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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 [US4]

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, unused envelope, some peripheral ageing but otherwise fine, 2002 Sismondo colour photo-certificate confirms. H&G state about 50 envelopes were prepared, Sismondo states "only 36". Extremely rare Mauritius specialist piece [US4]

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) [US1]

1826 wrapper Godalmin to London with fine full GODALMIN / 34 mileage BCC332 with 7d manuscript charge Reserve: £15

1787 Coffee house letter. Entire to Thos. Bidford at the Bell Savage Inn, Ludgate Hill with 53CRAN / BROOK dbl line handstamp ( £125 in Gibbons Collect Br. Pmks) & 4d manuscript charge Reserve: £30

1797 entire from Cavalry Depot Maidstone to Commanding Officer Light Brigade Guildford reference a James Maxwell of the Sunderland Dragoons who is in the guard house for desertion…. Light MAIDSTONE concave handstamp, manuscript charges and bishop mark on back Reserve: £20

Box of mainly manuscript papers, letters, documents, deeds etc.. Reserve: £20

Derbyshire, Kniveton wheelwright’s account book. 296 page ledger with manuscript entries showing work done by T W Beard for large numbers of customers 1917-31. Bulk of entries are for repairs to windows, doors, farming equipment, carts etc.., and also coffins. Seems to have worked for the whole Kniveton population, many of whom took longer to pay their bills than some of you do!! Reserve: £40

Emily Susan Drummond An album of 36 watercolours and drawings of Bedgebury... Emily Susan Drummond (c.1809-1878) An album of 36 watercolours and drawings of Bedgebury Park and its surroundings Including architectural views of Bedgebury Park House, interior views of rooms in the house, views of cottages and buildings in the Bedgebury Park grounds, and views of the surrounding area Comprising of twenty-eight watercolours over pencil, eight pencil drawings, several heightened with white Several signed and variously dated 1849-1850 All neatly laid onto album leaves, with corresponding manuscript text descripion on reverse of page The majority 23 x 32.5 cm. (9 x 12 3/4 in), or the reverse, some smaller 27 x 18.5 cm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in) Presented in original green calf album, gilt lettering on cover reading ¾dgebury Park' , small folio Provenance: with Louisa (née Beresford, later Hope), Viscountess Beresford (1791-1851) [gifted by the artist, with dedication inscription on flyleaf]; Issac Lewis (who bought Bedgebery Estate from the Beresfords in 1899); Henry D. Lewis, of Combwell Priory; and thence by descent to the present owner. Comparative literature: Susan Lasdun, Making Victorians: The Drummond Children's World , 1983 The Bedgebury Park Estate has a rich and long history of residents, with John de Bedgebury listed as the earliest, who resided in Bedgebury in the fourteenth century. It is recorded that Elizabeth I visited in August 1573. The current house was built in 1688 for Sir James Hayes, and later passed to the Stephenson family who it is said began to improve the plantings of what would later became the pinetum. In the 1840s Viscount William Beresford purchased and developed the estate, creating the village of Kilndown and three lodges (quite possibly one of which Drummond illustrates in the present album). Beresford initiated the development of the pinetum which was later to become the Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest after being sold by Issac Lewis to the Crown Estate in 1918. It was during the developments made by Beresford that Emily Susan Drummond would have visited and begun her album which she later gifted to Vicountess Beresford. Emily Susan Drummond was the daughter of Lady Emily Charlotte Drummond, neé Percy, (1787-1877) and Andrew Mortimer Drummond (1786-1864). Emily Susan Drummond was one of nine children, who are best known for their illustrations published by Susan Lasdun (op.cit. 1983). The present album not only shows an insight into the development of Bedgebury Estate, but with the views of the surrounding grounds, and the interior views showing the contemporary furnishings and antiques as they were in Bedgebury House, it is also an insightful document into Victorian England.

Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) after The Right Honorable Lady Diana Beauclerk - Mezzotint - Girl carrying a basket on her head, 6.25ins diameter, in modern silvered frame and glazed, an Indo-Persian manuscript panel depicting four figures seated in a garden, 7.25ins x 4.75ins, and three other engravings, various

JOHN CLARE 'BIRDSNESTING: THE LOST MANUSCRIPT printed by Tern Press, 1987, limited edition numbered 29/90, illustrated with lino cut prints by Nicholas Parry

[HUNTING] Two Dunstan Harriers hound lists, comprising 1899-1900, two-tone green and black cloth, with manuscript notes to the rear end-papers listing East Suffolk Harriers hounds, 1906-07, 8.5cm x 12cm; and 1912-1913, buff paper covers, with manuscript notes to the rear end-papers, 8.5cm x 12cm (lacking original staple; pages unsecured).

Indian School, a vellum manuscript leaf , with a gouache vignette of Mughal court life, the border with pen and ink foliage, 19.5cm x 12.5cm; Indian painted silk picture

Theatre programmes for "Pygmalion" with Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, together with a congratulatory telegram to Mrs Campbell from Herbert Trench and Herbert Trench's typed manuscript of "Lady Patricia"

The 'Z4 Manual of Aircraft Recognition', ring binder with hand mounted illustrations and manuscript descriptions in blue and black ink, two testimonial letters at the front, one signed by the Observer Group Captain

*Amended Description* Bible, English, 1562 folio. [The Bible in Englishe], Richarde Harrison 1562, folio, black letter, double column, 58 lines per page, lacking general title, lacks all before Prologue, Adam and Eve plate present and Kalendar, Genesis lacks folio I, VIII (partly written in contemporary manuscript), one leaf of Eldras clipped vertically with loss of one column, lacks NN3 (Jeremy; duplicate leaf NN1 inserted), NT title present (loss to lower margin), some other leaves damaged (some losses, mainly corner sections), second half NT section leaves a little ragged to margins and a few loose, slight losses, but overall collation is largely believed complete, excepting the above. Contemporary boards (worn), some loss to panel leather. Sold not subject to return. Provenance: a local farming family.Sold as seen.NT title only is present.

FERNE (John) The Blazon of Gentrie, Devided into two parts. The First named the Glorie of Generositie. The Second, Lacyes Nobilitie. Comprehending discourses of Armes and of Gentry, London: John Windet for Toby Cooke 1586, small 4to, piece of margin torn away to leaf Gii with some loss to side-note, neat manuscript contemporary annotations to some margins, occasional age staining, later sprinkled half calf, gift inscription dated 1776 to first paste down

A manuscript legal book, ' Elementorum Iuris Secundum ordinem institutionum, written in Latin by 'J.P.Montgomery March 7th 1787', square 8vo, two parts in one, many pages, worn calf

JACKSON (Holbrook) Two folders of signed letters, mainly to Ernest Callard Esq. London SW18, or Public Library, Tooting, including typed and manuscript letters, postcards, etc, also dustwrappers and printed memorial appreciation by Francis Meynell. Note: Holbrook Jackson, editor of To-Day journal, writer, author and journalist, died 1948

A 19th century leather bound manuscript recipe book, with about 180 leaves of entries, most written to one side only, some in later hands and early 20th century, covers worn

HOSKEN (James) The Logs of the First Voyage Made with the Unceasing Aid of Steam, between England and America, by the Great Western, of Bristol... also an Appendix and Remarks, by Christopher Claxton, first edition, Bristol, at the Mirror Office by John Taylor, [1838], 8vo, folding lithographed map, errata note, manuscript note relating to "grades of expansion as per letter from the commander Capt. Hosken" on front free endpaper, publisher's printed wrappers, lacks spine strip; BOURNE (John) A Treatise on the Steam Engine, 1846, 4to, folding plates, cloth a little mottled

Cambridge Music. The Arbury Orchestra, 1979, morocco backed bound folio of manuscript musical scores, including short pieces by John Rutter, by Lennox Berkeley, Gordon Crosse, George Crumb, Stephen Dodgson, Alexander Goehr, Alun Hoddinott, John Hopkins, Witold Lutoslawski, and Robin Orr

