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*Manuscript menu. His Majesty's Dinner 6th May 1828 under the controul of A. Vilmet, Chief Cook, orig. eight course menu for nine persons, written in brown ink on feintly lined and watermarked paper (c. 1790-1810), with the name of the chef responsible for each course noted in the lefthand margin, creased where previously folded, one small stain, approx. 32 x 15 cm. A rare item. Possibly in Vilmet's hand(?). (1)

*Manuscript receipt book. A detailed manuscript receipt book by Elizabeth Neale, Christianstown, 1824, approx. 160pp. of recipes written in a neat hand, with 4pp. of contents, some minor soiling, contemp. qtr. sheep, spine worn, folio. Includes receipts for Savoy biscuits, rasberry wine, British Madeira wine and angelica pudding etc., also includes useful household advice such as how loosen glass stoppers in decanters or smelling salt bottles. (1)

Williams (J., publisher). Primitive Cookery; or the Kitchen Garden Display'd: Containing a Collection of Receipts for Preparing a Great Variety of Cheap, Healthful and Palatable Dishes, Without Either Fish, Flesh, or Fowl., to which is added, a Bill of Fare of Seventy Dishes, which will not Cost Above Two-pence Each, 1st ed., 1767, [2],80pp., lacks half-title & title provided in facsimile, p.71 misnumbered 73, 8pp. of manuscript index bound in at front of volume, few pages slightly frayed to outer margins, recent quarter calf, 12mo. Oxford p.97 (2nd ed.) and Maclean P.119 (2nd ed.). (1)

Bristol Wine Merchant. Manuscript account ledger of George and R. C. Taylor, Wine and Spirit Merchants, of 28 Nicholas Street, late 23 Redcliffe Street, Bristol, for all charges ex ship, for brandy, rum, sherry and port, prior to sale (hauling to bond, examination, sampling, racking, duty paid), 1867-79, 45 pp., contemp. qtr. black morocco, some wear, folio (1)

*Manuscript account book. Household account book belonging to Jean Jaquet, listing receipts for food and produce, c.1624-47, approx. 67pp. written in French legal hand, includes reference to chickens, veal, eggs & potatoes etc., also includes some blank leaves, minor dust soiling, contemp. limp vellum, soiled, small 4to (1)

David (Elizabeth). Mad, Bad, Dangerous and Despised, c.1981, carbon-copy typescript for an article on aubergines published in 'Petits Propos Culinaires' (no.9, 1981), 10pp. with autograph manuscript title and extensive corrections, a couple of ff. slightly stained, folio, together with Wine for Empire Builders, 1985, typescript for an article published in The Tatler as 'The Madeira Era', 8pp. with many autograph manuscript pencil corrections and an additional pencil note, folio, plus the galley-proofs for the same, and Book Review of Scappi's Opera [1570], Emy's L'Art de bien faire les Glaces [1768] and Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery [1845], 1988, carbon-copy transcript, 3pp., with pencil autograph note "Published Sep 1988" and "Copy" at head, folio, together with autograph manuscript note on Halsay Street card, dated July 27th 1988, to the editor of the Daily Telegraph who had commissioned the review (published 17 September 1988) (-)

Ephemera. A collection of miscellaneous albums, diaries, etc., mostly 19th c., including a neatly written diary ledger kept by Elizabeth Anthony, c. 1866-68 with some mounted albumen prints, orig. morocco, folio, a pocket diary of a European journey, a manuscript account of a visit to Port Royal (1814), an album of typed and written extracts, indexed and relating to mesmerism and Dr. J. Milne Bramwell, plus two folders of related cuttings and notes (small carton)

Howard (Thomas, 1586-1646, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey). Manuscript letter, probably a contemporary copy made by a secretary, early 17th c., writing as Earl Marshal, The Supreme Head of The College of Arms, "Good mr Attorney, His Ma:tie [King James I] is gratiously pleased in consideration of the worth & wisdome of the most illustrious and noble Valerisso Ambassador to his Ma:tie upon the State of Venice to make him knight, and also to adde thereunto for his further honour that he may beare in his Coat of Armes which edition of Armes is to him and heires by him lawfully begotten..., endorsed in a different hand, one page, folio, full transcription included. Valerisso is probably a reference to Albise Valaresso, Venetian ambassador to England from 1622 to 1624. (1)

