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A 19th century carved ivory and bone miniature pianola cabinet and chair, French or Indian, the pianola on four inswept concave legs with cloven hoof feet, the panels finely carved with open fern and scroll decoration, the front opening to reveal a single shelf and fabric lined back board, painted black keys and manuscript, two mounted candlesticks, together with carved and pierced chair, 4½in. (10.8cm.) high. (2)

London 1825 EL-Lombard Street.XXX in black and Manuscript 2 and '7night'

Great Britain 1887 1/- Dull Green SG211, block of 4, manuscript cancel bottom pair creased.

Division Orders, by Major General Duncan Commanding 2nd Division of the Army of the Indies 1838 together with Instruction and Explanations relating to Dawson's Light Infantry 1854, manuscript, 4to, calf.

Titanic interest, Naval Engineering.- Blake (Frederick John. RNR); an illustrated manuscript manual and diary relating to engines and boilers of naval ships, circa 1901, including HMS Grafton, HMS Bacchante, HMS Scout and HMS Scylla, together with details of torpedoes and warheads, containing hand coloured technical drawings, written in very neat hand, half morocco over patterned boards, oblong, 4to. Frederick John Blake R.B., R.N.R., was the Superintendent Engineer of The White Star Line at Southampton. He oversaw the engineering activities of the Company and the engineering departments of Company ships from Southampton. Blake selected the engineering crew members for The Titanic including his good friend, the Chief Engineer Joseph Bell, He was responsible for informing the families of engineering staff of their loss. Frederick John Blake's grave at Compton, near Winchester, is modelled in The Titanic Engineers Memorial in Southampton's East Park.

17TH CENTURY INDENTURE, property in Cumberland. Court of Common Pleas, between Thomas Earl of Sussex & Robert Lennard, on the one part, & Rowland Greenwood, of St Martins in the Fields, & John Kelinge, of the other part. 24 line manuscript document relative to extensive properties in Cumberland incl. Dacre, Kirkoswald; Glassonby; Ponsonby; Newbigging & others; parishes mentioned incl. Addingham; Brampton; St. Cuthbert; Carliol; Dalston & within the Forest of Inglewood. Signed by the parties & witnessed. Will repay more thorough reading. 1685. (On the division of the vast possessions of Dacres into two branches, the Castle of Kirkoswald fell to the Fiennes & Lennards, the last of whom, married a natural daughter of Charles II, & was created Earl of Sussex).

PRAYER BOOK. MANUSCRIPT LEAF on vellum, 7½" x 5½", 16 lines of text on each side, FINE FIVE LINE INITIAL D in gold with blue & pink surround & floral sprays, one two-line initial in gold & many one line initials, bright condition. France, mid 15th cent.

PRAYER BOOK. MANUSCRIPT LEAF on vellum, 7½" x 5½", 16 lines of text on each side, a FINE FIVE LINE INITIAL D in gold with blue & pink surround & floral sprays, two two-line initials in gold with blue surrounds & many one line initials, bright condition. France, mid 15th cent.

PENNINGTON MARY. Some Account of Circumstances in the Life of ... from Her Manuscript. 1821. Bound in rubbed morocco with 6 other Lives, John Roberts; Alice Hayes; John Davis; Elizabeth Ashbridge; Jane Hoskens & Susanna Lightfoot; also Miscellanea in Two Parts by Sir William Temple, calf, 1697; Blackmore's Essays, 2 vols., calf, 1716 & 6 others. (10).

(THOMPSON R.). A Tribute to Liberty or a Collection of Select Songs ... Sacred to the Rights of Man. Wood eng. devices. 18mo. Calf, rubbing & wear. Vicarage Library, Steeple-Ashton with manuscript inscr. to lower endpaper "This volume with all its unblushing infamy thick upon it is retained in the Vicarage Library to spew the doctrine disseminated amongst the lower orders at the time of the disgraceful revolution in France". N.d.

After Louis Julien (Jules) Franceschi (1825-1893) Egyptian revival patinated and gilded bronze figure of The Goddess Isis seated on a sphinx holding the Ankh, the Egyptian key to truth, her left hand holding flowers representing the growth of life. The statue comes with typed manuscript explaining its symbolism (H 63.5x W32x max depth 22cm).

Indian white metal, to include a bowl and a plaque, together with a Middle Eastern white metal manuscript case, (3)

A 19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT MATHEMATICS BOOK by John Ball, April 4th 1860

MANUSCRIPTS: 1. Lowe, F: Winchester’s general Watch Station and Quarter Bill; Winchester’s Boats crews; etc. All hand-written in a full leather binding; nd, c.1850. Binding separated from book; 2. Thompson, John: An account of the family of Wren, of Binchester in the county of Palatine of Durham. A paper presented to the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Bishop Auckland, Auckland times, 1902; ppxiv (neat hand-written manuscript), title-page (printed), full-page of hand-written text, 3-27 (printed pages with ink and pencil notes), xv-xxx (neat hand-written manuscript), newspaper cutting and an envelope with letters, etc pasted to inside of back cover. 4to. half leather. Covers worn; o/w VG; 3. Plus two scrap volumes and a box of letters and cuttings

1966-2002. Skaare, K. Moneta Norwei. Norsk Mynt i Tusen År, Oslo, 1966; card covers, dustwrapper. Bendixen, K. Denmark's Money, Copenhagen, 1967; original card covers with author's manuscript greeting to the frontispiece. Jensen, J.S. Møntfundet fra Kirial pø Djursland, extract from Nordisk Numismatisk Årsskrift, 1970; card covers with author's manuscript greeting to front cover; handwritten 'Kirial Hoard' to spine. Scandinavian Numismatic Journal, 1977-8, hardback, publisher's yellow cloth covers. NNF-Nytt, No.1, Festskrift til Kolbjørn Skaare, Oslo, 1991, card covers. Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys ISKOS 12, Helsinki, 2002; publisher's brown card covers; handwritten notation 'TALVIO Finds in Finland' to spine. 2.4 kg, 19.5 x 28.5cm (7 3/4 x 11 1/4"). Ex Libris Lord Stewartby (Ian Stewart). Fine condition. [5, No Reserve]

