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Shanghai: 1868 October 18 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 2c brown and 30c orange-vermilion each cancelled by "B62" type B handstamp in black with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon alongside, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (October 18) transit and London S.W. (November 30) arrival c.d.s., light creasing to top of envelopeCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1869 June cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 8c orange and 24c green cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp in blue-green with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon below, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (June 8) transit and London S.W. (July 26) arrival c.d.s., trivial creasing still fine and attractiveCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1869 August 12 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 2c brown and 30c orange-vermilion cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp in black with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon alongside, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (August 17) transit and London S.W. (October 2) arrival c.d.s., light crease to left edge of envelope and manuscript notation at upper leftCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1870 January 18 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 8c orange (wing margin) and 24c green cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon alongside, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong (January 22) transit and London S.W. (March 7) arrival c.d.s., adhesives with faults still fine and attractiveCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1870 March 1 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 8c orange and 24c green cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp in blue with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon alongside, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (March 5) transit and London S.W. (April 18) arrival c.d.s., adhesives with faults and trivial creasing still fine and attractiveCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1870 November 1 cover to London endorsed "Via Southampton" bearing 48c rose-carmine tied by bold "S1" type A handstamp in blue with manuscript "2/-" in red ink alongside, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (November 12) transit and London S.W. (January 2, 1871) arrival c.d.s., vertical filing fold and minor soiling but an uncommon solo frankingCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1871 August 25 cover to London endorsed "Via Brindisi" bearing 6c lilac and 24c green cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp in blue with manuscript "1/3" in red crayon below, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch, Hong Kong code C (August 30) transit and London S.W. (October 13) arrival c.d.s., adhesives with faults otherwise fineCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1873 September 7 cover to London endorsed "Via Brindisi" bearing 12c pale blue (wing marginal) and 48c rose-carmine cancelled by "S1" type A handstamp in blue, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch (in blue), Hong Kong (September 11) transit and London S.W. (October 27) arrival c.d.s., envelope with minor creasing and manuscript notation at lower left still neat and very attractiveCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1875 March 25 cover to London endorsed "Via Brindisi" bearing 30c mauve tied by "S1" type A handstamp in blue, backstamped with Shanghai code A despatch (in blue), Hong Kong code A (March 29) transit and London S.W. (May 10) arrival c.d.s., corner crease and manuscript notation on front still neat and attractiveCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

French Indian Settlements: 1854 January 6 entire from Pondicherry to Marseille, with fine Pondicherry Paid rectangular ds for 6 Jan 1854. face also bears India paid crescent, `10` rate h/s, manuscript 2/7 and faint French arrival cds, reverse bears fine Madras GPO ds for 8 Jan, fineCountry: INDIA USED ABROAD

South Africa. 1912 1d cut-down Die Proof of complete design affixed to card, endorsed ‘April 28/240 leads’ in pen, and manuscript ‘No. 3’ in red

South Africa. 1927 Bradbury Wilkinson 1/- Plate Proofs. An imperforate example in each language, one headed ‘Fixed ink’ with manuscript ‘approved’ in red below; the other headed ‘Fugitive ink’, with a treated area. Affixed to card 164 x 107mm. B.W. label at base, faint ‘as submitted’ in pencil at top left. Ex De Villiers

South Africa. 1926 4d embossed Die Proof for Registered Postal Stationery envelope in salmon-pink on thick paper, ‘17/8/26 Soft’ in manuscript at bottom (the piece being 63 x 63mm). Several hinge marks on reverse but a lovely item

An interesting 19th Century manuscript ledger, wherein are recorded purchases of artwork and other objects, with vendors names, descriptions and prices, between September 1861 and March 1896.

India. An album of 35 sketches, 1930’s, pen, ink and watercolour studies of Hindu, Sikh, Gurkha, Rajputi, Kashmiri and Parsee male and female figures, others of animals, snake charmers, tea pickers, warriors, topographical studies of Udaipur, the Elephant Tower, Benares, Taj Mahal, Cawnpore etc., some with manuscript captions, notes, a few typescript and manuscript leaves, the largest 275 x 195mm (10.75 x 7.75ins), all mounted in original album, spine defective, 4to. A good quality snapshot of Indian life as seen by a western visitor during the inter-war period.. (1).

