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EAMONN CEANNT AND SIR CHARLES CAMERON A menu card for the Ninth Annual Dinner of the D.M.O.A. (Dublin Municipal Officers Association), 4 pp (single folded sheet), at the Dolphin Hotel, December 22nd 1910, in honour of (Sir) Charles A. Cameron, Chief Medical Analyst for Dublin, the embossed card bearing a portrait of Cameron over his manuscript signature, details of the menu inside, list of toasts to rear, where Mr. Eamonn Ceannt is listed to propose the toast of ‘The D.M.O.A.’. This is the IRB leader, athlete, musician and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, executed on 8 May 1916 for his part in the Rising. Born in Glenamaddy in Co. Galway, where his father was an R.I.C. officer, he worked as a clerk in Dublin Corporation, and became Chairman of the D.M.O.A. The menu card has a notable national orientation, the toasts including ‘Ireland a Nation’ and ending with the Manchester Martyrs slogan ‘A Dhia Saor Eire’. Sir Charles Cameron [1830-1921], a chemist by training, was for many years Dublin’s Chief Medical Analyst. He promoted many reforms in sanitation, slum clearance and public health. Among many other achievements, he discovered the deposit of kaolin clay which led to the founding of the Beleek pottery. In 1916, aged 85, he inspected the internment camp at Frongoch in Wales at the request of the British Home Secretary. His report is thought to have led to the release of the prisoners. He had a European reputation, and was well regarded by all parties.A very rare survival, linking two remarkable men, a little dusty but generally in good condition.

50 COPIES ONLY PUBLISHED - ST. ENDA’S COLLEGE. AN SCOLÁIRE, 1913. Desmond Ryan’s set.An extensive run (probably complete) of this very rare cyclostyled school magazine prepared and published by the pupils of Pearse’s school St. Enda’s, 1913, Vol. 1 number 1-2-3-4, 6-7-8-9 (16.4.13 - 7.6.13), lacking only No. 5 from the first 9 numbers (probably all published). Small quarto, cyclostyled, generally 8 pp or 12 pp (folded sheets), the Roneo plates written in manuscript in several hands, with some cartoon drawings. With a copy of ‘Le Petit Patriote’, Vol. 1 No. 1, St. Enda’s, 10 May 1913, ‘For the Students of Prep. & Junior Grades Only’, 4 pp (same format, single folded sheet). Judging by the publication date, this is probably the missing No. 5 of An Scoláire, since it falls between no. 4 (4.5.13) and 6 (17.5.13).In the last number of Pearse’s printed magazine ‘An Macaomh’ [Vol. II no. 2, May 1913], he states that ‘There exists at St. Enda’s a trilingual newspaper called “An Sgoláire” [sic], of which fifty copies are printed on a Roneo reduplicator every week and sold at a penny a copy. It is owned and edited by the boys themselves, and owes its existence to a movement which originated among them. The politics of the paper centres largely round the question as to whether cricket should be played as a summer game by Irish boys. School work and play are chronicled from week to week, and school personalities discussed and criticised in prose, verse and cartoon. Most of the contributions are in the nature of jeux d’esprit; some are manfully propagandist. A few seem to me touched with that literary grace which is as recognisable and as indefineable as a personal grace ..’The first number states that ‘An Scoláire, the students’ paper, is today presented to the Endaian Republic. Its aim & policy are embodied in its name. To make you true scholars, earnest and lively, self restrained and self reliant, to make you live and laugh, to love each other and dear old Ireland, such is its purpose. God grant it success, may it prove a blessing to all. Read it; write for it; criticise it, make it both your own in character [and] in outlook. Make the spirit of School Eanna pervade it. Let the glory of Ireland inspire it. In a word: May it be the herald of a glorious day: the day when Ireland will be “A Nation once again”.’It is not formally a Pearse item, since the content was clearly determined entirely by the students themselves. Nevertheless, the freshness and variety of the material testifies eloquently to the quality of the school which Pearse and his fellow-masters had established, and the extent to which its pupils felt themselves jointly responsible for their own education and formation. It is difficult to imagine the students of any other Irish secondary school, in 1913, producing a magazine of such quality.Desmond Ryan, who owned this set, was later Pearse’s secretary and fought in the GPO. He edited Pearse’s writings on St. Enda’s, ‘The Story of a Success’, and wrote historical works including biographies of Pearse and Connolly. An important item, and a great rarity, generally in very good condition considering its nature. The National Library of Ireland has a run of Nos. 1-9, otherwise only odd copies are found. St. Enda’s itself apparently does not have a full set.In a custom made folding box.Provenance: Family of Muriel Gahan, a gift from a relative of Desmond Ryan, who was a student at St. Enda’s.

MICHAEL COLLINS - DAIL EIREANN An Cheud Tionol [First Assembly], Dia Mairt [Tuesday] 21 Eanair [January] 1919. Admission ticket issued to Miss A. Coyne, with manuscript signature of Micheal O Coileain, Teachta [Member]. Blue printed card, 3 ins x 4 1/2 ins.

A MID 19TH CENTURY PERMIT TO PASS THROUGH THE GROUNDS OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM. Printed red text on buff card, with manuscript additions, permitting The Bearer to pass through the Western Avenue of the Royal Hospital by car or otherwise, dated 1st December 1871, numbered 365, with red wax Adjutant General's seal and signed by Colonel J.M. Primrose as D.A.G. (Deputy Adjutant General), folded and scuffed from continued usage.Robert Tydd, of Floraville, Inchicore, Dublin, assistant paymaster of the Great Southern and Western Railway, was the son of Mr. Benjamin B. Tydd, paymaster and superintendent of the same railway. This pass was issued during the troubled period following the abortive Fenian rising of 1867, undoubtedly with the intention of providing Robert Tydd, whose job involved the supervision of large sums of money, with a safe corridor to pass through in a car (horse and carriage) from the railway yards at Kingsbridge (now Heuston) station to his home in Inchicore (later, in 1882, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and his Under-Secretary, Thomas Burke, were murdered by members of the Irish National Invincibles whilst driving in a carriage through the Phoenix Park, just across the Liffey from the Royal Hospital). Robert Tydd's father, Benjamin Bradshaw Tydd, born 1815, a native of Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary, had initially seen service for 7 years as a policeman in the Irish Constabulary, before transferring to the Dublin Metropolitan Police shortly after that force was established in 1836. Appointed Constable with the D.M.P. on 19th May 1838, he was dismissed from the force 5 days later. Lot accompanied by full biographical and service details of Colonel (later General) James Maurice Primrose, C.S.I., who had a distinguished military career, being first commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 1837 and seeing active service in the 3rd Kaffir War 1851-53, the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, 2nd Afghan War, 1879-80.