Manuscript book. Containing hand-written notes and transcriptions from J. Selden's Book of Tithes, 17th c., approx. fifty-five pages of neatly written text, includes some blank leaves, together with a hand written list of manuscripts in Sir Robert Cotton's library, contemp. vellum, ties broken, small 4to (1)

Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke, 1650-1722). A twelve-page manuscript accounts receipt book, c. 1687-1704, incl. details of monies lent to Sir John Miller to pay a mortgage of lands in Hampshire for ,000, also Henry and George Hilleyard, Sir John Parsons, Thomas Hall, Robert Chaplin, all for mortgages and on separate leaves, each with notes of interest paid, one or more times each year on lines beneath, more than one hand noted, but including seventeen specimens of Marlborugh's signature and three specimens of his wife's signature (S: Marlborough), some spotting and soiling, approx. 19 x 15 cm, together with three autograph letters to the Duke or Duchess of Marlborough concerning money loans, one for the Lord Sunderland (5th October 1717), signed James Craggs, one for Mr. Parsons (3rd May 1718), signed B. Swete and one for Lord Cadogan (24th February 1722), signed George Clifford, the first two, two pages with integral blank, the last 4 pp., all 4to, plus a noteslip detailing interest received in 1717-1719 for South Sea shares against a stock value of £30,960, the money received from Mr. Hodges and Mr. Edward Northy, one page, 8vo, plus a later document (May 1765), signed by Purbeck Langham (6)

Publishing & bookselling. A collection of manuscript material, largely correspondence to and from editors and authors, or to and from booksellers and clients, mostly 19th c., incl. William Mudford (1782-1848), John Mitford (1781-1859, Duke of Somerset (1804-1885), Sir John Edwin Sandys, a six-page ALS from Sir William Heathcote (1801-1881), J. H. Round (1854-1928), Axel Erdmann, Sir Richard Musgrave (1755-1818), a 19th c. manuscript catalogue of a private library containing over 650 entries, etc. (-)

Sidney (Philip, 1619-1698, 3rd Earl of Leicester). Two signed documents ('P. Lisle'), 15th October 1646, both manuscript military commissions signed as Lieutenant General of the Kingdom of Ireland and General of the Forces their to Oliver Cromwell, appointing unnamed people as Major and Captain in the Regiment of Horse under the Command of Colonel Leonard Lydcott, some heavy dust-soiling and some handwriting indistinct, orig. paper seals (one detached), approx. 22 x 29 cm and sl. smaller. The Journal for the House of Commons, 30th July 1646, notes that, 'Ordered, that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland be hereby authorized to give commissions to Colonel Chudleigh Coote and Colonel Lydcott, to raise in this Kingdom, and in Wales, Two Regiments of Horse, to consist each Regiment of Five Hundred Horse..., and to transport these Horse and Foot into Ireland, or subduing the Rebels there. (2)

Theatre. Manuscript compilation by James Winston (1774-1843, Actor and Manager of Drury Lane Theatre), concerning the prominent actor Lacy Ryan (1694-1760), early 19th c., with various neatly written reported anecdotes including the killing of a man in an alehouse in self defence, seven contemp. cuttings, in total 7pp, 4to (1)

Wadham (Nicholas, 1532-1609, Founder of Wadham College, Oxford). Manuscript indenture from 1605 regarding lands in Tregony, Cornwall, in which Robert Trethewye grants land and messuages to Hughe Beryman, mentioning Nicholas Wadham as a neighbouring land-owner (1)

Bible [English]. Holy Bible..., Oxford, 1840, presentation bookplate to Thomas and Sarah Andrews [Walter Crane's parents-in-law], manuscript list of Thomas and Sarah's six children with birth and marriage dates [including Mary Frances, wife of Walter Crane] on blank leaf before NT title, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, some wear at head of spine and cracked along upper joint, 4to, together with a pen and ink Greenaway-style drawing of a young girl, on vellum with a written birthday sentiment, stitched at corners to a blue silk strip as a bookmark. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson Anthony Crane. (2)

