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Opera, Margaret Burke Sheridan, signed manuscript letter From 58 Rue Des Purres, Bruges, Belgium, a two page letter, dated 5th April, circa 1923, to 'Sceilg'. The letter is largely a remarkably frank and vicious attack on the Free State government and the pro-treaty Catholic bishops. L

1775 (August 25) Elvis Presley's ancestor, court examination of William Presley. Manuscript, one sheet, quarto. Record of the statement William Presley of Stradnakelly in the County of Wicklow following a serious assault: Andrew Morris of Mullannashea, ffrancis Morris of Whiterock, Samuel Morris of Cross, Thomas Morris, William Wilson, Thomas Matthers ( and Several Other Persons whose names Deponent knoweth not )... Violently Insulted, Assaulted, Beat and abused Deponent with Whips and fists,... battered and abused him. Some Swearing they would have his life." Later that year William Presley left Ireland and travelled with his son Andrew to New Orleans." In 1780, William and his family were living in Carolina and a son called Dunnan was born to him. A year later, they moved to Tennessee. William died in 1802 and his son Dunnan married twice. His third son, also called Dunnan, was born in 1827.Then in 1863, Dunnan junior’s daughter Rosella was born. Rosella never married but had several children and one of these was a son called Jessie Presley. In 1913, Jesse married Minnie Mae and they gave birth to one Vernon Elvis Presley in 1916. Vernon married Gladys Love Smith in 1933 and their son Elvis Aaron Presley was brought into the world in January 1935. P

1881-1886 Irish National League Ballinascreen Branch, Co. Derry, Register of Members. Foolscap, printed card covers, with manuscript lists of members in various townlands including Moyard, Glenganna, Cavenreagh, Cahore, Moneyconly, Moneynand, Drumard, Cornamoney, Tullybrick & Owenreagh, Dunlogan, Darn, Cloan, Gortnaskea, Drapertown, Brackadysart, Straw, Dunmurry, Drumderg, Derrynord and Moydamlaght. Details, including name of landlord and agent, of over 300 members listed, also minutes of two meetings including a proposed protest over the eviction of children from a school in Cahore. P

1750 and 1751 entire letters to Dublin, one with RECHARGED and the other with SHIP handstamps. 1750 Bath to Dublin, charged 7d and recharged 10d in manuscript, with faint (S)HI(P) in black and no other postal markings, and 1751 London to Dublin charged 1/10 and recharged 2/4 with good strike of RECHARGED in black on obverse, 29/OC Bishopmark in black on reverse. L

Manuscript style volumes dealing with Salvage Operations during and after WW2. Includes operational report on the French Destroyer 'Maille Breze', operations off the coast of Libya and notes on typical salvage operations 1949-45. Latter marked 'Restricted'. Contains original photos (3)

*British Army in India - Hyderabad. Manuscript document in Urdu, with black ink stamp at foot, on laid paper (with watermark A Gambino), some light spotting and discolouration, sheet size 212 x 212 mm (8.3 x 8.3 ins) With additional contemporary inscription in brown ink to verso 'I found this paper hidden in a recess of the wall of the Ameer Shah Daoud Khan's residence in the Fort of Hyderabad April 1st. 1844. Chas. Clough, 86 Regt.'. A rare document retrieved from the Fort at Hyderabad, where several Amirs had resided prior to the capture of the city by the British under Sir Charles Napier on 24th March 1843. The 86th Royal County Down Regiment had returned to India in 1842 to join Napier's forces involved in the annexation of the Indian province of Sind. Indeed the best known contemporary illustrations of the region were produced by an officer of the 86th Regiment, Lieutenant William Edwards, in a folio entitled Sketches in Scinde published in 1846. (1)

*French Regimental History. A manuscript summary history of French regiments, circa 1870, neatly written in black and red ink on graph paper ledger, most rectos with the heading of the number of the regiment with principal details of formation and events below, a Tableau d'Honneur on versos facing, a total of over 100 leaves including some blank pages, contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and some wear to spine ends, folio (1)

*India. A pair to Private J.H. Thurston, Royal West Surrey Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4817. Pte H.Thurston. 1st Bn Ryl W. Surr: Regt.), Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R. (James Henry Thurston.), toned, good very fine, together with three monochrome photographs of the recipient in his later years plus a manuscript album kept by the recipient giving details of his record of service, a short history of the regiment, poems, etc. 4817 Private James Henry Thurston served in India from 1896 to 1902. (6)

*Imperial Russian Medal. Nicholas I (1796-1855), Unveiling of his Equestrian Statue in St Petersburg, large copper medal by P Brusnitsyn 1859, obverse struck with bust facing left in armour with eagle topped helmet, the reverse with the statue and plinth 86mm diameter, extremely fine in original card box with manuscript label inscribed Medal Nicholas 1st Russia The statue was designed by Auguste Ricard de Monferrand who was also the architect of the St. Isaac's Cathedral. The monument shows a statue of Nicholas on a horse which balances only on its hind legs, the pedestal is decorated with allegorical figures sculpted by Nikolai Ramazanov and Robert Salemann, the figured which resemble the spouse and daughters of Nicholas I, represent Faith, Justice, Wisdom and Might. (1)

*Early Aviation. An extensive collection of monochrome photographs and cuttings contained in three albums, showing many pioneer aircraft between 1912-29, album 1 with manuscript contents page, numerous cuttings aerial engines, four snapshot photographs captioned Breguet Biplane, Caudron Biplane etc., approx. 104 pages, album 2 approx. 120 pages, various aircraft Bristol Monoplane, Bristol Tractor Biplane, Sopwith Tractor Biplane, diagram of the 1st aerial Derby (June 8th 1912), album 3 extensive collection including an original piece of wing fabric (showing portion of identification) from German aeroplane shot-down by Sopwith Camel, 43 photographs kept by Roland Manners Verney Sutton (1895-1957) who was born at Kelham Hall, Newark Nottinghamshire (Jaguar's Chief Experimental Test Driver) (3 albums)

