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Daniel, William Barker. Rural sports. London, 1807-1813. 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved titles, 76 plates, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, foxing, bookplates and ink stamps; [Fitzgibbon, Edward] A handbook of angling. London, 1848. 8vo, contemporary green calf gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Walton, Izaak The complete angler. London, 1822. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, a.e.g., bookplate; Osbaldeston, Squire His autobiography. London, 1926. Later reprint, 4to, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, remainder of label on upper board otherwise very clean; Meade-King, Eric The silent horn. London, 1938. 4to, colour plates, original morocco backed boards, a fine copy; Gamebook A manuscript game book commencing on May 1st 1812. 8vo, original decorative morocco gilt, front pocket; White, James A treatise on veterinary medicine. London, 1820. Twelfth edition, 8vo, 4 volumes, colour frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplates; and 6 others (19). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh--Henderson, Thomas. Astronomical observations made at The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Edinburgh: 1838-1866. 4to, volumes 1-15 bound in 9 volumes, numerous plates and tables, some chromolithographed, some folding, volume 12 with three mounted albumen prints, modern half calf gilt, volume 1 supplied in facsimile; Idem Publications. Edinburgh: H.M.S.O., 1955-1972. 4to, volumes 1-8 in 4, plates and diagrams, modern half calf; sold as a journal not subject to return (13). Note: An interesting set with a mass of additional observational data added in manuscript to Observations made with the transit instrument in the year 1838.

Five manuscript books from 1920`s - 1940`s, 3 are account books. (5).

A pair of Mogul manuscript pages with figures and script, in gilt frames

Anthony Horowitz: Autographed page of manuscript from "The Greek who stole Christmas"Estimate: £28

1840 (Jan 3rd) Entire with manuscript "4", fair conditionEstimate: £18

1840 (Jan 7th) Entire with full New Romney CDS + manuscript "4", fair conditionEstimate: £18

1840 Entire with Paid 28 Ja 28 1840 + manuscript "1", fair conditionEstimate: £18

1840 1d black, N-H, used with red maltese cross + unusual manuscript marking, 4 margins, fine. (see photo) Estimate: £70

1840 (Jan 10th) First Day of Uniform Penny Postage: Entire dated 10 Ja 1840 also with manuscript "4" instead of "1", fair condition. Cat £750Estimate: £400

Manuscript diaries 1849 two volumes detailing holiday in Europe (2)

A printed advertisement for Shand Mason & Co.'s Floating Steam Fire Engine, and other steam engines by them with manuscript prices and capacities.

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA. - A printed and manuscript convict pass for 'Geo. Blackenbury', dated 'Aug't 20. 1835'. A single leaf (139 x 168mm.) The pass, no. 371, details that 'The Bearer... a Prison Servant to Tho. Anstey Esqr has Permission to leave Hobart-town... to proceed to the House of his master at Oatlands' and related instructions, verso has identifying description of Blackenbury. (Slightly browned, folded and torn, with loss to one edge.)

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA. - A printed and manuscript convict pass for 'Maria Randall' dated 'June 21st 1836'. A single leaf (138 x 170mm.) The unnumbered pass details that 'The Bearer... a prisoner Servant to Thos. Anstey Esqr has Permission to leave Hobart-town... to proceed to the House of his master at Anstey Barton in the District of Oatlands' and related instructions, verso has identifying description of Randall. (Lightly browned, one edge heavily discoloured, folded and torn, with loss to one edge and coat of arms.)

OXFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [The Publications of the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society... arranged (with additions) by C.J.P.] Oxford: 1853-1933. Numerous parts in 11 vols., 8vo (215 x 132mm.) Occasional plates, extra-illustrated with ink inscriptions and cuttings. Contemporary red half-calf, occasional wrappers bound-in, t.e.g. (spines worn, extremities scuffed). Provenance: C.J.P. (additions and manuscript titled to vols. I & II.); Stanley Leonard Barry (armorial bookplates).

DE WALDEN, Howard. Banners Standards and Badges from a Tudor Manuscript in the College of Arms. [London:] The De Walden Library, 1904. 4to (309 x 238mm.) Colour frontispiece, numerous full-page illustrations. Original cloth (extremities bumped and scuffed). Provenance: Stanley Leonard Barry (armorial bookplate and occasional annotations). - And nine other volumes of similar interest (10).

