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India – Military manuscript document in French dated 1763 being a complaint by a Captain Duliron against Henry Vansittart Administrator in India 10pp folio. Duliron complains that Vansittart then governor of Calcutta had damaged his reputation by a false accusation and he asks for 8000 livres in compensation.

Ephemera – commonplace books two manuscript commonplace books both clearly intended as a private magazine called `Crowquills and Goosequills` one bearing the date of November 1857 featuring poetry and prose and both featuring finely executed illustrations intended as title pages.

WWII – Mosley and the Fascists an original manuscript article written in pencil on four sheets of Imperial Fascist League notepaper being a translation of an anti-Semitic article emanating from Holland. `... it is a joyful sign that the Swastika is to be seen in England and that the Hitlerite ideology is becoming to be realised as the only true one...the battle against Jewdom and masonry must be won because right is on our side...` The Imperial Fascist League was an incarnation of Arnold Leese who hated Mosley almost as much as he hated Jews – this article possibly written out by Leese himself must have seemed music to his ears as it attacks Mosley`s brand of `Kosher` as much as it attacks the Jews and Freemasons. Rare.

Manuscript – literary – Giovani Meli a fine manuscript translation of Meli`s greatest work `La Fata Galanti` dated around 1818 and carried out by W W Baker who was vice consul in Messina in the early 19th c. The ms carry an introduction and biographical sketch of Meli and is generally good condition throughout. Total of 110 pp large folio.

BERKSHIRE, South Moreton. A collection of 20 manuscript legal documents on vellum, some multi-sheeted, 1648 - 1753, one with seal in tin box (1753), 2 with engraved portrait (Queen Anne & George II), relating to property in the village: leases, mortgage, assignment, recovery, release, jointure etc., with 5 fragments, also on vellum; 14 legal items on paper, mostly 18th c. relating to the same. With printed Act for Inclosing Lands in the Parish of South Moreton in the County of Berks, 1818. Mainly concerning the Chambers and Simes families. (a quantity)

GRANT OF LANDS, probably mid 13th c., c. 1220 - 1280, made by William de Elleleys, son of Peter to Adam de Sandhulle, relating to land in (?) Balricham, with various witnesses including Nicholas le But (Knight). Manuscript in Latin, folded, on vellum, with seal. 100 x 230 mm. With 19th c. part transcription.

HAMPSHIRE. Court Roll relating to the Manor of Townhill (South Stoneham), c. 1590 - 1620. Manuscript in Latin on 6 vellum sheets, approx. length 630 mm., bound together with an indenture in English, relating to Henry Wallop of Farleigh, Hants (early 17th c.). Manorial documents may only be sold with the proviso that they remain in the U.K. Every change of ownership must be reported by the new owner to the Secretary of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (Archives Sector Development, The National Archives). Details displayed with the lot.

THORNTON, JOHN. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT MAP OF NORTH AMERICA and CANADA, hand coloured, folded, on vellum, depicting an area south from Hudson`s Straights, including James Bay, Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New England to New York. "Made by John Thornton at the Signe of the Platt in the Minories Anno: 1699. Measures approx. 675 mm. (26 1/2 ins) x 795 mm. (31 1/4 ins). John Thornton (1641 - 1708), hydrographer, `plattmaker` (i.e. chart), engraver and publisher, was apprenticed to John Burston in the Drapers` Company from 1656 and made a freeman in 1664/5, The Draper`s Company included a number of chartmakers known collectively as the Thames School of Chartmakers. He collaborated with other publishers and mapmakers including William Fisher, John Seller and Richard Mount. Thornton was appointed hydrographer to both the Hudson`s Bay and East India companies. Printed maps of North America by Thornton appear in the Atlas Maritimus of c. 1685 and vol 4 of The English Pilot, 1689 and later editions, though none are identical to our map. We have examined British Library Ms. Ad 5414:20, Thornton`s rolled map on vellum of Hudson`s Bay, 1685 and are satisfied that our map is in the same hand. It has been suggested that this map may have been a special commission for a patron. Much detail is given to the small settlements on the coast of Newfoundland, and it is possible that this may indicate an interest in the fishing business. This apparently unrecorded map has lain undisturbed for many years in the attics of The House of Glennie, By Huntly, Aberdeenshire. It is likely to have been inherited by Mrs. Moulton-Barrett from her father, the financier Harold Fortington, who lived in New York before the Second World War, and had business interests in Canada and the U.S.A. We are grateful to Peter Barber and Tom Harper of the British Library for help in cataloguing this map. References. Tyacke, S. London mapsellers 1660 - 1720, 1978 Thrower, N. The compleat plattmaker, 1978 Ronciere, Monique de la. Manuscript Charts by John Thornton..., Imago Mundi,vol 19 1965 See illustrations.

Hong Kong.- (Edgson Family) An album of topographi including 5 photographs of the 1918 fire at Happy Valley Racecourse others of the Sha-ki-wan (Shau-kei-wan) and Wan-Chai Districts and others and 4 of soldiers in Vancouver dated 1918 largest 153mm. x 113mm. each mounted c.60 the rest of the album with decorative manuscript envelopes addressed to members of the Edgson family Coronation 1911 souvenir on tissue paper loosely inserted date stamped 1891-98 laid down ff. friable some ff. loose or working loose all in original decorative cloth worn 1891-1918; and 3 other manuscript albums with examples of poetry predilictions and drawings 4to & oblong 4to (4). *** Other photographs include: “Dragon Day - Hong Kong Boat Race - The Start... The Finish”; “G.P.O. Victoria”; “Flower Street”; “Hong Kong Tiger... Tiger shot near Fanling...”; “Cutting new road to Tytam Tuk Reservoir `chinks having chow`“; “Hauling in an overladen granite junk”; “Vancouver” etc.

