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MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance, 10th June 1716. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Erle, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Ordnance, and nominates Thomas Cox to be one of fifty appointed Sword Cutlers following 'Good Testimony & Assurance which I have received of Loyalty, Integrity & Ability'. Signed by Marlborough at the foot. Countersigned by Thomas Frankland (c.1685-1747) English Member of Parliament, Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1715-22, Lord of the Admiralty 1730-42. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (some damp staining). A large area of paper loss to the right side is repaired, although with loss of text. With some tears and age wear to the edges, just affecting the text and the conclusion of Marlborough's signature. Only FR

LIGONIER JOHN: (1680-1770) British Field Marshal. D.S., J L Ligonier, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 14th October 1757. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including paper cartridges, ladles & spunges, tackle hooks and aprons of lead, to be issued from His Majesty's stores and sent to Woolwich where they have been requested by the officers for supply of Naval stores. Signed by Ligonier at the foot and countersigned by Charles Frederick (1709-1785, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1750-82). Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp to the verso. One small area of paper loss in the lower left corner, not affecting the text or signatures. Together with George Wade (1673-1748) British Military Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1745. D.S., George Wade, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 16th September 1742. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including oyle and beeswax, to be supplied to the Gunners Stores on board His Majesty's Ship Royal Caroline commanded by Captain Charles Molloy. Signed at the foot by Wade and countersigned by Thomas Lascelles (1670-1751, Colonel) and one other. With blank integral leaf. Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp in the upper right corner. Some slight splitting at the folds, also including George Beauclerk (1704-1768) British General, Governor of Gibraltar. Son of the 1st Duke of St. Albans and grandson of King Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwynne. A.L.S., G Beauclerk, two pages, 4to, Edinburgh, 5th January 1764, to a gentleman. Beauclerk writes to his correspondent on military matters, referring to various individuals and officers and giving his reasons for not agreeing to allow Lieutenant Gordon to retire on full pay. With blank integral leaf. Some light foxing, otherwise VG, 3

BLAND HUMPHREY: (1686-1763) British Army General, commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Culloden, 1746. D.S., Hum: Bland, one page, 4to, London, 3rd August 1751, to the Board of Ordnance. The attractively penned manuscript document reads, in full, 'This is to certify that the last Allowance of Ammunition for Lieut. General Bland's Regiment of Dragoons is all expended in the Service and Discipline of the said Regiment, and that the said Regiment is now in want'. Signed by Bland at the conclusion and with several ink annotations beneath indicating that Bland was subsequently provided with three and a half barrels of Corn'd Powder. Very slight age wear and small tear to the edge. Together with Willem Van Keppel (1702-1754) 2nd Earl of Albemarle, British Diplomat and American Colonist, Crown Governor of Virginia, 1737-54. Fought in the Battle of Culloden, 1746. A.L.S., Albemarle, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. ('Monday night', December 1736), to Adair. Albemarle writes to his correspondent regarding several individuals and asks his correspondent to remember to mention Jones to Lord Anson if the commissions for a Second Lieutenant in the Marines are likely to be made immediately, also asking him to order a warrant to be made out for William Hawkes appointing him Surgeons Mate in the King's Own Regiment. Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins. Some small areas of paper loss, just affecting the text, and slight, neat splitting to the edges of the folds. About G to VG, 2

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent, early D.S., Buonaparte, two pages, folio, n.p., 23rd November 1793, in French. The manuscript document is headed Republique Francaise, Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite and is a commission issued by the Administration Generale de Transport et Convois Militaires, stating, in part, 'Citizen Berthel, officer in charge of military convoys and transportation, will be leaving tomorrow, the fourth of Frimaire [24th November] with the convoy that is heading for Montlyon and Briamon with the purpose of there charging the cannons and other ammunition for the camp under Toulon, and he will spare neither effort nor money to see that the service is rendered promptly and well….The administration and municipalities are asked, in the name of well-being of the Republic, to recognize Citizen Berthel as officer in charge of military Convoys and Transport, deputised by Citizen Cartaux, General of the Army of the Alps, and to lend said Citizen Berthel any support and help necessary.' At the conclusion of the document appear the brief comments of around six officials, marking Berthel's progress, including one signed by Bonaparte, in his capacity as General of the Artillery, in full,'Citizen Berthel has acquitted himself until now with zeal and intelligence in the task with which he is charged'. With a good red wax seal affixed. A rare example of Napoleon's signature. Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG The rare autograph of Napoleon, signing Buonaparte, appears on the present document issued at the time of the Siege of Toulon, 18th September - 18th December 1793.

WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. Wallis has made various observations with regard to experiments of Guided SP Projectiles, of both Wingless and Winged types, drawing up a chart in which he comments on the Strongly marked Characteristics of both projectile in relation to Acceleration (both along the axis and with a normal axis), Velocity, Range (the wingless 'short' and the winged 'good over all ranges') and Height (the wingless 'anything' and the winged 'Restricted by speed'). An interesting and unusual original manuscript, penned in bold blue fountain pen in Wallis' distinctive hand. To the verso is an A.L.S. by his wife, Mary, one page, folio, Effingham, Surrey, 9th March 1977, to a friend, in part, 'Excuse my paper…I am very conversation minded & I hate wasting my husband's “backs”…..The cake was much enjoyed by Barnes….As to the tea - It is heavenly….I expect to see you both at 12.30 off the 12.2 from Waterloo….I have a small present for you. Arthur Whitmarsh & his wife came on Thursday, asking for Barnes's autograph….We had never met him & knew nothing of him till he rang up to ask if he could come….We liked him very much.' VG