Ó CEALLAIGH, SEÁN T., PRESIDENT OF IRELAND.A very good set of seven Christmas cards, 1946-52, each with portrait and biographical details of one of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation, five of the seven with manuscript signed greetings from Ó Ceallaigh and his wife Phyllis on rear page. Three Candles printed, each card tied with blue and gold ribbon, the crest on front page hand coloured, an attractive set.Sean T. Ó Ceallaigh, second President of Ireland, was a 1916 veteran who served in the GPO, and knew all the seven signatories personally. Provenance: Daly family of Limerick.

P.H. PEARSEManuscript text of a recruiting handbill headed ‘THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS’, on reverse of a sheet of A-4 Volunteers headed paper, in Pearse’s unmistakeable hand, with a signed manuscript covering note [to M.W. O’Reilly] on the same headed paper, dated 7th Feb. 1915. ‘The Irish Volunteers exist to win and guard the liberties of Ireland, and of all Ireland. They aim at placing a rifle in the hands of every Irishman, at teaching him to use it, and at training him in marching, scouting, signalling, etc., with the object of making him an efficient soldier of Ireland ... Why not join’, with local details for Fairview, ending ‘God Save Ireland’. Closed tear at one corner, no loss. With the associated Connradh na Gaedhilge envelope addressed in Pearse’s hand to Wm. O’Reilly at a Fairview address, also inscribed ‘Prudential Assurance Co., 11 College Green’.M.W. O’Reilly was at this time a young insurance executive with Prudential. He joined the Irish Volunteers and served in the GPO in 1916, and was detained afterwards in Frongoch, where he got to know Michael Collins, and discussed with him and others the formation of an Irish-based insurance company to win Irish business from British firms. After his release he became general secretary of the New Ireland Assurance Co., which he built up over the years to be the leading Irish company in the field.Pearse joined the Volunteers on their formation, and became Director of Organisation.

NA FIANNA EIREANN & COUNTESS MARKIEWICZ A printed rule-sheet for Na Fianna Eireann, Irish National Boy Scouts, President: Countess de Markiewicz, 4 pp, circa 1911, signed in manuscript by C. de Markiewicz with her address at Surrey House, Leinster Rd.With two TLS to Mr. [Michael] O’Reilly from Pádraic Ó Riain, on Na Fianna headed paper, January 1912, the second saying ‘The Council is sorry to learn of the great difficulties you have to contend with in keeping the Sluagh of the Fianna going in Dalkey’, especially over rent payment for premises. ‘We understand that Baden-Powell intends during the present year re-organising his movement in this country .. You understand therefore the absolute necessity for the Fianna to double its membership by starting new Sluaghte throughout the country. An Ard Coiste have started a guarantee fund for this purpose and will allow to the Sluaghte 50% of what they collect towards this fund’. One of the letters parting at folds, no loss.Also an ALS to O’Reilly from Lewis Lonergan, Commanding, undated, regretting that the Committee could not give more assistance in holding the premises in Convent Road, but the funds of the Committee are practically exhausted; also Whelan & Sons, Irish-Ireland Supply Stores, invoice to Mr. O’Reilly, Nov. 1911, for scout shirt etc., and estimates for repairing windows etc. at Scouts room at Convent Road.A good collection of documents, emphasising the ever-present financial problems. Fianna Eireann was founded in Belfast by Bulmer Hobson, and re-founded in Dublin by Hobson and Markiewicz in 1909, as an Irish alternative to the British-based Boy Scouts movement. It became in time the junior section of the Volunteers.Provenance: Collection of M.W. O’Reilly, see his biography above.

IRISH VOLUNTEERSA good collection of circulars and documents, 1914-15, mostly cyclostyled, including-P. O Fathaigh. Dublin City and County Board. Orders for City Companies dated 1 January 1914, endorsed in manuscript.-Thomas Slater, Hon. Sec. pro tem. Dublin City & County Board. Pencilled note to Capt. O’Reilly, 5.1.14. ‘Kindly arrange to have your Company at Kimmage on Saturday night next for musketry.’-P.H. Pearse, Director of Organisation. General Orders. Special Sections. Cyclostyled circular dated 9 December 1914.-P.H. Pearse, Director of Organisation. Cyclostyled circular enclosing a Scheme of Military Organisation, 30 Dec. 1914 (the Scheme not present)-Bulmer Hobson, Hon. Secretary. Cyclostyled circular dated 31.12.14, calling attention to the need for support for the Irish Volunteer paper.-P.H. Pearse, Commandant. Director of Organisation. Easter Arrangements, 24 March 1915, cyclostyled typescript circular, 2 pp., including orders for ‘despatch of a flying column to a point South of Dublin’.-T. Slater, Hon. Sec., Dublin city & County Board, 3 April 1915. Orders. ‘Men of Dublin regiment will hold themselves in readiness for possible mobilisation at Easter’.-Printed document, undated, 1 pp, Conditions for the Supply of Rifles to Irish Volunteer Corps, with Hints on Rifle Cleaning.-John Lawler & Sons, 2 Fownes’s Street Upper, Dublin. Printed Catalogue of rifles, revolvers, ammunition etc., 20 pp, SCARCE; with an invoice to M.W. O’Reilly for .303 ammunition, 27 Nov. 1914, marked ‘Paid’.The British authorities were of course aware of this fusillade of military-sounding Orders through 1914 and 1915. Its sheer profusion may have contributed to their relaxing their watch as the time approached for the real thing in 1916.As a collection, w.a.f.Provenance: Collection of M.W. O’Reilly, see his biography above.

