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Horse Racing. Presentation album of photographs of Foxhill House stables, Wanborough, Wiltshire, circa 1920, specially produced album containing 33 black & white mounted photographs by the photographer Clarence Hailey of Newmarket, comprising exterior views of the house, yard, portraits of the horses with trainers & stable hands etc., and portraits of horses from paintings, majority with printed captions to mount, all edges gilt, original black morocco with 'Foxhill' applied in gilt to upper board, oblong folio (image sizes approximately 19 x 24cm & slightly smaller), binding 30.8 x 38cm (12 x 15ins) Foxhill House formed part of the neighbouring King Edwards Place, a well known racing yard at the turn of the last century. Sir Gordon Richards (1904-1986) started his famous racing career here as a stable boy in 1919 (pictured on Kings Pirate in the album). In the same year that the yard's Ivanhoe (pictured in album) won the Cesarewitch race at Newmarket. Sir Gordon Richards was born in Shropshire and had 4,870 victories during his horse racing career. The most famous and well known horse from the Foxhill yard was Irish Elegance who won numerous races. (1)

The Olaf Chedzoy Collection of Ready Reckoners and Mathematical Books. A collection of over 260 items, dating from 1757 to 1971, including ready reckoners, tables, logarithms, works on algebra, arithmetic, commercial arithmetic, calculus, and geometry; school books and other works for children, as well, works and tables connected with agriculture, commerce, engineering, trades and industry. The collection emphasises the social side of mathematics and how it was used by people in different walks of life. One theme which recurs is the proposal to use the decimal system for coinage and measurement. The genesis of this collection was the realisation that with the ubiquity of pocket calculators there would little need for printed ready reckoners, and they would cease to be produced in any significant numbers Olaf Chedzoy is a distinguished statistician who was a lecturer at Bath University. In 1952, he started his career at Ferranti, becoming one of the original programmers of the Ferranti 'Mark I', arguably the first general purpose electronic digital computer. Alan Turing who was in the Mathematics Department at Manchester University contributed to the software of the 'Mark 1' computers. The books include: ANON. The Hay & Cattle Measurer. Glasgow, 1860. ASPIN, J.: Houghton's Mercantile Tables; for Expeditiously Ascertaining the Value of Goods. 1847. CARTER, C. Discount and Per-Centage Tables. 4th edit., 1843. COLENSO, J.W.: The Elements of Algebra designed for the Use of Schools. Cambridge, 1841. Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: To which is added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage. 1886. FENWICK, T.: Elementary and Practical Treatise in Subterraneous Surveying. 3rd edit., 1861. FROST, P.: Newton's Principia Sections I II III With Notes and Illustrations.. Cambridge, 1863. Hints for the Solution of Problems in the Third Edition of Solid Geometry. 1887. HAYES, R.: Interest at One View Calculated to a Farthing. 1794. HIRSCH, M.: Collection of Examples, Formulae & Calculations on the Literal Calculus. 1827. HUTTON, C. A Complete Treatise on Practical Arithmetic and Book-Keeping Both by Single and Double Entry. Newcastle [c.1835] Mathematical Tables. 2nd edit., 1794. HYMERS, J.: A Treatise on Differential Equations and on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge. 1839. A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Cambridge. 1847. JORDAN, C.H.: Tabulated, Weights of Angle, Tee and Bulb Iron and Steel, and other Information for the Use of Naval Architects, Shipbuilders and Manufacturers. 5th edit., 1896. LEYBOURNE, W. & FENNING, D.: The Ready Reckoner; or Trader's Sure Guide. Revised by T. Crosby. York, 1811. Eric Gill's copy with his signature. MCCONNELL, P.: Note-Book of Agricultural Facts and Figures for Farmers and Farm Students. 1894. Another edit. 1897. POTTER, J.: A System of Practical Mathematics. 2nd edit., 1757. POWER, F. D.: Pocket-Books for Miners and Metallurgists. 3rd edit., 1914. WADDRINGTON, W.S.R. Mechanical Arithmetic. 1842. WARD, W.: Practical Notes on Screw Cutting. 18th edit., n.d. WRIGHT, J.M.F.: A Collection of Cambridge Mathematical Examination Papers. Cambridge, 1831. (3 shelves & a carton)

Prostitution. Blue Book. [Directory and Guide to Prostitutes in the Sporting District of New Orleans], [New Orleans, circa 1912], [96]pp., containing lists of ladies names and address, divided by skin colour (white, octoroon, colored), black & white illustrations and advertisements for spirits, tobacco etc., original blue printed wrappers, upper wrapper slightly creased, ink stamp to lower wrapper for New Orleans Jazz Museum, yellowing to spine, minor marks and light soiling, small 8vo, 15.1 x 11.2cm (6 x 4.5 inches), with loosely inserted card with annotation "This very rare item was bought by me at the Jazz Museum, Dumaine St., New Orleans LA: on 5th November 1966, H. Gihise[?]" The volume comprises a directory of the prostitutes of the city of New Orleans, who worked in a defined area called the Tenderloin District or Storyville. "This is the boundary in which the women are compelled to live, according to law." The women are categorized by their race - white, coloured or octoroon - then listed alphabetically. Including descriptions of various establishments e.g. "The Little Annex..., Lizette Smith, the Jolly and popular mistress of the 'Little Annex,' is certainly a lovely woman.... She has some of the most beautiful and select girls in the district, who know how to do things as you like 'em". The listings are supplemented by pages advertising restaurants, nightclubs, cigars and spirits. The Blue Book in this format was produced from 1909-1915 by Billy Struve on the 2nd floor of Lulu White's Saloon. (1)

*Magic. An archive of magic tricks, printed matter, and ephemera, belonging to Gordon Woodcock, 1930s and later, a large number of magic tricks, including playing cards, silk handkerchiefs, multiplying billiard balls, wooden boxes, feather bouquets, Chinese rings, a clay pipe, rope, giant dice, and other props such as a collapsible rabbit, conjuring wands, fans, screens, etc., and various books and journals, including The Magic Wand, The Journal Official Organ of the Magical Society, The Magician Monthly, The Magical World, The B.M.S. Journal, The Sphinx, plus conjuring trade catalogues, and various printed, typed, and manuscript ephemera relating to magic tricks, illusions, and ventriloquism, including letters, e.g. a typed letter signed from Henri De'Seevah "The Friendly Magician", and a manuscript postcard from Professor Whyley relating to the procurement of a dummy, flyers advertising George Smallwood's Mystic Parade at which Gordon Woodcock performed in 1940, and three brown manilla folders containing a typed illustrated correspondence course by Rupert Howard from The St. James School of Magic, 1930s, all contained in a metal trunk and a suitcase, each with the owner's name and address stencilled on lid, with additional material in a cardboard box Provenance: Owned by the vendor's uncle, Gordon Woodcock (1921-2005), who was one of the youngest members of the British Magical Society, and performed at family parties. (3 boxes)

*Ventriloquism. A ventriloquist's dummy, circa 1930s, painted papier-mache head, with articulated eyes and mouth, wooden frame, and stuffed limbs, dressed in a navy suit, white shirt, and black necktie, and wearing leather gloves and lace-up shoes, some minor wear, height 89cm (35ins), together with a few accoutrements and fragments of clothes, including a tasselled velvet screen and stand, all housed in original black suitcase Provenance: Owned by the vendor's uncle, Gordon Woodcock (1921-2005), who was one of the youngest members of the British Magical Society, and performed at family parties alongside Jimmy (as he is called). (1)

