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Cookery.- Anweisung zur manuscript in German c. 130pp. a few blanks cursive gothic hand later additions in another hand slightly foxed and browned original card wrappers slightly faded 4to 1808. ***Compilation of recipes including soups sauces meat fish baking jellies etc..

Cookery.- Kochbuch manuscript in German 216pp. excluding blanks slightly browned original half cloth gilt spine 4to [c. 1850]. ***Includes recipes for entrées meat vegetables desserts and drinks cakes ragouts etc..

Franz Joseph I (Emperor of Austria by Alexander Krapf D.s. title and ornate borders printed on vellum and manuscript text decorated in gold and other colours 7pp. tissue guards silk doublures bound in ornate tooled morocco with metalwork imperial coat of arms in centre and metalwork borders decorated with enamel flowers initial "M" and a partial representation of Levi`s coat of arms by L. Groner Imperial bookbinder with Imperial red wax seal in an ornate gilt metal skippet (detached) folio Vienna 31st January 1875.

German Family Emigrating to the USA comprising: Journal manuscript in German title and 58pp. original cloth 1915-21; Ledger Book Household items purchased some from Chicago Illinois manuscript in German and English 122pp. original half cloth 19127-56; 3 photograph albums c. 350 photographs in Germany original cloth 1920s - 30s v.s. v.d.(5)

Essex.- Hempstead & Panfield for this fine and agreement William de Watevil grants John de Watevil the manors except for £20 worth of land in Hempstead which lie in the following places: 126 acres in the fields called Hendon Aldebyr and Worthe and elsewhere manuscript in Latin on vellum 15 lines indented at head endorsed on verso browned and creased c. 115 x 352mm. 1272; and 2 others medieval notes on papers transcripts 2 Quitclaims (and 1 copy) relating to the Watevil family tears some worn with loss [c. 1460](3)

Norfolk.- Edward I (King of England D. manuscript in Latin on vellum in a fine charter hand with an illuminated 2-line initial "E" for Edwardus and witnessed by Gilbert de Clare earl of Gloucester Anthony Bek Archdeacon of Durham Hugh son of Otto [?de Grandson] and 2 others 12 lines docketed on verso by Peter Le Neve with his initials "PL" also 2 medieval dockets initial "E" with slight surface wear of gold a few small holes repaired folds slightly creased and yellowed but in remarkably good condition lacks seal 150 x 244mm. Shuldham [Shouldham] 18th January 1281. ***Royal charters of this nature are exceedingly rare. Written the year before Edward I commenced his war in Wales. Gilbert de Clare [called Gilbert the Red] (1243-95) earl of Gloucester and of Hereford; one of the largest landowners in England and one of the most important political factors in the de Montfortian wars of the 1260s first aiding de Montfort in his subjection of Henry III and then helping to overthrow de Montfort by aiding the Lord Edward Henry`s son. Truculent self interested and wayward de Clare was nevertheless a firm friend and political ally of Edward I and would have been much in evidence at court "Between January 1278 and May 1286 he [de Clare] witnessed more royal charters than any of his rank except the earl of Lincoln." - Oxford DNB. Anthony Bek (1) (c. 1245-1311) Archdeacon and later Bishop of Durham; royal official and diplomatist; personal friend of Edward I who helped him raise finance for both his Welsh Scottish and French wars. In 1281 Bek was "warned by Archbishop Pecham of Canterbury that unless he obtained a papal dispensation he would never be considered for a bishopric." Peter Le Neve (1661-1729) herald and antiquary; most of his manuscript collection were of Norfolk and Suffolk. North Creake north west Norfolk 3 miles south east of Burnham Market..

Essex.- John Mohaut of ?Dodford D. manuscript in Latin on vellum 11 lines small hole affecting two words slightly creased and yellowed lacks seal 80 x 220mm. witnessed by John le Maresthal Thomas de Denefford and others 1335/6.

Medieval England.- Agreement between D. manuscript in Latin on vellum 9 lines folds creased and soiled original red wax seal with faint impression tongue secured with a pin 101 x 315mm. 1469/70.

Hampshire.- John Cresswell lease to manuscript in Latin on vellum pen and ink initial "S" with decoration in the form of a fish 13 & 189; lines remains of red wax seal with partial image folds creased 139 x 305mm. 4th September 1478.