A manuscript 'collection of valuable receipts for disorders incident to cattle as have been experienced and practised by Walter Platt, cow doctor living near Stroud...and written by William Turner, Filton, near Bristol...March 25th 1785'; with a manuscript collection of receipts, bonds, will, mortgages...; and newspaper clippings, all bound as one. Full leather, octavo (binding broken; sold with all faults, not subject to return). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A Blidworth manuscript book dated 1769

ELIOT GEORGE: (1819-1880) Mary Ann Evans. English Novelist. D.S., with her married name, Marian Lewes, one page, 8vo, n.p., 15th June 1858. The manuscript document is a receipt for the sum of £47.12.5, being half a years income, the total payment listed in four separate amounts including interest and dividends. Signed by Eliot at the conclusion, her surname partially running across the affixed one penny revenue stamp. Some minor, light creasing, otherwise VG

WALTON WILLIAM: (1902-1983) British Composer. A.M.Q.S., William Walton, on a 12mo piece of manuscript paper, n.p., n.d. In bold blue ink Walton has penned two bars of music which he identifies as being from Fanfare- Facade. Signed beneath the quotation. About VG

ABBOT GEORGE: (1562-1633) English Divine, Archbishop of Canterbury 1611-33. Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin 1612-33. D.S., G: Cant., (a good, bold signature, as Archbishop of Canterbury), one page, folio, Whitehall, 6th June 1616. The manuscript document is addressed to 'all Maiors, Sheriffes, Justices of Peace, Vice-Admyralls, Customers & Comptrollers, Searchers, officers of the Portes & all other his Mats. officers & loveinge Subects whom it may concerne' and concerns Sir Henry Frankland of Awldeworke and his son Anthony Frankland, allowing them 'to passe over into the partes beyonnd the Seas' and further stating 'that his sonne may remayne there for the space of three yeares for his experience & knowledge in the languages'. The document also states that the Franklands should be allowed passage 'together wth one servant to imbarque themselves at any of his Mats. Portes that shalbe fittest for their passage and to take wth them such Truncks of apparrell & other necessary provisions (not prohibitted) as they shall have occasion to carry over for his use wthout lett or molestacon. Provided that none of them repaire to the Citty of Rome wthout his Mats. speciall licence first had & obtayned.' Signed at the foot by Abbot and countersigned by Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626, Lord High Treasurer 1614-18), Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (1568-1628, English Aristocrat and an important advisor to King James I, Lord Privy Seal 1616-25) and several others. With remnants of seal. A large, although very light, water stain affects part of the text and signatures, all of which remain completely legible. G

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS: (1542-1587) Queen of Scots 1542-1567. Fine L.S., Marie R, one page, folio, Holyrood ('At our abbey of Halirudehous'), 23rd March 1566/7, to the Earl Marischal [William Keith]. The manuscript letter, in Scots, is a summons by the Queen to a significant parliament at Edinburgh on 14th April. Mary urges the Earl Marischal's attendance, 'There are various matters to be discussed touching the welfare of our realm and….issues relating to the prosperity of our cousin the Earl of Huntly' ('Thair is divers effaces to be intreated for the welffair of or. realme and….thingis concernyng the weill of our cousing the erle of hwntlie'.) and further adds that his 'good counsel and advice' ('guid counsall and adwyis') would be very beneficial. With address to the verso and a later docket. Very slight traces of red wax seal. Eight very neat slits from the original string closure, only one just affecting two words and not the signature. Accompanied by a complete transcript and loosely housed in an att active dark green presentation folder with gilt lettering on a black leather panel to the front. An exceptionally clean and attractive document of great rarity, and with a fine signature. VG William Keith (d.1581) 3rd Earl Marischal, the Earl of Huntly's uncle, who was indeed present at the Parliament in April 1567. George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (d.1576) Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Huntly, a major conspirator of his time, allied himself with James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (c.1534-1578, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots) and accompanied Bothwell and Mary on their visit to Lord Darnley (1545-1567, King Consort of Scotland, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots) before his murder. Darnley was murdered on 10th February 1567 and Bothwell was immediately accused of the crime, standing trial on 12th April. However, having packed Edinburgh with armed supporters, he was acquitted. When Parliament met on 14th April, it declared Bothwell's trial to have been lawfully conducted. Huntly, in the meantime, had cynically persuaded his sister, Lady Jean Gordon, to divorce Bothwell, thus leaving him free to marry Mary. In return for his assistance, Huntly's family estates were to be restored and, as is indeed foreshadowed in the letter, an Act of Parliament on 19th April confirmed Huntly in his estates. Mary married Bothwell on 15th May and her reputation was thereby destroyed and she was forced to abdicate on 23rd July 1567.