*Royal Air Force. A collection of documents, books, etc., relating to Squadron Leader R.J. Spiers, Royal Air Force, including 2 Lecture precis for The Officer's Advanced Training School inscribed with recipient's name, SE5a Pilots' Notes, annotated with diagrams (some quite humorous!), a list of Graduates for The Royal Air Force College Cranwell 1920-62, illuminated manuscript poem written by John Oxenham titled 'A Little Prayer for the Man in the Air', 26 x 19.5 cm (framed and glazed), R. Spiers oil on board, Gloster Gamecock, 14 x 18.5 cm, framed, plus another by the same hand, 20 x 25 cm (unframed), pocket diary for Collins Aero Diary 1960, plus a Neville Duke signed photograph of a Hawker Hunter, 11 x 15.5 cm, photographs, magazines, etc. William Arthur Dunkerley aka John Oxenham (1852-1941), popular novelist and poet. During the First World War his poetry sold over a million volumes, showing him to be the most popular poet at the time. His hymn, For the Men at the Front, is reputed to have sold eight million copies. (a carton)

*Army List. A List of the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full and Half-Pay: with an Index, War-Office, 10th March, 1817, all edges gilt, modern buckram, 8vo, together with The New Annual Army List, and Militia List, for 1854..., with an Index, by Major H.G. Hart, 49th Regt., London: John Murray, 1854, manuscript annotations & underscoring to text, interleaved with additional leaves of manuscript notes, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, with [Gore, Arthur], An Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo, Fought on the 18th June, 1815. Between the Anglo-Allied Army, under the comand of Field Marshal... the Duke of Wellington..., Brussels: printed for the author by T. Parkin, 1817, lacking plan, some dust-soiling, contemporary sheep, spine torn, worn, 8vo, plus The Waterloo Roll Call, by Charles Dalton, 1890 (4)

A pair of Danish terracotta oval wall plaques, inscribed verso 'Eneret P. Ipsen, Kjobenhavn 402' each painted with a study of a classical female one looking into a lidded bowl with manuscript details verso after Angelica Kauffman, the other depicted cradling two white doves 37cm high

Bentley Speed Six - 1930. A large format 'The Silent Speed Six' Leaflet No 31, dated January 1930, possibly the first Speed Six brochure, 8 pp. including cover, with well-defined images of the engine, chassis, two and four-door Weymann-bodied saloons, component parts, specifications in green and black text, some spotting and light soiling to the front and rear covers, ink manuscript at the top edge, but original cotton-tied spine intact (1)

A circa 1935 Bugatti Type 57 'Competition Model'. A very rare double-sided promotional card (A4 size) illustrating and outlining the 3.3-litre (3275cc) 'Competition 4-Seater' with chassis specifications recto, issued from the Bugatti franchise in the Brixton Road, London, the English text is printed in red and black with a tipped-in monochrome photograph centrally positioned verso, the card comes with its light blue figured card folder, the front cover with gilt decoration to the hinge side, and Bugatti script, the folder in very clean condition with only light rubbing to lower edge, the card broadsheet with a little foxing and ink manuscript '1935-36' on top margin recto (1)

1922 Stutz Motor Car Co. A landscape-format black card covered brochure, with an embossed company logo, 32 pp. and free endpapers, illustrating the factory, close coupled Tourer, Roadster, Bearcat, together with engines, vignettes of interiors, transmission and rear axle, chassis and styles, included are specifications, and detailed descriptions of the vehicles, with a loose price list, staples missing but held together by a soft cord, French manuscript on the free end paper and on pages 12 and 13, otherwise good condition (1)

Humber. Various brochures, to include: a circa 1953 20 pp. brochure for the Super Snipe with a separate 4 pp. handbill for the Touring Saloon, together with a blue covered export version, two Humber Hawk brochures, one specifically for export cars, The Imperial and Super Snipe, and another multi-fold version dated 1961, (some manuscript alterations), and other documents (8)

Ford Falcon. Two Australian brochures for the 1964 cars, both having 16 pp. and tissue inserts, a 1961 colour brochure promoting the Sedan and Station Wagon, with details of component parts and specifications, also, a 1962 brochure and another similar version, the latter with manuscript markings and a Perth dealer's card attached, all in good fettle, save for a little bumping and spine creasing (5)

Mercedes-Benz. An excellent collection of brochures, a set of eight booklets dating from the late 1960s, each detailing a separate model with a specifications sheet in the rear pocket, 220, 230, 250, 280S & SE, 280 SL, 280SE Coup‚, 300SEL and 300SEL 6.3, all with white card covers, also, similar but landscape style brochures dating from the mid-1960s, with specifications sheets where appropriate, other brochures include the 600 and 600 limousine and a rare blue card folder containing 'The Origins of Mercedes and the Star', a large folded wall poster, all in excellent condition with some manuscript pen and a little creasing to some units (a quantity)

The Austin Healey 100. A 12 pp. brochure dating circa 1956, a Canadian and American version of the UK publication, describing on the ISFC the record breaking successes at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, good full colour images and detail views of the LHD car, to include the two-position windscreen, good fettle, short tear at the lower spine, The Robert Gay Collection rubber stamp and pen manuscript on the cover (1)

Lotus Fifteen. A two-fold leaflet with monochrome images of the '15' with body attached, chassis frame and racing, circa 1959, also, H.R.G. a circa 1948 two-fold opening broadsheet with well-defined monochrome images and full specifications of the '1100 Model', 1500 Model' and 'Aerodynamic', together with post-war racing success, gentle creasing on both, rubber stamp of the Gay Automobile Collection, and blue ballpoint manuscript, otherwise good (2)

The Packard April 1915. A promotional magazine issued by The Packard Motor Co., 24 pp. and cover, with detailed articles and monochrome images, punched holes in the spine, also Packard Forty-Eight, a 16 pp. landscape brochure, circa 1914, promoting the Packard Series 4-48 with specifications, and information, introduced in February 1914, only 441 4-4's were constructed, replacing the former T-head engine was a new, 525 cubic-inch six-cylinder 'Dominant Six,' that developed 60 horsepower, this brochure with 1948(?) in manuscript on the front cover, some foxing (2)