BRITISH HISTORY: A good D.S., being a Naval Warrant, one page, folio, 19th November 1646. The manuscript document authorises 'the addition of twenty men extraordinary to the present Complement of the Leopard's Company' and is signed at the foot by Algernon Percy (1602-1668) 10th Earl of Northumberland. English Military Leader, Lord High Admiral 1638-43. Signed Northumberland; Robert Rich (1587-1658) 2nd Earl of Warwick. English Colonial Administrator & Admiral. Signed Warwicke; Philip Herbert (1584-1650) 4th Earl of Pembroke. English Courtier and Politician. Herbert, with his elder brother William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, were the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works was dedicated in 1623; and two others. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear at the folds, VG

WRIOTHESLEY THOMAS: (1607-1667) 4th Earl of Southampton. English Statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II. Lord High Treasurer 1660-67. D.S., T: Southampton, one page, folio, Southampton House, 10th November 1663. The manuscript warrant is addressed to Sir Robert Long, Auditor of the Exchequer, and orders that a payment of one hundred pounds and a second of four hundred pounds be made to James Darcy, employed in the office of Master of the Studd, the second payment being 'for half a years allowance to him upon the said Contract for provision of horses'. With blank integral leaf. Some very minor, light dust staining at the head of the page, VG

CABAL MINISTRY: A good D.S. by three members of the Cabal Ministry under the reign of King Charles II, one page, folio, Court at White Hall, 22nd February 1664. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Ashley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and orders him to pay the sum of four hundred pounds to Edward Somwairs so that he may disperse the monies according to instructions received at the Prize Office at Plymouth. Signed at the foot by three (of the five) members of the Cabal Ministry, George Villiers (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham. English Statesman & Poet; Henry Bennet (1618-1685) English Statesman; and John Maitland (1616-1682) 1st Duke of Lauderdale. Scottish Politician; and also signed by several others including James Butler (1610-1688) 1st Duke of Ormonde. Anglo-Irish Statesman and Soldier; Arthur Annesley (1614-1686) 1st Earl of Anglesey. Anglo-Irish Statesman, Treasurer of the Navy 1667-68; John Berkeley (1602-1678) 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. English Royalist Soldier, one of the founders, with Sir George Carteret, of the U.S. state of New Jersey and Robert Southwell (1635-1702) English Diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society 1690-95. With Somwairs signed holograph receipt of the funds to the verso. Some light overall age wear and minor dust staining, the upper left corner professionally repaired, G

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. Early D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 4th September 1761. The manuscript document is addressed to William Adair, Agent to the Regiment of Foot commanded by Lieutenant General William Whitmore, and is a Warrant for the payment of ten shillings a day to Captain Phineas John Edgar, retiring on full pay 'on account of his faithfull service and ill state of health', the payment, for the rest of Edgar's natural life, to be made from deductions 'from the pay of the youngest Captain without purchase the Sum of Five Shillings and four pence a day, from the pay of the youngest Lieutenant without purchase the Sum of one Shilling a day, and from the youngest Ensign without purchase, his whole pay, being three Shillings and eight pence a day…'. Countersigned at the foot by Charles Townshend (1725-1767) British Politician, Treasurer of the Chamber 1756-61, Paymaster of the Forces 1765-66 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1766-67. With blank integral leaf. Some extremely light age wear, VG

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A good D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. The attractively penned manuscript document relates to the expenses for a Regiment of Invalids, Field and Staff Officers, detailing payments for the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Chaplain, Quarter Master, Surgeon etc., as well as the clothing for the Company, ‘consisting of a Coat, Waistcoat & Breeches, a hat, 2 shirts, 2 neck cloths, 1 pair of shoes, 1pair of stockings, a sword and belt….’, the accounts totalling £9933.17.0 for 366 days. Countersigned at the foot by three Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1722-42), William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671-1752) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Paymaster General of the Forces 1743-46). The verso of the document bears a similar set of manuscript accounts for Five Independent Companys of Invalids totalling £7562.9.6, also signed at the head by King George III and countersigned at the foot by Robert Walpole, Baron Sundon and Thomas Winnington. Some very light, minor age wear, VG

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio (neatly split at the central horizontal fold and currently in two separate halves), Court at St. James's, 5th March 1828. The manuscript document is addressed to the Justices of Gaol for the City of London and County of Middlesex and is a Pardon for Thomas Millgrove Sheppard, tried and convicted at the Old Bailey in December 1827 of burglary and sentenced to death, ordering that he be pardoned for the crime 'on condition of his being imprisoned in the House of correction for the County of Middlesex for one year.' Countersigned at the foot by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. G

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R.I., as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, given at the Court at Windsor Castle, 5th October 1839, the manuscript document is addressed to the Sheriff of the County of Worcester, and is a remission document authorising the release from custody at Worcester County Jail of James Marston, originally imprisoned for non-payment of £20, bearing three countersignatures, several tears to folds (one just affecting Victoria's signature) and with large sellotape repair to centre causing staining to text, together with a small quantity of unrelated historical letters and ephemera, generally P to FR, 9

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An unusual D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, five pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 6th April 1861. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard, Deputy to the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, and is a License permitting Revd. Joseph Stubbs Taylor to take the surname of Stubbs instead of that of Taylor, in part, 'Whereas Joseph Stubbs Taylor of Walsall in the County of Stafford....hath by his petition humbly represented unto us that the Petitioners Aunt the said Sarah Stubbs widow deceased did in and by her last Will and Testament bearing date the Twenty Sixth day of June One Thousand eight hundred and forty seven give devise and bequeath to the Petitioner after payment of certain amenities, debts, funeral and testamentary expenses and pecuniary legacies all her real and personal estate absolutely subject to the express condition that he takes by proper authority within the space of twelve months after her trustees give up possession of her real and personal property the surname of "Stubbs" with a clause of forfeiture in case of non-compliance therewith....' Bearing two countersignatures and with blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Tied at the left edge with the original black ribbon. Some light age wear, about VG