1899-1992. De Man, M. Tijdschrift van het Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde vol. VII, Amsterdam, 1899; hard back, green cloth covers retaining original publisher's card covers. Amorós, J. & Berruezo, A.M. Catálogo de las Monedas Visigodas del Gabinete Numismático de Cataluña Series B, no. 2, Barcelona, 1952; card covers. Commentationes de Nummis Saeculorum IX-XI in Suecia Repertis, Pars Prima, Stockholm, 1961; publisher's brown cloth covers. Becker, C.J. (ed.) Studies in Northern Coinages of the Eleventh Century, Københaven, 1981; card covers. Brand, J.D. Periodic Change of Type in the Anglo-Saxon and Norman Periods, Rochester, 1984; card covers; bookplate of Robert Seaman / Stock, Essex. Keyes, S. & Blackburn, M. Anglo-Saxon Coins, Cambridge, 1985; card covers; author's manuscript note on title page. Blackburn, M. Ingurando Shoki Kaheishi no Kenky? (Studies in Early English Numismatic History, Japanese text), Tokyo, 1992; hardback in slipcase, bookplate of Mark Blackburn; manuscript note from Blackburn to the publisher(?). 3.1 kg, 20.5 x 26cm (8 x 10 1/4"). Ex Libris Lord Stewartby (Ian Stewart). Good to fine condition. [7, No Reserve]

Dated 10 May 1893. A printed travel document issued by the British Consul at Lisbon, Portugal, with manuscript number 54 and details for the bearer, Miss Kate Leonard, a British Subject, going to England; bearing the British royal arms with a Consular Service adhesive duty stamp at five shillings rate, cancelled with a British Consulate ink stamp and two signatures; the reverse bearing a manuscript note dated 16 May 1893 in Portuguese, with two Portuguese adhesive duty stamps (one damaged) and inked cancellations. 7.0 grams, 37 x 28cm (14 1/2 x 11"). Travel documents such as this are the precursor of the modern passport and the wording is still of very similar form today; being issued for each journey by a Consulate in each country rather than centrally for an extended time period, they do not often survive. Fine condition; paper browned, old folds. [No Reserve]

Manuscript Financial Inventory, 1811. Written in French and having an official seal marked with the abbreviations 'Emp. Fran.'. Mounted, framed & glazed. CONDITION REPORT: Vg

Pupil's Copy Book, 1825. A small qto. Hb. Qtr.bound note book with marbled boards used by one John Brabbins. The book is devoted to 'Mensuration of Solids - Solid bodies are such as consist of length, breadth and thickness as tone, timber and globes etc.' and features elegant manuscript notes together with hand-drawn geometrical diagrams, examples of how Arithmetical calculations are worked and set problems are approached. CONDITION REPORT: Vg. Inspection recommended.

The Man of Pleasure's Pocket Book or, The Bon Vivant's Vade Mecum for the Year 1780. An original leather bound 12mo book featuring an introductory printed text followed by a printed diary format facilitating the recording of accounts, appointments and memoranda which has been completed in manuscript by the original owner between 1784 & 1790. This is followed by further printed pages of general information. Together with a manuscript 'Inventory and Valuation for Probate for the Estate of Mrs. E. Ransome, Westwick College, Harpenden, Herts, 1900.' CONDITION REPORT: Cover on Pocket Book worn with some minor loss to binding o/w vg.This 1780 Edition has 176 pages. The binding, as you can see, is virtually all present except for a very short section at the head of the spine - I would judge it to be capable of repair/ restoration by a specialist bookbinder. There is no plate and none is referred to in the table of contents.

Pupil's Copy Book, 1825. A small qto. Hb. Qtr.bound note book with marbled boards used by one John Brabbins. The book is devoted to 'Mensuration or Practical Geometry' and features elegant manuscript notes together with hand-drawn geometrical diagrams, examples of how Arithmetical calculations are worked and set problems are approached. CONDITION REPORT: Vg. Inspection recommended.

Collector's Miscellany : Maxwell D. : Adventures with a Sketchbook, 1914. 1st.Ed. Small qto. Illustrated binding, teg. Text with tinted plates & vignette sketches; Cansick F. : Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs - Hornsey, Tottenham, Edmonton, Enfield, Friern Barnet & Hadley, Middlesex. 1875 - together with a manuscript als from author laid in; Emanuel W. & Aldin C. : A Dog Day, 1924; Wodehouse P. : Quick Service, 1940. 1st Ed; Booth J. Sporting Times;Verne J. : Clippers in the Clouds; Cronin A. : The Life of Riley, 1964. 1st. Ed. CONDITION REPORT: Generally vg. Inspection recommended.