Pufendorf (Samuel) De Officio Hominis et Civis Jux manuscript inscriptions at beginning and end browned contemporary calf slightly rubbed Utrecht Guilielmum Broedelet 1705; and another Pontificale Romanum 1772 12mo & 8vo (2)(2)

A List of all the Officers of the Army and Royal fifty-third edition later manuscript notes in ink towards the end contemporary straight-grained morocco g.e. corners and joints rubbed spines a little cracked 8vo 1805.

Arthur (George Arthur) The Story of the Household 2 vol. tissue guarded plates vol. 1 author`s manuscript compliments slip tipped to front endpaper original cloth gilt foxed 4to 1909.

"1679, a 17thC vellum manuscript with extensive text and signature"

ELLIS HAVELOCK: (1859-1939) British Physician and Psychologist who studied sex. Original autograph MS, H Ellis, forty four pages, 4to, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, early 1911. The manuscript represents the final chapter of The Task of Social Hygiene, entitled Individualism and Socialism, written in ink with numerous corrections in pencil. Signed by Ellis to the verso of the final page and also accompanied by an autograph statement signed, Havelock Ellis, one page, 4to, Herne Hill, London, n.d., in full, `This is, in its original form, the last chapter, in manuscript, of The Task of Social Hygiene. I preserved it when destroying the rest as it is the chapter to which I personally attach most value.` Contained in the original presentation folder. Very small file holes appear to the upper left corner of each page, otherwise VG In The Task of Social Hygiene (1912) Ellis joined the discussion about eugenics, which he strongly supported, and which was considered part of the progressive thinking of the era. Ellis served as Vice-President to the Eugenics Education Society.

GREGORY XVI: (1765-1846) Pope of the Catholic Church 1831-46. D.S., Gregorius PP XVI, as Pope, one page, 4to, St. Peter`s, Rome, 16th January 1839. The manuscript document is in the form of a letter addressed to Archbishop Gabrieli Firmano, thanking him for their letter received `during the recent feast of the most sacred Nativity of Our Lord` and continuing `in return for the goodwill you show us, we repeat our testimony, and look for your continuing love in these stricken and burdensome times in the Government of the Church. We ask for your continued help in calling on God in prayer and supplication. We also humbly ask Him to strengthen the vigilance with which you watch over your flock, and multiply his gifts to you in his mercy.` With integral address leaf bearing a good red wax seal. Some light overall foxing, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, otherwise VG

STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Rare Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (post 1892). The working manuscript, with several corrections, begins with a dialogue sketch from Catriona, and also includes unpublished poetry, in part, ` "Aweel", said Alan, "I have a piece of news to ye too, if ye had the drive to listen to it. The French nobleman keeps the post house, it appears; you was him, Davie, that we had a dram with yestreen at our allichting, and thought him naething but the hostler.` the poetry beginning `I trembled forth in the spirit opening a pain/ Through the misty mournful land of wind and rain/Thy are kind....gold, the pious and tame/ I am come from a land of heath and driving rain....` The manuscript comprises 23 lines of text, three of which have been crossed through. The page is a little browned and brittle at the edges, with a few very small areas of paper loss, G Provenance: The manuscript was originally sold as part of Stevenson`s Library by the Anderson Auction Company in 1914. Purchased by Howard Goodhart, an American collector of incunabala, the manuscript was given to Samuel M. Brickner, author of a poem entitled Stevenson at Saranac Lake, and remained in the Brickner family until recently. Catriona (1893) is Stevenson`s sequel to his novel Kidnapped (1886). Also known as David Balfour, it continues the story of David `Davie` Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart as they strive to prove Stewart`s innocence in the Appin Murder, an event of 1752 which Stevenson incorporated into Kidnapped. Unlike his adventure story, Catriona is a love story, taking its title from the first name of its heroine, Catriona MacGregor Drummond. The present manuscript almost certainly includes dialogue intended for chapter 29 of the novel.

CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Writer. Typed Manuscript, unsigned, with numerous holograph corrections, twenty two pages, 4to, n.p. n.d. (c.1941). The manuscript is entitled A Case of Buried Treasure and is one of Christie`s short stories featuring Miss. Marple, beginning `"And this," said Jane Helier, completing her introductions, "is Miss. Marple!" Being an actress, she was able to make her point. It was clearly the climax, the triumphant finale! Her tone was equally compounded of reverent awe and triumph. The odd part of it was that the object thus led up to and proudly proclaimed was merely a gentle, rather fussy looking elderly spinster.` Christie has made ink corrections in her hand to each of the pages and there are also a few corrections in pencil in an unidentified hand. Some light overall creasing and age wear, G The story was published in America, in the magazine This Week (1941), with the alternative title Strange Jest and first appeared in print in England in Strand magazine in 1944 under the title used in the present manuscript. In the story Miss. Marple is reunited with Jane Helier whose friends, Edward Rossiter and Charmain Stroud are saddened by the news of the death of their Uncle, particularly as the inheritance he promised them has come to nothing.

HENRY VII: (1457-1509) King of England and Lord of Ireland 1485-1509, the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Father of King Henry VIII. Rare D.S., with his initials H R, as is usual, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), slim oblong 8vo, Manor of Greenwiche, 7th February 1499. The manuscript document, comprising six lines, is addressed to Sir Robert Litton, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, and orders him to deliver to Denys Bonde `thre brode yerds and an half of tawney for a gowne, and asmoche blak bogee as wol suffice to furre the same, and thre yerds of blak sattyn for a doblet` An attractive, boldly penned document. One small area of paper loss to the lower left corner and a slight stain to the lower edge, not affecting the text or signature. VG A good example of the earliest English monarch`s signature which is realistically obtainable in today`s market.

