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* Royal Navy - Shipbuilding. Manuscript notebook of Edward Spry dated June 14th 1756, a total of approx. seventy-four leaves completed in a neat hand including text, tables and formulae relating to 18th-century shipbuilding, including `Extract of the report of the Right Honourable Sir John Norris and others appointed to consult and advise together relating to the setteing [sic] a new Establishment for Building the Ships of the Royal Navy; To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty`, `The following Sheets from Page to Page Contains the Principal Dimentions and Scantlings so far as it runs in the Establishment in 1745 for 1706, 1719, 1732, 1741, and 1745, by which Comparison you may observe the Increase`, plus numerous mostly double-page tables giving quantities of materials needed for ships ranging from twenty to one hundred guns, ten of the leaves inverted at rear including tables with costs of work and materials, approx. fifteen leaves removed, a few leaves at either end with later accounts etc. relating to Ann P. Tom and descendents of Stonehouse [Plymouth], a little staining to inner margins without loss of legibility, ownership name of Edward Spry dated June 14th 1756 to front pastedown with signature of Ann P. Tom beneath, orig. stained green limp calf wallet with dec. gilt clasp in working order, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. Edward Spry, a [master?] shipwright in Plymouth dockyard for 73 years, died in 1789 aged 93. The handwriting in the notebook is very neat and may have been written for Edward Spry under his direction by a clerk. At this time there were six Royal Navy dockyards in England, Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth and Plymouth. Officers at the yards were appointed by the Board of Admiralty and included a master shipwright, responsible for workmen, and construction and repair work. (1)

* WWII - HMS Hunter. A group of thirty-seven vintage b & w photos, including four photos of the crew of HMS Hunter, five showing aircrafts on deck and three of an upended aircraft on deck, eight photos of boats and one showing an aircraft crashing in the sea, images of HMS Hunter, officers, etc., the majority with `Suitable for Transmission through the Post` printed to versos, approx. 10 x 12.5cm and a few sl. larger, together with nine items of printed ephemera and all but one with manuscript insertions relation to able seaman Robert Taylor P/Jx 631758, c. 1940-46, including certificate of service, order for release from naval service, national registration ID card, etc. (46)

* Butterflies & Moths. A group of three Museum display/storage magazine-cases of specimens, inscribed "Nymphalidae Charaxes - African Region Afro-Tropical", each wooden reinforced lockable magazine containing 16 glazed hardwood framed display-cases, many with printed or manuscript captions, with varying content. Formerly part of the British Museum (Natural History) reserve collection, these substantial wooden storage cases were constructed in order to transport the specimens to safety during the London Blitz. (3)

* Butterflies & Moths. A group of three Museum display/storage magazine-cases of specimens, each wooden reinforced lockable magazine containing 16 glazed hardwood framed display drawers, many with printed or manuscript captions with varying content. Formerly part of the British Museum (Natural History) reserve collection, these substantial wooden storage cases were constructed in order to transport the specimens to safety during the London Blitz. (3)

Butterflies & Moths. A large collection of British & Continental butterfly and moth specimens, contained in twenty-five various display and storage cases, including a group of ex-university research specimens set in `double book` cases, variously captioned `Coleoptera and Heterocera`, and categorised as Lamiinae, Tinidae, Nymphalidae, Damainae, Cassidae, Cerambycidae, etc., of European origins dated 1912-13, and others with printed and manuscript captions, etc. (25)

* British Rail. A trainspotter`s photographic archive of British Railway passenger and goods trains, mostly captured between Bristol Temple Meads and South Wales, c. 1985-87, comprising 1,000+ coloured photographs contained in sixteen various albums, each with manuscript list of numbers (a carton)

Almack (Edward). The History of the Second Dragoons "Royal Scots Greys", 1908, coloured and b & w plates, one or two light spots, t.e.g., original contrasting cloth, a little rubbed and stained, folio, together with A List of all the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full Pay and Half-Pay, 52nd ed., 1804, lacking a few index leaves at end, title soiled and loosening, contemporary manuscript Brigadiers list, some annotation, bookplates, a.e.g., contemporary red morocco gilt, lightly rubbed and scuffed, folio, plus Lumley (Captain L.R.), History of the Eleventh Hussars (Prince Albert`s Own) 1908-1934, 1936, half-tone plates, maps, some light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 4to, with two others (5)

* General Orders. A manuscript ledger of copies of General Orders from 1812 to 1841 and again from 1842 to 1846, including regulations circular letters, etc., all written in a neat clerical hand, approx. 500 pp., index at rear, the final leaf of volume a list of soldiers in the First Royal Tower Hamlets Regiment of Militia as at 26th April 1814, under the leadership of Colonel Sir Daniel Williams, contemp. vellum, soiled and some wear with small loss to foot of spine, folio (1)