SIGNED COPIES ETC:1. McCullough, C: The Thorn Birds. NY, 1977. 1st. edn. stated, dw($9.95). Full page inscription Êfor Linda, with thanksË, signed and Êup the gossip! Love it.Ë CONDITION: VG;2. Norman, P: Shout! - The story of the Beatles. Schuster, NY, nd, c.1980, photocopy of the typed manuscript (advance reading copy?). Original spiral binding and in the original envelope;3. Jay, Ricky: Cards As Weapons. Darien House, NY, 1977. 1st. thus. pb. Inscribed Êfor LindaË and signed. CONDITION: VG;4. Grass, Gunter. The Flounder, 1978. Signed poster. CONDITION: Folded twice;5. Mano, D. K: Take Five. 1st. edn. dw($17.95). Full page inscription Êto LindaË and signed. CONDITION: VG;6. Haiblum, I: The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders. 1st. edn. pb. Inscribed Êfor LindaË, signed, dated and with a sketch. CONDITION: VG;7. Mead, Margaret: Signed typed letter;8. Miller, S: Signed hand written letter;9. Gabor, Eva: Signed typed letter;10. Spock, Benjamin: Signed type

1. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY VELLUM BOUND MANUSCRIPT VOLUME, of Practical Geometry, with neat drawings and writing. Inscribed: March 18th. 1818, Badwell Ash, Suffolk;2. Plus two autograph albums (3)

A MANUSCRIPT LEAF:Middle Eastern harbour view with a Mosque (coloured),and with Arabic/Persian writing to verso, c.1880

HEBREW: BIBLE, ETC:1. Boothroyd, B: Biblia Hebraica, or the Hebrew Scriptures. Two volumes bound in one, Pontefract, nd, c.1800 (inscription dated 1817). Leather binding. CONDITION: Spines a little faded, foxing to paper edges; o/w G+;2. Julius M Shillman: Two manuscript notebooks;3. The book of Chronicles. Hebrew and English. Full leather. CONDITION: Lacking most of the spine (4)

WILLIAM MORRIS:1. Edward Burne-Jones (Illustrator): The Story of Cupid and Psyche. Two volumes. London and Cambridge, Clover Hill Editions, 1974, limited edition, # 29/270. Original cloth backed pictorial boards and slipcase. CONDITION: Fine;2. V”lsunga Saga. L, Ellis, 1870, 1st edn. Bound in the original highly gilt decorative boards by Philip Webb; 275, (iv)pp. CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; o/w VG+;3. Mackail, J W: An address delivered the XIth November MDCCCC at Kelmscott House Hammersmith before the Hammersmith Socialists Society. Printed at the Chiswick Press, for the Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1902. Original vellum backed boards. CONDITION: VG;4. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Oxford, Phaidon Press, 1981, limited edn. # 228/850. (A facsimile of the illuminated manuscript book presented to Georgiana Burne Jones). Gilt decorated boards and slipcase. CONDITION: Fine;5. Plus one other (6)

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CUTTINGS:C.16/17th century (Durer?)

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT: (William Shann)(?):General Principles and Mensuration../Dialling/Trigonometry,Written in a neat hand and with a number of drawings/diagrams. Vellum backed boards. CONDITION: Worn

FIELDINGIANA:1. Cibber, Colley: An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber. L, J Watts, 1740, 1st. edn. 4to.ppFrontis, tp, (ix)dedication, (i)blank, (iv)contents, 346. Full leather binding. CONDITION: Hinges cracked and covers almost detached; 2pp manuscript not to front blank endpaper; o/w G;2. A Woman of Quality [James Ralph]: The Other Side of the Question or an Attempt to Rescue the Characters of the Two Royal Sisters... L, T. Cooper, 1742. 1st. edn. Half leather with marbled boards. CONDITION: VG;3. Winnington, Thomas: An Apology, For the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-rate Minister. L, W. Webb, nd, [1746], pp50; bound in marbled boards with gilt lettered vellum label to spine. CONDITION: G+; 4. Bolingbroke: The philosophical works of the late Right Honorable Henry St John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in five volumes. L, D. Mallet, 1754. Full leather. CONDITION: Covers worn and few detached; occasional foxing; o/w G;5. Lawrence, F: the life of Henry Fielding

