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Nepos, Cornelius, Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae (Lives of the Most Excellent Commanders), Latin text, London: JF & C Rivington & T. Longman, 1789, hessian-bound board, 12 mo, inscribed in pen on end-paper by William Sparshott with witty schoolboy verse and 'Wm Sparshott Dec 11th 1792 only 7 days to going Home Huxaa' (sic) to/w a manuscript (1836) album of verse, essays & other thoughts, interspersed with engraving scraps (2)

A selection of late Victorian & Edwardian children's volumes, including The English Struwwelpeter, Noodle Duo (Charles Bennett), When All is Young, Short & Sweet Stories, etc. to/w Websters International Dictionary 1891, full calf (disbound) and a large bound manuscript History of Italian Art, c. 1930

An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, Tours c.1500-1510, Pentecost, artistic milieu of Jean Bourdichon (c.1457-1521) and Jean Poyer (c.1465-1503), illuminated full-page miniature, overall 22cm x 14.5cm/Note: This miniature opened the Hours of the Holy Spirit in what would have been a lavishly decorated Book of Hours. Typically for full page miniature from Tours around 1500, especially for Jean Bourdichon and his workshop, the composition is surrounded by a golden painted frame with an inscription at the bottom of the beginning of the text: "D(OMI)NE LABIA MEA APERIES ET OS"/see illustration Condition Report: It looks as if the edges have been trimmed, there is a crease and tiny hole to bottom edge. Some slight flaking to paint bottom right corner and a few minor areas of flaking elsewhere.

Great Britain - KEVII : 1902 2s6d to £1 RARE SET OF DIE PROOFS in black on white glazed card, the markings are 2s6d (BEFORE HARDENING 8 NOV 01), 5s (AFTER HARDENING 25 NOV 01), 10s (without markings) and £1 (AFTER HARDENING 19 DEC 01, with additional manuscript AC 19 DEC 01), each with numerous hinge remains on reverse, but excellent appearance, rarely offered in this was. Cat. £17,550. (image available)

GODWIN (Francis) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England. London: G. Bishop 1601, 8vo, black letter, p.546 part in early manuscript facsimile, calf; WILLIS (Browne) Notitia Parliamentaria, 1715, 8vo, rebacked panel calf; DUCK (A) The Life of Henry Chichele, 1699, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, calf; LEWIS (John) A Complete History of the several Translations of the Holy Bible, 2nd edition 1739, 8vo, folding plate, worn calf (4)

FARNSWORTH (Sydney) after George ELIOT. Oh May I Join The Choir Invisible, illuminated and gilt manuscript on vellum, 8pp of text, 16.5 x 13cm overall, for John and Edward Bumpus Ltd, dated the 30th August 1912, fine gilt tooled binding and lined box

Norfolk - history. FITCH (Robert) Views of the Gate of Norwich. Norwich, 1861, 4to, plates, cloth; PAGET (Francis Edward) Some Records of the Ashtead Estate ... with notices of Elford, Castle Rising etc. Lichfield 1873, large 4to, cloth; JONES (Mrs Herbert) [Miscellaneous offprints, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society] Norwich, c. 1878, 4to, red morocco, plates; JESSOPP (Augustus) A History ... of West and East Bradenham. Norwich, 1883, 4to, tree calf gilt; idem - One Generation of a Norfolk House. Norwich 1878, 4to, cloth; RYE (Walter) The Norfolk Miscellany. Norwich, 1877, 3 vols, 8vo, cloth (Editor's copy with manuscript additions and annotations); BLYTH (William) Historical Notices and Records of ... Fincham. King's Lynn, 1863 8vo, cloth. ELLER (George).. Memorials of ... West Winch. King's Lynn, 1861, 8vo, cloth. DUTT, (W. A.) The King's Homeland. Sandringham and North-West Norfolk. London, 1904, cloth, 8vo; GURNEY (J J) A Winter in the West Indies, 3rd edition 1841, 8vo, frontispiece, cloth; etc. and two others on Eton College (condition varies; sold not subject to return) (24)

The Order of Holy Communion, a folio illuminated manuscript circa 1900, 8 leaves (15pp.), the text within decorated watercolour borders, full blue morocco by Bumpus; Paroissien Elzevir Rite Romain, Paris: Gruel-Engelmann 1901, narrow 12mo, illustrations, full dark brown morocco with pierced jewelled clasps (which are incomplete), gilt gauffered edges; together with nine family prayer books and hymnals with Cowdray bookplates (11)

RHOADS Jr (Samuel) The Barclay Tract in Pennsylvania, Surveyed and Described by ----, 1835, folio, copied by Samuel Woodward, Norwich 1835; a manuscript account (title and 26pp text) with folding coloured plan by Woodward, and printed regional map by J & C Walker with annotations bound in, contemporary half calf with gilt lettered spine

A manuscript armorial document on vellum, Spanish, early 18th century, the cover entitled 'Titulos de Nobleza Del Marque de Uluapa', 15 leaves (some with polychrome borders, decorations and Royal portraits), silk interlinings, size 12.5 x 8.75", with official signatures to final leaves,

KONODY (P G) The Art of Walter Crane, London: George Bell & Sons 1902, large 4to, cover design title-page and endpapers by Crane, numerous illustrations, with four manuscript letters from Crane to the publishers and another letter inserted at the front, and other related clippings, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g others uncut The four letters to publishers George Bell all hand written and signed. In one letter dated November 1901, Crane writes "I have just returned from the continent and find the two copies of Mr Konody's book - for which I am much obliged, also for the cheque for £5/5/0 you enclose me for the cover design. The book as such is handsomely produced and I trust it will remunerate you".

