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Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers
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BOW! WOW!! WOW!!! Life and Theatrical Career of John Mathews, Champion Swordsman, Showman, Dogman and Pantomimist, illustr, orig. pict. cl. gilt, n.p., n.d.--NUGAE HISTRIONICAE, Emanations from the Pen of Peregrine Spitfire, Gent, contemp. half calf, spine missing, upper cover loose, Edinburgh, 1834--THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE: Or The Adventures of a Lady In Search of a Good Servant, By One Who has been "Almost Worried to Death", illustr. by George Cruikshank, frontis, title vignette, 11 plates, orig. pict. cl. gilt, headcaps worn, hinges weak, frontis loose, n.d.-- (3) LOCATION H

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Humberts Fine Art (Incorporating Calcutt MacLean Standen Fine Art)
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dOREY, H V; Cricket Whos Who: The Blue Book of Cricket, 1910 and 1912 (paper covers), and The Eleventh Australian Tour, 1902, illustrated, published by Cricket Office

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Humberts Fine Art (Incorporating Calcutt MacLean Standen Fine Art)
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the Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1876-77 to 1977-78, The Wisden Book of Obituaries, and Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn and Peter Wynne-Thomas; Whos Who of Cricketers, 1984, all with dust jackets

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Neales Nottingham
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Churchill, Winston, S, - Asl and signed copy of his book My Early Life: a letter dated 10th July 1951 and sent from 28 Hyde Park Gate, London. SW7, the letter on a single sheet typed and signed in ink yours sincerely Winston S Churchill was to a Thomas Stagg who had been a soldier in The Sherwood Foresters Regiment, and who had been involved in amongst other things the fighting around De Wets Dorp, a town in the Orange Free State during the Boer Wars in South Africa, Churchill had also been there as war correspondent to a number of newspapers and was subsequently captured and held in a Boer POW camp until his most daring escape fired the imagination of the world, Churchills letter of gratitude had been in response to Thomas Staggs letter which had revived memories of bygone days, Churchill had been so pleased to recall memories of the fighting in South Africa that he had presented to Thomas Stagg a signed and dated (1951) copy of one of his most important books, My Early Life, published by Odhams Press in London in 1930 and reprinted in 1948, both the book and the signed letter are in very good condition, with crisp and clear signatures to both

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Neales Nottingham
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A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock, with deadbeat escapement Walker, Newcastle, late 18th century, the four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with V-shaped pallets, low escape wheel and 12.5 inch brass break-arch dial with ringed winding holes, recessed subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre, within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and mask and scroll cast spandrel applied angles beneath boss signed Walker Newcastle flanked by dolphin cast mounts to arch, in a pagoda pedimented case with swan neck frieze and fretwork infill above brass stop-fluted pilasters to hood and break-arch door to trunk, on panel fronted plinth base with moulded apron, 238cm high. Probably John Walker who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Newcastle-on-Tyne 1787-95.

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Neales Nottingham
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A George III mahogany crossbanded oak eight-day longcase clock, with moonphase, Seddon, Frodsham, circa 1790, the four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 13 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture, recessed subsidiary seconds dial and oval plate signed Seddon Frodsham to the matted centre, within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with foliate half hour markers and Arabic five minutes and mask and scroll cast spandrel applied angles, the arch with rolling moonphase calibrated for the lunar month to circumference, the case with swan neck pediment above turned hood pilasters and shaped-top trunk door flanked by quarter columns, on raised panel fronted plinth base with ogee bracket feet, 218cm high. Probably John Seddon who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Frodsham 1784-95.

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Sotheby's Olympia
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A fine and important carved eagle attributed to Alfred StAhli Swiss, circa 1890 Alfred Stahli was one of the leading Swiss carvers of the period, specializing in eagles. By the late 19th century the Swiss carving industry had gained a world wide reputation. At the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876, eagles were displayed amongst the ubiquitous bears. Both these animals were native to America and so they were immediately absorbed into the hearts of the wealthy buying public who frequented the exhibition, leading to a massive demand by the Americans for Swiss carving in the early 20th century. The present eagle reflects the finest achievements of Swiss carving, which had reached it's zenith at the turn of the century. . h.112cm., w.109cm. Provenance The present owner acquired the eagle from Ursula Trauffer, who inherited it from her father, the son of Jacob Trauffer, who's family owned the firm of Peter Truaffer, having retail premises in St. Moritz and then later in Lucerne. Jacob Trauffer, himself a carver of some repuation, highly regarded the quality of the eagle and decided to keep it for his own collection rather than sell it. He retired in 1947 but the eagle remained pride of place in the shop window long after his son took over the daily running of the premises. In a letter written by Ursula Trauffer, she recounts occasions when various people came to try and buy the piece. In one particular anecdote, she recalls with fondness the time in the sixties when three men claimed they had come to buy it personally for former President Johnson. . Literature Swiss carving, The art of the Black Forest, 1820-1940, by Arenski and Daniels à W

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Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers
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A Grant of Arms velum certificate, relating to Robert Montgomery Crawford of County Donegal, who was commissioner of Cape Police at Cape Town, South Africa, 1908, with the original leather case, with the cypher of King Edward the Seventh to the lid, a gilt metal South African Police officers badge, a CMP shoulder strap and a pair of spurs.