Napier (Colonel Charles James). The Colonies: Treating of their Value Generally - of the Ionian Islands in Particular; the Importance of the Latter in War and Commerce - As regards Russian Policy - Their Finances - Why an Expense to Great Britain - Detailed Proofs that they ought not to be so - Turkish Goverment - Battle of Navarino - Ali Pasha - Sir Thomas Maitland - Strictures on the Administration of Sir Frederick Adam, 1st ed., 1833, sixteen lithographed plates at end, two plans, a few close-trimmed at outer margin, first plate with two holes, pp. 311-314 with clear tape repairs, library stamps, previous owner inscription to title, 6 pp. publisher's catalogue bound-in at front, later half calf, spine with raised bands, red label and gilt decoration, 8vo, together with The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863, by Professor D.T. Ansted, 1st ed., 1863, tinted lithographed frontispiece, four engraved maps (one close-trimmed at outer margin), later half calf, 8vo First work Blackmer 1181: "First and only edition of this important work. Napier was sent to the Ionian Islands in 1819 as inspecting field officer... He carried out several special assignments, including a secret meeting with Ali Pasha, and then was appointed resident of Cephalonia in 1822... Napier's understanding of Greeks and Greek politics and his contacts with Ali Pasha, Maitland, Byron (who spent some months in Cephalonia) Guilford and many others, have combined to produce a very interesting and amusing book on the Ionian Islands." (2)

*Greenaway (Kate, 1846-1901). A collection of four original drawings, 1883 & 1884, together four small pencil and watercolour drawings, framed in two pairs, the first of a young girl in a muslin dress tripping along holding a posy aloft, 74 x 49mm (3 x 2ins), mounted above a drawing of a small girl in a fur-trimmed coat and bonnet with muff, titled by the artist in pencil 'One a Penny Buns', 62 x 76mm (2.5 x 3ins), the third showing a young girl in a muslin dress with red sash and necklace sitting on a rock, 61 x 68mm (2.5 x 2.75ins), mounted above a drawing of a small girl in a white gown and mob cap surrounded by pink roses and lying on a cloud, titled by the artist in pencil 'The cloud baby gone to sleep', 15mm closed tear to upper margin (not encroaching on image), 74 x 92mm (3 x 3.5ins), each initialled in pencil and dated 1883 or 1884, each slightly toned, matching gold mounts and frames, glazed A collection of four finely drawn watercolours by one of the most popular British book illustrators of the Victorian era. Kate Greenaway studied art at the Islington School, Heatherley's and at the Slade under Legros, and began to exhibit at the RA in 1877. In the same year she began to work for Edmund Evans, the printer and publisher, who recognised her talent for capturing a world of child-like innocence and Regency charm. She admired the work of Stothard and was a contemporary of Randolph Caldecott, whom she became friendly with, and Walter Crane. Ruskin liked her work, but although he was often lavish with his praise, his criticism could be harsh. Ruskin encouraged Kate to do nature studies in watercolour, as well as larger-scale watercolours, but her attempts to follow his advice were less than successful, and her forte remained her meticulous small-scale watercolours of whimsical children playing in an idyllic countryside, with their delicate colouring and enchanting evocation of the rural life of earlier times. (2)

*Nielsen (Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957). 'The Nightingale - and when I go back, I hear the nightingale, sing - ', 1923, watercolour on artist's board, with traces of pencil, showing a Chinese maiden standing entranced at the foot of a willow tree beside a river, listening to the song of a nightingale, within a decorative foliate border in pencil, signed and dated in pencil to lower right border, board size 37 x 27cm (14.5 x 10.75ins), mounted, together with backboard from original frame bearing large manuscript title label in Nielsen's hand (rubbed but entirely legible), and other labels denoting provenance, including Leicester Gallery and Gillian Jason Gallery labels Provenance: Purchased by Lady Headley from the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1924 (Exhibition of Kay Nielsen Drawings, February-March 1924, No.5); in the possession of Beryl Fiona Roberts in 1977; purchased by Benny Lee from the Gillian Jason Gallery, London, in 1987; from thence by descent to his niece, the current vendor. Danish artist Kay Nielsen is one of the greatest illustrators of the golden age of book design and illustration in the first half of the twentieth century. Nielsen produced this original watercolour as an illustration for 'The Nightingale', one of the stories in an edition of "Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1924. The delicate and luminous qualities of his best work is arguably nowhere better seen than in this exquisitely drawn picture. 'Nattergalen', first published in 1843, tells of the Emperor of China's preference for the tinkling of a bejewelled mechanical bird over the song of a real nightingale, which flies away and is banished from the land. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale returns, and his song restores the Emperor to health. Well received upon its publication, the tale is believed to have been inspired by the author's unrequited love for opera singer Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887), better known as Jenny Lind, and in turn was the inspiration for her nickname, the 'Swedish Nightingale'. The story has been adapted for opera, ballet, musicals, television dramas and films. Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton, Lady Headley (1857-1929) was an Australian writer, most noted for her short stories 'Bush Studies'. She married three times and her second husband left his entire estate to her, enabling her to invest in the stock and art market, buy and sell antiques, and collect black opals. During World War I Mrs. Baynton was living in England and in 1921 she married her third husband Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (1855-1935). Baron Headley, an Irish peer and prominent convert to Islam, was also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. He was one of the leading members of the Woking Muslim Mission, and presided for a time over the British Muslim Society. In 1921 he married Barbara Baynton, becoming bankrupt the following year. He was offered the throne of Albania in 1925, along with $500,000 and $50,000 per year, an offer he refused, upon which Lady Headley returned to Melbourne, where she died in 1929. Benny Lee was a prominent film lighting engineer who worked with, amongst others, director, producer and screenwriter Sir Alan Parker, whose credits include 'Bugsy Malone', 'Evita' and 'Fame'. In 1961 he established Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd with his brother John Lee. In 1987 Lee International PLC, as it had become, announced that it had made an offer of $100 million for Panavision, the Hollywood manufacturer and rental company for motion picture cameras and lenses. A highly desirable piece by Kay Nielsen, with a fascinating provenance which starts with the work's first owner the year following its creation. (1) Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.  

Dulac (Edmund, 1882-1953). Autograph letter signed, 72, Ladbroke Road, Holland Park, April 12th 1919, to Mrs. McBryde on printed letterhead, thanking her for a photograph, and saying "It is strange you should ask me for a portrait of your charming little girl as I have just finished one of a little boy", suggesting she come to London to view it, and stating his terms as 00, written in Dulac's meticulously neat hand and signed 'Edmund Dulac', one page, folded twice, 23 x 18cm (9 x 7ins), with original postmarked envelope, loosely inserted in a copy of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book, Hodder & Stoughton, [1919], fifteen tipped-in colour plates, scattered spotting, original blue and cream pictorial cloth, spine toned and slightly frayed at ends, corners showing, 4to Mrs. Gwendolyn McBryde was the widow of James McBryde, close friend and illustrator of M.R. James. James McBryde died in 1904 and the author was named legal guardian of his friend's daughter, Jane, who was born six months after her father's death. Bachelor M.R. James, maintained a lifelong friendship with Gwendolyn and Jane, who became a surrogate family for him. (2)

Thomson (Joseph). Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration Among the Snowclad Volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equitorial Africa. Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanzia, 1883-84, 3rd ed., 1885, half title present, two folding maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 32pp. publisher's list at end, previous owner signature, original olive cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo A good copy. One of the great books on African exploration by Joseph Thomson (1858-1895). Appointed geologist and naturalist to Alexander Keith Johnston's 1878 Royal Geographical Society's expedition to establish a route from Dar es Salaam to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, he led the expedition after Johnston's demise, for fourteen months, covering 3000 miles, and collecting many new specimens. He was gored by a buffalo on a further expedition in 1883, and Thomson's Gazelle is named for him. His often quoted motto was "He who goes gently, goes safely, he who goes safely, goes far". (1)