*H.M.S. Alexandra. A manuscript log book for H.M.S. Alexandra, compiled by Midshipman J.F.A. Blandy, 2 volumes, 1882-1886, decorative title pages to each volume, one titled 'Log of HMS Alexandra bearing the flag of Admiral Lord Alcester KCB Commanded by Captain C.F. Hotham kept by John F.A. Blandy Midshipman', the title at front of second volume 'Log of HMS Superb Captain H.F. Cleveland, from 28th Feb to 26th Mar 1886 kept by J.F.A. Blandy', how many 332 pages of neat handwritten manuscript in brown ink, illustrated by 69 carefully executed and well-detailed watercolour and pen and ink views, portraits of ships, harbour plans, etc., with some technical drawings, and 27 maps, mainly tipped-in, additional decorative title pages, contemporary matching half maroon morocco, rubbed, small folio HMS Alexandra was an ironclad dreadnought battleship, launched 7 April 1875, and a flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. She was present at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, under Captain Charles Hotham. Marines joined the army at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, and on July 11th, she lay at the head of a fleet of 14 ships and fired the first shot at 7 am, the Egyptians having refused to surrender the forts. In 1885 the Alexandra contributed to a Naval Brigade which operated on the Nile under Captain Lord Charles Beresford and took part in the battles of Abu Klea, Metemmeh and Wad-Habeshi, and in the relief of Sir Charles Wilson. King George V served as a lieutenant aboard the Alexandra during 1887-88. She was sold in 1908. (2)

Mediterranean Fleet Two Manuscript Diaries and a Collection of Photographs compiled by J.W. Sykes while on service with the Mediterranean Fleet, 1884 to 1889, comprising; Diary, commenced 25th June, 1884, by J.W. Sykes of Greenwich Park, who joined H.M.S. Dreadnought at Portsmouth dockyard in October, after various preparations/trials, the ship sailed for the Mediterranean in November visiting, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Italy, etc., includes daily entries through to the 8th October, 1888, binding worn; Another Diary, commencing 17th October 1884, mainly duplicate entries, but with additional details of the Dreadnought, a photograph of the ship and diary entries to the 4th December, 1890, worn folio notebook; A collection of topographical photographs including Rome (8), Pompeii (2), Constantinople (3), Athens (7), Malta (12), Germany (3), Russia (2), H.M.S. Dreadnaught, San Antonio Cricket Club, Malta, The fleet in Suda Bay (2), The Officers of H.M.S. Surprise, 1889, Great Britain and Ireland (24), various sizes, mounted in worn album, 'J.W. Sykes, H.M.S. Dreadnought, Mediterranean Fleet, 1884-89' inscribed on front pastedown; A collection of photographs including Corfu (4), Egypt (6), Malta (2), the Ballroom of H.M.S. Dreadnought, national costumes (qty), a bullfight (2), Venice (4), Naples (5), Monaco, Tangiers, etc., various sizes, mounted in worn album (boards detached), 'J.W. Sykes, H.M.S. Surprise, Mediterranean Fleet 1884-89' inscribed on front pastedown (4)

Fairfax (Rear Admiral) Copy Letter Book, manuscript copies of naval letters written by the then Capt. Robert Fairfax from HMS Barfleur and HMS Albemarle, 1706 - 1707 [bound with]; General Instructions, To be Observed by Capt. Robert Fairfax , Appointed Captain of Her Majesties Ship The Barfleur, nd. [c1706], 65 pages, signed [bound with]; Instructions For the Captains of Her Majesty's Men of War .. . Preventing all undue Intercourse with the Enemy ..., 1704, 17 pages, signed [bound with]; Notification of the Establishment of a deduction from all NCOs and Soldiers of the Marine Regiments to pay for their care if injured, 1704, 2 pages, signed; half morocco binding (damp stained); Shovell (Sir Cloudesley), Signalls to be Observed from ye Ship ..., nd., 2 page manuscript order, signed; idem, Line of Battle ..., 23 & 24 May, 1705, two page order and single page order (pasted as one), addressed to Capt. Fairfax on HMS Torbay, manuscript, both signed by Shovell; idem, Line of Battle ..., 11 Oct 1705, two page manuscript order to Capt. Rob.t Fairfax on the Torbay, signed by Shovell [provenance; Westow Hall]

Teesdale Interest A collection of manuscript letters, indentures, accounts, etc. relating to the Raine and Dent families of Grassholme, Lunedale, etc., including 'The Universal Cash Book (1778); a Dent family manuscript notebook (1685-1705); a manuscript account book (1711-3); a Josh. Raine account book (1790-1801, Grassholme Farm, etc), (qty)

Blakeway (John Brickdale) The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their Armorial Bearings; and Notices, Genealogical and Biographical, of their Families, 1831, Shrewsbury, folio, 44cm, L, L2, 3E and 3E2 in manuscript, additional printed memoir bound in, manuscript list of sheriffs from 1831 to 1879, blank leaves for additions before index, half calf (worn); Hughes (William), The Sheriffs of Shropshire 1831-1886, with their Armorial Bearings ..., being a Continuation of the Reverend John Brickdale Blakeway's Work, 1886, Shrewsbury, folio, quarter cloth (2)

Yorkshire Families A large collection of photographs from Westow Hall, home of Lord Grimthorpe, predominantly 19th century, with cartes de visite and cabinet cards depicting the aristocracy and associates, family names present include; Fairfax, Lascelles, Gore-Booth, Lumley (Earl of Scarbrough), Egerton, Muncaster, Vivian, L'Estrange, Beresford, etc.; in addition to the portraits, there are photographs of a trip to Killarney (1869), large photographs of the 1909 York Historic Pageant (with accompanying postcards); photographs of a play (album entitled 'Eve' - may relate to Eve Fairfax, once fiancee to the 2nd Baron Grimthorpe) and a small number of colonial photographs, housed in eleven albums and a folder; The Lords Grimthorpe, A collection letters, diaries (late 19th century), receipts, invoices, etc. including letters and receipts to the Capt. R.W. Beckett, Yorkshire Hussars (3rd Baron Grimthorpe), during WWI, Military letter to Lt. Col. C.J. Beckett (4th Baron), C.O. of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers; late 19th century diaries with manuscript entries, believed to be by E. W. Beckett (2nd Baron); Eton College material, a visitors books, etc. (qty) [provenance; Westow Hall]