Classical literature, and others. RACKHAM (A.; illustrator) Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1911, 4to, 30 tipped in colour plates, original cloth gilt; WILCOX (Ella W) Poems of Passion and Pleasure, no date, tipped in plates, original cloth; Classics in poor and varying condition - 18th century - including works by Tacitus (with maps), Petronius, Suetonius, etc; also a small framed manuscript leaf in Latin with illuminated capitals. Sold not subject to return.

Al-Tanbihat al-Mustanbatah, in Arabic manuscript, 19th century, signed by Amir Abdul Qader al Jazairi's son, Muhammad al Husayni, also signed by the scholar Muhammad ibn Jafar al-Kattani of Damascus, approx. 500 pp., leather bound

A collection of manuscript letters or notes by Bartolozzi, Adam Buck, Flinders Petrie, John Soane, Lady Morgan, William Roscoe and T. Dibdin. (9)

A manuscript travel journal, c.1876-78, 8vo, 123pp. by F. Everett of Southampton, covering a trip to the Philippines, shooting specimen birds for collectors back in England, accompanied by his brother Alfred who has engaged him. He describes travelling from place to place, the natives and difficulties of terrain, his own shortcomings, illnesses and generally tricky conditions.

Illuminated manuscript on vellum c.1915. Heraldry of the East Window Gloucester Cathedral, by Miss Lilian Parkinson of Cheltenham (according to an inscription to the front), 24 x 22.5cm, 15 leaves, coloured gilt title, shields and motifs, covers worn

Les Grandes Heures de Jean Duc de Berry a facsimile illuminated manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris 1971. Folio red cloth gilt in matching slipcase

The very rare Doulton Butterfly ceramic model of a girl in butterfly costume. the underside with Royal Doulton green stamp and"Butterfly HN719 Potted by Doulton & Co." in black manuscript. Ht 17cm.

Pope & Swift.- Commonplace Book of poetry and letters between Pope, Swift, John Gay and others, manuscript, 304pp., in several hands, some ff. mostly poetry at beginning with some extensive dampstaining though still legible, some tears to edges, browned, disbound, sm. 4to, 1741-76. ⁂ Includes an unpublished poem, "Verses sent from a Daughter to her Mother on her Birth-day," written in Boxford, Suffolk and dated 25th January 1776." Other poems authors include Hannah More and Elizabeth Singer Rowe.

Hardy (Thomas) Jude the Obscure, signatures A-H all in first state (with numbering to partially-blank pages), etched frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, map of Wessex, hinges a little weak, 1896; The Well-Beloved, etched frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, map of Wessex, 1897; A Changed Man..., photogravure frontispiece, double-page map of Wessex, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription at head of title, 1913, Wessex Novels vol.VIII, XVII & XVIII, first editions in book form, half-titles, uniform original dark green ribbed cloth with central gilt monogram on upper covers, t.e.g., others uncut, the first a little rubbed at edges and corners, the last with slight staining and wear to joints, [Purdy pp. 86, 92, 151]; and vol.I, II, III & VI (Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Return of the Native) from the Wessex Novels series, all revised editions with new Prefaces by Hardy, all 1895, 8vo, James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. (7) ⁂ Jude the Obscure was the last novel written by Hardy (The Well-Beloved was a revision of a work previously published serially in the Illustrated London News in 1892) and was ahead of its time. Aimed at Victorian institutions such as the Church, marriage and education, and with a modern heroine in the "new woman" Sue Bridehead, this tragic story was vilifed by many whose moral indignation was roused by Hardy's controversial themes. It has been suggested that he was so distressed at how the book was received and misunderstood that he gave up writing novels and concentrated on poetry. It first appeared in monthly instalments in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from December 1894 to November 1895 but with substantial changes from the manuscript, these were restored in book form.

Colour-Printing.- [Caraccioli (Louis Antoine de)] Le Livre de Quatre Couleurs, only edition, printed in yellow, blue, brown and red, half-title, title with engraved vignette in black, some light spotting or soiling, small stain to a couple of leaves, H2 defective at lower margin not affecting text, old wrappers, title in manuscript on upper, cover, uncut, rubbed, spine broken and slightly defective, 8vo, [Paris, Duchesne], [1757].

Pollux (Julius) Historia Physica et Chronicon, edited by Giovanni Baptista Bianconio, Greek and Latin text, occasional spotting, uncut in contemporary patterned boards, rubbed, folio, Bologna, ex Typographia S. Thomae Aquinatis, 1795. ⁂ The editor Bianconi (1698-1781) mainly worked from an incomplete Greek codex preserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan (Ambrosianus D.34 sup.) and then collated with a complete and more authoritative manuscript discovered in Munich (Monacensis gr. 181). The volume was published posthmously and edited by Bianconi's nephew, Angelo Michele.

