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Herbert Howells (1892-1983)/Siciliano for a High Ceremony/inscribed and signed ('Herbert'), 1957, with Thalben-Ball's markings, together with a printed reproduction of the manuscript of 'The Chosen Tune', 1975 Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)/Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5/inscribed and signed on the upper cover, 21 September 1949, with a few performance markings, together with a second copy, not inscribed (both worn) Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)/Organoedia ad Missam Lectam/inscribed and signed on the title page Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)/Pièces pour Orgue, No. 4 (Andantino)/inscribed and signed on the cover (dust soiled and worn) Condition Report: Signed by Dur.

Sir Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) Auf Wiedersehen, Autographed manuscript of the version for piano quintet, 4 pages large 4to, signed at the head, together with proofs for this version (Novello 1909), neatly corrected in red ink by the composer, 7 pages on separate leaves; proofs for individual instruments, violins, viola and cellos, and several orchestral instruments, relating to the version for small orchestra, ca. 33 pages, annotated and corrected throughout by the composer; a complete proof score of the original version for violin and piano (dedicated to Elgar's friend W H (Billy) Reid, Novello 1908) with annotations probably in a different hand, and a separate violin part; the autograph manuscript of Dan Godfrey's version as a 'Morceau for Military Band' 9 pages with title page, signed at the head by Godfrey/Note: This is one of Brewer's most popular works, which exists also in a version for organ

Manuscript organ music: principally by Sir George Thalben-Ball but including works by other composers, many unidentified, some fragmentary, most bearing registration and performance markings, including Thalben-Ball's sketches for an arrangement of Handel's Op. IV Organ Concerto in F, and Walford Davies' arrangement of 'All Through the Night' for six organs (not autograph), a large accumulation

A silver Betel Nut Box and Cover, mid 19th century, in the form of a butterfly alighting on a gourd, the sides engraved with endless knots and shou, in three divisions for betel nut, lime and paan leaf, stamped Shu wu, zu wen, xiang, dents, wear, 8.8cm By repute this box was looted from the Summer Palace by Captain Bryan Charles Fairfax of the Durham Light Infantry. With the lot is a manuscript note apparently listing the items, including the box, to be given to Christopher Firth by Fairfax. Col. Bryan Charles Fairfax CMG (1873-1950) Colonel Fairfax, the second son of the late Col. T F Fairfax, was born on 12 September 1873 and was educated at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Promoted to Captain in 1900, he went to China with the expeditionary force sent to deal with the Boxer Rebellion and served with the 1st Chinese Infantry Regiment at the relief of Peking and other engagements, receiving the medal with clasp. After a distinguished military career, he retired to his native Yorkshire, where he indulged in his favourite pursuit of hunting and was also known as a horse breeder and trainer of repute. He died in 1950. 清十九世纪中期 蝴蝶纹瓜棱银槟郎盒

CASTLEREAGH LORD: (1769-1822) British Statesman, as Chief Secretary for Ireland Castlereagh was involved in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Later, as Foreign Secretary, he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon. Castlereagh famously fought a duel with George Canning in 1809. D.S., Castlereagh, one page, oblong 8vo, Whitehall, 5th January 1809. The manuscript document states, in full, 'His Majesty is graciously pleased to refer this Petition to Mr. Attorney or Mr. Solicitor General to consider thereof and report his opinion what may be properly done therein, whereupon His Majesty will declare His further pleasure'. Two corners neatly clipped and a third with a small area of paper loss, not affecting the text or signature, G

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27. Bold ink signature (‘George R’) as King on a small piece, slightly irregularly clipped (just touching the first letter of the signature). Neatly mounted and matted in white beneath a small portrait to an overall size of 5.5 x 6.5. Together with George II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. Good ink signature (‘George R’) as King at the head of an oblong 8vo piece neatly removed from the head of a manuscript document from the Treasury and bearing five lines of text referring to John Selwyn Sr. Some light age wear, G to VG, 2