LAWRENCE, D H:1. Love Poems and Others. L, Duckworth, 1913, First edn., first issue, with i" in line 16 on p. xlv. Roberts A3(i), dw. CONDITION: Edges of dw little frayed and with small very loss, endpapers browned; o/w VG+; 2. Look! We Have Come Through! L, Chatto and Windus, 1917, 1st. edn. dw. With a letter from Blackwell Rare books, 4-1-86; stating that this copy came from Louisa Burrows (to whom Lawrence was engaged for 15 months) etc. CONDITION: dw with few cuts and small loss; small fade mark to head and foot of spine; occasional foxing; spare paper label still present at the back; 3. Birds, Beasts and Flowers! Poems. NY, Thomas Seltzer, 1923, 1st. US edn., dw($2.50). CONDITION: Few cuts to dw and small loss; covers faded; browning to endpapers o/w g+; 4. Last Poems. G Orioli, Florence, 1932, 1st. edn., dw(£1.10.0), limited edition #138 of 750 copies(700 for sale); extra paper label present at back; and original invoice from Gekoski, 18 Jan, 1993, £150. CONDITION: dw backed onto linen; light foxing to back pastedown; o/w vg; 5. Kangaroo. L, Heinemann, 1950, reprint, "With manuscript notes by John Middleton Murry" stated by the former bookseller. (John Middleton Murry was the husband of Katherine Mansfield and a friend of D H Lawrence). CONDITION: Spine faded; o/w G (5)

MÉLIÈS GEORGES: (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, one page, 4to, Paris, 12th November 1912, being a receipt issued on Melies' attractive printed stationery. The manuscript receipt, in French, is for the sum of 370 Francs, being the payment of royalties due from the sales, in New York, of some of Melies' films. Three file holes to the left edge of the document, not affecting the text or signature. VG. £600-800

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD: An original oblong folio Certificate of Nomination for Award issued by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas for a Golden Globe Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement, Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, 1982. The attractive certificate is printed in black with manuscript calligraphic insertions and features an image of a Golden Globe in the background. Individually signed by both the President and Secretary of the Association at the foot in black inks over a blind embossed seal. Matted in beige cloth and framed and glazed in a black and gold coloured frame to an overall size of 14 x 11.5. VG. £200-300 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) is an American musical comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. It was the highest grossing live action musical film of the 1980s. As well as the present Golden Globe nomination, Dolly Parton was also nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe.

HEYRICK ELIZABETH: (1769-1831) British Philanthropist and Campaigner against the Slave Trade. Portion of a Manuscript Verse, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Heyrick's holograph verse, comprising twelve lines, states, in part, 'Nations of a land of glory, Daughters of the good and brave, Hear the injured Negro's story, Hear! - and help the kneeling slave!, Think, how nought but death can sever, Your lov'd children from your hold!, Still alive - but lost for ever, Ours are parted, bought, and sold!' Annotated in the margins in an unidentified hand, in part, 'The hand writing of Mrs. Heyrick who wrote many works on slavery….No one of her sex ever exceeded her in strength of intellect & soundness of argument'. The verso features eight lines of holograph text by Heyrick, evidently part of a letter, in part, '….she was evidently gratified by your approval of her motto, which she is concern'd to find has been printed on the bags with two errors of the press, and which, should you adopt it for your Report, she deemed it important to have corrected, as they violate the rules of grammatical propriety….' Scarce. Some very light, minor age wear, VG. £100-150

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

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père. (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. D.S., A. Dumas, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 2nd March 1860, in French. The manuscript document is a receipt issued to his editors, the Levy Brothers, acknowledging the sum of 8000 francs, to be added to the current account for the publishing of his works in newspapers as per his previous agreement of February 1860. Some light overall age wear, most evident at the edges of the document, about VG £150-200 Although Dumas was always short of money and looking for more, he was already getting considerable figures at that time, the contract with Lévy Brothers being for 120,000 Francs.