Yorkshire Estates A Survey and Valuation of Estates at Steaton, Bilbrough and Newton-Kyme in the County of York, belonging to Thomas Fairfax Esq., Made in the Year of our Lord 1812 by John Humphries, Ripon, manuscript, title and 43 leaves, two large hand-coloured estate plans, (manuscript on folding parchment, dated 1813), large folio, a.e.g., full morocco binding; Catalogue of Books in the Library at Newton Kyme, 1840, manuscript, includes additions after 1842, half roan binding; Expenses Book, A nineteenth century manuscript expenses book, title indistinct, vellum binding; Lord Grimthorpe's London Accounts, 1927-33, 1933-39, two large household accounts books, manuscript entries, half roan bindings; Westow Hall Stud, attractive pedigree book, free of entries, a.e.g., straight grain morocco, slipcase (6) [provenance; Westow Hall]

Fairfax Family Delineatio Stematis Fairfaxorum .., nd. [?18th century], manuscript pedigree of the Fairfax family including related family lines, approx. 76 pages, hand-coloured armorials, bookplate of Thomas Beckwith of York, worn half sheep binding (boards detached); Fairfax (Brian), Miscellaneous Poetry, nd., manuscript on paper, 15 pages, unbound; with an untitled bound extract relating to the family. [provenance; Westow Hall]

Indentures A collection of manuscript indentures and letters, 17th through to 20th century, predominantly Yorkshire interest, including Horton in Ribblesdale, the Redmayne Family of Newby Manor, as well as some Northumberland related items, manuscript on vellum and manuscript on paper (qty)

Indentures Elizabeth (Queen) Letters Patent under Privy Seal, granting to Anne Gedge, lands held by her father James Gedge, Hertford Castle (1564), manuscript on parchment with Privy seal attached (part of seal missing) [Phillipps MS. 27624]; with a quantity of other interesting early indentures together with several 19th century broadsides, letters, newspapers, etc. (5 boxes)

Wearmouth Colliery Tentale Account for High Barnes Estate (Sunderland), manuscript account of coals worked by Wearmouth Colliery, 1856-82, worn half roan binding; Silksworth Colliery, An Account of Ropes Used at Silksworth Colliery, manuscript entries, 1871-1958, worn half reversed calf binding (2)

Mining Indentures Howdon Dock-Birtley Salt Works, Draft of Lease by John Lambton of Way-Leaves through Harraton & Rickleton Grounds, 1787, manuscript, 12 pages; Wylam Colliery, Draft Lease (part) of Wylam Colliery, late 18th cent, manuscript, 12 pages with recent typescript; Pontop Colliery, four manuscript documents relating to a dispute over a drainage drift under the Dipton area, c1792 (6)

Mining Indentures Relating to Coal mining in North-East England, comprising; A lease between Lord Northbourne and the Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co., 1925, manuscript on vellum, 2 folding plans (coloured); Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Coal Mines at East Benton, Elswick and Redbarns, with related correspondence, etc.; Rainton Colliery, a collection of Reports and Accounts (qty)

Mining Indentures Leases relating to Hebburn and Newbottle Collieries, late 18th century, manuscript drafts; Eighton Moor Colliery, Case of alleged fraud of 20,000 ton of coal from Eighton Moor Colliery, c1781, manuscript; Ravensworth Castle - 23 letters to a Newcastle Solicitor from the Agent of Sir Henry Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, late 18th cent. various subjects, manuscript on paper

Thoresby (Ralph) Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes ..., 1715, Atlins & Clements, folio, portrait frontis, folding map and 11 plates as called for, calf (re-backed) [Boyne p.71]; Survey of an Estate Situate at Clotherholme, Studley Roger, North Stainley cum Sleningford and Ripon, in the Parish of Ripon ..., the Property of the Earl de Grey & Ripon, 1861, manuscript, title, contents and thirteen pages of survey, 'Robert Selford, Ripon' inscribed below title, limp morocco binding; with one other (3)

Original Artwork A collection of original artwork and manuscript material, mounted in a 19th century album, some interesting illustrations including several anthropomorphic pen and ink sketches. Two illustrated manuscripts, thirteen and twelve pages, loosely inserted. Album worn, boards detached. [Pencil note to endpaper states 'Scrap Book of Miss Chevallier of Ropall Hall']

Bestiarum Liber Bestiarum, MS Bodley 764, 2008, Folio Society, numbered limited edition of 1980 (of 2000) copies, facsimile manuscript bound with a.e.g., in full morocco by Brian Settle, with designs by David Eccles, additional Commentary by Christopher de Hamel with Translation by Richard Barber, bound in cloth gilt, the two volumes housed in original solander box

Sir John Stirling Maxwell (Scottish 1866 - 1956) Lucerne signed with initials, watercolour, 23cm x 34.5cm Provenance: Label to verso for T & R Annan & Sons Ltd, Glasgow, titled in ink manuscript, further typed label inscribed Presented by Sir John Stirling Maxwell of Pollok, Bart., K.T., in 1950 and sold on behalf of the General Funds of the National Trust for Scotland, 5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

Rowlands (Henry). Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids..., with an Appendix, containing a comparative table of primitive words, 2nd edition, Corrected and Improved, printed for J. Knox, 1766, engraved frontispiece map and 12 engraved plates, occasional old ink annotations, errata leaf at end, with bookseller's advertisement to verso, contemporary full calf, rubbed, joints slightly cracked at head, 4to Ex libris Paul Panton, with his bookplate to front pastedown, and manuscript bibliographical note regarding the work with his signature to front endpaper. (1)

