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Cohen (Claudia) and Barbara Hodgson. Decorating Paper: Pattern & Technique, 2 vol., one of 36 copies, signed by both authors, numerous mounted paper samples, letterpress printed by David Clifford in Bembo on Arches mould-made paper, manuscript index loosely inserted in each vol., original morocco-backed decorative boards, upper and lower edges lined in black gilt-stamped morocco, spines gilt, together with prospectus in decorative paper envelope, housed in blue cloth drop-back box with decorative paper spine label and gilt morocco spine label overlay, 4to, Vancouver, Heavenly Monkey, 2015. *** This stunning sample book includes hundreds of papers originating from Europe, Asia, and North America between the late 1700s and modern day, and spans the spectrum of decorating methods, including marbling, paste, embossing, pulp manipulation, lithography, block and linocut printing, and stenciling. Interspersed among the full-page samples and multi-sample specimen sheets are various text descriptions of their techniques and history, as well as an extensive bibliography. 

India.- Heather (William) and John William Norie. To the Officers in the Honorable East India Company's Service This Outline Chart Intended for their Use to prick-off a Ship's Track, wall map of the world centred on India, with manuscript pen and ink tracking the route of 'Ship Orient towards Calcutta - 1827-', and other ship routes and notes on sailing conditions, engraving, mounted on linen support, total map 655 x 1195 mm (25 3/4 x 47 in), edged with green silk, some missing, signs of use with browning and surface dirt, handling creases, some folds with splitting, unframed, rolled, originally published by W. Heather, 1812, but with additions to 1827*** Revised chart for use aboard East India Company ships, in order to mark a ship's track.

Officina Serpentis.- Plato. Tres Epistolae Platonis, one of 7 copies printed on vellum, the 6 initials gilt by Hanns Thaddaus Hoyer, from an edition of 340, 45 pp., printed in the Greek Tischendorft typeface by Schelter & Gieseck and in the German Elzevier-Cursive by Gentzsch & Heyse, some light marginal staining, rarely affecting text, original russet crushed morocco, gilt, ruled in blind, slight rubbing to spine ends and raised bands, spine lightly sunned, housed in cloth-backed slip-case with vellum edges, folio, Berlin, Officina Serpentis, 1926. *** A stunning example of manuscript proficiency that highlights typographic expertise, Officina Serpentis' edition of three letters from Plato to his friends and colleagues simultaneously honours and modernises the customary Early Modern mise-en-page. The stylistic harmony of the printing underscores the thesis behind the selection of these three particular letters; previously questioned for their authenticity of authorship, the unification and aesthetic exaltation of these writings posits their genuine linkage to Plato. This edition is also the first continuous use of the Tischendorft typeface.

Fallada (Hans) The Drinker, first edition, light toning strip on endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, evenly toned, some marks to lower panel, corners and spine ends very slightly nicked, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1952.*** Originally published Der Trinker, the posthumously-published novel by German writer Hans Fallada was first started in 1944 after he was imprisoned in a criminal asylum for the attempted murder of his wife. It is autobiographical in diary form, and tells the story of a man in the grip of alcoholism. Fallada originally wrote the manuscript in code, so as to encrypt the contents of the manuscript against detection by asylum staff and officials. 

[Mauburnus (Johannes)] Rosetum exercitiorum spiritualium et sacrarum meditationum, edited by Johannes Speyser, collation: [*]6 a-c8 d e6 f8 g6 h-l8 m-p6.8 q-y6 z8 A-S6, double column, full-page woodcut of a chiromantic hand to b6v, initial spaces with guide-letters, final f. blank, narrow section cut from front free endpaper to remove inscription, library ink stamp to lower margin of title and in a few other margins, a few small wormholes in text, mostly at ends, some staining (see in particular Q1&2), marginal water-staining, some spotting or finger-marking, lightly browned, early manuscript fragments used in binding, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps and corner-pieces, soiled, rubbed and marked, folio (291 x 195mm.), [Basel], [Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim], [1404 [i.e. 1504]].  *** Rare edition at auction of the principal devotional work of Jan Mombaer (1460-1501). He was an Augustinian friar of Brussels, who was part of the ‘devotio moderna’ movement, calling for religious reform. He was one of the first to insist that Thomas à Kempis was the author of the Imitatio Christi, and not Jean Gerson. The present work was said to have influenced St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. A variant exists with the correct date in colophon.Provenance: ‘Henricus Koboltus Juris Canonici Doctor’ (contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown and his signature to lower margin of title); ‘ex libris M. Georgii ?Stanglmayr…’ (contemporary ink inscription to head of title); St. Joseph’s, Blackrock (20th century ink stamps).Literature: VD 16 M 1623.

Napoleon.- Stopford Family.- Album containing a large quantity of autograph letters, manuscript material and ephemera relating to the naval Stopford family and descendants including Admiral William Kennedy, c. 95 items on 58pp. excluding blanks, including: a five page manuscript written from Porto Serrayo in Elba giving an eyewitness account of Napoleon during his time on Elba; autograph letter signed by George III 1804; autograph letter signed from Wellington, 1820; printed commission signed by Queen Victoria, 3 letters signed (1 TLs) from Lord Roberts, 2 letters signed (1 autograph) from future George V, autograph letter signed from Gladstone, printed paper "The Examiner", 1810, most tipped-in, a few loose, folds, some slightly browned, some staining, front joint broken, in a 19th century half morocco album, rubbed, items folio & smaller, 4to album, 1804-1913. *** Napoleon's testimony while detained on Elba, defending himself against a variety of accusations levelled against him including his justification of the massacre of Turkish soldiers at the surrender of the garrison at Jaffa in 1799, the remarks about that massacre being taken from a portion of an interview with Lord Ebrington. The manuscript also contains material not included in the Ebrington's interview, including remarks on the murder of John Wesley Wright: "Buonaparte treated the imputation against him of having murdered Wright & Pichegru as mere idle tales supporting the denials by appeals as to any possible advantage to be gained by disgusting acts of unnecessary acts of barbarity upon prisoners who being completely in his power could give him no manner of anxiety."John Wesley Wright (1769-1805), Royal naval commander; captured twice by the French (who thought he had landed royalist agents such as Pinchegru) and kept a close prisoner and threatened with torture; when found dead the French declared he had committed suicide and in Britain that he was murdered.    

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Two leaves from an early missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, two large single leaves, each with double column of 33 lines of a good Romanesque bookhand, with et-ligature used occasionally integrally at end of words and strong st-ligature, capitals touched in red, red rubrics, simple red initials (some oxidising), recovered from reuse on a later binding and with large section missing from upper corner of one leaf, folds, spots and stains, overall fair condition, in fitted cloth covered case, each leaf approximately 310 x 210mm., [Germany], [late tenth or early eleventh century]. *** These leaves are probably all that remains of a handsome Romanesque liturgical book. The script here, with earlier Carolingian letterforms employed without the characteristic square aspect of Germanic tenth-century script, compares closely to a fragment of a manuscript of Gregory the Great’s Moralia, dating to c. 1020-30 (now Marburg Staatsarchiv, Hr. 6 fasc 7: reproduced in Fuldische Handschriften aus Hessen, no. 46).Provenance: Sold by Bernard Breslauer to Walter Hirst in 1961 (see copy of typically caustic Breslauer letter included). By descent to present owner. 