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic affairs with artists, including Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset. A.L.S., George Sand, two pages, 8vo, Palaiseau, 5th April [1865], to Amédée Pichot, in French. George Sand reports to her correspondent her happiness because of the success of the work "Raoul de la Chastre" according to his opinion, stating `You are a good judge. Therefore the qualities which were attracting my attention into this book, are not a maternal illusion. I will be grateful if you tell me what is due to you and that you promise to me your generous support to my son. Certainly, I believe that it is not a work for young ladies; but would they be able to read more, the real story of that time manners?´, further responding to her correspondent´s enquiry about a lady who was years ago at the same convent Sand spent two years `I have good memory for the names of that time, she probably went to the convent after I left. I was born in 1804. It is a honour for me to be born the same year as Richard Cobden.´ With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope with the address written in her own hand. A very small tear to the bottom edge. VG. £400-500 Amédée Pichot (1795-1877) French Doctor in medicine, Translator of multiple British authors such as Lord Byron and Dickens, and Editor of several magazines. Maurice Sand (1823-1889) French Writer, and beloved son of George Sand. He wrote "Raoul de Chastre: Adventures of war and love" which was published in 1865. The work manuscript in the hand of Maurice Sand bears multiple corrections in the hand of George Sand who used to supervise her son´s works. Richard Cobden (1804-1865) English Manufacturer and Liberal Statesman. Sand refers to Cobden as he died on 2nd April 1865, three days before the present letter was written.

TOLSTOY-OBOLENSKY MARIA: (1870-1906) Countess Maria Lvovna Tolstoy. Daughter of Leo Tolstoy. A.L.S, Maria Obolenskaya, in Cyrillic, one page, 8vo, 1p, n.p., 27th June 1906, to an unknown writer, in Cyrillic. Tolstoy responds to her correspondent sating `Lev Nikolaevich is unwell and very engaged all this time, for this reason I was entrusted with the task of writing to you to confirm that he received your manuscript, he is reading it and intending to write to you about it.´ A clean bold black ink text, written by Maria shortly before dying, and referring to her father´s health and work. Letters of Maria Tolstoy are scarce as a result of her early death at the age of 36, four years before her father´s death. With blank integral leaf. EX. £300-400 Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian Novelist and Philosopher, widely considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. Maria Tolstoy was always considered her father´s favourite child. He would say a month after her death and referring to the last minutes of her life, that "That quarter of an hour is one of the most important and most grievous of my existence.¨

GREENE GRAHAM: (1904-1991) English Novelist. An original typed manuscript copy of How Father Quixote became a Monsignor, Chapter One, fifteen pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1980s?). The unsigned manuscript bears over thirty holograph corrections by Greene, in blue ink, largely small grammatical additions and spelling mistakes, a few more substantial corrections with the additions of complete words to the typed text, in part, (Greene's additions marked here in bold), 'Holiness and literary appreciation do not dont always go together', '...since no one but the Mayor, who was reputed to be a communist, had read Cervantes's work novel, and it was doubtful if he had got further than the battle with the windmills'. Rare. About EX. £400-500. The 1978 Christmas issue of The Tablet, a British Catholic journal, included a short story by Greene entitled How Father Quixote became a Monsignor. The novelist later revised the work and it became the first chapter of his last major book, Don Quixote, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The autograph manuscript of How Father Quixote became a Monsignor was sold at auction by Sotheby's in their English Literature sale in London on 10th July 2012 (Lot 92, sold for £9,375).

MACFARREN GEORGE ALEXANDER: (1813-1887) English Composer & Musicologist. A good A.M.Q.S., G A Macfarren, one page, (manuscript paper), folio, n.p., 22nd December 1843. In bold, dark ink Macfarren has penned an extensive quotation of fourteen bars from an unidentified work. Signed and dated at the conclusion. To the verso is an A.M.Q.S. by Charles Guynemer (1770-1862) French Violinist & Composer. Guynemer has also penned an extensive quotation in dark fountain pen ink consisting of over twenty bars from an unidentified composition, marked Badinage in his hand at the head. Signed at the conclusion and dated May 1846 in his hand. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG £100-120