HISTORICAL: William Cordell (1522-1581) Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls during the reign of Queen Mary I and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. A.L.S., William Cordell, one page, small 4to, n.p. (Westminster?), 8th October 1558, to Cornwallis (?), discussing the death of his daughter and remarking `…sickness of my little girl has so troubled me that I have had no mynde of any thing….the last night God hath called her oute of his life to his Mercy. I must humblie thank almighty God…` With address panel to verso; John Fortescue (c.1531/33-1607) Chancellor of the Exchequer 1589-1603. D.S., J Fortescue, one page, 4to, n.p. (Westminster?), 3rd July 1597. The manuscript document, signed by Fortescue in his capacity as Chancellor, states, in part `….Bennet Blumfielde one of ye messengers of your Majesty`s exchequer asketh allowance for ridinge in haste at ye command of ye Right Honorable Sir John Fortescue Knight from his house at ye wardrobe in London to Mr. (?) to his house at Ware….for her Majesty`s service and so returned again to his house at London…` Boldly signed by Fortescue in the right margin. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 2

HENRIETTA MARIA: (1609-1669) Queen Consort of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. Wife of King Charles I. Fine D.S., Henriette Marie R, as Queen Consort, at the head, one page, folio, Denmark House, 10th April 1663. The manuscript document is a warrant granting the Manor of Eltham in Kent to Thomas Panton on certain specified conditions. Countersigned at the foot by the consort`s personal secretary, Sir John Wintour. Neatly inlaid, VG

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Ireland & Scotland 1689-1702. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, slim folio (irregularly torn at the left edge with some paper loss just affecting the text), Court at Kensington, 20th November 1695. The manuscript document is addressed to the Treasury and is their warrant for paying various individuals their pensions, payable through the rent of lotteries. The document features a list of over 20 individuals, each with the amounts they are to receive specified alongside their names. The pensions vary from £2 to £125 and total `Six hundred twenty Seaven pounds ten shillings Seaven pence halfe penny` Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712, First Lord of the Treasury 1684-85, 1690-97, 1700-01) and Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English Politician) and one other. Three small printed labels neatly affixed beneath the signatures. Some light age wear, G

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Kensingtoune, 28th December 1689. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Edward Bwyre to be a Captain in the Regiment of Foot under Colonel Richard Cunningham. Countersigned at the foot by George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636-1707) Scottish Aristocrat and Statesman. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. The text of the document is a little light in places, although perfectly legible. About VG

TAYLOR ZACHARY: (1784-1850) American President 1849-50. D.S., Z. Taylor, Col., with Regiment beneath, one page, oblong 8vo, Fort Crawford, 13th August 1833. The manuscript document is a Requisition Order for stationery, a blank book, to be provided for the Commanding Officer`s office for the 1st Regiment of Infantry. Signed in bold, dark ink by Taylor at the foot. VG

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance, 24th December 1714. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Erle, Lieutenant General of His Majesty`s Ordnance, and states that it has been thought necessary `for the better expediteing his Matys. Service….that fifty qualifyd and able persons should be entertaind by this Office….to serve & provide Lighters and great and Small Boates at Woolwich to carry Guns, Carriages, Shot, and other Stores of Warr from thence to Tower Wharf, Deptford, Greenwich, Galleons, Longreach, Gravesend, Hope, Buoy of the Nore, Sheerness, Chatham or Elsewhere as Occassion shall require` and appointing Stephen Anthony and James Swift to the Office. Signed by Marlborough in dark ink at the conclusion. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (cracked). Some age wear at the folds (particularly evident to the central horizontal fold, just affecting the text) and minor areas of paper loss at the edges and corners, not affecting the text or signature. Neatly mounted, G

TISO JOZEF: (1887-1947) President of the Slovak State 1939-45. Rare manuscript D.S., Dr. Jozef Tiso, four pages, folio, Garmisch, 22nd August 1945. The manuscript, written by Tiso in bold pencil, in German, is the President`s statement provided to the Allies at the end of World War II and reads, in part, `I have never done anything against the former Czechoslovakian Republic, although I could have done so on the 6th of October 1938 when we united all parties of Slovakia in the program of our party, the Hlinka Slovakian Peoples Party. That program dealt with the autonomy of Slovakia in the Czechoslovakian Republic. I did nothing against the Czechoslovakian Republic in March 1939, when I went to Berlin on Hitler`s invitation....although I was requested by the foreign ministry to proclaim the independence of Slovakia in Berlin...I never had any dealings with foreign policy, not only because the Slovakian Nation is too small a factor to influence world affairs, but especially because internal affairs took up all of our strength. I dedicated myself completely to the service of my people to further the national, social, and economic interests and to save my nation from being incorporated in another nation and being exploited economically....The form and contents of the protection treaty with the German Reich were forced upon us...The protective treaty with the German Reich did not mean collaboration with National Socialism....I have never allowed, personally or officially, National Socialism in Slovakia....I always did everything in my power against National Socialistic influences; and always strived to save Slovakia from the danger of German occupation....If the Czechoslovakian Government demands my extradition I have to attribute it to these causes: First the false information about my political actions, and to the influence of the Bolsheviks whose request to go over to their side and proclaim the Soviet-Slovakian Republic I did not comply with but instead fled to the West.` Tiso has signed his name in pencil at the foot of each page and, at the conclusion of the document, adds a paragraph in ink in his hand, `This statement on four pages was written by me, by my own hand, freely and voluntarily, without force, threats, or compulsion....and I swear before God, the almighty, that it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and that I have concealed nothing thereof.` also adding his signature in ink. Accompanied by the original translation prepared by Private Henry Kamm and witnessed by 1st Lt. C. O. Porter, also signed by both. Rare. VG Tiso, a Priest, became the clerofascist leader of the Slovak State, a satellite state of Nazi Germany on 26th October 1939. Tiso was convicted for his activities in support of Nazism and treason and hanged in Bratislava on 18th April 1947.

COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) English Actor & Playwright, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Coward seated in a half length pose at a desk. He holds a lit cigarette in one hand and a pen in the other as he works on a manuscript before him. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with David Niven (1910-1983) British Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed sepia 5 x 7 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. VG to EX, 2

Cock Robin. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; as Taken from the Original Manuscript, in the Possession of Master Meanwell, Lichfield, printed and sold by M. Morgan, and A. Morgan, [cover-title], c.1800,. 16pp., fifteen woodcut illusts., lightly foxed and toned, untrimmed, folded and unbound as issued, 16mo. This rare edition not listed in Osborne. (1)

Manuscript schoolbook. A manuscript schoolbook belonging to Lydia Stone, Surbiton Hill, 1860,. 34pp., written throughout in a neat copperplate hand, with calligraphic titles, some pencil drawings, and pen & ink diagrams and maps, scattered foxing, upper hinge split and stitching strained, orig. half roan, rubbed and worn, slim oblong folio, together with a sketch book belonging to Master John Carter, 1823, containing twelve pencil drawings by a competent juvenile, incl., buildings, ships, landscapes, animals, flowers, etc., dust-soiled, orig. wrappers, worn, with owner’s name and date in ms. on upper cover, 200 x 270 mm (8 x 10.5 ins) The first item with titles such as: Comparative Chart of the Principal Rivers in the Western Hemisphere; Comparative Chart of the Principal Lakes, & Inland Seas in the World; Mechanical Powers; On the formation of Coral and Coral Islands. (2)

* Roe (Fred, 1864-1947). A set of six original pen & ink illustrations for The Battle of Naseby, by Thomas Babington Macaulay, c. 1885-88,. six folio sheets of Whatman paper (with watermark dated 1885), manuscript text of the poem in brown ink with illustrations of Royalists and Roundheads, etc., three sheets signed, and one dated ‘88, some light soiling, folio (39 x 28 cm), together with one other similar pen and ink drawing of a soldier, and another similar pen, ink and grey wash drawing of a kneeling man with sword, signed and dated ‘85, both mounted (8)

* Kelmscott Press. Morris (William), The Canterbury Tales compiled by Geoffrey Chaucer, [1896], double page from ‘The Kelmscott Chaucer’, wood block illust. surrounded by intricate foliate design, inset text printed in red & black, further text on adjacent leaf and on verso, central fold with old stitch marks, contemp. ink manuscript below image stating ‘Given by Mr. Morris to the Board of Education, March 1901’, 395 x 525 mm, mounted framed and double glazed (1)

Murdoch (Iris). A collection of books, proofs, letters and notes, 1960’s-90’s, including The One Alone, 1995, original page proofs set by Michael Mitchell, an advance reading copy, two unbound copies and a trial copy in variant binding (one of 200), plus some manuscript letters and signed postcards: “Dear Mr Wikander, thank you for your letter. A number of my books (at least 6 ) have been translated into Russian, but as the Russians do not communicate with me much I cannot be sure” and another: “Dear Richard, thank you for your letter. I’m glad you have enjoyed the books. I started to write stories when I was about ten years old. I always wanted to be a writer. I write everyday, when I can - but 2 often rewrite and cross out too”. (19)

Gerritt S Miller Jr/Animals of North East United States/ hand written manuscript, with six plates of butterflies, pen, ink and watercolour

Bartlett (W.H. & Beattie, William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1842, engraved frontis and half title to each, portrait of Queen Victoria to vol. 1, 120 (of 122) uncoloured engraved plts. (lacking Beriwck Lighthouse & Portsmouth Harbour entrance), some spotting and marginal finger soiling throughout, some damp staining to rear of vol. 1, contemp. blind panelled calf with gilt titles to spines, a little rubbed and worn, 4to, together with, Neale (John Preston & Shepherd Thomas & Britton John), Jones’ Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles &c. of Noblemen & Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland and other Picturesque Scenery, 1 vol. (only?), pub. Jones & Co., 1829, calligraphic title with eng. vignette and near contemp. manuscript ownership signature, 200 eng. views on 100 sheets, some spotting and staining throughout, marbled end papers, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, 4to (3)

Cary (John). Cary’s Traveller’s Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales shewing the Immediate route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom laid down from the best Authorities on a new set of County Maps, 1840, calligraphic title page with near contemp. manuscript ownership signature, title page and front free end papers detached, contents list and advertisement, forty-three engraved maps with original outline colouring (complete as list), including one folding (Yorkshire), folding map repaired on verso, very occ. ink marginalia, occ. spotting, upper hinge broken, contemp. half calf, rubbed worn and frayed, 8vo. A late edition of the ‘Travellers Companion’ with nine of the county maps showing railways. Not listed in Chubb. (1)

Griffith (Samuel Young). New Historical Description of Cheltenham, pub. Cheltenham & London, 1826, eng. title dust-soiled, forty-four eng. plts. only (of 45, inc. two plts. of the Literary Saloon in Cheltenham not listed in plt. list), seven leaves at rear with eight eng. adverts, lacks all maps & plans, contemp. manuscript note pasted to verso of plt. list, one plt. trimmed to image and laid-down, one leaf of text excised to margins and repaired, some other marginal paper repairs, minor dust-soiling and dampstaining, upper inner hinge cracked, late 19th c. half morocco, worn with insect damage to spine and boards, 4to (1)

Lewis (John). The History and Antiquities, Ecclesiatical and Civil, of the Isle of Tenet in Kent, 1st ed., 1723, title printed in red and black, with eng. vign. view of Richborough, seven eng. plts., including four with letterpress to verso or recto, and one folding, a few eng. or woodcut illusts. to text, one or two minor marks, small rust-hole to centre of leaf B3, untrimmed, early manuscript index in ink to rear pastedown, early 20th c. presentation inscription to Edith May, from her mother, dated Christmas 1910 to front endpaper, orig. boards, heavily rubbed and soiled, 4to. According to a printed advertisement to verso of the title, only 150 copies of this work were published for subscribers. This edition not in Upcott (only the second edition of 1736 listed). (1)