Lizars (W.H. pubs.). Lizars’ Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas: Containing Maps of every Empire, State and Kingdom; with a Tabular View of the Heights of the Great Mountain Chains......, pub. Edinburgh, n.d., c.1850, title page with slight spotting and late 19th century manuscript ownership initials and date (1888), sixty-eight engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring and one tabular view of the principal mountains of the world (complete as list), very occ. spotting, contemp. half morocoo gilt, a little rubbed and worn, folio. Contents generally bright and clean. (1).

Sea charts [The Baltic Sea and The Black Sea], 2 vols., pub. Hydrographic Dept. of the British Admiralty, c.1855, lacking? title pages, contemp. manuscript contents list to each vol., vol.1 with twenty-eight eng. sea charts of The Baltic Sea including five double page and one with contemp. outline colouring, vol.2 with twenty eng. sea charts of The Black Sea including three double page and one with contemp. outline colouring, some staining and soiling throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. half calf gilt with black gilt morocco title label to upper board, spines partially lacking, rubbed and worn large slim folio. The two atlases appear to be composite and compiled at or near the date of the charts. All the maps are engraved by J & C Walker. It is possible that the ‘Black Sea’ volume is taken from ‘The Euxine or Black Sea from the Russian Survey of 1836’, published by The British Admiralty in 1855; and produced presumably in anticipation of the outbreak of the Crimean War. (2).

Simons (Mathew). A Book of the Names of all the Parishes, Market Towns, Villages, Hamblets and Smallest Places in England and Wales; Alphabetically set down...., A Work very Necessary for Travellers, Quartermasters, Gatherers of Breefs, Strangers, Carriers and Messengers with Letters....., Printed by S.S. for John Garrett, 1677 title page and double page table of distances, two uncoloured folding engraved maps of England and Wales and Wales and thirty-seven (of 39, lacking Lancashire and Yorkshire) ‘thumb-nail’ maps incorporating a triangular mileage table, slight dust and finger soiling throughout, near contemp. ink manuscript annotations on verso of mileage table and to f.e.p’s, hinges and joints weak, contemp. sheep, worn and frayed with later repairs to lower corners, 8vo. Chubb LII. (1).

*Malta. Smith (Capt. W.H., R.N.), Plan of the Harbours and Fortifications of Valetta in the Island of Malta, pub. J.D.Potter, 1823, engraved hand coloured map with additional manuscript notes pertaining to the safety of anchorages, three engraved topographical vignettes, several repaired closed tears, 630 x 475mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Royal Engineers (pubs.),Map of the Island of Malta, c.1900, lithographic map with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting and staining, slight overall toning, 710 x 755mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2).

*Besler (Basil). Four engravings originally published in ‘Hortus Eystettensis’, [1613 or later], four hand coloured engravings, occ. slight creasing, one engraving with Latin text on verso with slight show through, one plt. with later manuscript text below tittles, each approx. 380 x 390mm. The prints comprise of:- Carduus Sphoero cephalus, Orobanche, Consolida Saracenica [and] Cataputia vulgaris. (4).

Baskerville Press. Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica Georgica, et Aeneis, 1st ed., later issue, Birmingham, 1757, ‘J’ of ‘Johannis’ on title positioned midway below the ‘B’ and ‘I’ of ‘Birminghamiae’, headline to p.133 badly spaced and p.143 mispaginated as p.341, occasional spotting, title with manuscript shelf number in red, modern brown morocco, 4to (Gaskell 1), together with Paradise Lost/Regained, by John Milton, 2 vols., Baskerville, 1760, one or two spots, modern blue morocco, 8vo (Gaskell 9 & 10), plus three others including Novum Testamentum, Oxford, 1763 and Catulli Tibulli et Propertii Opera, Birmingham 1772. (6).

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues..., Imprinted at London: by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1625], New Testament title within dec. woodcut border, lacking general title, Apocrypha present, black letter text throughout, colophon dated 1624 with manuscript signature to recto and inscription to verso of leaf, some running titles close-trimmed, few closed tears & old repairs, some marginal fraying and dust-soiling, bound with an incomplete Common Prayer, Psalms and genealogies at front of volume and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear, lacking free endpapers, contemp. calf, rebacked, 4to. Herbert 395. (1).