CECIL WILLIAM: (1520-1598) 1st Baron Burghley, English Statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I. An interesting D.S., W. Burghley, one page, small folio, Court at Greenwich, 24th April 1592. The manuscript document is addressed to Robert Pryce, executor to Lady Mordant, 'whose Funeralle being to be solemnized agreablie to hir Condicon and degree as a Barones, yowe nevertheles as wee are geven to understand would otherwise order the same in an obscure and priveitt manner, not fitting to a personage of hir degree being A Barones, and besides having left sufficientlie to performe the same in good sort: wherefore in asmuch as ye hath pleased hir Matie. to authorise us by hir Commission under the great seale to exercise the place and authoritie of Erle Marshall: we doe therefore will and require yowe to order hir funeralle agreeable to hir degree and callinge, by the advise and direccon of Mr Garter the principall Kinge at Armes, to whome by his office yt apperteineth, or otherwise to make yr apparance b fore us to showe sufficient cawse of yr. refusall: And wee doe not a little marvell that of yr. self yowe would undertake to appoint Escuchions of Armes or other like thinges of Armorie to be made (as wee understand yowe have done) wthowt the allowance of the said Mr. Garter...' Signed at the conclusion by Cecil and also signed by two other Lords Commissioners for the Earl Marshal of England, including Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624, English Statesman and Admiral). A note at the base of the document states 'Order was taken at Grenewiche the Court being there on the Mondaye xvth of Maye By these Lords: That Robert Pryce then present should paye & satesfie Mr. Garter for the same fu(ner)all & adiudged to be punished for his proceedings therein & contempte but pardoned of prisonement at his humble suite.' Rare. Some light overall staining and age wear, about VG

ESSEX EARL & COUNTESS OF: (1541-1576) English Nobleman, father of Robert Devereux. Earl Marshal of Ireland & KNOLLYS LETTICE (1543-1634) Wife of Walter Devereux, and later wife to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and Sir Christopher Blount. Mother of Robert Devereux. Two Ds.S., the first signed ('W. Essex') by Devereux, being an indenture between Devereux and John Piggott, yeoman of the Manor of Bennington, Hertfordshire, dated 17th November 1572 and the second signed ('L. Essex') by Knollys, being an indenture between the Countess of Essex and Thomas Cawne, yeoman of the Manor of Bennington, Hertfordshire, dated 11th February 1578. Both of the manuscript documents, on vellum, bear good attached wax seals. Folds, creasing, overall age wear and both with several burn holes affecting large parts of the text. FR, 2

CABAL MINISTRY: Rare D.S. by each of the five Privy Councillors who formed the Cabal Ministry under King Charles II, comprising The Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687, English Statesman, Master of the Horse 1668-74), Earl of Arlington (1618-1685, English Statesman, Southern Secretary 1667-74), The Lord Ashley (1621-1683, English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1667-72, Lord Chancellor 1672-73, First Lord of Trade 1672-74), Earl of Lauderdale (1616-1682, Scottish Politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1667-74) and Thomas Clifford (1630-1673, English Statesman and Politician, Comptroller of the Household 1667-72, Lord High Treasurer 1672- 73). The manuscript document, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 5th February 1665, is a warrant ordering the payment of £400 each to Sir Robert Wyseman and Sir William Turner for their services 'performed in the High Court of Admiraltie in Pleading on his Majties. behalfe against Shipps brought in as Prize, for one whole yeare ending at Christmas last.' Signed by all five members of the Cabal Ministry in bold ink at the conclusion and also signed by George Carteret (c.1610-1680, Royalist Statesman, Treasurer of the Navy 1660-67). The Earl of Arlington has signed the document a second time, beneath a brief note in his hand in the left margin, 'Entred with mee as Comptroller for Prizes, ye. 12th of February 1665/6'. With blank integral leaf (some neat splits at fold, partially repaired). One small stain affects one word of the text, and with slight age wear to the extreme edges. About VG

CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA: (1638-1705) Portuguese Infanta, Queen Consort of King Charles II of England. D.S. twice, Catherina R, at the head and the foot, one page, folio, Windsor, 7th August 1682. The manuscript document is addressed to the principal secretary and is a warrant for the treasurer to authorise and direct a payment. With embossed seal in the upper left corner. A few very small, extremely minor tears and very light age wear, otherwise VG