FREDERICK V: (1723-1766) King of Denmark and Norway 1746-66. D.S., Friderick R, as King, at the conclusion, two pages, folio, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, 5th January 1750. The attractively penned manuscript document, in German, is untranslated. With integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a red wax seal. Some light age wear, about VG

COMPTON SPENCER: (1673-1743) British Prime Minister 1742-43. Rare D.S., Wilmington P, as Earl of Wilmington and Lord Privy Seal, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (c. 16th September 1733). The manuscript document is addressed to Baron Ockham, Lord Chancellor, and follows the appointment of commissioners 'for making a Survey and View of all Courts both Temporal and Ecclesiastical within that part of Great Britain called England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed' requesting that a Commission is issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain to appoint five or more listed individuals 'to make a Diligent and Particular Survey and View of All Officers, Clerks and Ministers of and within the Court of….the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Court of Admiralty, The Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury….and of the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London….' Boldly signed by Compton at the foot and countersigned by Arthur Onslow (1691-1768) English Politician, Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61, and four others. Some light overall age wear and some neat, lengthy splitting at the horizontal folds, particularly the central one, not affecting the text or signature. G William Wake (1657-1737) Archbishop of Canterbury 1716-37.

HIROHITO: (1901-1989) Emperor Showa. Emperor of Japan 1926-89. A fine, rare L.S., Hirohito, in Japanese characters, two pages, 4to, Hayama, 18th January 1966, to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, on attractive stationery featuring the gold embossed Imperial Japanese coat of arms at the head. The manuscript letter, in Japanese, acknowledges the receipt of Thomaz's letter 'announcing that you assumed the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic on the 9th of the same month by virtue of your re-election to it for the second tenure from 1965 to 1972' and continues 'I extend to you my sincere congratulations upon your assumption of the exalted office, and it has given me a great pleasure to know your earnest desire to maintain and strengthen the friendly relations between our two countries. I assure you that I will also spare no effort in cooperating with you so that the bonds of friendship and goodwill so happily subsisting between our two nations may ever be fostered and drawn still closer.' Accompanied by the original English translation remitted with the Emperor's letter, one page, 4to, also on stationery featuring the gold embossed Imperial Japanese coat of arms at the head. Together with the original envelope bearing the blind embossed paper seal of the Imperial Japanese coat of arms to the verso. About EX Americo Tomas (1894-1987) Portuguese Admiral and Politician, President of Portugal 1958-74.

Medieval Vellum Bible Manuscript Leaf13th century AD. A fine vellum page with blackletter display script in two columns with red and blue ink versals and decoration; the text from the `Foyle` bible c.1220. 0.91 grams, 15 cm (6"). From the `Foyle` collection of medieval manuscripts. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Medieval Vellum Book of Hours Manuscript LeafNorthern France, circa 1470 AD. A vellum manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, with text in ochre and border of flowers and leaves, gold text on red and blue block backgrounds. 2.26 grams, 16 cm (6 1/4"). From an important collection of Christian artefacts formed in the 1970s and 1980s, the property of a city gentleman. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200

Medieval Vellum Manuscript Lectionary LeafFrench, 15th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf with two columns of handwritten blackletter text with red chapter headings and illuminated versals in red and blue with gold leaf; dry point layout grid and red page number at the header; the text a page from the Liber Conventus s. Katherine Senensis Prope Edinburgum associated with the convent of St. Catherine of Sienna in the region of Edinburgh. 1.88 grams, 17 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s; sold Leipziger Muenzhandlung und Auktion. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100

Medieval Pseudo-Albertus Magnus Vellum Manuscript LeafFrench, Mid-Late 13th century AD. A pseudo-Albertus Magnus, `Praise of the Blessed Virgin` vellum manuscript, double leaf with text in two columns per page, red versals and emphasis marks; faint layout marks visible; black ink notations and red ink lines to the margins; the language medieval Latin, heavily abbreviated; the text concerned with botany. 2.32 grams, 26.5 x 18 cm (10 x 7"). Similar leaves sold at Sotheby`s, 5 December 2006, lot 56, and 6 December 2005, lot 07. Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s; sold Leipziger Muenzhandlung und Auktion. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100

Medieval Vellum Canticle Manuscript Lectionary LeafItalian, 15th century AD. A vellum manuscript double-leaf with text executed in black ink with red and blue versals, and red and blue ornament; feint layout lines visible; the text a canticle with antiphon and other elements; text ends on the third page, fourth page blank. 15 grams, 50x35.5 cm (19 1/2 x 14"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s; sold Leipziger Muenzhandlung und Auktion. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100

*Playing cards. A deck of Spanish playing cards, early 19th c., forty-eight eng. cards with stencilled hand-colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards, pink patterned versos, sl. warped, 90 x 58mm (3.5 x 2.25ins). With an intriguing piece of provenance in the form of a torn and frayed folded sheet of paper written in early manuscript as follows: `Gathered from the wreck of a Danish vessel, bound for Valparaiso that cast on a remote and unfriendly part of the coast of Alderney in the year 1833. Pianos, organs, violins, ... cases of choice Liqueuers and countless thousands of these cards strewed the beach. A little way apart from the turmoil lay the `dark deserted houses` of three whence `life and thought` had fled away. The Captain of the ill fated vessel, was comforted and cheered in my Mother`s house, - and, fell in love with the Governors daughter! shocking!! - the monster`s name was `Spiro Pellegrins-``. (1)

