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FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish Biologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945. T.L.S., Alexander Fleming, one page, 8vo, London, 23rd November 1950, to Dr. I Geikie-Cobb, on the printed stationery of the Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology, St. Mary´s Hospital Medical School, Paddington. Fleming states in full `I return manuscript and proofs, also new manuscript which incorporates the bottom of the penultimate page and the whole of the last page of the proofs. I hope I have not put in too much new stuff, but it was necessary.´ Small creasing to the bottom left corner. VG. £300-400 The manuscript Fleming refers to corresponds to an article about antibiotics which would be included among others in a medical guide published by Geikie Cobb. Dr. Ivor Geikie Cobb - Expert Physician and Author

SPALLANZANI LAZZARO: (1729-1799) Italian Catholic Priest, Biologist and Physiologist. Kown for his important and pioneering researches on biogenesis. A.L.S., L. Spalanzzani, one page, 4to, Venice, 18th September 1792, in Italian. Spallanzini tells his correspondent that he received his letter and states `I inform you that I will advance my arrival few days. Therefore, next week, on Wednesday afternoon, I will be able to satisfy my wish of embracing you again full of happiness.´ and further referring to his work `It is not the shores of the river Po, but Venice itself which has retained me and keeps on retaining me, as I am still touching up my travel´s manuscript, from which only one volume has been printed, however not published yet. I send you a copy of the cover presentation´. Spallanzani concludes asking about his correspondent´s health and wishing him a good recovery. Very small age wear and right edge slightly irregularly trimmed, otherwise VG £500-800

WATT JAMES: (1736-1819) Scottish Inventor & Mechanical Engineer. An interesting D.S., James Watt, four pages, folio, Heathfield, near Birmingham, 23rd July 1795. The manuscript document is the ‘Proposed Description for Mr Buc[hanan’s] Specification in the event of his obtaining H[is] Majestys Letters Patent for a Pump up[on] an Improved Construction…’ and describes in detail the uses and construction of the pump, in part, ‘This Pump like the common Pump acts by the pressure of the Atmosphere, but differs from it in….essential particulars which constitute its excellence….The Water is discharged from this Pump….by means of a valve….which is situated in the side….[com]municating with the Cistern….These valves need not be confined to any….dimensions and are placed in an inclined posi[tion] by wh[ich] means gravel dirt or other things are prevented from lodg[ing] in the Pump….This Pump may be occasionally used as an….for extinguishing fire….These are the excellencies which distinguish this Pump but the following instructions in regard to construction will more fully explain its nature….This Pump in its body and parts may be made of Wood, Copper, Cast Iron, or any other Metal or Material suited….The Valves best suited to the purposes of this Pump are of the kind called Clack Valves….because it has been found that where the apertures are of this shape the Valves have less Water at each shutting than when the apertures are of a circular form. The Valves may be made of any metal but Brass is recommended as least apt to rust - a flat piece of leather is fixed on the under part of the lid, having a piece of cork interposed between the leather and the lid to render it more elastic. The lid of each of the Valves turns upon two pivots, which have freedom in their Sockets to rise a little upwards that any small substance which happens to intervene near the hinge may not prevent any part of the lid from lying close to the Box. The Bore of the lower or suction Pipe may be made of any shape…For the purpose of allowing a more easy passage to the water and for the better discharge of oblong pieces of wood and other things which may be brought up along with the water, the Bore of the suction or lower pipe should receive a bended or curved form as it approaches the Inner Valve so as to make its ultimate direction nearly at right angles to the inclined position of the Water Valves….’ , and continuing to give the particulars of outer valves, pistons, brass lined barrels etc., and concluding ‘Motion may be given to this machine by means of the Common Brakes, or by what are commonly called Ball ropes, or by ropes led horizontally from a bended lever, or by any other method practiced in working the Common Pump, which it resembles excepting in the particulars above stated. In order to render this Pump occasionally useful as an Engine for the purpose of extinguishing fire it is only necessary to make the Piston air tight in descending as well as in ascending, and to fix an air Vessel communicating with Pipes made of Leather or any other material over the Cistern’. At the conclusion of Buchanan’s text Watt has added a holograph statement, in full, ‘This draft of Mr. Buchanan’s specifications laid before me and referred to in my opinion of this date’, signing his name and adding the place and date in his hand immediately beneath. A further statement appears beneath Watt’s, signed by a Nicholas Smith, and stating, in full, ‘This paper writing was produced and shewn to Roobertson Buchanan and is the same mentioned and referred to in his Affidavit sworn this 25 day of July 1795 before me’. Together with an associated D.S., Roberston Buchan[an], one page, folio, Public Office, Symonds Inn, 25th July 1795. The manuscript document states, in part, ‘Robertson Buchanan Engineer, and….Manager of the Cotton Mills or Rothsay Island of Bute in that part of Great Britain called Scotland Maketh Oath & Sayeth [that the] annexed Description is that which he…will allude…Specification of a Pump invented by him [in the] event of his obtaining His Majestys Letter[s Patent] for the sole use, benefit & advantage of [the] Invention’. Countersigned by Nicholas Smith as a witness. With integral leaf. A rare document of good content relating to an early example of a fire extinguisher. Each of the documents have been professionally and expertly repaired at the margins where originally heavily damp stained (some purple spotting still evident) and suffering from paper loss (affecting some words of text). Watt’s own bold ink signature and holograph statement are, however, largely unaffected and remain entirely legible. About G  £1500-2000   Robertson Buchanan (1770-1816) Scottish Civil Engineer whose interests spread from mill machinery to pumps (as illustrated by the present document) and heating. As well as being involved in bridge construction, in 1811 Buchanan worked on an early railway proposal in Scotland.   The first fire extinguisher of which there is any record was patented in England in 1723 by Ambrose Godfrey, a celebrated chemist of the time, and the modern fire extinguisher was invented by Captain George William Manby in 1818. Buchanan’s own suggestions for a fire extinguisher, based on a Pump, as outlined in the present document, falls in between these two dates.                                                             