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David..., London: printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1707, borders ruled in red throughout, front blank free endpaper with early manuscript ownership ‘Grace Bateman Her Book’, a.e.g., contemp. gilt panelled and decorated morocco, joints cracked, 4to in 8s, together with The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New..., 2 vols., Cambridge: printed by John Archdeacon, 1769, general and New Testament titles present, endpapers renewed and with adhesive ownership label to front free endpaper of each, a.e.g., contemp. elaborate gilt dec. red morocco, 12mo, with The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David..., London: printed by John Baskett and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas’d, 1713, eng. port. frontis. and numerous eng. plts., a.e.g., contemp. gilt panelled and dec. morocco, 8vo, plus Historica Descriptio Complectens Vitam, ac Resgestas Beatissimi Viri Gulielmi Wicami..., Oxford, 1690, eng. armorial frontis. torn to upper blank corner and repaired, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine and corners repaired, 4to (5).

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, [and Psalter], Christopher Barker, 1581, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into Englishe Meter by Thomas Stern, John Hopkins and others..., John Day, 1580, 2 vols. in one, each with elaborate woodcut title (Prayer title printed in red and black and part coloured in red), large woodcut initials, Prayer title and first nine leaves with small repair (with resultant minor loss of text), single wormholes in text from A3-H7 not affecting legibility, light marginal water stain to last few leaves, final leaf verso of Prayer and verso of Psalter title with list of psalms in contemporary hand, Psalmes lacking final blank but two additional rear blanks with manuscript English psalms in contemporary hand, bookplate of George Norris, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, a few wormholes, neat reback, lacking clasps, modern cloth solander box, folio. STC 16309.2.. (1).

Leydecker (Melichor). Historia Ecclesiae Africanae Illustrata, qua Ecclesiae Africanae Origo, Status, Variaque Illius Fata & Interitus Exponuntur, 2 parts in one, Utrecht, 1690, titles printed in red and black with woodcut device, folding mezzotint portrait, folding engraved map of North Africa, occasional minor soiling, circular inkstamps to first title and front and rear, bookplate and inscriptions, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, soiled, 4to. Provenance: Cardinal Manning (1808-92), presentation inscription.. (1).

Smalridge (George). The Royal Benefactress: Or, the Great Charity of Educating Poor Children. In a Sermon Preached in the Parish-Church of St. Sepulchre, June I. 1710. Being Thursday in Whitsun-Week..., 1st ed., 1710, 44 pp., bound with at front A Sermon Preached Before the Queen at Whitehall, on 11th of April, 1690, by John Sharp, 1690, 33 pp., 2 pp. pubs. list, bound with A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Reverend John Scott, D.D., Late Rector of S. Giles in the Fields, March 15. 1694/5, by Z. Isham, 1695, half title, 27 pp., bound with The Necessity of a Present Repentance, in a Sermon Preach’d Before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen at Guildhall Chapel, March 10th, 1694/5, by William Bramston, 1695, half title, 25 pp., with six other sermons: A Sermon Preached begfore the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret’s Westminster on Wednesday the 21th of May 1690, by John Sharp, 1690; A Sermon Preach’d before the King at Kensington, Sunday, Jan. 20. 1695, by George Hooper, 1695; A Sermon Preached before the Queen at St. James’s Chapel, on November the 5th. 1705, by George Smalbridge, 1705 (title torn with loss); A Sermon, Preached at the Parish-Church of St. Dunstan in the West, on Sunday Dec. the 23rd, 1711, by George Smalridge, 1711; A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Right Honourable the Lady Margaret Mainard, at Little Easton in Essex. On the 30th of June, 1682, by Thomas Ken, 1682 and A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St Margarets Westminster, January 30, 1694, by Peter Birch, 1694, a few leaves trimmed affecting some lettering, one or two tears and corners torn away, a few spots, contemporary previous owner signature of Philadelphia Dyke, manuscript list at front, contemporary panelled calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo. (1).