* Hope (Sir James Archibald, 1785-1871). An archive of documents and letters relating to the army officer Sir James Hope, including an unsigned autograph note to Hope from the Duke of Wellington thanking him for his note, 10th May 1839, a statement of service completed in manuscript and signed by Hope with additional notes of particulars of service in a clerical hand, three commissions on vellum appointing Hope as Captain of the 3rd Regiment of Foot (25th July 1814, signed by King George III, somewhat browned and stained), Lieutenant Colonel and then Major of the Scots Fusilier Guards (1st December 1830 & 18th February 1837), both signed by King William IV, letters from Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lyndoch (20), Frederick, Duke of York (2), Lord Niddery (4), Viscount Beresford (2), Lord Raglan, George Gordon, Richard Clarges, Thomas Alex Hope, etc., plus two of Hope`s small notebooks covering the Portugal and Spain campaign to Corunna, September to November 1808, plus a slightly later notebook, c. 1820, with notes of Italian travel, customs and history, a worn passport and some printed and later ephemera (a folder)

* MI5 - Nazi Germany. A group of five scrap album diaries compiled by (Fitzherbert Charles) Gerald Gough, c. 1923-78, a total of approx. 250 folio leaves filled with manuscript journal entries relating to motoring and walking tours, etc., with diagramatic maps of routes taken, numerous b&w photos including small format snapshots, postcards, newscuttings, plus printed and miscelleaneous ephemera, the first album including documents and photographs relating to the start of Gough`s civil service career as Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Herbert Stanley (1872-1955), the British Administrator and Governor of Northern Rhodesia, one section of nine pages of cuttings, diary notes and photos relating to the visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII] in 1925, nine of the photos and snapshots showing the Prince with Herbert Stanley, in a small dugout, meeting the Governor of the Katanga, Belgian Congo, etc., the album also containing trips to France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Uganda and Kenya, the second and third albums seemingly overlapping and slightly mixed in chronology containing similar illustrated diary accounts from c. 1926-33, and including visits to France, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Greece, Kenya, Spain, St. Helena, The Balkans, U.S.A., Canada, Gibraltar, Morocco, Southern Rhodesia, Malta, Germany, and Eastern Europe, etc., typically written-up in a touristic manner but with increasing emphasis on Germany and occasional political insights, `I enjoyed this trip to Germany, especially the last bit, and really found out a good deal and I might tabulate a few impressions thus: 1. It is still a fearfully policed state with Verbotstafeln everywhere and official-sid [?], the official being a tin-god before whom humility is advisable, 2. A worship of athletics seems to have taken the place of religion ... a cult of the simple and bare ... everyone is suffering under the war guilt complex - you get very fed up with talking about the war ... 6. The bitterness of politics is amazing. When I was in Bavaria the Communists-v-the Nazis - the only people who really mattered were not allowed to hold meetings as some people always get killed & injured when they do. I was shown round the Brown House at Munich, the headquarters of the Hitler party, very interesting. The flag was halfmast almost every day because some Nazis had been murdered by Communists. You have to be very careful about announcing stray political opinions to complete strangers. This especially as most Germans take things so seriously. They are wonderfully serious-minded about Things That Matter. Greatly painstaking, they do everything exceedingly thoroughly. About the future who can say at a time like this? Large numbers of people say the trend must be either to Moskow or to Hitler, Communism or military anti-French nationalism. Perhaps the middle party can steer a reasonable course. Though they are very nice to the British the widely believed thesis is that England was jealous of Germany`s growing trade & that Edward VII surrounded her with a ring of enemies who eventually, and on instigation, fell on her & crushed her` (July 1931), the fourth album beginning with a visit to Germany, a photograph of a Concentration Camp near Worms, photos of a Labour Camp in East Prussia, August 1933, one photo with the Marburg Verein Deutschen Studenten, Gough`s touring going to Austria, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Italy, much centred around Musikheim, Frankfurt, photos of visits by Yorkshire miners and Welsh quarrymen, continuing to the start of the War, an entry for 1942-46 beginning, `After I left the Home Office [1940?], I went through a very unhappy period, brought upon me by the stupidity of others, only a kind of wry sense of humour brought me through ... I eventually enlisted in the R.A.F.`, the last part of the albums containing trips to Britain and Europe, and continuing into the fifth album which includes Egypt, France, Mexico, Guatamala, and ending c. 1978 with family photos, all contemp. half morocco, the first three volumes with linen covers, some soiling and wear, oblong folio, together with an illuminated testamonial dated 11th October 1924 given to Gough`s father, Prebendary Alfred William Gough and his wife by the Parish of Holy Trinity, Brompton, plus a folder of notes and cuttings, largely relating to Prebendary Gough`s political campaigning for religious freedom in Russia, plus several photographs of him. Gerald Gough (1899-1986) had his home at Gorse Cliff, Nefyn, in what is now Gwynned. Clearly highly fluent in German it is clear from a signed but undated (prob. late 1940s) typed copy letter to Colonel W. H. Cooke, Room 055 [MI5 HQ] that Gough did work for MI5. Through some misunderstanding or mistake or breach of protocol Gough was released perhaps explaining the gap at the beginning of the Second World War in the diaries and his subsequent career in the R.A.F. The letter begins `I am writing for two reasons, first you asked me where we stood as regards my case, second you asked me who an Italian Fascist was I thought of going to see in 1938. I would be glad if you would attach this to the memorandum I submitted to you. The Italian was Sig. Giuseppe Rinvolucri, St. Francis Grange, Glan Conwy, whom I saw about three times ... The German, to whom the letter was written, I met once, I did not take him to see this Italian, but I thought it an interesting idea as I was suspicious of both. I gave your representative, Mr. Finney, information about the Italian. You accused me of attacking you, but I do not agree. Lord Brabazon, then Minister of Aircraft Production, went to Kinnaird House and Brig. Sam Wilson, formerly Head of the Colonial Office, enquired at Air Ministry, this was very natural as he was one of the signatories of the papers for my commission when you refused it. Since those days my conduct has been on the whole discreet and correct, my great object was to try and convince you that I was not so bad as you obviously thought. The fact that nearly every C.O. I was under in the R.A.F. put me up for a reasonable job, usually Intelligence, should not be put down as an attempt by me to attack you ... you contend that there was nothing against me after the "inquiry" in 1940. The position was that you would not employ me, in spite of all recommendations, because you do not think me suitable ... Your report to U.N.R.R.A. which has just enforced my resignation was pretty severe. You state that I was allowed by you to serve in the R.A.F. on condition no confidential information got into my hands ... what have I done to deserve such statements`. Later in the three-page letter he writes, `When you judge me so hardly you consider none of the plus points like the above, like the fact that I was such an object of hatred and suspicion to the Nazis, who thought that I was in Intelligence. You seem to consider only the minus points - that I had contacts long ago that you consider undesirable [presumably undesirable Germans and contact with anti-semitic organisations] ... I do not blame you for your attitude to me, the whole business is a matter of bad luck. When the Germans showed such suspicion of me that they arrested me the last time I crossed the German frontier (1937). I should have reported it to you, similarly that attack on me in Yorkshire in 1939, though I thought that was up to the police. I have no personal animus against MI5 and to you I am grateful for your friendliness and courtesy` and finishing with a postscript, `I suppose to "clear my name" is an incorrect expression as you tell me my name is clear. I should say to convince you that I am a reliable person`. (a carton)