MARSHALS OF NAPOLEON: Selection of three Ds.S., and one L.S., by various Marshals of France, comprising Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. D.S., Alexandre, one page, 4to, Dresde, 14th May 1813, to Chief of squadron Labroyere, in French. On a partially printed document Berthier as Major General of the Grande Armée informs his correspondent about the Emperor´s decree upgrading his rank to Major. Few creases to the corners and one stain slightly affecting few words, not the signature; Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24. Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon. L.S., Duc de Feltre, one page, folio, Paris, 8th January 1813, to General Count Caffarelli, in French. The manuscript document, marked “duplicate”, on the printed stationery of the Minister of War, informs Caffarelli of the Emperor Napoleon´s intentions regarding the General of the Dubreton Division and orders him to go to Paris without delay. With blank integral leaf; Edouard Mortier (1768-1835) Marshal of France, Duc de Treviso. Prime Minister of France 1834-35. D.S., Ed Mortier, with holograph subscription, one page, 4to, Paris, 30th March 1794, to the President of the war Council, in French. The letter bears the printed heading of the State Major General, and Mortier writes in his capacity as General and Chief Commandant of the 1st military Division. Mortier instructs his correspondent to convene the members of the second war Council to judge Caporal Louis Dissovre because of his threats and insults towards officers of the Gendarmerie Nationale. A good bold signature example; Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald (1765-1840) Marshal of France. Duc de Tarante. D.S., Macdonald, one page, folio, n.p., 1st November 1828, in French. The partially printed document bears the printed heading “Ordre De La Legion D´Honneur” and is issued by Macdonald in his capacity as Grand Chancellor, certifying that the King has appointed Miss Duhousset as boarder of the Saint Denis Royal House. Countersigned, and with a blind embossed seal. G, 4 £150-200

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. Signed Free Front envelope panel, addressed in his hand to Greville by the Duke of Wellington's [residence, Apsley House], Piccadilly, London, and dated 31st August 1833 in his hand. Signed ('Free, Wellington') to the lower left corner. Neatly laid down to a contemporary sheet and with the reverse flap and red wax seal present. Laid down beneath the Free Front is a manuscript D.S. ('Wellesley') by Richard Wellesley (1760-1842) 1st Marquess Wellesley, Irish and British Politician and Colonial Administrator, brother of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Steward 1830-33, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (London), 21st June 1831, admitting the bearer to the Bar of the House of Lords. A small area of paper loss to the upper right corner only very slightly affects one word of text but not the signature. About VG £80-100

HURTADO DE MENDOZA Y MANRIQUE GARCIA: (1535-1609) 5th Marquis of Canete. Spanish Soldier , Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru 1590-96. L.S., Don Garcia, one page, folio, City of the Kings (Lima), 13th March 1590, in Spanish. Hurtado de Mendoza in his capacity as Viceroy and Governor of the new Kingdoms, refers in this manuscript letter about the taxes that have to be applied, the use of the amounts already collected, and the way to proceed with some land owners, money collection and salaries. Countersigned by Alvaro Ruiz. With edges trimmed and one large tear with small paper loss affecting few words of the text and not the signature. FR to G. £150-200

PHILIP III: (1578-1621) King of Spain 1598-1621. D.S., Rey, at the foot, as King, one page, folio, Lisbon, 10th November 1607. The manuscript document authorises Don Pedro Lobo to keep on his property six oxen and one mare which are required for the cultivation of his land. The second page contains the manuscript text of the petition by Don Pedro Lobo, an inhabitant of Elvas, and bears several counter signatures. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age wear. VG, £150-200

[LOUIS XIII]: (1601-1643) King of France 1610-43 and King of Navarre 1610-20. Contemporary manuscript, vellum, signed by secretary Louis, one page, oblong folio, n.p.(?), 10th February 1611, in old French. The document being a King´s donation to Captain De Berton including all taxes and rights of selling corresponding to His Majesty on the land mentioned. Signed at the foot of the document by Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, in his capacity as Chancellor of France and Royal Seals keeper. Overall age wear, with a tear and minor pinholes to the left folded border, not affecting the text or signatures. G £100-150 At the time of the present document´s date, Louis XIII is a nine years old King of France, and his mother Marie de Medici acts as Queen Regent of France. Nicolas Brulart de Sillery (1544-1624) French Statesman, Royal Seals keeper and French Chancellor. Close to Henri IV, and to his second wife Marie de Medici. When she was crowned in May 1610, and the day after Henri IV was assassinated, Brulart made all necessary to accomplish the appointment of the Queen as Regent of France, instead of Henri II.

MARIA ANNA OF AUSTRIA: (1683-1754) Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal 1708-50. Regent of Portugal 1742-50 during the illness of her husband King John V of Portugal. L.S., Raynha, one page, folio manuscript, Lisbonne, 11th June 1709, to Cardinal Gozzadini, in Portuguese. The Queen sends her regards to the Cardinal and her congratulations for the news received on her correspondent´s letter, and states `The new about your appointment as Cardinal by His Holiness was very pleasant, most of all because you deserve it for your virtues serving God´. With an attractive paper seal affixed to the address leaf. Some small creasing to the right border and a few extremely small tears not affecting the signature. VG. £100-150 Cardinal Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (1650-1728) Appointed Cardinal by Clement XI on 15th April 1709.

An Egyptian blue glazed terracotta amulet, blue bead necklace, a Sasanian Carnelian monogram seal, a Japanese rice paper manuscript, Komono design and architecture, S.Waichi Tokugawa-Schogunat

BEARDMORE and PARKE FAMILIES. Box file of ms and printed papers concerning John Beardmore of Uplands, nr Fareham, Hants, and his wife's family, including a substantial manuscript account of ‘The French Army as it is', 2 ms catalogues of the collection of arms and armour at Uplands, various estate and legal papers, drawings, a ‘Journal of 1836: Hamburgh, Prussia, Bohemia, Bavaria &c', printed catalogues and original drawings of Henry Parke, a certificate of authenticity for goods salvaged from the ‘Mary Rose' (1840), an invitation from the Duke of Wellington &c &c.