Legh (Gerard). The Accedens of Armory, 1st ed., Richard Tothill, 1562, woodcut title (close-trimmed to fore-margin and small tear with loss to extreme upper outer corner), num. woodcut armorial illusts., with contemp. hand-colouring, S1 supplied in manuscript, folding b&w woodcut of Atlas torn with loss of right-hand portion, some minor soiling, a few leaves (folios 158-162 & 190) with some browning, final two leaves a little frayed and soiled to margins, generally not affecting text, old strip of vellum crudely stitched to spine, final leaf ends on G4 (probably lacking blank leaves at end), loosely contained in 19th c. half vellum, 8vo. STC 15388. Moule XVII. (1)

Manuscript Recipe Book, early 19th c., 229 numbered pages, followed by a number of blanks, with an index at rear, containing a variety of culinary recipes, ms. name on front free endpaper ' Elizabeth Rayner Atlay 1855', orig. half morocco, rubbed, gilt lettered spine, small 4to, together with an early 18th c. manuscript recipe book, approx. 40 ms. pps. plus many blanks, a number of leaves torn out and some with pieces excised, browned, containing culinary and medicinal recipes and interesting household accounts, listing household expenses and the cost of provisions, etc., orig. panelled calf, rubbed, plus an early 19th c. manuscript recipe book, approx. 35 ms. pps. and a few blanks, some leaves loose, containing culinary and medicinal recipes, orig. roan-backed boards, worn, with loss to spine, 8vo (3)

Music. Manuscript antiphonal leaf on vellum, 16th century, double-sided, each side with seven five-line staves in red ink with notation and Latin lyrics in black ink, two initial letters decorated in red and blue ink, approx. 455 x 335 mm (1)

Origenes. Explanatio Origenis Adamantii Presbyteri in Epistola Pauli ad Romanos divo Hieronymo Interprete, Venice: Simon de Luere, 26 January, 1506, 73 ff., double column text, title strengthened to outer margin, bound with Dionysius (the Areopagite), Caelestis Hierarchia, Ecclesiastica Hierarchia, Divina Nomina, Mystica Theologia..., Venice: Joannes Tacuinus da Trino, 21 November, 1502, 143 ff., lacks title, lacking seven leaves of text supplied in contemp. manuscript, occ. marginal worming, contemp. blind stamped sheep, some wear to extrems., folio (1)

Spelman (Henry). Concilia, Decreta, Leges, Constitutiones in Re Ecclesiarum Orbis Britannici..., 1st ed., 1639, lacks initial blank, some marginal browning, modern half calf, folio, (STC 23066), together with Glossarium Archaiologicum: Continens Latino-Barbara, Peregrina, Obsoleta, & Novatae Significationis Vocabula..., 1st ed., 1664, imprimatur leaf with handwritten note to foot in ink, title in red and black, t.e.g., later tan straight grain half calf, gilt dec. spine, neat repairs at head of spine and to joints, 4to, with Nicolson (W.), The English, cotch and Irish Historical Libraries. Giving a Short View and Character of Most of our Historians, Either in Print of Manuscript..., 3rd ed., 1736, modern half calf, folio (3)

Cheyne (George). An early 18th c. manuscript copy of notes from George Cheyne's writings on gout, fourteen leaves of carefully hand-written text, to recto of each leaf only (except final leaf with addn. hand-written notes to recto on experiments on chalk and salt, contemp. wrappers, stitched as issued, with hand-written note to front wrapper 'E Libris Gulielmi Baisley, Octobris Vicessima Quinta Die anno Di. 1726. Per Georgium Cheyne, M.D. & F.R.S., minor fraying to extrems., slim small 4to (1)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Book of Wedding Days, Quotations for Everyday In the Year..., 1st ed., 1889, sepia decorations throughout, unused with no manuscript entries, orig. boards, some rubbing and darkening, 4to, together with The First of May, A Fairy Masque..., Boston, 1881, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-back printed boards, sl. rubbed and soiled, oblong 4to, plus The Old Garden and Other Verses by Margaret Deland, Boston & New York, 1894, publisher's mock-up, with three identical sets of letterpress with col. printed borders bound in together, with a quantity of blank pages at rear, orig. cloth, spine darkened, 8vo, plus other similar mock-ups and blank notebooks. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson, Anthony Crane. (13)