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Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers
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A gentleman's gilt metal cased, openfaced pocket watch, the gilt fusee movement with a verge escapement and detailed to the backplate, Mary Desborough AD 1825, the front winding enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, with a key and with the accompanying historical notes relating to Mary Desborough, who died in 1894 in Stamford. Illustrated.

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Peter Wilson
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After Snaffles - The Sportsman who Hunts for the love of it - print After "Snaffles", Charles Johnson Payne (1884-1967), "Foxcatchers. For the love of it - For the ride out and the ride home", hand coloured lithograph, 32 x 30.5cm.; 12.5 x 12in.

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Peter Wilson
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English School, 19th century - ladies entertained by Jester - oil on canvas English School, 19th century, Ladies entertained by jester, oil on canvas, unframed, 20.5 x 35.5cm.; 8 x 14in. * Possibly a depiction of Samuel (Maggoty) Johnson (1691-1773) who became one of the last court-jesters and was well liked as an entertainer who danced divinely and played the fiddle to perfection. Johnson provided dancing lessons to the gentry and was constantly on hire for his humorous stories, poetry and mini-dramas by rich notables in the Cheshire area.

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Peter Wilson
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Cased model boat Wooden scale model of the SS Mizpah, late 19th century, single funnel, two masts and seven life boats, in cream and green livery, length 107cm in glazed case. The model was made by James Eagen of Wallasey who was a stoker, possibly on this ship.

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Lyon & Turnbull
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a set of eight Victorian period carved oak Baronial style dining chairs bearing the Hamilton family crest the arched backs with lion mask crestings bounded by vine leaves above barley twist and fruiting vine carved uprights and stuffover seats, on barley twist and block legs united by stretchers, upholstered in burgundy hide and each back tooled in gilt with the Hamilton crest and motto: 'In Arduis Fortitudo', including two armchairs with lion mask terminals (8) note: The armorial contains three piles and a chequy chief. The motto generally relates to Hamilton of Gilkerscleugh, although the family has many 'trees'. The present owner's family acquired the chairs in the 1970s and were told at the time that they not only had a Hamilton family connection, but also one with the Duke of Marlborough's family and were possibly intended for a Hunting Lodge. The crest, with its boar's head and hunting horns, would seem to lend support to this idea. The crest also seems to represent an 'heraldic achievement', in honour of a special occasion or family achievement . Similarly, the rather complex armorial could indicate the joining of two families. It is interesting that the first Duke of Abercorn, namely Sir James Hamiton (1811-1885) had a daughter, Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton who married George Spencer-Churchill, the 8th Duke of Marlborough.

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Potteries Specialist Auctions
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Royal Albert Fierce Bad Rabbit, Rebbeca Puddleduck, Foxy Reading, The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe Knitting, Benjamin Wakes Up and John Joiner All BP6A Boxed (6)

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Kendal Auction Rooms
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A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe Knitting BP3b

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Dreweatt Neate Donnington Priory Salerooms
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A pair of Great Yarmouth souvenir press-moulded tumblers, of William Absolon type with inscriptions Accept this trifle that I Give And let me in your memory live, A present fr m Ya mouth to Rachel Dowie. and Esteem the Gift for those who give And Joy attend you while you live. A Present from Yarmouth to Rachel Dowie., 9cm high, early 19th century (some rubbing to gilding)

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
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A collection of three Beswick Beatrix Potter Models: ‘Little Black Rabbit’; ‘Old Mr Bouncer’ and ‘The Old Woman who lived in a shoe knitting’, (3)

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Rosebery's
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Dorothy Hepworth 1894-1978- 'Study for Old Mrs Barnes IV', circa 1938; pencil, 46x33cm: together with one other pencil drawing of a lady by the same hand, signed with initials, 45.5x28cm., (2). Note: Dorothy Hepworth painted under the name of her fellow student from The Slade, Patricia Preece, who later became Lady Spencer, the second wife of Sir Stanley Spencer, 1891-1959

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Rosebery's
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Earth Wind And Fire-A presentation 'silver' disc for the Album 'Faces', B.F.I certified-Presented to Joe Ruffalo who with Bob Cavallo managed Earth Wind And Fire 1972-83, size, 52.1 x 41.9cm, framed and glazed.

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Cheffins
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John Frederick Tayler, PRWS, (British, 1802-1889), A Native Stallion Standing on a Moorland Hill, signed lower right, "Frederick Tayler", pencil, 12 x 19cm, (with a study of a Woodcock in watercolour on the reverse) Provenance: Private collection, Hertfordshire. Ruskin, who was a great admirer of Tayler's work,, said of Frederick Tayler, "Every dash tells..."