Somerset (Edward Seymour Duke of manuscript 4pp. later Elizabethan legal notes in margins folds a few spots of damp tear starting along folds browned folio [c. 1554 & later sixteenth century]; and a 17th century chancery document with the remains of a Great Seal v.s. v.d.(2) ***Probably the Prebendary of Horton in the diocese of Salisbury Wiltshire..

Wiltshire.- Sharington (Sir Henry D.s. "H Sharington" manuscript on vellum 29 lines fine impression of coat of arms on red wax seal folds modern slip-case 255 x 315mm. 3rd April 1576. ***Sir Edward Baynton (c. 1495-1544) courtier; vice-chamberlain to all but the first of Henry VIII`s wives..

Medical.- [Recipe book] manuscript in Latin 251pp. & 23pp. index part of watermark present with a fleur-de-lys at tail browned a few edges slightly creased but in remarkably good condition bound in the remains of a medieval liturgical manuscript with with music staves lacks most of spine and all of upper cover remains of clasps 105 x 60mm. [?England or France ?late sixteenth/early seventeenth century]. ***Entries include: Absinthii essentia spiritus"; "Aloes purg."; "bubo pestilentialis"; "Colica"; "Diarrhea et malig."; "Haemoroid"; "Mictus cruentus"; Nephritis dolor"; "Opiata quando propinanda"; "porcelli leprosi"; "Vomitoria" etc..

Ordnance Office In the Reign manuscript 6pp. excluding blanks water-stained and browned edges a little frayed 2 blank ff. torn with some loss formerly a Phillipps Ms. (Cole) according to a modern pencil note folio 1637. ***A comparison between the state of the ordnance from the time of the accession of Charles I to 1637 when the king was forced to take military action against the Scottish covenanters and the rebellion against the imposition of the Book of Common Prayer..

Penn (William naval officer father D. manuscript in Latin on vellum large decorated initial "C" and other decoration at head surface wear with loss of text remains of Great Seal folds yellowed and soiled 488 x 700mm. 10th February [?1641]. ***In 1644 Penn was selected by Parliament to command the ship Fellowship..

Halsey (Robert) Commonplace book manuscript in several hands signed several times and inscribed "Robert Halsey his Book" 40pp. excluding blanks at beginning and end 2pp. of pen and ink heraldic devices (1 page hand-coloured) a few pp. loose or working loose browned original vellum worn a few small holes sm. 4to [c. 1650]. ***Contains an English poem of 32 lines beginning "Lets to the stationers and let us see/Where is the cost of Battles pedegree..." mentioning Captain Damper Cousin Darceis and father Phillops Latin verses under the heading "Regulae quodam elegantarium two headings of books "I entend to buy" the first listing one book "A patterne of Catecishicall doctrine edit. lond. 1630" and heraldic notes and tables of charges some collected out of the "Accedence of Armorye" etc..

Heraldry.- St. George (Sir Richard herald manuscript title 3pp. index and 99pp. excluding blaniks last 5pp. of pen and ink blank shields numerous pen and ink coats of arms title and index loose 1f. with tear some foxing and browning bookplates of James Arnold Frere Chester Herald and Treverbyn Dean [House Liskeard Cornwall] on front pastedown original reversed calf worn soiled rebacked modern cloth box 4to [seventeenth century]. *** .

Devon.- Pasmore (Thomas) [Religious manuscript in several hands 223pp. excluding blanks entries in reverse order browned some staining original reversed calf rubbed folio 1679-80. ***With a signed testimonial by Elijah Dene rector of Clyst Hydon. Includes: Medical recipes: "A very safe glister to be used by man or woman"; "ffor Cancer in a womans brest"; "Of the pustules or weles in the head"; "ffor the frenzye"; "Against madnesse called mania"; "ffor the paynes of the Eares" etc. including causes and remedies. Love songs and poetry: "Love is a Sickness" by Samuel Daniel; "Is it birth puffs up thy mind" from Musarum Delicae Sir John Mennes and James Smith; "If all the world were paper; how make an ende of singinge" [first and last lines not in Crum]; "All dainty meats I doe defie" On Tobacco; "Since we Poor Slavish Women Know" by William Wycherly; "Like a dog with a bottle fast tyed to his taile" by Thomas Flatman etc. and much other some not in Crum..