[Hooker, Thomas]. The Christians, Two Chiefe Lessons, viz. Selfe Deniall and Selfe Tryall. As Also the Priviledge of Adoption and Triall thereof. In Three Treatises on the Texts Following: Matt. 16.24, Cor. 13.5., John 1.12.13, 1st ed., 1640, light marginal water stain and soiling, bookplate of Edward Beaumont Venn, contemporary previous owner signature of Thomas Bantofte to title verso, contemporary calf, manuscript label to spine, some edge wear, 8vo (STC 13724), together with The Life of Dr. Sanderson, Late Bishop of Lincoln. To which is added some short Tracts or Cases of Concience, written by the said Bishop, by Izzak Walton, 1st ed., 1678, four part titles, N2 with marginal repair, bookplate of Charles Finch, contemporary calf, some wear to spine, 8vo (Wing W667), plus Seven Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions. To which is Added, The Golden Rule; or, the Royal Law of Equity Explained, by John Goodman, 2 parts in one, 1697, 2 pp. pubs. list at end, previous owner signature of John Owen to first title, later navy morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo (Wing G1128), with other 17th c. theology, all 8vo. (10).

Unitarian Tracts. The Right and Duty of a Faithful and Fearless Examination of the Scriptures, Asserted in a Sermon, Preached at the Calvinist-Baptist Chapel, George Street, Hull... , Embracing the Unitarian Doctrine, by James Lyons, Harlow, 1808, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, bound with Aspland (Robert), The Beneficial Influence of Christianity on the Character and Condition of the Female Sex, a Sermon... , Hackney, [1812?], bound with eight others similar, all but one provincially published in Halifax, Harlow and Leeds, some browning, manuscript contents at front, modern quarter morocco, together with three unrelated volumes of 18th and 19th-c. sermons, various imprints, all 8vo (4).

Astronomy. Disputatio Canicularis De Meteoris, 1675, neat manuscript text by Friedrich Dietrichstain, Professor of Physics at Vienna, transcribed by Philipp Jacob Franz, eleven leaves, containing 22 pp. of small neat manuscript in brown ink, with illustration of the compass, bound with 5 pp. of manuscript index (generally unrelated), disbound without covers, small slim 4to (1).

*Scientific Illustrations. An album containing 110 engraved illustrations relating to mathematics, mechanics, architecture, geometry, astronomy, etc., c. 1680-1700, consisting of 110 engraved scientific illustrations, each trimmed and mounted, with early ownership signature of J. Jones to front endpaper stub, and early manuscript acquisition note to front pastedown, contemporary blind tooled full calf, rubbed, small 4to. A collection of engraved scientific illustrations without text, possibly from the Acta Eruditorum or similar journal.. (1).

Mawe (J.). Wodarch’s Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells, 4th ed., with Considerable Additions and Alterations, 1832, hand-col. frontis. and six hand-col. plts. at rear, some old manuscript annotations to text, later half morocco, rebacked, 12mo, together with Walton (Isaac and Cotton, Charles), The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing, with the Lives of the Authors: and Notes Historical, Critical, Supplementary and Explanatory, by Sir John Hawkins, pub. Samuel Bagster, 1808, frontis., eng. plts., engs. to text, some spotting and marginal browning, a.e.g., recent olive green morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Greenwood (Colonel George), The Tree-Lifter; Or, A New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees, 2nd ed., 1853, folding tinted litho. frontis., two foldings plts., 32 pp. publisher’s ads at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little chipped at head of spine, 8vo, and others of natural history and gardening interest, etc. (2 cartons).

Northumberland Manuscripts. Collotype Facsimile & Type Transcript of an Elizabethan Manuscript Preserved at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Transcribed and Edited with Notes and Introduction by Frank J. Burgoyne, 1904, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, together with Wyss (Johann), The Swiss Family Robinson, pub. Limited Editions Club, 1963, numerous tinted and b & w wood-engs. by David Gentleman, map endpapers, orig. linen-backed hessian with card slipcase (worn), 4to (limited edition 503/1500, signed by David Gentleman), with other miscellaneous books, including illustrated works, a few leather bindings, etc. (3 cartons).