* Hanriot. Louis Wagner. A rare early 20th c. autographed photograph, c. 1910, having signed dedication in black ink, and depicting the subject beside his aeroplane with team mechanics, together with a unique manuscript letter from Avions Hanriot to Wagner praising him and his comrade for their recent exploits and achievements in aviation events possibly as a result of his winning the event at Budapest (unstated), and proclaiming the award to him of a special medal in commemoration "en souvenir de vos memorable exploits et triomphes et notre temoinage de cordial admiration", two pages signed and dated 21st June 1910, together with a typescript text copy, and contemporary newsprint clipping of the same letter published by the Press at the time of the event (4)

R.A.F. Note Book for Workshop & Laboratory Records, October-December, 1940, three manuscript notebooks (each approx. 100 pp.) compiled by 994299 J. Cox, Grand Garage Aerodrome, Morcombe, with hand-drawn illusts. and diags. in colour relating to every aspect of aircraft maintenance, reference made to Kestrel, Pegasus and Merlin aircraft, orig. linen-backed boards, some wear, commensurate with age and use, 4to, with two unrelated aviation books (5)

After Domenichino - Cumaean Sibyl, Half Length Portrait of the Figure emblematic of Prophecy, wearing Classical Costume and holding a Music Manuscript, 19th Century oil on canvas laid on board, approx 100cm x 73cm.

Jefferys (Thomas). A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements, on the Coast of the West Indies, Compiled from Authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have Resided many years in the Spanish Settlements, [1762 or later], lacking title page? two pps. with near contemp. manuscript table of the Distribution of territory in America, thirty-one (of thirty-two) engraved maps, including one folding, first map with orig. outline colour, remainder uncoloured, some water staining and soiling largely confined to margins, occ. fraying and soiling to fore-edge of maps, contemp. half calf gilt, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to. Sabin J. 35959, Shapero Gallery catalogue, `Pilots of the Carribean` item 1. (1)

Trotter (Captain Henry). Account of the Survey Operations in Connection with the Mission to Yarkand and Kashghar in 1873-74, c. 1875, large folding coloured map in rear pocket, five plates and plans, one or two leaves loosening, a few light spots, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, inscribed to fep: "With the author`s kind regards" and signed by Col. T.E. Gordon, together with two pamphlets: The Watershed of Central Asia, East and West, by Lieut.-Col. T.E. Gordon, 1877 and The Proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission, by Lieut.-Colonel Henry Trotter, 1899, inscribed by the author, plus five manuscript diaries by Col. T.E. Gordon: Yarkang Aug. 1871-Nov. `73; Yarkand Nov.`73-April `74; Pamir Mar `74-May `74; Imir Wali Khan `74 and Yarkand May `74-Dec`75, first two diaries in ink, the others in pencil in original morocco, lightly rubbed. Colonel T.E. Gordon was part of Sir T.D. Forsyth`s mission to Yarkand to conclude a trade deal with the new ruler of Turkestan, Mohammed Jakub Beg, the treaty signed in 1874, with the members of the expedition going onto explore the area from the Karakorum through Yarkand to Kashgar and the Russian frontier. (8)