Dallas (Donald). The British Sporting Gun and Rifle, Pursuit of Perfection 1850-1900, 1st ed., 2008, col. and b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, large 4to, contained in slipcase, Limited edition of 100 copies (un-numbered), signed by the author, together with Medlar Press, Angling Manuscript by A.J. Lacie(?), 1843, facsimile ed., 1995, approx. 190pp. detailed manuscript notes in facsimile, numerous full-page col. and b & w plts. of original studies of fish in facsimile, contemp. black sheep, 8vo, Limited edition 1195/1489 (2)

Surrey. Speed (John), Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset views of Richmond and Nonsuch palaces, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, central fold worn and frayed with some restoration on verso, repaired marginal closed tears, later ink manuscript annotations in lower margin not affecting image, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso (1)

* Gillray (James). The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, pub. H.Humphrey, June 26th. 1803, etching with aquatint on wove, bright original hand colouring, small margins, near contemp. ink manuscript annotation on verso, 315 x 255mm. George III holds a spy glass to his eye to examine a Lilliputian Napoleon whom he holds in the palm of his hand. The King pronounces that ‘...you be one of the most pernicious little odious reptiles ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth’. A wonderful example of Georgian jingoism and anti-French propoganda. (1)

* Betjeman (John, 1906-84). One typed letter, four postcards, and one Christmas card signed, c. 1951/76, the typed letter on letterhead dated 21st July 1975, a brief note to [Michael] De-la-Noy refusing an offer to be interviewed for Good Housekeeping to celebrate his birthday the following year, ‘It would give offence to all those to whom are refused interviews and my doctor has also ordered me to cut down on such engagements’, a few manuscript corrections, signed ‘John Betjeman’ in an unsteady hand, one page, 4to, the postcards addressed to Gerald Finzi, Michael De la Noy and two typed to Geoffrey Grigson, one to Grigson, ‘I would like to give you a not bad Lawson riverscene in thanks for the pleasure received from ‘Britain Observed’ and Gerald Wilkinson. You have enriched the autumn of my life’, the Christmas card with a reproduction of a painting by Memling, variously signed ‘John Betjeman’, ‘J. Betjeman’, and ‘John B’ (6)

Bird Hunting. Three manuscript diaries possibly compiled by Sir Hermann Weber (1823-1918, British Physician), c. 1875-78, one diary containing approx. 80 pp. describing a trip to Hungary, written staccato style giving details of places and people visited, anecdotal events and details of birds shot or seen and eggs collected, etc., Hungarian lists of birds, plus private addresses at rear, the second and third diaries describing one or two trips during the months of November and December to Smyrna and surrounding districts, writtin in the same staccato style with details of hunting, local terrain and local colour, pen and ink sketch map and illustrations including two watercolour vigns. of birds’ heads, a tabulated list of 200 birds with places of sightings marked in coloums, plus vocabulary, the ownership name of Herman Weber, 10 Grosvenor Square appearing to rear endpaper of one vol. and seemingly in the same hand as the writer of all three journals, contemp. cloth/quarter cloth, worn, 8vo (3)

* Boer War. A collection of photos, printed and manuscript ephemera contained in two modern scrap albums, a total of approx. eighty vintage b & w photos including snapshots, scenes of the British Army at Jagers Drift, group portraits at Upington, scenes of camps and local terrain, various sizes, tipped in as multiples, many with pencil or photocopied captions pasted beneath, the ephemera including presidential pass, receipts, silver leaves, army notices and flyers including some in Afrikaans, etc., a total of approx. fifty items, both modern boards, 4to/folio (2)

* French Revolution Archive - Camille Desmoulins & Dillon Regiment. Camille Desmoulins and his Wife, Passages from the History of the Dantonists, Translated from the French of Jules Claretie, by Mrs. Cashel Hoey, 1876, extra illustrated with b & w plts., t.e.g., near-contemp. blue half calf gilt, rubbed, together with Desmoulins association items, including a small manuscript copybook belonging to Camille’s wife Lucile and referred to extensively in the printed book (pp. 130-150), ‘It is only a small copybook, with a red cardboard cover; and it consists of twenty-two leaves of thick, rough, yellow paper, only thirteen being written over in Lucile’s hand. It contains verses composed in honour of Madamoiselle Duplessis, or copied by her from the different collections in vogue at the time. Baron de Girardot, to whom the little volume belonged, wrote the following words on the first page: [in translation]: “Written by the hand of Lucile Duplessis, wife of Camille Desmoulins. This book was given to me in Paris, by Lucile’s sister, in 1834, B. de Girardot”. The book is at present the property of M. de Lescure, who kindly permitted me to see it... ‘, contemp. red boards with marbled backstrip, 24mo, also the original autograph letter from General Dillon written to Camille, Madelonettes, 26th July 1793, 7 pm, translated in full on page 252 of the book, asking Camille to see his cousin Fouquier de Tinville, ‘See him, I beg of you; induce him to finish, as he promised. He knows my innocence; my request is worthy of you, my kind and upright defender; only a word from your cousin is wanted. See him very early tomorrow morning; let him say this word, and give back to the republic a man who only aspires to save it from the tyrants who are advancing with rapid strides’, one page with integral address leaf and seal, old ink stamp ‘Papiers Cam. Desmoulins’ at head of letter, 8vo, plus a printed copy of ‘Lettre de Camille Desmoulins, Depute de Paris a la Convention, au General Dillon, en prison aux Madelonettes, Paris’, 1793, uncut, sewn as issued, sl. frayed and soiled first and last leaf, plus ‘Le Vieux Cordelier: Journal’, ed. Camille Desmoulins, 7 issues [complete, Paris, 1793-94], 172 pp., uncut, some soiling and damp staining, all sewn as issued, slim 8vo, plus an interesting group of twenty-six manuscript and six printed items, the majority relating to the Dillon Regimen before, during and after the French Revolution, including two documents signed by the Colonel of the Regiment [Arthur] Dillon, both 13th August 1784, and ‘Abstract pour servir au payement de 8 mois’, 25th August 1797, one page with numerous signatures including Lieutenant Colonel Dillon, three separate bifoliums of receipts and expenses for 1771 and 1772, documents signed by O’Mahony (29th July 1816), Walsh-Serrant (9th March 1787), O’Moran and Gormocan (24th January 1792), a letter signed ‘E. Dillon’, 28th July 1702, writing in French of the death of MacDonogh to Jen [his wife?], documents signed by Macdonald, Clarke, translated copy letter from Dillon to Phillipe de Colloredo [1847?], a letter to Dillon from Tolendal(?) dated 11th September 1847, a document being the award of Croce d’Oro di Devozione to Conte Augusto Enrico Dillon, 9th February 1847, an autograph letter signed from Le Comte de Lally-Tolendal to ‘le Baron’, etc., the majority of manuscript items one or two pages, 4to/folio, two of the printed items being Revolutionary laws relating to Dillon (no. 1691, 11th May 1792 & no. 2193, 20th August 1792) A significant archive. The Dillon Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon. After the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 the Regiment transferred to the service of the Kings of France under its present name. From 1777 to 1782 the Regiment fought as part of the French expeditionary force in the American Revolution. It remained faithful to France after the French Revolution. The Regiment’s commander at this time Arthur Dillon (1750-1794) was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution, being closely associated with Georges Danton. While awaiting his trial and execution, Desmoulins wrote love letters to his wife Lucile, not knowing that she had been arrested and that these letters would never be received. According to some accounts, he only learned of his wife’s arrest on his way to his own execution along with a group that included Danton (5th April 1794). As he was being led to the guillotine he fought to resist his captors, crying out to his wife and reciting passages from the letters he had written to her. Lucile was herself guillotined eight days after her husband. (a folder and a book)