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A good, bold ink signature (‘Wellington’) on a slim oblong 8vo piece neatly removed from an official document. The portion of the document bears a countersignature and a stamped signature of King George IV to the left margin. Seven lines of manuscript text appear to the verso referring to annuities in England and Ireland. About VG

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A good, early D.S., George R, just two days after becoming King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Saville House, 27th October 1760. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Anthony St. Legor (sic) to be a Major in the 21st Regiment of Dragoons or Royal Forresters commanded by John Manners, Marquess of Granby. Countersigned at the foot by William Pitt (1708-1778) The Elder. 1st Earl of Chatham. British Prime Minister 1766-68, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1756-57, 1757-61. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light dust staining and a few very small, extremely minor tears at the edges, not affecting the signatures. About VG Anthony St. Leger (c.1731-1786) British Army Officer and Horse Racing Enthusiast. Founder of the St. Leger Stakes horse race. Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four. John Manners (1721-1770) Marquess of Granby. English Lieutenant-General. Granby served in the Seven Years' War as overall commander of the British troops on the battlefield and was subsequently rewarded with the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. He was popular with his troops and many public houses are still named after him today.

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Typed manuscript, unsigned, with holograph corrections, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1934). The page of corrected proof is from Churchill's book Marlborough: His Life and Times and bears five ink corrections in Churchill's hand (the holograph corrections indicated in bold text), in part, '….a general manoeuvring equal or smaller forces in closest contact with a redoubtable enemy, who even often might engage in a decisive battle “at no more than one hour's notice”. After the long marches and twelve or fourteen hours in the saddle, & reconnaissances often under cannon-fire….It is these most interesting simple records that tell his tale, rarely never meant for an eye but those to whom they were addressed, in a most compulsive form, and vindicate alike the greatness, warmth, and virtue of his nature.' With several other more minor corrections in indelible pencil, most likely in the hand of a proof reader. With one file hole to the upper left corner and some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, not affecting the text, otherwise VG

A collection of a dozen match-used cricket balls collected by the New Zealand umpire Melville Pengelly between 1937 and 1955, in a custom made case, each ball with white manuscript identification, comprising: i) MCC v SOUTH ISLAND 1937 ii) AUSTRALIA v WELLINGTON 1946 iii) AUSTRALIA v NZ 1946 iv) MCC v NZ 1947 v) MCC v N.Z. 1951 vi & vii) two for 1st TEST CHRISTCHURCH 1952 viii) WEST INDIES v WELLINGTON 1952 ix) WEST INDIES v CENTRAL DISTRICTS AT PLM. NTH. 1952 x & xi) 1st TEST NZ v SOUTH AFRICA, WELLINGTON, 1953 xii) MCC v WELLINGTON 1955

A rare and early item of Duncan Edwards memorabilia: an English Schools' F.A. 'Schools Internationals' certificate for The Victory Shield Competition in May 1952, completed in beautiful manuscript calligraphy, named to D. EDWARDS and certifying that he was selected LEFT HALF FOR ENGLAND v WALES, BIRMINGHAM, 3rd MAY 1952, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the English Schools F.A., the crests of the four home nations schools' F.A.'s decorate each corner, 20 by 33cm., 8 by 13in. Duncan Edwards is the only England schoolboy international to have played over the course of three years, 1950, 1951 & 1952 at U-15 level His debut for England Boys was v. N. Ireland at Oldham 6 May 1950, at the age of 13. He made four further appearances in 1951 and was captain for the four appearances he made in 1952 including the 5-1 win over Wales at Birmingham City's St Andrews Ground for which the present certificate was issued. His ninth and final match was on 1st September 1952, precisely a calendar month before his 16th birthday.