Bakewell (Robert). To the Nobility, Gentry, and Others. The humble Petition of Robert Bakewell, of Dishley, in the County of Leicester [drop-title], December 23, 1780, two leaves with four folds, fore-edges and some folds neatly strengthened, first leaf with printed petition on recto and printed subscribers list on verso, second leaf with ms. list of subscribers on recto, and ms. signature of R. Bakewell on verso, sewn into modern cream wrappers, 4to. Robert Bakewell`s own copy of an extremely rare piece of ephemera: only one copy traced, that held by Leicestershire County Library. The signature on the final leaf is in Bakewell`s hand as are about half the entries listed as additional subscribers in manuscript; this was evidently Bakewell`s copy, which travelled with him, folded to fit into his pocket. Robert Bakewell (1725-1795), one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution, introduced selective stockbreeding methods which transformed the quality of Britain`s cattle, horses and sheep, without any knowledge of modern genetics. Selective breeding, which Charles Darwin described as artificial selection, was an inspiration for his theory of natural selection. In `On the Origin of Species` Darwin cited Bakewell`s work as demonstrating variation under domestication, in which methodical breeding during Bakewell`s lifetime led to considerable modification of the forms and qualities of his cattle and sheep. Prominent agriculturist, George Culley, whose name appears in the manuscript subscribers list, was a pupil on Bakewell`s farm in 1763, and he subsequently became a respected agricultural improver and author. Bakewell`s most generous patron was the Duke of Rutland, whose subscription of £200 is equivalent to approximately £12,500 today. Such generosity must have been invaluable to Bakewell who states in his petition that he has sustained "great and unavoidable Losses, to the Amount of many Thousand Pounds", adding that "if the Public should take his Case into their Consideration... he is fully persuaded he could be highly instrumental to the general Good of this Nation, by continuing in his late Line of the Breeding Business, and carrying it forward in such a Manner as will be most conducive to the public Service". (1)

Broadsides. On Scarifying and Horse-Hoeing, James Cooke, 1st March 1790, printed letter to an earlier purchaser of his patent drill, two engraved vignettes of a horse drawn drill and hoe, signed in manuscript pen by James Cooke, descriptive text beneath letter, address in manuscript and postage ink stamp on verso, old folds, right hand margin torn with loss and professionally repaired, not affecting text, 410 x 505 mm, together with William Crosskill,Beverley Iron Works, Beverley, Near Hull, Yorkshire, advertisement for horse drawn carts, n.d., c.1870advertising broadside, three attractive wood engraved vignettes of various horse drawn carts, each with description and prices below image, continued on verso with five wood engraved vignettes of various carts, wheels and axles, old folds, some surface dirt, closed tear just affecting image, 440 x 275 mm (2)

[Inventory]. An original ink manuscript inventory of the farming stock and household furniture of Mr John Young, sold after his death at his residence in Camerton by public auction on 16 April 1799, comprising 24 pp. (three of which are blank) bearing a neat list of lot descriptions incl. farming tools, livestock, household goods and furniture, etc. together with the buyer of the lot and the price paid, 18.8 x 15.5cm, later paper wrappers. We are unsure of which Camerton this applies to, there being three in Cumbria, Somerset and Humberside. (1)

Egypt. Diez (Felix), Carte de L`Egypte & Carte de la Nubie Dressee pour le Voyage de M. Mrs de Cadalvene et de Breuvery, Paris, 1836, uncoloured engraved maps, dissected and laid on linen, in two sections, printers label to verso, each section approx. 510 x 85 mm, contained in orig. marbled chemise and slip case, slight wear, together with Leake (William Martin),Map of Egypt by Lieutenant Colonel W. M. Leake of the Royal Artillery, pub. John Arrowsmith, Jan. 2nd 1840,engraved map with orig. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, several near contemp. pencil annotations to map, 1300 x 760 mm, marbled end papers with manuscript ownership inscription, with Bazin & Co. (pubs.),Suez Canal, pub. Waterlow & Sons Limited, c.1875,three folding engraved maps and plans (one printed in colours), 22 pps. of explanatory text, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and frayed, 12mo, with two other similar (5)

Pennsylvania. Colton (J. H.), Colton`s Map of the Oil District of Pennsylvania, Comprising part of the Counties of Crawford, Venango and Warren, prepared by H.S.Plumb, Civil Engineer, New York, 1865, engraved folding map on `onion skin` paper, orig. hand colouring, ornate decorative border, several closed tears at old folds, several printed library stamps to verso of map, 800 x 945 mm, contained in orig. cloth gilt boards, upper board near detached, upper board with felt pen manuscript date, rubbed and frayed. An uncommon map of the oil industry in North America. (1)

* Cricket. Broadside, `Cricket! The opening day of the Gateshead Borough Cricket Club will take place on Whit-Monday on their new Ground near the Flats, on which occasion a Grand Match will be Played between the Married and Single Members. Wickets will be pitched at One o`Clock precisely`, n.d., c.1840, black and white printed broad side with wood eng. vignette of a cricket match, near contemp. manuscript date of 1840 in margin, professional restoration to upper right corner, 285 x 230 mm. An unrecorded piece of cricket ephemera in very good condition. (1)

Antoninus Florentinus (Saint). Quarta pars [only, of four] totius summe maioris beati Antonini, Venice: Lazarus de Soardis, 6 November 1503, attractive woodcut to title depicting the sainted Archbishop addressing his pupils, Gothic letter, double-column text, occ. dec. woodcut initials, printer`s device at end, some old ink marginalia including to title in several hands, some spotting and mostly marginal damp staining, contemp. limp vellum, remains of leather spine bands (old vellum manuscript strips used inside the covers), ties deficient, some soiling and wear, 4to in 8s (1)