* Jeans (Ronald, 1887-1973). An archive of printed and some manuscript song sheets with lyrics by Ronald Jeans, written in association with composers Vivianne Ellis, Ivor Novello et al, for musical revues, mainly of the 1920s produced by C.B. Cochran, Andre Charlot and others, a total of approx. sixty pieces including some dups., mostly orig. printed or pict. wrappers, but including a few fair copy manuscripts and draft lyrics in pen and pencil for the song ‘Don’t Know Myself’, all loosely filed in buff folders and two worn file boxes (2)

* Misc. ephemera, mostly 18th/20th c., incl. printed and manuscript material incl. scrap books, engravings, miscellaneous documents and journals, etc. (2 cartons)

* Norfolk Broads. The Log of the Ecila, by the Ancient Mariner, August 1898 and August 1899, a group of three manuscript log books compiled by an unidentified crew member on board the pleasure wherry the Ecila, a total of approx. 140 pages written entirely in poetic quatrains, written to rectos only, each vol. initialled at end ‘HRC’ and the third vol. with twenty-five initialled pencil sketches facing text of bridges, broads, locks and quays, a few other sketches loosely inserted, the first two vols. contemp. plain wrappers with manuscript title to upper covers, the third disbound but contemp. limp morocco lower cover retained, all 8vo (3)

* Slavery. The Slaves Address to the British Ladies, for the Chelmsford Female anti-slavery Association, engraved and printed by I. Sturz, London, c. 1830, sepia copper eng. printed on card with vign. at head, some soiling, 145 x 90mm, pasted on to old paper, together with an engraved membership for the League of Universal Brotherhood, printed by Mitchell, London, c. 1840s, eng. vign. from a design by Henry Anelay and W.H. Egleton, manuscript insertions admitting Eliza R. Clark as a member and signed by secretary Emma Yonge, sl. soiled and creased at margins, 32 x 25cm, plus a manuscript receipt for 4 from the Treasurer of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, ‘Being the Ballance of my Account’, signed Jn. Fredk. Garling, embossed stamp, 55 x 165mm (3)

* Theatre & Entertainment. An album containing approx. 170 theatrical autographs, c. 1900, the majority signed sentiments, sometimes with a theatre name and date, a small number on letterhead and a few signed photographs, all pasted into an album, numbered manuscript index at front, includes the autographs of Ellaline Terriss, Charles Kennington, Oscar Adye, Herbert Standing, Dion Boucicault, Ruth Vincent, Frederick Kaye, Mathilda Wood, Gerald Du Maurier, J. Forbes Robertson, Letty Lind, Fred Williams, H. Beerbohm-Tree, Ellen Terry, Julia Nielson, Lilian Braithwaite, George Walker, Fred Terry, etc., plus loosely inserted a vintage signed b & w photo of Noel Madison with Ginger Rogers and [husband] Lew Ayres, signed and inscribed by Madison, 14 x 8.5cm, a.e.g., contemp. padded morocco, some wear, 4to (1)

Censorinus. Censorini Liber de Die Natali cum Perpetuo Commentario Henrici Lindenbrogii, nec non Notarum Spicilegio..., pub. Luchtmans, Leiden, 1767, title printed in red and black, two folding engraved plates, some light spotting, library label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering and library label to spine, covers bowed and a little soiled, 8vo, together with Opere del Padre Gio: Pietro Pinamonti della Compagnia di Gesu, Venice, 1762, half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, engraved portrait, engraved headpiece and initial, text in double column, come spotting, library label at front, contemporary half vellum, some soiling, 4to, with one other (3)