Halsey (Rosalie V.). Forgotten Books of the American Nursery, a History of the Development of the American Story-Book, Boston, 1911, b&w illusts., partly untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, very sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with St. John (Judith), The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910, A Catalogue, pub. Toronto Public Library, reprinted 1966, col. and b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Barchilon (Jacques), Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose, the dedication manuscript of 1695, reproduced in collotype facsimile, 2 vols., New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1956, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth backed boards, in glassine d.j.s, a little frayed, with slipcase, 8vo, and [Ballantyne (R. M)], Three Little Kittens, 1st ed., pub. Thomas Nelson, 1857, col. plts., some foxing, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, slim 4to, plus other children's reference, illustrated books, incl. Walter Crane, Caldecott, Andrew Tuer, Harvey Darton, etc (38)

Thevet (Andre). Historia dell'India America Detta Altramente Francia Antartica... Tradotta di Francese in Lingua Italiana, da Giuseppe Horologgi, Vinegia, Appresso Gabriel Giolito de'Ferrari, 1561, woodcut device to title and leaf Z7, leaf Z8 (blank) present at end, inscription and indelible stamp to title-page, lacking all eight leaves of sig. S, the missing text supplied in neat manuscript matching the form of the original, some minor staining, 17th c. limp vellum, slightly marked, lacks ties, small 8vo. First Italian edition. Not in Adams. Sabin 95336. (1)

Hebrew Manuscript, scroll, early 19th century (?), vellum, 146cm x 24cm, borders with hand-coloured floral and human representations, margins frayed

Lines written on White Horse Hill, in a maple frame, in two columns, manuscript written in black ink, signed by Mr H. Patching (?) of Leicester Square, London, (600 x 300mm.) With a coloured print titled 'Reunion'

Betterton, Thomas, The History of the English Stage, from the Restoration to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses With Instructions for Public Speaking; wherein The Action and Utterance of the Bar, Stage, and Pulpit are Distinctly considered By Mr. T. Betterton [Bound together with]: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield, London, E. Curll, 1741 8vo (200 x 120mm.), portrait frontispiece of the author by Vander Gucht after Kneller, illustrations of Nell Gwyn (and others), woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, manuscript annotation on front free endpaper, contemporary red morocco gilt by de Coverly, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, g.e., bookplate of Jilian Marshall, and armorial bookplate, incorporating the Order of the Garter 'Compiled by William Oldys and Edmund Curll from the papers of T. Betterton With Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield By Edmund Curll', First Edition Although the Memoir of Mrs. Anne Oldfield is separately paginated it is abundantly clear from the list of contents of The History that the two were intended to be published and sold together

Ingleby, C. M. (editor), Shakespeare and The Enclosure of Common Fields at Welcombe, being A Fragment of the Private Diary of Thomas Greene, Town Clerk of Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1614-1617, Birmingham, for the Editor by Robert Birbeck, 1885 folio (390 x 300mm.), half title, facsimile manuscript plates, contemporary calf backed spine, rubbed, armorial bookplate of Edward J. L. Scott No. 37 of 50 Limited Edition copies, printed for private subscription With a number of other works including Jeffery Farnol and C. E. Brock's (illustartor) 'The Amateur Gentleman' (London, n.d.), Alphonse Daudet's 'Tartarin sur les Alpes' (Paris, 1890), J. B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions' (London, 1936), and William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair: A Novel Without A Hero' (London, 1894)

DEVON. Incledon, Benjamin. Donations of Peter Blundell, [Founder] and other Benefactors to the Grammar School at Tiverton. Printed by E. Grigg, Exeter, n.d. Signature of the compiler Benjamin Incledon on title, dated 1790. 8vo., recent calf backed marbled boards. Engraved vignette of the school on list of Feoffees dated 1790. With ms. note on p. 64 and 4pp. of manuscript index at end in a contemporary hand.