Two presentations to William Pickford, a silver figurine set on a green onyx base set with a plaque with Football Association presentation inscription relating to Pickford's work concerning the Kin George's Jubilee Trust in 1935, in original carrying case, height 16cm., 6 1/4in.; a travelling clock, the lid of the leather case inscribed TROON, 1936, this being the occasion of a meeting of The International Football Association Board at the Marine Hotel, Troon; sold with a small qty. of paper ephemera including manuscript letters in the hand of William Pickford, some menus including England v Scotland luncheon at Wembley 14.4.1934

An Indian polychromed panel, 19th century, originally the cover for a manuscript, decorated with female figures standing around their seated mistress, in formal gardens, the reverse with foliate panels within concentric rectangular borders of foliage, 41.5 x 15.5cm Provenance: Property of a Private London Collector amassed between late 1940s and late 1960s. CONDITION REPORT: overall paint losses to both sides, damages

A Persian illuminated manuscript leaf, late 19th/20th century, the main panel of noblemen playing polo, between lines of calligraphy, framed, 28 x 20cm CONDITION REPORT: some runs to ink work, marks to paper,

Gibbon (Edward) - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2 vol. , first abridged edition , half-titles, 2pp. advertisements in each vol., small ink ?shelf number on front endpapers, some spotting, 2 ff. in vol.II with closed tears to margins, advertisement and rear fly-leaf in vol.II torn at fore-edge where crudely opened, original publisher's boards, laminated, spines a little worn, uncut, manuscript spine labels, [Norton 100], 8vo, for G.Kearsley, 1789.

including: Bicester Market… About 50 Dozens of Choice Geraniums, Fuschias including: Bicester Market About 50 Dozens of Choice Geraniums, Fuschias, and Bedding Plants, 1866; Blackthorne: 18½ Acres of Capital Grass Crop, manuscript note by "HW King" land surveyor, 1870; Bicester Easter Fair About 20 Tons of Yellow Globe Mangold Wurtzel, 1881; Bicester Market About 30 Tons of Mangolds, 1896, together c. 25 agricultural posters, folds, some creasing and browning, some tears, v.s. (smallest 520 x 390mm. & largest 760 x 500mm.), printed at Bicester for Jonas Paxton, v.d., 1866-96 (c. 25).

A collection of cigarette cards, Famous Airmen etc, together with a will dated 1727, another manuscript document and an autograph album

Two double sided pieces of Ducth manuscript leaf circa 1460, each 13 x 10cm (2), From the collection of the late Christopher Hogwood CBE

A RARE PRIZE AGENTS’ LOG AND ACCOUNT BOOK, MINORCA, CIRCA 1798-9, manuscript written in a neat hand on laid paper watermarked for ‘1797’, and kept by Robinson Kittoe but including details with joint agents Sykes, Tucker and Headlam, with listings for thirty-two prizes, detailing where captured, by whom, contents and value, monies paid etc. the latter half with accounts for his co-agents, and seven captains with autograph receipts, contents listing to front, the reverse with a lengthy Army prize agent transaction signed by Major Trant for Minorca, bound with original soft marbled boards -- 12½ x 8¼in. (31.5 x 21cm.), Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817) captured Minorca in October 1798, and took many prizes as a result - the Aurora (28) is mentioned several times in this log, amongst a host of well-known RN vessels such as the Leviathan. This log sheds interesting information on the manner of cargos captured (including one of rags!) and the monies paid and owed with the Agents becoming quasi bankers to the Captains and loaning substantial sums against what they expected to be captured. This lot is liable to 5% Import Tax on the hammer price.

THE GREAT SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR, 1783, a manuscript commendation for Lt. Samuel Wood of the 56th Regiment of Foot for his service throughout the siege, written in a secretarial hand on laid paper and autographed by the Governor and Commander in Chief ‘G.A. Elliott’ (lower right) -- 12¾ x 8in. (32.5 x 20.5cm.)