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Cheffins
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Russian School (19th Century), Portrait of Saint Hesychius of Jerusalem (d. 433), oil on canvas, 73 x 62cm. Saint Hesychius was a native of Jerusalem and a student of Saint Gregory the Theologian He was a priest and monk who wrote a history of the Church, unfortunately lost. He also wrote about many of the burning issues of his day. These included the heresy of Nestorianism, which held that there were two separate persons in Jesus - one human, one divine - and the heresy of Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ. Some of his commentaries on the books of the Bible as well, along with meditations on the prophets and homilies on the Blessed Virgin Mary, still survive. . After the death of his mentor, he settled in one of the Palestinian deserts. In the year 412, the Archbishop of Jerusalem consecrated Saint Hesychius as a presbyter. In his priesthood he became well known for his inspired sermons. It is believed Hesychius delivered Easter homilies in the basilica in Jerusalem thought to be the place of the crucifixion. His date of birth is unknown. According to some sources, he died in 433. Others say, around 450. The top line of the inscription on the painting is full of abbreviations. In full it reads "Hesychius, Saint of Jerusalem". The crescent was probably added at a later date, obscuring the letter 'a' in "(h)agios". The star was probably there already, consistent with the subject matter of a Jerusalem saint., The bottom line is 'ic xc' = Ihsous Christos = Jesus Christ

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Cheffins
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[Robert] Tangate, London, a late 18th century mahogany stick barometer, the broken pediment above silvered scale engraved 'Tangate London', above visible tube and turned cistern cover with adjuster below, 98cm. Robert Tangate worked in the Fleet Street area from 1766 until his death in 1808. He was first apprenticed to John Morgan from 1752, then George Adams who was instrument maker to the King

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Sotheby's Olympia
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Alan Charlton, 1948 UNTITLED signed and dated 1989 on the stretcher of the first panel oil on canvas, in three parts each: 212 by 67.5cm.; 83.75 by 26.75in. (3) Provenance Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989 In his own words the artist has said; "Alan Charlton is an artist who makes a grey painting." Having experimented with colour and shape in his early career, by the early 1970s he had begun to pursue this theme relentlessly and with refreshing perseverance and simplicity; his desire was to create paintings that were both abstract and honest, cerebral yet urban and direct. By using everyday materials and operating according to a stringent and exacting work ethic, these canvases are allowed to exist outside art historical associations, uncomplicated by unnecessary detail and thus activate a dialogue with the space surrounding them. As the artist intended, these three haunting canvases eschew any internal dialogue preferring rather to draw their power from the context in which they reside. As a result, the present work can be seen as indicative of the most important explorations of Charlton's oeuvre and a compelling example of the artist's painterly and conceptual honesty and as such this lot provides an exquisite example of Alan Charlton's signature work.

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Gorringes
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A set of seven Royal Albert 'The World of Beatrix Potter' figures, to include 'The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe Knitting', 'Mrs. Tiggywinkle', 'Squirrel Nutkin', 'No More Twist', Mrs. Tiggywinkle Takes Tea', Peter In Bed' and 'Hunca Munca Sweeping', all boxed

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Sworders
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A stained glass panel in the style of Eglington Margaret Pearson, early 19th Century, the central panel depicting figures in a landscape, with anthemion, blue glass borders in a later brass frame, 47 x 35cm. Eglington Margaret Pearson was a glass painter who married the painter James Pearson, exhibited at the Society of Artists 1775-1777 and died in 1823.

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Sworders
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An H Slater bronze 1I inch chariot plane with rosewood wedge, stamped 'H Slater maker, Meredith St. Clerkenwell, London', and a gun metal shoulder plane, with rosewood infill and wedge (2) These planes belonged to the vendors father who was a cabinet maker at Heals

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Sworders
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A late Georgian mourning ring, c. 1830, with a central hardstone cameo of a butterfly, the symbol of the Soul, between two split pearls, to floral shoulders, hand engraved inside the shank, 'John Bridge who died April 1834, in his 80th year', finger size N (see lot 275 for illustration)

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Addisons Auctioneers
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JAMES TASSIE (1735-99), PLASTER OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF LORD GEORGE GORDON, 1781, signed, inscribed and dated, in an ebonised frame with gilt mount. Note: the glass intaglio final version of this medallion is in the National Portrait Gallery's collection. Lord George Gordon (1751-93) was a notorious political agitator who spearheaded the anti-Catholic Gordon riots of 1780.

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
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*Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Autograph postcard signed ‘Florence Nightingale', 3rd June 1882, to Colonel H[enry] Yule, [1820-1889, Geographer], ‘How can I thank you enough for your kindness in sending me your Memoir, than which nothing could interest me more, of that good & great man, Sir W[illiam] Baker. I shall read it carefully - & then, if I may, write again. In the meantime, I will try to live as he did', postmarked London, 3rd June 1882, minor soiling. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. Sir William Erskine Baker (1808-1881) was an Army Officer and Engineer, a good friend of Henry Yule, and who worked largely in the Public Works Department in India on various irrigation projects. Henry Yule's work for the Army Sanitary Committee brought him into communication with Florence Nightingale. (1)