Du Maurier (Daphne) The Rendezvous and Other Stories, original final draft typed manuscript, loose in original publisher's box (broken in pieces, some loss), with letter from the editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine loosely inserted, [1980]; together with a first edition of the same work, signed by the author "with best wishes from Daphne du Maurier 1988" on title, review copy with publisher's slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing, otherwise fine, 1980; and an uncorrected proof copy of the same in custom-made drop-back box, v.s. (4) *** A superb collection of Du Maurier's short stories, some composed before her novels, some later works. It includes a letter from the publisher James M. White of Cosmopolitan magazine, noting "after reading it I was very glad that it has not been my role in like to become an object of Miss du Maurier’s scorn. I am sure you feel the same way...". Included too is a note from the previous collector who photocopied the story in its entirety and has annotated the differences between the published edition and the transcript. All together a thorough collection of the work. 

Chess.- [Saul (Arthur)] The Famous Game of Chesse-play...now augmented...by Jo. Barbier, woodcut illustration on title, repeated on B8v and C5r, another woodcut illustration on G2r, lacking initial and final blank, trimmed with loss to imprint on title and to inner edge of illustration, and with occasional loss to headlines, penultimate leaf with short tear, final leaf with brittle edges causing some loss of text, foxing, browning to edges of many leaves, contemporary sheep, worn, covers detached, [cf STC 21774], 8vo, for John Jackson, [?1638].*** The first published work on chess in English written by an Englishman, first published in 1614, of which all editions are uncommon. This copy has ldate 1638 in ms within the woodcut illustration on the title-page as well as another inscription on a rear (possibly misplaced front) free endpaper "Printed in ye Year 1638". The Macclesfield copy also had this date in manuscript, but there is no known edition of 1638. Two copies with such a note might suggest this and the Macclesfield copy were from a previously unrecorded edition.Provenance: Inscription at head of title "E Libris Tho. Drake" ? (last few letters missing).

Bewick (Thomas, wood-engraver, 1753-1828) Lines written in a Steam Boat, on leaving Scotland, By S:W: Ryley, Author of the "Itinerant" &c. addressed to Mr. James Young, autograph manuscript signed "Thomas Bewick", 1p., folds, 243 x 197mm., July 1819.

Cromwell (Thomas, first Earl of Essex, royal minister, b. in or before 1485, d. 1540) Sale by Thomas Cromwell to John at ffelde [Atfield] and Michael at ffelde of London, ironmongers, of a messuage called Borden with its land in Hederon [Headcorn], and appoints Anthony and Mark Ancher his attorneys in the matter, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 24 lines, indented at head, remains of red wax seal on tag, housed in a modern portfolio, 210 x 275mm.,  7th December 1538.*** In the winter of 1538 Cromwell's main concern was with the preparation of Coverdale's Great Bible, in the final stages of production in Paris.    

Slavery.- Brown (William Wells, American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian, c. 1814-84) Fling Out the Anti-Slavery Flag, autograph manuscript poem signed, 1p., four numbered verses of eight lines each, removed (loosely inserted) from a commonplace album, 4to (282 x 213mm.), Bridgewater [Bridgwater, Somerset], 16th May 1851. *** Fling Out The Anti-Slavery Flag was first published in 1848 in a collection of poems edited by Brown entitled The Anti-Slavery Harp; A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings, one year after Brown published his autobiographical slave narrative. The poem (written to be sung to the air of Auld Lang Syne), was written on the occasion of Brown's visit to Bridgwater with another fugitive slave, William Craft. Both spoke of their personal experiences and against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 at the Public Rooms on the 12th and 13th May.Brown was born into slavery in Lexington, Kentucky in 1814, eventually escaping from a steamboat in Cincinnati in 1834, when he adopted the name of a Quaker friend of his in order to obtain his freedom. An eloquent speaker he subsequently began lecturing for the abolition movement in New York and was soon hired by the American Anti-Slavery Society. He travelled across Europe to lecture and in May 1851 he went to Bridgwater, which had been the first British borough to petition for the abolition of slavery in 1785.

More (Hannah, writer and philanthropist, 1745-1833) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Jonathan Scott, together 20pp. & 4 address panels, 8vo & sm. 4to, Barley Wood, Wrington, 6th December 1813 - 6th November 1815, on a variety of subjects including her and and her sister's health, the expense of buying books in the country, and a subscription for the poor, "Having waited in vain for Lord Spencer's promised subscription I will no longer delay poor contribution I have been able to make to your laudable plan. There never was a more unpropitious time for begging; the demands of every individual that is able or willing being greater than at any time I remember... on account of the distress of our own poor from the inclemency of the Season"; and 4 others including a manuscript sermon, folds, slightly browned, v.s., v.d. (10).

India.- Foley (Capt. Henry Mirtel, served in India with the 69th Foot Regiment, landowner of Tetley Hall, Sunninghill, Ascot, c.1800-1853) Album comprising 65 original drawings, including 26 from the soldier-artist's time in India circa 1826-1828, with 26 drawings of India that include 'Sketch of the Village of [...?] on the road to Poonah', '...Parbuttee near Poonah', four drawings of the 'Ruins at Bassein [Vasai, Mumbai]', 'A Common husbandry cart with the Jhanjeed on it', 'A sketch of an Indian Plough or Nangur', 'A sketch of a hackerie', '... the Hill Fort of Kulcj Bhooj and its entrance', 'A Sketch of the Indian Light drill plough or Mogurh', 'A Sketch of [?] a Brahmin Village near Malabar Point Bombay', 'Sketch of the Ruins of the old Palace of [Shrimant Daulat Rao Shinde] near the City of Poonah', 'A Sketch of a Stone image in the old tomb of [?] Row Lucka Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of a part of the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of part of the town of [?] Maridavee', 'A Native preparing a rice field during the rains', 'Sketch of a Remarkable Gun in the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'Gateway to the Fort of Ahmednagar', and a study of Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep), and others of Sri Lanka, St Helena, and numerous studies of European locations including Switzerland and Germany, 10 pen and black ink, 16 in pencil, all inscribed and mostly dated, various sizes between approx. 78 x 158 mm (3 x 6 1/4 in), and 220 x 285 mm (8 5/8 x 11 1/4 in), neatly tipped onto album leaves, not in date order, manuscript title with off-setting, toning, a few splits, handling creases, lacking covers and spine, folio, circa 1825-1853Provenance:Private collection, London*** A unique and early collection of drawings from India in the 1820s, including towns and temples, as well as local farming tools, local farming practices, and local people. Henry Foley is recorded as being the landowner of Tetworth Hall, Ascot, in 1829, however little is recorded of his artistic practice, or of his military career; he was discharged in 1839. 

Indian Textiles.- Mysore Silk.- An album of fabric swathes, 75 samples of Mysore silk, in a range of colours and designs including floral and geometric, mounted on concertina style boards, mostly 3 per board, manuscript numbers in ink to margins, perhaps prices or likely style codes, 15 with small holes or torn and frayed, a few board hinges broken, upper cover original cloth with gilt lettering '? Fabrics Mysore Silks No A' (first word torn away), extremities rubbed, ?lacking lower cover, oblong folio (c.519 x 266mm.), Karnataka (India), [early twentieth century]. *** A beautifully bright and colourful album of over 70 samples of Mysore silk; with a history spanning more than two centuries, this type of silk is exclusive to the State of Karnataka in India, and is noted for its radiance, durability, and non-crush quality.