MANNING’S YACHTING ANNUAL / THE AMERICAN YACHT LIST / MANNING’S YACHT REGISTER, comprising Manning’s Yachting Annual for 1875 including lists of yachts, owners, trophies, clubs and their officers, pages of flags and burgees etc. bound in gilt-embossed soft green covers with clear protector; the American Yacht List for 1882; 1886; 1894 and 1898 (part 2 only), 1886 bound with gilt-embossed soft covers, 1886 in blue cloth boards with manuscript inscription on title page reading Compliments of Thomas Manning 53 Bearer St. N.Y. Proprietor; 1894 and 1898 in cream cloth with printed titles; Manning’s Yacht Register for 1900 (parts 1 & 2); 1901 (part 2 only); together with Hunt’s Universal Yacht List, 1893 bound with embossed blue cloth boards, (9), Manning’s published the American Yacht List from its foundation in 1873, later changing the name to Manning’s Yacht Register. In content and quality they equal the Lloyds American Yacht Register which was introduced a year later.

STALKART, M: ‘NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, OR THE RUDIMENTS AND RULES OF SHIP BUILDING..’, Folio, London, for the author, 1781. Engraved frontispiece and title, front cover, frontispiece, title and following four leaves detached, title a little browned and stained, frontispiece a little damaged at inner margin, contemporary calf gilt, broken. Manuscript instructions for laying the deck, 4pp. 4to, loosely inserted, with five engraved plates rolled up separately, (6)

A French manuscript leaf - 'Exodus', c.1275 (ex-Chester Beatty Collection), framed and glazed, overall 17.5 x 13in.

A French manuscript leaf from the 'Book of Hours', Rouen 1490-1500, framed and glazed, overall 14.5 x 11.5in.

An extensive collection of Victorian music hall music and lyrics in three leather folders, including many by Stephen Foster, Harry Lauder etc. and a number of manuscript items.

Folio containing a quantity of various sketches of puppies and dogs together with a book cover design ' Goodnight to All, Every Day Dogs ' with typed manuscript

A Edwardian three tier manuscript stand and a child's revolving high chair (A/F). The stand with rectangular top above a partitioned shelf and galleried base shelf standing on turned supports 34 ins (86 cms) in height, 19 ins (48 cms) wide. The revolving armchair with caned seat on four tall outswept legs.

Two Persian manuscript leaves, 19th century, painted with a scene of an elephant wearing a howdah and another with a camel, between lengths of calligraphy on gold grounds, 7.5 x 14.5cm., together with a later hunting scene, 14 x 9cm, all framed and glazed(3)

A late 18th to 19th Century leather bound scrap book featuring drawings, prints and engravings of various subjects including figures, animals, landscapes and topographical related etc, with some hand written manuscript pages.

Diodati, Giovanni. Il Nuovo Testamento del Signor nostro Jesu Christo tradotto da Giovanni Diodati. 12mo. [Geneva] 1608. Engraved title page with a contemporary owner’s manuscript initials and device, at the foot of the page a collector’s stamp, the letters “B” and “R” in a monogram inside a heart shaped laurel wreath. This latter stamp also on the foot of the last printed page Contents loose in the contemporary full vellum binding which has blind stamped wreaths on the upper and lower covers and a gilt oval wreath stamped on the spine. Spine title supplied in ink (in English) with the manuscript number “247.” The binding rubbed and worn.

A large 19th century manuscript ledger of Yorkshire interest; a Victorian photograph album

Pictures and Prints - English School (early 20th century) A Schoolboy Portrait, Tom Peddle indistinctly signed, titled, watercolour, 29cm x 16.5cm; a hand scrivened and illuminated manuscript, written with a religious text, 14.5cm x 20cm; miniature photographic prints; etc