JOHN DEVOY FUNERAL COMMITTEE, May-June 1929.Minutes of Committee, circa 50 pp manuscript in an exercise book, with original funeral badge for American Irish Committee, featuring miniature American and Irish flags and a portrait of Devoy.John Devoy, described as ‘the greatest of the Fenians’, was born in Co. Kildare but lived for most of his life in the United States, where he ran Clan-na-Gael (the American branch of the IRB) and organised tirelessly for an Irish Republic. He had expressed a wish to be buried in Glasnevin, and when he died in 1929, another veteran Fenian, Dr. Mark Ryan, summoned a Committee to make arrangements for his funeral, of which these are the Minutes.It was intended that the funeral should be a national occasion, non-partisan and inclusive, but predictably, given the times, there were differences about how this should be implemented, and eventually there was a split, with Mrs. Kathleen Clarke (widow of Tom, and a member of Fianna Fail) and others withdrawing from the Committee. For those who may be interested, the details are in this notebook.The original members of the Committee included Dr. Mark Ryan, Senator Mrs. Clarke, Senator T. Farren, Alderman William O’Brien, Dr. Patrick MacCartan, Senator Sean Milroy, D[iarmaid] O’Hegarty, Seamus Murphy [possibly the sculptor], Sean Collins, Peadar Devoy, Sean MacGarry, Liam Tobin, Michael Staines, Colonel Joseph O’Reilly, with Piaras Beaslai as Secretary. The minutes are generally signed by S. Ó Murchadha.(2)Provenance: Collection of M.W. O’Reilly, see his biography above.

CUMANN NA NGAEDHEALA black morocco bound notebook containing Minutes of the Seamus O Duibhir Cumann of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-24, President, M.W. O’Reilly, circa 100 pages manuscript in various hands, the minutes variously countersigned, much interesting material during troubled times including resolutions, nominations for Dáil etc. Upper hinge broken internally, first page loose, otherwise in good condition.Provenance: Collection of M.W. O’Reilly, see his biography above.

Six illustrations from two manuscripts of Yusuf and Zulaykha, Deccan and Kashmir, early 19th century, comprising; two folios from a Deccani manuscript with text arranged in two columns, four folios from a Kashmiri manuscript with text in nasta'liq script, framed in pairs, and a Safavid revival illustration with illuminated borders, mounted framed and glazed, the Deccani folios 18.5cm. x 11.2cm.

Two folios from a Qur'an in Eastern kufic script, Iran, 12th century, Qur'an XLV (sura al- jathiya), v.23 to Qur'an XLVI (sura al-naziyat ), v.31 Qur'an LXXXI (sura al-takwir), v.29 with title of Qur'an LXXXII (sura al-infitar), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 23ll. of black Kufic script, marginal medallions in gold and polychrome (a.f), each folio approximately 26.5cm x 19.4cm.

An early full leather bound volume in Arabic manuscript.

A full calf leather bound Persian manuscript with hand coloured and pen illustrations, including two full illustrations of the body, surface and skeletal.

18th Century manuscript map of a Norfolk estate, circa 1763, titled 'A plan of the Estate belonging to Mr Daniel Whalne, Lying in the Parish of Pulham St Mary, Magdalen and Hardwick, in the County of Norfolk, by H Hatton 1763', 48cm x 38cm excluding frame

MARGARET HUBBARD (Fl.c.1951-1971) BOMBED BUILDINGS A carefully produced volume of neat handwriting assessing the damage to, and rebuilding of, some of London's landmarks damaged during the War (18 sides of manuscript), with a drawing or watercolour on the facing page (16 in total), deckle edges, velour covered binding, 4to ++ Gum stains; generally good and clean

Mauritius : 1891 Postal Stationery envelope surcharged 50c. on 1878 8c. Pale grey (H & G milky blue) hexagonal frame type around Queen's bust, P.O control mark in red 'GENERAL POST OFFICE MAURITIUS' in crowned double circle with manuscript control signature 'L.M.C.P.' of Louis Martin Colonial Postmaster, Higgins and Gage B (Envelopes) 14, used envelope, cancelled by the barred numeral 'B32', with red oval 'Registered / Mauritius No. 22 AU 1891' alongside and large 'R' in black, addressed to Marseille, France with appropriate arrival datesatmp of Marseille of September 20 (?) on reverse, Sismondo 2002 colour photo-certificate states in good condition and genuine in all respects. H&G state about 50 envelopes were prepared, Sismondo states 'only 36'. Extremely rare in used condition Mauritius specialist piece (image available) [US8]

St. Helena : (SG 34ba) 1884 QV Crown CA ½d on 6d emerald with part original gum showing DOUBLE SURCHARGE - ONE WITH N Y SPACED - extremely rare with probably only two examples known - complete with 1975 BPA cert stating it to be genuine but not recognising the NY variety and unkindly describing it as 'soiled' whereas this adhesive is of very good to fine appearance, of fine colour and well centred for this issue. Upon the reverse we note trivial imperfections, small blue manuscript (not affecting appearance), partial hinge remnant and light pencil / gum bend. Possibly unique mint part o.g. Cat £11000 (image available) [US5]

Magic Lantern Slides - Nazi Period Germany - various photographic, annotated in hand manuscript, A German Demonstration, Munich Unknown Warrior, Neu Church Berlin, Modern Church, Modern Flats, German Miners, Workers' Cottages, Labour Camp Workers, German Children at Play, Workers Saluting, others, etc

WATSON (H.F.) LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE SEROLOGICAL PHENOMENA IN SYPHILLIS 'MANUSCRIPT COPY', FULL MOROCCO LEATHER BINDING, TOOLED SPINE WITH RAISED BANDS, HAND BOUND, THOMPSOB (A.T.) M.D. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES AFFECTING THE SKIN, PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, LONDON 1850, THOMPSON (H) THE DISEASES OF THE PROSTATE THEIR PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT, 5th EDN, PUBLISHED BY J & A CHURCHILL, LONDON 1833, ABERCROMBIE (J) M.D. PATHOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL RESEARCHES ON DISEASES OF THE STOMACH, 3rd EDN, PUBLISGED BY JOHN MURRAY, LONDON 1837 AND SIX OTHER BOOKS RELATING TO DISEASES [10]

A collection of books, to include Gertrude.Jekyll - Colour in the flower garden; Lindley`s Gardener; M.Church The Derby Stakes; Common Prayer, inscribed by Lewis Carroll's father; McIntosh`s- Flora & Pomona; an illuminated Manuscript Book of The Beatitudes; Edward Lear- The book of nonsense; and R. Caldecott- Last Graphic Pictures.