Stevenson (Robert Louis) A COLLECTION 19th and 20th century editions, Chatto & Windus, Cassell, Heinemann and others, almost all 8vos or 12mos, mostly original cloth bindings. First Editions include: The Merry Men, 1887, publisher's blue cloth gilt; The Ebb-Tide, 1894, London, Heinemann, 1894, 20pp. adverts at end dated August 1894, original pictorial dull gold cloth; Catriona. A Sequel to ''Kidnapped''... 1893, Cassell, blue cloth; The Wrecker, 1892, Cassell; The Master of Ballantrae, 1889, Cassell, pictorial red cloth; several others. Other titles include Treasure Island, 1886, Cassell, Fifteenth Thousand; Kidnapped, 1895, Cassell, Forty-third Thousand; Underwoods, 1887, Chatto & Windus, fine morocco gilt binding; Heron (James, Illustrator) Edinburgh, 1919, Seeley Service & Co, d.j. [Also:] A Stevenson Medley, 1899, C&W, edition limited to 300 copies, initialled in ink to limitation leaf, 68pp. and twelve facsimile letters, verses, booklets etc. tipped in at rear, blue cloth gilt; Prayers Written at Vailima, 1910, thin 4to first edition, facsimile manuscript illuminated by Alberto Sangorski; Stubbs (Laura) Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage, 1903, A. Moring, pictorial green cloth; a commemorative extra number of The Bookman, 1913, 4to, illustrations, inset photoplate to cover; Balmpied (E., Illustrator) Travels with a Donkey, 1931; A Lowden Sabbath Morn with illustrations by A.S. Boyd; a memorial pamphlet of collected poems, [1895], C&H, limp green calf gilt; The Prideaux Biliography 1918; Pitman's Shorthand Edition of Jekyll and Hyde, 12mo pamphlet. Varying degrees of ware to bindings and spines, some weak hinges, scattered browning and foxing to some titles; for the most part fair reading copies. Viewing highly recommended (54)

H.M.S. Minuet - Captain W.T.B. Bate, Operation Avalanche 22-23 August 1943 printed 'Most Secret' orders, together with two manuscript 'Captain's Night Order' booklets; and various unrelated Ministry of Information press photographs. H.M.S. Minuet was a converted trawler and under the command of Lieutenant Commander William Bruce Thornton Bate, RNVR, DFC.

[HISTORY]. SOMERSET Davis, John. A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, in Wells, by Brodie, Dowding & Luxford, Salisbury, circa 1814, later half leather, with inter-leaved manuscript notes bound in, octavo; Parker, John Henry. The Architectural Antiquities of the City of Wells, Parker & Co., Oxford & London, 1866, original cloth, plate illustrations, octavo; together with twenty-eight Somerset Record Society publications; and two other works of related interest, (32).

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Meynell, Wilfrid. Verses and Re-Verses, privately printed (at The Arden Press) for his family & friends, 1910, grey boards, top edges gilt, small octavo; Meynell, Alice. The Shepherdess & Other Verses, Burns & Oates, London, no date, paper covers, INSCRIBED & SIGNED TO DOROTHY RAWCLIFFE, with a manuscript poem and letter to the same in original postal envelope taped to inside front cover, octavo; another copy of the same, unsigned; Meynell, Violet. Verses, first edition, Secker, London, 1919, blue-grey boards, octavo; Rawcliffe, Dorothy. The Child's Visit to Fairyland, no date [1911], fawn cloth, map frontispiece, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to her mother, with a poem, on front free endpaper, octavo; Rawcliffe, Dorothy. Rafferty-Tafferty Primblekins and Other Follies for the Diversion of All Children, Old and Young, Platt, Wigan, 1927, stiff paper cover with onlaid title label, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; and two further duplicated works by Rawcliffe, (8).

IMPORTANT VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM [Bennett Family (Compiled by)] Small folio album (320 x 205mm) of approx. 200 Autograph Letters Signed, 1830s to early 20th century, mostly addressed to Sir James Risdon Bennett (1809-1891), President of the Royal College of Physicians; some to his wife and family. Early 20th century diced brown morocco, red letterpiece to spine with 'Autographs' in gilt (some edge ware only). Mostly private correspondence and notes, accepting or declining invitations etc., some evidently originally enclosed with books or other documents, the majority 1860s to 1880s; some of the most prominent personalities of the Victorian age are represented - including statesmen, politicians, doctors and physicians, (mostly non-conformist) clergymen, missionaries, travellers, artists, literary figures, journalists, and men and women of letters. Some one sheet folded so pp.4, all pasted to guards or onto approx. 83 album pages (blank pages to rear), various writing papers (some printed headers, some coloured), cards, some slips and fragments. The papers and manuscript well preserved and clearly legible in almost all examples. Significant Autographs Include: Letter conferring a knighthood on Bennett from Prime Minister William Gladstone, 10 Downing Street January 1881; George I; Queen Anne; Queen Victoria; Lord Derby; Lord Chelmsford; Robert Peel; John Campbell Gordon, Marquess of Aberdeen; Dukes of Northumberland; Lord John Russell; Samuel Wilberforce; Henry Edward Manning (Catholic Archbishop of Westminster); Charles Spurgeon; Thomas Raffles; David Livingstone; Sir William Huggins (astronomer); Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker; Sophie Bryant (née Willock, educationist and suffragist, the first woman to be awarded a DSc); Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Lord Frederic Leighton; Sir Francis Grant; Wilkie Collins; Robert Browning; Octavia Hill (housing and social reformer); Arthur Conan Doyle; Karl Blind (political refugee and author). [With:] Bennett's leather-bound 12mo passport with fold-over flap bearing ownership label: several official ink stamps, mss. notes, signatures etc., mostly c. 1835 (several pp. blank towards rear); with folded consular letters/travel documents tipped in or loosely inserted, incl. under French royal authority 1830, also for the French Empire, Belgium, German states, Italian states and the Vatican etc. Between 1833 and 1837 Bennett spent some time on the Continent with Lord Aberdeen. Viewing highly recommended (2).

A selection of 19th century and later manuscript conveyance documents with seals; etc.