Wain (Louis, 1860-1939). Poor Man's Gout, watercolour and bodycolour, showing a grey and white cat sitting in a chair in humble surroundings, his foot bandaged, smoking a clay pipe and looking in astonishment at a mouse who has had the temerity to appear before him, signed lower left, 46 x 34 cm (18 x 13.25 ins), mounted, framed and glazed Provenance: Sold in these rooms, 16th June, 2005. (1)

James (Montague Rhodes). Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1st ed., 1904, four black and white illustrations by James McBryde, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, scattered light spotting, original buff buckram, spine a trifle toned, 8vo Provenance: Inscribed to front pastedown: "Jane McBryde on her first Christmas 1904". The inscription possibly in the hand of Gwendolyn McBryde, wife of the artist and illustrator James McBryde, who died in June 1904, from complications following an operation on his appendix. M.R. James became the child's legal guardian. (1)

*Betjeman (John, 1906-1984). A series of 10 autograph letters, 10 typed letters, 2 autograph postcards and six typed postcards signed, 1967-82, all addressed to his friend the architectural artist John Nankivell, concerning drawing, architecture, publishing projects and social matters, 'Penelope said to me when we were motoring to Leamington last Sunday, about a sombre house we passed, "It looks just like a John Nankivell" and so it did', 'That square in a circle with a brilliant circle in the square of blue to white slightly different from the blue, purple and red of the rest, is STUNNING. It is a generous and satisfactory present', 'Yesterday I had lunch with some young publishers called Mitchell, Beazley... I am connected with the firm. I mentioned your name as someone who might be willing to illustrate the first of a new series of books we had thought of. In fact I told them you were the man for the job... ', 'This is to introduce John Nankivell, an exhibition of whose work I opened in Exeter University about two years ago. Since then he accompanied my wife in the Hulu Valley India and has made these wonderful pencil drawings of temples out there... ', the letters a total of 28 pp., various sizes and some on 43 Cloth Fair, London, letterhead, plus 5 related carbon copies etc., including 1 signed, 2 secretarial letters, 3 related photographs and 2 envelopes in Betjeman's hand Several of these letters are quoted in the chapter on John Nankivell in Bevis Hillier, 'Betjeman: The Bonus of Laughter', John Murray, 2004, Chapter 13, pp. 249-58. (28)

Fleming (Ian). The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st ed., 1965, original cloth, d.j., small tears and nicks at spine ends, short closed tear along front flap, 8vo, with three others by Fleming: Thunderball, 1961 (front endpaper excised), The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962 and You Only Live Twice, 1964, all lacking d.j.s (4)

Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st ed., 1963, original cloth, d.j., spine ends a trifle rubbed, light vertical crease to spine, one or two faint marks, 8vo (1)

Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st ed., 1963, text block with slight toning, original blue cloth, d.j., spine very slightly faded with tiny closed tears at ends, one or two minor nicks and stains to rear panel, 8vo (1)

Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st ed., 1963, original brown cloth, titled in gilt to spine, d.j., spine with tiny nicks at ends, light toning to rear panel, 8vo Scarce brown cloth variant, possibly a trial binding, the first edition usually bound in blue boards. (1)

Mitchell (Gladys). When Last I Died, 1st US ed. 1942; The Dancing Druids, 1948; The Devil's Elbow, 1951; Faintley Speaking, 1954; Watson's Choice, 1955; Spotted Hemlock, 1958; The Man Who Grew Tomatoes, 1959; The Nodding Canaries, 1961, 1st eds., occasional light spotting and toning, original cloth, d.j.s, Devil's Elbow price-clipped, some small chips and stains, 8vo, with nine others by Gladys Mitchell including The Longer Bodies, 1930 and Tom Brown's Body, 1949 (without d.j.s), Adders on the Heath, 1963, Lament for Leto and Winking at the Brim, 1974 (17)

Roditi (Edouard). Poems for F., Editions du Sagittaire, Paris, 1935, author's first book, with a signed presentation inscription from him "for Roger Mynors Esq from a "prodigal son" who yet hopes to return to more academic ways' on the half-title, original printed wrappers in frayed glassine dust jacket, 8vo Signed limited edition, 44/250. (1)

Wood (Christopher). James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977; James Bond and Moonraker, 1979, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, Spy Who Loved Me price-clipped, Moonraker with small nicks at head of spine, one or two light stains, 8vo (2)

[The Beatles]. John Lennon In His Own Write, reprinted April 1964, text and illustrations printed in blue and black, with autograph signature of John Lennon in black ink to front endpaper, and autograph signatures of Neil Aspinall and George Harrison in red ink to recto and verso of front blank, autograph signature in red ink of Ringo Starr to title page (upside down), plus additional clipped signatures of Paul McCartney and John Lennon in black and blue ink respectively, on pale blue card, each with discoloured sellotape to outer edges, each approximately 5 x 7 cm (now loose), and 8 further signatures in red and blue ink to rear endpapers, including P.J. Proby, Cilla Black, Geoff West, and others, occasional marks, inner margins of 2 leaves restrengthened with sellotape (now discoloured), original printed dark blue boards, heavily rubbed and chipped to joints and extremities, 8vo Provenance: The signatures were obtained by a young female fan who followed the band across Europe in the mid 1960's. (1)

Wright (Frank Lloyd). Wendingen, The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with contributions by Frank Lloyd Wright, an introduction by architect H.Th. Wijdeveld and many articles by famous European architects and American writers, Santpoort, C.A. Mees, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations, mostly after photographs, decorative title page, original cloth with maroon morocco gilt label to spine, slightly rubbed (generally in good condition), large square 4to The one-volume edition of the seven special numbers of Wendingen magazine devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright edited by H. Th. Wijdeveld, who wrote the introduction, and designed the typography and layout, with contributions by Lewis Mumford, H.P. Berlage, J.J.P. Oud, Robert Mallet-Stephens, Erich Mendelsohn, Louis Sullivan and the architect Wright himself. (1)

Burton (Richard F.). The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1860, twelve chromoxylographed plates, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2, a few minor spots, bookplate and previous owner inscription to front pastedowns, original violet blindstamped cloth, rebacked with original spines relaid (faded), 8vo Penzer pp. 65-66. A classic work on East Africa, in which Burton describes his journey from Pemba and Zanzibar to the western shore of Lake Tanganyika. Amongst his party was John Hanning Speke who Burton attempts to discredit from the outset, by stating in the Preface that he was no more than a subordinate. (2)

Japanese Plant Catalogue. Catalogue of Japanese Plants, Bulbs and Seeds, Yokohama: L. Boehmer & Co., [1903], decorative colour woodblock illustrations printed by T. Hasegawa of Tokio, original pictorial boards with cloth spine strip, spotted and light wear, 4to Louis Boehmer, was a German citizen who migrated to America in around 1866, working as a gardener in Rochester, New York. In 1872 he moved to Japan and became head of a government-owned American run farming operation. After the breakup of the farm he established his own nursery in 1882, specializing in exporting Japanese plants and bonsai to Europe, the United States and Australia. In 1890 Boehmer sold his nursery to his partner Albert Unger. (1)

Thomas Physick (fl. 1830-1850) - Rouen Cathedral Oil on canvas Signed T. Physick lower right 62 x 51 cm. (24 1/4 x 20 in) Little is known of Physick's artistic output, with a very small precedent at auction. Nevertheless the execution and subject of the present painting places the artist in a circle of British artists who travelled to the continent and began to explore in their paintings the themes of medieval architecture and the scenery and other antiquities that they visited. It became popular for British artists to travel to Rouen in the 1820s, and the nature of the present work would suggest that the artist was aware David Roberts (1796-1864), and his own interpretation of the Rouen Cathedral executed on his tour in 1824. Physick painted another view in Rouen that was exhibited at The British Institution in 1847 ( Rouen from the Seine, no. 396).

