Committee the interesting narrative of your visit to the interior of Africa, & the Committee think it would do good were it published in our Reports. As there are statements in it, however, implicating Drs Barthe & Vogel in slave-trading, the Committee deem it desirable to have your permission to publish the same, which I therefore now solicit on their behalf." (14)

Luddism. A manuscript album featuring an illustration of someone being hanged at the gallows, ink & watercolour, inscribed, "Perspective View of the New drop erected the 20th of November 1816 at the new Gaol for the Execution of James Towle a Luddite for breaking 53 lace frames on the night of the 28th June 1816 at the factory of Messrs Heathcote & Boden at Loughborough," the sketchbook featuring numerous other illustrations of varying subject matter, including architectural plans, topographical drawings, portraits and studies of facial expressions, a total of 60 pages featuring sketches, some more finished than others, oblong quarto (23 x 29cm), worn half morocco, lacking upper board. [James Towle, a member of a Luddite gang, was from Basford near Nottingham].

Royal Autograph Letters Signed. An archive of correspondence & documents comprising: Louis XIV (1638-1715), the "Sun King", King of France, a diploma for Joseph Stammetre, Physician to the King, manuscript on vellum with central coat-of-arms in watercolour heightened with gilt, mounted on board, 31.5 x 53cm, mounted & framed, unglazed; Leopold I (1790-1865), first King of the Belgians, ALS to Sir Gore Ouseley (1770-1844), giving congratulations on the birth of a son, dated 15 Aug, Marlborough House, [paper bearing 1824 watermark]; Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), "The Citizen King", King of the French, ALS to Sir Gore Ouseley, signed "L. P. D'Orleans", 7 Sep 1816; Princess Marie of Orleans (1813-1839), ALS to Sir Gore Ouseley, signed "Marie", 1818; Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617-1668), Princess of Denmark and Norway, autograph on financial manuscript in various hands, 1687; Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, autograph on manuscript indenture, 10 Oct 1715, mounted on board; Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671-1727), Electress of Saxony, Queen Consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, autograph on manuscript indenture, 31 Dec 1700, mounted on board; Princess Antoinette Ernestine Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779-1824), Princess of the House of Wettin, Duchess of Württemberg, two ALS to Sir Gore Ouseley, 1816, framed & glazed; John Scarlett Davis (1804-1845), English painter & lithographer, ALS to brother Francis Davis, Chemist & Druggist of Leominster, postmarked 3 Aug 1841, describing his travels in Europe, writing from Livorni on the way to Rome; three copper-engraved maps with outline colour by Wauthier, pupil of Abbe Gaultier, comprising America, Africa, and Asia, worn with loss, 1799 (13)

An archive of Royal Family ephemera, 1821 to 1838, comprising: an admission ticket to the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1838, black letterpress on pink card with blind-embossed seal for the Earl Marshal of England, 9 x 12.5cm, plus a station pass to the same event, 11 x 7.5cm, each ticket inscribed for Mr Nield, one granting access to the orchestra; three admission tickets to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of George IV, [19 July 1821], wood-engraved designs in blue & black with blind-embossed borders by Henry Dobbs, one inscribed "Poet's Corner" & "Peer's Ticket", each bearing the printed signature of Howard of Effingham, 24 x 25.5cm; an admission ticket to the Coronation of William IV & Queen Adelaide at Westminster Abbey, 8 September 1831; an admission ticket to the Rehearsal of the Music at the Coronation of Their Majesties [William IV & Adelaide], 7 September 1831; 24 tickets to the Royal Music Festival at Westminster Abbey, 1834, comprising First, Second, Third & Fourth Rehearsals, and the corresponding First, Second, Third & Fourth Performances, colour coded, exquisitely blind-embossed designs by Whiting, 13.5 x 9cm & 9 x 12.5cm respectively, plus a lithographic letter of thanks to one of the stewards, signed by John Parry, Honorary Secretary, bearing wax seal; a letterpress recommendation for William E. Nield of 61 Charlotte Street, Portland Place, being a testimonial from W. W. Dakins, D.D., Precentor of Westminster Abbey, 30 April 1822; John Gilpin, Set to Music, by W. A. Nield, illustrated by Cruikshank, [1-5], 6-48 pp., worn yellow wrappers; manuscript probate/will of William Ashton Nield, "Teacher of Music" residing in Chelsea, 23 June 1862; manuscript probate/will of Jonathan Nield, constituted by William [Howley], Archbishop of Canterbury, 31 March 1843. The tickets are generally very well-preserved, some inscribed as issued, the George IV tickets with some marginal creasing & wear, the festival tickets held in corner-mounts, the whole housed in a modern folder. A unique archive of very scarce royal & music ephemera (36) Provenance: By descent of Jonathan Nield (1769-1843) & William Ashton Nield (1795-1861). The archive comes with some typed genealogical notes by the vendor