STOURTON, William, 11th Baron. ‘A Survey of all my Lord Stourton's lands in the Counties of Wilts Dorset and Somerset taken before us William Hussey and Robt Biflete.' Folio manuscript on paper in Latin and English, 1633, annotations dated 1644-45, ca. 110ff written on both sides in ink in a regular hand, contemporary parchment wrapper, two leaves at end slightly defective, in a later cloth slipcase.

SYDENHAM, Sir Philip. Collection of early 18th c. manuscript documents (most 1706-08) concerning Sydenham's Brimpton estates. In ink, in various hands, two on vellum, the remainder on paper of various sizes, including lists of land holdings and values, accounts, receipts, letters, legal documents &c., some signed by Sir Philip, his steward and others. 52 separate documents, neatly bound ca. 1880 in a half calf folio volume, one further substantial ms of 1650 loosely inserted.

‘INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM &ca in Com: Somerset et Dorset. In Turri London.' 16th c. Latin manuscript on paper, 229ff. sm. folio, early limp parchment within later vellum boards of ca. 1725, further annotated blanks bound in ca. 1900. Escheats for the two counties from Henry III to Richard III. Provenance: bookplate of Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755); George Carew of Crowcombe; Sir Thomas Philipps, with his pencil inscription ‘Liber Thomae Phillipps de Middle Hill, Bart. Ex dono Georgii Carewe . . . 1835'; John Batten, ‘purchased at sale of Sir Thos. Phillipps MSS . . . 1895 for £13.' Phillipps Mss 10535.

BEARTE, Thomas. ‘The creation of the Nobilitie by Everie Kinge sithence the Conquest: Dukes, Marqueses, Earles, Vicoutes et Barons.' Manuscript of ca. 1600, decorated title and 26ff. in ink on paper, later boards, the original parchment wrappers bound in at end, some corrections in text, the handful of entries for the reign of Queen Elizabeth on the final leaf in another contemporary hand. Note at foot of first page of text, ‘Phillipps MS 8930 & 21743'. (A similar document, dated 1550 and carrying the same Phillipps numbers, is recorded at the University of Pennsylvania.)

BLACKMORE VALE HUNT. Hunting Journal of the Blackmore Vale Hounds, from 1826-1831. Toll, Sherborne, 1831, printed boards. SYMONDS, H. Runs and Sporting Notes from Dorsetshire. Derham, Blandford, 1899, cloth. HILL, J.C. Manuscript hunting diary, Dorset, 1837-43, half leather, with recent receipt recording the diary's acceptance in lieu of debt to a Tolpuddle pub; and others on hunting, including some duplicates. (23)

DOMESDAY BOOK. Manuscript copy of Dorset section of Domesday, eighteenth century ms in imitation of the original eleventh century script. 41ll. folio, calf, bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester. JAMES, H. Domesday Book . . . Fac-Simile of the part relating to Dorsetshire. 1862. Folio, cloth. (2)

BOND, T. Pedigree of Bond. 21pp. manuscript pedigree by Thomas Bond, signed and dated 1834. MAYO, C. A Genealogical Account of the Mayo & Elton Families, Privately printed, 1908, 4to, buckram. SYDENHAM, G. The History of the Sydenham Family. Privately printed, East Molesey, 1928, 4to, cloth; and other genealogy and family histories with Dorset connections. (11)

WEYMOUTH. Weymouth Waterworks: printed acts of 1797, 1855 and 1897, bound with various manuscript and printed additions and notes. Folio, roan. LETTER BOOK. Copybook of correspondence from the Weymouth Pilotage Commission, 1901-1926. 4to, appropriately damp-stained; and others on Weymouth and Portland. (18)

CHAFIN. Anecdotes respecting Cranbourn Chase. The original autograph manuscript, bound with a substantial quantity of correspondence between Chafin and his publisher Nichols, Chafin's holograph autobiography, and printed copies of both works, together with Wests's History. Together in a 4to half roan volume.

HARDY. The Complete Poetical Works. Ed. Samuel Hynes. OUP, 1982-95. 5 vols., cloth, dws, letters from Hynes inserted. ------. The Variorum Edition of the Complete Poems. Edited by James Gibson. Macmillan, 1979. 4to, cloth, dw, editor's inscription. ------. Moments of Vision & various verses. Facsimile of the original manuscript. Paradine, 1978. One of 200 copies, this being marked for presentation, 4to, morocco, slipcase; and other editions of the poems. (9)

AYLMER, Matthew, Ralph Delaval et al. ‘Admiral Aylmer's, & Captain Delaval's Demand & Charge about the Redemption of English Captives at Algier & Morocco, 1700. An Acct. of Sir Thos. Cuddon . . .1702. Acct. of the Expenses of Stationary Wares . . . 1703. Observations on the Petition of Robert Lees . . . relating to New York, & Long Island. 1705.' 53pp. manuscript in a secretarial hand, 1700-1705, folio, parchment.

MAXWELL, Henry. 'Catalogue of Minerals in the Collection of Henry Maxwell Esqre of Farnham House, Cavan' (later Lord Farnham), 2 manuscript vols., ca. 1825, together with another catalogue dated 1822 and four more of Maxwell's ms notebooks with catalogues, lists and notes on mineralogy. (7)

GROSE, Francis, and Thomas Astle. The Antiquarian Repertory: a miscellaneous assemblage . . . intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. Adorned with numerous views, portraits and monuments. Jeffery, 1807-09, 4 vols. 4to, old calf. NICOLSON, W. The English, Scotch and Irish Historical Libraries. Giving a short View and Character of our Historians, either in Print or Manuscript. T. Evans, 1776, 4to, calf. (5)

BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, William Lutwyche, Copper Penny mule, 1795, obv bust of the Prince of Wales right, GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES. around, rev Freemason’s arms, supporters, crest and motto, AMOR HONOR ET JUSTITIA on ribbon, * PRO BONO PUBLICO * around, edge MANUFACTURED BY W. LUTWYCHE BIRMINGHAM . X . (D&H Middlesex 33bis I). The obverse struck using the halfpenny die from the obverse of Lutwyche’s Prince of Wales D&H Middlesex 954, the reverse from the penny die used for Lutwyche’s Masonic Penny, D&H Middlesex 33, the undertype is that of Middlesex 33 and is clearly visible both sides, spot of corrosion on the reverse and the remains of some old lacquer, otherwise essentially as made, exceptionally rare, if not unique. ex Farnall Collection Waters notes that the 33bis is described from a manuscript note of Atkins’ that “it is now unknown.”