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. D.S., William R, in English, although in his capacity as Prince of Orange, one page, folio, in camp near St. Quintin's Lenneke, 8th September 1693, in Dutch. The manuscript document appoints Casper de Mauregnault to be Captain of the Company of Lt. Col. Alexander Theodorus de Mauregnault in the Regiment of Col. Caieu and charges 'the officers and private soldiers of that same Company to hold and acknowledge the said de Mauregnault as their Captain.' Bearing a blind embossed paper seal (faint impression) of William III as King of Great Britain at the foot. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear to the extreme edges, otherwise a clean and handsome document, VG

MARY II: (1662-1694) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-94, reigned alongside her husband King William III. D.S., Marie R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 30th July 1691. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Godolphin and is a warrant for a payment of £4000 to be made to William de Nassau, Master of the Robes, 'upon Acct. for the Expence and Service of the Office of the Robes.' Countersigned at the foot by John Lowther (1655-1700, English Politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1689-94), Richard Hampden (1631-1695, English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690-94) and Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English Politician, Paymaster of the Forces). With blank integral leaf. Reinforced at the left with clear tape, otherwise VG

ANNE QUEEN: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1702-14. D.S., Anne R, (a good, dark signature), as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 17th March 1708. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to John Howe, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons & Land Forces in Great Britain and is a warrant for the payment of 'the sum of Two thousand Seven hundred Sixty Five Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence' to be made to the Duke of Argyll in order that he pay the Fourth Troop of Horse Guards under his command. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42, Secretary at War 1708-10). A few minor spots of very light foxing, otherwise VG

GEORGE OF DENMARK: (1653-1708) Danish Prince Consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain, Duke of Cumberland. D.S., George, as Lord High Admiral, at the foot, one page, folio, n.p., 6th April 1708. The manuscript document is addressed to Walter Whitfield, Paymaster General of the Marine Forces, and is a warrant for him to pay the sum of £85.3.4., or one years full pay, to Lieutenant William Squibb of the Regiment of Marines commanded by Colonel Joshua Churchill, which 'Her Majesty is graciously pleased to allow him in consideration of the Loss of his Arm.' With receipt signed by Squibb to verso. Blank integral leaf. Four tape stains at the edges, one just affecting the text but not signature. G

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. A.L.S., Elizabeth R, three pages, 8vo, Sandringham, 26th January 1957, to Colonel G. R. Westmacott, on her black monogrammed stationery. The Queen Mother thanks her correspondent for his kindness in writing to her about Devon Loch, explaining 'He has strained a tendon rather badly, and I only hope that it will be possible for him to race again next year. He is such a gallant and loveable horse, and it is a great disappointment that he cannot have another go at the National, especially after last year's tragedy.' Together with two A.Ls.S. by her Equerry Martin Gilliat and an unrelated autograph manuscript signed by Raymond Asquith (1878-1916, English Barrister, son of H. H. Asquith), eight pages, 8vo, n.d., entitled On Young Girls, penned on printed stationery from 10 Downing Street, Whitehall. G to VG, 4

DEVONSHIRE DUKE OF: (1720-1764) British Prime Minister 1756-57. Large portion of a D.S., Devonshire, being the lower half of a folio page, n.p. (Treasury Chambers), 17th May 1757. The manuscript document details two payments of £80 each to be made to Hugh Jones 'for apprehending and convicting Roger Llewellin & Samuel Llewellin of Felony and Robbery' and William Boote 'for apprehending and convicting Samuel Fletcher and Samuel Capper of Felony & Burglary'. Also bearing several other countersignatures. One of the rarest of all Prime Minister's signatures. Neatly mounted at the right edge, and with very light, minor age wear at the right edge. About VG

PITT WILLIAM: The Younger (1759-1806) British Prime Minister 1783-1801, 1804-06. D.S., W Pitt, one page, 4to, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 23rd December 1789. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, and requests that Anthony Merry, Consul General at the Court of Madrid, be paid £273.0.6 'to satisfy a Bill for his Attendance at His Catholick Majesty's Country Seats.' Signed by Pitt at the conclusion. A large area of paper loss to the right edge, with loss of some text, although not affecting Pitt's signature. Slightly irregularly trimmed and neatly laid down at the left edge, with loss of only a few words. About G

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. An unusual D.S., Wellington, one page vellum, oblong folio, n.p. (Southampton?), 16th October 1823. The manuscript document is issued by Wellington in his capacity as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Southampton and appoints Abel Rouse Dollin to be one of his Deputy Lieutenants. Signed by Wellington at the foot alongside a red wax seal (a few small pieces missing). Some extremely light overall foxing, otherwise VG

GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, three pages, 8vo, Hawarden, 29th May 1890, to Dear Sirs, presumably the publishers MacMillan & Co. Gladstone sends his correspondents a manuscript (no longer present), being 'more than one half the copy for my proposed work on Homer', adding that the remainder will follow in six weeks and remarking 'But there will be nothing in it I think to vary any judgment you might form from the present copy….You will please bear in mind that my original idea was to write for the American public….and you should print in and for America. You however suggested that there should be a sub in England also. I would now ask you to consider freely the whole case and propose to me such an arrangement as you may consider suitable.' VG In 1890 Gladstone's work Landmarks of Homeric Study, Together with an Essay on the Points of Contact Between the Assyrian Tablets and the Homeric Text was published in London and New York by MacMillan & Co.

BURKE EDMUND: (1729-1797) Irish Statesman, Orator, Political Theorist and Philosopher. D.S., Edm. Burke, two pages, folio, Council Chamber at St. James's, 21st June 1782. The manuscript document, issued by the members of the is addressed to George, Duke of Marlborough, and orders him to call upon the Justices of the Peace in Oxford to recruit 'all straggling seamen who are fit to serve on board His Majesty's ships' and to take them to the Clerks of the Checque at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth or Plymouth or to the Naval Officer at Harwich. The document states that the person entrusted in raising the men for the fleet shall be paid forty shillings for each able seamen and thirty shillings for each ordinary seamen with an allowance of sixpence for each mile they travel. Signed by Burke at the conclusion in his capacity as Paymaster of the Forces and countersigned by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794, Lord President of the Council), John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (1745-1799, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, a noted proponent of cricket), Earl Gower (1721-1803, British Politician), Charles James Fox (1749-1806, Foreign Secretary) and Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795, British General and Statesman, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces). With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Two strips of tape affixed to reinforce folds to the verso, only lightly affecting the text and three signatures (just touching Burke and Gower's signatures and largely covering Fox's, all remain completely legible). Lightly neatly mounted at the head. G

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over signatures, clipped signed pieces, a few T.Ls.S. etc., each laid down to pages, by a variety of famous people including J. Ramsay MacDonald (T.L.S. on 10 Downing Street notepaper, 9th January 1933), Vincent Massey, Clementine Churchill, E. F. Benson, Queen Mary (autograph memorandum, unsigned), Eleanor Roosevelt (2), Oliver Stanley, W. Somerset Maugham (T.L.S. stating that he is sending a manuscript, no longer present, of 'a little fairy story that I wrote for the library of the Queen's Doll's House' to be auctioned), Sarah Siddons etc. Generally G.

HANCOCK JOHN: (1737-1793) American Statesman and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. Hancock was the first Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence in his capacity as President of the Congress. D.S., John Hancock, (a fine, bold example of his signature, with paraph), one page, 8vo, Boston, 12th December 1768. The manuscript document is an account from Benjamin Lincoln Jr. to John Hancock for sundry goods totalling £33.12.8, dated 12th March 1768. Hancock has endorsed and signed the account at the base, adding the words 'Errors Excepted' in his hand, along with the date. VG At the time of signing this document, Hancock was on trial after British troops seized his sloop Liberty and charged him with smuggling. Benjamin Lincoln Jr. (1733-1810) American Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. Hancock is remembered for his large and stylish signature, so much so that"John Hancock" became a synonym for signature.

BARBOUR JAMES: (1775-1842) American Lawyer and Senator, United States Secretary of War, 1825-28. D.S., J S Barbour, one page, 4to, Richmond, Virginia, 14th September 1813. The manuscript document certifies that William Robertson is given power of attorney of William Mewburn, a Notary Public in Richmond. Signed by Barbour at the conclusion in his capacity as Governor of Virginia. With large blind embossed Great Seal of Virginia affixed by a pale blue ribbon. With blank integral leaf. Lightly laid down at the left edge of the integral leaf, otherwise VG

MARIE ANTOINETTE: (1755-1793) Archduchess of Austria, later Queen of France following her marriage to King Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution in 1793. Fine D.S., Payez, Marie Antoinette, one page, folio, Versailles, 31st December 1788. The manuscript document, in French, addressed to Marc Antoine Francois Marie Randon de la Tour, Treasurer General at the House of Finances, states 'We want to have and be told what the State has decided for the maintenance and food for several of our officers during this year. You will pay in cash to the Secretary of Lord……Our Chancellor, the sum of one hundred pounds which we have granted him in this season in consideration of the service he has provided us with quality during the past six months. This letter to you should suffice as a note for a sum of one hundred pounds to be allowed and allocated as an expense against our account by our dear and beloved treasurer of the King, our honoured Lord and Husband in Paris….' The document bears a secretarial signature of Marie Antoinette at the conclusion, alongside which she has added her authentic signature (a good, large bold example). Extremely rare. Very slight age wear at the edges, otherwise VG