Broadside.- Electoral Intimidation.- Popery in Ireland. This is an exact Copy of the Placard posted on the Wall of the Houses of those Persons who voted against the Popish Candidates at the Carlow Election, in 1835, printed broadside, woodcut illustration, foldlines, scattered spotting and off-setting, loss to bottom corner and lower edge affecting some text, repaired and inserted in manuscript, one or two short tears and small holes, laid onto paper, ex-library with partial blind-stamp to to edge, c.545 x 430 mm., Nottingham, H. Ingram, [1835]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded.  A rare example of electoral intimidation and fraud with anti-Catholic sentiment in nineteenth century Ireland. The Borough constituency of Carlow returned two MPs to Parliament, voting for the Conservatives Henry Bruen and Thomas Kavanagh in 1835, beating the Liberals Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Alexander Raphael. Voter intimidation was rife at the time with landlords and bribing and threatening people to vote for their favoured, in this case, protestant candidates. 

BRITTEN JAMES.  European Ferns. Col. frontis & plates & other illus. Quarto. Worn half calf, internal foxing to some leaves incl. title. Cassell, n.d.; also F. E. Tripp, British Mosses, vol. 2 only, col. plates, quarto, worn orig. green cloth, ex lib., 1874; E. J Lowe, New & Rare Ferns, poor cond. but col. plates, 1862, & others, natural history incl. a manuscript, British Ferns by J. K. H., 1871.   Condition report:Red book: No author stated although bears initials J.K.H to front board.Beige book: Protozoe Helvetica

NASH JOSEPH.  The Mansions of England in the Olden Time. 94 fine hand col. lithograph plates in 92 card mounts from the large superior edition of this work, incl. 4 title plates. Loose, each leaf 18" x 21.5" & with manuscript caption to each plate. Printed by C. Hullmandel. 1st ed., 1839-1849.

SALTMARSHE ARTHUR.  Executors Accounts of the Estate of the Late Arthur Saltmarshe Esq., Deceased. Very neat manuscript in a folio vol., half calf with marbled brds. 1860's; also an offprint, The Aske Family by Colonel Philip Saltmarshe, pres. copy in orig. prntd. wrappers, Hull, c.1910.  (2).

DAVIES HUNTER.  Wainwright, The Biography. Illus. Orig. dark cloth in d.w. Manuscript postcard & comps. slip signed by the author slipped in. 1st ed., 1995.

MACREADY WILLIAM C.  Signed manuscript letter  (declining an invitation) of 7 lines on a folded sheet, dated from 5 Clarence Terrace, Oct. 2 1847; also the book William Charles Macready from the Eminent Actors Series ed. by William Archer, 1890, & 6 others Shakespearean theatrical interest.  (8).

A 20th century illumination manuscript of Edmund Blunden's No Man's Land. Gouache on paper, in oak frame, 23cm x 42cm

BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mutiny, London, 1792, 4to, 7 plates and charts (lacks portrait of Bligh), contemporary paper-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.BLIGH, William (1754-1817).  A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792. 4to (317 x 250mm). 7 engraved plates and charts, 5 of which folding, with the printed account of the mutiny commencing at p.154 (lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bligh, but supplied in later facsimile, some heavier staining at upper margins of the first few text leaves and occasionally others, not affecting letters, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Contemporary or probably original publisher's paper-backed blue paper boards, uncut and partly unopened (parts torn away from the spine resulting in the loss of most of the old manuscript title, corners rubbed and bumped, some light staining). The plates and charts are titled as follows, with the wording often at variance with the wording on the list, and bound in the following order and not in the same order as the list: 1) "Sections of the Bread Fruit"; 2) "Sketch from recollections and anchor-bearings of the North Part of Otaheite from Point Venus to Taowne Harbour ... by William Bligh", with his facsimile signature (folding); 3) A Copy of the Draught from which the Bounty's Launch was built" (folding); 4) "Chart of Bligh's Islands", incorporating smaller inset "Chart of the Northern Part of the New-Hebrides ..." (folding); 5) "NE Coast of New Holland"; 6) "Track of the Bounty's Launch from Tofoa to Timor" (folding, bound in upside-down); and 7) "Plan & Section of part of the Bounty Armed Transport, shewing the manner of fitting and stowing the Potts, for receiving the Bread-fruit plants" (folding). Provenance: Holbrook Gaskell (19th-century signature on front pastedown). Holbrook Gaskell (1813-1909) was a British industrialist and an art and plant collector. He was the cousin of the Unitarian minister William Gaskell, husband of the eminent novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65), commonly referred to as "Mrs Gaskell". FIRST EDITION of this account of the first Bounty expedition and of the mutiny in its entirety; "... one of the most heroic sea voyages ever made ..." including "...  a slightly revised version of the text of Bligh's narrative of the mutiny, previously published at London in 1790 ..." (Hill). The author's own printed "Advertisement" at the beginning of the book describes how the work took on its present form in order to incorporate the account of the now infamous mutiny: "At the time I published the Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Bounty, it was my intention that the preceding part of the Voyage should be contained in a separate account. This method I have since been induced to alter ...". Brunet I, 364; Cox II, 305; Du Rietz 93; Ferguson 125; Kroepelien Bibilotheca Polynesiana 93; Hill 135; Mendelssohn II, 7; Parks Collection 12; Sabin 5910; Spence 104; Wantrup 62a.

AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, inscribed, "Radolphus Ayres, Cook, Oxford, 1722", boards. A MANUSCRIPT COMPILED IN 1722 BY THE HEAD COOK OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD. RARE.AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century).  A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the first leaf, "Radolphus Ayres, Cook, Oxford, 1722", many pages adorned with pen flourishes at the foot (short inconspicuous closed tear to first two leaves, without loss, some light spotting and staining, small hole in final leaf not affecting letters). Contemporary "Dutch" pale green-and-pink floral-pattern paper boards (some rubbing to extremities, the backstrip torn in places, a section of floral paper torn away from the foot of the backstrip and the lower wrapper, an old ink stain to the head of the spine), Oxford, small 4to (190 x 155mm), 1722. A FINE, PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED, MANUSCRIPT, IN ORIGINAL CONDITION, OF RECIPES COMPILED BY THE HEAD COOK OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD. It is unusual to have such a manuscript dated precisely and even more unusual to know something of the person who compiled it. About seven other similar manuscripts inscribed "Radolphus Ayres" and dating from the first half of the 18th-century have been variously identified, although it is possible that some records of those not preserved in institutions have been duplicated as they have appeared in the trade. In light of the fine condition of the present manuscript and absence of old revisions, addenda and food-staining - a common fate of early cookery books - it seems likely that these copies were intended less for use as everyday "working" cookery books and, more likely, as gifts to friends or fellow cooks, in order to preserve the recipes for posterity. Ralph Ayres is recorded as being Head Cook at New College at various times in the 18th-century, with one recipe in the present manuscript referring specifically to the college ("new colledg puddings"). The first entry in the manuscript is unusual in being a "Receipt", or remedy, "... for ye shortness of Breath", but thereafter only recipes or food preservations are included: for example, "Mackrouns", "To make the Ice for the Cake", "To make Oxford Sausages", "To make Naples Bisket", "To pott pigeons or partridges", "To make a Dish of Scottch Collops", "To make a Good Beef Gravey", "To make London Wiggs [i.e. tea biscuits or cakes]", "To make a Quaking puding [so-called because, if properly prepared, it was meant to wobble]", "To make a dish of new Collidg puddings", "To make Ayres' his pancakes", "To make Cheescakes", "To preserve Damsons for tarts", "To make Ginger bread", "To make Ayres' his puding" and "To fricacie a Couple of Rabits or 3 larg Chickins". The last recipe in the manuscript, "To make Shrubb", is written in a different hand, and inscribed and dated, "[?]Transviglo [?]J. W. [indistinct third initial], 8 Sept 1751". Loosely-inserted on two separate paper slips are "To make Grape Wine" (not in the same hand) and "A Receipt to prevent too much sweating in a weak person" (in a different hand, but 18th-century). Two similar manuscripts, in near-identical floral-pattern bindings, are recorded in Oxford: one at the Bodleian (MS. Don. e. 89), dated 1721, and one in the archives of New College itself (NCA 962), dated 1719. The Bodleian record identifies a third from its reproduction in a book privately-printed in 1922 titled A Little Book of Recipes of New College Two Hundred Years Ago. The present location of this third manuscript is unknown but it cannot be ours since it was signed "Radolphus Ayres Cook of Newcolidg in Oxford 1721"; a further similar manuscript, inscribed "Radolphus Ayers [sic], Cook, 1715", was recently handled by Peter Harrington. In 2006, the Bodleian published Ralph Ayres' Cookery Book which contains a facsimile of their own manuscript, edited and with an introduction by Jane Jakeman in which she describes the elaborate traditions and cuisine of an Oxford college dining hall in the mid-18th-century, and more specifically of New College under Ralph Ayres: "It was a cuisine appropriate to the community it served, one which still conducted itself with some formality ... Dinner, usually served in Oxford between midday and 2 pm in the mid-eighteenth century, was the main meal of the day, at which dons were expected to wear white waistcoats, wigs and gowns ... At a dinner [at New College] in 1774 the first course included cod with oysters, ham, fowls, boiled beef, rabbits smothered with onion, mutton, veal chops, port griskins (lean part of the loin), New College Puddings, Mince Pies and roots (vegetables). In the second course were roast turkey, haunch of venison, a brace of woodcocks, snipes, veal olives, trifle, blancmange, stewed pippins and preserves quinces ... At supper, potted and salted meats, important recipes in Ayre's book, would have been consumed. The day might be rounded off with a snack, perhaps a hot pie or some small cakes, served with punch, an egg-flip or a negus of spiced wine and lemon, and at last the weary cooks could repose. Until breakfast, of course!" The book's foreword by David Vaisey, Bodley's librarian from 1986 to 1996, compares the text of the two Oxford copies and the third "lost" one: "The collection of recipes is substantially the same in all three manuscripts: the recipes occur in the same order, and two manuscripts (those from Bodley and from New College) are probably in the same handwriting". Both the handwriting and the order of the recipes in the present manuscript are almost identical to the two copies in Oxford, and its discovery can only shed further light on "Radolphus Ayres" who we can see - perhaps fancifully - as an 18th-century precursor of the modern "celebrity chef". RARE.

MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later 18th-century], 8vo, contemporary boards. FIVE APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED WORKS, of unknown authorship, on gardening, husbandry, forestry, etc. Please see the full description below.MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - "The Flower Garden; in Two Parts. The First Part, Contains the Culture of all the Annual and Bienl. Plants and Flowers, together with all Bulbous Rooted Flowers, and Aquaticks. Part the Second, Contains the Culture of all the Perenl. Plants, divided into Classes according to Their different sizes; with whatever is necessary in regard to the Flower Garden, Parterres, Lawns, Walks, Basons, Temples, &c. With a list of such Flowers as Blow [sic] through every month of the Year." Pages [1]-46, with very small and dense text written in red and black on paper, trimmed and mounted, as throughout the whole manuscript; "Kitchen Garden. Part the 1st [Part the 2nd]." Pages 47-87, with printed text cut and mounted from another work, apart from the last 6-pages which are in manuscript; "Wilderness. In Two Parts. Part the first Contains The Culture of all Timber, and other Trees, together with Underwoods, and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs as will endure the open Air ... Part the 2d, profit arising from the planting of an Acre of Land with Timber and underwoods in twenty five years ... " [etc.] Pages 88-131, all in manuscript; "The Greenhouse Containing the proper Rules for Raising and Cultivating near Five Hundred Plants, which require the shelter of A House; together with the Best Method of Building of Green Houses, Glass Cases, Dry Stoves, and Bark Stoves." Pages 132-177, manuscript; pp.178-179 blank; "The Gardener's Remembrancer. Shewing the Works to be done in the Flower Garden, Wilderness, The Green House, and the Stove, in Every month through the Year." Pages 180-221, manuscript; the volume concluded by a 28-page manuscript index. [No place: no date, but [?]second half of the 18th-century], 5 works in one volume, almost entirely in manuscript, comprising a total of 249-pages, 8vo (190 x 125mm). Contemporary suede-backed paper boards (boards heavily rubbed). Provenance: John Hall (old armorial bookplate, with the name and "No. 523" added in manuscript); "J.W." ([?]initials at the head of the first page of the manuscript, and in the same hand, [?]possibly those of the elusive author); later pencil annotation to the margins of the first page, so faint as to be almost entirely illegible. FIVE APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED AND INTRIGUING MANUSCRIPT NATURAL HISTORY WORKS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME, in original condition, of unknown authorship, on gardening, husbandry, forestry and related subjects.

MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., in a fine italic hand, [mid-late 18th-century], 536-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., with additional index pages, all in an exceptionally fine italic hand, [mid-late 18th-century], 536-pages, folio (322 x 205mm). Contemporary full vellum, marbled endpapers (some staining, spine darkened). Provenance: "Precedent. [?]Frans Ward" and illegible volume number written in old manuscript on the spine, [?]"Frans Ward" repeated in old manuscript on the front pastedown (some staining to the vellum); very occasional later pencil annotation; later pencil note listing the most interesting cases and page numbers taped to the front free endpaper, and another similar loosely-inserted.

MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, [late 18th-century/early 19th-century], 2 volumes, c.250-pages, small 4to, contemporary full vellum (rather worn). (2)MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, written in several different hands, two, three or four to a page, with an index on the front pastedown of one volume (some leaves bound in upside-down, others detached or loosely-inserted), [late 18th-century/early 19th-century, with the date 1822 appearing in one volume], 2 volumes, c.250-pages, small 4to (205 x 165mm). Contemporary full vellum (rather worn, one volume lacking the spine, stained, inner hinges weak). Provenance: "Messrs. Cockerell, Trail & Co., Calcutta, Bengall. London Agents. Messrs. Wm. Paxton & Co., No. 24 Surrey Street, Strand, London" (old inscription on the front pastedown of one vol.); Mary Eames (old signature); various names ("Mrs Eames", "Miss Ashe", "Mrs Marshall", "Miss Drake", etc.) appended to some recipes; Clement Ingleby, Haslemere (modern label). Cockerell, Trail & Co., later Palmer & Co., was at one time the largest Agency House in British India, specialising in the export of Indigo. It closed down in 1830. Its connection with the present manuscript is unclear. (2)