MACKENZIE ALEXANDER: (1847-1935) Scottish Composer & Conductor. A.L.S., A.C. Mackenzie , two pages, 8vo, Sydenham, n.d. ('Wednesday 14th', c.1882?), to Miss. Gillespie. Mackenzie thanks his correspondent for her letter and continues to inform her that Jason was very successful, although he does not know when it will be performed in Edinburgh, adding 'I have not been able to come to Edinh. this time having been very busy here and wish to return to Florence on Friday as I have much work in hand which is pressing, besides that which is always on the easel. End of March I return and will probably spend the summer in Scotland' and further remarking 'You know I have written a Opera for Carl Rosa which comes out here in April'. With blank integral leaf. Together with an A.M.Q.S., A. C. Mackenzie, one page (manuscript paper), oblong 8vo, n.p., 6th April 1902. In bold, dark fountain pen ink the composer has penned over ten bars of music, with words, which he identifies as being from 3 Sonnets by Shakespeare. Signed and dated immediately beneath the quotation. Neatly mounted. Also including John Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) English Composer & Organist. A.M.Q.S., J Frederick Bridge, one page (manuscript paper), slim oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. In dark fountain pen ink Bridge has penned two bars of music, with words, 'What is the Flag of England?', from Rudyard Kipling's poem The English Flag (1891). Neatly mounted. Further including Hubert Parry (1848-1918) English Composer. Brief A.L.S., C Hubert H Parry, one page, 8vo, South Kensington, London, 26th November 1913, to Vincent Jones, on the printed stationery of the Royal College of Music, sending his signature (with neat calligraphic annotations and a small affixed newspaper portrait and brief biography) and an ink signature ('with Sir Hubert Parry's compliments', in the third person) and date, 13th March 1905, in his hand on a sheet of 8vo printed stationery from the Royal College of Music. G to generally VG, 5. £100-150

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French Composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, one page, oblong folio (manuscript paper), n.p., n.d. The manuscript comprises two sketches in Offenbach´s hand, the first of six bars in pencil to the top stave, and the second of four bars in black ink to the third stave. The first sketch is penned as a continuation of a starting bar which appears on a partially torn piece which was part of a previous page. Irregularly torn at the base and with some light age wear, about G. £200-300

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A good original Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, one page, large folio (manuscript paper), n.p., n.d. The manuscript is entitled ´Scene of Amahelli, (3rd act of Bacchus)´ by Massenet at the head of the page and in bold dark fountain pen ink the composer has penned three bars of music each for seventeen orchestral instruments as well as for the singing role of Amahelli, adding the words ´Hors d´ici!..tous!..tous!..tous!...´ in his hand. Some light age wear to the edges and some minor age toning to the folds, only very slightly affecting the music, which remains perfectly legible. VG. £400-500 Massenet composed his opera Bacchus in his later years (1909), Queen Amahelli being the Mezzo-Soprano´s role.

GRETCHANINOV ALEXANDER: (1864-1956) Russian Composer. A.M.Q.S., A. Gretchaninoff, one page oblong 12mo (manuscript paper), Paris, 1931. In bold black fountain pen ink Gretchaninov has penned a quotation of four bars, adding some dynamics alongside ´Moderato, Ben Marcato´. Signed and dated at the foot by the composer. VG. £100-150

IRADIER SEBASTIAN: (1809-1865) Spanish Composer, remembered for his Habaneras, the most famous of which, El Arreglito, was adopted by Georges Bizet for use in his opera Carmen, being the Habanera which appears in the first act. A rare autograph musical manuscript, unsigned, thirteen pages, (manuscript paper), oblong folio, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (c.1863-4). The extensive manuscript is entitled Echos de Espagne at the head of the first page and includes various pieces entitled Overture, Serenade, Havanaise, Las Morenas etc., and features music for orchestra and voice, and with numerous annotations in Iradier's hand relating to tempo and rhythm etc. Some light overall age toning and wear to the edges, one page with a small area of paper loss to one corner, not affecting the music, G. £200-300 Iradier's Echos de Espagne ('Flowers of Spain') was published in Paris in 1864 and represents 25 of the composer's most popular songs, with words in French.

TURINA JOAQUIN: (1882-1949) Spanish Composer. A.M.Q.S., Joaquin Turina, one page, oblong 12mo (manuscript paper), n.p. (Madrid?), December 1931. In dark ink Turina has penned a four bar quotation on two staves, which he identifies as being from his suite op.62, ´Radio Madrid´, also adding a dynamic ´Lentamente´. Together with an A.L.S., Joaquin Turina, one page, oblong 8vo, Madrid, 20th December 1927, to Mr. Dandelot, in French. Turina reminds his correspondent of the promise of a concert including his works, and states ´Last month of July I had the opportunity to talk to you regarding a concert in Paris (may be also in Brussels) playing my works. You did ask me some time to think about it. But as I will probably be next week in Paris, I write to you these lines to recall your promise...´ VG, 2. £200-300 Arthur Dandelot (1864-1943) French Musical Critic. Founder of Bureau de Concerts Dandelot, one of the first artist´s agents companies of this kind.