WELLS, EDWARD. An Historical Geography of the Old Testament. vol 3 only (ex 3). 1712. 8vo., cont. calf (hole in title). Two folding maps and 11 plates. With a mid 19th c. recipe book and commonplate book, both manuscript. sold w.a.f. (3)

BIBLE, THE, That Is, The holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament...Robert Barker, 1602. Black Letter, folio, cont. calf (old reback and repairs, lacks one clasp). Three woodcut titles, large engraving on verso of A4, map on verso of Mmmm2, text illustrations and initials (A1 of text defective and partly completed in manuscript on vellum, A2 slightly defective, affecting a few letters at edges, lacks A6 and Mmmmmi, 4 minor tears 2nd table at end incomplete, lacking 3 leaves).

HUTCHINSON, Mrs. LUCY. Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson... Now First Published from the Original Manuscript. First Edition, 1806. 4to., cont. calf gilt (lacks lower cover, upper cover detached). Engraved portrait frontispiece, further portrait, plan, facsimile one acquatint in sepia, and folding pedigree. With 3 other volumes (4)

PLUNKETT, ARTHUR HUME Beatrice of Ferrara. A Tragic Drama, In Three Acts. 1837. Orig. boards (lower cover detached, backstrip worn). Presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Loftus. – COLMAN, GEORGE, the younger. Volume containing seven plays, including The Review; Or, The Wags of Windsor. 1808, and Love Laughs at Locksmiths, 1808. Orig. boards (upper cover loose, backstrip worn). Both 8vo. With manuscript copy of ‘An Epilogue to the Comedy of “The Duce is in Him”; spoken by Miss Jeffreys in the Character of Dr. Prattle’, and another poem, both by Richard Jones (actor and dramatist, 1779-1851, see D.N.B.). 4pp., 4to., in ink. (3)

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, folio, cont. half maroon leather gilt (lacks backstrip), containing approx. 280 photographs (including some very small amateur shots), but mostly views, 2 to a page, in England, Scotland and Europe, some Valentine's, T. Singleton and others, late 19th c. With another small album and a Greek manuscript vocabulary. (3)

DORSET,HAWKCHURCH. A collection of legal documents, relating to property, manuscript, on vellum, mostly multi-sheeted, one dated 1552; four 18th c., and 22 19th c. (27)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A collection of five single-sheet legal documents, indentures etc., manuscript in ink, on vellum, 1615, 1622 and 1634 (in Latin), with large royal wax seals, and 1630 and 1679 (in English), with small wax seals, relating to property etc., several referring to members of the Rogers family. With another similar (6)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. GRANT OF ARMS in favour of Mary Browne, wife of John Browne of Salperton, Gloucestershire, daughter of John Beale of Temple Guiting, by his wife Mary, surviving heir of Thomas Robbins of Mangersbury. Manuscript on vellum, signed by Thomas Browne, Garter, Principal King of Arms and Ralph Bigland, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1779. Hand coloured decorative borders, heightened in gilt rolling into orig. box, with wax seals in metal containers.

SCOTCH PATENT in respect of Thomas Beale Browne of Hampen, Gloucestershire, for "Certain improvements in looms, and in the manufacture of woven and twisted fabrics". 6pp., manuscript mostly in Latin, on folded vellum leaves, signed on pages by William Wilson and Arch.d McNeill at Edinburgh, 1849. With large red wax seal of Queen Victoria, on a horse, with page holding the reins, lion and unicorn on reverse, in metal container, within orig. brown morocco gilt box (lid detached), labelled on spine.