Thomson (J., architect). Retreats: A Series of Designs, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Cottages, Villas, and Ornamental Buildings, 1st ed., 1827, half-title present, thirty-one fine hand-col. aquas., ten uncol. ground plans, 16pp pubs. ads. at rear, contents dampstained and fore-edge of a few leaves frayed and mould damaged (mostly affecting text leaves), later cloth, dust & dampsoiled, 4to (Abbey, Life, 76), together with [House of Lords], Manuscript List of the Lords Temporal in the Fourth Session of the Forty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 28 October 1958,manuscript listing signed by G.R. Bellew, Garter, bound with lists for 1st and 2nd session of the 42nd Parliament, the first being signed by G.R. Bellew, Garter, and the second by Anthony R. Wagner, Garter, contemp. half sheep account book binding, rubbed, folio., with other miscellaneous books including art reference, literature, heraldry, gardening, motoring and bookbinding reference etc., including The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf, 2nd ed., 1890, A Handy-Book about Books, by John Power, 1870 and Manual of Library Bookbinding by Henry T. Coutts, 1911 (4 cartons).

Vale Press. Mary Schweidler, The Amber Witch, The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known, Printed for Man in Perfect Manuscript by Her Father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow in the Island of Eusedom, edited by William Meinhold, Doctor of Theology, Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Sold by Acon & Ricketts, the Vale Press, 1903, decs. by C.S. Ricketts, orig. holland-backed boards, a little rubbed and darkened, folio (300 copies printed), together with Hill (Vernon), Ballads Weird and Wonderful, John Lane, London & New York, 1912, twenty-five full-page b & w illusts. with tissue guards, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth in sl. soiled d.j., 4to (500 copies printed), with other miscellaneous books, mostly children’s and illustrated works, including a few leather bindings, pictorial cloth bindings, Folio Society publications, etc. (6 shelves).

Luc (Jean Andre de). An Elementary Treatise on Geology ..., translated from the French manuscript by the late Rev. Henry de la Fite, 1st English ed., 1809, occ. spotting, old ink library stamps to title, contemp. boards, some wear, modern matching reback, 8vo (1).

Smith (James Edward, 1759-1828). [Manuscript of] Lectures on Botany by James Edward Smith, MD, FRS, President of the Linnaean Society, &c, Delivered in the Theatre, Guy’s Hospital, taken by James Perchard Tupper, MDCCXCVI, 1803, [so titled], four prelims. including title, dedication (to Richard Stocker from his sincere friend James Perchard Tupper, South Lambeth, January 1803), and contents, eighty leaves of text, mostly written to rectos only, one hand-drawn plt. by Tupper, the whole in a very neat hand, a few blank leaves at rear, contemp. calf, rubbed and some edge wear, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, 8vo. Around 1788 Smith became lecturer on botany at Guy’s Hospital and shortly afterwards began the publication of what is still known as Sowerby’s English Botany. Shortly after these lectures of 1796 Smith retired to Norwich, only visiting London to give an annual course of lectures at the Royal Institution. James Tupper, MD, FRCS, fl. 1811-1819, published ‘Essay on the Probability of Sensation in Vegetables... ‘ (1811) and ‘An Inquiry into Dr. Gall’s System Concerning Innate Dispositions, the Physiology of the Brain, and Materialism, Fatalism, and Moral Liberty’ (1819).. (1).

Two extensive legal Assignments relating 2 properties in Brass House Lane, Macclesfield manuscript on vellum leaves, dated 1822 and 1823; 2 other similar documents

A Manuscript Legal Practice Book, c 1800 of some 350 pp, detailing Methods of Bringing Actions in the Court of Session at Chester, Method of Holding the Court etc.; etc.; with forms of procedure, declaration and details of Precedents, disbound, but complete with indices front and back

Plan de la Bataille de Syptitz le 3em. Novbr. 1760 donnee entre l`Armee Imperiale Royale Sous les Ordres de S. Exce.le Gen. Field Marechal Com: de Daun et l`Armee Prussienne sous les Ordres de a Maj: le Roi. Manuscript folding map, pen and ink and watercolour on paper, with "Renvoy" panel, and 5 transformation flaps (one small stain), 490 x 730mm., in modern folder

[BOOK OF HOURS, in Old Church Slavonic.] Moscow: c. 1650. 4to (220 x 180mm). Printed in red and black on c. 360 leaves, title with large headpiece, partly or wholly in manuscript, hand coloured in in red and green, woodcut decorations and initials printed in red and black (some leaves cropped at foot, occasionally with slight loss, a few leaves torn and repaired, occasionally with slight loss, some quite heavy staining mainly towards the end, occasional spotting). Contemporary panelled calf rudely decorated in blind, brass studs in corners and at centre of lower cover, remnants of brass clasps (old repairs, upper cover scored from top to bottom and probably missing central brass stud, rubbed). Provenance: later ink inscriptions on front pastedown and front free endpaper, and at end. RARE