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*Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Autograph letter signed ‘Florence Nightingale', 10 South Street, Park Lane, W., 27th November 1882, to Rt. Hon. G[eorge] Shaw Lefevre MP, on letterhead stationery, in full, ‘It is truly kind of you to think of me for the opening of the Law Courts on December 4th. And I cannot resist such kindness. It is indeed "a very great historical event" - too great not to inspire any body with vigour & spirit to be present who is so favoured by you. And if you will be so very good as to send me "a ticket" for myself "and a gentleman" you shall see that ‘Tho' my legs be cuttit off - I'll fight upon my stumps'', 2 pp., 8vo. George Lefevre was an nephew of Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons and a friend of the Nightingales when Florence was young. At the time this letter was written, George Lefevre was the First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings. Florence was very busy with her work in India during this year but suffered from reoccurring ill health and was particularly ill during November 1882. The "gentleman" in question may have been Sir Harry Verney (her brother in law) as a letter held at Claydon House to Verney, dated 30th November 1882, tells Verney that George Lefevre has sent two tickets for the Law Courts Opening. (Information supplied by the Florence Nightingale Museum.). The quote at the end of the letter refers to the legend of the Maiden Lilliard, a 16th-century Scottish Warrior who continued to slay her English enemies even after her legs were chopped off at the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545. On her tomb is inscribed "Fair maiden Lilliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature but great was her fame, Upon the English louns she laid many thumps, And when her legs were cuttet off she fought upon her stumps." (1)

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*Saint-Just (Antoine Louis Leon de). Autograph Letter Signed ‘St Just', [Blerancourt], 9th March 1791, in French, to the Royal notary Monsieur Garot, discussing a recent case and offering to plead it, in his capacity as a trained lawyer, Saint-Just also informs Garot that he is sending to him a number of pleaders from Nozon who have rights in Garot's jurisdiction, one page with integral address leaf, browned overall, remains of guard along address leaf and small pinhole to top left corner, 4to, together with a small eng. port. and an old English typed translation. Saint-Just at this time had command of the National Guard at Blerancourt and was currently writing his essay ‘Esprit de la Revolution'. The following year he became a member of the Assembly and a devoted follower of Robespierre, whom he followed to the guillotine on the 28th July 1794. (3)

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*Slavery. Two autograph letters signed by Thomas Harrison, Secretary to the African Institution, 5th November 1816 & 25th January 1820, both to Lieutenant Colonel Chisolm, the first (written in another hand but signed by Harrison) saying that they were unable to help Roderick Random (an African boy) due to lack of funds, the second entirely in Harrison's holograph, regarding an African boy who has got into such bad company that ‘I know not how he can be forced to return to Africa, but if he were apprehended and carried before a Magistrate on a charge of vagrancy, perhaps he might prefer being sent thither in the ship you allude to ...', one page/one page and one line, 4to. The African Institution (1807-27) was an important abolitionist and anti-slavery group in Britain working during the early 19th century. (2)

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*Thatcher (Margaret Hilda, born 1925). Four typed letters signed ‘Margaret Thatcher', 1987/95, all to Jim Allen, ‘I was delighted to see your work on "The Grantham Connection" coming to fruition and I congratulate you on your achievement', the second saying she has now received a copy of the book and looks forward to reading it, the third thanking him for his letter and the photographs of herself saying that she did not have copies of either ‘and they brought back happy memories of my schooldays', the last thanking Mr Allen for devoting his Saturday afternoon to her book signing in Grantham and saying how much it meant to her to see so many people at the signing, ‘In the short time available I managed to catch up on a good deal of local news and see a few old friends', and ending ‘May I also thank you again for the assistance you gave Chris Collins, my researcher, in the preparation of The Path to Power. We both found your help invaluable and I was grateful to have been given the opportunity to meet you to thank you personally for your kindness and hard work', the first three on 10 Downing Street letterhead and the last on House of Lords letterhead, all one page, 8vo/4to, together with two b&w press photos showing Thatcher with school children on a visit to Grantham in 1982, both signed by her in blue felt-tip, together with a large ring binder full of cuttings, biographies, photocopies and some original correspondence relating to Jim Allen's researches for his book ‘The Grantham Connection'. Jim Allen, a Granthamian himself, compiled a vast archive of biographical information concerning the great and the good from all walks of life who had any connection with Grantham. His book was published in 1986. The original cinema and Dambusters memorabilia that Mr Allen collected will be included in future specialist auctions this Spring. There is an original cartoon by Jim Allen in this lot. (7)

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*Thatcher (Margaret Hilda, born 1925). The original wooden cash till from the Roberts' family grocery store and local Post Office at North Parade, Grantham, Lincolnshire, used by the Roberts family under the counter from the 1920s, through Margaret Thatcher's childhood living there until its closure, the wooden till with sliding drawer and compartments for bank notes, coins and coupons (one original dog licence issued there and dated 13th January 1943 loose in draw), hinged and lockable lid (key present for changing till roll and with a secret compartment), original till-opening bell present and in good working order with wonderful old "k'ching" sound, metal fittings, approx. 43 x 23 x 18 cm. A superb artefact from Margaret Thatcher's early life. Often nicknamed "The Grocer's Daughter" by adversaries in the press, Margaret Thatcher has retained a fondness for Grantham and her childhood there. Accompanying this lot is a small signed black and white photo of Margaret Thatcher, a photograph of the shop after it was sold to Paul Nesbitt and who converted it to "The Premier Restaurant". Also included is Paul Nesbitt's business card for the restaurant with a note on the back ‘Jim, Hope this makes you rich!! Never did for me, Paul', referring to the fact that the restaurant did not survive in this location for very long. Jim is Jim Allen who wrote a book called ‘The Grantham Connection' and who includes a signed note about the history of this till confirming that the till was given to him by Paul Nesbitt. (6)