[Beckford, William Thomas, of Fonthill Abbey]. An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory, 1st ed., 1786, half-title not called for, without a3 (fly-title), a4 (errata leaf), and final blank, occn. finger-soiling, yellow edges, hinges strengthened with fabric tape, front endpapers with surface loss from removal of bookplate, contemp. Cambridge pane calf gilt, heavily rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine, 8vo. Rothschild 354: "Vathek was translated from Beckford`s French original by a friend, the Rev. Samuel Henley, who also contributed the Notes. Its publication in English before the appearance of a French edition was contrary to Beckford`s instruction ..." (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible that is, The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kinges most excellent Maiestie, [1607], eng. title (trimmed to image with loss of imprint at foot, partly detached and torn at gutter), full-page woodcut illust. (trimmed to edges, excised to lower outer corner with loss and short closed-tear), 18th c. manuscript inscription to verso of New Testament title, some leaves frayed to edges with loss, few closed-tears, some minor dust-soiling and dampstaining, early 19th c. calf, upper joint cracked at foot, corners worn, folio. Ink inscription to upper pastdown "Francis Robinson`s Book. This book was given to him by his Father John Robinson and it was bound by Mr Jackson of South in the year of own Lord 1808 on the 8th of September". Geneva-Thomson-Junius version. Herbert 289. (1)

[Burton, Robert]. The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is. With all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of it, 1st ed., pub. John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, Oxford, 1621, woodcut initials and headpieces, title and dedication leaf repaired and remargined, leaves Hh6, Oo7, Pp1-8 supplied from another copy, Errata leaf supplied in facsimile, some leaves loose, contemporary manuscript annotation and underlining, some damp and inkstaining, some wormholes and tracks, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine defective, 4to. Robert Burton`s classic and influential work on depression. "The Anatomy, as its publishing history shows, was one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there. It has something in common with Brant`s `Ship of Fools`, Erasmus`s `Praise of Folly` and More`s Utopia, with Rabelais and Montaigne and like all these it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time" (PMM 120); Grolier 18; Norman 381; STC 4159. (1)

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). The Poetical and Dramatic Works, founded on the author`s latest edition of 1834 with many additional pieces now first included and with a collection of various readings, 4 vols., Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877, half-titles, endpapers foxed, untrimmed, orig. qtr. japanese vellum, dusty and rubbed, with some surface wear, printed paper spine labels (chipped), 8vo. Printer`s manuscript note states `Twenty-four copies only on Whatman`s Paper`. (4)

Daniel (Samuel). The Collection of the History of England, 2nd complete ed., 1621, title with woodcut border, occasional minor soiling, front hinge lined with a strip from a medieval Latin manuscript, contemporary reversed calf, spine torn and defective at head and foot, rubbed and stained, folio. Second complete edition of Samuel Daniel`s historical work, the first part appearing in 1612, and the complete text in 1618. STC 6249. (1)

Holloway (William). A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, Written with a View to Rescue from Oblivion from the Fast Fading Relics of By-Gone days, pub. Baxter and Son, Lewes, 1839, title page and preface stained, some spotting throughout, pencil marginalia throughout, library book plate to rear paste down, book plate of John Jackson to front paste down, orig. cloth gilt with library number to base of spine, faded and worn, 8vo, together with Shaw (William),An Analysis of the Galic Language, 1778,title page, dedication and subscribers list, lacks pp. 137-152, uncut, orig. boards, spine defective, 4to, with Jennings (James),Observations on some of the Dialects in The West of England, Particularly Somersetshire: With a Glossary of Words now in use there and Poems and other Pieces Exemplifying the Dialect, pub. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1825,calligraphic title page, manuscript errata tipped in between pp. x & xi, pencil marginalia throughout and on rear end paper and paste down, library book plate to rear paste down, book plate of John Jackson to front paste down, hinges weak, orig. boards with library number to base of spine, worn and frayed, 12mo, together with four other vols. similar (7)

Indian Manuscript. Indian miniature manuscript in Sanskrit of the Vishna Vit, Northern India, 18th century, approx. 375 leaves, neatly handwritten in black and red ink, ruled border to each in red, black and yellow, with twenty-five illuminations in gold and colours, depicting various deities, princes, etc., flowers, etc., some marks and sl. damage, outer margins waterstained, sheet size 7.5 x 11cm (3 x 4.25 ins), contemp. patterned boards with silk backstrip and outer corners, rubbed and some wear, upper cover near-det. (1)

[Lamb, Charles]. Elia, Essays which have appeared under that Signature, in the London Magazine, pub. Taylor and Hessey, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1823, contemp. manuscript ownership inscription to first free end paper, lacks advertisements, hinges weak, near contemp. gilt dec. straight grained morocco, 8vo, together with Hazlitt (William),Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey Institution, 2nd ed., 1821,half title and title pages with occ. spotting, later end papers, later half morocco gilt by Root & Son, slight wear, 8vo, with Beckford (William), Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha by the Author of "Vathek", 1st. edition, pub. Richard Bentley, 1835,half title and title pages, fine eng. portrait frontis. offset on to title page, near contemp. manuscript ownership inscription to half title, orig. boards, upper board detached, spine defective, rear board near detached, 8vo, together with four vols. of Lord Byron`s "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan" (7)