Royalty interest: A silver desk stand, with facsimile signatures and inscribed 'To E Brown from members of Lord Athlone's staff in token of their appreciation of his loyal assistance & service, South Africa, December 1930, Sheffield 1920, and a photograph of the Prince of Wales, Lord Athlone, Ernest and Ethel Brown Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary See illustration

Royalty interest: A gentleman's 18ct gold Flica wristwatch, formerly the property of Ernest Brown, and believed presented to him by Queen Mary, in an Asprey box Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: A Delhi Durbar oval silver medallion, awarded to Ernest Brown, on a chain Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: A pair of 9ct yellow gold oval cufflinks, with King George and Queen Mary initials beneath their crown See inside back cover colour illustration Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: A group of Royal Household livery buttons, a Goldsmiths Company Ejector ink pen, by family repute Queen Mary's signing pen, a fountain pen, by family repute Queen Mary's writing pen, two silver fruit knives, and a silver fruit fork, all by family repute Queen Mary's fruit knives and fork Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

An (Edward) Prince of Wales investiture silver medallion, boxed Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: A Duke of York gold coloured metal and enamel tie pin, in a Plante fitted box Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: A tortoiseshell page turner, inset a silver coloured metal disc, with King George and Queen Mary's initials, below a crown, 31 cm See illustration Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

Royalty interest: The collection of early/mid 20th century photographs and ephemera relating to Ernest Brown, mostly his travels in service with Queen Mary, including Delhi, Windsor, Ascot, on HMS Medina, Wales and others, with formal and relaxed photographs, many with Ernest Brown riding as a footman on the carriage with the King and Queen, and a small group of signatures including The Queen (Queen Victoria), For Dearest Mama from David (The Prince of Wales), Johnnie from Papa & Mama (Queen Mary) and other ephemera, in two albums and loose See illustration Provenance: descent through the family from Ernest Brown, who was a footman to Queen Mary.

A Luftwaffe 1st pattern dagger, with a scabbard, and chain, the clasp stamped DRGM See inside front cover colour illustration Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's late father, who was a POW during the Second World War In view of the nature of this item, this will not be subject to return. It is the prospective buyer's responsibility to personally ascertain the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction

A Hitler Youth Leader Sports Badge, the reverse marked RZM M 1/101 and numbered 11712, with a vertical pin, possibly mounted on its original card See illustration Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's late father, who was a POW during the Second World War In view of the nature of this item, this will not be subject to return. It is the prospective buyer's responsibility to personally ascertain the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction

Assorted German WWII decorations, including War Merit Crosses, an Iron Cross, a group of postcards and ephemera (qty) Note: Acquired by the vendor's late father, who served during the Second World War, continuing afterwards working to repatriate displaced persons In view of the nature of these items, these will not be subject to return. It is the prospective buyer's responsibility to personally ascertain the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction

A German Cross, in silver, the pin numbered 20, and a box See illustration Note: Acquired by the vendor's late father, who served during the Second World War, continuing afterwards working to repatriate displaced persons In view of the nature of this item, this will not be subject to return. It is the prospective buyer's responsibility to personally ascertain the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction Condition report Report Approx. 43.9 g

A Heal's oak dressing table, 106 cm wide, with a matching two door wardrobe, 121 cm wide, and a linen chest, 76 cm wide (3) See illustration Condition report Report by NG Dimensions: H - 117 cm W - 77 cm D - 48 cm Report by GH Evidence of damp in the wardrobe with the front edge of the bottom of the wardrobe rotten in places and very soft, and some soft areas with some loss at the centre of the back of the wardrobe. One of the handles on the wardrobe is also loose, and the frame which supports the mirror on the dressing table is also loose, otherwise condition is generally good and the suite appears to be complete with all handles present. From a private client, who is moving house. Overall in good and original condition, with light use, in a pretty much original condition. The dressing table and the chest both have Heal's ivorine plaques, the two door wardrobe unmarked. Both doors detached from the wardrobe (screws missing). No sign of any woodworm, all good and rigid

LATE 16TH CENTURY POLITICAL INTEREST LETTER signed by Sir Richard Warde (died 1578) and Sir Roger Wilbraham (1553 - 1616), it appears to be a letter discussing the promises and terms connected to an agreement or argument over the property of an 'R.C' and 'R.V' which these two men where either witness too or facilitaing; together with another later letter, probably 19th century, which discusses the position of bishops to affect the morality of the people in their diocese and to stay true to the path of their faith rather than furthering thier own causes, possibly a daft to be used as a surmon or speech, these two letters are loose inside a half morocco leather folio that originally contained a group of Civil War Broadsides, a label to the inside cover shows the folio and it's original contents were sold at Sothebys, July 9th 1923 Lot 151 for five pounds, ex libris Fairfax of Cameron label to inside cover, also with a dealer's receipt dated 1915 from Maggs Brothers, 109 Strand, London, for a list of civil war period documents, some may have made up the broadsides later contained within the folio, folio 39.5cm long Note: Sir Richard Warde was an English politician and Royal Official. In 1571, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, he was elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire, due to the support of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys. He was also MP for Windsor a number of times, as well as being Cofferer of the Royal Household and Clerk of the Green Cloth. Sir Roger Wilbraham was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland under Elizabeth I and held positions at court under James I, including Master of Requests and surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries. He bought an estate at Dorfold in the parish of Acton (later his son built Dorfold Hall on the site which still stands today) near his birthplace of Nantwich.

Jackie Smythe VC signed 1970 National Army Museum Victoria Cross Cover. 25 October 1893 – 26 April 1983 In June 1915 Smyth was awarded the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom's highest award for bravery in combat. The citation for this award, published in the London Gazette read: For most conspicuous bravery near Richebourg L'Avoue on 18 May 1915. With a bombing party of 10 men, who voluntarily undertook this duty, he conveyed a supply of 96 bombs to within 20 yards of the enemy's position over exceptionally dangerous ground, after the attempts of two other parties had failed. Lieutenant Smyth succeeded in taking the bombs to the desired position with the aid of two of his men (the other eight having been killed or wounded), and to effect his purpose he had to swim a stream, being exposed the whole time to howitzer, shrapnel, machine-gun and rifle fire Good condition. Item comes with lifetime guarantee of authenticity and COA from an AFTAL registered dealer.

Nicholas Briggs Doctor Dr Who genuine signed photo, An 10 x 8 photo of Nick Briggs the voice of the Daleks and clearly signed by him in blue marker. Good condition. Item comes with lifetime guarantee of authenticity and COA from an AFTAL registered dealer.

James DeGale signed photo. 16 x 12 inches, 30 x 40 cms high quality colour montage photograph signed by boxer James DeGale who was the 2008 Olympic Middleweight Gold medal winner. Good condition. Item comes with lifetime guarantee of authenticity and COA from an AFTAL registered dealer.

Liverpool 1965 Multi-Signed photo. 16 x 12 inches, 30 x 40 cms high quality black and white photo signed by TEN Liverpool legends who won the 1965 FA Cup: Chris Lawler, Gordon Milne, Ian Callaghan, Ian St John, Peter Thompson, Ron Yeats, Tommy Lawrence, Tommy Smith, Willie Stevenson and Roger Hunt Good condition. Item comes with lifetime guarantee of authenticity and COA from an AFTAL registered dealer.