Colvile Family.- Colvile (Frederick Leigh 6 vol. from an original collection of 8 without vol. III & IV numerous letters on c. 560 pages and one or two sketches some items with captions by Frederick Colvile most tipped-in some browning foxing and creasing bookplates of Frederick Leigh Colvile on front pastedowns original 19th century diced calf slightly rubbed and faded v.s. in 4to vol. 1680-1860s. ***A fine historical collection of correspondence relating to the Colvile and Leigh families. Includes: "Epithalamium - Song by the Muses On the Marriage of James Leigh Esqr. to the Rt. Honble. The Lady Caroline Brydges. 1755." Other items include: Letter from Selina Bracebridge (friend of Florence Nightingale and companion to the Crimea) to Lady Leigh; Letter in Russian with inscription in English: "Found on the Field of Inkerman on the same day as the battle Nov 5th 1854" ; Jewish prayer in Hebrew manuscript on vellum with ink inscription: "Found on the Field of Inkerman" [1854]; "One of the Envelopes from the embroidered Porte-feuille of my Ancestor James Lord Chandos given to me from thence when a boy by my Gmother the Honble. Mrs. Leigh. He was Ambassador at the Porte in 1680 & d. 1714." etc. Names include: Lord Halifax William Colvile ("Signature of William Colvile Esq. of Newton High Sheriff for Cambridgeshire in 1660. One of the Knights of the Royal Oak"); Theophilus Leigh Esq. of Adlestrop William Wentworth William Leigh etc. .

Poetry.- Collection of poetry including: (1) "On the acte for six hundred thousand pound for the Indigent officers. To them beginning Prepare your bags you myrmidons that stood/For martyred Charles up to the hilts in blood..."; (2) "An Epigram[me]e on the Lord Chancellor Hide and his new built house called Dunkirke" beginning "Dutch Dunkirke landed ist not staing to prove..."; (3) "An Epitaph on Sir kenelme Digby" beginning "Those two yards lenght containe ye dust..."; (4) "An Epitaph of the Duke of Gloster" beginning "Reader dray nigh and heare the groanes..." manuscript 36pp. excluding blanks bookplate of Rev. H. Campbell on front pastedown binding label of A. Palmer Bromsgrove nineteenth century half vellum slightly soiled sm. 4to [seventeenth century].

[Catholic commonplace book] manuscript in several hands 254pp. some slight staining and browning blanks at beginning and end torn with some loss bound in the remains of a leaf from a medieval music manuscript soiled and torn loose 8vo [England c. ?seventeenth/eighteenth centuries]. ***Headings include: "Jesus Maria out of ye twellve mortifications of harphius"; "Out of Custodia cordis"; "This wch followeth is taken out of ye 3d epistle writen by the holy man Tomas de kempis" etc..

Naval & Commerce.- Orford (Edward D.s. manuscript 2pp. with conjugate blank folds slightly browned mounted on card 29th November 1709; and 12 other covering letters and documents from the Committee of Trade relating to commerce including: English merchants in Portugal the violation of English passes to Spanish ships siezed by the Dutch "relating to the intended Invasion of the French on the Northern Parts of Great Britain"; the Island of Nevis Flanders Merchants etc. and signed by Collingwood Hedges Herbert Herbert Meadows Pulteney Dartmouth etc. folio(13)

Debtors.- C. (J.) The Piercing Eyes Shewing the unreasonableness and ffolly of Imprisoning the Body for Debt from the Law of God and Reason Custom of Nations humane Policy & Interest [ & ] Reasons humbly offered ffor an Extensive Act for the discharge of poor Prisoners 2 parts in 1 manuscript title and 21pp. ink signatures of John Holds and dated 1724 cand 1725 on title title outer margin strengthened slightly foxed and browned a few tears to edges stitched [this title not in ESTC] sm. 4to Written Anno Domi 1714 but transcribed Annus 1616/7. ***"Captain Devreux was a Person who had done Considerable services in the War and behav`d himselfe wth much Bravery in the ffield: But being Confin`d in this Prison for debt and his money all spent he was found Roasting a Ratt for his subsistence. Further the great Traders have the benefit of the Act of Bankruptcy by wch if they break for 100000 pounds they may on the Surrender of all get their liberty and are allowed 5 pounds per Centum for what money and Effects they discover." A petition to Queen Anne and the Houses of Parliament on behalf of insolvent debtors. Seemingly harking back to the early years of the seventeenth century the text evidently refers to the early eighteenth century and the plight of bankrupts being imprisoned for debt..