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of Westside Story. Manuscript D.S., Leonard Bernstein, three pages, small 4to, n.p. [Boston Latin School], 15th October 1934. Pages from Bernstein's English Literature schoolbook in which he writes a précis and interpretation of the play Loyalties by John Galsworthy, citing the important aspects of each act thru I - VI. Bernstein writes regarding these acts 'I. Both narrative and a treatise on race prejudices. II. Society versus the Jew. III. Time: the present. Place: in and around London. The British social elite make up the environmental factors.' Finally concluding 'As to the book itself, it is quite well written, though hardly comparable to the masterly treatment of the theme by Shakespeare. There is one outstanding feature; Galsworthy makes the most of every character however minor his role.' An early reference to the playwright who would inspire Bernstein to compose 'West Side Story'. Bernstein's teacher has marked the piece a '6' at the head of the page one, and added a comment in bold lettering alongside the text 'Too general', whilst on page three is written in the same hand 'Inadequate' and 'Weak'. Bernstein has signed and dated both leaf's in the top right hand corner. Each with two file holes to the left edges, not affecting text or signatures. Light creases with minor signs of age wear. Together with Manuscript D.S., L Bernstein, 2 pages, small 4to, n.p. [Boston Latin School], 10th January 1935. Another page from Bernstein's English Literature schoolbook in which he writes of Burns 'Whenever we read one of Burns "nature" poems (and by that I mean his poems of home life and based on simple subject) we come away with a peculiarly pure feeling. It's as though we had been purged of a disease.' Bernstein's teacher has awarded a '6' that is written at the head of the page along with various other marginal references of 'W', 'K' and '?'. With two file holes to the left edges, not affecting text or signatures. Light creases with minor signs of age wear. VG

OSBORN ROBERT: (1904-1994) American Satiric Cartoonist, Illustrator and Author. Artist of the hapless WWII character 'Dilbert' and later known for his caricatures of presidents from Lyndon Johnson through to Ronald Reagan. A.L.S., Bob Osborn, ten pages, folio, Salisbury, Connecticut, 14th May 1994, to Herbert Mitgang. Osborn prepares his correspondent 'Brace! For a long-winded reply to your kind letter.' Further complimenting Mitgang '…your review of the Hand biography is excellent and it ought to rightfully inspire people to buy & read it.' Continuing 'One Sunday night on the Harlem R.R. “Rattler” heading for N.Y. I saw Mr. Hand 2 seats ahead facing me… Luckily I had a 10” drawing pad and a black pencil and started to draw that superb, integrated worn… compelling face. The impression of him was so strong the drawing worked. It is now in the Beinecke Library… along with 1,000 of pictures I did… & liked… from 1910 on. Lucky Osbo!' Further explaining 'that the human face… prints relentlessly… the acts & characteristics of a person's life and behaviour (see Nixon's… or the cheap, shallow mug of that Irish clown Ronny R. or his vapid star-crossed wife.' Concluding by discussing the image of Nixon in The New Republic and The Village Voice and in conclusion, reflects on his health 'bed ridden, blood transfused… & now suffering from the eyes…' In neat bold script, accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Osborn. Nearly EXHerbert Mitgang (1920-2013) American Author, Editor, Journalist, Playwright and Producer.Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961) American Judge and Judicial Philosopher.The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut.Richard Nixon (1913-1994) American President 1969-74Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) American President 1981-89

VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Author, a pioneer of the Science Fiction genre. A.L.S., Jules Verne, one page, small 8vo, Amiens, 6th January 1879, to a Gentleman [Mr Mayer], in French. Verne announces that by writing to him and sending him telegrams, instead of to D'Ennery at Cap D'Antibes Mayer is 'losing time which could be precious.' The author states that he cannot give an answer, explaining 'It is D'Ennery alone who deals with business matters, and I thought you had understood this… I think he was a copyist for the American manuscript.' Verne again urges Mayer to telegraph D'Ennery with his proposals, concluding 'The surest and quickest method sis to get in touch directly with him.' With blank integral leaf. VGMarcus Mayer (1840-1918) American Impresario who had managed tours for Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Henry Irving, Adelina Patti and others. For a while Mayer served as manager of the Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street, and produced several of Verne's works.Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) French Playwright and Novelist who collaborated with Verne in adapting his novels for the stage.

HENRY FREDERICK: (1745-1790), Prince of Wales, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn. Autograph manuscript logs of two voyages, sixty-two pages, 4to, HMS Venus, with inscription to front board 'In the Channel from the 15th June to the 28th July 1769' and to the back board 'Mediterranean between 25th June 1768 & 9th March 1769'. Recording course, wind, weather, ships encountered, military exercises undertaken and remarks on noteworthy events onboard, the log opens with Prince Henry's note of his enrolment as a midshipman on the Venus. Continuing, the Prince records the ship's voyage to Corsica, including their encounters with Rear Admiral Sir John Moore and his division of guard ships, and their exercising of the arms aboard the vessel. Mishaps are also reported: before leaving Woolwich, one Robert Simpson falls overboard and is drowned, later in the voyage three deserters are returned to their rightful ship, the Dragon. Having completed just short of a year as midshipman, Henry made the direct transition to Rear-Admiral, and on 15th June 1769 'At 8 o'clock this morning I hoisted my flag onboard His Majesty's ship the Venus at Spithead, and took upon me the Command of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships… intended to be employed in the Channel and Soundings as far to the Westward as Scilly by virtue of a Commission from the Rt. Honorable the Lords of the Admiralty, dated the 14th instant…' thus taking control of a squadron; the Venus, Tweed, Seaford, Glory and Lively, with the Fly and Wolf sloops. Later recording 'Tuesday 25th July 1769… From 9 o'clock in the morning till noon the Squadron was employed forming lines of Battle and different maneuvers, the latter to observe which I went onboard the Hind, which ship kept to Windward repeating signals… at noon returning to the Venus…' The first two and last three written leaves detached. Original reverse calf, smooth nap boards, detached. With discoloration to the free endpapers and minor age related wear, otherwise GRear Admiral Sir John Moore (1718-1779) British Officer of the Royal Navy. Fought during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.