Payne (Charles Johnson, "Snaffles"). More Bandobast, 1st edition, published Collins, 1936, additional half title, twelve tipped in colour plates, book plate signed in pencil by author to front pastedown, publisher's cloth with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, 4to, together with, 'Osses and Obstacles', 2nd edition, published Collins, 1935, additional half title, numerous colour and tinted plates, publisher's cloth, d.j., 4to, with Aldin (Cecil), Just Among Friends, 1st edition, 1934, numerous illustrations throughout, manuscript presentation to front endpaper, publishers cloth, d.j. a little frayed at spine, 4to, with three other volumes similar, various sizes and condition (6)

Sowerby Family. A group of books and manuscripts written by or to James and William Sowerby, 1800's-1900's, comprising: Mawe (John), Instructions for the Management of the Blow-Pipe, Chemical Tests, &c. Intended to Accompany Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy, Arranged to Assist the Learner, 1st edition, 1820, half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a few light spots, bookplate of William Sowerby, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine vertically split, with upper cover detached, rubbed, 12mo, together with Lyell (Charles), Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, volume I only (of three), 2nd edition, 1832, engraved frontispiece, two engraved maps, one folding, publisher's catalogue at front, light offsetting and a few spots, bookplate of William Sowerby, original boards, spine split, text block in two halves, some wear to spine, 8vo, plus Salter (J.W.) & Henry Woodward, A Descriptive Catalogue of all the Genera and Species Contained in the Accompanying Chart of Fossil Crustacea, Showing the Range in Time of the Several Orders; with some Recent Types, illustrated by Upwards of Four Hundred and Ninety Figures, [1865], 16 steel-engraved linen-backed sections by J.W. Lowry (light uniform toning), 885 x 685mm (34.75 x 27ins), text inscribed in pencil at head of title: "J.W. Salter to J. Dibel(?), Aug 9th 1867", plus Smith (James Edward), Compendium Florae Britannicae, 1816, scattered spotting and light toning, publisher's catalogue at front, bookplate of William Sowerby, original boards, some splits and chips to spine, 8vo, inscribed to front endpaper: "Mr Sowerby, from his sincere friend the author", additionally inscribed to half title "Sowerby's Museum", with other manuscript letters, documents, books and related items including printed vellum documents from the City of London, awarding the freedom of the City of London to James De Carle Sowerby (1814), Wiliam Sowerby (1899), Edward Scargill (1812), Edward Scargill Junior (1848) and Thomas William Scargill (1900), a printed French visa for a passage from London to Dieppe for James Sowerby, 1820, a manuscript map charting the course of the 'Countess of Elgin', London to Australia, 1852-53, inscribed to James Edward Byrant from the author (A.J. Jolly), six manuscript letters from Prince Francis of Teck to William Sowerby, 1875-90 [Teck, president of the Royal Botanic Society to Sowerby, secretary of the same], other stamped envelopes addressed to J.B. & J.J. Sowerby, unused postcards and stationery etc Perhaps the greatest collective contribution of James de Carle Sowerby (1787-1871) and William Sowerby (1827-1906) to the Victorian scientific scene was the establishment of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Society, in the administration of which the family were heavily involved until the 20th century, best represented here with a series of letters from the Society's honorary president, Francis of Teck. Several of the books in this group bear the bookplate of William Sowerby and one bears the inscription of 'Sowerby's Museum'. The larger portion of the Sowerby family archive remained in family ownership until the 1960s, when the death of William Sowerby's grandson James Frank Sowerby (1887-1968), precipitated its dispersal into the book trade and at auction, much of it acquired by the Natural History Museum (reference I. MSS Sowerby Coll). (small carton)

England & Wales. Butt (Revd. J.M. Butt), New & Improved View of the Principal Hills & Remarkable Eminences in England & Wales, According to the Grand Trigonometrical Survey made by Coln. Mudge, published William Darton, 1825, aquatint comparison sheet with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 590 x 665 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase with manuscript label to upper cover, together with, Cary (John), Cary's Reduction of his six sheet Map of the British Isles Comprehending the whole of the Turnpike Roads, with the Great Rivers and the Course of the different Navigable Canals..., 1824, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland Islands, some spotting and slight toning, 1240 x 960 mm, contained in contemporary card slip case with printed label to upper cover, with, Cruchley (George F.), Cruchley's Improved Geographical Companion throughout England & Wales Including part of Scotland, 1838, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 970 x 660 mm, contained in contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to upper cover, plus, Walker (J & C), England & Wales founded upon the Grand Trigonometrical Survey shewing all the Railways, the Rivers & Navigable Canals..., circa 1840, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1310 x 1030 mm, contained in later marbled card slipcase, and, Phillips (M.), 2nd. Edition of The Grand Southern Tour of England including a Principal part of the East, West and Inland Counties, Patronised by His most Gracious Majesty King George the IV..., published Jon. Hebner, 1821, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1020 x 1825 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase, with another four folding maps similar, including examples by Stanford, Kitchin, Cruchley and Letts, various sizes and condition (9)

Scrap album. A scrap album belonging to Emily Till, 1872, approximately thirty thick card leaves, five rectos with pen & ink sketches of cavorting elves and fairies, with butterflies, fish, and birds, in the style of Eleanor Vere Boyle, some with watercolour, plus a few mounted prints and photographs (including Windermere, Weston-super-Mare), and a loosely inserted watercolour of Ullswater dated 1852, calligraphic title label on front free endpaper 'Emily Till from William Buswell. March 9, 1872', original decorated cloth, somewhat worn, 4to, together with another album, 1850s/60s, containing nine original drawings (landscapes, portraits, flowers, etc.), and various greetings cards, prints, manuscript writings, stitching broken, original cloth, faded and worn, oblong 4to (2)