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds..., Revised and Corrected by W.B.Tegetmeier, 4th edition, 3 volumes, published John Nimmo, 1896, additional half titles, 248 colour lithograhic plates, contemporary manuscript ownership signature to first front blank, slight spotting to endpapers, untrimmed, publisher's bright gilt decorated cloth, a little bumped, 4to, together with, Mudie (Robert),The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, published Henry G. Bohn, 1841,decorative title pages, nineteen engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, near contemporary cloth, with gilt morocco labels to spines, a little worn and faded, 8vo (5)

Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain [with] The British Grasses and Sedges, 7 volumes, published Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1856 or later], numerous colour lithographic plates, text block in volume 7 partially split, manuscript ownership signature to front endpaper and/or title pages, a.e.g., publisher's blind stamped cloth gilt, spines faded, worn and frayed at head of spines, bumped, 8vo (7)

Thorburn (Archibald). British Mammals, 2 volumes (bound in one), 1st edition, published Longmans, Green and Co. 1920 - 21, additional half titles, one with a contemporary manuscript ownership signature, fifty (complete) colour photolithographic plates, a few plates slighty trimmed, each with tissue guard, slight spotting to endpapers, a.e.g., later crushed morocco gilt by Asprey & Co. Ltd, large 4to (1)

England & Wales. Lea (Philip), Untitled map taken from Christopher Saxton's large scale map of England and Wales first published in 1583, this state published Philip Lea, Globemaker at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside nere the corner of Fryday Street in London, [1687 - 1700], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on five sheets, with two additional loose sheets, bound in contemporary vellum with manuscript title 'Mappe of England' on outside of vellum and rolled presumably to facilitate ease of carriage when travelling, half compass rose, table of longitude and latitude of principal towns, some fraying to map strip margins, appears to be lacking two smaller portions (East coast of Norfolk & Suffolk and South West Cornwall), each sheet approximately 285 x 855 mm, two loose sheets approximately 280 x 200 mm R.W.SHirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.137, state 5. Christopher Saxton published his twenty sheet wall map in 1583. It was re-issued by Cade & Morgan in 1678. Philip Lea aquired the copper plates in about 1685 and re-published the map on a smaller scale designed to be used as a travelling map. He reduced the map to ten full sheets and four half sheets and removed a great deal of the sea, thus making the map relevant to land based travellers. The map was pasted into five horizontal strips. The top three sheets made up of two sheets and the last two sheets made of two sheets with a half sheet pasted at each end. It appears that two of these half sheets are lacking from this example. Philip Lea re-engraved the plates at least five times during his perod of ownership. This example is his 5th and final state and therefore state 7 of a total of nine states. Lea moved from Poultry to Cheapside in 1687 and remained there until 1700. Following Lea's death, Anne his widow, re-engraved and re-issued the map with Richard Glynne in 1720 and Thomas & John Bowles & Son repeated this in 1758. Scarce. (1)

Creighton (Henry). The Ruins of Gour Described and Represented in Eighteen Views; with a topographical map, 1st ed., 1817, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved map of Gour in 1801, eighteen fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after T. Medland, manuscript note loosely inserted "Presented to the India Office Library by the Rev. Charles Arthur Molony, M.A. late vicar of Saint Lawrence, Thanet, a Grandson of Mr. Henry Creighton, the author of this book...", contemporary polished calf gilt, with gilt armorial of the East India College to centre of each board, spine slightly worn & joints cracked, slim 4to East India College presentation label to upper pastedown, awarded to W.L. Wilkinson as first of his class in drawing, dated 3 December 1822. Abbey Travel 438. Rare. (1)

De Vaugondy (Robert). Nouvel Atlas Portatif destin‚ principalement pour l'instruction de le jeunesse, published Paris, Charles Francois Delamarche, circa 1812, decorative engraved title, eight pages of introduction and fifty-five double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring (erratic pagination), some staining throughout, some maps with ink manuscript marginalia, occasional marginal closed tears, near contemporary half vellum, worn and frayed with slight loss at head of spine, 4to (1)

*Payne (Charles Johnson, "Snaffles"). Four Christmas cards, 1944 - 47, 'My sentiments are the same as the Farrier Sergents dog', folding colour Christmas card signed 'Snaff' in pencil on recto, with printed address and a Christmas greeting in ink signed Lucy & Snaff with another colour print of a dog on verso, 150 x 175 mm, together with another three single sheet Christmas cards signed by Snaffles and Lucy on recto with ink manuscript Christmas greetings on verso, including one that reads ' As happy Xmas to you all as is possible and Bloody end (I mean it) to Hitler in 1944. Lucy & Snaff', another saying ' As happy a Xmas as is possible to you all Brenda and "Peace on Earth?" in 1945 S.', occasional marginal closed tears, various sizes (4)

*Letters and Manuscript miscellanea. A group of over 30 letters, related papers and manuscript miscellanea, 18th and 19th century, including a long letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Thomas Napier (1784-1855), mentioning a visit by his brother Charles (often known as the 'Conqueror of Sind') to Ali Pacha in Albania ('who was very civil to him... & by way of finale cut off two heads!!'), 15 November 1819, and a quantity of other 18th and 19th-century letters of varied content and interest including engraving, publishing and bookselling, calotype photography, coins and medals, church history, officers on the first ship to New South Wales, the 1870 siege of Paris, etc., mostly with partial or complete transcription and historical notes supplied (a folder)