Austen (Jane).- Thomson (Hugh, 1860-1920) I beg your pardon, Miss Morland, original drawing for 'Northanger Abbey', pen and black ink with watercolour over graphite, on wove paper, signed and dated lower left, c.295 x 180mm., framed and glazed, old manuscript label to verso with alternative title, 1897. ⁂ For Macmillan's edition of Northanger Abbey published in 1897 but with the artist's later addition of watercolour, as in similar drawings for the work in Jane Austen's house at Chawton (see Gilson E89). The original illustrations were reproduced in the book (much smaller) as black and white line drawings but the artist then added watercolour to sell the designs separately. The manuscript label gives the title of the drawing as 'An addition to their Set' but in the book the illustration is captioned 'I beg your pardon, Miss Morland'.

Butterflies and Moths.- English School (circa 1820-1830) An album of butterflies, moths, and other insects, 68 pp. of finely executed watercolours, including some neatly pasted cut-out watercolour moths and butterflies on [?]pith paper, pen and brown ink annotations throughout, with 2 pp. numbered manuscript index including identification of each insect, inscribed by the artist 'Miss Parker' on front flyleaf, with several pages of verse and descriptive text, each album leaf approx. 195 x 160 mm. (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in), wove paper with numerous watermark dates of 1822 throughout, some offsetting and occasional spotting and browning, contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, rubbed, small 4to, [circa 1820-1830].

16 century secret prayer, manuscript in Latin, in the form of a cryptograph, manuscript in Latin, together with various inscriptions on 6pp. of fly-leaves, on paper, heavily contracted without contraction marks and numerous words repeated, 10 lines, with court hand inscription in Latin: ("The price of the book 2 s. 8 d. Witness Nicholas Pylgrame. Amen)", other inscriptions refer to Aballo and an Italian city under siege, hole in page not affecting text, from the fly-leaves of a book, slightly browned, 4to, another inscription dated 1526; and 2 others, 1 in courthand and the other an obligation bond dated 1639, v.s., v.d. (3).

Eliot (T.S.) 2 Typed Letters signed to P.T.R. Gillet, each with small manuscript addition to foot in Eliot's hand, each 1p., 4to, 43 Heath Drive, Gidea Park, Essex, 15th & 21st November, 1955, stating that he is unable to sign copies of his books no longer in print due to "a certain unscrupulous bookseller (not a British bookseller)" and some small reminiscence of school life, folds, the first with some closed tears and with Gillet's reply to verso; with T.L.s. from Valerie Eliot and 2 T.L.s. from John Bodley of Faber and Faber, v.s., v.d. (5)

Yorkshire.- Gent (Thomas) The Antient and Modern History of the Loyal Town of Rippon, first edition, title with typographic ornamental border, folding woodcut plan, numerous woodcut head-pieces, initials and illustrations, 5pp. advertisements and list of subscribers at end, plan torn and repaired, extensive later manuscript notes to front endpapers, handsome contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco label, slightly rubbed, short split to upper joint, 8vo, York, 1733. ⁂ Including a poem on Studley Park by Peter Aram, and the 73pp. Journey into some Parts of Yorkshire, particularly, to Pontefract, Wakefield, and Leeds.

Ellis (Frederick Startridge, bookseller and author, friend of the Pre-Raphaelites, 1830-1901) [Fairy Tales in Verse from Grimm Brothers], autograph manuscript signed, 143pp., written on rectos only, numerous crossings out and corrections, autograph manuscript poem: "To Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1892 For the Shelley Centenary" loosely inserted and initialled "E.", browned, original cloth, remains of paper label on spine, sm. 4to, F.S. Ellis, Chelston, Torquay, 8th October 1894. ⁂ Unpublished. "For many years Ellis was official buyer for the British Museum, which brought him into rivalry with trade opponents in the auction rooms. He was also commissioned to edit the catalogue of Henry Huth's famous library, which was printed in 1880 in five volumes. Ellis was a publisher on a limited scale, and brought out the works of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he was on terms of close friendship. Among other friends were A. C. Swinburne, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and John Ruskin, whose Stray Letters to a London Bibliopole were addressed to Ellis and republished by him in 1892. Ruskin called him Papa Ellis (E. T. Cook, Life of John Ruskin, 1911, 1.371). It was in 1864 that William Morris was first introduced by Swinburne to Ellis, who later took over from Dante Gabriel Rossetti the joint tenancy, with Morris, of Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire. They shared an enthusiasm for fishing. Ellis advised Morris on his purchases of manuscripts. In Morris's last illness in 1896 he was with him every day, discussing a projected edition of the Border Ballads, and Ellis was one of the poet's executors (J. W. Mackail, Life of W. Morris, 1899, 1.193)." - Oxford DNB.

Unpublished Poem.- Yonge (Lady, wife of Sir William Yonge, Bt., politician, c.1693-1755, d. 1775) Lines wrote on a Stone erected by Lady Yonge in memory of a favourite Spaniel at Waltham House in Essex, unpublished manuscript poem, 2pp. with conjugate blanbk, folds, Pro Patria watermark, folio, 25th September 1774; and 21 other pieces of 18th century manuscript poetry, v.s., v.d. (22 pieces).