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*Wilberforce (William, 1759-1833). Letter signed, ‘W. Wilberforce', St. Boniface near Newport, Isle of Wight, 19th March 1832, to Reverend James Pears, a dictated letter stating that ‘A letter dated 12 Mar: from a lady who signs herself A. M. Thornhill, has been sent to me informing me that a young man of the name of Michl. Macarthy (who when I was last at Bath assisted my butler at so much per week) has been taken up on suspicion of a Robbery (the article, a silver fork) and sent to Ilchester Gaol for the trial at the next assizes: and my correspondant desires that I will send any statement which I can properly supply, to be used in his behalf. All I can is that you've behaved very well during the six weeks of his being in my employ', continuing that he has no desire to intervene, ‘And I confess I am much surprised to think that any young man shd. be sent to the County Gaol for such an offence as my correspondant specifies', but being a stranger to her, hoping that Reverend Pears can take the matter further having ascertained the facts and sending best wishes to Mrs Pears and all the family, with postscript asking Pears to apologise to Miss Thorndike for not writing to her, with a further postscript in Wilberforce's holograph which continues on to the folds of the address leaf, reporting the sad death of his daughter [Elizabeth, born 1801], ‘It pleased God however to grant her a much earlier Release than we had anticipated & about 10 days ago she experienced a calm & peaceful departure out of this life. I am sure Mrs P. and you will hear with pleasure ye particulars which I shall be able to state to you and which ye state of my eyes will not permit me just now to detail', and looking forward to seeing him in Bath in the Spring, signed ‘W. Wilberforce', 4 pp. including address leaf with postmark and seal, 4to. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. The text of the letter is probably in Mrs Wilberforce's hand. Wilberforce did in fact go to Bath the following Spring, but then moved to London in the summer. On 26th July he was pleased to hear that the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery had passed its third reading in the House of Commons, the culmination of his life's work. The following day his health deteriorated further and he died on 29th July. (1)

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Edmonston & Douglas (Pub.). The Old Man who Lived in a Wood. An Old Story..., Edinburgh & London, [1852], etched dec. title, 7pp. of text with etched illusts., orig. stiff wrappers with illustrated upper cover, slim 4to (1)

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Gaston (General). Declaration of the French, Faithful to their King, Assembled under the Command of General Gaston, in the Departments of VendŽe, Maine, Loire, and Loire Inferieure. Published by a French Emigrant, who has just received it in a letter from General Gaston, London, Sold by Isaac Herbert, 1793, 16 pp., A5 with small repaired tear to lower margin, affecting one word, bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead to front pastedown, 20th c. marbled boards, with morocco title backstrip, slim 8vo, together with Lally-Tolendal (Trophime-GŽrard, Marquis de), Songe d'un Anglais, fidle ˆ sa Patrie, et ˆ son Roi, 2nd ed., London, M. Elmsley, 1793, vii + 28 pp., bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead to front pastedown, 20th c. marbled boards with morocco title backstrip, a little rubbed to extrems., slim 8vo (2)

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Milton (John). Angli Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliˆs Samasii, Defensionem Regiam, typis Du Gardianis, Londini, [i.e. Louis Elzevir, Amsterdam], 1651, title-page with printers device (and ms. name), (Willems 1134; Wing M2106), bound with Phillips (John), Angli Responsio ad Apologiam Anonymi Cujusdam Tenebrionis pro Rege & Populo Anglicano Infantissimam, typis Du Gardianis, Londini, [i.e. Louis Elzevir, Amsterdam], title-page with printers device (and early ms. notes), (Willems 1671), red edges, hinges split, library bookplate, early 19th c. japanese vellum, titled in ms. to spine, dust-soiled and spine darkened, some sl. surface loss to extrems., 12mo. Apparently the first of the continental reprints. The ‘Responsio' has often been attributed to Milton, since its inclusion in the list of Milton's works published by Edward Phillips in his ‘Life' in 1694. It is now widely believed that John Phillips was deputed to write the work, which was then revised by Milton, who also corrected the Latin. (1)

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Warne's Nursery Literature.. A Book of Drolleries, edited by Aunt Louisa, n.d., pub. Frederick Warne & Co., c. 1890s, three parts in one, comprising ‘The Ten Little Niggers', ‘Nine Niggers More (The Sequel)', and ‘A Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go', colour-printed illusts. with musical accompaniments, a few pages loose and slightly frayed at edges (particularly final page of ‘Ten Little Niggers'), six leaves of ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, with minor wear to extrems., square 4to (1)

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Bourne (H.R. Fox). English Newspapers. Chapters in the History of Journalism, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1887, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn at head and foot of spines, 8vo, together with Boase (Frederic), Modern English Biography, Containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died between the years 1851-1900, with and index of the most interesting matter, 6 vols., Frank Cass reprint, 1965, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, with other bibliography and history reference works (3 shelves)