Manuscript Recipe Book. A late 18th-century manuscript recipe book, approximately 150pp., with manuscript to rectos and versos, in several different hands, with a variety of culinary recipes and a few medical receipts, one dated 1770 and another 1772, Index at rear, generally browned and spotted, manuscript ownership name on front pastedown 'Browne, Camberwell, Surry, 1827', stitching broken, original half sheep, worn, with spine deficient and covers detached, small 4to (20.5 x 16.5cm/8 x 6.5ins) Containing recipes such as: To make a Giblet pie; To make Hartshorn flummery; To take ironmold out of Linen; To make slip coal Cheese; To ragoo hogs feet and Ears; To dress white froth collops; To make warrickshire pancakes; For a bad Breast; To Pickle Patagonian Coucumber. (1)

Opera. An operatic archive, late 19th and 20th century, including a scrap album of '150 opera programmes' 1895-1931, mostly Wagner productions at Covent Garden and Bayreuth, mostly letterpress broadside programmes including small format mounted singly and as multiples to rectos of 50 leaves, manuscript index at rear, contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, second album containing further opera programmes circa 1912-25, plus cuttings and real photo postcards of operatic performers, contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, leather label to spine, plus an assorted collection of mostly 20th-century opera programmes, photographs, etc., loosely contained in a modern ring binder, folio (3)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Birchwood Lodge, 4 August 1898, to Novello & Co., 'Please let me hear before you print the copies of 'Caractacus' for sale as I have several more small corrections to send. I believe you are printing the separate cho[ru]s pts: if so will they wait until after the performance? Or if not will you take them from the finally corrected copy which I hope to send in a day or two', 2 pages with publisher's ink date receipt stamp at foot of second page and manuscript date at head of first page, 8vo Published in Jerrold Northrop Moore, 'Elgar and his Publishers: Letters of a Creative Life, volume I, 1885-1903', (1987), pp. 83-84: 'Elgar was keen to have the dedication of his newest work accepted by Queen Victoria'. The patriotic theme was appropriate, especially in view of the recent Diamond Jubilee and the Queen's eightieth birthday in prospect in the Spring of 1899.' (1)

Layard (Sir Henry). Early Adventures in Persia, Suiana, and Babylonia including a residence among the Bakhtiyari and other wild tribes before the discovery of Nineveh, 2 volumes, John Murray, 1887, colour frontispiece to volume one, three black and white plates, three folding maps, original publisher's cloth, light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Oliphant (Laurence), Haifa or Life in Modern Palestine, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Soons, 1887, half-title, occasional manuscript annotations in ink, bookplate and ownership inscription of Thomas Hodgkin, contemporary half calf, contrasting morocco spine labels, 8vo, plus 'Abduh (Muhammad), The Theology of Unity, translated by Ishaq Musa'ad and Kenneth Cragg, George Allen & Unwin, 1966, original publisher's cloth in d.j., jacket a little worn and fraying, 8vo, plus other related titles (9)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Birchwood Lodge, near Malvern, 10 August 1901, to Novello & Co., 'Enclosed I send an arrangement for violin solo, with pianoforte accpt. of the Mazourka which you published for orch. piano solo & Military Band. In the present form it makes a brilliant, easy piece for violin and should sell and I shall be glad to hear that you will publish it', 2 pages on Birchwood Lodge stationery, punch holes to upper margin affecting printed address and last line of letter to verso, publisher's ink date receipt stamp and manuscript acknowledgment note at head of first page, a little creasing and minor split at lower margin not affecting content, 8vo (1)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 2 November 1902, to Mr Clayton [Henry Reginald Clayton, company secretary to Novello], 'Here's the Morecambe part-song: we can talk about terms later: also enclosed is the 'permit' from Macmillan, this, you will see, is addressed to Mr Gorton - but I suppose that's all right. I send the copy of the words supplied to me by Mr Gorton: you will see the punctuation is left to the imagination - I could not get a copy of the poem during my hurried visit to town, consequently the words, in the music, are not punctuated at all. I send the M.S. (mine I mean) now because the printers may be able to go on (can they without the stops?). I have sent to Mr G [Reverend Canon Charles Vincent Gorton] asking him to let me have a correct copy, or to send it direct to you: if there's no immediate hurry I could add the 'stops' at the Langham on Tuesday evening' and with a footnote, 'either to the M.S. or to the proof whichever is most convenient to your men', 4 pages on Worcestershire Philharmonic Society stationery, punch holes to upper margin, slightly affecting letterhead and a few letters on pages 2-4 without loss of sense, 8vo, together with the manuscript part-song words by Thomas Edward Brown referred to in the letter, punch holes to left margin, one page, 4to The part-song was written for Canon Gorton's Morecambe Festival. Letter published in Jerrold Northrop Moore, 'Elgar and his Publishers: Letters of a Creative Life, volume I, 1885-1903', (1987), pp. 377-78. (2)

Attributed to Yoshida Hanbei, active 1664-1689. Todaiju Daibutsu Enji 'The History of the Todaiji Daibutsu', woodblock printed, illustrated, a little dust-soiled, few small worm holes (mainly confined to margins), original paper wrappers, rubbed and scuffed, original label to upper wrapper, partially deficient, contained within modern chemise, 27 x 18cm (10.5 x 7ins), together withHambei School. Hokke shoshun reki sho 'The Advantages of the Hokke Sect', 4 volumes, circa 1670, woodblock printed, sixteen illustrations, occasional repaired wormhole, original blue paper wrappers (repaired and restored), printed labels to verso (repaired), resewn, contained within chemise, 26 x 17.5cm (10 x 7ins), (Literature: Not in KSM), plus Moronobu (Hishikawa, 1618-1694). Genji kumo kakuri sho 'Genji Hidden in the Clouds', volume three (of three) only, circa 1690, woodblock printed, illustrated, some dust-soiling, few minor worm holes (mainly confined to margins), original paper wrappers, rubbed and worn with loss, printed label to upper wrapper with title provided in manuscript, old collection labels, resewn, 27 x 19cm (10.5 x 7.5ins) The bibliographies record three editions, see KSM III.116, but none are illustrated, therefore an unrecorded edition. (3)