Theology.- Christ`s fflock is a Little one: Wth: An Appendix of many Things mixed together - And Particular subjects treated upon for my own use manuscript c. 270pp. a few ff. inserted on stubs browned ink notes of Geoffrey Barrow at beginning original vellum yellowed and soiled corners bumped a few small wormholes along joints sm. 4to [c. 1715]. ***Notes on a wide range of subjects including theology history and philosophy. Also some verse including an acrostic on the death of the author`s grandson Osmond Scott who died on 2 April 1702 at "Geelding". Other entries include numerous printed works manuscripts of his; headings include St. Paul`s doctrine predestination free will election perseverance justification the fall from grace rules to understand scripture homilies the line of the Royal family King James`s great lion baited a letter of summons to the Emperor 1663 collections from Josephus collections from the Book of Martyrs dying words of noble persons upon the scaffold mottoes of pagan emperors and western Franks prayers etc..

Jersey.- Licence to "the Bearer D.s. "William Deane" printed form with manuscript insertions red wax seal folds slightly browned and soiled framed and glazed 318 x 200mm. Castle Elizabeth [Jersey] 25th August 1751.

Donellan (John poisoner 21pp. 8vo & 4to Lawford Hall 30th January 1775 - 27th January 1781 relating to the financial affairs of her daughter Theodosia Donellan and her husband John Donellan "Mr Donnallan is very desirous of having my Daughters fortune placed in Government Security now Stocks are so very low as much as we can; as soon as possible therefore if you go to Town soon will you be so good as to bye into the 3 per cent reduced Annuities: the Seven hundred pound which was paid into Mr Clays hands by Mr Pearson and take care the stock is bought in the names of Sir William Wheler Bart: and myself as trustees and Guardians for the same" and occasional personal news "my Grand Daughter has got the Smallpox" creased and browned some tears where opened some along folds Poor Law Statute for Bilton Rugby "for the setting to work all the Poor within your Parish" D.s. printed with manuscript insertions 2 small wax seals 17th April 1746; and 3 other letters 2 from William Cardale and 1 from Thomas Skipwith relating to the trial of Donellan pasted down and bound with a printed work by Joseph Gurney "The Trial of John Donellan Esq. for the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius... Boughton" 1 page torn with small loss all manuscript items tipped-in foxed and browned ink signatures of two later members of the Harris family on front pastedown contemporary half calf rubbed upper cover detached remains of tape along spine v.s. v.d. folio. ***Donellan had served as a soldier and been cashiered while serving in India for financial irregularities. On returning to England he became part owner and master of ceremonies at the fashionable Pantheon assembly rooms in Oxford Street. In 1777 he eloped with Theodosia Boughton a young heiress and they settled at the family home Lawford Hall near Rugby. Boughton`s brother Sir Theodosius died in suspicious circumstances at the age of twenty after drinking some medicine. Sir William Wheeler Boughton`s guardian requested a post mortem but Donellan prevented this and he was indicted by a jury. While some doubt remained as to exactly what poison killed the young man Donellan was generally agreed to be the perpetrator he was condemned and hanged at Warwick on 2 April 1781..

Cookery.- Borron (Elizabeth) [Recipe Book] manuscript in several hands 71pp. some pp. loose and working loose some ff. excised browned some juvenile scribbling on front pastedowns original vellum soiled some scratching sm. 4to 1732 & later. ***Recipes include: "Miss Fitzherbert Almond Cheesecake"; Dutch Blamange"; "Orange Jam"; "To make Jumballs"; "Lemon Cream"; "To stew a Bullock`s Cheek"; "Cowslip Wine Mrs Buckstone"; "To Make a Surfitt Water Mrs Borron"; "Gooseberry Wine"; "To Make Shrub"; "To Preserve Wallnuts"; "Rice Pudding"; "Mince Pyes Mary Pitcock" etc..