WEST INDIES. Manuscript, written by J. Harold Herbert. “Extracts from a Diary of a Cruise to the West Indies Including A visit to Madeira, Bermuda and the Azores…February, March and April, 1894”. Small 4to., orig. pigskin gilt (joints split). Illustrated in the text with mostly original mounted photographs, pencil sketches, folding chart and printed map (without the large photographs described on the title as mounted separately). With 3 others also relating to J.H. Herbert: illustrated autograph book, late 19th c.; album of measured drawings of railway interest; and album of photographs, The Penine Alps: July 1922. (4)

A SMALL PIECE OF TREE BARK with a manuscript inscription

MOGUL SCHOOL, THREE HANDPAINTED AND INSCRIBED MANUSCRIPT PAGES, hunting and waring subjects, 11" x 7", (3)

Maeterlinck (Maurice). La Vie des Abeilles, Ouvrage orne de Compositions en couleurs par Carlos Schwabe, Paris, Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1908, col. pochoir frontis., sixty-seven fine col. litho. illusts. to text, decomposition in ten states at end, orig. printed wrappers bound in at front and rear, with col. pochoir design to each wrapper, marbled and patterned silk endpapers, a.e.g., full crushed blue morocco (by Charles Meunier) with gilt design to upper cover and spine of bees, front and rear pastedown with mounted crushed light brown morocco panel, dec. to borders with col. flowers, and bees in gilt, one or two minor marks to extrems., small 4to. Limited edition of 150 copies printed for the members of the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, this being one of the final ten copies reserved for the collaborators. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to half-title 'A Madame Hanley-Smith, Respectueux Hommage, Maeterlinck. Avril 1933', with a manuscript draft thankyou note from the recipient to Maeterlinck on Paris Ritz Hotel notepaper (unsigned), loosely inserted. An exceptional example of Symbolist book illustration and design. Carteret IV, 259. (1)

* Poster. W. Wilders & Co's. Cream Gin, n.d., c. 1900(?), a rare and unusual col. litho. poster depicting three cats heads, each framed by a horseshoe, on a red shield, heightened with gold, minor loss to lower right hand corner (now with manuscript restoration), approx. 24 x 19.5 in. (61 x 49 cm.), mounted. (1)

* Wain (Louis). Days in Catland. Father Tuck's Panorama, n.d., c. 1900, four-fold chromo. panorama showing a bedroom, a kitchen, a dining room and a school room, with thirteen of fourteen slot-in cat figures (lacks no. 7), some minor wear to slots and a small portion missing from lower edge of kitchen scene (now with manuscript restoration), linen hinges restored, integral envelope present at rear, oblong 4to. (1)

* Collings (Ernest Henry Roberts, exh. 1909-25, and others). The Acorn, vols. 7 & 8 only, November 1904 to October 1905, two original hand-written volumes of a literary and artistic periodical, with pen and ink titles, twenty-one orig. watercolour illusts., by Ernest Henry Roberts Collings and E. C. Jones, twelve tipped-in b & w photos by A. H. Honeywill, , manuscript poetry, stories, etc., orig. qtr. cloth and buckram with leather label respec., sl. rubbed and soiled, 4to. Contributors were C. Bindoff, E.H.R. Collings, C. Henderson, J. Henderson, A.W. Hobart, A.H. Honeywill, E.C. Jones, C. Rivers, A.G. Turner, F.G. Coates and H.J. Collings. The artwork is similar in style to the work of Jessie M. King, or Charles Ricketts. E.H.R. Collings exhibited at the Goupil Gallery, the London Salon, and the R.S.A. (2)

* Heraldry - Grant of Arms. Fine illuminated manuscript, 1925, granting Arthur Ernest Fitton of Apsley in the Parish of Grappenhall and County of Chester arms with the motto 'Finem Respice', large hand-col. coat-of-arms and three hand-col. crests in blue, red and gold, two wax seals appended in two gilt skippets, College of Arms signature to dorse, approx. 38 x 53 cm enclosed with metal crest and die in orig. red box with G.R. ciphers, rubbed and soiled, 56 x 9 x 9 cm (1)

* Old English Inns. Collection of attractive large sheet manuscript vellum indentures, 19th c. , all detailing the sale of old drinking establishments including The Talbot Inn, Rose and Crown Inn, Queens Head Inn, White Hart Inn, Cross Hands Inn, The New Inn, Lamb Inn, The Sun, Foresters Arms, Burcot Inn, Hare and Hounds Inn, etc., all in nice condition with their original wax seals (20)