Collection of poetry, manuscript transcript, tooled leather binding, folio, farm ledger and The Marathon Letter Book, (3).

A quantity of art and folio volumes including:- Orwell, George "1984, the facsimile of the Extant manuscript", Secker & Warburg 1984 folio, grey cloth with dust jacket, three volumes of the James De Rothschild collection at Waddeston Manor, David Hockey by David Hockney, albums from the Victoria and Albert Museum and various folio society books in slip jackets and six King Penguins (2 boxes)

An Edwardian Music Cabinet. The top with rails to the back and sides above five drop-front music drawers with manuscript racks below, 43 ins (110 cms) high, 20 ins (51 cms) wide, 14 ins (36 cms) deep.

A 20th Century Mahogany Music Stand in the William IV Style. The lyre shaped manuscript rest on ratchet support above a tapering centre column surmounted by a reeded finial and having a reeded collar above a stepped triform base on squat bun feet, 55 ins (140 cms) in height.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT, FESTIVE LITURGY[Kniga glagolemaya oktai sirech osmoglasnik. Tvoreniye prepodobnago otsa nashego Ioanna Damaskina], Russia, first half of 19th Century. 8vo (225 x 180 mm). 148 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profusely illustrated headpieces. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels. Spine with five raised bands, two clasps (both missing). Ownership inscriptions on the first flyleaf from Alexander Petriayev (1846) and his son Grigoriy (1880). LOT NOTES:A very similar manuscript is included in the collection of the Hermitage Book Museum under inv. #213234. It has been illustrated in the Museums catalog in 2002 (p. 87, cat. 68).PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MANUSCRIPT WITH NEUMES FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOMRussia, middle of 19th Century. 8vo (232 x 183 mm). 93 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profuse polychrome and gilt illustrations of the title page and initials. Some leaves bear an impressed paper manufacturer`s stamp V. G. P. U. F. Sergiyevskoy in the corner. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels, two clasps (both missing). Spine neatly restored. Colored top, fore, and lower edges.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

FILM COMPOSERS: Small selection of A.M.Qs.S. by various film composers comprising Lalo Schifrin (several bars from The Amityville Horror on an oblong 8vo sheet of manuscript paper), Richard Sherman (an extensive quotation from Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins on a 4to sheet of manuscript paper) and Trevor Jones (eight bars from the main theme of The Last of the Mohicans on an oblong 4to sheet). All are individually signed beneath the quotations. Generally VG, 3

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, 6th September n.y (1960), to [Foy Quiller-Couch]. Du Maurier notes, at the head of the first page, 'Run out of note-paper. Excuse this odd scrap…..', the first page being a sheet of Buckingham Palace notepaper issued for use by her husband, Frederick Browning, and the second being a sheet of scrap paper with an irregularly torn left edge. Du Maurier commences her letter 'Listen, you were doing very well when I arrived in the Fox's car. I heard you quote Plato, and was much impressed, but I felt that Mrs Singer's nearness and the beaming gaze she fixed upon you may have proved embarrassing. Then someone, a school master I think, called you an “exile“ and soon afterwards we drove away, as I had to rush back to a guest who had arrived by Riviera. But I still think the plaque is too big, and will cause accidents. Incidentally, what is this horrid news about the crests off your father's Memorial stone having been wrenched off and removed by some vandal?' She further writes of having visited Woodgate Creek with her husband ('Guardsman') commenting 'Viaduct path & stream itself quite overgrown. Woodgate's creek and lonely swans and lonely cottage with orchard behind much more my idea of a trysting and a hiding-place, but would it have been part of Penquite land and perhaps inhabited by a keeper in the last century, or even in our young days? We were rather intrigued to learn, from a holiday-maker camping in the cottage, that all the Woodgate woods and hills and I think Lantyan woods too, belong to a lady “up Woking way“. Who could she be? Guardsman felt all that Woodgate valley, and the deserted orchards, had atmosphere of great antiquity, as tho' much cultivated centuries ago, and I agree, but perhaps if it was Penquite land once that would account for it' and further referring to research into her current work, 'It has struck me that if the novel Castle Dor is roughly assumed to be about the 1860's - which dialogue, etc, harmonises with well, - was china clay at the jetties thriving then? I gather the Lostwithiel-Fowey branch line did not appear till about the turn of the century, but I imagine ships loaded just as they do now. The allusion to “railway“ embankment could come out, when Ledru goes up river in a boat. Its great fun pottering through the M.S. and roughing in scraps of dialogue to insert between Carfax and Ledru where I find your Father not explicit enough about the Tristan story - he assumes the reader will understand every allusion which I fear they won't. Also Molly and Johnny's conversations rather detract from story, which instead of meandering around the Bosanko family should begin to quicken at this point, with rather sinister similarities to Tristan story happenings suddenly beginning to strike Doctor Carfax. Invention will have to start with Chapter XXIII, and instead of Carfax by the Town Hall, and the declaration of war for 1914, we might have Carfax at his home (obviously The Haven) & Mark Lewarne coming to him for advice about Linnet of whom he is already suspicious - meanwhile Amyot is hiding at Woodgate creek, & Linnet has sworn the two children to secrecy. Scene now set for lovers hiding in woods just as T and Iseult hid in forest of Moresque as they did in oldest legend. Will get Tregantil into it somehow. Everyone is drawn into the business despite themselves, somehow against their will so that there is a sort of feeling of Fate about the whole thing'. Accompanied by the original envelope. About VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. The work which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter is Castle Dor, a historical novel based around the legend of Tristan and Iseult, but set in 19th century Cornwall. The main characters are a Breton onion seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly wed Linnet Lewarne. Published in 1961, Du Maurier completed the unfinished manuscript of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's last novel. Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy, had given her blessing for Du Maurier to complete the work.