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*Perry (Fred, artist, 20th century). ‘Who Discovered the Pole?', c.1910, pen & watercolour humorous drawing showing four figures in bear-skins in an arctic camp, each with a b & w cut-out photo. applied to the face area, 330 x 470 mm, together with another similar showing the characters at a raceground entitled ‘Cauliflower wins the Ilford Plate', both framed and glazed. Captions written to the mount indicate that the caricatures refer to a Mr. W.Brown, J.Page, Horner, and some others who were presumably a group of friends who had these drawings made up to celebrate the fact. (2)

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*Edward VIII (King of England, 1894-1972). A cricket bat signed ‘Edward P.' as Prince of Wales, August 1926, also signed by the eleven players of the Australian team and one other, who played Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham, in a three-day match on the 7-9th August 1926, the J.B. Hobbs bat with printed signature of its seller, W.A. Woof Ltd., Cheltenham, stamped on front, the signatures all in a column to the right side of reverse of bat with paper labels above, some ink signatures fairly indistinct and two other names lower down not identified, handle rubber partly split, hanging display hooks at either end, 87 cm long. The thirteen Australian signatures are H.L. Collins [Captain], A.A. Mailey, J. Ryder, C.V. Grimmett, C.G. Macartney, H.S.T.L. Hendry, S.C. Everett [12th man?], A.J. Richardson, J.M. Gregory, J.L. Ellis, T.J.E. Andrews, J.M. Taylor and Sydney Smith Jr. [manager]. Australia won the match by nine wickets but England won the Ashes 5-test series that year 1-0, winning the final test match at the Oval a week after this match. It appears that it was simply chance that Edward, Prince of Wales, was in Cheltenham at the same time as the match. (1)

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Golf & Football. The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Successours Kinges of Scotland..., [by Sir John Skene], imprinted by Robert VValdegrave, Edinburgh, [1597?], lacks title and all before a1, 127 leaves only (lacks all after y2), leaf a1 lined to both sides with archival tissue and with loss to lower portion of leaf, dust soiling and some damp staining, recent paper wrappers, small folio, together with Murray (Sir Thomas), The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First, Second... Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second who now Presently Reigns, Kings and Queen of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1681, title printed in red & black, sewing broken and pages at end of volume torn, creased and frayed, damp staining throughout, some worming, ‘disbound folio. Interesting collections of Scottish acts, including acts attempting to prohibit golf and football. As the popularity of golf threatened the practice of archery, the Parliament decreed that "the fute-ball and golfe be utterly cryed downe, and not to be used". Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2)

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A VICTORIAN OAK DESK with raised back and green leatherette inset top above two long drawers and a knee hole with three further drawers to the left side, standing on bun feet, 60" wide together with a Victorian brass ink well, a pen stand, desk scissors, paperweight, letter opener and portrait of Professor H G Fiedler, Taylor Professor of German 1907 - 1937 who was a previous owner of the desk.

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[Weber, Friedrich Christian]. The Present State of Russia..., Being an Account of the Government of that Country, both Civil and Ecclesiastical... the Whole being the Journal of a Foreign Minister who Resided in Russia at that time..., translated from the High-Dutch, 2 vols., 1723, two folding eng. maps, armorial bookplate of Sir William Foulis of Ingleby Manor pasted to verso of both titles, contemp. panelled calf, contrasting morocco title labels (lacking vol. no. label to vol.1), rubbed to extrems., 8vo (2)

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Kyosai (Toiku Kawanabe). Ehon Taka Kagami [meaning Picture-Book Mirror of Hawks], 5 vols., (part 1, vols. 1-3: part 2, vols. 1-2), [Tokyo, 1866-80], illustrated throughout with Kyosai's magnificent woodcuts, the pict. woodcut titles of the first and fourth volumes on blue paper, the pasted-down leaves at the beginning and end of each vol. (with the exception of the two blue paper title-pages) being of mica-flecked Washi paper, stitched Japanese-style into orig. yellow paper wrappers, slightly soiled, each vol. with a white paper title-slip printed in red, contained in a single blue morocco-backed lined cloth chemise, and matching slip-case, this slightly sunned, 8vo. The Schwerdt copy, with the circular engraved library bookplate on a suitable first or final blank in each volume. Bookplate of Guy Aylmer on the chemise. Harting 371. Schwerdt III p. 245 "...The book was published at Tokyo and the editor's name was Nakamura Sasuke... The ‘Mirror of Hawks' is certainly a very comprehensive and instructive treatise on falconry. It is rare, only seven copies having been traced in European libraries". Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) was a Kano painter, printmaker, and illustrator, the son of a samurai. At the age of six he entered the studio of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and from the age of nine became a student of the academic Kano school, studying under Maemura Towa and then Tohaku Chinshin, who gave him the name "Toiku". He exhibited at the Vienna International Exposition in 1873, and at the first and second Paris Japanese Art Exhibitions of 1883 and 1884. In the early years of the Meiji period (1868-1912) he attained considerable popularity with his political caricatures, for which he was arrested and imprisoned in 1870. His famous "Kyosai Gadan" (1887), an attempt to show a variety of traditional Japanese and Chinese painting styles, was widely appreciated in Europe, and was issued with English captions for the export market. Kyosai's "Ehon Taka Kagami" is a major resource on Japanese falconry, with wonderful woodcuts of hawks, field work, breeding, hoods, gloves, and other associated tools and items of equipment. It records the ancient Japanese methods of care, raising, and training of the Siberian goshawk, considered the best variety for use in falconry since ancient times. (1)