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) English Soldier and Statesman. D.S., Marlborough, one page, 4to, n.p. (Woodstock, Oxfordshire?), 20th August 1714. The attractively penned manuscript document appoints John Brice of Woodstocke Parke to be Marlborough's Gamekeeper in Combe and Stonesfield and grants him full power and authority to seize and take any guns, snares and other instruments 'that shall be found upon or in the custody of any person or persons not qualified by the Lawes of the Realme to keep or use the same for the Destruction of hares, pheasants, partridges, ffish and other Game and the same soo taken to keep, Deteine or Cutt in pieces as shall be most proper.' Signed by Marlborough at the conclusion and with a small red wax seal affixed. A handsome document. Neatly mounted at the left edge, VG

Pforzheimer Library. Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822, edited Kenneth Neill Cameron, 2 vols., Harvard/OUP, 1961, b & w illusts., ex-lib. copy with usual marks, orig. cloth in dustsoiled d.j.s, 4to, together with British Museum (Natural History). The Banks Letters. A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, edited Warren R. Dawson, pub. BM, 1938, orig. cloth in d.j., thick 4to, plus Spence (Joseph), Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters of Books and Men, Collected from Conversation, edited James M. Osborn, 2 vols., OUP, 1966, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, including bibliography and academic texts, history, biographies, etc. (3 shelves & a carton)

Roskill (Captain S.W.). The War at Sea, 1909-1945, 3 vols. in 4, mixed eds., 1954-1961, vol. 1 signed on title by the author, b & w illusts. from photos, num. folding maps and plans, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and frayed d.j.s, large 8vo, together with Atteridge (A. Hilliard), History of the 17th (Northern) Division, 1st ed., Glasgow, 1929, sketch maps to text, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, plus Bryant (Arthur), Triumph in the West, 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshall the Viscount Alanbrooke, 1st ed., 1959, inscribed on title ‘To Gowlland with best wishes & deep gratitude from Alanbrooke F.M. 21.10.59’, port. frontis., num. maps, orig. cloth in d.j., and others, mostly naval interest, several author inscribed. From the library of Commander Geoffrey Gowlland, many volumes containing his bookplate and manuscript notes. (3 shelves)

Parry (William). The Last Days of Lord Byron: with his Lordship’s opinions on various subjects, particularly on the state and prospects of Greece, 1st ed., 1825, b&w eng. frontis., and three hand-col. aquatint plates, contemp. manuscript transcription of Lord Byron’s Giaour (extracted from the Gentlemen’s Magazine for October 1813), to blank verso at rear, ownership label of Rev. Thomas Welton, Olney, Bucks to front pastedown, contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed with some marks, 8vo. Blackmer 1258. Atabey 926. A good copy of the best account of Lord Byron and his activities in Greece. (1)

Carew (Richard). The Survey of Cornwall, and an Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue. Now First Published from the Manuscript, with the Life of the Author, by H. C., printed for Samuel Chapman, 1723, title printed in red & black, pubs. advertisement leaf facing title (with ownership signature of Mary Trethewy to recto), a little fraying and minor staining to extreme fore-edges of first and last few leaves, not affecting text, contemp. sheep, some wear to edges, modern antique-style reback, small 4to (1)

Malta. Seutter (Georg Matthaus), Melite vulgo Malta cum vicinis Goza quae olim Gaulos et Comino insulis uti exhibetur a Nic. de Fer, [1740 or later] hand col. eng. map, title displayed in a banner, decorated with an inset map of Valetta and an uncoloured engraving of the stern of a Maltese galley, coats of arms of the principal knights of the Order of St. John, compass rose and rhumb lines, worming to image causing slight loss, replaced in manuscript, central fold strengthened on verso, 500 x 585 mm (1)

[Fowler, William]. A True Accompt of the most triumphant and royal Accomplishment of the baptism of the most excellent right high and mighty Prince Henry Frederick, by the Grace of God Prince of Scotland and now Prince of Wales, as it was solemnized the thirty day of Augt. 1594, exactly reprinted conform to the old Copy printed at London in the year 1603, Edinburgh, 1687, manuscript copy of 81 pp. in a neat hand, manuscript note to front free endpaper indicating that it was purchased by Thomas William King, Rouge Dragon College of Arms on the 4th December 1841, armorial bookplate of R. Cory to front pastedown, 18th c. half calf with marbled boards, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, small 8vo. Provenance: Dr B.E. Juel-Jensen. (1)