[GLEIG, G. R. ]. A Memoir of the Late Major-General Robert Craufurd, very scarce first edition, a presentation copy inscribed by the author for Reverend C. H. Craufurd [son of Robert Craufurd], [1-3], 4-32, a couple of manuscript edits to the text, 8vo, contemporary pebbled cloth lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, internally very good with a few spots/marks in places, binding very good with discolouration to cloth around edges, London: Private Impression, 1842   ❧ Major-General Robert Craufurd (1764-1812), a commander of the Light Division during the Napoleonic Peninsular War, was mortally wounded in the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo

RABAN, Ze'ev (Illust.); Gur Aryeh. A Palestinian Appreciation of Energy, Devotion and Loyalty in the Days of Struggle for Liberation of Mankind, The Book of Job, manuscript on 105pp, 107 vellum leaves, illuminated with numerous watercolour illustrations, rubricated capitals and vignettes with protective tissue-guards. 4to (28 x 22cm), lavishly bound in crushed morocco with precious metals, studded with carved ivory plaques, rubies, spinels and hardstone with filigree clasps, central engraved presentation plate on lower board, "This Gift Book is Presented to Colonel Albert Gedo [Guido] Bonn, Military Cross, by Simon Diskin Esquire and Family at Jerusalem in the Holy Land, Anno Domini MCMXLII". The book is entirely manuscript, i.e. completely written & illustrated by hand. There are 16 plates, and 44 illuminated capitals with vignettes, giving a total of 60 colour illustrations. Very well-preserved, clean & bright, some light wear to covers, housed in an olive-wood box. Jerusalem: Designed & Executed by Gur Aryeh & Raban, December 1942   ❧ Brigadier Albert "Bertie" Guido Bonn, CBE, MC, MICE (1889-1962), was Chief Engineer (Airfields) Middle East during World War Two. His two sons were killed in the Second World War, and evidently no expense was spared in the production of this important and breathtakingly beautiful manuscript ❧ Ze-ev Raban (1890-1970) was a leading painter, decorative artist, and industrial artist of the Bezalel school, and was one of the founders of the Israeli art world. In 1921, he participated in the historic art exhibition at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, the first exhibit of Hebrew artists in Palestine, which became the first of an annual series of such exhibits. He designed the decorative elements of such important Jerusalem buildings as the King David Hotel and the Jerusalem YMCA, and also designed a wide range of Jewish religious objects. The book illustrations of Raban are a good example of his eclectic mix of European and Oriental style Submission Reference No.: K6QR4CRZ

A Tudor manuscript indenture dating from the reign of Queen Mary I (Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary") & Philip II, 1555, with pendant wax seal, Latin, 15 lines, ink on vellum, being a grant issued by John Fryce to Arthur Crewe regarding land in Tresham & Kilcott in the parish of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, 18 x 34cm, framed & glazed

Telford (Thomas): Original ink and wash architects outline map/plan of a rivulet that proceeds from the Loch of Auchlossen. Showing the long and traverse sections and proposed drainage improvements, scale 200:1. Measures 74 x 53 cm, repaired and re-laid on Japanese paper. All manuscript notes on the plan and an indistinct address and signature of Thomas Telford on the top corner of the reverse. Believed to be in Thomas Telford’s own hand. 