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Collingwood (R.G., and Wright, R.P.). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, Volume 1, Inscriptions on Stone, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, illusts., orig. cloth in sl. chipped, d.j., 4to, together with Falkner (Frank), The Wood Family of Burslem, A Brief Biography of those of its Members who were Sculptors, Modellers and Potters, Chapman & Hall, 1912, col. frontis., map, plts. and illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. stained, 4to, plus Birch (Walter de Gray), A History of Margam Abbey, 1897, plts. and illusts., some folding, frontis. detached but present, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, together with twenty-one others, topography, art, heraldry etc. (22)

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Manby (George W.). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint David, South-Wales, the most Ancient Documents Collected from the Bodleian Library. To which is annexed, a correct list of the Archbishops, Bishops, etc. who have filled that See, printed at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co., 1801, half-title present, six uncol. aquas. and three etched plts., lower half of leaf B1 provided in typed facsimile, sewing weak, contemp. boards, spine worn with some loss, 8vo, together with Treble (John, pub.), An Account of Tenby, Containing an Historical Sketch of the PLace..., 2nd ed., 1820, folding eng. linen-backed map, bound without plts., t.e.g., late 19th c. half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo in 4s, with Dugdale (Thomas), Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated..., vols. 3 & 6 only, [1848], eng. plts. and double-page county maps, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus forty-six other 19th & 20th c. Welsh topography related (50)

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*Armstrong (Neil, born 1930). Signed souvenir booklet for the ceremony of conferring the Freedom of the Burgh of Langholm upon Neil Alden Armstrong, within the old parish church, Langholm, on Saturday 11th March 1972, 4 pp., orig. printed stiff card covers, bold and clear signature of Neil Armstrong in black felt tip to rear cover, together with two related items, the Civic Luncheon Menu printed in blue on stiff card, and the Ceremony leaflet, both 4 pp., all slim 8vo. The family of Armstrong was in ancient times settled on the Scottish border, and, springing from this parent stock, several branches at a very early era became located in the Northern counties of England. Provenance: From the family of the then Lord Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire who sat next to Neil Armstrong at the luncheon after the ceremony when he obtained this autograph. (3)

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Australian Escaped Convicts. Two scarce issues of the "Police Gazette" for 1831 , each issue containing a complete full folio page, listing details of convicts who have absconded in New South Wales [Australia], and who are supposed to have escaped from that Colony, the listings give the individual names of nearly a hundred convicts, ship transported on, native place of birth, their trade, age, size, colour of eyes and hair, and various other distinguishing details of the escaped convicts, folio (2)

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*Boer War - Siege of Ladysmith. A lengthy autograph letter signed from Hugh Dawnay, Ladysmith, 9th November 1899 to 2nd March [1900], to Lady Ebury, ‘Yours was one of the last letters I got or am likely to get for some time, as it reached me just before the railway was cut... well here we are in a very ignominious position, being pounded by these hogs of Boers, & being able to do nothing but sit patiently & suffer, but I may as well give you my story in the proper sequence', saying that they left Crete on the 2nd of October on the ship "Gelinga" and arrived at Durban on 26th of October from where they went straight to Maritzburg, and on the 29th they had orders to go at once to Ladysmith reaching there at 3am, jumping to the 13th of November ‘on our arrival at the station, we were met by brilliant staff officers, who told us we were to proceed at once to the expected scene of action, so after a hasty meal all round kindly got ready for us Gloster regt, off we started... the Boers were extremely polite & greeted us the moment we appeared with a series of shells from the 40 pounder, which made us extend at the double. Eventually we reached the rest of our brigade Manchester, Gordons & Devons under Ian Hamilton. In the actual fighting that day we took little part, the whole brunt of the affair falling on the right brigade & they did not fair any too well', giving further details of combat, noting how half his battalion is holding a somewhat advanced post called Observation Hill, that they have had an Officer killed, ‘quite a boy called Lethbridge', describing the rabbit-hole burrow conditions they live in, the monotony of the food and mentioning that all the inhabitants have fled from Ladysmith, longing for the line behind them to be reopened in order to get more clothes, ‘I do hope that we shall get a chance of going for these Boers in the open', the next entry 8th of December in which he confesses that when he started the letter he did not for a moment think he should be in Ladysmith so long, talking of numerous rumours about a relieving force and talking of Buller, more details of shelling, telling about an attack on Gun Hill, noting the illness enteric, further entries on December 16th and 27th, ‘The depressing news of Buller's reverse reached us on the 17th & we were told to go on digging & make up our minds to sit it out a bit longer', on 16th of January telling that they have moved to a spot called Wagon Hill, describing heavy fighting on January the 6th when they lost one officer and eighteen men killed, saying that his own battalion have had 120 men killed and wounded and over a hundred sick in hospital and others unfit to march ‘We are a mere skeleton. Hardly any officers left, eleven killed and wounded and three others in hospital out of an original twenty-three who came up here, saying how shocked and grieved he was to hear of the Duke's death, ‘He was always so awfully kind & good to me', further entries on the 30th of January, 12th of February and 25th of February and concluding on the 2nd of March. [Ladysmith was relieved at the end of February], ‘Well at last I can close and despatch this to you... a siege is not entertaining. Such joy to know one is really free again and can walk about anywhere. Personally I can't as I am now in hospital and can't get rid of my fever. Great scenes over the first appearance of any of Buller's men. Such cheering and singing as never was. Well goodbye. Please write and tell me how you all are in England', written entirely in pencil on regimental letter paper with embossed crest, 20 pp., 8vo. Major Hon. Hugh Dawnay (1875-1914), son of Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe, and Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux. He was commanding the second Life Guards when he was killed in action on 6th November 1914. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order. (1)