*Betjeman (John, 1906-1984). A small archive of letters, Christmas cards, a drawing, and newspaper cuttings by or relating to John Betjeman, comprising an autograph letter signed 'John B' addressed to 'Puffin'(?) and dated 1st November 1950, saying "I enclose the only signed picture I have which I drew at breakfast this morning", one page, folded, accompanied by the pen & ink drawing referred to, half-length caricature self-portrait, showing the poet writing with a quill against a backdrop of books, titled in manuscript "'In My Den' A Literary Study of J. Betjeman" and inscribed "with best wishes John Betjeman I.XI.MCML", spotted, one page folded twice, 20 x 12cm (8 x 4.75ins), together with two auutograph letters signed to Bryan Hall from Eve le Strange which relate to the drawing, plus two typescript letters signed from John Betjeman to Father Dicker, dated 1973 and 1974, the latter saying "I am enchanted by the photographs of your house which looks like something in Jane Austen", speaking of his proposed trip to St. Helena, thanking Dicker for his kindness on his mother's death, and finishing "I am very fond of the poems of Dean Alford about Wells. He had Wordsworthian qualities", plus seven Christmas cards signed by Betjeman, plus thirteen volumes by John Betjeman, some with the bookplate of Bryan William James Hall, most in dustjackets, including John Betjeman's Collected Poems, 1959, inscribed by the Betjemans to Geoffrey Faber, 1959; London's Historic Railway Stations, 1972, inscribed by Betjeman to Alan Aldridge; Murray's Architectural Guides for Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, 1948 and 1949; Ghastly Good Taste, 1933; and First and Last Loves, 1952, 4to/8vo (15)

*Burial in Sheep's Wool. A printed affidavit, completed in manuscript, 17 December 1761, noting that Thomas Tapper 'maketh oath that the body of Eliz Welch of the parish of St Clement Dane which was buried at Clapham was not wrapped in anything but what was made of sheeps wool only', signed by Saml. Brafield Son, all within a printed ruled border on laid paper, an engraved vignette decoration of clouds and angels within upper margin and an engraved vignette of a justice of the peace's room for completing the transaction lower left, folded in four and with some wear along folds and at extremities, 17 x 19.5 cm The woollen trade was an important factor in the wealth and prosperity of England, but with the introduction of new materials and foreign imports, it was though the industry was under threat. An act was passed first in 1666 and then a new version of the act passed in 1678. Its aims were to lessen imports of linen and to encourage woollen and paper manufacturing in Britain. The Act required that when a corpse was buried it should only be dressed in a shroud or garments made of wool. Failure to comply resulted in a £5 forfeiture. Within eight days of the burial, an affidavit had to be provided attesting the burial complied with the Act. This had to be sworn in front of a Justice of Peace or Mayor by two creditable persons. Often the affidavit would be sworn at the same time as the burial and certified by the officiating priest. These affidavits took various forms, some appearing in parish registers, others as a separate register, or others, as here, on a specially printed form. Affidavits in this form survive in archives, but are uncommon elsewhere. The Act was repealed in 1814, although long before then it had been largely ignored. (1)

*Charles II (King of England, 1630-85). Manuscript royal warrant signed 'Charles R', 14 July 1675, in which a Mary Botts, the executrix of Sir John Webster is reimbursed fifty pounds as a gift from the King to defray the funeral expenses of Sir John Webster (died 1675), signed by the monarch at head and countersigned by Lord Danby as Lord High Treasurer 30th September 1675 beneath main text, somewhat spotted and a little soiled with several closed tears and with original album leaf mount visible beneath, one page, folio (32 x 32 cm), presented in a modern mat mount with printed descriptive text and two colour reproduction vignettes Originally from Kirby in Norfolk, the London merchant John Webster was living in Amsterdam by 1644. He also spent time at The Hague where he acted as commissary for the Russian Tsar. The exiled Charles II made various appeals to him for money and, after the Restoration, created him a baronet on 31 May 1660. (1)

A newly discovered first-hand manuscript account of the Coronation of King George IV on 11 July1821, as described by the royal jeweller John Bridge, present at the event, written on 25 July 1821 and signed at end by John Bridge, a very neatbut increasingly small and sometimes difficult hand, 2 pages with integral blank, laid paper, watermarked ‘John Hall, 1819’, 4to, discovered behinda framed and glazed mezzotint portrait of George Heriot (1563-1624), jeweller to King James I of England and VI of Scotland, by John and CharlesEsplens, after David Scougall, 1743, 355 x 235 mm, heavily browned and split along left and lower margins of plate impression with annotation atfoot, ‘The Personal Gift of His most Gracious Majesty King George IV. To John [Br]idge on the morning of the 11 July 1821 when He had the honorof finishing in trying on the rich Imperial Brilliant Crown which had been prepared for the Coronation and which was solely used at that augustCeremony, both in the Abbey, and Westminster Hall, on the 19 July 1821; His Majesty was graciously pleased to express His entire approbation ofthe Crown, Circlet, Sword, Belt and Plume, all of which had been Furnished for the occasion by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell’, signed by John Bridgeand dated 1821, the backing paper additionally annotated and signed by John Bridge, ‘The Gift of His Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth toJohn Bridge, 17 July 1821’ and lower down a note partially obscured by the frame saying that the print belongs to Mr Bridge and is to be framed,the print laid on to a wooden frame, contemporary gilt-moulded frame with cast royal gilt metal crown attached at head, 50 x 37.5 cm, glazedThe memorandum was recently discovered at the back of the print, when the owner removed the frame’s backing paper to check for any inscriptions. The twocolour-printed and embossed tickets for the Ceremony (21.5 x 16 cm) and the Banquet (19 x 13 cm) that Bridge was given are pasted to what remains of thesoiled and frayed backing paper, now separated from the frame. Both tickets are inscribed with their details to lower margin by Bridge and both are somewhatdust-soiled and each with a closed tear.A full transcript is available from the auctioneers. John Bridge (1755-1834), jeweller, was apprenticed to the jeweller William Rogers of Bath. In 1787, Philip Rundell invited Bridge to join him in a partnership,becoming the firm of Rundell & Bridge. Known by their employees as ‘Oil’ (Bridge) and ‘Vinegar’, they worked tirelessly to become world leaders. The firm wasappointed as one of the goldsmiths and jewellers to the King in 1797, holding the Royal Warrant until 1843. The Royal Goldsmiths served four monarchs: GeorgeIII, George IV, William IV and Victoria.An extraordinary and previously unknown first-hand account of King George IV’s coronation and his thoughtful and modest gift to his jeweller John Bridge. Theaccount confirms the historically held position that Queen Caroline, who had definitely not been invited, and did not have a ticket, tried to gate-crash the event. (1)