Stobaeus (Joannes) Eclogarum libri duo, 2 parts in 1, collation: *6, A-Q6, R8, S-T6, V4; [12], 236, [4] pp., woodcut device on title, contemporary limp vellum, inked title on spine, lacking ties, folio (350 x 232 mm.), Antwerp, ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1575. ⁂ Editio princeps of Stobeaus' Eclogae, dedicated by the printer Christopher Plantin to Cardinal Gugliemo Sirleto, one of the greatest sixteenth-century collectors of Greek manuscripts. The volume was edited by the philologian Willem Canter (1542-1575), a correspondent of Fulvio Orsini and Joseph Scaliger, who mainly based his work on a manuscript owned by the Hungarian humanist Johannes Sambucus (1531-1581), collated with a codex sent to Plantin by the aforementioned Cardinal Sirleto. Literature: Adams S1879; Voet 2263; Hoffmann III, 635-636; A.S.Q. Visser, J. Sambucus and the Learned Image, Leiden 2005, pp. 38-40. Provenance: Alessandro Bozza (ex-libris on front pastedown).

Brontë (Emily) The Outcast Mother, 3 proof copies of the poem for publication in the Cornhill Magazine, each 1p., 1 with manuscript corrections, 1 sheet with damp-staining and loss to head, 1 sheet with loss to corner, surface soiling, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, [1860]. ⁂ Rare. First published in the Cornhill Magazine vol.1, p.616, May 1860.

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones.- Catterson-Smith (Robert, artist, socialist, principal of the Birmingham School of Art and Director of Art Education in that city, worked with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones on the Kelmscott Chaucer. 1853-1938) Archive of letters and other material relating to Catterson-Smith, including: (1). Morris (William) Autograph Letter signed "Wm" to Catterson-Smith, 2pp., 8vo, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, 28th December 1895, regarding the production of the Kelmscott Chaucer, "I forgot to say last night please look after and let Hooper [wood-engraver] have the first of the House of Fame as soon as possible, as we shall be wanting it soon, in fact as soon as possible", and then turns his attention to the production of his work, The Well at the World's End, "Re the lady's foot in the 'Well', I was thinking if there were any thing in the designs already done which would help you. I find there is in Griselda going back home you will find pretty much the same action turned the other way of course, and the foot is very pretty there. I send on a proof at once for your benefit, and I think by the help of it you need not bother Sir E. [Edward Burne-Jones], browned; (2). Burne-Jones (Sir Edward) 33 Autograph Letters signed (?1 in Geogiana's hand and signed by Burne-Jones) & 2 Autograph Postcards signed to Catterson-Smith, on his assistance with various projects for the Kelmscott Press, 38pp. and 20 envelopes, 8vo, Kensington, 1898, meeting for consultations etc., "Dear CS, I wonder if it would be possible for you to come tomorrow Tuesday & do a little work for me apart from the Chaucer", (3). Burne-Jones (Georgiana, wife of Edward Burne-Jones, 1840-1920) 16 Autograph Letters signed & 2 Autograph Postcards signed to Catterson-Smith, relating to his work on The Beginning of the World, 58pp. and 9 envelopes, 8vo, Rottingdean, 1902-16, "I have seen the proofs, and am greatly pleased with them... Mr. Mackail is having a 'dummy' page or two printed for me at the Chiswick Press with the two proofs and some type. He is well forward with the letter press..." and Catterson-Smith's design of a mace for Birmingham; and a quantity of other letters and notes from May Morris, W.R. Lethaby, Sydney Cockerell, Philip Webb, Sir Henry Wood etc., manuscript notes by Catterson-Smith on sex and marriage, Burne Jones Cupid and Psyche, etc., v.s., v.d. (qty).

Soldier in India.- Langford (Frank, of 85th Light Infantry, fl. 1872-80) Diary, autograph manuscript, 79pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, some ff. excised, a few ff. loose or working loose, a few cut, slightly browned, inner hinges split, original blind-stamped calf, rubbed, original brass clasp, upper cover corner creased, edges and corners worn, 155 x 90mm., 1872-80; and an oil on board portrait of Langford, v.s., v.d. (2). ⁂ "May 12 Wed [1880] Went for a walk after breakfast as far as the village with Sitwell a Joori thief shot at the fort": "Jan 13 Thurs [1880] Reached Lahore 5 am very cold had some tea and bread, went on by train to rest camp, very down all day called on the 8th, all were out, drove to fort in the evening &c... ." Notes on life as an officer in the British Army in India, with some notes from a correspondent in British Columbia, Canada. Devlali, or Deolali, Nashik district, Maharashtra. Deolali was a British Army camp, the original location of the Army Staff College. It is also the source of the British slang noun doolally tap, loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty.

Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean François) Dictionnaire Égyptienne en Écriture Hiéroglyphique, first edition, half-title, lithographed hieroglyphs throughout, title lightly soiled, ex-library copy with unobtrusive blind-stamp on title, modern calf, uncut, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1841-43. ⁂ Lithographic reproduction of Champollion's manuscript, published after his death, with an index at the end of the hieroglyphs sorted by type including celestial, anatomical, animal, architectural, household objects etc.