"THE BOOK OF KELLS" (reproductions from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin), published by Thames & Hudson, reprint of 1976, colour plate illustrations, in slip case

Sahih Al Bukhari (parte II) copiato da Imam Abi Abd Allah Mohammed Ebn Ismail Mamluk domains, dated 721 H (1321 AD)Manuscript made up of 42 leaves, each with 13 lines of text in Nakshi script in black ink and separated by small golden, blue and red rosettes.The date is on the lower left side of the first page, while a later page, glued to the last page, bears the date 1301 (1884 AD) and says that the manuscript was copied by the person mentioned.Beautiful Mamluk leather binding with flap, carved with a geometrical pattern and gilded on the exterior side, while the interior bears similar geometrical patterns, and barely visible inscriptions: Muhammad rasul Allah (Muhammad is Allah’s messenger).Some signs of restoration on the paper.Cm 17,00 x 23,00 22.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer priceVAT margin scheme, VAT included, but not indicated

An illustraded folio from a manuscript possibly depicting Sultan Osman I with a standard Turkey, 19th century Cm 16,00 x 25,50 22.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer priceVAT margin scheme, VAT included, but not indicated

EG - manuscript ledgers to include, 'A Ballance of My General books Drawn out ye 31th xbris Anno 1675', two other manuscript ledgers or indentures books, and 'The Peerage of Scotland', George Crawford, published 1716 (4) See pics.

An Edwardian adjustable piano stool, the hinged seat enclosing a manuscript storage section

Manuscript on paper in brown ink of a match played during Carnival in 1672. Very rare document related to an early game of football in Florence. The document in two columns reveals the names of the participants to the game: lead by the Calcianti, followed by the Alfiere, and five Sconciatori (what today we call halfbacks), then three Datori Innanzi (nowadays fullbacks) and finally the Datori à Dietro (goalkeepers). Interesting that one of the fullbacks was named Luigi the Turk and among the fullbacks there was a member of the Medici family. But many more of the participants also came from some of the most notable Florentine families as the Frescobaldis, the Antinoris, the Pazzis, the Alamannis, the Gianfigliazzis and Gherardinis.

Bibliography. The Book-Worm, An Illustrated Literary and Bibliographical Review, [edited by J. Berjeau], 107 issues, 1866-1870, black & white plates and illustrations, original printed wrappers, 8vo, loosely contained in portfolios, together with The Bibliophile, A Magazine and Review for the Collector, Student and General Reader, 14 issues, 1908-09,colour and black & white plates and illustrations, original printed wrappers, 8vo, loosely contained in portfolios, plus a manuscript index of Le Bibliomane, Le Bibliophile, & The Book-Worm, by W.H. Rylands, Thelwall, 1874, manuscript title in red & black, some light dampstaining, ink library stamp to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, joint and extremities rubbed, 4to, plus other related bibliography (a carton)

Illuminated Testimonial. An illuminated testimonial for John Dent Goodman upon tendering his resignation as director and chairman of the London and Midland Bank Ltd., 15th July 1898, produced by Blades, East & Blades, [1898], a total of 4 well-executed watercolour, gilt and gouache leaves, the first 2 with text, the third leaf with 23 mounted vignette oval portrait photographs (manuscript key leaf loosely inserted), the fourth leaf with 15 vignettes of bank buildings (11 albumen print photographs and 4 well-executed watercolours to match), the Art Nouveau decorative borders with floral and foliage designs, the second leaf with 2 armorials and mottos to lower border, each 34 x 25 cm and window-mounted in thick card, Blades, East & Blades gilt stamp to final blank leaf, some mostly marginal spotting, moire silk doublures, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with gilt rules and bank's circular gilt crest to upper cover, inner dentelles with gilt floral design, minor rubbing at head and foot of spine, large 4to (49 x 40 cm) From the collection of his grandson Sir Victor Goodman, Clerk of the Parliaments. (1)

*Berkeley Family. A small group of ephemera relating to the Berkeley family, late 19th and early 20th century, including letters and manuscript notes relating to members in Upper Norwood and Eastbourne, some genealogical ephemera and a few pre-printed and legal documents, plus a group of approximately 45 albumen print cartes de visite and 7 framed portrait miniatures, one identified as John Richard Berkeley (1815-1896) to verso, and including 3 small watercolour miniatures on ivory attributed to Mabel Hobson(?-1943), one of a young woman (5.5 x 4.5 cm), one of a young boy (7 x 5.5 cm) and one of a baby with fair curly hair (5 x 5 cm), the last with label to verso identifying the sitter as Marion Ida Berkeley of Upper Norwood, south east London, titled 'Baby April' (a carton)

*Manuscript playing cards. A set of fifty-two pictorial cards, late 19th century, fifty-two cards, each with pen & ink or pencil drawing (a number with touches of watercolour), two pencil illustrations overdrawn in biro in a later hand, each with the names of several prominent figures in neat manuscript, versos blank, a few with minor staining, 90 x 62mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), together with a pack of 19th century Spanish-suited playing cards, thirty-nine cards (lacking the six of coins), with blue ink stamp 'Pelliero Bengaglia, Genova', versos with dotted blue pattern (two with backing paper lacking) With illustrations such as Stephenson's Rocket, a sailing ship, flags, an anchor, snowdrops, scales, scientific instruments, a palette, and Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge. The names mentioned include writers, scientists, missionaries, astronomers, artists, architects, naval men, statesmen and historians, for example, Dickens, Nelson, Napier, Livingstone, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Wellington, Landseer, Turner, Soane, Pugin and Peel. (2)