SOGRAFI, Giovanni. Exercitatio Anatomico-Chirurgica..., 8vo, heavy laid paper wrappers with manuscript title, engraved vignette title, capitals, headpieces & tailpieces, viii, 82pp., well-preserved, clean & bright, wide margins, some very faint spotting in places, Patavii: Typis Cominianis, 1766

Manuscript Map. Ink and wash coalfield map on vellum: Plan of lands in the townships of Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse in Derby, belonging to the Rev H W Stilwell. The coal which is leased to John Ray Esq, except coal under lands marked by a red dotted line and coloured yellow. 64 x74 cm approx, by J Clarke, land agents and surveyors, Higham Cliff, 1861; + May (T H) (land and mineral surveyor): Plan of the coalworks at Kilburn Colliery under the estate of the Smalley School trustees, hand drawn, wash colouring, linen backed, approx. 37 x 98 cm, 1898. (2) 

Korean manuscript Ch'onhado, or world map, depicted in blue. Likely from a Chonha-Chida (Atlas of the World). The map is centered on China and shows the world from a Korean perspective.Provenance: Kanda's BOQ Gallery, Tokyo; Private Minnesota Collection.Sight; height: 11 1/4 in x width: 12 in. Framed; height: 16 3/4 in x width: 18 1/2 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The colors are slightly faded; the sheet is toned. There is wear along the extreme edges of the sheet, including chipping and handling marks. Some accretions along the surface of the work as well as the frame. Framed under glass; wear along the frame. Dust gathered throughout. Not inspected out of frame.

An Indo-Persian Style Orbital Unity Manuscript Depicting Astrological and Mathematical Forms with Ties of Religious Concepts.Approximately 86.5cm x 91.7cm

Babylonian Talmud. Codex Munich [95] “The only manuscript in existence containing the complete text of the Talmud” A Limited Edition Facsimile of 400 copies. Sefer Publishing, Jerusalem. 1971. Three volume set. Bound in quarter calf, Morocco labels in gilt to the spine. Folio’s. Scarce

Atkin (John), Jonah Tink, a poem, 1st edition, Newark: printed for the author, 1823, paper over boards with contemporary spine label, 8vo. iv, [1], 8-122pp. With ink manuscript annotations signed "J.A" - by John Atkin the author to foot of p.77 "The printer left out these lines against the wish of the author after the proofs had been conected." Collates as complete. Scarce in commerce.

Printed & Manuscript map. “Plan of Stowe Park Estate in the County of Lincoln. For sale by Auction by Messrs Farebrother Clark & Lye. At Garraways Coffee House, Change Alley Cornhill. Wednesday October 10th 1849. Plan map with ink manuscript additions [showing plots]. Old folds, backed onto cloth, trimmed to upper right margin small loss to the foot. Measuring; 52cm x 40cm.

WW1 MINISTRY OF FOOD MANUSCRIPT. A manuscript “Testimonial to Sir Harry Peat [K.B.E, M.A, F. C. A] Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1917-1920. Bound in period Morocco [4to] With title in ornate red and coloured borders, title in calligraphy [coloured ink], with five leaves of List of Subscribers on thick card stock all in ink with borders. **Sir Harry Peat (William Barclay Peat's son) organises the complex finances of the Ministry of Food in WWI, where it's said he gave his services for free.

PRIVATE PRESS. U.S PRINTINGS Limited Edition. DRYDEN [John] The Georgics of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Mr John Dryden. 1931. #955 of 1200 copies. Cheshire House, Publishers New York. Folio, quarter leather. [DUMAS] Alexandre. La Dame Aux Camelias. Camille. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Limited Editions Club 1955. #48 and signed by the illustrator. In blue patterned slipcase. Blue cloth, dyed blue edges. Tinted plates, large 4to. MCCLURE [Michael]. The Grabbing of the Fairy. With photographs by Stewart Brand. Truck Press. 1978.Cream cloth, one of 100 copies signed by the author. MEYER [Thomas] The Umbrella of Aesculapius. The Jargon Society Highlands, North Carolina. 1975. One of 5o copies hand signed and numbed to half title by Meyer.Large pictorial 4to. And one other [VIETOR] Alexander O. America Emergent. An Exhibition of Maps and Atlases in Honour. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Yale. 1985. Oblong 4to [5]

WW2 Customs and Excise Manuscript book. BEER & BREWERY’S. 1940s. Paperback in original wraps. 40pp. Attributed to Alister B Stewart, officer, Customs and Excise. Includes a survey - Private Brewers, with liability of tax duties, Illicit Private Brewing, Sugar used by Brewers for sale. Operations and more. All in neat ink, English Hand.