Olivier (J.). Fencing Familiarized: or a Treatise on the Art of the Small Sword, Illustrated by Elegant Engravings, pub. John Bell at the British Library, 1780, half title and title pages, dec. dedication pages and text all printed in French and English, fourteen uncoloured engraved plates (including twelve folding), correct as list, plts. with titles printed in French with English translations in pencil manuscript below images, new end papers, early 20th century qtr. morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Hutton (Alfred),The Swordsman. A Manual of Fence for the Foil, Sabre and Bayonet, 1891,calligraphic title page, numerous wood engraved illusts. to text, contemp. cloth with gilt dec. upper board, 12mo (2)

Oxinden (Henry). Religionis Funus, & Hypocritae Finis, pub. Thomas Whittaker, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece by George Glover, woodcut initials and headpieces, small manuscript corrections, light dampstains and soiling, article and annotation at front, bookplates of John Streatfiled and F. William Cock (Kentish antiquary), four loose etched portraits of the author, t.e.g., 20th c. brown half morocco, slightly rubbed, small 4to. First edition with manuscript corrections probably by the author (he paid for the printing), seemingly occuring in most copies. The poems, in support of Charles I during the civil war were critical of puritan ministers and contemporary religious attitudes. Part of his library is preserved at Canterbury Cathedral. (1)

Paris Commune 1871. Les Communeux 1871, Types, Caracters, Costumes par Bertall, 2nd ed., c. 1871, title with coloured vignette, 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates, at least ten with albumen photographs adhered to top right corner of images, some to versos, of some of the principal figures such as Jules Bergeret, Raoul Rigault, Louis Charles Delescluze, La Cecilia, Protot, Adolphe Assi and Theophile Ferre, with four photographs of women, an imprisoned priest and a colonel, manuscript captions, one or two light spots, bookplate, original cloth gilt, head of spine torn, rubbed, folio, together with Reimpression du Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise sous la Commune du 19 Mars au 24 Mai 1871, ed. Bunel, 1871, 655pp., some spotting, contemporary boards, rebacked in red morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, folio, plus The Communists of Paris 1871, Types, Physiognimies, Characters by Bertall, c. 1873, 40 hand-coloured lithographed plates, a few light spots, bookplate of Sir Charles Cayzer, t.e.g., 20th c. red half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, with 27 others, mainly on the Paris Commune including A. de Balathier Bragelonne`s Paris Insurge Histoire Illustraee des Evenements Accomplis du 18 Mars au 28 Mai 1871, Paris, 1872, Les Desastres de Paris 1871 (with 26 coloured plates), Journal de L`Insurrection du 18 Mars, 1871, C. A. Dauban`s Le Fond de la Societe sous la Commune 1873, A.J. Dalseme`s Histoire des Conspirations sous la Commune, 1872, Edmond Villetard`s Histoire de Internationale, 1872 and Etienne Charavay`s Le General la Fayette 1757-1834, 1898, inscribed by the author (30)

Plautus (Titus Maccius). M. Actii Plauti Comoediae Viginti, pub. Seb. Gryphium, Lyons, 1537, title with woodcut device, lacking leaf Z1 at end, lower corner of title torn away, first few leaves with contemporary annotation, previous owner signatures to title, light dampstains, contemporary vellum, rebacked retaining most of original spine, manuscript title and signature, rubbed and stained, 8vo. Adams P-1492. (1)

[Reynolds, John]. Votivae Angliae: Or, the Desires and Wishes of England, 1624, manuscript pagination, some light spotting and soiling, booklabel of Bent Juel-Jensen, modern russet morocco-backed marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small 4to. One of three editions, all 1624, here . * 2 recto last line ends `on her`; . * 3 recto line 3 ends `&`. Exeter merchant John Reynolds, living in France in 1624 published this appeal to restore the Palatinate to protestant control, and one other political pamphlet, Vox Coelii, on the proposed Spanish marriage. Both publications angered James I and led to Reynolds`s extradition from France and imprisonment. STC 20946.3. (1)

Shelley (Percy Bysshe). The Revolt of Islam: A Poem in Twelve Cantos, 1829, title page with faint spotting, some off-setting throughout, end papers and paste downs spotted, orig. boards, boards detached, spine defective, 8vo. Sold with a monogramed card from Sir Geoffrey Keynes to Bent Juel-Jensen and two pages of manuscript notes on the poem by Juel-Jensen on headed writing paper. (1)

[Stewart, Sir James]. An Accompt of Scotlands Grievances by Reason of the D. of Lauderdales Ministrie, Humbly Tendred to his Sacred Majesty, [?Edinburgh, 1675], 52pp., title creased, B2 with short repaired tear, a few lower corners torn away, light soiling, bookplates, 19th c. green half morocco, lightly rubbed, small 4to. One of several anonymous undated editions. Sir James Stewart (1635-1713), a devout Covenanter here attacks Lauderdale`s administration of Scotland, accusing him of corruption of the mint and coinage, and that monopolies of salt and brandy-wine with the tax on imported tobacco put money into private pockets instead of public coffers. Charles II ordered the privy council to apprehend Stewart on charges of treason and sedition, but escaped arrest and lived under the alias Lawson in England. Provenance: bookplate of antiquary Robert Pitcairn, with his manuscript note: `This copy of a very curious & rare Scottish tract formed part of a vol. collected by Mylne of Balquharg (No. 32) & was purchased by me along with sev[eral] other similar tracts`. Wing S5532A. (1)