Manuscript. The Three Bears, c.1890, 10pp. manuscript written in a clear copperplate hand, each page embellished with pen, ink, and watercolour drawings, leaves loose and brittle, with some chipping to edges (and some loss to text), front free endpaper with ms. inscription `Mikey and Kenneth, Camp Kurpit(?), Nov: 26th 1890`, orig. buff wrappers detached and split along spine (chipped at edges), upper cover with calligraphic title and pen & ink drawing of the three bears, with ink stamp `H. Kennedy` to lower margin, and addition beneath in ink `and Mr. Kennedy`, slim 8vo (19 x 16cm/7.5 x 6.25ins). A charming production, probably executed by an older child. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Derwentwater Sketchbook with Commentary by J.I. Whalley and W.K. Bartlett, 1st published ed., Warne, [1984], facsimile sketchbook of illustrations originally produced by Beatrix Potter in 1903, orig. cloth, oblong 16mo in 8s, together with commentary volume in orig. cloth, slim 8vo, contained together in orig. cloth covered book box, (limited ed. 159/250), together with `The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse`, Facsimile Notebook, Decimus Publishing, 1979, tipped-in col. plts., orig. leather in slipcase, small 8vo (limited ed. 57/500), with The Tailor of Gloucester, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript and Illustrations, 1968, orig. cloth gilt in clear plastic d.j., contained in orig. pictorial slipcase, 4to, plus approx. fifty other Beatrix Potter bibliography, reference books & pamphlets etc. including A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter... by Leslie Linder, reprinted 1979, Beatrix Potter, A Bibliograhical Check List, 2nd ed., 1983 and The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881 to 1897, Transcribed from her code writing by Leslie Linder, 1st ed., 1966, and approx. fifty-five Beatrix Potter Society Newsletters. (a carton)

*Thomas (Edward, 1878-1917). Autograph letter signed `Edward Thomas`, Berryfield Cottage, Ashford, Petersfield, 3rd August 1908, to [literary agent] C. F. Cazenove, `Is it too late to think about arranging for an American edition of the country book I am doing for Dent - to be published in the Spring? I wish it could be managed, especially as the pay will otherwise be poor. The book will be a rambling discourse on country places, people in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire & Cornwall, with some references to books. It`ll be much more readable & continuous than anything I have yet done. (I don`t like it the better for that, but think others may.) Also there is more about people than before. Do you want an actual syllabus or merely an expansion of this description to submit to American publishers? Have you any hopes of getting rid of the Jefferies chapters?`, faint date stamp to upper margin and manuscript reference number `305` to upper left corner, one page, 8vo. `The South Country` was published by J. M. Dent in 1909. (1)

*Thomas (Edward, 1878-1917). A group of three autograph letters signed from Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Garnett and John Freeman, 18/19 April 1917, all to [Thomas] Seccombe, following news of Edward Thomas`s death when killed in action at Arras on Easter Monday, 9th April 1917, the longest letter from Eleanor Farjeon, begins `I am staying with Mrs Thomas for a while, and doing what I can. It is difficult for her to write letters just now, inspite of her courage and fineness, so I am writing to the friends whom she wants immediately to thank for their deep kindness. She wants me to thank you especially for writing your reminiscences of Edward and so hopes they will appear. There was a little paragraph by John Freeman in the Times last Saturday, and Gordon Bottomley has asked her if she would like him to do something for the Times Literary Supplement or the Nation ...`, 4 pp. on four leaves, some browning, not affecting legibility to upper margins, 8vo, the John Freeman letter, in part, `... Another reason for writing now is that I have heard to-night that Edward`s death was perfectly sudden, a shell killing while he was in the Observation Post. He died painlessly. His body was recovered two days after, & buried in a known spot. The exact day I don`t yet know. He posted a letter to me on 5th that gave me immense pleasure but also with a half foreboding: `Give my love to them: It is all I have to give anybody now` ...`, 2 pp., 8vo, a third letter from Edward Garnett thanking Seccombe for his `masterly tribute to Edward Thomas` in the Times Supplement, and later, in part `... I see that you wind up your letter with the words `this man was a born soldier` and this, of course, is a half-truth. `The War to End War` seems to be an exploded idea now; and the whole triumph of the germanic idea `a good warrior` seems to be ensured, unless the Slavs bring about a disintegration of the `Peace by Victory` argument. We are all, militarists and pacifists alike, struggling in a net of dreadful absurdity ...`, 2 pp. on two leaves, a little browning, 4to, plus a two-page letter from Thomas`s daughter Myfanwy Thomas on Edward and Helen Thomas Window Fund letterhead, 1st April 1970, to Mr. Reynold, with information on Edward Thomas biography, a few manuscript corrections, 2 pp., 4to, plus a related prospectus for The Engraved Window to Edward Thomas and Helen his Wife by Laurence Whistler, 1 p., 4to. (5)

[Thomas, Edward]. These Things The Poets Said, Pear Tree Press, 1935, lithographed additional title, original cloth-backed boards, plain wrapper (some tears and losses), 8vo, limited edition, 63/150, with a manuscript poem by the poet Teresa Hooley (1888-1973), titled `Mecca`, June 14, 1936: `Beauty, a-wing, Brushed up and Vanished, as Vanishes Spring`, together with In Memoriam: Edward Thomas, Being Number Two of the Green Pastures Series, Morland Press, July 1919, woodcut illustrations, original wrapper, stitching broken, 8vo, with five odd issues of Root and Branch. A Quarterly of the Arts, Pear Tree Press, ed. by James Guthrie, c. 1913-15, and James Guthrie`s A Second Book of Drawings, 1917. (9)