GORECKI HENRYK: (1933-2010) Polish Composer. A.M.Q.S., H. M. Gorecki, one page, oblong 8vo (manuscript paper), Katowice, 12th August 1998. In bold black ink the composer has penned a quotation of five bars which he identifies as being from his Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra op.40. Gorecki has also added and underlined a dynamic over the first two bars ´VIVACE (!=168) marcatissimo´. Signed, inscribed and dated by Gorecki to the lower half of the page. EX. £100-120

GULDA FRIEDRICH: (1930-2000) Austrian Pianist. A.M.Q.S., Friedrich Gulda, one page, slim 4to (manuscript paper), n.p., 1962. Gulda has penned a quotation of four bars from an unidentified work. With blank integral leaf. Together with Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) German Pianist. Bold blue ink signature and inscription (in Spanish) on a page removed from an autograph album, dated 1st October 1947 in his hand. VG, 2. £80-100

MURRAY JOHN: (1660-1724) 1st Duke of Atholl. Scottish Nobleman, Politician and Soldier, fought in the Glorious Revolution for William III and Mary II. D.S., Atholl, one page, oblong 8vo, Courthouse at Logierait, 10th August 1716. The manuscript document authorizes Captain James Menzies to cut all the trees 'growing on the south side….of Lyon…' and further referring to the repair of some houses. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG. £100-150

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

BORJA Y ARAGON FRANCISCO DE: (1581-1658) Spanish Writer, an official in the court of King Philip III of Spain. Viceroy of Peru 1615-21. L.S., don Francisco de Borjas, one page, folio, n.p. (Lima?), 13th September 1616. The manuscript letter makes reference to slaves employed to work in the salt mines, who were taken from the owner, Juan de Villa, and orders that they be replaced, and further detailing the various regulations that they must work under. Boldly signed by Borja y Aragaon at the foot in his capacity as Viceroy of Peru. Some extremely minor, light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG. £120-150

MARIANA OF AUSTRIA: (1634-1696) Queen Consort of Spain 1649-65, second wife of King Philip IV. A fine L.S., Yo la Reyna, as Queen, one page, oblong folio, Madrid, 8th April 1660, to Cardinal [Fabio] Chigi ('Much respected father Cardinal, my dearest and much loved friend'), in Spanish. The attractively penned manuscript letter states, in part, 'The contentment you express in your letter of 18th February about the treaty of marriage of my daughter, the Infanta Dona Maria Teresa, and the establishment of Peace with that Crown, is due to the will of the King, my husband, and I rely on Your Person to seek to support this on every occasion that you are in a position to.' With integral address leaf bearing a good blind embossed paper seal. Some neat slits and a small area of paper loss caused by the opening of the letter, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG. £150-200 Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667) Cardinal Fabio Chigi. Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1655-67. Theresa of Spain (1651-1673) Holy Roman Empress, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria. For political reasons, as demonstrated by the present letter, Margaret Theresa was betrothed as a child to her maternal uncle and paternal cousin, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640-1705). Their wedding took place in Vienna on 12th December 1666. Despite a difference of some eleven years in their ages, they were very happy together and shared a love of theatre and music. Margaret Theresa, weakened by giving birth to four children and suffering many miscarriages, died at the young age of 21.

[CHARLES II]: (1661-1700) King of Spain 1665-1700. Manuscript Document, with a stamped signature, (´Yo El Rey´), one page, folio, Madrid, 15th January 1676, to Count of Formiguera, in Spanish. The document being an order given by the King, instructing to suspend some salary payments and to stop other expenses in order to reinforce the defence of the territories and attend all the increasing necessities of the Monarchy. The document bears numerous countersignatures to the lower part. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed to the verso. Some extremely minor light age wear and staining, otherwise VG. £100-150

[CHARLES II]: (1661-1700) King of Spain 1665-1700. Manuscript Document, with stamped signature, (´Yo El Rey´), one page, folio, Madrid, 15th July 1677. The document is addressed to the Count of Santa Maria de la Formiguera, in Spanish and is a request of accountings and payments. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed to the verso. Some light age wear and staining. G. £100-150