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). Le Nozze di Figaro. Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Eine comische Oper in vier Aufzügen, in Musik gestzt..., Clavier-Auszugen, Hamburg: Johann August Böhme, [1805?], engraved title (with crease, strengthened to verso at fore-edge), 228 pages of engraved music & contents leaf, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte in Italian and German, spotting & toning throughout, dampstaining mostly to margins, 20th century half calf, red morocco label to upper board 'Leopold Swaine', oblong folio, together with two other music volumes, one containing early 19th century engraved music with libretto, and the other containing 19th century manuscript music, plus an incomplete portion of British Harmony, Clio and Euterpe, or, British Harmony. A Collection of Celebrated Songs and Cantatas by the most approv'd Masters Curiously Engrav'd with the Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord and Transposition for the German Flute Embelish'd with Designs adapted to each Song..., 1762, incomplete collection of 199 leaves of engraved music with decorative illustrations (2 titles only of three, 2 frontispieces & 2 leaves of songs), some leaves torn and margins frayed, dust-soiling and marks, disbound 8vo (4)

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll']. The New Belfry of Christ Church, Oxford, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Oxford, 1874, 2nd issue with J.H. Stacy in imprint, vertical crease mark, original wrappers, small split and one or two light stains, 8vo, together with The Vision of the Three T's. A Threnody, 1st edition, Oxford, 1874, small stain to rear blank, original wrappers, previous owner signature and author name in manuscript to upper wrapper, losses at spine ends, small chips and splits, contained in later cloth portfolio and slipcase, 8vo (with another copy with lower wrapper only rebound in later boards), plus The Blank Cheque, a Fable, 1st edition, Oxford, 1874, previous owner blindstamp 'E.J.A. Balfour' to half title and title, bound without original wrappers in later boards, with three others in original wrappers: Notes by an Oxford Chiel. The New Method of Evaluation as Applied to Pi. First Printed in 1865, Oxford, 1874; Notes by an Oxford Chiel. The Dynamics of a Parti-cle. First Printed in 1865, Oxford, 1874 and Notes by an Oxford Chiel. Facts, Figures and Fancies... First Printed in 1866-1868, Oxford 1874, New Method lower wrapper detached, a few chips and tears to wrappers, 8vo Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 88; 94; 97 & 98. The six pamphlets comprising 'Notes by an Oxford Chiel'. The first three titles are first editions (The New Belfry a second printing) issued separately; the following three titles were previously printed from 1865-1868 and reissued as parts I-III of the single volume work (see Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 98). (7)

[Maseres, Francis]. An Account of the Proceedings of the British, and other Protestant Inhabitants, of the Province of Quebeck, in North-America, In order to obtain an House of Assembly in that Province, London: Sold by B. White, 1775, small hole and faint manuscript number to title, initial five leaves detached, some dust-soiling, spotting and few marks mostly to first and last few leaves, disbound 8vo Sabin 45411. Francis Maseres (1731-1824) was appointed Attorney-General of Quebec in 1766 during the administration of Governor Guy Carleton. The province comprised a minority group of British merchants, and a large French-Catholic majority. Maseres was not successful during his three years in office, and tensions grew as a result. In February 1769 Governor Carleton rejected his report on methods of reconciling French and English law, and granted Maseres indefinite leave, whereupon he pursued his interest in mathematical studies. (1)

Wallis (James). Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties or Travellers Companion in which are carefully laid down all the Direct & Cross Roads, Cities, Townes, Villages, Parks. Seats and Rivers with a General Map of England & Wales, 2nd edition, [1814], letterpress title and contents list, forty-three (complete) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, including double page (Yorkshire), slight statining, contemporary manuscript ownership signature to front pastedown, contemporary boards with gilt morocco label to upper cover, modern morocco gilt reback and corners, 12mo Chubb. CCCXLIV. (1)

Murdoch (Iris). The Flight from the Enchanter, 1956; The Sandcastle, 1957; The Bell, 1958; The Unicorn, 1963; A Fairly Honourable Defeat, 1970, 1st editions, a few spots to endpapers of The Bell, original cloth (upper corner of The Bell with small loss, spine a little faded), dust jackets, Flight From the Enchanter spine a little toned with minor nicks at head, manuscript price '15s' to front flap, a few chips and tears to The Bell, 8vo (5)

Paterson (Captain Daniel). Paterson's British Itinerary being a new and accurate delineation and description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st. edition, published Carington Bowles, 1785, calligraphic title pages with near contemporary manuscript ownership signature, frontispiece of a double page engraved map of England & Wales with contemporary hand colouring, dedication, list of general contents, preface and index of roads, 358 strip road maps, printed in pairs and back to back, list of cross roads bound at rear, errata and publisher's advertisement at rear of volume 2, additional publisher's advertisement to front pastedown of volume 1, book plates of R.Sharpe, hinges weak, contemporary calf gilt with contrasting morocco labels to spines, worn and a little chipped at extremities, 8vo (2)

Walkington (Thomas). The Optick Glasse Of Humors. Or the Touchstone of a Golden Temperature: Or the Philosophers Stone to make a golden Temper. Wherein the foure Complexions, Sangume, Cholericke, Phligmaticke, Melancholicke, are succinctly painted forth, and their externall Intimates laid open to the purblind eye of ignorance it self, by which every one may judge of what Complexion he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his Nature, London: G. Dawson, 1664, additional engraved title showing 2 representatives of Oxford and Cambridge universities holding aloft the optic glass with imprint dated 1663 (frayed to fore-edge & repaired), manuscript signature to lower blank margin of letterpress title, one engraved plate of a chart of the four humours beneath 2 small views of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, small area of worming to upper margin mostly at gutter, browning & spotting throughout, contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, small 8vo, (Wing W459A, ESTC R38058), together with Blount (Thomas), The Academy of Eloquence: Containing a Compleat English Rhetorique, Exeplified..., 2nd edition with additions, London: by T.N. for Humphrey Moseley, 1656, lacking additional engraved title, margins of letterpress title strengthened, some browning, modern calf, 12mo, with [Ling, Nicholas], Politeuphuia, Wits Common-wealth. Newly corrected and amended, London: Printed by Ja. Flesher, 1650, lacking A1 (blank or half-title?), some browning and close trimming, 20th century dark green half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 12mo, (Wing L2337, Pforzheimer, 803. In "To the reader" this is designated the "fifteenth edition"), with Almanacks, Daniel. An Almanack for the year of Mans Redemption, 1654..., London: Printed by T.W. for the Company of Stationers, 1654, title in red & black, B1 repaired to lower outer corner, bound with White. 1654. A New Almanack and Prognostication for the Yeer of our Lord God, 1654..., London: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of Stationers, [1654], title in red & black, all edges gilt, 20th century half calf, slim 12mo, plus other 17th century antiquarian, some defective (13)