*Elizabeth I. First Great Seal of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, pale brown wax, worn and partially deficient with later wax repairs, attached to fragment of vellum manuscript document, housed within purpose made, plush-lined, morocco-backed marbled-cloth box, diameter approximately 12cm (4.75ins) The first Great Seal, original matrix now lost, was used until 1586 when it was replaced with designs by Hilliard. (1)

French Genealogical Manuscript. A folio genealogical manuscript in French, entitled Recherches genealogiques, circa 1600, approximately 110 pages of neat French script in brown ink written in various hands (few leaves detached), some genealogical pedigrees with mostly uncoloured drawings of coats of arms, including one fine coloured illustration, with reference to Philippe de l'Espinoy (1552-1633), also includes few blank leaves and other loosely inserted related manuscript notes, contemporary limp vellum, with handwritten title to spine Recherches genealogiques, rubbed and marked, folio (395 x 240 mm) Philippe de l'Espinoy (1552-1633) of Ghent was a historian, genealogist and heraldist of the Low Countries. He initially had a military career, commanding a company of Walloon infantry during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Subsequently he pursued genealogical studies on a permanent basis. In 1631 he published a genealogical history of the counts of Flanders with description of the country, which included numerous copperplate illustrations. These contained what was considered to be the earliest use of a hatching system in the blazon. (1)

*Grogan (Ewart Scott, 1874-1967). Power of attorney, 19 January 1898, a manuscript document appointing Hedworth Herbert Grogan to be power of attorney for Ewart Scott Grogan, signed by the latter at foot of document, two pages, folded and docketed with additional ink stamps for Harrod's Stores Ltd, British South Africa Company, the Randfontein Estates and Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company, each with registrar's signature, folio Grogan was a British explorer, politician and entrepreneur. This document giving power of attorney to his half brother was made just before the start of his expedition from Cape Town to Cairo at the age of 24, and becoming the first person in recorded history to walk the length of Africa. He had been expelled from both school and university and had later fallen in love with Gertrude Watt, the sister of a Cambridge classmate. Her stepfather disapproved of the match and Grogan had proposed this African adventure to prove his character and seriousness. After two and a half years of travelling where he had been stalked by lions, hippos and crocodiles, pursued by head hunters and cannibals, plagued by parasites and fevers, he returned home a popular sensation. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and met Queen Victoria. He wrote about his journey in 'From the Cape to Cairo; The First Traverse of Africa from South to North' (1902), and, capping his success, he married Gertrude. (1)

Houstoun Family. A large family history scrap album relating to the Houstoun family, circa 1830-1920, a total of approximately 180 manuscript and printed items including maps, certificates, commissions, genealogical details including family trees, legal deeds and numerous autograph letters from members of the Houstoun and other families, early items relating to Alexander Houstoun, Glasgow, latterly Hugo Henry Houstoun of Woolverton House, Buckinghamshire, an oval head-and-shoulders watercolour portrait of an unidentified man loosely inserted and presumed to be a Houstoun family member, the whole neatly arranged and mostly tipped on to rectos only, 19th-century gilt-decorated red russia with family crest to both covers, heavily rubbed and slight wear to extremities at head of spine, large folio (1)

Lingen Estates - Manor Rentals & Surveys, 1598. A set of court rolls relating to numerous manors along the Welsh Borders and in several counties, 1590s, 59 vellum leaves with pages numbered 64-181, 7 blank leaves at rear, occasional browning and some soiling but ink still legible throughout, sheet size 285 x 215mm, sundry related 20th-century manuscript and typed notes loosely inserted at rear, late 19th-century cloth, frayed and worn, spine defective and covers near detached, 4to Provenance: Pencil note that this came from the library of Mr. Prentiss. Included among the sundry papers are two neatly typed index lists of names and places for the rolls. The name index comprises over 250 family names including Sir John Lingen, Queen Elizabeth I, William Hawkins, Jane Shelley, Richard Whittington and Richard Wynter. The majority of manors fall into the counties of Radnor, Shropshire and Herefordshire, with a few in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. (1)

*Miscellaneous Letters & Documents. An interesting and varied collection of mostly manuscript ephemera, 17th/19th century, including 'Extraits a l'histoire du Prince Eugene', approximately 40 pp. in a neat hand, stitched at spine, 4to, a small group of autograph letters from 19th-century British politicians including Herbert Asquith (TLS, 10 Downing Street, 1909), John Bright, etc., old album leaves with tipped on letters and signatures including Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Homburg, Maria Brewster, Andrew Thomson, Henry Taylor, Mrs Somerville, 17th-century German accounts, a few vellum deeds and documents, etc. (a folder)