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, five pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 21st April 1961, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier states that she has just returned from a trip to France with her son, Kits, and found her correspondent's letter with its enclosure from Mr. Rogers, commenting 'What a good thing you sent the chapter to him, but I think his points are quite easy to deal with, and it will not necessitate a whole re-writing of the chapter. I must have it Assizes, as I did originally, and make it October - we knew well that there might be a flooding then on the Town Quay, as the October tides can be high also, with a strong wind. The only thing is, to find out at what date the Assizes would have been in the 1860's - are they not always the first week of October? And surely would have been then also? (in the 60's). As to the “binding over to keep the peace“, if Amyot is acquitted of manslaughter at the Assizes, presumably the Assize judge would have given him the same word of warning, if not actually “bound over“. So - to sum up - A. I can cut line about Magistrates putting questions at preliminary hearing. B. At the preliminary hearing the Magistrates found a prima facie case, and committed accused to Assizes. C. Amyot tried at Bodmin Assizes for manslaughter and acquitted. D. Some word of warning given to Amyot or not? E. I will note the misprints. If these changes are made, I presume the chapter will be all right. If you could have asked Mr Rogers these questions, I can then go ahead and make necessary alterations, when I start on the general cutting of the book for Mr Bozman, which I hope to get down to next week' further remarking 'If it fusses you to act as “go-between“ and you would prefer me to write to Mr Rogers myself let me know by telephone….' She continues to send news of a social nature regarding her family, 'The Easter weekend went off all right, thank goodness. Guradsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) cheered up, and the Palace man watched television boat-race, then racing, all the time, and enjoyed his meals. Kits, with great tact, was out to all meals, and brought the royal friend home to sleep, and the honky one was put up at the Riverside hotel and his bill paid by Kits! Kits showed his film to the “Gallants“ which consisted of rather a mixed audience, but Mrs Hancock….was so thrilled that Kits kissed her and recognised….that the bewildering theme of his film (drug addicts being chased by detectives) passed her by - or so I imagine - nor did a flustered Mrs Gullick walk out her young daughter in the supposed scene in a night-club (in reality the ground floor of a respectable restaurant off Sloane St. hired for the occasion, and filled with Kits's ex-school friends parading as gangsters!) The G'sman, self, and Palace friend had a private showing the night before….' Du Maurier concludes her letter by recounting an amusing anecdote, 'Oh - my dear - before I forget it. I made such a fearful faux-pas to Mr Spencer C.B. He arrived, and I met him on the door-step, and I thought a fly had blown on to his nose and had become stuck - and I said “Spencer, don't mind my telling you, but a fly must have blown on to your nose, through the window of the car“. There was a silence, then he said “Its not a fly. I've lately had a small operation. The surgeon removed a spot, and this is the result…..“ I didn't know where to put myself. I could hardly eat my tea. How could I have come to make such a mistake?'. About EX Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. The work which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter is Castle Dor, a historical novel based around the legend of Tristan and Iseult, but set in 19th century Cornwall. The main characters are a Breton onion seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly wed Linnet Lewarne. Published in 1961, Du Maurier completed the unfinished manuscript of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's last novel. Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy, had given her blessing for Du Maurier to complete the work.

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 2nd January 1962, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier reports of having her usual post-Christmas cold, although states that it is not bad enough to confine her to bed, and continues 'I rather envy you your Christmas - dogs and all. For the first time since the children were born Guardsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) and I spent it alone, with just Angela coming to lunch. I missed the family dreadfully, but I think Guardsman enjoyed it, and was in rattling form, dressing a little tree of two foot high instead of twenty! I felt like Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan when all the children have flown to the Never-Never land (I wonder if your god-father meant this to be slightly symbolic - what happens when the family grow up?)….Well, perhaps next year they will all come in a bunch and I shall be complaining to you of my exhaustion.' Du Maurier also refers to her former Nanny, Margaret, 'who was so tricky over the years, but actually very good when one needed her. Nanny turned up in Polruan this year - did I tell you - and came over to tea and was really very pleasant, and said if ever I needed her…etc, etc..but I think I would have to be pretty desperate. She makes children's soft toys, in her spare time these days, and I ordered some for the grandchildren. Apparently Rupert Tower was so frightened by his - a baby doll dressed as Simple Simon with a comic nose - that he wouldn't look at it. But my little godson Toby Luther is made of sterner metal, and came to tea brandishing it for all to see.' and in a postscript refers to her work 'P.S. I'm beginning to get nerves about the coming out of Castle Dor. Feel the horrid young honky breed of todays critics will lash out at the old-fashioned-ness of both Father and myself. They only praise books about north country slums'. Three small, minor stray ink blots only very slightly affect a few words of text, and not the signature, VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Castle Dor is a historical novel by Daphne Du Maurier, published in 1961 after she had completed the unfinished manuscript of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's last novel. Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy, had given her blessing for Du Maurier to complete the work.

MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. A good D.S., A. A. Milne, three pages, folio, n.p. (London), 31st December 1927. The typed document is a Memorandum of Agreement between Milne and Horace Watson of the Haymarket Theatre in which Watson secures the sole and exclusive license to perform Milne's play The Fourth Wall (referred to as a manuscript ['A.M.S.'] in the document) throughout the British Isles for a period of five years, the document comprising eighteen clauses covering royalty payments (5% of the gross weekly receipts up to £1200 and 15% thereafter), agreeing that Milne shall be at liberty to attend all rehearsals, that the cast 'shall be chosen by agreement between author and manager' and that Milne shall retain the film and amateur rights etc. Signed by Milne at the conclusion and also signed by him with his initials ('A. A. M.') at the foot of the first two pages. Four file holes to the left edge of each page and some minor pinholes to the upper left corners of each page and minor age wear to the edges of the pages, none of which affect the text or signature. Together with a small selection of related Ds.S. and T.Ls.S. by various individuals (not Milne) concerning the touring rights of The Fourth Wall, including a D.S. by Lionel Bute, a T.L.S. by Miss. E. Patching of Curtis Brown Ltd (Milne's agents) agreeing to a reduction in the percentage of Milne's royalties, etc. Some file holes and light age wear to the additional documents and letters, generally VG, 7 The Fourth Wall is a mystery play by Milne and was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1928. It was later adapted for the film Birds of Prey (1930) directed by Basil Dean.

HERSCHEL WILLIAM: (1738-1822) German-born British Astronomer, discoverer of the planet Uranus. Manuscript Document, unsigned, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1818). The manuscript is headed ‘Observations of the 35th of the connois’ [ance] and states, in full, ‘1794. It is visible to the naked eye as a very small cloudiness. 1783, 1794, 1801, 1813. 7 feet telescope. It is a rich cluster of stars of various sizes. 1806 10 feet telescope. There is no central contraction to denote a globular form. 1783, 1785. 20 feet telescope. A cluster of pretty compressed large stars. The profundity of this cluster does probably not exceed the 144th order. It is in the milky way’. At the foot of the manuscript appears an A.N.S., J. F. W. Herschel, by John Herschel (1792-1871) English Polymath, Mathematician & Astronomer, son of William Herschel, stating, in full, ‘I certify this to be the hand writing of my late father Sir William Herschel’. VG

On the deer in Hyde Park WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1689-1702. A good D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Kensington, 1st June 1699. The manuscript document is addressed to Edward, Earl of Jersey, ('Ranger of Our Park, called Hide Park') and states, in part, 'We do intend to increase the stock of Deer in Our Park, called Hide Park:…and We do hereby direct that there be a restraint upon the said Park for this Buck or Doe Season, so as that no Deer be kill'd there except by Our particular Warrant….' With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear and a few light stains, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature, otherwise VG Edward Villiers (c.1656-1711) 1st Earl of Jersey. English Nobleman and Knight Marshal. Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1699-1700 and Lord Chamberlain 1700-04. In 1689, when King William III moved his residence to Kensington Palace on the far side of Hyde Park, he had a drive laid out across its south edge, formerly known as The King's Private Road, which exists today as a wide straight gravelled carriage track leading west from Hyde Park Corner across the south boundary of Hyde Park towards Kensington Palace. The drive is now known as Rotten Row.

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, (a good, bold example), as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Saint James's, 5th December 1798. The manuscript document is a warrant issued to Dudley Ryder and Thomas Steele, Joint Paymaster General of the Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, and requests them to pay Messrs Bernard and Brooksbank, joint agent & solicitor to the late Regiment & Independent Company of Invalids, the sum of £704.19.7, being for the pay of several supernumerary officers belonging to the regiment. Countersigned at the foot by William Windham (1750-1810) British Statesman, Secretary at War 1794-1801. Some minor dust staining, light age wear and a few very minor small tears at the edges, not affecting the signatures, about VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An exceptional D.S., Victoria R I (a large, bold example) as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Court at Osborne, 2nd February 1895. The manuscript document, a formal instrument of diplomatic appointment, states, in part, ‘Whereas for the better treating of and arranging any matters which are now in discussion….between Us and Our Good Sister The Queen of the Netherlands….We have judged it expedient to invest a fit person with full powers to conduct the negotiations on Our part….therefore…We reposing especial trust and confidence in the wisdom, loyalty, diligence, and circumspection of Our trusty and well beloved Sir Horace Rumbold, a Baronet of Great Britain, a Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Our Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Hague, have named, made, constituted and appointed, as We do by these Presents name, make, constitute and appoint him Our undoubted Commissioner, Procurator and Plenipotentiary: Giving to him all manner of Power and Authority to….conclude….and Treaties, Conventions or Agreements between Us and Our said Good Sister, and to sign for Us….everything so agreed upon and concluded….with equal force and efficacy as We Ourselves could do if personally present: Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word, that whatever things shall be so transacted and concluded….shall….be agreed to, acknowledged, and accepted by Us in the fullest manner….In witness whereof We have caused the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to be affixed to these Presents, which we have signed with Our Royal Hand….’ With the Great Seal of Queen Victoria affixed at the foot, a very fine example in mustard yellow wax, measuring just over 6 inches in diameter, featuring the enthroned Queen Victoria to the recto, holding an orb and sceptre, with the allegorical figures of Justice and Religion seated either side and with the Royal Arms and Crown at the foot, the border wreathed with oaks and roses, and depicting Queen Victoria riding on horseback to the verso, the horse fully caparisoned, with a plume of ostrich feathers floating from the headstall, led by a page. At the base appears a harp surrounded by shamrocks and with the Latin legend Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensor (‘Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith’) to the margin. The seal is attached to the document by attractive laces of intertwined silver and burgundy thread terminated by two fine tassels and is contained in the plain black-japanned skippet. The document is housed in the original cream and burgundy felt lined presentation box with brass hook clasp and blind embossed Royal Cipher to the lid. A magnificent document and seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the document, largely at the folds, and a couple of very minor hairline cracks to the seal, VG Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) Queen of the Netherlands 1890-1948. The Queen, a teenager at the time of the present document, was not enthroned until 1898 and her mother, Princess Emma of Waldeck and Piermont (1858-1934) Queen of the Netherlands 1879-90, acted as Regent. Queen Wilhelmina had visited Queen Victoria in 1895, the same year as the present document, the latter noting in her diary of ‘The young Queen….still has her hair hanging loose. She is slender and graceful, and makes an impression as a very intelligent and very cute girl. She speaks good English and knows how to behave with charming manners’ Sir Horace Rumbold (1829-1913) British Diplomat, Minister to the Netherlands 1888-96.