Taaffe (John, poet, friend of Shelley and Byron, son of John Taaffe of Smarmore Castle, Co. Louth in Ireland, officer in the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, 1787-1862) Adelais, 2 vol., autograph manuscript signed, title and c. 800pp., numerous autograph corrections, ruled throughout, 1f. cut, browned, vol. I original half cloth, vol. II vellum-backed boards, both edges rubbed, 4to, 20th August 1841 - 1st April 1848. ⁂ A Byronesque historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband. Richard I repudiated Alice and instead married Berengaria of Navarre. Inscription reads: "This belongs to the Author, John Taaffe - and contains the 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or last Canto of Adelais - as likewise the notes on those seven cantos. The first nine, with preface and notes to those nine are in a book in the custody of... Lucrezia Bembo, neé Grimani of Venice - and is without the author's final revision which would be the same operation already performed on this; namely cutting it down, fully one half... April 1st. 1848. That is, this forms the second part of Adelais; the first part being in Vednice, as above J Taaffe." Published as a privately printed edition in 1852. Taaffe was part of a celebrated encounter with Byron and Shelley and an Italian Dragoon in Pisa in 1822. Following a customary ride out of the city on a Sunday afternoon, Byron, Shelley and Trelawny, Byron's friends Count Pietro Gamba, John Taaffe, and Captain John Hay were strung out across the road, trotting their horses back into Pisa, when an Italian dragoon, racing back to Pisa, galloped through the group, spooking Taaffe's horse. Affronted, the party set off in pursuit of the dragoon. Catching up with him at the gate, they immediately began haranguing him and demanding his name. Sergeant-Major Stefano Masi-the dragoon-would answer only in Italian and French insults, but once Byron and Trelawny began demanding satisfaction, he commanded the guards that they all be arrested. Furious, Count Gamba attacked Masi with his whip while Shelley launched his horse at him. Shelley was knocked from his horse, while Captain Hay, wielding nothing but a riding crop to Masi's sabre, was slashed across the face.

[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey, 1 vol. as issued, second English edition, second issue with title dated 1851, half-title, 1f. advertisements at front, 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated April 1851 at rear, occasional scattered spotting, small blind-stamp to front free endpaper, Cardigan Book Society form loosely inserted, original cloth, sympathetically rebacked retaining original backstrip, backstrip faded, covers a little rubbed and faded, [Smith 3 pp.63-69], 8vo, 1851 [but 1850]. ⁂ Around September 1850 Smith, Elder & Co. wrote to Charlotte to suggest that they take over publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey from Thomas Cautley Newby. Charlotte agreed and included a biographical preface regarding Ellis and Acton Bell in order both to clear up the confusions surrounding the authorship of the Brontë novels as well as to reveal the true identity of the Bells. The Cardigan Book Society was likely a circulating library, the form includes a list of members with manuscript dates of lending and their remarks.

Hughes (Ted, poet and writer, 1930-98) Emily Brontë, autograph manuscript, 1p., pencil note at tail: "Published in Remains of Elmet", 195 x 208mm., n.d. [c. 1990s].

History of the Ancient World.- Lindsay (John) [A History of the Ancient World], manuscript, 64pp., slightly browned, new endpapers, modern vellum, sm. 4to, 4th January 1640. ⁂ Headings include: "The... Monarchie of the Chaldeans and Illyrians"; "Of the originall beginning of the Egyptians..."; "Of the antiquitie of ye Scythians"; "Of ye great turke and of his kingdome of ye beginning of ye turks"; "Of ye originall of mahomet: of his greatnes and credite not only among ye Saracens and arabians but also in ye East kind: of ye invasions of ye saracens..."; "Of affrica: and of ye warres betuen ye Romans and ye charthagineans..." etc.

Rossetti (Christina, poet, 1830-1894) Cheque signed "Christina G. Rossetti", made out to Miss Read for £50, 82 x 197mm., 30th March 1894 § Ruskin (John, art critic and social critic, 1819-1900) Cheque signed, made out to Mr. Baxter for £15, with manuscript note in another hand, "I bought it at Grasmere on 23 Aug. 1932. Cheque drawn by John Ruskin in favour of Baxter (Baxter Prints) dated 22 Oct. 1884", 80 x 195mm., 22nd October 1884 (2).

Unpublished Play.- The Feast of Clubs: An Historical Play, manuscript, title and 17pp., central fold, title slightly soiled, unbound, stitched as issued, 8vo, 1845. ⁂ With a list of publishers including Edward Moxon and Chapman and Hall but we can find no record of a play with this title being published.

Hyde (Thomas) Veterum persarum et parthorum et medorum religionis historia, second edition, 20 engraved plates on 19 leaves, some folding, folding letterpress table, some characters in Arabic, Hebrew or Chinese, occasional foxing, some offsetting, contemporary manuscript notes on rear endpapers, blind library stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, a little rubbed, joints split, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon, 1760. ⁂ The second and best edition of this work on the religions of the ancient Persians, particularly Zoroastrianism. Plate VII opposite p.316 includes a depiction of a dodo.

Voyages.- Pinkerton (John) A General Collection of the best and most interesting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the World, 17 vol., 201 engraved plates and maps on 197 sheets (as called for but for plate of 'Russian Figures' at p.576 in vol.6 actually of Swedish figures), plus 2 duplicates (Stockholm and Ava, in vol.1 and 6 respectively), some folding, some foxing and browning, a few plates with marginal water-staining, panorama of Constantinople in vol.10 frayed at lower outer corner but not affecting image, one plate loose in vol.3, vol.5 with 3U2 & 3 and plate of Fandango loose and frayed at edges, from the library of the 33rd (or Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot with manuscript inscription on front free endpapers, contemporary diced russia, rubbed, spines faded and some portions detached or lacking, 4to, 1808-14. ⁂ Including views of Sydney, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Buenos Aires.