Typotius (Jacobus). Symbola Diuina & Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum. Accessit Breuis & Facilis Isagoge & Symbola Uaria Diuersorum Principum Sacronsanc Ecclesiae & Sacri Imperii Romani, 2 parts only (of 3), Prague, 1601-02, two engraved titles, first part with engraved portrait and 59 engraved emblematic plates only (lacking plate 14, first plate reinforced at inner margin), second part with engraved plate, large printer`s device and 41 emblematic illustrations, one or two repairs, some spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a little rubbed and soiled, small folio (1)

Wallis (Ralph). Room for the Cobler of Gloucester and his Wife: With several Cartloads of Abominable Irregular, pitiful stinking Priests: as also A Demonstration of their Calling after the manner of the Church of Rome; but not according to Magna Charta, the Rule of the Gospel. Whereunto is Added, A Parallel Between the Honour of a Lord Bishop, and the Honour of a Cobler; the Cobler being proved the more Honourable Person, 1st ed., printed for the Author, 1668, 40pp., eng. initial letters, generally browned and soiled, first and final leaves with marginal repairs, disbound, sm. 4to. Wing W619. A contemporary manuscript note on the dedication leaf reads: `The author was neither a good Subject or a good Christian, but rather a mallitious and Invettorate man, and a Trumpeter(?) to Blow into the hearts of the People the Spirit of Rebellion and Antichristian Impietie`. (1)

Wilkinson (Henry). Engines of War: or, Historical and Experimental Observations on Ancient and Modern Warlike Machines and Implements, including the Manufacture of Guns, Gunpowder and Swords with Remarks on bronze, iron, steel &c. 1841, title page with contemp. ink manuscript presentation inscription by the author, pubs. advertisements bound in at rear, contemp. cloth gilt, frayed and cracked at head of spine, 8vo, together with Aylward (J. D.),The English Master of Arms from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century, 1st ed. 1956,numerous b & w photographic plts. throughout, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, d.j. with slight fraying at extrems., 8vo, with Castle (Egerton),Schools and Masters of Fence from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century, with a Complete Bibliography, 1910,half title and title pages, gravure portrait frontis., numerous wood engs. to text, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, 12mo, together with another fourteen volumes and catalogues similar (17)

* Beche (Henry Thomas de la, 1796-1855). Autograph document signed as Director of the Geological Survey, Frome, 5 October 1843, notifying that Richard Gibbs is duly authorised to assist on the Ordnance Geological Survey of Great Britain, some light soiling and marks, red wax seal at foot, vertical folds, together with the signed printed certificate dated 2nd October 1845, completed in manuscript appointing Gibbs as general assistant, some soiling and old tape repairs to verso, a little marginal fraying, both folio, together with two pen and ink sketches attributed to de la Beche, one titled `Ye Kilkenny Cattes`, 12 x 18cm, the second smaller a vignette depciting a skein of geese across Swanage Bay dated October 1854, plus a related engraving (5)

Salmon (William). Praxis Medica, the Practice of Physick... , 2nd enlarged ed., 1707, eng. port. frontis., some browning and old damp staining, contemp. panelled calf, crudely rebacked, together with Culpeper (Nicholas), The English Physician Enlarged... , Gainsborough, 1813, some soiling and browning throughout, old manuscript notes to endpapers, contemp. sheep, some wear, plus Hooper (Robert), The Physician`s Vade-Mecum... , new ed., 1812, uncut, some heavy browning, orig. boards, soiled and covers near-detached, all 8vo (3)

Vitriarius (Johann Jacob, 1679-1745). Notae in Hugonis Grotii de Jure Belli ac Pacis Libros Tres, 18th c. manuscript fair copy of the Notes on Grotius, De Jure Belli ac Bacis, by J. J. Vitriarius, in three parts, separately paginated, 116, 235 & 58 pp. respectively, written in a neat hand throughout in brown ink, edges untrimmed, contemp. calf backed boards, rubbed and soiled with some wear to edges, 4to, together with a German handwritten manuscript on freemasonry, by Christoph Eq. a Lilio Convallium, c. 1780s, consisting of handwritten title and 197 folio leaves, some waterstaining to title, and outer margins throughout, untrimmed, disbound without covers, plus a small pamphlet entitled Uber die Kuldeer, pub. Gorliz, 1805, both loosely contained in 19th c. cloth-backed portfolio, with ties, 4to. Without evidence of authorship as to the copyist. However, a similar bound volume of manuscript containing a copy of J.J Vitriarius, Observationes in Hugonem Grotium de Jure Belli ac Pacis, dated 1728-29, by Alexander Boswell, the father of the biographer James Boswell, is held at the University of Glasgow. Johann Jacob Vitriarius was professor of law at the famous University of Leiden, then part of the United Provinces. (2)