* Louis XIV (King of France, 1638-1715). Document signed, ‘Louis’, 1st March 1695, manuscript in French, being orders to Lieutenant General Le Marquis de Saint Germain Veaupre to report to the Barracks at Montlucon, 2 pp. with integral docketed blank, some spotting and browning, four disinfection (?) slits to outer margins, folio (1)

* Monck (George, 1st Duke of Albemarle, 1608-70). Document signed, ‘Albemarle’, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 30th July 1668, manuscript document referring to a payment of 5 to Richard Dorney, assigned to Margaret Dorney, a widow and his mother, some spotting, remains of album guard to left margin, torn away at lower right corner and clipping last two letters of signature, professionally repaired and restored, one page, 4to (1)

* Privy Council Order. A manuscript document, dated 1st August 1619, for payment to the Lord Digby of three thousand pounds out of the first payment from the petty farmes and four thousand pounds out of the second payment, signed by Sir Robert Naunton, Sir Fulke Greville and Sir Julius Caesar, upper outer corner torn with loss of last word to first line, repaired, some spotting and toning, one page, folio. Provenance: Dr B.E. Juel-Jensen. (1)

Sinde Mission. Journal & Memoir on Sinde by Lieutenant Edward P. Del Hoste, Qr. Mr. Genls. Department & Surveyor to the Mission, 21st December 1831 to the 5th May 1832, a contemporary manuscript fair copy of 109 pages, signed by the author at end, manuscript title and double-page hand-col. pen and ink map of Sinde by Del Hoste, dated Bhooj, 19th July 1832, copied from the original by Jowaniam Luxinomjae(?) signed by Edward Del Hoste, and further dated Bombay, 17th December 1833, seventeen leaves of watercolours and pen and ink sketches bound at end, including three leaves of varnished watercolours (adhesion damage to lower margin of two leaves), one of these signed by Edward Del Hoste (signature trimmed), several other sketches initialled by him, all India related and showing costumes, views, temple designs, local observations, etc., followed by an eighty-two page fair copy of ‘Memoir on Sinde’, signed by the author at end, plus an autograph letter signed from the author, dated 18th December 1833, to Colonel P. Hardy(?), offering this book to Sir Colin(?) ‘as a mark of the gratitude which I feel towards him... the fact is most of the drawings have been spoiled by the binder, and others, I found I had lost, so that there are not as many as there would have been - however, if Sir Colin returns to England, it may amuse his friends there, as I fancy Sinde is generally speaking Terra incognita’, 2 pp., 8vo, contemp. green straight-grained morocco gilt, titled Sinde on spine, heavily rubbed and sl. wear to joints and extremities, folio. Included with this lot is an old complete transcript of the two works in this volume. As is evident from the journal Captain Del Hoste’s orders were as much political groundwork on behalf of Britain as general surveying. He was a member of Henry Pottinger’s 1831-32 diplomatic mission to Hyderabad and Khyrpoor, surveying not only the villages and towns that the mission travelled through, but commenting extensively on the Sindh people and physical geography. This was part of a larger attempt to counteract Russian imperialism by opening the Indus River to free trade. Del Hoste’s surveys and comments were submitted as two reports to the Bombay presidency, the main aim of which was to help the British establish a more commanding presence in Sindh. Edward Paterson Del Hoste was an officer in the East India Company. A member of the Bombay native infantry’s 16th Regiment, who after his period as a surveyor in Sindh held different posts in the Bombay presidency army, including Assistant Quartermaster General. Later in the 1830s he returned to the region writing on the trade routes, geography and commercial potential. (2)

* Writers and artists. A group of approx. 120 mostly modern signatures, including letters, postcards, programmes, other printed and manuscript ephemera with signatures, signers include Nick Newman, R.B. Kitaj, Jim Davis, Tom Lubbock, Roger Malroney (signed Gambols cartoon), Kenneth Mahood (pencil signed and captioned Punch cartoon), writers including Bernard Cornwell, Michael Moorcock, Jan Morris, A.N. Wilson, Graham Swift, Desmond Morris, Miles Kington, Brian Aldiss, Lynda La Plante, etc., mostly one page, various sizes (approx. 120)