Austen (Jane).- Thomson (Hugh, 1860-1920) Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford, original drawing for 'Mansfield Park', pen and black ink with watercolour over graphite, on wove paper, signed and dated lower left, c.295 x 190mm., framed and glazed, old manuscript label to verso, 1897. ⁂ For Macmillan's edition of Mansfield Park published in 1897 but with the artist's later addition of watercolour, as in a similar drawing for the work which is in Jane Austen's house at Chawton (see Gilson E88). The original illustrations were reproduced in the book (much smaller) as black and white line drawings but the artist then added watercolour to sell the designs separately. Gilson notes that the illustration offered here was reproduced by the Birmingham Mint in 1975 as an etching on a mounted and framed silver plaque, one of a set of six produced to mark the bicentenary of Austen's birth. It was recaptioned 'Fanny introduces Henry Crawford to her father'.

δ Designer Binding (Miniature).- James (Angela, binder).- Ritchie (Ward) A Guide to the Hand Press, one of 200 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Anthony Christmas, bound in citron goatskin onlaid with letters and small dots in different colours and edged in pink goatskin, by Angela James, onlaid pink goatskin doublures, coloured endpapers, preserved in felt-lined citron goatskin folder fastened with pink triangular button and elastic loop, with manuscript note by the binder "This little book was bound by me, Angela James, at Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, England in 1989" loosely inserted, 76 x 55mm., Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1989. ⁂ Angela James (b. 1948) is a Fellow and past President of Designer Bookbinders. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art and was then apprenticed to Sydney Cockerell in 1970 where she worked with James Brockman. She won the Thomas Harrison Memorial Award with her first binding in 1974 and continues to exhibit regularly. Her work is held by many private and public collections. In 1991 the Fleece Press issued her miniature book The Art of Binding Books. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

British Grand Prix.- Burd & Evans (Chartered Surveyors) Brands Hatch Circuit Ltd., 1964, detailed map of the motor racing circuit and its environs, lithographed map, some outline hand-colouring delineating a perimeter around the track, 1180 x 1175 mm. (46 1/2 x 46 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding with marbled board endpapers and manuscript label, 1964. ⁂ The first of the 12 British Grand Prix races that were held at Brands Hatch was in 1964, the last in 1986, and the present map shows the extensions approved by the Kent County Council in 1960. The track was described by Gerhard Berger as "the best circuit in the world".

Hardy (Thomas) A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys, 3 vol., first English edition in book form, [one of probably 1000 copies], half-titles, vol.3 with final blank rather than 32pp. catalogue, some foxing and soiling, browned at beginnings and ends, vol.1 with note in purple crayon to p.77, p.203 of vol.2 slightly defective at fore-edge not affecting text, vol.3 with with pencil notes to front free endpaper and final two leaves frayed at fore-edge, hinges weak or split, original grey-green sand-grain cloth (primary binding), covers with 3-rule border and central publisher's monogram in blind, cream endpapers, rather worn and stained, traces of labels removed from upper covers, [Purdy p.36], 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881. ⁂ First published serially in the European edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine from December 1880 to December 1881, and in America in Harper's from January 1881 to January 1882. The first edition in book form was published in America by Harper & Brothers in November 1881, with the English edition (with final revisions) appearing a week later in December. Hardy was ill and confined to bed for much of the composition of the novel, dictating the majority to his wife; he later burned the manuscript.

Harington (John, first Baron Harington, of Exton Hall, courtier and politician, 1540-1613) Letter signed to the inhabitants of Manton, Rutland, 1p., folio, 31st August 1606, demanding 30 sheaves of wheat out of every yard land as due to the parsonage of Hambleton; and a small quantity of others by or relating to John Harington and his family, including: 4 agreements signed by Harington, a manuscript in an early 17th century hand (possibly Harrington's), docket on verso reads: "The dues of ye Church of Hambleton from Manton in corn & oak & bread". all loosely inserted, with other items, including a particularly fine engraved equestrian portrait of Harington, second Baron Harington of Exton, the lettered state printed on silk, probably by an artist working in the circle of Renold Estrack (1570-1625) [cf. O'Donoghue 4], with printed extracts from a history of the Haringtons etc. folds, browned, laid down, original half green calf album, rubbed, folio, [17th - 19th centuries]. ⁂ Baron Harington was an English courtier and politician, servant to Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester in the Netherlands in 1585, and Keeper of Kenilworth Castle 1588-90. He accompanied Mary Queen of Scots on her way to Fotheringhay, to her trial and subsequent execution. He was made guardian of that king's daughter, Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen of Bohemia. The high cost of entertaining the Princess ruined him. As partial recompense Harington was granted a licence to mint the first copper farthings by the king. Princess Elizabeth married Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Lord Harington accompanied her to the Electoral Palatinate, but died at Worms, Germany on his way home in 1613. After his death his estate at Exton was sold to pay his creditors, being purchased by Sir Baptist Hicks.