Theunis, Jacobsz.(1606-1650)Printer and publisher, also known as “Lootsman” (Pilot), issued in 1643 De Lichtende Columne ofte Zee-Spiegel. As with other Dutch cartographers, there were many subsequent editions and alternative languages entitled Le Grand & Nouveau Miroir ou Flambeau de la Mer and The Lightening Column or Sea Mirrour When he died in 1650 the plates were transferred to Pieter Goos who continued to publish the Atlas under the same title. Theunis Jacobsz`s widow and son later produced a new pilot-guide entitled Niewe en Vergroote Zee Boeck (1652-4) but by 1654 a new version of the Zee-Spiegel was ready, with new plates. Finally his sons produced the Niewe Water-Wereld ofte Zee Atlas in 1666 with only one Irish chart, similar to those of Doncker and Goos.Set of Four Charts of the Irish Coast including South-east, North-east, North-west and South-west(i) “De Zuyd Oost zyde van Yerlandt Van Dubling tot aet t`Eylandt Corkbeg.”; (ii) “De Noord-oost zyde van Yerlandt van Caap de Hoorn tot aen Hedehde en als mede hoe t`van Schotlandt gelegen is.”; (iii) “De Noordwest zyde van Yerlandt Beginninde van Capo de Hoorn tot aen Schynrs, ofte Slyne-head.”; (iv) “De west custen van Yerlandt Beginninde van Corckbeg tot aen Slyne-hooft.” Set of four charts of the Irish coast from the 1643 edition of De Lichtende Columne ofte Zee-Spiegel, English edition. They have numbers 41-44 in the lower right corner and verso blank. 530 x 410.

HOBBS, J. S.Hobbs I. Ireland and the Irish SeaJ.S. Hobbs was a hydrographer who prepared charts for Charles Wilson, successor to J.W. Norie, of 157 Leadenhall Street, London. His principal charts were of St George`s Channel (1843), the North Sea (1845), the English Channel (1851), the Straits of Malacca (1852), the Atlantic Ocean (1860), the North Sea (1877), the Fenland (1880), the Caribbean (1883) and the Canary Islands (1883).This is a large working chart for use at sea, published in 1843. It shows the whole of the Irish coast and the coast of Great Britain from Jura and Glasgow to Devon. The title is unframed in the top right and reads “A Chart of St. George`s Channel and Coasts of Ireland, &c. Constructed & Drawn from the latest Observations and Surveys, by J. S. Hobbs, Hydrographer. London, Published as the Act directs, April 1st 1843 by Charles Wilson, late J.W. Norie & Wilson at the Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy, No. 157 Leadenhall Street.”

William BaldMayo, Map of the maritime County Mayo in Ireland.Founded on various bases and trigonometrical operations, exhibiting barometrical altitudes of the mountains, the levels and depths of the bogs and lakes; with Astronomical Observations, Physical Sections and Profiles of the Country; Executed by order of the Grand Jury. The Right Honourable Denis Brown M.P. and Member of the Dublin Society, and Royal Irish Academy, foreman; Commenced in 1809, and terminated in 1817, by William Bald F.R.S.E. Member of the Royal Geographical Society Paris, Member of the Geological Society London, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Honorary Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society Edinburgh. Engraved by Pierre Tardieu, 1830. overall dimensions when joined. 3.11m x 2.57m average sheet size 620 x 510By William Bald, a massively detailed map of Mayo in 25 sections, each varying slightly in size; a little detail here and there of adjacent counties. Large title cartouche. Extensive table of mountain heights. Lake levels; bog levels and depths. Coastal soundings. Plan of trigonometrical base lines. Scale 1 inches to 1 mile. Published by the Mayo Grand Jury. Some edges frayed and some light foxing otherwise in very good condition. William Bald was born in Burntisland in 1789. He was employed as an apprentice under the celebrated Scottish surveyor, engraver and mapmaker, John Ainslie. Bald made a survey of Harris in 1805 when he was only 16, and was later responsible for surveys of ~Benbecula, south Ulst, Eriskey and Argyll, possibly because the tugged nature of the terrain would have been difficult for Ainslie, then in his 60s. These and other of his surveys were later incorporated into Aaron Arrowsmith's map of Scotland. By the time Bald arrived in Mayo in 1809 as county surveyor, he had been described by his teacher and mentor John Ainslie as a very big man... In the words of John Andrews, no ordinary tribute for a twenty-year-old. Bald's first commitment in Mayo was a Grand Jury map of the county. At the same time, he managed to work for the Bogs Commission on their brief for a survey of the bogs of Ireland. Both surveys were to degree of sophistication and meticulousness which far outstripped anything known in Ireland up to that time. His map of Mayo was unique in its scale and scholarship. The base measurement and triangulation were impeccable. Bald spent 18 years on the Mayo survey and engaged Pierre Tardieu in Paris, the foremost engraver of his day, to bring the map to fruition. This was done very slowly and at great expense, finally reaching the light of day in 1830. Bald was a familiar figure in Castlebar, much admired by some, yet disliked by others who through envy of his great expertise, carped at his efforts; or who, unused to the sheer cost of mapping on such a scale, complained at his lavish use of public money. Bald went on to plan surveys of Clare and Down. He even envisaged a general triangulation of Ireland and a new geological map. He still found time to attend to roads and bridges in his adopted county. The coming of the Ordnance Survey spelled the end of the era of the great land surveyors, Bald among them. In later life, he concentrated on roads, bridges, canals and harbours, and eventually railways. He was a principal adviser in the early deliberations of the Ordnance Survey. William Bald loved Mayo, as can be seen from his Map. The profusion of place names, particularly coastal place names, attests to his love of the Mayo landscape, so like his native Scotland. He was one of the ablest, most hard-working and most creative map-makers ever to practise in Ireland. He died in 1857; he is buried in Highgate Cemetery, London. His wife, Anne, pre-deceased him; she is buried in Straide, Co. Mayo.

Anon. Fourty Four Queries To the Life of Queen Dick," By one who will at any time work a Job of Journey-Work, To serve his Country. 4to [L.] 1659. Sole Edn.? 7pp a few leaves shaved, in recent marble boards. Scarce. (1)

The Ones & Zero's that Changed The World Boole's Masterpiece - Rare Presentation Copy Boole (George) An Investigation into the Laws of Thought, 8vo L. & (Cambrus Walton & Maberly) 1854. First Edn. First Issue, errata leaf at end, occasional light spotting or dust marks, original black blind stamped cloth, covers a little damp marked. [Norman 266; Origins of Cyberspace 224] A very good copy of this rarity of modern science. * Presentation Copy, inscribed, 'Mrs. Hill with the Author's respects. Boole was the first Professor of Mathematics at University College, Cork. This presumably is the first of the three issues identified by Norman: the first with Walton and Maberly imprint, errata at end, and binding as described above: the second still with imprint as above but with errata after preliminaries, an additional "note" leaf at end, publisher's catalogue at end, and differences to the binding; and a third (as in the Norman copy), with cancel title, new imprint, and third (as in the Norman copy), with cancel title, new imprint and green cloth binding with Boole's name on spine for the first time. A landmark of science. "Boole invented the first practical system of logic in algebraic form, which enabled more advances in logic to be made in the decades of the nineteenth century than in the twenty-two centuries preceding. Boole's work led to the creation of set theory and probability theory in mathematics, to the philosophical work of Peirce, Russell, Whitehead and Wittgenstein, and to computer technology via the master's thesis of C.E. Shannon (1937), who recognized that the true/false values in Boole's two valued algebra were analogous to the open and closed states of electric circuits. This invention of the binary digit or "bit" made possible the development of the digital computer" (Norman). Today nearly everyone who uses a computer is familiar with Boolean Logic but the book that launched the theory is Extremely Rare. (1)

Excommunication & Imprisonment Punished for Failure to pay Tithes, 1753 Co. Cork: A large deed on vellum, dated 31 March 1753, of Jemmett [Browne], Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork and Ross, petitioning the King that Timothy Donovan of Geary in the parish of Kilmeen, farmer who has been excommunicated for his failure to pay tithes, should be imprisoned. Signed and dated and with remains of seal, one corner torn, no loss of text. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) * Tithes were a tax which farmers, regardless of their religion, were obliged to pay to the local Church of Ireland Rector. (1)