[KNELLER, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723) & Twickenham]. "The several Schedules of Deeds & Writings belonging to the respective Estates of Mr Timothy Hollis - Mr Isaac Hollis, Mr Leader Cox, and Mr Matthew Cox. Devised to them by the last Will & Testament of Mr Samuel Sandford deceased ... Estate Bought of Sir Godfrey Kneller - Schedule of Deeds and Writings of Mr Timothy Hollis belonging to his Estate at Twickenham Devised to him by Mr Samuel Sandford" [etc.]. Finely-written manuscript on 10 leaves of paper, secured with silk ribbon, dated December 10th, 1746, 420 x 340mm. With a "flyer" for an "Elegant Residence, Pleasure Grounds and Gardens, Stoke Newington ... Which Will be sold by Auction, by Mr Hoggart", dated 1822. (2)

LAUREL, Stan (1890-1965). A typed card, addressed to "Mr and Mrs Bod Hatfield" of Santa Clara, California, dated "April 9th. `62", stating, "Thanks Marie for letter, 6th.inst. so sorry to hear yours [sic] Mother is ill in bed - please convey our regrets & wishes for a speedy recovery - trust her ailment is`nt [sic] too serious. I have`nt [sic] been feeling too good myself lately, I get occasional spells of weakness, Dr. says it`s a condition of fluctuating blood pressure - enough to make a man burst out crying - I get so weak at times, I feel like a FORTNIGHT.!! (Thats one for you Bob.!!) Trust alls well with you two. Eda joins in all the best. Es ever ... STAN LAUREL. The Banjo Kid." The card is signed "Stan" in manuscript. 82 x 137mm

OMAR KHAYYAM (1048-1131). Rubaiyat ... Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London: Siegle, Hill & Co., [1910]. 4to (312 x 230mm). Title printed in red and black, coloured plates, illustrations and decorative borders, initials (occasional light spotting and staining). Original elaborate pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (joints splitting and reinforced with two pieces of adhesive tape, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper dated 1910. With 4 other books including Richard Wagner`s Siegfried Tweede Dag Van de Trilogie. De Ring Van Den Neveling (Antwerp, 1912, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, NUMBER 484 OF A LIMITED EDITION) and Hans Christian Andersen`s Sprookjes (Alkmaar, 1919, illustrated by Edmund Dulac). (5)

A 19th century Burmese-Pali kammawa-sa Buddhist manuscript, ten gilded leaves on metal with square text, the outer leaves richly decorated with birds, deities and acanthus leaves, between two kyan (wooden covers), gilded red lacquer, the leaves 50 x 9.5cm (19 3/4 x 3 3/4in)

A manuscript letter from Ernest Hemingway, Hotel Suecia, Madrid, dated May 21st [probably 1959] asking the recipient to `give a private showing to my good friend Rupert Bellville of your library copies of `The World of Nick Adams` and `For Whom the Bell Tolls`, accompanied by a copy of Que Es Torear? by Gregorio Corrochano in which the letter was found, a programme of bullfights in Madrid in May 1959 and a black and white photograph of Hemingway

AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF CHINESE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS COMPILED BY A MEMBER OF THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POLICE (1905-1930) containing approximately 600 private and known images of Chinese landmarks and daily life. Amongst the collection are photographs of the Yuan Ming Gardens, Shanghai Streets,Municipal courts and punishments. Many images identified with manuscript captions, observing and documenting various practices and local customs as seen through the eyes of a Western settler. See flickr for further images www.flickr.com/adams1887 One album with inscribed title page " Here and there through China - some snapshots which were taken on house boat trips by Messers Jake and Faylo, both officers of the SMP while on house boats in the company of myself. 1st Ship 1-7-08 2nd Ship 1-9-09 3rd Ship 1-6-10 3 albums with images varying in size and medium, together with a quantity of additional photographic postcards of similar interest. *The Shanghai Municipal Police was founded in 1854 and was tasked with the duty of safe-guarding the International Settlement at Shanghai until 1943. The Shanghai Settlement was one of the five treaty ports which were established under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 and was of predominantly British make up. The force which originally consisted of a small number of British nationals taken from the Hong Kong police unit would eventually tally almost 5,000 members. Many of the personnel had been recruited from Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth countries through the British delegates of the Municipal Council. In addition to the maintenance of general law and order within its boundaries, the marked function of the Municipal Police was to provide security and stability in the region, thus encouraging and protecting Western trade interests in a somewhat fragile environment. Whilst the S.M. Police was charged with controlling day to day regional law enforcement, they would also be the first line of defence against the Chinese Nationalist movements. Continuous opposition and resentment from the Chinese people had been very strong. An increased sense of patriotism had been developing and events such as the Taiping rebellion against the (western influenced) Manchu rule and the Boxer rebellion opposing the European powers would only enhance further hatred against colonial communities. Successive revolutions in 1913 and 1927 along with a more Nationalist government challenged the control of the Shanghai International community leading to increased attacks and instability at the settlement. Violent clashes between police and criminals were frequent. This rise in crime prompted a development of riot control measures, leading to the advancement of the renowned William Ewart Fairbairn publication "Shanghai Municipal Police Self-Defence Manual". Members of the Police unit were required to master 8-10 core techniques in a close combat situation and this improvised martial art proved to be a lasting legacy of the SMP. The Japanese invasion and occupation of China in August 1937 led to an increasing demographic of Japanese nationals in the region; and by 1941 a full Japanese takeover of Shanghai's International Settlement resulted in the disbandment of the SMP. British and Commonwealth officers of the Shanghai Municipal Police would hold their position until the disbandment and eventual integration with the National police force in 1943.

A Qur`an, (Koran), 18th Century and later hand written manuscript bound in full calf tooled leather cover, some damage and wear to all corners, folios curled and worn, one illuminated folio.

Manuscript Material A 19th century album of verse, artwork, etc., compiled by Frances Cruden (Gravesend connection), with some interesting contributions including; Capt. Markham Sherwill (mountaineer), 1835, 1 page discussion on the effects of climbing Mont Blanc on mental health; Royal Family, various cropped signatures; Charles Dickens, cropped signature; William Upcott, 1832, 1 p. verse; Charles Green (balloonist), 1842, 1 page account of his ballooning exploits; George Cruikshank, 1841, pen and ink sketch, signed and dated; gilt morocco with brass clasp (binding worn, some pages detached)

Military Manuscript - India The diaries and letter books of Private John William Scaife, No 2368 of E Company , 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, providing an interesting and detailed account of Army life in India from 1880 to 1883, comprising; Diary 1 - commences with biographical details and then on 6th Jan 1880, news that the Regiment is leaving for Ranikhet in India (90 pages), runs until; Diary 2 - commencing 3rd May 1881, ending 6th July, 1882 (pages 90 - 165); Letter Book 1 - 7th Aug 1881 - 28th Nov 1881; Letter Book 2 - 7th Dec 1881 - 15 Jan 1883; Letter Book 3 - 25th Jan 1883 - 9th Sept. 1883; worn folio notebooks, some damp-staining, particularly to the first letter book. Additional research material included - copies of his birth and death certificates, copies of Regimental photographs and letters [Private Scaife was born in 1855 and died in 1922, he is recorded as having embarked for England in 1884, the letter volumes contain copies of letters sent and received by Private Scaife which give further insight into his experiences.]

Rennie (John) The Report of John Rennie, Esq., on the Ancholme Drainage and Navigation, 1801, 8 pages, original wraps (dust marked); The Court of Arches [Court of Appeal of the Archbishops of Canterbury], 'Return of the Commission for the Examination of Witnesses in a Case before the Ecclesiastical Court of Arches', 1683, manuscript on 27 pages, recent cloth; An Act for building a New Gaol for the Town and County of the Town of Kingston upon Hull ...., nd. (Geo III), disbound, stitched; with a small quantity of others (qty)