Thomas (Edward). Poems by Edward Thomas (`Edward Eastaway`), 2nd issue, November 1917, portrait frontispiece, occasional light spotting and browning, original boards, light edge wear, 8vo, inscribed: `Wilfred Wilson Gibson, Sydenham, 1918` (Wilfred Wilson Gibson, 1878-1962, one of the `Dymock Poets`), together with Last Poems, by Edward Thomas, 1st ed., 1918, browned throughout, previous owner inscription, original boards, spine rubbed, lower cover with a manuscript address and stamps, 8vo, plus Collected Poems, by Edward Thomas, 1920, portrait frontispiece, Foreword by Walter de la Mare, some light browning, original cloth-backed boards, edge wear and water stains to front cover, 8vo, limited edition, 33/100. (3)

*Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Autograph manuscript poem `Once in an Ancient Land, in the Land of the Lion`, c. 1980s, manuscript poem in six verses, handwritten in brown ink on a single sheet of Ingres d`Arches laid paper, with an illustration by Hughes at foot, depicting a landscape with the outline of a lion on the land, together with a reproduction of a pen, ink and monochrome wash head-and-shoulders portrait of Ted Hughes by R. J. Lloyd, dated 1979. This untitled twenty-five line poem is an early and unpublished version of what was to become `The Dream of the Lion`, a thirty-six line poem written for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on Her eighty-fifth birthday on 4 August 1985. Ted Hughes wrote about `The Dream of the Lion` : `The basis of this poem is the association of the three Lions: the one in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother`s maiden name, the one in her birth-sign, and the totem animal of Great Britain. The first and the third combined inside my head long ago, during my boyhood obsession with the animal kingdom and my boyhood fanatic patriotism, in a way that was able to stir at the surface again, in these verses, as an experience to some degree widely shared`, (Ted Hughes, Collected Poems, edited by Paul Keegan, 2003, p. 1216). (2)

[Sackville-West, Vita]. Sensations Paiennes, by Paul Hartenberg, Paris, 1907, a few light spots, presentation inscription to Vita Sackville-West from Bildt, 1902, bookplate of Victoria Sackville-West, Knole, with a manuscript note tipped-in stating the bookplate was copied from a visiting card from `Lady King`, a.e.g., contemporary full blue calf, covers with gilt interweaving foliate decoration, spine faded, 8vo, together with 1914 & Other Poems, by Rupert Brook, reprint, 1916, portrait frontispiece, a few spots, presentation card with ties adhered to front end paper, a.e.g., contemporary black morocco gilt by Bumpus, `V. S.` monogram stamped to upper cover, spine faded, 8vo, plus La Lyre Francaise, by Gustave Masson, 1907, a few spots, inscribed to front endpaper: `Victoria Sackville, from Hettie Johnstone, Christmas 1908, bookplate of Victoria Sackville, a.e.g., contemporary full blue morocco by Bumpus, upper cover with gilt fleur-de-lis, lower cover with `V. S.` monogram in intertwining circles, edges a trifle rubbed, 8vo, with four other bindings, three of which bear different Vita Sackville-West bookplate designs. (6)

Two Victorian albums containing manuscript items, engravings and drawings.

A Victorian album by W and M Rock, London inscribed "A New Year's gift to Martha Slater by her affection father Gabriel Slater 1880". Gabriel Slater was a schoolmaster in East Stonehouse, Cambridgeshire. Martha was born in 1838. Containing manuscript entries, engravings, pencil drawings, watercolours, bound in green leather with gilt decoration to front and back.

*Finlason (Charles Edward, 1860-1917). A Nobody in Mashonaland or The Trials and Adventures of a Tenderfoot, [1893], printed press notices before title, ownership book ticket of G. Finlason to front f.e.p. and related newscutting to front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, together with the manuscript diary of Charles Edward Finlason, 1874-91, a total of approx. 220 leaves including tipped-in newscuttings, leaves from other diaries, etc., some leaves detached, contemp. cloth, rubbed, 8vo. Charlie Finlason is sometimes dubbed the father of Kimberley cricket. He was an author and journalist by trade and emigrated to Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa when he was a young man. The fragmented diary begins in his youth in New York before his move to South Africa. Besides personal affairs the diary includes jottings on current affairs, stocks and shares, etc., plus occasional reports of cricket matches played by Finlason. -2

*Heraldry. A collection of nine manuscript leaves displaying 159 pen & ink armorials, late 18th/early 19th c., each neatly drawn within red ruled compartment (nine to each page), depicting armorial shield and majority with crest above (all uncaptioned), leaf size 35.5 x 22cm, together with a mounted pen & ink armorial design addressed to Edmund Lodge (1756-1839), Heralds College, London to verso, leaf size approx. 22 x 18cm, plus three other unrelated manuscript letters etc., all loosely contained in 19th c. half morocco binding, folio (1)

Manuscript. Medical receipt book, early 19th c., 57pp. comprising Contents followed by medical cures and a few household receipts, plus 64pp. misc. writings in the same neat copperplate hand, cuttings mounted on pastedowns, stitching broken and some leaves detached, orig. sheep, rubbed, spine with loss and upper cover detached, sm. 8vo (165 x 105mm/6.5 x4ins). With receipts such as: Cement for Stones; Remedy for Worms; Cure for Cholera Morbus; and Cure for venomous Bites. The writings in the second half of the volume include several acrostics and varous pieces of verse and prose, including: Lines written on the Death of an Infant Son; Claims of Women; Prayer for a Revival; Lines written on the sickness of my Infant Isabella; New Years Day, 1825; Lines written after attending the Funeral of Mary McKechnie. (1)

Manuscript. Riddles, Nov: 15, 1734, fifty-two riddles in verse written in a neat and legible copperplate hand on 54 pages, all numbered, except one which is titled ‘On the Same by Dr. A—ry’, orig. marbled wrappers, rubbed and sl. wear to extrems., sm. 4to (195 x 150mm/7.75 x 6ins). With lines such as: ‘Good qualities I might of many boast;/But that, for wch. my self I value most, /Is my compassion to the Naked; some/I save from Hanging, whereso’ere I come’. (1)