Dungarvan during "Black '47" Co. Waterford, Famine Letters: Drohan (Patrick) Two A.L.s. from Drohan both with Dungarvan postmarks to Henry Dennehy in Dublin. Drohan appears to have been a ranger on the estate of Lord Stuart de Decies near Dungarvan; Dennehy was the estate solicitor. The first letter is dated 5th Feb. 1847, & consists of 3pp. He complains that many people are trespassing on the mountain and cutting turf and he names them. Says he has broken their spades. Begs for money as he is starving. Also, some gentlemen from Dungarvan who were shooting hares on Mr. Smiths land had strayed onto Lord Stuarts land and refused to leave. The second letter dated 9th April, 1847 consists of over 2 foolscap pages. He is in charge of taking the penny tickets from people applying to the soup kitchen in Ring. This is all the money he has but he will have to pay it back to Mr. Thomas Anthony, who received all the money of the parish. He begs and begs for help as he is starving. "Mr. Smith has taken in three of the people that was driven away from Barranastook of the Ballynamoney tenants and gave them huts..." "The Blagard John Hickey Mr. Smith's Reanger is going to petition his Lordship about his afears." The handwriting is clear but the spelling very quaint. Postally used TOO LATE. As m/ss., w.a.f. * Very important letters, full of local flavour and pathos. (2)

Cromwellian Confiscations Important Deed Listing Property in Cork City, 1668 Co. Cork: Indenture dated 25 April 1668 whereby Richard and Henry Titchborne [sic] of Dublin grant property in Cork City to Noblet Dunscombe, Thomas Farren and Robert Fletcher of Cork, to hold for 61 years at an annual rent of £160. The Titchbornes were sons of Sir Henry Tichborne, one of the "Forty-Nine Officers," i.e. those who were serving in the royalist army in Ireland as of 5 June 1649 and who were offered lands confiscated from the Irish in lieu of arrears of pay. Sir Henry was the builder of Beaulieu House in Co. Louth, where he died in 1667. His two sons Richard and Henry were granted the confiscated property in Cork and Dublin that had been due to him, and in this deed they rent out the Cork property to three prominent citizens. This is a lengthy document, listing the Tichborne property in Cork house by house and stating in each case the names of the present tenants and the forfeiting owners who had held it in 1641. An important document showing how urban property was apportioned following the Cromwellian confiscations and the Acts of Settlement and Explanation passed by Charles II. Written in English on vellum (2 membranes), signed and with 3 original seals. As a m/ss. (1)

Important Genealogical & Legal Archive Mahony or O'Mahony, Kerry & Wicklow: A large and extremely important collection of genealogical and legal documents and of political and personal correspondence relating to the Mahony or O'Mahony family and to estates in Cos Kerry and Wicklow. The O'Mahonys were one of the principal Gaelic Septs of West Munster. In the 18th century they produced some distinguished soldiers in the Irish Brigade in the service of France, especially Count Daniel O'Mahony, hero of the defence of Cremona in 1702. In later times John O'Mahony was a leader of the Fenian Brotherhood and Sylvester Mahony ("Father Prout") a well-known poet. The branch that generated this archive used the Christian name Pierce or Peirce in five successive generations: 1. Peirce Mahony (1750-1819) was manager of the Earl of Devon's estates in Co Limerick. 2. Peirce Mahony of Kilmorna, Co Kerry (1792-1853) established a highly successful firm of solicitors in Dublin in partnership with his brother David ("Peirce did all the talking and David did all the work"). He was Daniel O'Connell's private solicitor, playing an important part in the campaign for Catholic Emancipation (1829) and in the defence of O'Connell and his colleagues in the State Trials of 1843-44. David Mahony bought Grange Con in Co Wicklow, which became another of the family seats. 3. Peirce Kenifeck Mahony of Kilmorna (1817-1850) married Jane Gun Cuninghame, who after his death married secondly Colonel W.H. Vicars; they were the parents of Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms. Peirce's younger brother David inherited Grange Con; he developed the gardens there and was also a keen hunting man. 4. Peirce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony of Grange Con (1844-1930), nationalist politician and philanthropist, "was remarkable in having had successively three names, two wives and three faiths, and for being honoured by the kings of two opposing countries in World War I" (Wikipedia). An ardent home ruler, he courageously supported Parnell during the O'Shea divorce scandal. In 1904 he opened an orphanage in Bulgaria. In his later years he styled himself The O Mahony of Kerry and resided on his estate in Wicklow, where he lived as an Irish chieftain, attired in saffron kilt and accompanied by wolfhounds and bagpipers. 5. Peirce Gun Mahony of Kilmurry, co Kerry (1873-1914) assisted in the genealogical work of his uncle Sir Arthur Vicars and bore the title Cork Herald. He died in a shooting accident at Grange Con in 1914. His younger brother Dermot Gun O'Mahony (1881-1960) was a pioneering farmer in Patagonia and later lived at Grange Con, where he was succeeded by his elder daughter Patricia and her husband Lt Col Richard K. Page. This Archive contains briefly, · Printed briefs compiled in connection with the Irish State Trials of 1843-44. Alarmed by the success of O'Connell's "monster meetings" in his campaign for the repeal of the Act of Union, the government banned his proposed meeting at Clontarf. Fearful of provoking bloodshed, O'Connell cancelled the meeting. He was arrested, charged with conspiracy, sentenced to three months' imprisonment and fined £2,000. He was ably defended by his solicitor Peirce Mahony. Although the House of Lords quashed the conviction and criticised the unfairness of the trial, O'Connell's perceived meekness severely damaged the effectiveness of the repeal campaign. The briefs give details of previous "monster meetings" and of the legal proceedings against O'Connell and his associates. · Printed volume in original paper wrappers entitled The Irish State Trials 1843-44. Mahony's copy. Lacks final page or pages. · MS list of those qualified to serve as Jurors for 1844 in St Bridget's Parish, Dublin, giving in each case name, address, occupation and qualification to serve. Approx 400 names, from which the jury was to be picked to serve at O'Connell's trial. · Letter-book of P. & D. Mahony, solicitors, 29 Merrion Square, Dublin. Concerns legal affairs. 507 pages. Most are copies of letters written by David Mahony, with some by his brother Peirce, between 12 March and 29 November 1825.. · Copies of report and correspondence between Peirce Mahony and Richard Newton Bennett, Nov 1830 to Jan 1831, including a letter from Daniel O'Connell. · Letters patent of Charles II dated 13 June 1670 granting lands in the barony of Forth, Co Carlow, to Michael Barry, under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation. A lengthy document, giving details of several townlands. On vellum, with great seal attached (but now broken). · Two letters patent of Queen Victoria appointing Pierce Mahony to be Clerk of the Crown in the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland (1849) and David Mahony to be Clerk of the Crown for co Kerry (1854). Both are fine documents on vellum, with decorated borders containing royal portraits and emblems. Each has the great seal attached, in perfect condition. · Two fines (fictional lawsuits used to determine the conveyance of land prior to 1833) on vellum and written in Latin. They date from the 5th year of George II (1731-32) and relate to the sale of house property in Dublin (at Abbey Green in Oxmantown and in Capel Street) by John Lambert and Charles Capper and their wives to Elizabeth Williams. · Other indentures of lease and similar legal documents, some on vellum, relating to lands in various counties, 18th-19th centuries, the earliest dated 1717. · Facsimile of Charles Wolfe's letter to John Taylor Esq at the Rev Mr Armstrong's, Clonoulty, Cashel, 6 Sept 1816, with first draft of his poem on the Burial of Sir John Moore. · Illuminated page with poem of six verses in memory of "W.H.T. Hill, 5th Lancers, killed in the Defence of Ladysmith January 6th 1900." Signed Bessie Mackay. Endorsed: "He was your grandmother's 2nd eldest brother." · File of typed documents re sale of the estate of George Raymond at Kilmurry, Co Kerry, under the Land Act of 1903. 44 pages. Damaged. · Large genealogical file on the Mahonys of Kerry - letters, genealogies, certificates, transcripts of original documents etc. Collected by Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald, 1907-08. · History of the O'Mahonys of Grange Con compiled by Lt-Col R.K. Page, 1996. As an Archive, w.a.f. (1)