* Writers and artists. A group of approx. seventy autograph letters and other printed and manuscript material signed, 19th and early 20th c., signers include John Ruskin (last nine lines of a letter pasted on to a plain leaf), Edwin Landseer, George Gilbert Scott, Ernest Crofts, John Steele, Phil Morris, Colin Hunter, Philip Calderon, Noel Patrin, Frank Hall, Peter Graham, A.E.W. Mason, Arnold Bennett, W.W. Jacobs, Frank Zangwill, signatures of musicians including Frans Voelker, Erich Zimmerman, Paul Schoffler, Dennis Noble, etc., and including some French manuscript items, various sizes (approx. 70)

Warner (Rev. Richard, ‘Peter Paul Pallet’). Bath Characters:or Sketches from Life, Second Edition, with Many Additions. Amongst which are a Poetical Pump-Room Conversation; a New Preface; and an Appendix, Containing a Defence of the Work, and a Castigation of its Persecutors, 1808, ink signature of Thomas H. Foxcroft to title and manuscript list of characters mentioned in this work to front blank, contemp. half calf gilt with vellum board corners, joints cracked, slim 8vo. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New..., Oxford, 1675, addn. eng. title, colophon dated 1673, few leaves loose and frayed to edges, bound with The Book of Common Praier, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Oxford, 1675, addn. eng. title with manuscript genealogies to verso, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Oxford, 1675, manuscript genealogy to front free blank endpaper, lacks marbled free endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, silver corners, central boss and clasp, binding rubbed and slightly worn to extrems., 4to (1)

* Book of Hours. Four single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, probably French, 15th c., double-sided text incorporating portions of the Psalms, mostly with 22 lines of single-column text, written in black & brown ink, painted dec. initials in red & blue heightened in gold, leaf size approx. 180 x 125mm, text 110 x 70mm, individually framed and double-glazed (4)

Culpepper (Nicholas). Culpeper’s School of Physick, or, the experimental practice of the whole art ..., with an account of the author’s life and the testimony of his wife, Mrs Culpeper, and others, 3rd ed. corrected, 1696, occn. minor marks, and waterstaining to lower outer corners at front of vol., contemp. manuscript annotations to blank leaf at rear, owner’s inscription in ink to front endpaper, ‘Robert Harris, his book, May 1708. Price 2s:6d’, contemp. blind-panelled sheep, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., small portion towards head of spine missing, 8vo (1)

Monte (Guidobaldo del). In Duos Archimedis Aequeponderantium Libros Paraphrasis Scholiis Illustrata. Mechanicorum Machina, 1st ed., Pesaro, 1588 (colophon dated 1587), title with woodcut vignette, historiated initials, woodcut illustrations and text within ruled borders, H1 with vertical split along inner border, small owner label to border of dedication leaf, contemporary manuscript initials to title margin and front endpaper, a few light spots, later mottled calf, spines with raised bands and calf label, lightly rubbed, folio. Guidobaldo del Monte (1545 -1607) was an Italian mathematician, military engineer and astronomer and this work is his study of the centres of gravity, based on Archimedian principles. He was Galileo’s patron and friend for 20 years and possibly his greatest influence on mechanics, and they reportedly conducted experiments in projectile trajectories together. Monte also helped develop mathematical instruments, including the proportional and elliptical compass. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Pigling Bland, 1st ed., Warne, 1913, numerous col. and b & w illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. maroon boards lettered in white, spine faded, upper cover with inset illustration, 16mo, together with Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes, 1st ed., Warne, [1922], numerous col. illusts., occn. minor staining and foxing, some faint creasing, pictorial endpapers, orig. red boards, spine faded, upper cover with inset illustration, light staining to lower cover, 16mo, plus The Manuscript of Mrs Tittlemouse, Essays by Margaret Lane and Joyce Irene Whalley, Decimus Publishing Ltd, 1979, mounted col. and b & w illusts., facsimile text, marbled endpapers and edges, orig. green limp morocco gilt, contained in orig. card slipcase with gilt line drawing on upper side, sm. 8vo, (limited edition 463/500 copies) together with five other Beatrix Potter books, incl. three 1st eds., and Peter Rabbit Centenary Edition, 2002 (8)

Topical Times publications, titles including panel portraits albums of star footballers, miniature panel portrait albums of football stars, stars of to-day photo album, album of great players close-ups of the stars, sporting annuals; together with six various football annuals dating between 1901-02 and 1932-33; a magazine called 200 famous footballers sports pictures photo album; and five notebooks either with manuscript football records or pasted with newspaper results & tables dating between the 1920s and 1940s (a qty.)