Cotton (Mary Ann) Eight Letters written by Mary Ann Cotton from her prison cell together with her King James Bible. The letters, which were written to William Lowrey of West Auckland, bear the 'County Gaol, Durham' blindstamp, and comprise; 23 July 1872, - Dear Friend, I write to ask you to employ a solicitor for me ...., 1 page ALS, addressed verso; 1 August 1872, - Mr Lowrey, In answer to yours, you must not give up either money or property until I see you ..., 1 page ALS; 14 August 1872, - Sir, Will you please tell my solicitor that I want to see him as soon as possible ..., 1 page ALS, addressed verso; [14] September 1872, - ? Friend, Would you be so kind as to get ..., 1 page ALS, top edge torn with loss of blindstamp, addressed verso; 9 October 1872, - Dear Sir, I am very anxious to hear from you ..., 3 page ALS, addressed verso; 27 October 1872, - Sir, I was glad to hear from you ..., 2 page ALS; 11th February 1873, - Dear Sir, I take the opportunity of writing to you ..., 1 page ALS, addressed verso; [18]th February 1873, - I wrote to you last weak not reseving enny answare ..., 1 page ALS, addressed verso; It appears from the contents of the letters, that William Lowrey looked after Mary Ann Cotton's affairs while she was in prison, including the holding of her money and possessions, paying and chasing up the solicitor, etc. Her legal representation appears wanting and her desperation and increasing frailty can be witnessed in the contents and in her handwriting. Also present is a 1 page typescript of 3 related letters including one from Lowrey to Cotton on the sale of her goods. For the philatelist, the July letter has been sent without a postage stamp and bears an outstanding manuscript 2d postage due in black ink, the remaining five addressed (entire) letters bear 1d postage stamps, each tied by Durham obliterators, all with Darlington and Bishop Auckland backstamps. King James Bible, Lacking title page, Cotton family annotation to end papers, rear pastedown inscribed 'Number of Watch 8648 23271', (believed by vendor to relate to Durham Gaol), front pastedown inscribed 'Bought of Mrs Cotton, William Lowrey', morocco binding, worn; Provenance - by descent from William Lowrey. [Mary Ann Cotton (1832 - 1873), sometimes described as Britain's first serial killer, is believed to have used arsenic to poison at least 21 people including her mother, three husbands, ten of her own children, five stepchildren, a lover and a friend. A resident of County Durham and an ex-nurse, she was able to continue killing for many years because the arsenic gave symptoms of gastroenteritis, a not uncommon cause of death at that time. Following a three day trial at Durham Crown Court, she was executed in Durham Jail on the 24th March, 1873]

Forensic Medicine and Crime A collection of books, notebooks, manuscript records and illustrations relating to forensic pathology and notable criminal trials. Many with ownership stamps of, or annotation by, Prof. C. J. Polson, author and past Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Leeds. The lot contains images which are not recommended for those of a nervous disposition (qty)

Anti-Slavery Society Fenwick (John), Address to the People of Great Britain and Ireland, Unanimously adopted at a General Meeting of the London Anti-Slavery Society held April 23rd 1831, Newcastle, April 27th, 1831, broadside, 447mm x 278mm, horizontal folds, lower edge frayed; Three manuscript letters, addressed to John Fenwick and discussing slavery, 1832-5, all from the same writer Charles N. ????? (indistinct signature) of Northumberland Place, 1 page, 1 page, 4 page, partial wax seals (4)

Two Manuscript volumes of Caligraphy from Brook House Academy, mid 19th and another dated 1814, Martha Bowes, all handwritten, in a folding cloth covered slip case (3)

A large collection of ephemera, diaries, photographs, correspondence and other related material regarding Sir Francis Evans and his wife Lady Evans, Tubbedon, Kent, with many manuscript details of travel to Africa, honeymoon etc

Manuscript book by Mrs Gardner, dated 1854, a pocket Dictionary with inscription dedication from Leopold de Rothschild to Thomas George Don, dated 1903 (2)

19th Century manuscript containing various recipes, letters, documents etc.

John Maitland, 17th century, Scottish Secretary of State signed and seal manuscript, signed to the bottom right corner, with large red seal, framed, 63.5cm x 50cm including frame, the manuscript is stuck with acid free tape

Charles John Palmer, a booke of the foundation and Antiquitye of the towne of Greate Yermouthe: from the original manuscript written in the time of Queen Elizabeth, Greta Yarmouth printed for the Editior by Charle Sloman, King Street, 1847, 23cm high

A loose Islamic manuscript of elongated form having white text on a black ground