MACKINTOSH (A.) The Muster Roll of the Forfarshire or Lord Ogilvy's Regiment, raised on behalf of the Royal House of Stuart in 1745-6. With biographical sketches. First Edition. 18 plates, gilt-cloth. Inverness, 1914. * a detailed monograph; FORBES (Rev. Robert) The Lyon in Mourning . . edited from his manuscript, with a preface by Henry Paton. First Edition, 3 vols. & the (supplementary) Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart . . . supplemented and corrected from other contemporary sources by Walter Biggar Blaikie. frontis. & coloured, folded map (in pocket), publisher's uniform gilt cloth. 1895-96 & 1897: with a few others related (13)

PICKSTOCK (Thomas) [Manuscript Journal of a Tour in France & Belguim in 1843]. approx. 160pp. closely written, illustrations include 23 engraved views, 2 coloured lithographs, 6 coloured sketches & an original coloured map of the London & Dover Railway (with a few others); contemp. leather, sm. crown 8vo. * vol. 3 only (of 3) from 25th Sept. to 20th October - Dunkirk, Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo (Hotel de la Courenne, Mont. St. Jean), Brussels, Tournay, Lille, St. Omer, Calais; a fascinating text, including an extended stay of four days at Waterloo, with a personal guide - ' . . . wrote the following in his Conduct Book, " I recommend Martin Penson as an intelligent & extreme polite Guide to the Battle Field" . . . '. An excellent account of contemporary social conditions, as well as notes on architecture, antiquarian topics (etc.); with a detailed 'expences account' appended. The author (? a Grays Inn lawyer) evidently lived at New Cross (Lewisham), on his return - 'by 20 minutes to 4 o' clock have got into ye Sixpenny "Omnibus" which put me down down in the corner of Swan Street, Dover Road near to my house . . .'

A FOLIO of assorted drawings and etchings by various hands; together with seventeen copies of a printed welsh manuscript, titled ‘Yn Ei Waelder Ai harddwcho’f febyd In Farwwolaeth’, printed by William Powell, Crynant, all unframed, A/F(qty)

An Ethiopian Book of Solomon with parchment leaves; an Ethiopian Tablet Book of David, early 20th Century in a leather cover and a late 18th Century Gita Manuscript Book with Indian text and inset illustration depicting Moghul figures. three (3)

An Islamic manuscript page, 19th/20th century, painted with a wide band of coloured lappets below a line of calligraphy, 23 x 29cm CONDITION REPORT: noticable creasing, some discolouration to the paper

A Persian illuminated manuscript leaf, late 19th/20th century, the main panel of noblemen playing polo, between lines of calligraphy, framed, 28 x 20cm CONDITION REPORT: some runs to ink work, marks to paper,

An Indian polychromed panel, 19th century, originally the cover for a manuscript, decorated with female figures standing around their seated mistress, in formal gardens, the reverse with foliate panels within concentric rectangular borders of foliage, 41.5 x 15.5cm Provenance: Property of a Private London Collector amassed between late 1940s and late 1960s. CONDITION REPORT: overall paint losses to both sides, damages

A black and white Christmas card with photographic portrait of the Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne as young children and with signature of Prince Philip, 21 x 34 cm in gilt frame together with a 19th century illuminated manuscript probably showing music, a song sheet for Till the Boys Come Home with music by Ivor Novello and signed and inscribed by the composer, an ashtray from the Chichester Festival theatre accompanied by a card from Sir Laurence Olivier, signed and inscribed from Joanie & Larry

Irish Political/Home Rule Pamphlets: 1916 Passages Taken From the Manuscript Written by Roger Casement in the condemned cell at Pentonville Prison , Ed. by Father James McCarroll.By Herbert O'Mackey and signed to the fly leaf. For Private Circulation Only, 1950; also - The New Evangel by James Connolly. Pub: Socialist Party of Ireland, circa 1901 (n.d.); Grattan's Home Rule, Gladstone's and Asquith's (An Answer to a Boast) by William O'Brien. Cork: Free Press Office 1915; The Situation in Ireland, Speeches of Mr. William O'Brien and Mr. Maurice Healy (Delivered at an Open-Air Demonstration on the Grand Parade, Cork on 16th May 1915. Pub: The Cork Free Press; The Irish Cause and The Irish 'Convention' by Wm. O'Brien, M.P. Pub: Maunsell & Company 1917. The Complete Grammar of Anarchy By Members of the War Cabinet and their Friends. Maunsel and Company 1918; An Irish Apologia : Some Thoughts on Anglo-Irish Relations and the War by Warre B. Wells. Maunsel 1917; Behind the Stormont Curtain, The Orange Record by 'Spotlight', Derry : Derry Journal Ltd.; Also: A Chronicle of Jails by Darrell Figgis, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917. 1st ed., wrappers, 130pp; A Second Chronicle of Jails by Darrell Figgis, 1919 (10)