JAPAN WW2 ARCHIVE MANUSCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT. 1942-1943 A historically important extensive archive over 3 volumes. Original green and maroon cloth, with one volume with heading “Notes on the Japanese Artillery.” Folio size. The archive comprises of period typed [typescript], hand drawn illustrations of weapon’s, M.S Maps and hand written manuscript material. By British and American Military. Compiled by the British and American Military, includes reports on Japanese activity on the Guadalcanal campaign, Malayan campaign, Hangchow, and many others including Burma. With multiple pencil drawn maps including one “from a captured Japanese document” of an attack on an allied position in the South West Pacific Area. Most entries dated 1942-1943, “Secret” documents - Japanese Artillery Arakan. Camouflage Methods, Artillery types, pen and ink map of Burma, sketches based on air photos of Mergui [Burma], detailed sketches of Japanese shells, guns, Japanese Bomb discharger, Grenades, Mortars and many others. Printed material includes reports printed at New Delhi, 1943, telegrams with manuscript entries from Arakan, Japanese instructions on the usage of a compass. Typescript reports on Artillery in Chemical Warfare. A rare and extensive contemporary WW2 archive of manuscript and typescript material regarding Japanese weapons, artillery and activity. Comprising approx 300 leafs of bound material

BATTLE OF KOHIMA a historically important WW2 Archive of original Manuscript Military Intelligence documents with pencil insertions. 80 sheets in total, oblong small folio/4to. c1944. Original British Military M/S documents. Rare. With messages partially encrypted, with co-ordinates, gun positions etc. Hundreds of entries including intelligence on MEREMA and THIZAMA [India] mentioned, CHESWEMA [Chieswema] “WO says hostile gun.. near to village of Cheswema” NAGA, BOZA Patrols, KHABVUMA, Priphema, “Mortrar firing, Morar approach 2 degree left of Congress Hill, 3” Mortar firing smokers[?] at our light tanks suggested Map… track to Thizama, first East of Cheswema. JAP Troops ZHAKHAMA, KIGWEMA, VIZEMA.. 2 guns shelling Garrison Hill. “O.P Bustard B reports old mountain gun positions on the south of Trout to you [ZUBZA]. Various entries regarding the Japanese troops locations with co-ordinates, engagement’s. SHIRAISHI Mentioned. “Nagas from CHEDEMA that yesterday the Japanese had mortar gun on Chedema..” An extensive and historically important original archive of official military intelligence M/S documents regarding the Battle of Kohima [India] Japanese invasion, British/India troops.

Scrapbook. c1870s. Oblong cloth, large 4to. With various ephemera, art work and photographs including "Pic-nic at Darjeeling 1875. Sepia toned photograph. some well executed pen and ink illustrations, three eastern tree leafs with eastern art in paint applied to them. manuscript poetry, newspaper clippings, other photographs. Some leaves detached, some items loose

A Quantity of Ephemera and printed material. Diverse collection including Heylyn A Help to English History, London, Abel roper. 1652, unbound [part of a greater work, but with own title], Olympic Games London 1948 London Transport Plan, GLADSTONE, address delivered at the distribution of prizes in the Liverpool Collegiate institution, London 1873, disbound, And others including Mickey Mouse in Pigmyland coloured glass slides in sleeve, Small amount of manuscript material, old calf gilt decorated wallet [large 4to size and other printed material.

MANUSCRIPT BOOK; Nares’s Warburtonian Lectures [View of the Prophecies] [1805]. William Warburton - Robert Nare interest. 51pp of neat manuscript insertions in ink, in English. The heading to the first leaf “Nares’s Warburtonian” possibly refers to “A connected and chronological view of the prophecies, relating to the Christian Church” London. 1805. 4to bound in period pale blue paper over boards. Manuscript begins “This [The Jewish Passover] even the Infidel, if he will consider it much as knowledge to contain irrefragable proof of divine Prescience..” **The Warburton Lectures (until the end of the nineteenth century often called the Warburtonian Lectures) are a series of theology lectures held in Lincoln's Inn.