*Edwards (George, school of). American Nightingale & Green Sparrow or Green Humming Bird [and] The Red and little Brown Humming Bird, circa 1820, two watercolours with manuscript titles below image, each approximately 300 x 240 mm (2)

Drinkwater (John). A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar. With a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods, 4th edition, London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, 1790, engraved vignette title, ten folding engraved maps and plates (large folding map with repaired closed tear and staining to gutter margin), list of subscribers, occasional spotting, two leaves of manuscript lists and notes adhered to verso of folding map frontispiece with adhesive tape, front free blank with author's inscription 'From the Author, to his old friend & Brother Officer (during the whole of the Service which this work is intended to commemorate), Joseph (Budworth) Palmer Esqr. as a testimony of his long friendship, esteem & attachment, J. Drinkwater', also with autograph letter signed adhered with adhesive tape to front free blank, endpaper hinges crudely strengthened with paper strip & adhesive tape, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine and Greek key border decoration to boards, loss of leather at foot of spine, boards detached, worn, 4to, together with [Heriot, John], An Historical Sketch of Gibraltar, with an Account of the Siege which that Fortress Stood against the combined Forces of France and Spain; including a Minute and Circumstantial Detail of the Sortie made by the Garrison on the Morning of Nov. 27, 1781, for the Purpose of Destroying the Formidible Works Erected by the Spaniards against that Fortress, London: B. Millan for J. Edwards, T. & J. Egerton, & W. Faden, 1792, half-title, armorial bookplate of Francis Lord de Dunstanville, front hinge crudely repaired, contemporary half calf, upper board near detached, lower joint cracked, 8vo (2)

England & Wales. Bowles & Carver (publishers), Bowles's Road Director through England and Wales; being a new and comprehensive display of the Raods and distances from town to town and of each remarkable place from London, January 2nd. 1800, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large uncoloured cartouche supported by a coachman and a pillion rider, some splits along old linen, small holes to linen, slight staining and dust soiling, 600 x 525 mm, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's label to upper board, and advertisement to rear board, heavily worn and frayed, together with Enouy (Jospeh), The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland with the adjacent parts of the Continent from Amsterdam to Paris and Brest, published James Pawley, 1828, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight dust soiling, 705 x 605 mm, contained in contemporary marbled slipcase with publisher's paper label to upper board, with Enouy (Joseph), A New Map of England & Wales compiled from the actual surveys of the counties and regulated by the latest astronomical observations..., 2nd edition, published Laurie & Whittle, 1801, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight dust and finger soiling, near contemporary manuscript ownership signature in the North Sea, 655 x 510 mm, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's label to upper board, worn and frayed at extremities, plus another copy of the same map, but a slightly later edition dated 1805, lacks slipcase The first described item. Clive.A.Burden catalogue X, item 41 (although an 1805 edition). We cannot find a record for an edition dated 1800. (4)

*Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). A group of 4 autograph letters signed 'J. Ruskin', Brantwood, Coniston & Oxford, January to March 1883 and one undated, three to George Newlands and one to [Egbert] Rydings, all concerning the Guild of St. George, the undated letter reading, 'I shall be entirely glad to receive any Companions, for my Companions who can prove to me they will be faithful to its principles - whether they can give money or not', the others concerning accounts of the Guild, etc., the letter to Rydings reading in part, 'You are Mr Baker and Mr Williams must carry out your statement as well as if I were dead. The Guildspeople (I've told you all that again and again). Send me now a printed statement up to end of 1882 such as you would make if I were dead', a total of 8 pages on 4 bifolia, 8vo, two with original addressed and postmarked envelopes, together with a secretarial letter from John Ruskin to George Newlands, two copy letters, plus some related printed ephemera and other George Newlands manuscript accounts, etc. John Ruskin founded the Guild of St. George in 1871 and this charitable Education Trust has continued until the present day. The founding aim of the Guild was to acquire land and through labour, wind and water power, to bring it into useful production. (a packet)

*Panorama. Coronation of George IV, 1821, [William Sams, 1822], hand-coloured continuous strip aquatint numbered throughout from 1 to 129 (lacking final four sections), with figures of dignitaries, officials, flower girls, etc., some closed tears, creasing, and edge-chipping, with repairs on verso, especially to first twenty sections (fabric strenthening verso at start of scroll with title and publishing details in early manuscript), one small section with some pin holes, contained in original boxwood drum, with coloured label of Lion and Rose flanking a portrait of George IV and date of coronation, July 19 1821, drum rubbed and with one small chip at corner, height 12.5cm (5ins) Abbey, Life, 483. (1)