Guizo (M.). History of Oliver Cromwell and the English Commonwealth, from the Execution of Charles the First to the Death of Cromwell, 2 vols., trans. Andrew R. Scoble, 1854, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn at extremities, 8vo, together with Rutt (John Towill), Diary of Thomas Burton, Esq., Member of the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 1656 to 1659: Now first published from the original autograph manuscript... , 4 vols., 1828, eng. frontis. to vols. 1-3 (spotted), orig. cloth with paper labels to spines, worn, 8vo, plus Grant (Mrs. Anne), Memoirs of an American Lady, with Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as the Existed previous to the Revolution, 2 vols., New York, 1901, port. frontis. to each and b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. quarter vellum gilt, 8vo (limited edition 101/250, signed by the publishers), with other history and biographies, etc. (3 shelves)

* SAINT LOUIS OF TOULOUSE, LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A BIFOLIUM FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ANTIPHONER ON VELLUM, each leaf 520 x 370mm, 6 lines of text in a rounded gothic hand and of music on a 4-line red stave, 5 large initials in divided red or blue, large historiated initial `e` enclosing a half-length figure of a bishop, 116 x 108mm, [Italy (probably Florence), c1500].

Firdowsi (Abdu`l-Qasim). SHAHNAMEH (BOOK OF KINGS), 17th century Persian manuscript on paper, 218ff, written in black ink, 4 columns, 25 lines, gold margins within black rules, blue outer rule, gold divisions, headings in red within ruled panels, 12 FINELY PAINTED MINIATURES in gouache heightened with gold, some soiling, several leaves loose, later half calf re-backed in blue cloth, blue cloth-covered boards. Provenance: The Collection of A.C. Ardeshir.

* ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT, gold edging, blue outer border, unframed, 325 x 235mm.

Analogia Honorum: Or, A Treatise of Honour and Nobility, London 1677, folio, engraved hand coloured illustrations, lacking most leaves before H, manuscript index inserted, repairs, soiling throughout, modern morocco back

Manuscript Albums. A manuscript history of Chelsea, signed to end paper Mr Deschlein No.11 Villiers Street, Strand or Adams Place, Kings Road, Chelsea, 25 numbered pages written on one side, 4to, circa 1790s, half morocco; a manuscript diary, signed to one leaf Miss Clara Deschlein, 45 Godfrey Street, Chelsea, containing poetry, prints paste down and drawings, earliest entry 1798, oblong 4to, leaves at end dated circa 1840s, speckled calf gilt (2)

Princess Diana. A red morocco folder with manuscript leaf `The visit of Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales for the official opening of The Cambridge Children`s Hospice for the Eastern Region 1 August 1989` and signed `Diana 1989` with two photographs of Princess Diana signing the book; together with a leaf signed by The Duchess of Gloucester in 1995

Collection of letters, autographs and fragments. Most of literary interest, including: Thomas Hardy, S Baring Gould, Ernest Renan, O W Holmes, A P Herbert, A L Rowse, A Lang, Stephen Graham, Viscount Morley, Hannah Russell, Lilly Frazer, M Oliphant, J M Barrie, Colin Campbell, Fr Shoberl, D Sladen, a neat slim volume of manuscript poetry circa 1800, a few vellum documents, etc

A Victorian illuminated manuscript leaf. Painted and highlighted in gilt with a scene from Arthurian Legend `Queen Guenevere had Fled the Court and sat...`, inscribed CCS in a shield below, 25 x 17cm, in a gilt frame, marked in ink `Henry Eastwood` to the reverse

ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR "GEORGE ORWELL": NINETEEN EIGHT-FOUR THE FACSIMILE OF THE EXTANT MANUSCRIPT, Ed P Davison, 1984, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w

FRANCIS A HARGREAVES: WEDDING MARCH DEDICATED TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY KG ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS`S MARRIAGE WITH HER SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCESS HELENA OF WALDECK, circa 1882, orig manuscript and musical notation, obl, fo, cont decor crushed crimson mor gt

JOHN HELDER: AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF SOHAM MEER WITH THE DROWNING AND DRAINING OF THEREOF UNDER THE CARE OF SUNDRY PERSONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME TO THE YEAR 1753, 18TH Century original unpublished manuscript, a hundred manuscript pages, old vellum, worn and soiled

DULLINGHAM ESTATE SUFFOLK, Manuscript Account Book with entries from 1693 to 1716, approx 76 manuscript lls, small fo, contemporary limp vellum

REV FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD (1705-52): A BOOK OF ALL THE PEDIGREES, ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS, RECORDS, COPPY OF COURT ROLLS, SURVEYS, ABUTTAL`S OF ALL THE LANDS, TENEMENTS AND POSSESSIONS BELONGING TO THE FAMILY OF THE BLOOMFIELD`S OF FERSFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, orig manuscript mid 18th Century, approx 76 manuscript pages, small fo, contemporary vellum

NECTON ESTATE CATTLE BOOK, Manuscript entries circa 1879-1924, 4to, vellum bkd bds, worn and soiled

NECTON ESTATE RENT BOOK with Manuscript entries circa 1773-1817, small 4to, contemporary vellum soiled

NECTON OVERSEERS BOOK with Manuscript entries, 1742-1801, fo, contemporary vellum, worn and soiled