WW2 NORFOLK. Typescript and Manuscript Fictitious Guidebook.”Sawd Block’s Guide Books. No. 1 The Natter Valley”. Dated 1944 to authors leaf. Paperback Muchadew Press, Small 4to. An interesting fictitious guidebook of a made up area in Norfolk “The authors of this little Guide [Sic!] have not tried to picture any known locality in East Anglia… Although in doing so they have taken liberties with the geography of Norfolk” WW2 interest, “post war planning” “up in arms in defence of the territorial integrity of that county” dated 1944 to authors note and dated 1912 to the title page. Approx 40pp of Typescript and manuscript additions including a pen and ink frontispiece of the “Quayside, Little Pidholl” A folding map of “Natter Vally & District” many fictitious pen and in ads with illustrations a fe full page plates in ink. The made up location in Norfolk centres around “Natter and the River Natter” [so called as “Their thanks must be given to two R.A.F Corporals, whose “nattering” [Service slang for constant “nagging” conversation]. The guidebook continues giving a description of the area including businesses and railways.

PEACOCK Edward. English Church Furniture Ornaments and Decorations.. With A.L.S from the author. 1866. London. John Camden.In the original cloth, titles in gilt to the spine.some tears to the joints. Lacking the front pastedown, “North Devon Barnstaple” plate to FFEP. Mr William England Howlett ownership plate to fly leaf, Sepia photo tipped into Half title with ink manuscript titles [tear to half title], various pencil notes to verso of the frontispiece. A.L.S dated March 1873, and signed by the author Edward Peacock, an ink note states “letter to John Edwin Cussans” the letter is in regard to Peacock assisting Cussan’s on a project. With coloured frontispiece, ownership stamps plates, blanks to front becoming loose, text block pulling

ORACLES & PREDICTIONS. VOSSIUS Isaac. De Sibyllinis Aliisque qua Christi Natalee praecessere Oraculis. 1680. Jaconum Gaal. Scarce imprint. Vossius on oracles and predictions leading up to the birth of Christ. Period Limp vellum bining, 24mo. Faint ink manuscript titles to the spine.Woodcut device to title, [12], 167, [2], 3-96pp. With divisional title to second part. Latin text. Rarely seen Gaal imprint.

Juvenile Manuscript. Hand drawn and written in pencil. “A tale with a moral” Paper wraps with pencil title. With 8pp with charming pencil illustrations, 10pp in total. Undated. The tale tells of two mischievous youths playing a trick on an older gentleman asleep in a barrel, unfortunately the barrel rolls and squashes the two youths flat while the older gentleman goes back to sleep. Some tears to the edges of the wrap, with speckled foxing. Measuring; 16.6cm x 13.5cm.

Lincolnshire. Maps. Including a 1967 manuscript map of “A plan of the level of Ancholme, 1767, reproduced in manuscript by L. Devey 1967. 2 large sheets in colour ink. With another. Large printed map of South Ferriby. C1937. With fold sand staining.

CHILDREN’S SPECIAL SERVICE MISSION. C. S. S. M. Choruses No. 2. C1939. Bound in limp black Morocco, titles in gilt to the upper board in the original box. Large 8vo. Inscription to the verso of the FFEP “Fairlight Girl Crusaders” By Grace — through faith.. October 1939. With 3pp of manuscript add-ons to the rear. Missionary interest, scarce and nicely present Chorus book, rare in commerce.

Juvenile Manuscript Book. Illustrated. c1880s. 7pp on card. "My First Ball" By Q. Quibbs with illustrations in pen and ink by Herr Spiderino. With beautifully executed hand drawn illustrations in ink to the front cover and throughout. Measuring; 18cm x 11.5cm. Tie to the spine. Humorous manuscript book regarding a 17 year olds first ball. Poetry. In verse.