Trade and Commerce. A bound collection of eighty broadsheets, the majority [1714], subjects including longitude, the Royal African Company and Slavery, import and export relating to cloth, paper, wool, tobacco and soap, plus lotteries, Ireland, transport, politics and law, titles include ‘A Petition About the Longitude’ (ESTC T11545), ‘A Proposal for Settling the Trade to Africa, wherein the Ends profess to be aimed at, both by the separate traders, and the company, and also by the North Britons, Our Ports and Plantations, and likewise the Manufacturers, are effectually provided for’ (ESTC T211036), ‘The Case of Borough of Buckingham’ (ESTC T95766), ‘Reasons for making Blackwell-Hall an absolute market ...’ (ESTC N12897), ‘The Case of the Poor within the City of Bristol’ (ESTC T188810), ‘The Merchants of London’s Observations humbly offer’d against the Bill for More Effectual Preventing the Running of Brandys’ (ESTC T181169), ‘Reasons Humbly Offered by Henry Jones, Esq, for building a mould or harbour in Whitsand-Bay at the Lands-End, in Cornwall’ (ESTC T11538), ‘The Case of the Chaplains of Her Majesty’s Navy, to the number of about 80’ (ESTC T188809), ‘Provisoes and Amendments Humbly Proposed to the insolvent debtors Bill, with reasons for the same’ (ESTC T180192), ‘The Case of the Traders and Poor People Imployed and Maintained in the Linnen Manufacture in North Britain’ (ESTC T188801), ‘The Case of the Sufferers of Nevis and St. Christophers’ (ESTC T20281), ‘The Paper-Makers Case ...’ (ESTC T170344), ‘A Proposal to Raise 400, 000 l. without any new fund by a lottery’ (ESTC T177606), ‘The Case of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland’ (ESTC T188800), ‘The Case of the Merchants Trading in Tobacco, with relation to the Bill now depending in the Honorable House of Commons’ (ESTC T57838), ‘The Case of the Thread-Makers of Great Britain’ (ESTC T11532), ‘A New Method of Robert Colepepyr, Gent, A Speedy and Effectual Preservation of the Navigation of the River Thames’ (ESTC T122737), ‘Reasons Humbly Offer’d to the Honorable House of Commons against laying any father Duties on Buckrams’, ‘The Case of the Soap-Makers Making Green-Soap’, ‘Proposals Humbly Offered to the Consideration of the Honorable House of Commons, for the more effectual preventing the Exportation of Wooll out of Great-Britain and Ireland’, the latter three not found in ESTC, all between one and four pages, mostly docketed and largely undated, occ. slight shaving of drop-title or docket wording, all folio, bound with three further pamphlets of 1714 (ESTC T155570, T111162, & T62403), old manuscript index relating to eleven of the items included in the collection bound at front, modern qtr. morocco over cloth boards, old armorial bookplate of Robert Bristow of London window-mounted to front pastedown, slightly rubbed, folio. An important and rare collection. ESTC Nos. compiled by the auctioneers in the order of items found in the volume. Bidders are advised to satisfy themselves as to condition of individual items and to check that these numbers are fully correct before bidding. Items 1-10: ESTC T211036, N2501, T13061, T188815, T11536, T11567, T11546, T11537, T11535. Items 11-20: T200684, T95766, N12897, Not in ESTC (see N15342), T11565, T188810, T181169, N29388, T13315, T11550. Items 21-30: N26500, T2270, T11538, T20215, N26939, T188809, T57841, T11549, T202637 & T185096, T170508. Items 31-40: T11562, T11564, T180199, T20226, T180192, T2581, T123466, T11545 & N35826, T11543, T11583. Items 41-50: T188801, T20281, T20235, T173181, T173033, T11528, T180182, ?T167950, T11572, T177606. Items 51-60: N21864, T11558, T11574, T20234, T11569, N69085, T51359, T181546, T11533 & N470715, N10444. Items 61-70: T25907, T188800, T11541, T198756, N44094 & T20280, Not in ESTC (T20278 similar), T11554, N37853, T57838, T58161. Items 71-80: T46433, T11553, T11532, T181365, T122737, T188813, N55903, T202531, Not in ESTC. Items 80-83: T49323, T155570, T11162, T62403. (1)

Wilberforce (William). The Life of William Wilberforce, by his sons, Robert Isaac Wilberforce... and Samuel Wilberforce, 5 vols., 2nd ed., 1839, three engraved portraits, some light spotting, library stamps and manuscript inscriptions at front, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (5)

New Testament [Greek]. Novum Testamentum Graecum Manuale, ex iterata recognitione b. Jo. Alb. Bengelii..., Tübingen: Jac. Frid. Heerbrandt, 1790, seven leaves of manuscript bound in at front, marbled endpapers with contemp. ownership to verso of front free endpaper, upper pastedown incorporating hinged flap which when opened reveals a miniature watercolour on ivory(?) portrait of a gentleman (84 x 65mm), glazed, gilt dentelles, contemp. calf gilt, joints and extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo. Darlow & Moule 4770. (1)

Cannicciari (Pompeo, 1670-1744). La Melliflua a 16. Consacrata al Sigr. Bernardo Pasquini da Pompeo Cannicciari, Mastro di Cappella di Santo Spirito, xxx pp. manuscript music in brown ink on laid paper, with decorative title, and handwritten dedication signed at foot, some water staining to upper portion of title, front endpaper frayed with some loss, and stained, disbound, folio (42 x 27.5cm, 16.5 x 11 ins) Pompeo Cannicciari was born in Rome and spent his entire life in the city. He was Maestro di Cappella at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia from 1694 to 1709, after which he succeeded Alessandro Scarlatti as Chapel Master at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. (1)

Scarlatti (Domenico). Sonatas del Sr. D. Domingo Scarlati y obras de frai Antonio Soler, n.d., c.1745-56 , containing 169 leaves of handwritten music score (338pp.), in brown ink throughout, occ. minor soiling and small dampstaining, occ. worming to margins, generally not affecting the manuscript, occ. later ownership ink stamp of Antonio Noguera, 19th c. dark green morocco backed boards, rubbed and scuffed with some wear to joints and edges, oblong 4to (21.5 x 29.5cms) A substantial collection of Scarlatti’s harpsichord sonatas, probably in a contemp. Spanish clerical hand, containing in excess of 100 pieces, and several by Soler, with a handwritten to the final third of the volume, ‘Sonatas Per Gravi Cembalo di el Sennor D. Domenico Scarlati, Maiestro di la Regina di Spanna, finitas Anno de 1736 [or 1756]’. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of D. Antonio Noguera, the Mallorcan musicologist and composer of the late 19th century. He is recorded as the editor of the Misa de Coro of Joan Auli, published in Palma in 1887 by Imprenta Gelabert. (1)