*Monroe (James, 1758-1831). Autograph letter signed, 'Jas Monroe', Washington , 16 July 1814, to his nephew James, reporting that James' mother and father are in good health, acknowledging his letter and that he is now in good health himself, 'and engaged in close study, and would soon begin algebra. I had before receiv'd a letter from Major Partridge, from Vermont, in answer to one I had written him, requesting him to be so good as to see, that you were supplied with blankets and other necessaries, suited to the season & also with books. He wrote me that he should attend to my request. I was apprehensive that you might suffer for the want of such articles, and being so far from your friends, no one would assist you. Your letter remov'd all doubt on that subject. The greatest expence is in beginning, for afterwards, you will have articles to purchase. I wish you to be comfortable, and to make as decent an appearance as the other young men, but hope you will be prudent, and incur no expence you can avoid. The best thing that can be said of a young man is, that he is at his studies. When thus engaged, plain cloaths are the fittest. It is only on particular occasions, that he ought to wear his best. Put them away carefully after wearing them. If you leave them out of your trunk they get abused & dirty. Cleanliness is a great virtue. So is frugality. The young man, ought to do every thing in his room, that he can. If a servant is allowed, he may make up the bed & sweep the room, clean your boots, & even brush your cloaths. But you ought to take care of them, & might brush them. When I was at college, I did almost every thing for myself, and I have found the use of it thro' life', continuing in the same vein to give friendly avuncular advice, minor browning to lower margin and a few minor splits on folds, 3 pages, 4to, together with a somewhat worn pre-printed certificate completed in manuscript, appointing Hon. James Monroe as a member of the Fifth Ward Tippecanoe Club, New York, 10 June 1840, engraved vignette, signed by the president, two vice-presidents and two secretaries, split on folds with one small tear with loss, with engraved vignettes to folded verso and autograph letter to Monroe from a club secretary hoping that he will receive a certificate 'as a humble testimonial of our esteem for you, and is a tribute to your worth as a public officer', folio (45 x 27 cm) The letter is quoted in part in Angus Davidson, 'Miss Douglas of New York, A Biography' (New York, 1953), pp. 38-39. James Monroe (1799-1870) was the promising young son of Monroe's unsuccessful elder brother Andrew. The young James 'had run wild on his father's ill-managed, decaying plantation in Virginia and had little schooling; then his uncle (who at that time combined the offices of secretary of state and secretary of war) sent him, at his own desire, to the West Point Military Academy and, determined, in spite of the boy's earlier disadvantages to turn him into a useful citizen, wrote him letters giving him much good advice, both moral and practical. He felt evidently, that the boy required stern discipline, and thought it necessary to conceal his real affection for him beneath a tone of austerity, almost of harshness. His bark, however, was worse than his bite. That real affection existed, real interest in the boy's welfare and true kindliness of heart towards him, is shown by the great amount of time and trouble and the meticulous thought which the distinguished statesman, busy with more important affairs devoted to his young nephew's career' (ibid. p. 38). Provenance: The Monroe and Douglas family letters (lots 300-303) all by direct family descent. (2)

Music Manuscript. A French album of handwritten songs, late 18th or early 19th century, two pages of handwritten index at front, and 30 leaves of songs with musical notation and lyrics in French, written in a neat hand in brown ink throughout, without indication of ownership, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red full morocco, very slightly rubbed (generally in good condition) with armorial C to centre of each cover, oblong 4to (220 x 290 mm) (1)

*Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Autograph letter signed, 'Florence Nightingale', London, 5 October 1864, to Robert Selby, apologising for the lateness of her reply and that she has only today received his letter of 23 September with the manuscript paper on the Aborigines of New South Wales which accompanied it, 'A paper of mine was indeed read at York. But I myself have been a close prisoner from illness to my room for 7 years, and latterly to my bed. I have just glanced at the M.S. which seems full of original observation. But I am so occupied that I shall take [?] to keep it for a few days before returning it', 2 pages with integral docketed blank, mourning paper, a little dust-soiled and short split at top of fold, 8vo, together with the original postmarked envelope addressed to Selby in Nightingale's hand Florence Nightingale took a strong interest in many subjects. Apart from India, a major subject of her life's work, Nightingale took on public health issues in other colonies including Australia. She prepared various reports and forms for the Colonial Office. One of these was "Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia", 1865, sent to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. The identity of Robert Selby has not been traced, though one possibility is Robert Bird Selby (1835?-1908), a Scottish medical practitioner with a strong interest in antiquarian research. (2)

Tennyson (Alfred). Queen Mary, 1st edition, Henry S. King, 1875, half-title with cut out manuscript inscription mounted to upper outer corner 'Emily Ritchie from A Tennyson May 30th 1876', title-page with additional inscription at head 'Pinkie from HT [Hallam Tennyson]', advertisement leaf at front and 9pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, hinges plit, original green cloth, a little rubbed and marked, spine darkened and slightly frayed at ends, 8vo Emily Ritchie (born 1852) was the sister of Richmond Ritchie who married Anne Thackeray, eldest daughter of novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. The Ritchies were themselves related to the Thackerays: Richmond's grandmother was William Thackeray's aunt Charlotte Thackeray. Pinkie, as Emily was known, was often at Farringford, with her Thackeray cousins, and became a trusted confidant of Tennyson. Hallam Tennyson writes in his 'Memoir' of the poet of several anecdotes concerning their relationship. One such incident was when Pinkie returned from a dance at two in the morning to find Tennyson waiting up for her; he invited her up to his den where he was still smoking and talked 'delightfully... What I chiefly remember was the way in which he told me "never to get spoilt by the world"'. Tennyson even confided in Pinkie his reminiscences of Arthur Hallam, saying 'How you would have loved him!' and Hallam records that Tennyson said, when speaking of the Ritchies, that Pinkie was 'the flower of the flock'. (1)

Tennyson (Alfred). Harold, A Drama, 1st edition, Henry S. King, 1877, title with Farringford headed notepaper leaf mounted on verso inscribed in manuscript 'Pinkie from A Tennyson', half-title present, 30pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, hinges split, original green cloth, extremities rubbed, spine slightly darkened, 8vo Emily Ritchie (born 1852), known as 'Pinkie', was the sister of Richmond Ritchie who married Anne Thackeray, eldest daughter of novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. The Ritchies were themselves related to the Thackerays: Richmond's grandmother was William Thackeray's aunt Charlotte Thackeray. Pinkie was often at Farringford, with her Thackeray cousins, and became a trusted confidant of Tennyson. Hallam Tennyson writes in his 'Memoir' of the poet of several anecdotes concerning their relationship. One such incident was when Pinkie returned from a dance at two in the morning to find Tennyson waiting up for her; he invited her up to his den where he was still smoking and talked 'delightfully... What I chiefly remember was the way in which he told me "never to get spoilt by the world"'. Tennyson even confided in Pinkie his reminiscences of Arthur Hallam, saying 'How you would have loved him!' and Hallam records that Tennyson said, when speaking of the Ritchies, that Pinkie was 'the flower of the flock'. (1)