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1660-85. A fine D.S., Charles R, as King (in exile), at the head, one page, folio, Court at Bruges, 10th January 1657. The manuscript document relates to the expenses of Sir Edward Walker, Secretary at War, and is a warrant assigning him 'the severall fees hereunder mentioned to be received of all the respective officers under named for their severall commissions'. The lower half of the document consists of two tables listing the various payments due for every commission of a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Sergeant Major, Captain, Ensign and Chaplain etc. With blank integral leaf (large neat split to the central fold). Some extremely minor age wear to the edges, otherwise a clean and handsome document. About VG £600-800. Sir Edward Walker (1611-1677) English Officer of Arms, Antiquarian and Manuscript Collector. Walker had followed King Charles II into exile and was constantly at his side, serving as Garter King of Arms and Clerk of the Privy Council. Walker resided in William Shakespeare's former home, New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 1675, which had originally been purchased by the bard in 1597.

MARIA THERESA: (1717-1780) Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire 1745-65. Mother of Marie Antoinette. D.S., Maria Theresa, eight pages, folio, Vienna, 1st June 1764, in German. The manuscript document is a report of the War Privy Councillor in Vienna and concerns a report of the Tyrolean War Commissioner Platzer who has warned of a dangerous situation with the food supply of Austrian troops and that the Mayor of Tyrol, responsible for the military food supply, did not store enough food in the magazines. The document also states that the Mayor owes 22 Taler to the war chest in Vienna which will be deducted from his monthly benefits and Platzer underlines the importance of having adequate supplies available in the Tyrol, adding that the food stocks should last for four months. In conclusion Platzer suggests a scheme to share the purchase of food supplies for the Tyrol between himself, the Mayor and the Food Supply councillor in Vienna, and considers the Mayor's responsibilities in general and if there should be other administrative changes to preserve military supply in the future. Boldly signed by the Empress at the conclusion and countersigned by Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1704-1787) Bohemian-Austrian Chancellor. VG £250-350

VICTOR AMADEUS III: (1726-1796) King of Sardinia 1773-96. D.S., V. Amedeo, one page, folio, Torino, 14th March 1793, in Italian. The manuscript document is an official military appointment of an officer, listing his new rights. Countersigned at the foot by Cravanzana. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. Small tear to the edge of the central fold and some light overall age wear, otherwise VG. £150-200

CHRISTINA: (1626-1689) Queen of Sweden 1633-54. D.S., Christina, as Queen of the Swedes, Goths and Wends, two pages, folio, Stockholm, 23rd August 1645. The manuscript document states that it has been necessary to send two cavalry squadrons from the province of Scania to Pommern together with other people under General Carl Gustaf Wrangel, to the main army in Germany, and that following the peace treaty the entire army will have left Scania by the 23rd September. The document continues to give instructions that the vessels and boats which were previously sent to Pommern, and remained there during the summer, under the command of the cavalry's Commander-in-Chief, shall sail to Ystad and Landskrona without delay, also explaining that there is a shortage of boats to transport the cavalry in any other way and stressing the importance of timeliness in the shipment of the cavalry. Signed by the Queen at the conclusion. With integral address leaf bearing a blind embossed paper seal. Some slight, minor traces of professional repairs, not affecting the text or signature. About VG. £300-400. Carl Gustav Wrangel (1613-1676) Swedish Noble, Statesman and Military Commander. In 1644, during the Torstenson War, Wrangel commanded a fleet at sea, which defeated the Danes at Fehmarn on 23rd October. In 1646 he returned to Germany as a Field Marshal.

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. £150-200 Cardinal Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (1650-1728) Appointed Cardinal by Clement XI on 15th April 1709.

ELIZABETH I OF RUSSIA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. L.S., Elizabeth, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, Saint Petersburg, 24th January 1737, in Cyrillic. The manuscript document is a Decree to the Patrimonial Chancery, instructing that attention to Piotr Novikov´s horses and same money as he was receiving as salary have to be maintained. Further instructing that the sum of 150 rubles have to be paid annually to the notary Bogdanov, as well as 800 kilos of flour and oat every four months, first the flour at the beginning of each period and after, at the end of each period, the money. Some very minor age wear, VG £1500-2000