Manuscript Archive; Engineering, Mining, Railways etc.- [Maude (Edward James)] [HMS Rattler] "The Rattler has been built with expressly to try the merits of the screw propeller in …”comparison with the paddle wheel.., manuscript Woolwich Gazette 3pp. HMS Rattler, 9-gun steam screw sloop of the Royal Navy, and one of the first British warships to be built with screw propulsion 1843. SS Report of Edward James Maude, Civil Engineer, to the Provisional Committee of the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway, manuscript, 3 1/2pp., folio, Birmingham, 29th August 1845; and c. 30 others, including reports, letters, an engineering drawing in ink “4 flat cope wheels”, a few newspaper cuttings etc., mostly relating to Maude, many laid down on album pages (c. 30)

RAILWAYS - Engineering Manuscript Book. 1877. Illustrated in Pen and Ink, Disbound. Approx 113pp of Manuscript ink additions with detailed pen and ink illustrations in hand. Dated 1877-1878. Victorian Railways interest, beautifully illustrated throughout by hand, mostly technical drawings of Engines, pumps, steam brakes, boilers etc. The entries include “Brake Trials” “Experiments” one page with “Fox Walkers Rowen Engines 1878, with a neat illustration of a locomotive. Some pages loose, one leaf with the ink name W. HARDWICK.

WW2. Manuscript play in pencil from R. A Station Mess, Deolali, India. Comprising 6pp [on 3 leaves]. Pencil. Seemingly a play written by British Military personnel[?] a comedic play regarding “S.S Gorgeous” with fictional characters such as Field officer Brainfever [was Toothbrush but blocked out and name changed] CSM Brubwelt. A manuscript of a satirical play by British officers based in India

VELLUM CLASP BINDING. 1717. Cura Consuetudinarii Sive Peccati Exterminium, Maximè ad quod Natura Vel Consuetudo magis inclinat Per Decem Hebdomadarum solidam devotionem, Christi Crucifixi, Dolorosae Virginis, SS. Ignatii & Xaverii Honoribus instituendam proposita. 1717. Hevenesi, Gábor. Two vol in 1. Bound in near period full vellum, ink manuscript titles to the spine. Clasps and catches in vellum and metal. Page edges dyed red. Some foxing and browning. 163, [10], 6-115, [2]pp. Main title and title to second part. 16mo.

WW2 JAPAN. Manuscript Book “Notes on Japanese Artillery. 4to, orig card wraps, some soiling, 23pp of hand written entries in ink, with some ephemera slipped in. With headings “Use of Artillery in combined Operations” Operation against Shanghai 23 Aug 1937, “Landing at Hangchow, 5 Nov ’37” “Attack on Anking 11th June 1938” “Landing at Bias Bay, 12 Icy 1938” “The capture of Swan 21 June 1939” and others. 23pp gilled with the rest of the book blanks. With some letterpress ephemera. Front cloth joint torn with some movement.

PRE WW1 ERA. Manuscript book. “Kenneth Edward Dix Marshall 38th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Killed October 12th 1917 at Passchendale”. Period half calf, folio size. Contents hand written between April 1911 and October 1912. Book complete with all 180pp filled in, in pencil hand. Manuscript book from WW1 written by one Kenneth Edward Dix Marshall of the 38th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Various headings throughout which include “A few impressions of various people, places & Prejudices which I have know, seen or conceived, Dartmoor. A Diary, with poetry, and more, with entries from Canada, recalling the “glitter of the Northern lights” , Mediterranean Sea “The morning sun sparkled on the blue, with calmed waves of the Mediterranean Sea” with writing on Sydney, Melbourne, Christ, friends, and a broad range of other subjects. Presumably this manuscript was written before WW1 and the author Dix Marshall was called into service.