Legal.- Holland (John Miller) Records manuscript 94pp. & 9pp. index excluding blanks in two hands (mostly Miller`s hand) ruled in red throughout slight browning ink signature of Holland and Geoffrey Barrow and bookplate of Holland on front endpapers hinges a little weak original half calf worn sm. 4to 2nd August 1781 - 11th January 1788. ***Affadavits and cases..

Reveley (Philadelphia daughter of Willey manuscript in several hands signed on each pastedown by Reveley 35pp. (11pp. of recipes 24pp. commonplace book in Reveley`s hand) excluding blanks 2ff. partly excised with loss original vellum soiled broken in two along upper joint and loose sm. 4to [1780s & earlier]. ***Recipes and notes include: "For the Yellow Jaundice"; "Dr. Lowens Collick Water"; "Mr Stevens White Fish Sauce"; "Surfeit Water"; "To fine one Hogshead"; "To make a Peppar Cake"; "To make flummery or Blancmange"; "For the bloody flux"; "Johnson`s character of Goldsmith"; "We suffer from Johnson..." - Hesther Thrale etc..

Combe (William writer and literary autograph manuscript draft of the first four pages numerous corrections folds slightly browned folio n.d. [1787]. ***Combe published The Devil upon Two Sticks in March 1790 an artistically and commercially satiric narrative in four volumes with two more published the following year. Sections of this episodic novel in which the devil Asmodeus introduces his pupil Don Cleofas to a survey of the full range of English society had first appeared in Walter`s Daily Universal Register in 1787..

Antigua.- Pell (Sir Watkin Owen including: Plan of Mayer`s Estate Antigua the property of Owen Pell surveyed in 1819 by James Johnston Surveyer General; Plan of the Estate called Sion Hill The Property of the Hon. Owen Pell In the Division of Belfast Antigua n.d.; The Estate called Pares and Cochrans in the Island of Antigua: The Property of W.O.S. Pell... Surveyed in 1820 by J.H. Baker Sworn Surveyor and copied and corrected up to date June 1888 by J. Becket Lewis; Parish of St. Philip; indentures legal agreements and other documents relating to the Pell family possessions in Antigua including: probate copy Sir Watkin Owen Pell`s will Pell`s bank book; copy of Elizabeth Mary Pell`s will mentioning her estates in Antigua manuscript maps and documents some maps some hand-colouring friable with some tears and loss browned manuscript documents many on vellum folds some browning v.s. v.d.(qty) ***The Pell family had extensive interests in the West Indies; Sir Watkin Owen Pell served on the Jamaican station in the 1830s. .

Sismondi (Jean Charles Léonard de 5pp. 8vo Geneva 6th January 1823 - [postmarked 30th January 1838] on bibliography "A manuscript on the Florentine history has been offered for sale to the Director of our public library he consulted me on its worth and I answered I knew nobody but you" and sending the manuscript and answering a letter from Mrs. Wilberforce "I am extremely thankful for your kind inquiry and thank you also for abstaining... when the detailing my fears and my sufferings was to me extremely painful. Thank God my wife is now in a fair way of recovery... present my compliments to Mr Wilberforce..." (not WW) folds slightly browned(3)

Olio (The) Began at Versailles 2 vol. ?only some entries signed "AZ" manuscript 463pp. engraved plates cut down and mounted browned ink inscription: "Presented to Sam Hollick with the best wishes... N.H. Tregele" on front free endpaper original calf-backed boards rubbed gilt spines 8vo 1st January - 12th December 1826. ***A diary and record of a Grand Tour concentrating mostly on classical antiquities including: the Parthenon Emperor Otho Column of Trajan Arch of Titus etc..

Smart (L.) The Telegraph manuscript 215pp. 15 ink and wash drawings (13 full-page 6 folding) including Herschel`s Grand Telescope Montgolfier`s balloon etc. lacks last f. browned new endpapers 8vo Monday 5th November - 10th December 1832. ***A school boy magazine "intended both for your amusement and instruction" divided into weekly parts of 36 pages..