Observations on the abolition of Corporal punishment in Mysore [docket title] Observations on the abolition of Corporal punishment in Mysore [docket title], manuscript fair copy, 18pp., folds, slightly browned, folio, 5th September 1835. "To The Secretary to the Commissioner, for the Government of the Territories of the Rajah of Mysore I am led to conclude, from the unanimous testimony of the Public Officers that the entire abolition of this punishment, has been attended with consequences otherwise than beneficial to moral improvement . Punishment nose to be cut off one to be hung, and the hand of the other to be cut off ."

Carpenter & Harriet Carpenter, wife of J.P. Carpenter. [ Account books], 2 vol Carpenter ( Rev. Jonathan Phillips, rector of Grenofen, of Mount Tavy, 1801-41) & Harriet Carpenter, wife of J.P. Carpenter. [ Account books], 2 vol., autograph manuscript, , together 323pp., ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original vellum, lettered direct on upper covers, slightly soiled, 1 vol. with brass catch, in good condition, sm. 8vo, 1836-44. A wealth of domestic and local detail. Enties include: "April 13 Tavistock Race Fund 0 10 0"; "March 3 Journey to Teignmouth 8 9 2"; "July 15 Edgecumbe's Bill 1 0 0"; "July 22 Tavistock Library 0 13 6"; "8 Feb Exeter Hospital 2 2 0 Orphan Asylum 1 1 0"; "Oct 16 Ottery Ploughing Match 1 0 0"; "November 13 Chillaton Court Dinner 4 6 5"; "19 Feb Buckland Poor Rates 0 4 0"; "31 March Mount Tavy Maid 0 2 6"; "25 April Tavistock Police 1 0 0"; "18 October Sir Ralph Lopez 2 4 6" etc.

Copy letter account of the revolution by British naval witness, manuscript, 7pp Copy letter account of the revolution by British naval witness, manuscript, 7pp., slightly creased and browned, 4to, Lisbon, 3rd November 1836; and a small quantity of letters to Captain George Mckinley (c. 1760-1827), Royal Navy, including 1 from the Admiralty expressing satisfaction with the speed he took to render his ship ready for service, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). First mentioned: "At 3.30 PM The Queen & Prince with their suite in two carriages arrived at Belem our Marines & Boats crews under arms all night

& Franz Schubert, composer, 1797-1828) [Lieder], music manuscript (Ludvig van, composer, 1770-1827) & Franz Schubert, composer, 1797-1828) [Lieder], music manuscript, titles and 113pp., first f. soiled and edges chipped, browned, original marbled boards, rubbed, upper cover detached, oblong 4to, [19th century].

Bill of sale "Of J. Allen Fifteen Hundred Dollars for Two Negroes…", manuscript Bill of sale "Of J. Allen Fifteen Hundred Dollars for Two Negroes ", manuscript, 1p., folds, small ink stains, 8vo, [?United States], 31st March 1862. "For two cirtain Negroes a Girl and Boy Slaves Girls name Tempy of yellow complextion about thirteen years old ."