Qur’an. Arabic manuscript Qur’an, North Africa, AH 1284 [1867 AD], 300 leaves in Maghribi script, calligraphed in black with diacritics and marginal notes in red, on thick buff paper (typical of North African manuscripts), leaf size 23.3 x 16.5cm (9.2 x 6.5ins), complete, collated, signed Muhammed Al Haf Hamed, brother of Al Haf Abdul Rahim Muhamed Tualighi, loosely contained in contemp,. red full morocco, with tooled medallions and cartouches in green, rubbed and some wear to joints with some staining, generally in good condition, 4to (23 x 16cm). Believed to have been found at the site of the Battle of Omdurman. (1)

Coxe (William). Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 3 volumes, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding genealogical table, four plates of engraved manuscript, upper pastedowns with armorial bookplate of George John Earl De La Warr, contemporary gilt dec. mottled calf, some restoration to joints, 4to, together with Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; with his Original Correspondence, 3 volumes, 1818, nine eng. plates and fifteen eng. maps (some folding) & 5pp. eng. facsimile manuscript, scattered spotting, upper pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Verdin, contemporary half calf, two boards detached, 4to, with Butler (Samuel), Hudibras. A Poem, in Three Cantos, including Notes on Hudibras, 3 vols., 1793, eng. port. frontis. to vols. 1 & 3, addn. eng. vign. titles to vols. 1 & 2 and vol. 3 letterpress title with eng. vignette, two eng. plts. and few eng. illusts. to text, occasional spotting and toning, a.e.g., 20th c. half calf gilt, slightly marked, 4to (9)

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century in the Library of George John Earl Spencer, vols. 1-4 only (of 7), 1st ed., London: for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, 1814, half-titles, engraved plates and illusts. including some on india paper, manuscript shelf number in ink to titles, Young Mens Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati blind stamp to title and bookplate to upper pastedown, presentation book label to upper pastedown, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. green half morocco by Tout & Sons, gilt dec. spines faded, joints cracking, slight wear and marked, large 4to. Large Paper copy. From the library of Robert O. Lenkiewicz. (4)

Hobbes (Thomas). Elementa Philosophica de Cive, Frid. Zeidlerum, Paris?, c. 1690’s, engraved title (by Beck), occasional underlining and annotation, bound with Eyphma Compendiarium in Religione Christiana Nouvum... Leipzig, 1676, occasional light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, small loss at foot of spine, rubbed, 12mo, together with Collegium Practicum, Juxta Titt. Pandect. Jur. Civ. Continua Serie Connexos, Conceptum, Usitissimis Actionum & Exceptionum... by Quirinus Schacher, Leipzig, 1694, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black (both detached), woodcut ornaments and initals, occasional marginal inkstain, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soiling and stains, with others vellum-bound including Tacitus, 1664 -8

Illuminated manuscript. Two Poems by John Masefield, Written out and Illuminated by Betty Brown, Bentley Priory, 1923, title-page and 4pp. written in a calligraphic hand and expertly illluminated with floral and foliate borders and initials in gold and colours, colophon in black and red ink, a few light fox spots, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., orig. blue calf by Sangorski, spine and returns faded, covers with gilt single fillet border and stylised lily tool at each corner, gilt volute and tassel roll on turn-ins, slim 4to, together with an ALS from Alberto Sangorski loosely inserted, plus A Creed, by John Masefield, Written out and Illuminated by Joan W. Brown, 1921, calligraphic title-page and colophon, and 6pp. written in a calligraphic hand and illuminated with small initials in blue and red, and large elongated initials in colours and gold, on vellum, a few light fox spots, a.e.g., orig. green calf, probably by Sangorski, extrems. sl. rubbed, spine faded, dotted roll decorated raised bands between gilt rules, covers with gilt single fillet and dot roll border, volute cornerpieces, upper cover gilt-titled, gilt fillets on turn-ins, slim 8vo, plus a portion of a letter bearing Sangorski’s signature loosely inserted, plus The Seasons, Written out by Elizabeth Mary Brown, 1921, 7pp. written in a calligraphic hand, incl. title-page, illuminated in colours and gold with large and small initial letters, a.e.g., orig. dark blue calf, probably by Sangorski, dotted roll decorated raised bands between triple rules, seedhead tool in each compartment, covers with gilt single fillet border and inner triple fillet panel with flower tool at each outer corner, gilt-titled in centre of upper cover, dotted line roll on edges, gilt roll on turn-ins, slim 8vo, plus a portion of a letter bearing Sangorski’s signtaure loosely inserted. The highly accomplished work of three sisters. Their skills were admired by Alberto Sangorski who writes to Betty Brown: ‘Herewith I am sending you your illuminated manuscript bound in calf and trust you will like it and hope you will still continue to keep to your writing and illuminating, as it would be such a pity to stop now having advanced so well. Your work has been greatly admired and you show great promise...’. Bentley Priory, near Stanmore in Middlesex, was a school for girls in the early 1920s (closing in 1924). (3)

Missal. Missale Romanum... , Antwerp: Plantin, 1644, title printed in red and black with eng. vign., printed in red and black throughout, woodcut initials, some rubricated, full-page eng. illusts., printer’s device printed in red to final leaf recto, occ. spotting and soiling, old thumb markers to margins of several leaves in signatures V and X and final two lines of V1 recto repaired and completed in neat and sympathetic manuscript, gilt-gauffered edges, contemp. gilt and blind-stamped morocco, lacks clasps, rubbed, spine rubbed, upper joint cracked, a little wear to spine ends and extremities, 4to in 8s (1)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford ..., 2nd ed., very much corrected and enlarged; with the Addition of above 500 new lives from the author’s original manuscript, 2 vols., 1721, title to each vol. printed in red and black, some minor browning and pale waterstain to lower margins, contemp. panelled calf, worn with joints cracked, and outer corners showing, folio (2)