Crosby (Brass & William Sharp engraver manuscript 26pp. 2pp. Will of Elizabeth Raston of Hartlepool 1763 3 watercolour versions of the Sharpe family coat of arms 22pp. of newspaper cuttings hand-coloured aquatint "The Convention Maker" 1p. with tears 2pp. loose some other items removed 1p. with fragmentary remains of a letter by John Collier "Tim Bobbin" satirist and caricaturist engraved bookplate of William Sharp on front pastedown hinges a little weak original half calf rubbed corners bumped and rubbed lacks spine lge. 8vo 1842 & earlier.

Cumberland.- Wakefield (John manuscript 62pp. & 10pp. index excluding blanks 2 A.Ls.s. from John Wakefield to Robert Armstrong an A.L.s. from Armstrong to Wakefield and a draft notice to quit a property and c. 55 pieces (mostly Income Tax receipts from various places in Cumberland) loosely inserted in pocket at front original calf wallet gilt title on upper cover: "John Wakefield`s Rent Book" also ink date of 1846 on upper cover some slight marking 8vo 2nd February 1846 - 6th March 1864.

Maritime.- Stewart (Woodbine P.) A Log manuscript printed title with manuscript insertions and 132pp. also 4 accomplished drawings of ships one with watercolour title working loose 1 f. loose some ink staining on a few ff. some browning bookticket of McNair Brown and signature of Veronica Muir on front pastedown original morocco-backed boards soiled rubbed and stained 4to 21st June 1850 - 5th May 1851. ***A lively and well written account of a merchant ship`s voyage to the Far East. "Saturday October 26th [1850] This morning the mizzen royal clewlin... stranded went aloft to clinch it anew & just after cutting off the bad part to my utter dismay it slipped out of my hand & in amongst was slap down on deck where the Capt was walking about `Ha Mr Stewart` he sang out you are frightening me all upon deck here and that was all he said." Entrance to the Canton River. "Wednesday Decr 4th 1850... such a sight as the Bouge forts is indeed worth seeing . On every side of you there are immense fortifications pierced with guns & you could not help thinking that it would be utterly impossible to take them... . But... they have all been taken by British men of war & by the unparaloleled bravery of our British tars. Passed quite close to `Tiger Island` & the fort that the Royal Irish captured & where committed such dreadful slaughter.".

Mackarness (Rev. George vicar of Ilam manuscript 262pp. some engravings and ephemera pasted down original morocco gilt rubbed hinges splitting head and tail of spine torn 8vo 15th August 1861 - 26th July 1863. ***Includes a visit to the Lake District London St. Asaph Lichfield etc. Attending the Church Congess of 1862 and a paper read by Dr. Pusey: "I lunched at Ch[rist] Ch[urch] with T. Hunt... returned to Congress at 2 and listened for three hours to an intensely interesting discussion on sisterhood & the employment of women generally in the Church`s work. Jo. Howson T. Carter a W. Furse read papers - also Dr. Pusey who was received with a storm of applause wh did ones heart good." A visit to the International Exhibition of 1862. "Immediately after breakfast we drove to the International Exhibition - and spent four hours in it. Before we left it was so crowded with more than 60 000 persons that we could hardly move. We jostled up against Prince Napoleon & Princess Clothilde... .".

Maritime.- Powell (A.L.) Log of Ship manuscript 102pp. excluding blanks slightly browned original vellum slightly soiled lettered on upper cover metal clasp 8vo 16th July - 16th March 1878. ***"7th September Two children died last night.... . 20 October. In the evening we sighted Sydney Heads Light but the wind died away and we were becalmed all night. 21st A tug named the Mystery came out to meet us and towed us into the quarantine ground as we have measles aboard.".

Clark (Elizabeth Mary née Browne wife manuscript 162pp. additional notes tipped-in on inside front cover browned original card rubbed and slightly creased sm. 4to n.d. [c. 1880s]. ***Detailed accounts of Clark`s family in Scotland (Bathgate family) mentions James Wylie (1768-1854) physician in Russia "son of a poor neighbour"; Margaret Bathgate (grandmother) inheriting goods of Indian and Australian origin from Catherine Cook sister of Captain Cook; Janet Bathgate emigrating to Australia sheep farming copper prospecting etc.; Clark`s childhood in India; involvement in prison work at Newgate under "Mrs Frys Committee"..