Morikuni (Tachibana, 1670-1748). Utahi no ehon 'Picture Book of Noh Songs', compiled by Sankinshi, 10 volumes (bound in 5), Kyoto, 1732, woodblock printed, approximately one-hundreed double-page illustrations, a little dust-soiling and occasional minor mark, slightly later uniform paper wrappers printed with silver, manuscript titles to upper wrapper of each volume, rubbed and scuffed, resewn, 23 x 16cm (9 x 6.25ins), together with five other Japanese illustrated books, all woodblock printed, including works by Hiroshige and Harunobu, some odd volumes (10)

Nikka (Tanaka, active 1828-1845). Kyuhodo gafu [Picturebook of Paintings by Kyuhodo], one volume (of 2) only, 1856, colour woodblock printed, illustrated throughout, some worm-tracks (mainly confined to gutter margin), ex Javal collection with his collector's seal to final blank and catalogue description in manuscript to front pastedown, further manuscript inscription and seal to final blank, slightly later silk-backed paper wrappers with manuscript label, Provenance: ex Emile Javal collection (catalogue number 481, dispersed Paris 1926). Kyuhodo was a pseudonym of Nikka. Only one book illustration seems to have been printed during Nikka's lifetime and it wasn't until after his death that his work was fully appreciated. The printing is described by Hillier as "unusually high quality for the period". Literature: Hillier, The Uninhibited Brush, pp.291-299; Hillier AJB, pp.919-920. (1)

Alsop (Anthony). Aedis Christi Olim Alumni Odarum Libri Duo, 1st edition, 1752, title with engraved vignette, interleaved with manuscript notes, armorial bookplate of John English Dolben (4th Baronet, c. 1750-1837), contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Provenance: Sir John Dolben (2nd Baronet, 1684-1756), his signature (1752) and explanatory annotation on interleaves. Additional manuscript list of poems and annotation at front and rear in a different later hand, probably Sir John English Dolben. Anthony Alsop (c. 1672-1726), the 'English Horace', was a Latin poet and clergyman. His manuscript poems were published in the present work by his stepson Francis Bernard (1712-1779), former governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. Alsop's witty verses, mostly using the Sapphic metre were popular among his academic contemporaries and his addressees include John Dolben, Henry Bridges, Joseph Taylor, John Keil, Edward Hinton, David Gregory, John Friend and others. (1)

Homer. Homerici Centones...Virgiliani Centones...Noni Paraphrasis, [Paris], Henri Estienne, 1578, woodcut printer's device to title, printed in Greek and Latin, bound without blanks, near contemporary manuscript index at rear, library inkstamp to title, near contemporary vellum, torn with some loss to lower board, 16mo (1)

Lagus (Conrad). Methodica Iuris Utriusque Traditio. Omnem omnium Titulorum... materia[m] & genus, Glossarum item & Interpretum abstrusiora uocabula scie[n]ter & summatim explicata... Ex ore ... Conradi Lagi ... annotata, atq[ue] in gratiam & singularem utilitatem studiosorum, nunc recens excusa & edita, Lyon: Seb. Gryphium, 1544, printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf, occasional light spotting, early manuscript offcuts strenthening to hinges, contemporary boards (made from reused printed leaves, delaminating), with remnants of sheep leather to spine and lower board, 8vo Not in Adams. Only one UK institutional location found (National Library of Scotland). (1)

*Manuscript Frisket sheet fragment. A pair of fragments from a liturgical manuscript with musical notation, probably France 15th century; subsequently reused as a printing mask 'Frisket' and overprinted in red ink in the early 16th century, comprising two vellum fragments cut from a larger leaf, recto with a total of 10 lines of manuscript text in black & red, one initial in blue and one larger initial in red, with six lines of music on 4-line red staves, verso with 17 lines of manuscript text in black, with three lines of music on 4-line red staves, the reverse also heavily overprinted with letterpress text in red ink when reused as a frisket mask, and subsequently cut into strips (two in this case) and reused as strengthening in a binding, maximum dimensions of each fragment 215 x 48mm (approximately 8.5 x 1.75 inches) and 212 x 43mm (approximately 8.25 x 1.75 inches), combined maximum dimensions 232 x 90mm (approximately 9.25 x 3.5 inches) This pair of fragments were discovered in a folio 3 volume Greek & Latin Bible, "Vetus Testamentum..." published Paris: Nicolaum Buon, 1628 (Darlow & Moule 4674), when undergoing restoration in the 1990s. Refer to Dominic Winter 2nd March 2016 auction, lot 331 and the following lot below, which were also discovered in the same set of volumes. Friskets are a rare survival which illustrate the early printing of books in red and black ink. They were often disposed of once their use had ended and therefore only a few examples survive. A frisket was a sheet of material which was used during the early printing process. It was placed between the paper and the printing block, to mask off and protect unprinted areas of the paper sheet from stray ink, allowing all but the red rubrics to be printed through. As a result of this technique the frisket sheet was overprinted in red letterpress. Early printers often recycled medieval manuscript leaves for this purpose, and some were then reused during the bookbinding process. See Margaret M. Smith, "Fragments used for 'Servile' Purposes: The St Bride Library Frisket for Early Red Printing," in Linda L. Brownrigg and Margaret M. Smith, eds., Interpreting and Collecting Fragments of Medieval Books (Los Altos Hills, Calif.: Red Gull Press, 2000), pp.177-188; and noted by Smith in the St. Bride Journal 'Ultrabold 3' (2007): "The Red-Printing Frisket at St. Bride Library." Elizabeth Savage (Upper). "Red Frisket Sheets, c.1490-1700: The Earliest Artefacts of Colour Printing in the West." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 108, no. 4 (December 2014): pp.477-522. "This complex object, a manuscript leaf that was re-used first as a frisket sheet for printing selected text in red in one book and then in the pasteboard in the binding of another, is the earliest artifact of any color printing process in the West." Additional information. The frisket sheet is from the memorial 'Pius episcopus...ad perpetuam res memoriam’ normally on the first couple of folios of every edition of the Missale Romanum. With grateful thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Savage, Cambridge University for this information. (2)