* Paper Indentures. Assorted collection of manuscript paper indentures & agreements, etc., 18th & 19th c., relating to the sale of estates, farms, blacksmiths, brewhouses, church gifts, road diversions, inns, bankruptcy, etc., all with sales attached (approx 50)

Astronomical manuscript. La Gnomonique Pratique ou l'art de tracer les Cadrans Solaires avec la plus grande precision, par les meilleure methodes, mises ˆ la portee de tout le monde, par Dom. Francois Bedos de Celles Benedictin de la Congregation de St. Maur 1760, de L'academie Royale des Sciences de Bordeaux, 18th-century hand-written manuscript in ink, consisting of title, contents leaf, 92pp. of text, nine folding eng. diagrams and 3pp. relating to measurement at end, one unnumbered diagram loosely inserted, marbled endpapers, late 18th-c. sheep, rubbed and scuffed, minor wear to extrems., small 4to (1)

Bruni (Leonardo, Aretino). The historie of Leonard Aretine, concerning the warres betwene the Imperialles and the Gothes for the possession of Italy. Translated out of Latin into Englishe by Arthur Goldyng, Printed by Rouland Hall, for George Bucke, 1563, title-page cut around the printed portion and mounted, lacks H4 and H5 (text supplied on 2. leaves in manuscript) and b8 (? blank), A6 torn with slight loss, some soiling, marginal tears and repairs, old calf, rubbed, rebacked, small 8vo. First English Edition, S.T.C. 3933. (1)

[Napoleon]. The Morning Chronicle, 187 orig. issues, all relating to the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815-21, together with one issue of The Times, March 21st 1815, The Morning Post, 11th July 1815, & The Observer, December 1st, 1815, occn. minor foxing, some creasing to early issues, one or two closed tears without loss, small red duty stamp to upper outer corner of each issue, contemp. half calf, vellum outer corners, recent reback with contrasting morocco label, atlas 4to. This collection of contemporary newspapers covers Napoleon's escape from Elba, the Battle of Waterloo, the Vienna Congress, and subsequent occupation of France, the transportation of Napoleon to St. Helena, ending with his death, with early manuscript notes and index at rear. (1)

Public Finance. (). An Act for the Better Examining and Auditing the Public Accounts of this Kingdom.July 5th, 1785, 14pp., bound with a contemporary manuscript copy of the Royal Warrant for the appointment of officers to the newly constituted "Commissioners for Auditing the Publick Accounts", dated from the Treasury, 15th July, 1785, 16pp. written in a fine copperplate hand, together with a lossely inserted ms. copy of the minutes of Commissioners for 23rd February, 1826, recording their appreciation of the long service of Richard Whitcombe, one of the original 1785 Clerks of the Ordance Department, a.e.g., contemp. calf gilt, with title and Royal Arms to upper & lower boards, leather stained at foot of lower board, slim folio (1)

Lewis (John). The History and Antiquities, Ecclesiatical and Civil, of the Isle of Tenet in Kent, 1st ed., 1723, four eng. plts. (incl. one folding), p. 107/8 supplied in old manuscript facsimile, some old manuscript notes to margins, some spotting, contemp. sprinkled calf gilt, joints cracked, 4to (1)

A manuscript letter from Dame Laura Knight, dated 29th May, 1948, a typescript letter dated August, 13th, 1946, signed by Dame Laura Knight, and two cards signed and inscribed, one with a pen and ink drawing of a clown. (4)

ROBERTSON, W. Graham. AUTOGRAPH MANSUCRIPT OF HIS PLAY "ARCHIBALD" inscribed on front wrapper 'W. Graham Robertson, Sandhills, Witley, Surrey. [n.d., but c. 1919]. 4to; 23 pages written in black ink on lined paper on rectos only, with some corrections and crossings out in the authors hand; spine of title page defective. ROBERTSON, W. Graham. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PLAY "ROMPS AND ROMANCE" inscribed on front wrapper 'W. Graham Robertson, Sandhills, Witley, Surrey. [n.d., but c. 1919]. 4to; 17 pages written in black ink on lined paper on rectos only; minor chipping to spine of title page. ROBERTSON, W. Graham. THE SLIPPERS OF CINDERELLA and Two other Plays. William Heinemann, London, 1919. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; in the original printed dustwrapper, chipped at head; with a loosely inserted manuscript note initialled by the author, with an original illustration by him on the verso. (3) A fine collection of items by W. Graham Robertson, including the manuscripts of two of his plays, Archibald and Romps and Romance. Also included in the lot is a first edition of The Slippers of Cinderella in which "Archibald" appears for the first time. The book also contains a loosely inserted manuscript note from the author with an original illustration.