Margaret Strickland. Manuscript. “Illustrated Amateur Magazine. July [18]98 Vol 2 No. 1. “Owned, Published & Edited by Misses Strickland”. Large 4to, original paper wraps with water colour and ink illustration to front wrap. Charmingly illustrated in pen and ink, Water Colour throughout with ink manuscript text. 27pp. Edited by Miss Strickland with contents that include original works and others from Otto B, Hatchard, Stanley Tatharn, A. J Hyde. Skilfully illustrated with some full page tipped in art work by the Strickland sisters [one signed Mary Strickland, “AS” A Strickland” and in text illustrations. Damp stained, with small loss to the first page paper spine peeling, text block detached. RARE. **”Illustrated Amateur Magazine" features early examples Strickland sisters' art and writing. This series included twelve issues of the title, a handmade publication Margaret created with her family members Agnes, Diana Mary, and their friends in Bromley, Kent [now London], from 1897 - 1899. Margaret Strickland, (c. 1880–1970) was a prolific English writer of magazine stories and novels for adults and children, including the Michael Gerahty detective novels. Her works and papers have been collected by New York University's Fales Library. Strickland was a great niece of the famous literary Strickland sisters. Her grandfather, Thomas Strickland, was the youngest brother of Agnes, Jane and Elizabeth Strickland, and Catherine Traill. Agnes was the best known of the family and is remembered for her work, The Lives of the Queens of England (1840–48). Strickland suggests that Thomas was viewed as the black sheep of the family. He is barely mentioned in either of the biographies of Agnes Strickland. Several of Thomas' siblings, including Catherine and another brother, Samuel, migrated to Canada, where Catherine wrote a number of books and novels, and Samuel founded the city of Lakeside.Strickland had two sisters, both noted for their ability in drawing animals and staid, country scenes. Agnes Strickland is remembered for her botanical illustrations, and Mary Diana (later Diana Mallet-Veale) moved to Rhodesia and became well known for her illustrations of native life. Early examples of the artistic work by these sisters include twelve issues of the Illustrated Amateur Magazine, a small publication Strickland created with her sisters from 1897 to 1899. Extremely rare in commerce and at auction

WW2 Archive of congratulatory letters for Lieutenant General Sir Lionel Vivian Bond. Comprising approx 35 typed and manuscript letters congratulating Vivian Bond on his recent promotion. Dated 1940-1941. Letters include “Overseas Department, Central Executive committee on the Kuomintang, Chungking, China [March 20th 1941], from Wu Tiecheng - Wu Te-chen, politician in the Republic of China. He served as Mayor of Shanghai, Governor of Guangdong province, and was the Vice Premier and Foreign Minister in 1948–1949, signed in ink by Wu Tiechneg.Others include from the Residency, Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Singapore, a hand written letter from the Australian Imperial Force Malaya, Headquarters Kuala Lumpur signed and written by Gordon Bennett [Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett] “My dear General, I have just heard that you will be vacating the Malaya Command, the news is very disappointing to me for under your command there has been established a close and happy relationship”. Signed typescript letter from Sir Shenton Thomas, [Singapore], Consulate of Switzerland, Mr and Mrs H. R. Arbenz, Charles Dix [Master attendant S.S. Singapore], a typed letter from Istana Passir Plangie, Johore Bahru, June 1941. Typed letter from The United States of America, signed K. S. Patton American Consul General and others including Charles Cuthbert Brown [Pahang].

Royal Canadian Air Force. 1942-45 WW2, Pilot's Flying Log Book - Stringer-Jones (Walter, pilot), approx 110pp. with manuscript insertions, a few typed inserts laid down. 4to, cloth. Includes mentions of Raid on Rangoon, targets bombed, Singaingmyo, Mahlaing, Raid on Burma Railway, Raid Kangan, Raid on Bangkok Railway, various exercise’s. Some wear to the spine.

MANUSCRIPT BOOK MISCELLANY. 10 Hand written Manuscript books. Including; mid 19th century Italian manuscript, bound in blind stamped calf, small Bol [32mo]. An 1844 pocket book with entries, c1886 manuscript accounts bookworm the Central Bank of London. Wallet binding. C1893 manuscript book regarding a trip to a Convent of the Ladies of Mary. Catholic school with well executed one and ink illustrations and others [10].