*Manuscript Frisket sheet fragment. A fragment from a liturgical manuscript, probably France 15th century; subsequently reused as a printing mask 'Frisket' and overprinted in red ink in the early 16th century, recto with 22 lines of manuscript text in black, verso also with 22 lines of manuscript text in black, and overprinted with letterpress text in red ink, with parts of manuscript cut-out to allow for red ink to be printed through when reused as a frisket mask, subsequently reused as strengthening in a binding, maximum dimensions 286 x 50mm (approximately 11.25 x 2 inches) This fragment was discovered in a folio 3 volume Greek & Latin Bible, "Vetus Testamentum..." published Paris: Nicolaum Buon, 1628 (Darlow & Moule 4674), when undergoing restoration in the 1990s. Refer to Dominic Winter 2nd March 2016 auction, lot 331, and the previous lot above which were also discovered in the same set of volumes. Friskets are a rare survival which illustrate the early printing of books in red and black ink. They were often disposed of once their use had ended and therefore only a few examples survive. (1)

Polybius. Polybiou tou Lykorta megalopolitou historion ta sozomenea. Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt Isaacus Casaubonus ex antiquis libris emendauit, Latine vertit, & commentariis illustrauit... Aeneae, vetustissimi Tactici, Commentarius de toleranda obsidione..., [Frankfurt:] Claudium Marnium, 1609, title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device to title, occasional minor worming, contemporary ownership inscription in ink to front pastedown, contemporary blindstamped pigskin, manuscript paper labels to sine, a little worm damage to upper board, silk ties lacking, thick folio (1)

[Terrasson, Jean]. The Life of Sethos, taken from Private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians, translated from a Greek Manuscript into French, and now faithfully done into English from the Paris Edition by Mr Lediard, 1st English edition, 2 volumes J. Walthoe, 1732, two folding engraved maps, ex Grand Lodge Libary with ink stamps to titles and maps, early 19th century calf, title labels deficient, rubbed and worn, upper board volume one detached, 8vo, together with Sethos, histoire ou vie tiree des monumens anecdotes de l'Ancienne Egypte, traduite d'un manuscrit grec, 2 volumes, Paris: Jean-Francois Bastien, [1795], half-titles, two folding engraved maps, some light scattereds spotting, one or two archival paper repairs, bookplates to front pastedowns, contemporary sheep, rubbed to extremities, small repair to lower joint of volume one, 8vo Best known as the novel which inspired Mozart's Magic Flute. (4)

Okada (Koyo). Fuji, Tokyo, Curieux-Do, 1970, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, title supplied in manuscript calligraphy by Ryuzaburo Umehara, at front of volume, original blue cloth with slipcase, some fading, square 4to, together with Tabuchi (Yukio), Japan Alps, Photographs by Yukio Tabuchi, Tokyo, Kokusai Johosha, 1975, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt, with slipcase, folio, plus other similar Japanese books on mountains and mountaineering, mainly photographic, all modern publications published with texts mainly in Japanese, mainly 4to/folio (94)

Wright (Christopher). The Schorr Collection, Catalogue of Old Master and Nineteenth-Century Paintings, volumes 1 & 2, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jackets and slipcases, together with Bernt (Walther), Niederlandischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, 4 volumes, Munich, 1960-62, black and white plates, original cloth gilt, manuscript mark and sticky label remains to foot of volume 4, plus Miquel (Pierre), Le Paysage francais au XIXe siecle 1824-1874, 3 volumes, Maurs-la-Jolie, 1975, black and white and some colour plates, original cloth gilt, small library label stick remains at foot of spines, all folio, plus other mostly French and Dutch art reference, mostly large format (41)

Bentley (G.E., Jr.). Blake Books, Annotated Catalogues of William Blake's Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography and in Manuscript, revised edition, OUP, 1977, portrait frontispiece, original cloth in slightly rubbed and soiled dust jacket, thick 8vo, together with Wise (Thomas James), A Bibliography of the Writings in Verse and Prose of George Gordon Knowle, Baron Byron, 2 volumes, reprint, 1972, original cloth in dust jackets, slightly rubbed, soiled and faded, plus Healey (George Harris), The Cornell Wordsworth Collection: A catalogue of books and manuscripts presented to the University by Mr. Victor Emanuel, 1st edition, Cornell University Press, 1957, black and white plates, original cloth, (one of 750 copies), all large 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century poet bibliographies and related (30)

Tardieu (Ambroise). Atlas de G‚ographie Ancienne pour servir a L'Intelligence des Oeuvres de Rollin, grav‚ d'aprŠs les Cartes Originales de D'Anville, published Paris, 1818, printed title, twenty-six uncoloured double page engraved maps by D'Anville and one plan of a naval engagement (complete as list), near contemporary manuscript titles to verso of each map with some showthrough, some spotting and marginal dust soiling, near contemporary quarter vellum, rubbed and worn at extremities, 4to (1)

Hardy (Thomas). The Return of the Native, 3 vols., 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878, half-titles, lithograph frontispiece 'Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story by Stanfords after Hardy', occasional very light spotting and minor marginal browning, half-title of Vol. III inscribed by the author, bookplate of Clement K. Shorter and gilt blocked leather bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, early 20th century crimson crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt board edges and roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, gilt decorated spines in 6 compartments with raised bands, 8vo Provenance: Clement King Shorter (1857-1926, with presentation inscription on half-title of volume 1 dated July 1903 and bookplate on flyleaf of volume I). Sotheby's sale, commencing 2 April 1928 (lot 199, to); Bernard Quaritch. Christie's sale, The Library of William Foyle, Part III, commencing Wednesday 12 July 2000, lot 682. Presentation copy, inscribed 'To Clement Shorter. Yours sincerely Thomas Hardy. July 2 - 1903.' Hardy gave the original manuscript of The Return of the Native 'to Clement Shorter in 1908 in return for his having had a number of Hardy's MSS. bound' (Purdy p.27). Following Shorter's death in 1926, this manuscript 'was bequeathed to the "Royal University of Dublin" and is now in the Library of University College Dublin' (loc. cit.). In addition to this manuscript, Purdy records 2 books inscribed to Shorter by Hardy: The Well-Beloved and Selected Poems (pages 96 & 187 respectively). Book inscribed by Hardy are rare. Purdy pp.24-27; Sadleir 1113. (3)