[SNOW, C.P.]. JOHNSON, Pamela Hansford. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY "IMPORTANT TO ME", the first volume inscribed by the author "This manuscript, important to me, was presented to my doctor, David Sofaer Pamela Snow", first chapter headed "Began Jan 5. 1973". Approximately 300 pages (a few leaves detached), blue and black ballpoint, in three A4 exercise books, numerous corrections and revisions, several passages crossed through, some marginal notes in the author's hand; the final book also containing manuscripts of book reviews and fragments of a novel (entitled "The Good Listener begun 4.1.74"), with a two-page summary of the plot loosely inserted. JOHNSON, Pamela Hansford. ELEVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND TEN TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, to her Doctor David Sofaer, discussing life in California ("I think I work a bit less than in England Doctors here have only one subject they want to discuss, which is socialised medicine"), a variety of medical and financial matters relating to herself and her husband C.P. Snow (" nothing to do with you personally, but a return of his old trauma, when some damned fool sent him off to Italy to die of pernicious anaemia, which he had not got. I am sure that when he has seen a specialist in hypertension, he will calm down"), the purchase of manuscript essays, conditions in hospital, BUPA claims, her worries about her husband ("Charles seems to be missing me. I am scared that he is going to take on too much"), together with a large bundle of medical reports, laboratory results, and letters by various doctors and members of the author's family; Berkeley, Eaton Terrace, Midhurst (King Edward VI Hospital), 4to and 8vo, 1960-1976 (chiefly 1970s). (qty)

Northern France, circa 1470-80 A bifolium from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, with the months of March and April illuminated manuscript on vellum, written in gold and blue, with KL initials in liquid gold on grounds of red and blue, and panel borders of sprays of blue and liquid gold acanthus and naturalistic fruit and flowers 6? x 8 5/8 in. (157 x 221 mm.); and A 15th Century Italian bifolium from a Ferial Psalter, showing Psalm 102, decorated manuscript Choirbook on vellum, 16 lines written in a round liturgical bookhand, one two-line skeletal initial of red with extensive flourishing in pink, and one-line initials in blue and red, flourished red and pink respectively, 18 x 28 in. (458 x 710mm.) (2)

MARGARET LINDSAY WILLIAMS, Her paint box, brushes and pallette together with video of HTV documentary on her life. Manuscript of her Autobiography, University of Wales booklet and other ephemera.

RESTORATION PARLIAMENT. Manuscript notebook, about 250pp oblong small 8vo, plus a few blanks, calf bound, clasp, spine rebacked. Contains notes on proceedings in Parliament, February 1662/3 to July 1663 and September 1666 to January 1666/7. In various hands. The notes would appear to be a summary written up daily by a reporter. "(8 May 1663) Sir Tho Tomkins tendered a Bill for creating a Lighthouse near St George Channell in Severne....upon a complaint of Trinity House of several losses of vessells there for want of it". "(4 July 1663) Mr Print moves that His Majt may be humbly desired to grant a day of humiliation for this unseasonable weather". "(25 September 1666) After a great debate ordered yet a Committee to be appointed to enquire into ye Cause of ye late fire". "(27 September1666) Sir Robert Aitkins report from ye Committee which was to recommend proposals for the Rebuilding of ye Citty of London". Generally in sound condition.

A MINIATURE PAINTING in watercolour on ivory of a snowscene with large house, in the foreground a red stag and two does, rectangular, 11.5cm x 9cm, (4.5in x 3.5in), in gilt-metal frame under glass, with brown plush easel support, labelled "Winter 1936/Miss McCorkindale/Bernam" in manuscript