MATHEMATICAL MANUSCRIPT BOOKS Mid 19th Century. A small collection of three mid 19th century mathematical, arithmetic manuscript books. 4to, two in half Morocco, one in limp Morocco. The first dated 1842 signed and dated Robert Berry, March 1842. Approx 114pp of problems in Arithmetic, long division etc in neat ink manuscript hand. The second signed dated I. Harding Newchapel Grammar School, Dec 1861. And the third George Knappett, Sutton Suffolk, 1851. [3],

Woodfield Eagles Estate. 1838. Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. Manuscript accounts book. In contemporary Sheep. 8vo. Approx 200pp of neat ink entries. Dated 1838 to the FFEP “Woodfield Eagles December 1828”. Social History.

WW2 Manuscript, Sketch book.. J. E. Shepherd. R. A. F. Montrose Scotland Angus. 4to. A Botanical and Science manuscript book with wonderful sketches of various characters throughout. Mostly Military officer’s [some from india], others include some nudes, women, are skilfully carried our in pastel. Majority of book filled. Approx 70pp.Art work with caption’s. In orange passed and pencil. Some captions in French.

WW2. Small archive of Manuscript material and Ephemera. Including pencil drawn with ink captions “Sectional drawing of Escape Tunnel “Harry” showing an escape route from a POW camp. Two artillery training pamphlets from 1942. A Soldiers service book with photos and manuscript entires [for one Edward Herbert Walden], four manuscript books [c1940s] with hand written military training and tactics, and others included printed WW2 ephemera.

WW2. Artillery Rough Notes. 1939. Rogers. Manuscript book from the start of WW2, with detailed pen and pencil M.S notes and illustrations. With slipped in Ephemera. 82pp filled with training exercises [book complete]. With hand ink illustrations. British. Includes notes on Gunnery, ammunition, engineering, Meteor Telegraph, Tactics, Royal Corps Signals, Air Co-operation, Anti-gas, and more. Some soiling. Includes two loose, spinning M.S disks with a hand drawn light[?], A typescript “Survey in Mountainous Country [1944 1st July], and others.

NEWGATE PRISON. An Epistle to a father in law at Somerset house from his son in law in Newgate. Printed poetry, 2pp [3 pages of printed material. C1807 [dated 19th March 07 to the end]. Poetry regarding an incarceration in Newgate Prison. “While in a dismal dungeon’s dampness, I swear unregarded, unsupported lie”With manuscript notes to the foot of the last leaf. “Long, long may Heaven the Prince of Wales pressure, The Prince whom you and “all the infants[?] share, saw the suffering virtue in distress believed thy wants and …. Thy wrongs redress…” The printed poem initialed “T. D” from Newgate’s Dungeon, March 19, 07. “an unfortunate son-in-law, and a worthy parent” in latin below the title.some closed tears to the folds, old dark tape marks to the margins. 4to. Rare all published. The same poem was also printed in The groans of the talents : or, Private sentiments on public occurrences [1807 London 8vo]. This impression with imprint “Burkitt, Printer, Sudbury”

WW2 Manuscript Book “Survey Training Centre Wynnstay - Rueben, Lithographic Draughtman’s Course. 1942-1943. 4to, period quarter cloth [heavily worn to the lower part of the spine.]. Approx 50pp of hand written ink entries regarding map making snd lithography to be used for Military purposes. With ink illustrations. With 3 others, including Lithographic Proving, Field Survey Pamphlet. No. 7 [1942], Instructions for the preparation of Regimental Orders.. 1942, Map reading made easy, Captions C. C. Esson. 1929 [heavily worn to the lower spine].

The Countess of Pembokes, Arcadia. Written by St Philip Sidney Knight. 1638 Disbound folio. Defective. Lacking some leafs, text block split, some repairs, and tears. With 1692 An Abridgement of Architecture Of Vitruvius. Disbound. Defective. Lacking all before B1, and O4, with engraved plates and occasional manuscript annotations. Not collated. Sold with all faults.

WW2. Manuscript book. c1941. “Notes on the German Artillery”. S.O Book 136. Original limp card wraps. 29pp of hand written entires with some illustrations. British military. Entires include “The German Armoured Division” Organisation, Future development, Malaya, with pencil entries regarding various skirmishes “Arabs mid Nov [14th] warned air, sea, land attack coming”. Staple bound [some bleeding].

Four Chinese manuscript weights, of screen form, embossed with trees, insects and flowers, above script, white metal, 15cm high, 33.19oz.