Harris (James). Three Treatises, the First concerning art, the Second concerning music, painting and poetry, the Third concerning happiness, 2nd ed., revised and corrected, printed for John Nourse and Paul Vaillant, 1765, engraved frontis. by Basire, together with Hermes, or A Philosophical Inquiry concerning Universal Grammar, 3rd ed., revised and corrected, printed for John Nourse and Paul Vaillant, 1771, eng. frontis. by Basire, both contemp. calf, rubbed and a little wear, upper cover to each vol. det., 8vo. Ex libris Sophia Streatfeild, with her manuscript nameplate to front pastedown of each volume, dated 1772. Sophia Streatfeild (1755-1835), a well-known beauty and bluestocking, who was tutored in the classics by Arthur Collier (1707-1777). She was friendly with Hester Lynch Thrale whom she met in Brighton in 1777 and caused Mrs Thrale pangs of jealousy when Mr Thrale became infatuated with her. ‘Mr Thrale has fallen in love really & seriously with Sophy Streatfeild - but there is no wonder in that: She is very pretty, very gentle, soft & insinuating; hangs about him, dances round him, cries when She parts from him, squeezes his Hand slyly, & with her sweet eyes full of tears looks so fondly in his face - & all for Love of me as She pretends ...’. The character of Evelina, in Fanny Burney’s novel of the same name is believed to be based on Sophia. (2)

Lawrence (Sir Thomas). Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, A.R.A., pub. Henry Graves & Co., n.d., c.1846, title page with vignette portrait, mezzotint frontis portrait of King George IV and forty-nine mezzotint and line engravings (complete as list), some spotting throughout, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, together with, Prout (Samuel), Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc. as Applicable to Landscape Painting, pub. Ackermann & Co., 1838, title and half title, twenty lithographic plts., spotted throughout, orig. pubs. qtr. morocco gilt, upper board detached, lacking spine, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, with, Turner (J.M.W.), [Illustrations to Turner’s Annual], n.d. c.1870, lacking title page and all prelims., sixty engraved plates on india laid, each image with title in pencil manuscript, spotted throughout, a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, rubbed and frayed at extrems., folio, plus, Shaw (Richard Norman), Architectural Sketches from the Continent, pub. Day & Son, 1858, dec. litho. title page, ninety-nine (of 100), litho. plts., contents misbound, spotted throughout, some marginal fraying and dust soiling to fore-edges, new end papers, contemp. cloth gilt, rebacked, worn and rubbed, folio, with two other similar (6)

Morin (Jean). Antiquitates Ecclesiae Orientalis, Clarissimorum Virorum Card. Barberini..., dissertationibus epistolicis enucleatae, nunc ex ipsis autographis editae, 1682, ink annotation to title, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints, board edges and head & foot of spine worn, 8vo, together with Lapide (Cornelius Cornelii), R.P. Cornelii Cornelii a Lapide e Societate Jesu ... Commentaria in omnes Divi Pauli Epistolas, Editio novissima anterioribus auctior, & correctior, Venice, 1740, wood eng. illust. to title, front endpaper and initial four leaves with worm trail to centre of each leaf, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, blind roll-work decoration, slight wear, clasps intact, folio, with Manuscript notebook, A volume of verse, reflections and notes collected together by Rachel L. Lambert, c.1930s, approx. 150pp. of manuscript written in black and blue ink, printed theological verse pasted-in, bookplate of Rachel Lowe Clopton (formerly Rachel Lowe Lambert) pasted to final leaf, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. gilt dec. sheep, with ‘Rachel L. Lambert Her Book’ applied in gold to upper board, spine and extrems. rubbed, 4to, (Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon was born in 1910. An American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, fine arts collector and widow of the art collector and banking heir Paul Mellon), plus other misc. antiquarian, including odd volumes. Includes Walton (Izaak), The Complete Angler, 1925, contemp. Green calf by Sangorski &Sutcliffe, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, plus Wollaston (William), The Religion of Nature Delineated, 6th ed., 1738, eng. port. Frontis., contemp. calf, joints cracked, worn 4to (a carton)

WILLIAMS, G, Seven Golden Candlesticks, engraved biblical frontpiece, 1624, vellum, worm tracks to binding and text, ware to edges of text,12mo, together with a handwritten manuscript, titled `A Rich Cabinet or Common Place Booke`, circa 17th century, vellum, extensive ware to binding, folio (2)

Sotheby (S. Leigh) Catalogue of an Important and Valuable Collection of Books "belonging to Mr G.E. Mason" added to title in manuscript, contemporary half vellum, bound with another Mason sale, 1860 § Catalogue of the Extensive and Interesting Library of the Late Rev. J.C. Foster, priced in manuscript, half calf, Sotheby, 1917 § The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library, 2 vol., numerous illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, the presentation issue with gilt edges (plain in the commercial issue), Christie`s 2001; and c.70 other sale catalogues, v.s. (c.70)

[Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius)] Scriptores Historiae Augustae, edited by Bonus Accursius, 297 ff. only (of 303, lacking fol. 2 (first f. of text, supplied in facsimile) and blanks 1, 110, 253, 302 and 303), 40 lines, Roman type, capitals supplied in red or blue, red or blue paragraph-marks, most ff. with early ink name of the Emperor concerned with that page at head, occasional early ink marginalia, some in Greek in red ink, a few small wormholes, mostly marginal, but within text of ff. towards end, affecting part of a few letters on some ff., some spotting, soiling or water-staining, mostly marginal, one or two capitals slightly smudged, 20th century brown crushed morocco-backed marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, rubbed, [BMC VI, 702; Hain 14561], folio, Milan, Philippus de Lavagnia, 1475. ***A history of the first twelve emperors of Rome. Bonus Accursius was to receive 60 gold ducats from Lavagnia for correcting the manuscript. Petrarch gave much praise to Suetonius and listed this history among his favourite books.