Ruskin (John writer and critic Copied in the British Museum Reading Room January 1887. Completed in August 1887 at 28 Herne Hill and in May 1904 at Brixton Library [by Mr. E. Turner] manuscript 344pp. with an Autograph Postcard initialled "JR" to ?Mr. Turner dismissing his own poems an A.L.s. from Joan Ruskin Severn and an A.L.s. from S.W. Anderson all pasted in 1f. excised at front slightly foxed and browned original half morocco gilt rubbed 8vo 1887-1904. ***Postcard from Ruskin: "11th June [18]87 Dear Sir There is no copy of the `Poems` in any house I can keep it out of! Surely you would not like to read what I am myself so surely ashamed of?".

West Country & elsewhere manuscript in numerous hands c. 180pp. excluding blanks numerous watercolours & drawings photographs and newspaper cuttings 1f. with hole slightly browned original half morocco gilt rubbed thick 8vo 1895 - 1924. ***Mostly relating to the Rev. Arthur Bax variously chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell vicar of Duloe in the diocese of Truro and Longbenton Northumberland. Includes humorous drawings relating to Dartmoor Princetown Nottingham Auckland; photographs of German submarine brought to Portsmouth 1918" etc..

Willmore (H.H.) Notes on some manuscript 193pp. excluding blanks numerous pen and ink illustrations slightly browned original calf-backed boards rubbed corners worn lacks head and tail of spine 1903-09; and another M.H. Shuttleworth Caeoethes Scribendi vol. I only 1826 sm. 4to(2)

Calligraphy.- The Litany calligraphic manuscript on vellum with one page illuminated in gold, red, blue, green and other colours and some initials, 14pp., some edges and corners creased, bound in full blue morocco, gilt decoration, some slight damp affecting corner of upper cover, slightly rubbed and marked, by F. Garrett, binder, [twentieth century].

US Navy in France.- Browne (Lieut. manuscript 40pp. excluding blanks slightly browned original cloth water-stained 8vo November 1917 - January 1918. ***Lists 22 ships (5 crossed out as lost torpedoed or sunk at sea) with a two page detail of each ship..

World War I (Canadian Army) manuscript 79pp. including 3pp. loose insert in ink and pencil browned original cloth worn faded and stained 12mo Sunday 23rd December 1917 - Saturday 1st March 1918. ***"Sun. 25 August 1918 In the support trenches. Moved up to the front line. Mon 26 Over the top at 3AM advanced a long way. Wounded walked back to dressing station. On the train. Tues 27 In hospital.".

RAF.- Biggs (F.D. Flight Lieutenant title and printed tables with manuscript insertions 105pp. excluding blank printed ff. slightly browned original cloth stained and slightly faded and rubbed upper joint splitting sm. 4to 4th November 1936 - 15th March 1946. ***Flying Halifaxs Oxfords Wellingtons Moths etc. Includes Operational Raids in Wellington bombers in 1940..

Royal Navy.- Night Order book printed with manuscript insertions 56pp. excluding blanks slightly browned original cloth-backed printed card covers creased and slightly soiled 23rd September - 27th July 1949; and 8 other pieces relating to Royal Navy Ships including "A List of the Flag-Officers..." 1809; Secretary`s copy of Standing Orders for HMS Minotaur 1879-81; Standing Orders - Channel Squadron 1880; "Visit of the Colonial Premiers and the Houses of Parliament to Portsmouth" Sidney Robinson`s copy with his bookplate and an inscription from the recipient 1907; "H.M.S. Hood: A Short Account of her forbears and herself" n.d. most printed various bindings v.s. v.d.(9) ***HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1946 and was the last battleship to serve in the Royal Navy; in 1947 she conveyed George VI and the Royal Family on their tour of South Africa. Vanguard was decommisioned in the 1950s. .