Del Rio (Martin Antoine). Disquisitionum Magicarum libri sex, in tres tomos partiti... Nunc secundis curis auctior longe, additionibus multis passim insertis, correctior quoque mendis sublatis, 3 vols. in one, Mainz: Johann Albin, 1603, title with dec. engraved border (short repaired closed tear to upper margin), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, folding table, pp.217/18 and 227/28 lacking and supplied in manuscript facsimile, browning and spotting, 19th c. endpapers, contemp. vellum, old reback, dust-soiled and few marks, folio (1)

Fernel (Jean). De abditis rerum causis libri duo... editio postrema, Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1560, woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and headpieces, title with ownership signature of Johannes Nicander (of the University of Leipzig?) dated 1617, occasional early marginal notes, ink underscoring and erased lines of text, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary half blind-tooled pigskin, with faint manuscript annotations to boards (some early), some dust-soiling, few minor worm holes to joints, board edges worn, 8vo. Jean Fernel (1497-1558) was a prominent physician, and at the time it was common for medical treatises to deal with demonic pathologies. This work, first published in 1548, examines the occult causes of diseases. (1)

Godelmann (Johann Georg). De Magis, Veneficis et Lamiis Recte Cognoscendis et Puniendis, libri tres. His accessit ad Magistratum Clarissimi et Celeberrimi I.C.D. Johannis Althusii Admonitio, 3 parts in one, 1st ed., Frankfurt: Nicolas Bassée, 1591, woodcut device to title with early manuscript inscription, dec. woodcut initials, occasional dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, 20th c. allegorical bookplate of Hermann Türck by F. Stassen to upper pastedown, modern polished calf gilt, 4to. In this work the author, a distinguished jurist at Rostock and “the greatest of the early Protestant legal experts on witchraft... insisted that witchcraft be treated as an ordinary offence, not a crimen exceptum... he defended a rigorous separation between the perpetrators of real harm (which he called veneficium) and the imaginary deeds of deluded woman (lamiae)” (Clark, p.519). The work was later translated into German by Nigrinus and published in 1592. The Admonitio of Althusen (1557-1638, a celebrated Dutch jurist who taught at Basel and Herborn) is included at the end of the first book. (1)

Helmont (Jan Baptista van). Opera Omnia. Additis his de novo Tractatibus Aliquot Posthumis Ejusdem Authoris..., Frankfurt: Johannes Justus Erythropilus, 1682, addn. eng. title, letterpress title in red & black, bound with Opuscula Medica Inaudita..., Frankfurt: Johannes Justus Erythropilus, 1682, occasional spotting and browning, early manuscript to front endpaper, contemp. vellum, some soiling and few worm holes, 4to. Wellcome III, p.241. (1)

Paracelsus (Philip Aureol Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim). De morbo Gallico. Warhaffte cur der Franzosen sampt eyner trewen warnung..., (edited by Michael Toxites) Strassburg: Christian Muller, 1578, title in red & black with woodcut device, woodcut initials and tailpieces, leaves a4, b2, A2 and B2 torn and neatly repaired with loss of a few words, some very light dampstaining, modern paper boards with musical staves and notation in manuscript, 8vo. Sudhoff 180; Durling 3506. (1)

Paracelsus (Philip Aureol Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim). Opus Chirurgicum. Warhaffte und Volkhommenne der waren von Gott beschaffenen medicin..., Basel: Pietro Perna, 1581, title in red & black (with ink stamps of Bibliot. Ossolih. and Chirurgische Lesegeselschaft Wagner), woodcut dec. initials throughout, printer’s woodcut device & previous owners ink stamp to verso of final leaf, holes to lower blank margins of title and following leaf, some dampstaining, few marks and soiling, ownership inscription of Joseph Augustin to front endpaper and lower free endpaper with manuscript ‘Epitaphium’ to Paracelsus, early 18th c. vellum with green silk ties (detached & some lacking), upper joint split at head, few small worm holes to boards, folio. Sudhoff 187; VD16 P465. (1)

Saunders (Richard). Saunders Physiognomie, and Chiromancie, Metoposcopie, The Symmetrical Proportions and Signal Moles of the Body..., with the Subject of Dreams made plain: Whereunto is Added the Art of Memory, 3 parts in one, 2nd ed., London: Nathaniel Brook, 1671-1670, woodcut illusts. to title, numerous woodcut illusts. throughout volume including some full-page, , one eng. plt. and one full-page eng. (lacks port. frontis.), manuscript astrological calculation for 1623 drawn to lower blank margin of p.173, and five leaves of late 18th/early 19th c. detailed manuscript at rear of volume “A short definition of Geomancy extracted from Corneilus Aggripas Occult Philosophy”, N1 with repaired closed tear to fore-edge margin, some dust-soiling, spotting & few marks, sewing partly broken, manuscript notes to front endpaper, 18th c. half sheep, spine torn, worn, folio. Wing S755. This is the second and enlarged edition. Richard Saunders (1613-1675), the astrological physician, who was a member of William Lilly’s circle and was physician to Lilly and Elias Ashmole, to whom this edition is dedicated. (1)