DAVIES, G. C. (1849-1922, photographer). The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk, London, [1883-84], First & Second Series, folio, 48 fine photogravure plates, unbound as issued in original half cloth portfolios. FIRST EDITION. RARE. (2)DAVIES, George Christopher (1849-1922, photographer).  [Title from the upper cover of the portfolios:] The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk. London: Jarrold & Sons, [1883-84]. First & Second Series, folio (388 x 286mm). 48 fine photogravure plates printed on "plain paper" by T. & R. Annan after George Christopher Davies, with very small printed captions pasted onto the lower left corners of each, the image size 110 x 148mm (some spotting to 4 plates in the Second Series ("Barton Staithe", "Fritton Lake", "Wildfowl Decoy at Fritton. Looking Up Pipe" and "Wildfowl Decoy at Fritton. Purse Net at end of Pipe"), the other plates generally very clean with occasional light marginal spotting not affecting images). Unbound, as issued, in the two original half cloth printed portfolios, the first portfolio lacking ties (portfolios lightly stained and scuffed), both portfolios contained in a modern box. FIRST EDITION of this collection of beautiful and evocative photographs by "the man who found the Broads", according to his obituary by Charles Carrodus, and the first of the great Broads photographers. He was also a keen yachtsman and angler. "No. 16" is written in contemporary manuscript on the pastedown of the first portfolio, signifying that this is No. 16 of 250 sets on plain paper. A contemporary [1884] publisher's advertisement for the second portfolio [not present] states: "Only fifty sets on India Paper have been prepared at £2.2s per set, and 250 sets on plain paper, at £1.1s. per set. No further copies will be printed, and no further series of these views will be issued." Provenance: R. C. Fiske (modern armorial ex-libris label in box); A. [?]J. Buxton, 1885 (signature on upper cover of the Second Series portfolio); from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023); various notes, newspaper clippings, etc. relating to the work loosely-inserted. RARE. (2)

PHOTOGRAPHY, STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES - A collection of 47 stereoscopic slides of various subjects including Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Sandringham, etc., one taken inside Crystal Palace, portraits, and one of the full moon, various makers, [c.1860s-80s]. (47)PHOTOGRAPHY, STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES - A collection of 47 photographed stereoscopic slides of various subjects including Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Sandringham, etc., one taken inside Crystal Palace (dated "1868" in manuscript on the verso), a number of portraits, and one of the full moon, a few hand-coloured, various makers, or 'home-made', [c.1860s-80s], contained in a modern album. Provenance: from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023). (47)

The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong 4to, 43 mounted photographs, with 2 additional photographs at the end including one of 2 schoolgirls' cricket teams, morocco. PRESENTATION COPY. RARE. With a related map. (2)The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm. Text leaf printed in red and blue with a gold initial, 43 mounted silver gelatin photographs including a double-page "Panorama of Abu looking North from Jeypore House" [counted as one], each photograph captioned in manuscript, with two additional mounted photographs at the end, the first captioned, "The Interior of the Abu Church. Memorial Tablet to Col. Walter", the second, a RARE early photograph of two schoolgirls' cricket teams, some of the players holding cricket bats, captioned, "The Ladies of Abu v The Lawrence School Girls, played at Abu, May 1st 1895", with the names of each player added in manuscript beneath, including one "Miss Abbott", probably the daughter of the album's recipient (without a title page, as issued, the endpapers and text leaf spotted and lightly browned, some marginal spotting and staining to the mounts, but the photographs largely unaffected, text leaf a little frayed, some tissue guards lacking). Original black morocco "Bound at Education Society's Press, Byculla" [label], lettered and ruled in gilt, with cornerpieces in blind, gilt edges (rubbed, mainly at corners, a few scuff marks to the upper cover, some scratching and white-ink spotting). PRESENTATON COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Presented to Colonel H. B. Abbott [i.e. Henry Byam Abbott (1843-1914)] as a mark of friendship by his sincere friend H. H. Maha Rao of Sirohee [sic], Kaishree Singh, Dated Sirohee, 30th August 1896." The Maharao of Sirohi, Sir Kaishree Singh-ji Bahadur (1857-1920), ruled over the Sirohi Princely State, including Mount Abu, from 1875 until his death in 1920. Also included in the lot is a mounted photograph portrait by Johnston & Hoffmann, Calcutta, inscribed, "Your sincere friend, [?]Bhawaris Singh, 25.12.[?]1910." The printed text leaf at the front of the album, headed "Abu or Ar-Budha", states: "This isolated mountain is situated in the Native Rajput State of Sirohi, the Chief of which belongs to the Deora branch of the Chohan clan of Rajputs. At its summit it is about 14 miles long from north to south, and it varies in breadth from about 2 to 4 miles. Guru Sikar, its highest point, is 5,653 feet above sea-level, but the southern portion, where the Sanitarium and Station are, is not more than 4,000 feet. For ages Abu has been held sacred by Hindus and Jains as the abode of gods, sages, and holy men, hence its Sanscrit name of Ar-Budha, or 'Mountain of Wisdom'. Colonel Todd was the first European to visit it in 1822, and it began to be used as a Sanitarium for British troops in 1840; three years afterwards the first barracks were built, and about the same time the Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana first made it his headquarters. At the present time the Sirohi and other Chiefs of Rajputana, as well as many Europeans, use Abu as a summer-resort ... Many of these places of interest will be found depicted in this book." RARE. Please note that every photograph in the album is illustrated, with some photographs illustrated more than once. With J. G. Bartholomew's Thacker's Reduced Survey Map of India (Calcutta & London, 1907, large coloured lithographed map mounted on linen, folding into original blue cloth folder, signed on the front pastedown, "Henry Byam Abbott, April 1907"). (2)

ROLFE, Frederick (1860-1913, i.e. "Baron CORVO"). Three Tales of Venice, [London], The Corvine Press, [1950], 8vo, buckram. LIMITED TO 140 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 10 ON "GOATSKIN PARCHMENT PAPER." JULIAN SYMONS' COPY. With another related. (2)ROLFE, Frederick (1860-1913, i.e. "Baron CORVO").  Three Tales of Venice. [London:] The Corvine Press, [1950]. 8vo (225 x 145mm). Half title, printed on "Goatskin Parchment paper". Contemporary blue buckram gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, top edges gilt, others uncut. The printed limitation leaf states: "These three tales ["Venetian Courtesy", "On Cascading into the Canal", "An Ossuary of the North Lagoon"] were published in the issues of Blackwoods Magazine for June, July and September, 1913. They are here reprinted by kind permission of the Editor and the executors of the late A. J. A. Symons. 140 copies have been printed on hand-made paper numbered 1 to 140. (Ten extra copies printed on Goatskin Parchment paper and lettered A to J are not for sale.) The type has been dispersed. This is No. [added in manuscript:] J[ulian] S[ymons]". With a file of related photostat material. Provenance: Julian Symons (1912-94, British crime writer and poet [and younger brother and biographer of A. J. A. Symons], with "Julian Symons: His Copy" stamped in gilt on the upper cover); "Julian Symons' copy" (later pencil note on the front free endpaper); from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster. (2)