Law.- [Legal Definitions], manuscript, c. 270pp., ruled in red throughout, 1f. with large hole, browned, ff. loose or working loose, a few ink marks, later half roan, worn, lacks upper cover and spine, folio, [c. 1680].

Dio Cassius. Historiarum libri xxv, collation: ¶6, a-z6, aa-zz6, aaa-yyy6; [12], 792, [24] pp., Estienne's woodcut device on title, decorated initials at beginning of each book, head- and tail-pieces, some foxing and light water-staining, a few paper flaws, contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, covers with large central fleuron and letters 'P N R' in gilt, smooth spine, title on lettering-piece (abraded), library shelf number at foot in gilt, soiled, some wear to corners, joints and yapp edges, folio (349 x 217mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1592. ⁂ Second Estienne edition of the epitome of books XXXVI-LXXX of the Historiae Romanae, compiled in the 11th century by the monk Ioannes Xiphilinus on behalf of Emperor Michael VII. The work was first issued in 1551, from the Parisian press of Robert Estienne. In his preface to the 1592 edition Robert's son Henri mentions the previous edition published by his father on the basis of a Greek manuscript preserved in the Royal Library at Fontainebleau. In the Genevan volume the Greek text is now supplemented with its Latin translation, made by the German philologist Wilhelm Xylander, which first appeared in print in Basel in 1558. Some copies of this edition bear the imprint date 1591 on title. Provenance: 'Merrifiled Library July 17. 1883' (ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf); Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library (bookplates on front endleaves and ink stamp on title). Literature: Adams D505 ("pagination, collation, and imprint as 1591"); Renouard, Estienne 155.5; Hoffmann I, 548 ("Auch Exx. mit 1592").

Morris (William) Letters on Socialism, one of 30 copies on paper, 4pp. facsimile letter, Ashley Library device at end, original cream boards, uncut, a little soiled, rubbed and soiled, [Todd 185d], privately printed [for T.J.Wise], 1894; Democratic Federation. Chants for Socialists: No.I. The Day is Coming, 8pp., first edition, original cream printed wrappers, with manuscript sheet of notes loosely inserted, all in card folder and annotated envelope with signature of J.F.Horrabin, [Forman 71], The Modern Press for Reeves, [1883]; Monopoly: or, How Labour is Robbed, "The Socialist Platform" No.7, 16pp, illustration by Walter Crane, stapled, unopened, spotted, 1891 § Morris (W.) and E.Belfort Bax. Socialism: Its Growth & Outcome, number 278 of 278 copies (limitation corrected by from "275 copies printed" to "278"), original buckram, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, 1893; and 4 other pamphlets by or relating to William Morris, 8vo (8) ⁂ The second item Chants for Socialists is, according to the sheet of inserted notes, "the first poetic contribution to the modern Socialist Movement". Buxton Forman describes it as "one of the rarest Socialist items". James Francis "Frank" Horrabin (1884-1962) was a socialist radical writer and cartoonist.

HM Queen Elizabeth II, a printed letter on Buckingham Palace headed paper, personalised 'to Cyril' (Cyril Dickman was the Head Palace Steward for 50 years) and signed 'yours sincerely Elizabeth R', thanking him for his good wishes on her sixtieth birthday, dated 1986, together with another printed letter relating to the death of Bobo (Margaret MacDonald, nanny, dresser and confidante of HM Queen Elizabeth II), also personalised and another manuscript note written on memorandum paper dated 1987, thanking Cyril for his good wishes sent on her fortieth wedding anniversary and a typed note from Sir Kenneth Scott (Private Secretary to HM Queen Elizabeth II for 10 years) (3) Provenance: The late Cyril Dickman who was the Head Palace Steward for 50 years, and by descent Other Notes: Margaret "Bobo" MacDonald, once described as the Queen's closest confidante, was a farmer's daughter from Inverness and served Her Majesty for 67 years - first as nursemaid and then as dresser, looking after her clothes and jewels. "Bobo" is thought to have been the Queen's first spoken word. 21 X 15cm Folded in the envelope. Minor yellowing and envelope with expected wear.

An 18th century manuscript, Lechmere family copybook of manorial records, inscribed Schedule of Writings Belonging to Oxenton, Ridmarly, Eastington, Staunton, Eldsfield, Cowley, Hanley, compiled circa 1721, together with An Act for Inclosing the Open and Common Fields of Abbotts Morton Worcestershire 1802, and Worcestershire Abstracts from Camden's Britannia 1637. The purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls. Condition report: Please be aware that the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls.