Incunabula.- - collection of leaves from incunables, 23 ff, including Lactantius, Opera, a few words printed in Greek, Venice, J de Colonia & J. Menthen, 1478 Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum, commentary surrounding text, 5 criblé initials, Venice, G Anima Mia Tridensis, 1491, Regnier, Casus, sheet with early manuscript list of 'Tituli' tipped on Strassbourg, printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg, 1496, sheet with early manuscript list of 'Tituli' tipped on, Holkot, Postilla, initial supplied in red, Hagenau, H. Gran, 1494, Herolt, Sermones, rubricated, 2 large initials in red, Basle, J Amerbach, 1482, few minor tears, little marking, v.s .

Baring (Francis, Sir) - The Principle of the Commutation-Act Established by Facts, 62pp., J. Sewell, 1786; bound with Observations on the Establishment of the Bank of England, and on the Paper Circulation of the Country, 81pp., Sewell, Cornhill, and Debrett, 1797, bound with 7 other pamphlets on economics by the author, manuscript index, author's bookplate, contemporary calf, upper board detached, 8vo, [c.1801]

Parker (Robert B.) - The Godwulf Manuscript [2 copies], jacket with closed tear to accompanying creasing to head of upper panel, staining to upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, Boston, 1974; God Save the Child, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, 1974; Mortal Stakes, jacket spine slightly faded, 1975; Promised Land, 1976, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 63 others by the same, 8vo (68) A good though occasionally broken run of the author's works.

Batchelor (Roland) - A small group of sketchbooks and notes, one titled ' Normandy 1961' with numerous figure studies and street scenes, watercolours over pen and ink, 8vo, another of ink sketches of heads and figures, a notebook filled with the artist's manuscript intructions on etching, a scrap book of reference images of people with a number of sketches loosely inserted, an envelope containing a small quantity of loose coloured and uncoloured sketches, and a copy of 'Roland Batchelor, water-colours and drawings, a 20th-century view of the human comedy', 1982, by Patricia Jarrett, inscribed with a dedication by the author to the artist ( 6)

Maugham (W.Somerset) - The Moon and Sixpence, first edition, first issue , half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, browned, modern half tan morocco, spine gilt with green morocco labels, t.e.g., [Stott A22a], 1919; Liza of Lambeth, limited edition signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut , 1947; Cakes and Ale, limited edition signed by the author and artist, portrait by Graham Sutherland, original calf, t.e.g., others uncut,spine very slightly rubbed, slip-case, [1954] § Bennett (Arnold) The Old Wives' Tale, reproduced in facsimile from the author's manuscript , 2 vol., one of 500 copies, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., London & New York, 1927; Riceyman Steps, first edition , modern half tan morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1923 § De la Mare (Walter) Poems 1901-1918, 2 vol., number 84 of 210 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, roan labels, uncut, light spotting, vol.1 corners bumped, 1920 § Bridges (Robert) The Testament of Beauty, with loosely-inserted cheque from A.H.Bullen (publisher and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press) made out to Bridges for 15gns and signed by Bridges on verso, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut , 1930 § Housman (A.E.) A Shropshire Lad, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, 1906; and 14 others by or about Maugham, Bennett, de la Mare, Bridges and Housman, some bound, 8vo & 4to (24)

Japan.- Conder (Josiah) - The Floral Art of Japan, Being a Second Revised Edition of the Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, colour and other illustrations, manuscript name to Title, original green cloth gilt, dulled, folio, Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Tokyo, 1899.

Orwell (George) - Nineteen Eighty-Four, modern crimson morocco, gilt, by Bayntun-Rivière, spine gilt, g.e., with original green cloth binding bound in at end (faded), 1949; The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript, edited by Peter Davison, London & Weston, Mass., 1984; Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays, 1950; The English People, Britain in Pictures Series No.100, 1947; The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters , edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, 4 vol., 1968, first editions , all but the first original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the third a little rubbed and faded ; and 5 others by or about Orwell, v.s. (13)