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Portion of a D.S., R Walpole, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (London), 14th May 1712, with four lines of manuscript text transferring the sum of one thousand pounds to the Honourable Richard Hill with all interest. Countersigned by Hill and his witness at the foot, acknowledging receipt of the full amount. With several lines of printed text to the verso. Some light age wear and a few minor tears and small areas of paper loss to the edges and corners, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG The payment was most likely made to The Rev. The Hon. Sir Richard Hill of Hawkstone (1655-1727) English Diplomat, Public Servant and Statesman who accumulated great wealth during his lifetime.

NEWCASTLE DUKE OF: (1693-1768) British Prime Minister 1754-56, 1757-62. Portion of a D.S., Holles Newcastle, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 3rd October 1748. The document features two lines of manuscript text in which Newcastle acknowledges the receipt of 'Six Hundred and Thirty Four Pounds Twelve Shillings Three Pence Three Farthings'. Countersigned at the foot by a witness, John Richardson. With several further lines of manuscript text to the verso. Lightly mounted to the left edge, otherwise VG

NORTH LORD: (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82. Portion of a D.S., North, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (Treasury Chambers), c.1773/74, with eight partial lines of manuscript text relating to a payment of £2000 to be made to Grey Cooper. Signed by North in the margin and countersigned by two other Lord Commissioners of the Treasury, Jeremiah Dyson (1722-1776) British Civil Servant & Politician and Charles Townshend (1728-1810) British Politician. Some very light, minor age wear, VG

DE MEDICI MARIE: (1575-1642) Queen of France 1600-10, a member of the House of Medici. Second wife of King Henry IV of France. Following the assassination of her husband in 1610, which occurred the day after her coronation, she acted as Regent for her son, King Louis XIII, until he came of age. L.S., Marie, one page, folio, Paris, 12th September 1613, to Monsieur de Matignon, in French. The elegantly penned manuscript letter relates to a mandate issued by the late King inviting de Matignon to sit on the regional assembly of the Duchy of Normandy, again inviting him to sit on the assembly this month and, with other members, in a plenary assembly, 'to render justice in consideration of what the King expected and desired, which is the object of this mandate'. With address panel to the verso. A few neat slits to the left margin and with slight traces of former mounting to the verso, VG

BONAPARTE JOSEPH: (1768-1844) King of Naples (1806-1808) and King of Spain (1808-1813). Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S., Joseph, as King of Naples, one page, folio, Naples, 20th June 1807, in French. The manuscript document is a proposal to engage Monsieur Noel, a Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment, as a Captain and sets out in tabular form his army service and lists the campaigns in which he has served. Some slight creasing, VG

CHARLES XV & IV: (1826-1872) King of Sweden (as Charles XV) and Norway (as Charles IV) 1859-72. D.S., Carl, as King, one page, folio, Stockholm, 3rd April 1860. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Carl Johan Marianus Burman to be a First Lieutenant with the Westerbotten Regiment. Signed by the King at the conclusion above a blind embossed paper seal. With two attractive printed oblong 8vo receipts, with manuscript additions concerning salary increases, neatly bound in. With blank integral leaf. VG

GALVEZ JOSE DE: (1720-1787) Marques de Sonora. Spanish Lawyer, one of the prime figures behind the Bourbon Reforms. Inspector General of New Spain (Mexico) 1764-72. Galvez ordered that Mexico's northern states together with California, New Mexico, and Texas be placed under the control of a commandant general of the Provincias Internas, independent of the viceroy in Mexico City and directly responsible to the King. L.S., Jph de Galvez, one page, folio, San Ildefonso, 17th September 1777, to the Governor of Paraguay, in Spanish. The manuscript letter is an order to provide that 'Sealed Paper should begin to be used as in the rest of the Americas and that by now you will be provided with as much paper as necessary, until the moment when the annualisation comes and the impression and change for these realms can be arranged for the next biennium's as it is practise for all the America's territories'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light overall foxing and with a long, neat split to the central vertical fold adjoining the integral leaf. About VG Agustin Fernando de Pinedo (d.1780) Governor of Paraguay 1772-78.

ROBERTS FREDERICK: (1832-1914) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at the Indian Mutiny on 2nd January 1858. A.L.S., Roberts, one page, 8vo, Portland Place, 18th December 1902, to Bernard Holland, stating, in full, 'I am very much obliged. The alterations you have made in the enclosed (no longer present) are just what I want'. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Roberts. Together with a small series of other A.Ls.S. by various individuals including Frances 'Daisy' Greville, Countess of Warwick (mistress of King Edward VII), Francis Knollys (writing to Bernard Holland on behalf of King Edward VII who had questioned the signing of a document, in part, 'Ld. Grey was appointed Governor General of Canada in Sept. 1904, and the King asks therefore why he did not sign his commission some time ago. Is it, though, that he did so soon after Ld. G's appointment, that the document which H.M. signed the other day was letters Patent adding the title of Comr. in Chief....'), Leo Amery, Edward Clarke, John Morley (regarding 'a point in Mr. Childers's report on the Irish Finances Commn.'), Alfred Milner etc., also including an interesting manuscript draft in Bernard Holland's hand of an address given by King Prempeh I of Ashanti whilst in exile in the Seychelles, 31st October 1901. Incomplete (1). Some of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes and most are addressed to Bernard Holland. G to generally VG, 12

LEFEBVRE FRANCOIS JOSEPH: (1755-1820) Marshal of France. D.S., Le Mal. Duc de Dantzig, one page, small 4to, Paris, 8th May 1819. The manuscript document, in French, is a receipt for the sum of three thousand francs received from Monsieur P. J. Paravey for the annual interest 'on a capital sum of fifty thousand francs that he owes me'. Signed by Lefebvre at the conclusion with the additional words 'Read and Approved' in his hand. A few light spots of foxing, otherwise VG