A unique archive of dispatches from the Falklands War 1982 - a remarkable, detailed archive of dispatches issued and received during the Falklands War of 1982, comprising approx. 115 sheets of pre-printed/cyclostyled log forms, either completed in manuscript or typescript, together with approx. 27 further sheets of photocopies of reports. This is considered to be the only such archive currently outside an institution. The archive commences with the first signal issued on May 22nd 1982 at the opening of the conflict when British forces arrived in the islands to take on the occupying Argentinian forces. It ends on June 15th and includes this signal: 'Maj Gen Menendez surrendered to me all the Arg armed forces in East and West Falkland together with their impediments. Arrangements are in hand to assemble the men return to Argentina, to gather in their arms and equipment and to mark and make safe their munitions. The Falkland Islands are once more under the government desired by their inhabitants. God Save the Queen. Signed J J Moore'. In between there are considerable operational signals providing historians with a unique insight into the operations of the only war of the 20th century which Britain fought on its own. Many of these signals are in the codes and abbreviations which were conventional at the time, and give an almost minute by minute digest of what was happening, as it happened - particularly as the conflict escalated throughout May. Considering that the Falklands War only lasted for such a short period of time, these papers provide a unique record of a British War from beginning to end, and will provide historians and analysts with an unrivalled insight into how British forces went about their tasks, and the way in which the three separate forces on land, sea and air combined to bring about ultimate victory. They also stand as a testament to the courage both of the fighting men and women and of the Falkland Islanders themselves, who never asked to be part of the conflict and yet suffered both from the treatment they received from occupying Argentinian forces, and from the necessary conflict which ensued. They also bear witness to the terrible sacrifice of lives lost on both sides of the conflict - and during the present debates reignited by Argentina over the sovereignty of these islands in the far South Atlantic, these papers should remind us, 30 years on from the events of that previous war, that the ambitions of politicians, safely protected far away from the conflicts they create, are paid for by the lives of brave men and women who they send into battle. Offered directly from a Royal Marine active during the conflict and kept at the end of the conflict when many other papers relating to the war were destroyed. Note: these papers do not have any information on the sinking of the Argentinian Battleship the Admiral Belgrano

Knightstone Manor 1579 Indenture near Ottery, Devon. 28th August, an interesting Indenture between Sherman, Richard Downe and John Glowe. Text is clearly in English. Manuscript on Vellum, size 46 x 27.5cm approx. (The Manor was built by Thomas de Bittlesgate in 1380, and today it is one of the best preserved medieval houses in Great Britain. Knightstone Manor was in 1554 sold to William Sherman from Ottery St. Mary. He had built his wealth as a wool merchant, The son of William and Elisabeth, John Sherman, married Margaret Drake of Ashe, of Sir Francis Drake family (who defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588). The porch still bears a stone, dated 1607, commemorating their marriage. John and his eldest son Richard both died on the same day in 1617).

Cuba - 1872 Child Slavery Manuscript - content regarding Brookes an American slave trader from New York - content includes them freeing a female slave 30 years of age and her son who is 4 years old, hand written script, in A/G condition

India 1858 Sir Colin Campbell Military Commission as General and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, one page, oblong folio, Allahabad Bengal, 27th May, military Commission appointing Thomas Harrison Tod Chalon to be a Lieutenant in the Queen's Army in the East Indies. Large black printing with manuscript annotations and signatures including Sir Colin Campbell. Size 44.5 x 28.5cm approx. Note: Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863) British Field Marshal who served in the Peninsular and Crimean Wars, was at this time in Allahabad with a Reliving Force

British Army During Napoleonic Wars; Commission Signed By "King George III". 1794 made out to Charles Doyle appointing him to be Adjutant of Earl of Granard's Regiment of Foot. Impressive black printing on vellum with manuscript annotations and signatures including King George III and Henry Dundas. Printed on Vellum with manuscript annotations and signatures, size 13½" × 9½". Sir Charles William Doyle 1770-1842. A character straight out of Boys Own Adventure joined the13th Regiment as ensign at age of 13 years. During the French Wars served in the Netherlands campaign in 1794 at Valenciennes and Battle of Lannoy and twice wounded. Served with distinction in 1796 in the West Indies. Was attached to Lord Cavan's Brigade at Cadiz, Malta and three Battles in Egypt where he was severely wounded, while recovering was instrumental in capture of Cairo. Went to Spain in 1810 served in Catalonia and the Juntas there made him a Lieutenant-General in the Spanish Army there, was at the battle of Col de Balaguer, defence of Tarragon. His light infantry known as Doyle's "Triadores" was distinguished in every battle in which he was wounded twice and had two horses shot under him, he continued in Spain until 1814. After the war rose in rank until promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1830s. Together with Document Signed By "King William IV" dated 1837 appointing Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Doyle assigned to Boards of General Officers. Manuscript document size 8" × 12½", plus as well his eldest Son; Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (1804 - 1883) Commission signed by "Queen Victoria"1854. Appointing him to be Colonel in Our Army. Black printing with manuscript annotations and signatures, size 16" × 12". Joined the Warwickshire Regiment of Foot as a lad of 15 years. Served in Crimea and Canada where he countered the threat of a Fenian invasion from the United States. Appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1867. Promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1869) (3)

Cuba - 1838/9 Slave For Sale Notice - notarized manuscript with blue embossed seals of the Queen of Spain contents regarding a 20 year old female being sold, hand written script in A/G condition

Emperor Napoleon Reorganisation of the Guard in Brussels 1813 Printed letter with Imperial Arms of top stating this change in an attempt to stem the tide of revolt after the French defeat at the Battle of Leipzig. Black printing with manuscript annotations, plus printed Decree by Napoleon appointing Police Commissioners in Hamburg, Lubeck and Bremen (2)

Three (3) 18th Century Manuscript Pages Decorated with Later Engravings "Skeleton". Toning from age or in good condition. Measures 12-1/2" x 8-5/8". Shipping $65.00 (estimate $200-$300)