Church Somersal.- Grant by Richard son of Robert of Mungomery to Henry Church Somersal.- Grant by Richard son of Robert of Mungomery to Henry, son of Thomas, son of Herbert [Fitzherbert] of Somersale and Roger his brother of all the land which he had of the gift and feoffment of Henry, son of Thomas of Lutlewode in Chirchsomersale without any reservations excepted one acre of meadow in the Wetedoles with all liberties and easements, witnesses: Nicholas Fitzherbert, John of Benteleye and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 11 lines, black wax seal of Richard Mungomery, folds, a few very small holes along folds, creased, slightly browned, 96 x 212mm., [c. 1320]. Somersal Herbert, 2 miles north east of Doveridge.

Derivationes, fragment only of a single leaf, in Latin ( Bishop of Ferrara ) Derivationes, fragment only of a single leaf, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, 64 lines, written in black ink in a small gothic book hand, initials in red, holed and creased, c. 275 x 90 mm., Italy , [fourteenth century] § Bible, Latin, with glosses, 2 ff. only , double column, with marginal and interlinear glosses, initials and paragraph marks in red, marginal tears, stained, folio, Strassburg, Adolf Rusch for Anton Koberger , not later than 1480, with others, mauscript or printed, in a folder (10 pieces).

Monte di Pietà della Città di Firenze, woodcut pawnbrokers devices at head Monte di Pietà della Città di Firenze, woodcut pawnbrokers devices at head, printed form with manuscript insertions, on vellum, blind-stamped paper seal, folds, slightly browned and marked, 197 x 260mm., 1657. Monte di Pietà was an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from the later Middle Ages to the 20th century.

[Extracts from various religious works], manuscript, 170pp [Extracts from various religious works], manuscript, 170pp. excluding blanks, 1and last ff. torn away at beginning, a few other ff. excised, some slight staining at end, slightly browned, original calf with blind-stamed decorative borders, rubbed, lower cover with surface wear, corners worn, head of spine chipped, 8vo, [.c. 1750s]. Includes: "Self Knowledge John Mason"; "The ingredients of hapiness Dr Watts"; "Self-examination John Mason"; "Moral Government Bourn"; "Enthusiasm Groves Tracts" etc.

Josephus Compendium… Phisica Universale, additions by Felipe Nodie Josephus (Ignacius) Compendium Phisica Universale, additions by Felipe Nodie, part III only, (Physica in 2 parts complete), manuscript in Latin, title and c. 650pp., in several hands, 2 tables, general title and some other ff. stained and soiled, a few ff. inner margins with some worming, some browning, new endpapers, modern antique style calf, sm. 4to, [Spain], 1755-56 & 1806.

& Rev. James Morrice, scholar, vicar of Flore (Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, second Earl of Ilchester, 1747-1802) & Rev. James Morrice, scholar, vicar of Flore, Northamptonshire and vicar of Betteshanger, Kent, married Maria Ducarel, governess to the children of Clive of India, 1739-1815) A book containing the particulars of Rents sold in 1788 belonging to the Rt. Hble Earl of Ilchester and the Revd. Jas. Morrice, 18pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, some other items inserted or tipped-in, central folds, slightly browned, some soiling, original marbled wrappers, slightly soiled and creased, label on upper cover torn, spine with tears, sm. 4to, 1788-93; and 2 others, including an 18th century legal manuscript, v.s., v.d. (3).

The Third and last Selection from The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1 vol (Thomas, antiquary and diarist, of Dover, d. 1819) The Third and last Selection from The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1 vol. only, title with watercolour wash border and 238pp. (including 3pp. of index), slightly browned, ink stamps of F. Romain on endpapers, 19th century half calf, rubbed, upper cover working loose, spine rubbed, sm. 4to, 1798; and another, manuscript notes on the Pitt family (Earls of Chatham), oblong 8vo, 1911 (2). First mentioned part of an unpublished topographical work. This volume contains notes on 128 buildings and other places, including castles, abbeys, churches, hospitals etc.