19th century AD. A leather-bound Q'ran manuscript with folding flap to the outer edge; black ink text with red diacritics and titles, some pages outlined in red. 1.2 kg, 21 x 13 x 6.5cm (8 1/4 x 5 x 2 1/2"). Ex Swiss collection; acquired Kashgar, 1986. [No Reserve]

ALAN HUNTER, 21 ttls: all author's pre-publication proofs with his manuscript corrections and amendments: GENTLY DOES IT, 1955, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY BY THE SHORE, 1958, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM, 1957, orig ptd wraps; LANDED GENTLY, 1957, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY THROUGH THE MILL, 1958, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY IN THE SUN, 1959, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY WITH THE PAINTERS, 1960, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY TO THE SUMMIT, 1961, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY GO MAN, 1961, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY WHERE THE ROADS GO, 1962, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY FLOATING, 1963, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY SAHIB, 1964, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY WITH THE LADIES, 1965, loose gatherings; GENTLY NORTH-WEST, 1967, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY CONTINENTAL, 1967, plain paper wraps, top wrap detchd; GENTLY WITH THE INNOCENTS, 1970, orig ptd wraps; GENTLY AT A GALLOP, 1971, orig ptd wraps; VIVIENNE GENTLY WHERE SHE LAY, 1972, loose gatherings; GENTLY FRENCH, 1973, loose gatherings; GENTLY WITH LOVE, 1974, loose gatherings; GENTLY IN TREES, 1974, loose gatherings (21)

CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912), a cigar and two pieces of quartz from Mount Erebus recovered from the British Antarctic [Terra Nova] Expedition 1910-1913 by Petty Officer Thomas S Williamson, the fragile cigar and two pieces of quartz encapsulated in plastic tube, together with contemporaneous manuscript note "Two pieces of quartz from Mount Erebus, the cigar formed part of the stores buried in the ice at hut point Antarctic Continent, Captain Scott's polar party so tragically failed to reach; Petty Officer Williamson (member of rescue party)", together with some relevant contemporary souvenir newspapers A/F, Provenance: by descent

Manuscript Diary of a Fenland Sailing Trip 1930 with entries dtd May 29th to August 9th, places visited include Bottisham Lock, Ditton, St Ives, Denver, Downham Market, Wicken etc with orig day permit River Nene 2nd district 24th June 1930 tipped in, old cl

T S ELIOT: THE WASTELAND A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPT OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFTS INCLUDING THE ANNOTATIONS OF EZRA POUND, Ed Valerie Eliot, 1971, 1st trade edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w + ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR, "GEORGE ORWELL": 1980-4 THE FACSIMILE OF THE EXTANT MANUSCRIPT, Ed Peter Davison, 1984, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w (2)

GRIQUALAND - 1874 (Sept) '1d' on 4d blue CGH, manuscript surcharge in red by the Kimberley postmaster (SG 1), lovely large part o.g. and exceptional quality for this rare and remarkable stamp, RPS Cert (1979), cat £1,800

TASMANIA - 1853 1d pale blue on medium soft yellowish paper (SG 1) pos. 9 in sheet, four large margins, a couple of tiny red marks on face but no evidence of having been used, 'orange' BPA Cert (2015) which states "...regummed, treated to reduce staining and manuscript on reverse, not possible to certify as unused", offered on this basis, cat £10,000 when unused or £1,500 when used

A 19th century Indian decagonal papier mâché box and cover, pressed and picked out in colours with ornate foliage in compartments, the interior painted with flowers on a red ground, the cover applied with a manuscript paper label From Mabel Currie to G.E.F., In Memory of Lady Currie, 19cm high, 26cm wide Mary, Baroness Currie (née Montgomerie Kamb of Beauport Park, East Sussex) (1843-1905) [pseud. Violet Fame] was a British novelist, poet and essayist. She married Henry Sydenham Singleton in 1864 and later married, after being widowed, Sir Philip Currie (later Baron Currie) in 1894. Lord Currie was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1889 to 1893 and then Ambassador to Rome from 1898 to 1903, where Lady Currie lived with him.

THE VICTORIAN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL OF BERTHA H H MANN (b. Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall 1827 - d1876), two volumes, being the itinerary of two tours of Europe in 1854 and 1858, both illustrated with engravings and other prints, one also with dried plants, morocco backed boards or dark green half morocco over marbled boards, 23 x 17cm, a Victorian commonplace book, signed on the ffe John Riley Marsh, straight grained scarlet morocco gilt, aeg, with brass lock, two vols of (printed) music, Alfred a Masque composed by Dr Arne [bound with several others], half calf, very worn, boards detached [late 18th c], The Cooper a Comic Opera... composed by Dr Arne, calf, very worn and two playbills, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1819 & 21 (7) ++++

HUBE (REVEREND RODOLPH, BARON VON) MANUSCRIPT OF GRISELEIA IN SNOTINGHSCIRE written in black ink recto only with many excisions, underlinings, marginal notes and corrections in red ink, title and dedication to Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall, recent half calf, 1901, his Diary 1901-March 1903, containing daily brief entries and notes of letters sent, church services he conducted and domestic arrangements eg "turning out drawers of Study table and reviewing musical stack, burial of Anthony Longdon", four photographs of St Mary's Church, Greasley, mounted albumen prints, c1900 and a published copy of Griseleia, Nottingham 1901 (7) ++++

A manuscript Chronicle of local and national events wiritten in a neat hand on three parchment scrolls by Rev John Cotton (1686-1757), sometime vicar of Meole Brace, Hanwood and St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury, written between circa 1710 and 1750. Scroll 1: 208cm, 1638-1722; Scroll 2: 71cm, 1722-1725; Scroll 3, 142cm, 1738-1750. Sample Entries: 1716. The new organ in St. Chad's open'd with great solemnity and variety of Musick. July 26th 1723. Robert Bolan and William his son who suffered for a barbarous murder commited on the bodies of William Mattheas and Walter Whitcomb. The Father is since hanged in chains upon a Gibbet in the London Road about four miles from Shrewsbury.