Ruskin (John). The Works, edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, 39 vols., library edition, 1903-12, b&w plts., partly uncut, loose manuscript i.o.u. note from Rayner Storr to Winifred Storr, Hindhead, 25th November 1904, promising a complete set of this new edition of Ruskin’s Works, partly uncut, orig. buckram gilt, rubbed, spines faded and marked with occ. dampstains, large 8vo. One of 2062 copies. Rayner Storr (1835-1917) was the author of a concordance to the Latin of “De Imitation Christi” by Thomas a. Kempis. Winifred (1885-1971) was his second daughter by his second marriage to Alice Severn. -39

Hayek (Friedrich A.). The Road to Serfdom, 1st ed., 1944, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., upper board lightly creased, brown paper strengthening to upper and lower margins of dust jacket (not affecting lettering), and to spine verso, a little dust soiled, small hole with manuscript paper repair to replace letters ‘er’ in the word ‘Serfdom’ on spine, 8vo. One of the most important and influential economic works of the 20th century. The initial print run of 2000 copies sold out quickly, a second printing appearing just one month later. Surprisingly uncommon, especially so in the dust-jacket. (1)

Cary (Robert). Memoirs of the Life of Robert Cary, Baron of Leppington, and Earl of Monmouth, Written by Himself, and Now Published from an Original Manuscript in the Custody of John Early of Corke and Orrery, with some Explanatory Notes, 2nd ed., 1759, eng. frontis., contemp. speckled calf gilt, spine restored, together with Memoirs of Robert Cary, Earl of Monmouth, Written by Himself, and Fragmenta Regalia; Being a History of Queen Elizabeth’s Favourites, by Sir Robert Naunton, Edinburgh, 1808, half-title present, recent cloth, both 8vo, with other miscellaneous books including Scottish interest, Wiltshire history and topography, general history etc., mostly 20th-c. hardback publications, some in d.j., G/VG (6 shelves)

Hanna (Colonel H.B.). The Second Afghan War 1878-79-80. Its Causes, Its Conduct and Its Consequences, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1899-1910, folding maps and plans, library stamps and labels at front, presentation labels to York Public Library at rear from Mrs N.P. Hanna, original red cloth, spines faded with manuscript shelf numbers, 8vo (3)

Signal Book. Signal Book for the Ships of War, late 18th c., [2], vii, 60pp., contemporary manuscript notes & annotations to title and throughout volume, numerous detailed watercolour illustrations of flags to tables and thumb index, blind library stamp & manuscript classification number to title with library ink stamp to verso, with a double page table bound-in at front of volume detailing private signals for knowing each other by day and private signals for His Majesty’s ships by night, with contemporary manuscript infill and annotations, bound with A Short Sketch of the use and Importance of Naval Signals, late 18th c., 8pp., slight dust-soiling to final leaf, orig. wrappers present with closed-tear to rear wrapper, marbled endpapers, cloth strengthening strip to hinges, library bookplates to upper pastedown, contemp. calf with red morocco title label to upper board, old reback with paper label at foot of spine, wear to extrems., folio. Includes signals by private ships by day and night; fog signals, signals with sails and guns; signals denoting the squadrons, divisions and signals to be made by ships ordered to observe the motions of the enemy by night. (1)

Brayley (Edward Wedlake and Britton, John). A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Glocestershire Containing an Account of its Towns, Seats, Antiquities, Churches, Public Edifices, Scenery & The Residences of the Nobility Gentry &c., 2 vols., pub. Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1808, title and text window mounted with red ruled borders and reset to quarto, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with approx. 100 addn. maps, topographical engravings and portraits, two addn. manuscript titles to vol. 2, addn. text from ‘England Illustrated’ bound at rear of vol.2 with map of Gloucestershire by Thomas Kitchin, c.1764, later manuscript list of Churches and Abbeys bound at rear, book plate of Frederick Sessions to front pastedowns, hinges strengthened, a.e.g., near contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and bumped at extrems., 4to (2)

Cruchley (G.F., publisher). Cruchley’s County Atlas of England & Wales Shewing all the Railways & Stations with their Names, also the Turnpike Roads and Principal Cross Roads to all the Cities, Market and Borough Towns with the Distance from Town to Town Delineated on a Series of 46 County Maps, c.1870 calligraphic title page and index, forty-seven litho. maps with contemp. hand colouring (complete as list), manuscript ownership signature to front paste down, a.e.g., contemp. ‘envelope style’ limp morocco, with gilt title to upper board, retaining silk tie, 4to (1)

Hall (Sidney). A Travelling County Atlas with all the Coach and Rail Roads Accurately laid down and Coloured and Carefully Corrected to the Present Time, 1842, title page with contemp. ownership manuscript signature and date, index with contemp. ink marginalia, forty-six (complete as list) engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring, (including four folding), occ. slight offsetting, later end papers, early 20th century cloth gilt, 8vo (1)

Michell (James). Parochial History of Saint Neots, in Cornwall, and an Historical Sketch of the Life and Miracles of Saint Neot..., pub. Bodmin, 1833, manuscript inscription to title, slight marginal dampstaining to initial leaves, contemp. half morocco, 8vo in 16s, together with Birmingham, An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Birmingham..., pub. Birmingham, 1830, numerous eng. plts., endpapers renewed, orig. cloth, rebacked, 8vo, with Sexby (Lieut-Col. J.J.), The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London, 1898, b & w frontis. and illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, 8vo, plus other topography including a Channel Islands portion of Kelly’s Directory for 1911 with three folding maps (16)

Stukeley (William). Palaeographia Britannica: or Discourses on Antiquities in Britain, Number 2 (of 3), pub. Francis Howgrave, Stamford, 1746, title page with later manuscript ownership signature and ink library stamp on recto and verso, eng. frontis. with ink library stamp, five eng. plts. (including two folding), occ. ink library stamps throughout, slight water staining, library labels to pastedown and f.e.p., near contemp. mottled calf gilt, slim 4to (1)