Old Stile Press. Benedicite Omnia Opera, Llandogo, Gwent, 1987, illustrated throughout by Alyson MacNeill, all edges gilt, original cloth-backed patterned boards, housed in patterned slipcase, with manuscript note on a compliments slip from Frances McDowell loosely inserted, folio, (limited edition 10/225 copies, signed by the artist), together with The Seafarer, 1988, Llandogo, Gwent, 1988, woodcuts throughout by Inger Lawrance, text prepared from the Anglo-Saxon by Kevin Crossley-Holland, original Japanese style sewn wrappers, oblong 4to, contained in linen folder with ties, (limited edition, 39/240 copies, signed by the artist and author), plus The Waternymph and the Boy, by Roden Noel, Llandogo, Monmouthshire, 1997, duotone linocuts by J. Martin Pitts, original patterned limp cloth with ribbon ties, folio, with prospectus and order form loosely inserted, (limited edition 84/225 copies, signed by the artist), plus twenty-one other Old Stile Press publications, and a few ephemeral items related (24)

Hawley (Donald). The Emirates, Witness to a Metamorphosis, Norwich: Michael Russell, 2007, half-title, author's presentation copy with manuscript inscription in blue ink to title, black and white illustrations to text, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Coulson (N.J.), Succession in the Muslim Family, Cambridge: University Press, 1971, half-title, one or two pencil marginalia, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Kelly (J.B.), Arabia, the Gulf and the West, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980, half-title, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus other Arabian and Middle Eastern reference, all 20th century publications (a carton)

Bannerman (David A.). The Bird of the British Isles, 1st edition, 12 volumes, 1953-63, numerous colour plates by George E. Lodge, original cloth in dust jackets, some wear to dust jackets including few minor tears, 4to, together with Fowler (W. Warde), Tales of the Birds, 2nd edition, Macmillan & Co., 1889, black and white frontispiece, few further black and white plates, minor scattered spotting, contemporary manuscript ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth gilt, minor wear to extremities, small 8vo, plus Blair (Peter Hunting, et al), A History of England, 12 volumes, Folio Society, 1997-2001, all original blue cloth, 8vo, with other similar titles including Kearton's Birds' nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting and others related (3 shelves)

Dried specimens. Dried leaf specimens from North America, 1847, fifty-three dried leaf specimens mounted on rectos of forty-four album leaves, each secured with thread, one or two with manuscript annotation, front pastedown with manuscript inscription 'These leaves were collected at Saratoga, and upon the Catskill Mountains, in October, 1847, by E.B. Oxley. North America', original calf-backed marbled boards, lightly rubbed, spine faded and a little worn, small 4to (19 x 16.5cm/7.5 x 6.5ins) (1)

Humphreys (H. Noel). The Genera and Species of British Butterflies, Described and Arranged according to the System now Adopted in the British Museum, published T.J.Allman, circa 1870, additional decorative half title, frontispiece and thirty-one lithographic plates with contemporary hand colouring, manuscript presentation inscription to verso of front endpaper, upper hinge weak, contemporary half sheep, rubbed and worn with slight loss at head of spine, 8vo, together with, Frohawk (F.W.), Natural History of British Butterflies. A complete, original, descriptive account of the life-history of every species occuring in the British Islands, together with their habits, time of appearance and localities, 2 volumes, published Hutchinson & Co., 1914,additional half titles, numerous colour plates, ownership signature to front endpapers, publisher's blue cloth gilt, dust jackets worn, stained and frayed, folio, with, Rowland-Brown (H.), Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad, published T.Fisher Unwin, 1912, additional half title, twenty-one tipped in colour plates, some spotting throughout, heavy spotting to half title, publisher's cloth gilt with inset colour plate to upper siding, bumped at extremities, 8vo, plus another twenty-three books on moths and butterflies, 19th & 20th century, together with two 20th century posters on butterflies and a collection of butterfly 'scraps', various sizes and condition (approx.25)

A 15th century illuminated manuscript page from a Book of Hours or Bible, probably from Northern France, 19 by 15cm.

A GOTHIC REVIVAL CHALICE, considered to have been designed by William Burges (1827-1881). The maple bowl mounted with a silver rimmed champleve enamel inlaid script, "Anos modice bibe et vive, feliciter ad multos" referring to drinking regularly and moderate living. To the sole of the bowl is an heraldic roundel depicting a lion with monogrammed shield, the stem has stylised leaf forms supporting the bowl and a pedestal inlaid champleve enamel of exotic creatures inspired by Medieval illuminat ed manuscript illustrations, on a spreading circular foot, bearing further script and dated 1868, bears London hallmarks for 1868, maker's mark indistinct but probably the work of Barkentin & Krall, raised on a later turned ebonised base, 118mm diame ter x 9cm high (There is a similar lidded example in the British Museum)

PETER HUMFREY "TITIAN" an illustrated life, published by Phaidon Press Ltd., London 2007, together with KEITH S. GARDNER "SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT R.A., P.P.R.W.S." a catalogue and commentary on his unsigned limited editions volume II 724/1525 in s lip case, and "LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU JEAN, DUC DE BERRY" reproduced from the original illuminated manuscript in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1969, with slip case

Three hotel registers, for The Prince of Wales/Commodore Hotel Scarborough 1929-1987 fully stocked with manuscript entries (3)

Cricket, two signed pictures of Maurice Leyland in uniform, one with artist Kenneth Elwell beside his painting of Leyland, the other a close-up of the painting, and four manuscript letters signed by Ken Barrington, one on the reverse of a Ken Barrington Motors Ltd compliment slip