A Rare Broadside 'Wanted' Poster Co. Monaghan: 'MURDER, and £851 Reward'. A broadside poster, printed by Courtney, Whitefriar-Street, Dublin, circa 19 x 13 ins, issued by Edward Mayne of Lisnalong, Co. Monaghan, January 1819, offering this reward for the arrest of Thom as Simpson of Drumsheil, Co., Cavan, stated to have killed Mayne's father Thomas , having 'without any provocation and in a most treacherous manner .. fired a blunderbuss at, and lodged the contents thereof in the Head of the said Thomas Mayne, and in that of his Mare on which he was mounted, of which Wound he has since died', with a list of neighbours and others who have promised contributions to the reward, to a total of £851.Small portion torn from upper corner, no loss of text. With the original manuscript text of the poster, and two manuscript pages containing signed pledges of contributions, headed by (Lord) Cremorne, £22.15.0. The assailant, Thomas Simpson, is described in the poster as 'one of the Society of Quakers, about Fifty or Fifty-five years of Age .. speaks in the manner of people of that Sect .. served some years in the Cavan Militia, and is of rather Genteel Appearance.' A most interesting collection, and an unusual citizens' initiative. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Unique Chart of Ballycastle Coalmines, 1817 Co. Antrim: A unique, attractive and important watercolour Chart of the Ballycastle Coalmines & Environs, approx 7 ft x 2 ft, on paper, backed by linen, by William Ayre, 1817, titled 'A CHART OF THE COLLIERIES NEAR BALLYCASTLE, Describing Dykes, State of the Works in Aug. 1817, by Will. Ayres', with detailed manuscript key, distinguishing fourteen sectors, with colour-coded indications of geological strata. There are later manuscript notes (up to 1845) at other end of chart, showing this was a working document used over a substantial period. With minor repairs to back, but in remarkably good condition considering its age and size. As an original watercolour, w.a.f. This would have been a vital safety document for the operation of the mines, particularly in relation to the dykes, since the mine shafts are dug into a cliff-face bordering on the sea. The Ballycastle colleries were developed by Col. Hugh Boyd in the 18th Century; they finally closed as recently as 1967. It is not clear if the draughtsman is the same as William Ayre, born in Ireland 1782-3, who later worked as a teacher in Nova Scotia (Canada). An important document, relating to what was once a major Irish industry and important source of employment. (1)

ORIGINAL ILLUMINATED CHARTER OF CHARLES II WITH DETAILS OF PROPERTY GRANTS IN CORK CITY Co. Cork: A magnificent original charter of Charles II dated 19 August in the 19th year of his reign (1667), listing many properties in the city of Cork with the names of forfeiting proprietors and new tenants. The purpose of the charter was to satisfy the demands for compensation of the "Forty-Nine Officers" - those officers who had served in the royalist army during the wars in Ireland prior to 5 June 1649, remaining loyal to the King thereafter and who had not therefore been granted lands by the Cromwellian government. It lists property in Cork City which had been held by Irish Catholics in 1641 and consequently forfeited under Cromwell, and which is now granted to the officers who had petitioned. They are represented by their trustees Captain Hercules Langford and Robert Fitzgerald Esq., and there is also a separate grant of land in counties Antrim and Armagh to Captain Langford. The charter consists of three membranes of vellum, measuring respectively approx 78 x 77, 78 x 59 and 75 x 34 cm (30 ¾ x 30 ½, 30 ¾ x 23 ¼ and 29 ¾ x 13 ½ inches). It is in fine condition but lacks its seal. The text (approx 6500 words) is in English. The head of the first sheet is exuberantly illuminated, the first six words being gilded with a silver background. The initial letter "C" of Charles is contained within a separate scrollwork panel in the left hand corner and surrounds a portrait of the King. To the right are the royal arms, with the lion and unicorn supporters also shown separately, together with national emblems such as the rose, thistle and fleur-de-lis (for England, Scotland and France), and a butterfly and dragonfly. The survival of the charter is miraculous: it was discovered by chance during a waste-paper campaign in the city, and rescued. The lengthy text (misdated to 1666) was transcribed and published in 1964 in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, together with a brief introduction, tabular summary, and map. This document is of major importance in tracing the development of Cork in the early modern period, especially as the Civil Survey for Cork city and county (apart from the barony of Muskerry) has not survived. It compares interestingly with a valuation of Cork City carried out in 1663-64 and published in vol. VI of the Civil Survey, edited by R.C. Simington. As a m/ss, w.a.f. *A highly important survival. (1)

The Playwrights gives his view of the State of Irish Theatre & Outlines the Case for a New Departure FRIEL, Brian, dramatist [1929-2015]. An important typescript signed letter, 5 pp, with a manuscript postscript, December 1974, from his home near Lifford, Co. Donegal, to the Abbey actor Pat Laffan (a member of the Actors Equity council) and the theatre designer Bronwyn Cassin, giving a frank view of the state of Irish theatre, and outlining the case for a new departure. The letter arises from discussions in an Equity subcommittee of which Friel and Laffan were members. 'My first concern, probably my only concern', Friel says, 'is the state of theatre in Ireland today. I think we are on the verge of a new direction .. Do we think automatically in terms of how best the Abbey can be reformed and made the vehicle for these new concepts, or do we attempt the new excursion without the inhibition of an existing place ..? The decision I have come to is that the Abbey, even a reformed Abbey, cannot [be] the incubator. It has evolved into an institution of such magnitude that necessarily most of its energy is consumed with keeping alive and keeping open. Before it even begins to think of what kind of plays it ought to do .. it is concerned .. with its capital, its publicity, its expenditure, its intake, its public, its cleaners, its caterers .. These are not the problems that are exercising me. Nor were they the problems of Yeats-Gregory-Fay .. 'Our concern .. is to forge a new Irish drama .. The new voice I think I detect and the new direction I know to be necessary are the things that engage me now, and these could not find accommodation in Abbey Street. Even if the Abbey could be restructured .. the whole Abbey enterprise would be too lavish and too expensive to nurture a new and delicate and uncertain idea ... 'When I come to a writing-down of what form the new Irish drama will take, of course I falter. I have no precise answers .. He says it will not be a Gaelic-speaking or a poetic drama, because both of these are elitist in practice and theatre is by definition vulgar, of the vulgus. It has nothing at all to do with politics because they are trivial, of no importance whatever. 'What I envisage is a small group of actors, writers, designers who are drawn together out of mutual concern and interest; a vague but very real awareness that what is taking place on Irish stages bears very little relationship to either the imaginative or the day-to-day life we inhabit; a recognition that what it is to be Irish must be shaped and presented; a knowledge that the old seam of realism-naturalism is exhausted; a conviction that we cannot grab a theory from England or Germany or the U.S. or wherever .. a belief that these new definitions .. will evoke a response at first from tiny audiences but later from greater numbers .. and that we must find new eyes and ears and tongues to see and hear and express the Ireland that hasn't been expressed dramatically for 30 years.' Although Friel remained with the Abbey for some years more, notably with his great play Faith Healer [1979], it is clear that the line of thinking outlined here was what led him in 1980 to become co-founder of the Field Day Theatre -- precisely the kind of loose creative collaboration he suggests in this remarkable letter. Throughout the 1980s his work was produced by Field Day, beginning with Translations [1980], but in 1990 he finally returned to the Abbey with Dancing at Lughnasa. With an earlier manuscript signed letter to Laffan, May 1974, 2 pp, outlining similar ideas, and a note dated 27 Oct. (no year) about casting for a film. An important collection of letters from one of the great masters of Irish Theatre, outlining ideas and dilemmas which are still relevant today. Friel rarely gave interviews, and this is a very valuable exposition of his ideas as he approached a turning point in his career. A Saoi of Aos Dána, with a string of Broadway successes to his name, Friel was undoubtedly the leading Irish playwright of the latter half of the 20th century. (3)