Account of a journey around Ireland, (probably 1846), 22 page manuscript in an unknown hand detailing coach travel, funerals, scenery and towns, commencing Tuesday June 2nd from Rathdrum and arriving back in Dublin Wednesday 10th, having taken in Wexford, cork and Limerick (Over 5,000 words with much entertaining personal comment)

Manchester Chethams Charities - (Hospital and Library), Accounts, manuscript copy 1871 - 2 and 2 other related items

Four manuscript letters from Rosemary Squires to Miss Anne Royston, Old White Horse Inn, Bingley, together with five signed and inscribed photographs and an L.P. of Miss Squires (one letter describing Mr Ken Dodds` time keeping, and four signed and inscribed photographs of Ken Dodd

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Portrait of a Composer, half-length, in red costume, holding a manuscript, recto ; a portrait of a composer by another hand , verso, oil on copper, unframed, 6 1/2 x 5 in, sold a/f

ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Hortus Siccus or Dried Herbanium collected by Charles Richards, midshipman on H.M.S. Hecla during Sir William Parry`s Arctic Expedition of 1821-1823. 15 mounted specimens within blue sugar-paper bifolia, most with identifying manuscript Linnaean binomial nomenclature (sheet size 182 x 224mm.) One sheet of blue sugar-paper carries the inscription `Flowers from the Arctic Regions found at Igloolik, preserved by Cha`s Richards in the years 1821-2-and 4`, and 15 similar specimens mounted on white Whatman paper (sheet size 177 x 110mm.) (Some examples with minor loss, a few with substantial loss.) Unbound, between later boards.

HOROLOGY. A Victorian Grant of Patent, dated 1870. Two vellum sheets (524 x 778mm. and smaller.) Awarded to Adolphe Nicole for `Improvement in Lever Escapements for Watches and other Time-keepers` engraved with decorative borders and manuscript additions, large attached wax seal. (Some spotting, minor damage to seal.) Contained within original leather-box (slightly scuffed). – And one other document of related interest. Note: Adolphe Nicole is credited with patenting the first practical keyless movement for both fusee and going-barrel watches in 1844.

PRINTED EPHEMERA ARCHIVE. A collection of approximately 250 pieces of printed ephemera, some with manuscript additions, circa 1683–1906. 4 vols., folio (450 x 310mm.) Including political broadsides, election ephemera, shipping advertisements and other documents, tickets, other advertisements, theatrical programmes, banknotes and legal documents of various kind. The majority of items neatly mounted in uniform blue cloth.

MEDICAL HISTORY. – Felix von NIEMEYER. Die Behandlung der Korpulenz nach dem sogenannten Bantingsystem, Ein populär-wissenschaftlicher Vortrag. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1866. 8vo (183 x 110mm.) Printed in German with near contemporary translation in manuscript bound-in. Contemporary half-calf, the upper cover with onlaid morocco title label (extremities slightly scuffed). – And two other works of medical interest (3).

GARDINER, Rena (illustrator). – B.J. CURRIE. Royal Leamington Spa. Beauchamp Hill: 1954. Limited edition of 33 copies, this number 19, 4to (247 x 183mm.) Manuscript half-title, decorative title printed in colours, numerous illustrations (many printed in colour) each with manuscript title. Original cloth (slightly discoloured), dust-jacket (minor nicks to edges). – And two works on Sussex (3).

L`ARMESSIN, Nicholas de. Les Augustes Representations de Tous Les Roys de France. Paris: 1714. Folio (265 x 205mm.) Engraved throughout with decorative title and 65 portrait plates, the majority with a manuscript ink inscription verso. (Light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (extremities scuffed, spine worn). – And four items of related ephemera loosely inserted.

A 14th Century Leaf of Manuscript illustrated with a vertical panel of scrolling foliage incorporating wild strawberries alongside the text with a depiction of St Christopher carrying a child upon his shoulders. Measuring 7 ins x 4½ ins (17.5 cms x 11 cms), in a modern double sided glass frame; the front having a green velvet slip and giltwood border measuring 19¾ ins x 14¾ ins (50 cms x 37.5 cms).

A Large 18th Century Oak Manuscript Box. The two plank top with moulded edge above a front carved with four zig-zag panels enriched with punchwork circles and dividing the three diamond carvings. The engrailed ends running down towards a moulded edge 11 ins (28 cms) in height , 29 ins (73 cms) in width, 22½ ins (55 cms) in depth.

Burton, William The Description of Leicester.Matters, of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye and Genealogy. 1622 First edition, small folio engraved title page, portrait frontis. Double page Kip map. Later 1/4 binding, gilt ribbed spine. Marginal manuscript notes by William Cole 1714-1782,Antiquary, a previous owner of this copy.