Postal History. Three Little Kittens, T. Nelson, circa 1866, full-page colour illustrations, some toning, original pictorial wrappers, contained in contemporary book post wrapper with penny red postage stamp (and the remains of another), torn and spotted, and with some spots of sealing wax on rear, addressed in contemporary manuscript 'Miss Howard McLean, Carfin House, Motherwell, Lanarkshire' and below 'Per Book Post', together with The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, and Her Dog, J. Harris, 1821, and Mamma's Tales, by Madame Leinstein, A.K. Newman, circa 1830, both with hand-coloured engravings, in original printed wrappers (worn, latter bound upside-down), plus Aunt Mary's Tales, for the Entertainment and Improvement of Little Girls, 5th edition, Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half roan Rare early 'home-made' postage wrapper; later wrappers, which could be purchased, were printed "book post". (4)

Maclean (John). Parochial and Family History of the Parish and Borough of Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, 1870, list of subscribers present, eight plates and plans (including colour lithograph frontispiece), illustrations to text, contemporary manuscript ownership to title, occasional spotting mostly at front and rear, 20th century cloth, 4to, together with Boswell (Edward), The Civil Division of the County of Dorset, Methodically Digested and Arranged..., 2nd edition, Dorchester, 1833, folding lithograph map, contemporary manuscript ownership to title, edges untrimmed, original cloth backed boards, spine split and worn, 8vo, plus other West Country genealogy & history reference including Wedmore Parish Registers, Baptisms 1561-1912 [& Burials 1561-1860], published Wells & Wedmore, 1890, modern half calf gilt, 4to, The Registers of the Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, edited by Arthur J. Jewers, 2 volumes, (Harleian Society vols. 27 & 28), 1900, original cloth gilt, label mark at foot of spines, 4to, plus Somerset Record Society volumes (a carton)

*Embroidered picture. An embroidered oval picture of a lady and child, circa 1790, finely worked in black thread on cream silk, with the faces carefully drawn in ink, showing a lady with a basket of flowers on her head, and a small girl playing 'ride-a-cock-horse', in a landscape with trees and a church, some minor loss of threads, 20 x 15.5cm (8 x 6ins), verre eglomise mount and black and gilt frame, annotated on reverse in later manuscript 'This silk embroidery work was awarded a medal at Alexandra Palace Industrial Exhibition 1880, to H.S. Course', together with a white metal prize medal engraved 'Alexandra Palace Industrial Exhibition 1880' and on verso 'Awarded to H.S. Course, Sec 4, Class 2', housed in original velvet-lined leather case, lettered in gilt inside hinged lid 'J.F. Wright Jeweller & Medallist, 44 Spencer St, Clarkenwell' Provenance: Mr. H.S. Course was a fourth cousin of the vendor. (2)

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898]. A Disputed Point in Logic, [April 1894], printed bifolium with outer pages blank, drop-title, two manuscript deletions and corrections in brown ink by Dodgson to page 2 ('compatible.' for 'not contradictories.' and 'are incompatible.' for 'are contradictories.'), blank pages dust-soiled and creased where previously folded, together with an autograph letter signed, 'C.L. Dodgson', Christ Church, [Oxford], 16 April 1894, to F.H. Bradley, 'I am collecting the opinions of experts in Logic on the enclosed difficulty: and I have been advised to apply to you, as one who takes an interest in the subject. Will you kindly favour me with your opinion?', with a vertical marginal note, saying that the paper need not be returned, one page with integral blank, 16mo, plus a revised version of the printed paper, [1 May 1894], light toning, some spotting to first blank page, creased where previously folded, slim 8vo, plus a second autograph note from Dodgson in brown ink loosely inserted, dated 27 April 1894, 'from C.L. Dodgson, Ch:Ch Oxford. Propositions (1) & (2) are identical with (ii) & (i) in the former paper, "Allen goes out" answering to "A is true," &c. Will you kindly say whether you think Carr can go out? This paper need not be returned', the recipient unidentified but presumed to be F.H. Bradley, written on a small slip of white paper, 60 x 110 mm, verso blank Dodgson sent this paper to some other logicians including Francis H. Bradley (1846-1924) and James Welton (1854-1942). See C.A. Keene (editor), F.H. Bradley: Selected Correspondence. June 1872-December 1904 (Bristol, 1999), pp. 92-95. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 258 & 259. (4)

Beaumont (Francis). Poems by Francis Beaumont, Gent. Viz. The Hermaphrodite. The Remedie of Love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other Poems, 1st edition, printed by Richard Hodgkinson for W. W[ethered] and Laurence Blaikelocke, 1640, title with some soiling and browning, margins trimmed, and with later paper restrengthening (touching one or two letters) and with manuscript list of contents to verso written in 19th century hand, imprimatur leaf E4 present, occasional marks and crosses in ink to margins, some marks and marginal soiling, lacks final two leaves (K3-4), dark blue marbled endpapers, early 19th century half calf with marbled boards, red gilt morocco title label to upper cover, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear to extremities, small 4to, (STC 1665. Grolier, Wither to Prior 33. Bradley Martin Library, 1990, lot 2590), together with Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord), Expeditio in Ream insulam..., quam pnblici [sic] Juris fecit Timotheus Balduinus..., London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, errata leaf present at rear, leaves D4-F2 with small area of worming to gutter blank margin at head, initial blank torn at head with loss, contemporary limp vellum, few marks, 8vo, (Wing H1503), with Quarles (Francis), Argalus and Parthenia, The Argument of the History, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, letterpress title cropped to upper blank margin, additional engraved title with closed tear at fore-edge and torn to lower inner corner, numerous engraved plates, few leaves torn/frayed to margins, final leaf cropped to fore-edge margin, some dust soiling, dampstaining and marks, 19th century calf, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine, 4to, (Wing Q42), plus two other defective antiquarian (5)

Murdoch (Iris). Under the Net, 1st edition, Chatto & Windus, 1954, original green boards, dust jacket, price-clipped with manuscript price '25/-', some fading to spine (as often), 8vo The author's first novel. (1)