CONRAD, Joseph (1847-1924). Autograph letter, signed ("J. Conrad"), to [Edward] Garnett, [n.p.], 13 February [1897]. Six-pages, 159 x 100mm, on a bifolium and a singleton. On his pleasure at an acknowledgement from Henry James. (6)CONRAD, Joseph (1847-1924).  Autograph letter, signed ("J. Conrad"), to [Edward] Garnett, n.p., 13 February [1897]. Six-pages, 159 x 100mm, on a bifolium and a singleton. On his pleasure at an acknowledgement from Henry James. Conrad expresses his delight at receiving an inscribed copy of James's "The Spoils of Poynton" (a response to Conrad's having sent him a copy of "The Outcast of the Islands" the previous year with a laudatory inscription). He praises the book, "as good as anything of his [i.e. James's] – almost", comparing it with "a great sheet of plate glass", but criticising its length and expressing sympathy with "the man in the street trying to read it ... One could almost see the globular lobes of his brain painfully revolving and crushing, mangling the delicate thing". He sends Garnett 30-pages of a manuscript (presumably for his novella "The Children of the Sea") although admitting to feeling "heartily ashamed of them"; the letter concludes with a description of his wife's fortitude in reading James's novel. "I had this morning a charming surprise in the shape of the 'Spoils of Poynton' sent me by H. James with a very characteristic and friendly inscription on the fly leaf. I need not tell you how pleased I am. I have already read the book. It is as good as anything of his – almost – a story of love and wrongheadedness revolving around a houseful of artistic furniture. It's Henry James and nothing but Henry James. The delicacy and tenuity of the thing are amazing. It is like a great sheet of plate glass – you don't know it's there till you run against it. Of course I do not mean to say it is anything as gross as plate glass – It is only as pellucid as clean plate-glass. The only fault I find is its lenght [sic]. It's just a trifle too long." The critic and editor Edward Garnett (1868-1937) acted as something of a literary mentor to Conrad throughout his career. The exchange of books between Conrad and Henry James was the beginning of a long but somewhat turbulent literary friendship. Published in Letters from Joseph Conrad, 1895-1924, ed. E. Garnett (1928). Provenance: James Gilvarry – his sale, Christie's, New York, 7 February 1986, lot 173. (6)

SEGOVIA, Andrés (1893-1987). Autograph music manuscripts comprising an important collection of transcriptions and works commissioned by Segovia for the guitar, [n.d.]. 21 manuscripts, together 60-pages, various sizes, 335 x 265mm to 225 x 175mm.SEGOVIA, Andrés (1893-1987).  Autograph music manuscripts comprising an important collection of transcriptions and works commissioned by Segovia for the guitar, [n.d.]. 21 manuscripts, together 60-pages, various sizes, 335 x 265mm to 225 x 175mm. Representing Segovia's significant efforts to develop a substantial classical repertoire for the guitar and to integrate the instrument into the Western art-music tradition. A number of the pieces in the present collection have become core components of standard guitar performing repertoire, including Bach’s "Little Prelude" and Torroba’s "Sonatina". The manuscripts contain distinctive features of Segovia’s work, including characteristic Segovia fingerings, such as the E played on the 14th fret of the 4th string rather than using an open fingering in the opening of Grieg’s "Chant National", and the use of harmonics, for example in a transcription of a Beethoven minuet. They bear witness to Segovia's relationships with contemporary composers who helped him establish a body of works for the instrument, including Manuel Ponce, a major composer within the guitar canon, whose works were often dedicated to Segovia. Particularly significant in this collection is music by Federico Moreno Torroba, whose "Sonatina" is represented in unpublished versions, evidencing the collaborative process undertaken by the guitarist and composer. There are two editions of the allegretto movement, one of which differs substantially from the version which is performed today, and a manuscript containing working sketches for the third movement from the same work. Transcriptions of works by Debussy, Franck and a number by Schumann are also present, as well as a set of voice-leading exercises. Please note that only a small part of the lot is illustrated.

BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, with wide painted decorative borders, folio (420 x 310mm), VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary highly elaborate panelled armorial morocco with garnets. Please see the full description.BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, written on the rectos only, both leaves with wide painted decorative armorial, allegorical and foliate borders, one incorporating a fireman's helmet and other equipment, the illumination on the first page signed and dated "E. Riester, [18]92", the manuscript written in a dense black-letter script with elaborate initials, folio (420 x 310mm). VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary highly elaborate panelled armorial morocco gilt over boards, the upper cover with a crowned gilt metal coat-of-arms in relief with red enamel bend, gilt metal cartouches at each corner, each with a central red bezel-set garnet, the upper cover dated in gilt at the lower panel "24 April 1892", the lower cover with gilt metal roundels at each corner, each with the same stone, wide dentelles, watered silk liners. Provenance: an old paper ([?]library or auction house) label pasted onto the corner of the lower cover of the binding; a number of related old mounted photographs loosely-inserted. The manuscript is an effusive tribute from the Fire Service of Baden to Frederic I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826-1907) on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his becoming the Duke in 1892, having been Regent and Heir Presumptive from 1852-55 during his brother's poor mental health. It states: "Durchlauchtigster Grossherzog gnädigster Fürst, Stolze, verantwortungsreiche Aufgabe hat Euerer Königlichen Hoheit Gottes Vorsehung beschieden. Edelste Hingebung an den hohen Beruf hat es Euerer Königlichen Hoheit leicht werden lassen, die schwere Arbeit während vierzigjähriger segensreicher Regierungszeit herrlich zu vollführen. Wenn heute Badens Volk Euerer Königlichen Hoheit für die treueste, aufopferndste Pflichterfüllung in dem hohen Berufe auf dem Throne der Zähringer aus innerstem Herzen kommenden Dank zujubelt, so möchte jeder badische Feuerwehrmann, wie in der Stunde der Noth, so auch heute an Euerer Königlichen Hoheit und Badens schönstem Ehrentage mit in erster Reihe stehen, da es gilt, dem edlen Herrscher zuzujauchzen, welchem die Herzen aller Badener in aufrichtiger, inniger Liebe zugehören. Dem Dank des Bürgers darf der Feuerwehrmann stolz noch eherbietigen Tribut der Bewunderung hinzugesellen für das leuchtende Vorbild in Erfüllung der Devise: 'Gott zur Ehr' dem Nächsten zur Wehr', für die treue Obsorge, deren sich Badens Feuerwehren alle Zeit von ihrem erhabenen Gönner, ihrem allverehrten Landesfürsten, nicht minder von ihrem erhabenen Protektor, Erbgroßherzog Friedrich erfreuen dürfen. Möge es Euerer Königlichen Hoheit allergnädigst gefallen, am heutigen Tage die Huldigung der Feuerwehren Badens entgegenzunehmen. Möge die Gnade Gottes Euere Königliche Hoheit und Euerer Königlichen Hoheit treueste Stütze in Haus und Land, Ihre Königliche Hoheit die Frau Großherzogin, die erlauchte Fürstin unseres Landes, uns noch viele, viele Jahre erhalten. Des Himmels Segen ruhe auf unserem geliebten Großherzoglichen Hause! Pforzheim den 24. April 1892. Der Ausschuß des badischen Landes-Feuerwehr-Vereins." [English translation:] "Most serene Grand Duke and Gracious Prince, God's providence has bestowed upon Your Royal Highness a proud and responsible task. The noblest devotion to the high profession has made it easy for Your Royal Highness to carry out the hard work marvellously during forty years of blessed reign. If today Baden's people cheer Your Royal Highness for the most faithful, most self-sacrificing fulfilment of duty in the high profession on the throne of the House of Zähringen from the bottom of their hearts, then every Baden firefighter would like to be in the front row, as in the hour of need, so also today on Your Royal Highness’s and Baden's most beautiful day of honour, when it is necessary to cheer the noble ruler, to whom the hearts of all Baden’s inhabitants belong in sincere, heartfelt love. To the thanks of the citizen, the fireman may proudly add a tribute of admiration for the shining example in fulfilment of the motto: 'To Honour God, Defend your Neighbour', for the faithful care that Baden's fire brigades have always enjoyed from their exalted patron, their revered sovereign, and no less from their exalted protector, Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich. May it please Your Royal Highness most graciously to accept the homage of Baden's fire brigades today. May the grace of God preserve Your Royal Highness and Your Royal Highness's most loyal support in house and country, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess, the illustrious Princess of our country, for many, many years to come. May Heaven's blessing rest upon our beloved Grand Ducal House! Pforzheim, 24 April 1892. The Committee of the Baden State Fire Brigade Association." The manuscript is signed by 7 unidentified individuals at the end, presumably members of the Committee. Bellmans is grateful to Christopher Gillibrand for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Provenance: from the Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell.Further details regarding the provenance on the Bellmans website here