Interesting 1916 Associaiton TOM CLARKE & SEAN MAC DIARMADA A paid cheque for two pounds four shillings dated Oct. 18 1910, drawn on Northern Banking Co. in Dublin, signed by Thos. J. Clarke and made out to Seaghan Mac Dermott, stamped 'PAID 18 OCT. 1910', triangular excision to side. Countersigned rear. A remarkable item linking the two men who, between them, were largely responsible for the planning of the Easter Rising. Tom Clarke, the old Fenian, served 15 years in British jails for his part in a dynamite mission. After his release he established a new life in America, where he married and became a citizen, but in 1907 he returned to Ireland to plan the revival of the IRB. Sean Mac Diarmada, born in 1883 (the first year of Clarke's imprisonment), was one of the young men whom he brought to the fore, as a full-time Republican organiser, a member of the IRB Supreme Council and manager of the IRB-sponsored paper Irish Freedom. Both men were members of the military council which planned the Rising, both signed the Proclamation, both fought in the GPO, and both were executed thereafter. The two were personally very close; Mac Diarmada, whose parents died in his youth, regarded Tom and Kathleen Clarke almost as surrogate parents. Note: the counter-signature to rear seems to be also in Clarke's hand, rather than MacDiarmada's. Presumably Clarke cashed the cheque for MacDiarmada for some reason. (1)

Frank MacDermot (1886-1975):    Frank MacDermot was the youngest son of Hugh Hyacinth MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin, a distinguished lawyer who served under Gladstone as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1886 and Attorney General for Ireland in 1892-95. He grew up fully aware of his Gaelic heritage, his Catholic faith, and his family's involvement with the law and politics. Throughout his life he was committed to the cause of a self-governing, thirty-two-county Ireland, and was prepared to steer his own route towards that goal. In 1910 he joined the United Irish League of William O'Brien, which aimed to solve Ireland's problems by bringing together parties of all opinions. He campaigned on behalf of Home Rule, and was a member of the Liberal Party's Home Rule Committee. He served with distinction during the Great War, ending with the rank of major. His reaction on learning of the 1916 Rising was that it scuppered any chance of achieving a united Irish state. In 1932 he was elected an Independent TD for Roscommon. He was a founder of the Centre Party, which coalesced with Cumann na nGaedeal to form the United Ireland Party. He initially supported General O'Duffy as leader of the new Fine Gael Party, but soon withdrew his allegiance as O'Duffy's eccentricities became more apparent. He also resigned from Fine Gael when it attacked de Valera for supporting the League of Nations sanctions against Italy following Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia. In 1937 MacDermot played a major part in the debates on the new constitution. A rapprochement with de Valera followed, and was one of the Taoiseach's nominees to the new Seanad Éireann in 1938. He opposed Ireland's neutrality during the War, claiming that it was in the country's best interests to support the Allies and that the victorious Nazis would not hesitate to snuff out an independent Irish state. He resigned as a senator in 1942 and lived for the next few years in New York. Thereafter he played little part in Irish affairs, living mostly in Paris until his death at the age of 89. His views, for so long derided as old-fashioned, have been justified by time - in particular, his disapproval of the increasingly narrow Catholicism of the new state, his pursuit of social justice for minorities, and his firm belief that the "Irish Question" would only be resolved by involving all parties, North and South. The Archive contains the following: Typescript: "The Maidstone Trials" Carbon copy of typescript of article entitled "The Maidstone Trials of 1798: an insight into Franco-Irish relations 1797-1798." The article comprises an account of the conspiracies of the United Irishmen and others, their relations with the French revolutionaries, and the British government's awareness of these. Author's name not given; it was not Frank MacDermot as he is acknowledged in footnote 69, his name being mis-spelt. The date must be between 1966 (MacDermot's article on Arthur O'Connor, cited in footnote 65) and MacDermot's death in 1975. Reviews of Frank MacDermot's biography of Wolfe Tone (1939) "Press cuttings." An album containing press reviews and correspondence relating to MacDermot's book Theobald Wolfe Tone: A Biography (London, Macmillan, 1939). Typed list of contents clipped into front. There are approximately twenty reviews, including some by distinguished columnists of the time. These include Harold Nicolson, Desmond MacCarthy, Stephen and Denis Gwynn, Desmond Ryan, Constantia Maxwell, P.S. O'Hegarty, R.B. McDowell, Robert Lynd, Robert Speaight, Robert Noakes and others. There are thirteen letters. The correspondents include J.L. Maffey (UK representative to "Éire"), Sir Shane Leslie, Michael Browne Bishop of Galway, T. W. Moody, and Dan Breen (requesting that MacDermot sign his copy). Some were eminent historians of the day, though less well known now, such as Sir Patrick Cadell, Humphrey Sumner, J. Chartres Molony, and R.H. Hodgkin. "Ireland and the War", 1941-1942 · Article by Frank MacDermot entitled "Ireland and the War" published in The Saturday Evening Post, 29 November 1941 (the last issue, as it turned out, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the War). · Cassette tape recording of broadcast made by Frank MacDermot in the USA in 1942 entitled "Ireland and the War" (supplementing his article on this subject in the Saturday Evening Post). He maintains that it is time "Éire" joined the war on the side of the Allies, and is at pains to point out the disastrous consequences to Ireland as a whole if Germany were to inflict significant damage on Britain. Quality of tape not good, but the speech is repeated several times - and what a treat to hear the voice of a significant Irish politician more than seventy years later. Sir Roger Casement and his diaries (12 items, mainly 1956-57)) Casement was put on trial for high treason in 1916. While the case against him was strong, he had powerful supporters and there were pleas for clemency. However, the British Government circulated privately diaries said to be written by Casement, which contained many detailed references to homosexual acts. The prevailing attitude to homosexuality among the British Establishment, and revulsion against the nature of the acts described, alienated much liberal opinion, and Casement was duly hanged. The diaries were then withdrawn and access to them was prohibited. Irish nationalists stoutly maintained that the diaries were forged by the Government in order to secure Casement's conviction. Others claimed that they were genuine, and the controversy still rages today in spite of many biographical studies. It is generally agreed that the Government's use of the diaries at his trial was reprehensible. Frank MacDermot's view was, as usual, balanced and articulate - a plea for information and justice. In 1937 he raised a question in the Dáil requesting that de Valera should ask the UK Government for an inquiry; Dev refused. In 1956-7 the matter flared up again, with the publication of conflicting biographies by the English journalist René McColl, the Irish nationalist historian Herbert Mackey, and the poet Alfred Noyes, with contributions from H. Montgomery Hyde, the Ulster MP and historian of homosexuality in Britain. Etc. etc.

O'KELLY, Seumas (playwright) [1875-1918]. Lustre. A Tragedy in One Act. Original typescript, top copy, 34 pp, unpublished, not listed in Hogan's Dict. of Irish Lit. The main characters are Caith Donnellan, an old widow, and her boorish son Jimmy, a private in the Connacht Rangers, home on leave, who wants money to go drinking. The Rector's wife offers to buy a collection of lustre jugs given to Caith by her deceased husband. Caith says she will never sell; Jimmy tries to steal the jugs. There is a struggle, the lustre is broken, and Cauth falls dead. Seumas O'Kelly, born in Loughrea, Co. Galway, was a prolific writer and made his living by journalism. He died of a heart attack in November 1918, after a scuffle when British forces raided the offices of Arthur Griffith's paper 'Nationality', where O'Kelly was acting editor. (1)