BULOW, Hans von (1830-94). A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v. Bülow"), to Dr Carl Gille, Berlin, Munich and elsewhere, 18 November [1863] - 30 May 1869. In German. Together c.75 pages, mostly on his relations with Wagner and Liszt.BULOW, Hans von (1830-94, German conductor, pianist and composer).  A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v. Bülow"), to Dr Carl Gille, Berlin, Munich and elsewhere, 18 November [1863] - 30 May 1869. In German. Together c.75 pages, most 218 x 142mm; with typed transcripts; also with an autograph manuscript by Antonio Polzelli and an autograph letter signed by Arthur Nikisch. An important series of letters, full of musical news, including on preparations for the premiere of "Tristan und Isolde" and his relations with Wagner and Liszt. Bülow's frenetic activity as a pianist and conductor is referred to throughout, with the early letters in particular noting his numerous concert tours. Bülow's father-in-law, Franz Liszt, is a frequent subject, especially in relation to the oratorio "Die heilige Elisabeth", with whose performance and publication Bülow was closely involved. However, from 1864 and his move to Munich as Kapellmeister, the personality of Richard Wagner dominates, with frequent reference to news of the composer and to performances of his works. A letter of 14 April 1865 is particularly freighted with meaning, reporting that Bülow's wife Cosima had given birth to a daughter (of which in reality the father was Wagner), "probably to be called Isolde", and giving news of the many rehearsals for the premiere of "Tristan und Isolde", so far comprising 11 with piano and 3 with orchestra: "Everything is going as smoothly as one could expect or wish for"; also reporting Wagner's refusal to have the overture to "Meistersinger" performed anywhere without his oversight, as "The tempo nuances are so uncommonly difficult that the work can only achieve the necessary understanding under the baton of the composer or Liszt" – or possibly of Bülow; on 6 May he reacts to the report that an unauthorised performance of the overture is to go ahead in Dessau, apparently with Gille's involvement, and offers some advice, as well as giving further reports on preparations for the premiere of "Tristan", which has now had 18 orchestral rehearsals. Writing from Pest on 21 August 1865 he concludes a letter by offering Wagner's excuses for not writing to Gille, adding "We should all wish that he dips his pen only for music paper!". On 25 February 1866 he announces Wagner's completion of Act I of "Meistersinger" ("Das Finale war ein grosses Stück Arbeit"), and the following week reports on plans for performances of Lohengrin and Tannhäuser. The last letter of the series, on 30 May 1869, announces plans for "Das Rheingold" to be premiered on Ludwig II's birthday, 25 August. The letters cover a crucial period in Bülow's career, in the transition from his immensely successful career as a piano virtuoso and conductor to his appointment in 1864 in Munich as Hofkapellmeister, in which capacity he conducted the premieres of two Wagner operas, "Tristan und Isolde" and "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"; from 1867 he was director of the Munich Königliche Musikschule. It was at this period that his wife, Cosima (daughter of Franz Liszt), began a long and public affair with Wagner which was to culminate in their marriage in 1870 (he never spoke to Wagner again). Dr Carl Gille (1813-1899) was a lawyer and Hofrat at Jena; he was also a close friend and correspondent of Franz Liszt. Seventeen of the letters are published in Hans von Bülow: Briefe und Schriften (1896-1908). Please note that only a small part of the lot is illustrated. Provenance: Sotheby's, 19 May 1989, lot 381.

MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, [mid-18th-century], c.170-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, with the alphabetical contents at the front, "A. The names of the possessors of Auldearn and their [?]rents &c. are contained from page 68 to page 103 ...  F. The names of the possessors of Flemington and their rents &c. are contained from page 50 to 67 ... K. The names of the possessors of the [illegible words] & [?]Stathnairn are contained from page 1 to page 50" (some wormtracks to first few leaves), [mid-18th-century], c.170-pages, including many blank pages at the end, folio (314 x 210mm). Contemporary full vellum, with illegible [?]place name and date "December 10th 1751" written in old manuscript on the upper cover (some staining).

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84) - Johnsoniana, London, John Murray, 1836, 8vo, engraved plates, FINELY BOUND in half tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf. With a one-page autograph letter from John Murray IV loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84) - Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr Johnson. London: John Murray, 1836. 8vo (222 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title with vignette, and 43 plates, one folding, verso of p.529 blank [see provenance footnote], 17pp. of publisher's advertisements at the end (the plates lightly browned, one plate torn at margin without loss). FINELY BOUND in tan half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments with decorative motifs stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine a little darkened with a small scuff mark to lowest compartment). Provenance: Loosely-inserted is an autograph letter from the publisher John Murray IV (1851-1928) relating to this copy, on paper headed "50, Albermarle Street, W.", dated July 21, [19]09, stating, "Dear Sir, I am rather puzzled by yours of yesterday. I have one copy of Johnsoniana and in it p.530 is printed on the same page as 529 (as is natural). The page begins 'during my travels, written to him from [?]Loca [?]Solemnia' ... and ends with the imprint of 'A. Spottiswoode, New Street Square'. We have no 'waste' of this book remaining, [illegible word], John Murray. To [?]Mr F. Blackburn." A pencil note on the blank page in question reads: "This is the last page of the book, but is unaccountably blank. I wrote to Mr Murray about it; see his answer attached to fly leaf at the front. F. Blackburn, 1909." The missing text and colophon in this copy has been supplied in ink manuscript. FIRST EDITION.

RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places", written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages, with a typed covering letter from the author, contained in a cloth box.RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).  The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters [as eventually published] of "Friends in Low Places", the second novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence, written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages of A4 paper, with authorial crossings-outs, amendments and inserts throughout, often substantial, and with p.38 and p.82 consisting of a single typed sentence only, unbound, the whole contained in a cloth book box. The manuscript comprises the first 72-pages, or the first three chapters (subsequently named "A Game of Chance", "A Game of Chess" and "Cupid and Psyche"), of the published novel. With a one-page typed covering letter from the author, dated October 14, 1964, addressed, "236, London Road, Deal," stating: "Dear Dr. Schwartz, The enclosed is the [inserted in manuscript:] MS of the [typed:] first two [sic] chapters of the novel I am now writing --- Friends in Low Places, which is to be Vol. II of my 10 volume novel, 'Alms for Oblivion'. If you are interested, I can send you the rest of the MS as it becomes available --- that is, after I have typed it out. This I usually do at the end of each chapter. Yours sincerely ..." [unsigned]. We have been unable to identify "Dr Schwartz", the recipient of the letter, although it may be part of an elaborate in-joke between Raven and Anthony Blond, his publisher throughout his writing career, who was Jewish: "Schwartz" is a name of Yiddish origin meaning black. Literary manuscripts by Simon Raven are very rare at auction: so rare, in fact, that we have been unable to trace any. Provenance: from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster.

CLANRICARDE, HUBERT GEORGE DE BURGH CANNING, MARQUIS MANUSCRIPT His last Will and Testament, February 1916, apparently the original document, mostly in a secretarial hand, signed by Clanricarde and witnessed by a housekeeper and butler. One page, with cognate blank, leaving legacies to his niece and nephew Burga and Mark Weyland, and the bulk of the estate to his great nephew Harry Lascelles, eldest son of his nephew Henry Earl of Harewood; together a manuscript letter of instruction to his solicitor concerning his Will; and with an earlier cancelled will dated 1874. The earlier cancelled Will desires that 'at my death two competent physicians be called in to ascertain with the utmost care that I am really dead, and not merely in a swoon, trance or fainting fit'.

Flintoft's Collection of Mosses in the English Lake District, Flintoft's Collection of Mosses in the English Lake District, collection of mounted specimens with manuscript descriptions beneath each, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering

A Royal Navy Flying logbook for PO M C Crumbie 848 Naval Air Squadron, dating from 22nd October 1964 to 19th December 1972, manuscript entries including deployment in Malaya and the Far East, various aircraft including Wessex MKI and Whirlwind MK VII, with one notable entry of the ditching of a Whirlwind in Weymouth Bay 17th May 1968, and a photograph of the aircraft being recovered.

A WWI period midshipman's diary/log book for HMS 'Acorn' kept by N A K Money, circa 1914-16, manuscript entries in a three quarter cloth bound ledger.

A collection of 18th century manuscript accounts and documents relating to the sloop 'Sibella' by Thomas Phillips Jun. circa 1780s, including costs for pilotage, provisions, carpenters, rigging, porters for "discharging the Beef", a payment to "14 Men for Towing her in it being Calm", a large debit and credit account from 1781-1785 with details of cal cargoes from Neath and Swansea, and other documents relating to the Sibella and its cargo. Together with a copy of Rowett Jons, J 'The Smugglers Banker. The Story of Zephaniah Job of Polperro', second edition , 2008.*Notes- Owned by Thomas Phillips, the Sibella was engaged in trade between Cornish ports, the Scilly Isles and South Wales.

A midshipman's journal and photograph album for E W Sinclair,HMS 'magnificent' and HMS 'Britannia' 1906-1908, manuscript logs with additional sketches, three quarter cloth binding, the photograph album containing personal photographs as well as images aboard various ships including seaplane carrier HSS 'Hermes', a visit by King George V and the Surrender of the German Fleet November 21st 1918.

A mid 20th century midshipman's journal for HMS ' Ocean' and HMS 'Magpie', kept by P F R Barnes, dating from 27th October 1955, manuscript entries with additional technical drawings.

A midshipman's log for the Royal Navy Majestic-class battleship HMS 'Victorious', HMS 'Egmont' and HMS 'Leviathan' 1905-1905, kept by Francis H G Walker, from 1st June 1905 to 15th November 1906, manuscript logs with additional diagrams and sketches including a diagram and list of ships and positions 'L'entente Cordiale. Brest, July 10th-17th, 1904' and a list of ships taking part in the 'Battle of Korean Straits' (Battle of Tsushima, 1905). three quater cloth bound marbled boards.

An early 20th Century scale model of the American clipper 'Glory of the Seas', standing and running rigged over deck with lifeboats, cabins, and fittings, the hull painted black to waterline and copper beneath, on a mahogany plinth with manuscript label 'Glory of the Seas, Boston, 1869-1923', overall size 18cm x 16.5cm.*Notes- launched in 1869 and the last merchant vessel used by Donald Mckay.

A 19th century Midshipman's log book for the Royal Navy Steam sloop HMS 'Fury' 1860-61, kept by George Osbourne Moore, manuscript logs from February 22nd 1860 to June 19th , 1861, three quarter leather bindings, *Notes- Launched in 1845 HMS 'Fury' was a six gun paddle steamer serving in the Black Sea during the Russian War and later in the East Indies and China, taking part in the aftermath of the Battle of Tysami against the pirate fleet of Chui-A-poo for which she was awarded bounties.

A Victorian paper Christmas card model of a frigate in a glazed case, the lithograph printed ship set full sail and inscribed ; ' A Jolly Christmas' to jib sail and 'Victoria' to gunwale, on a waterline painted base, manuscript label to back of case 'Present from a sailor sailor to his mother,1866' the case 17x 31 x 9.5cm

An 8 3/4 inch brass helm, together with two bronze 4 inch portholes and a brass handrail mount with manuscript label 'From a wreck,1910 Crackington Haven'. (4)

A mid 20th century midshipman's journal for HMS 'Eagle' kept by J E A Marriott,dating from 3rd April 1956, manuscript entries with additional technical drawings.

Battle of Jutland. A WWI period midshipman's log book for the Royal Navy Town-class cruiser HMS 'Southampton', kept by Charles John Barton November 1914 to July 1916, manuscript entries including a five and a half page first hand account of the Battle of Jutland beginning May 31st , 1916 detailing action, damage and casualties. *Notes- Launched in 1912 HMS 'Southampton' saw extensive wartime action, taking part in the Battle of Heliogoland Bight and the Battle of Dogger Bank. At the Battle of Jutland she was the flagship of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron and torpedoed the German light cruiser SMS 'Frauenlob'. In his account Barton remarks '.. as soon as they saw we were flagship they let us have it, it only lasted 3 1/2 minutes, we had something about 20 killed outright and a lot mortally wounded...'

Victoria Circa 1800s Royal Seal With Original Casing and Manuscript, titled George Whyte No 159-76 Warrant as pictured.

Circa 1625 musical manuscript

Victoria Circa 1800s Royal Seal With Original Casing and Manuscript, titled James Whileford No 2783 -76 Warrant as pictured. Damage to one-side of the seal as pictured.

Four Vintage Publications to include Memories By Robert Louis Stevenson, London & Edinburgh.The Grey City Of The North By Jessie. M. King. 1910, Edinburgh. The Official Crest Of The British Army, with music manuscript as pictured.

Historical Document Creditors 100 page manuscript dated 1720, possibly for the estate of William Lockhart or Possible Wickershan Lanark

A Victorian Silky Oak and Tilt-Top Circular Breakfast Table, 3rd quarter 19th century, the moulded top above a plain frieze pivoting on an oak block with tapering support and carved socle, triform base and scrolled feet with recessed castors, the underside inscribed in manuscript THIS TABLE BELONGED TO CAROLINE ARMISTEAD A NIECE OF THOMAS RICHARDSON OF CLEVELAND LODGE GREAT AYTON132cm diameter, 75cm high

John Henry Campbell (1757 - 1829)ÿ(Attributed to) 'Wicklow Mountains from the Phoenix Park,' sepia and watercolour, approx. 18cms x 26cms (7' x 10'), with contemporary manuscript note on mount, in gilt frame. (1)

William Verner Longe, British (1857-1924) "The Grand National 1903 - The Canal Turn the last time Round," also "The National 1906 - The Water Jump," watercolour and gouache, a pair, each with manuscript legends of horses illustrated, each approx. 40cms x 55cms (16" x 22"),ÿsignedÿ mounted in matching frames. (2)