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*Chantrey (Sir Francis Leggatt, 1781-1841). A group of three autograph letters signed ‘F. Chantrey', Belgrave Place, 24th May 1828, 11th January 1833 & 5th February 1841, all to Arch-Deacon George Glover of Southrepps in Norfolk, the first letter apologising for not answering his previous two letters because he wished to ‘satisfactorily I wished to satisfy myself that the subject in question was practicable: having now settled this point I have only to speak of the price & few words will suffice. I would much rather present the finished work to Mr Coke than be paid for it but as this may not suit his feelings which are I am sure as independent as my own, I will propose that he pay the same fair[?] price as he has paid for the rest', 2 pp., 8vo, the second telling that his letters have been received and read, ‘& yet neither my patience or temper have been disturbed - no - not in the slightest degree' and continuing that when Glover comes to town he hopes that he will see him first before H.R.H., ‘I have been thinking & must continue to think about "a modern & more civilised Costume" before I venture an opinion', and concluding that he is as anxious as Glover concerning the Duke of Sussex & Mr Coke's knowledge of the subject, one page plus integral address panel and postmark, 4to, the third letter thanking him for his letter ‘respecting the alto rilievo which I had the Honor to execute for the Earl of Leicester [Coke]. You are aware of the feeling which influenced me in undertaking the work & I am glad to find that your recollection is so perfectly in accordance with my own that I need not add another work. I have occasion to write to the Rev. W. Keppel to-day and will enclose your letter to him that he may communicate its contents to Lord Leicester at once, & relieve his Lordship from the necessity of keeping this money transaction uppermost in his mind', and concluding that it has been a long time since they met and hoping he will call on him when next in town, 3 pp., 8vo. Provenance: Arch-Deacon George Glover, who was domestic chaplain and confidential friend of the Duke of Sussex. Francis Chantrey gave the carved relief ‘A Brace of Woodcock' to Thomas Coke, the agricultural improver of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, in 1834, to commemorate the Earl's feat of hitting the birds with one shot. This may well be work referred to in the first letter. The work referred to in the second and third letters is almost certainly ‘The Signing of Magna Carta' which was ordered in 1832 for a fee of three hundred pounds. It depicts Earl Grey and his whig colleague as medieval barons. (3)

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*Charles I (King of England, 1600-49). Document signed ‘Charles R', Westminster, 20th February, [1630], creating Sir Robert Steward a high Steward in the corporation of Bury St. Edmond [Suffolk], and to pay him £300 and a sum of ‘twentie marks per annum during his life', integral blank, a little soiling, tipped onto an old album leaf with some see-through from adhesion marks at upper margins Sir Robert Stewart or Steward [died 1670?] was a royalist army officer who later served King Charles I in Ireland. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. (1)

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Charles (Prince of Wales). Document signed ‘Prince of Wales', 7th July 1976, while Commanding Officer of HMS Bronington, being a copy of the Naval Patrol Report relating to a rating who had failed to return from a weekend's leave on time, printed form with typewritten insertions, 2 leaves stapled, folio (1)

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Gadbury (John, 1627-1704). Original astrology manuscript, late 17th c., begins folio 20 ‘The Lattitude of a place and the declination of the sun being given to finde the Meridian altitude of the sun above the horizon any day in the yeare, with an example' and continuing in a similar way with headings on how to find the sun's declination any hour of the day or night, finding the rising and setting and southing of the moon and other planets, the making of a horizontal dial, a table showing the sun's entrance and continuance in every of the 12 signs ... 1697, a table for converting hours and minutes of time into degrees and minutes of the equator, a directory showing how to erect a figure of the heavens by an ephemerides and table of houses, or the colours of the signs and planets, a necessary table showing the masculine and feminine degrees of every sign, a table showing what part of man's body is governed by every planet in any of the 12 signs, plus use of these tables, diagrams showing how to make an erect direct east dial and a south erect declining dial, etc., a total of 146 pages on 77 folios in Gadbury's holograph, including nine diagrams and various tables, with astrological symbols, two leaves torn with loss of lower half, including one diagram, a further leaves at end with notes and accounts on sundry matters in more than one hand and dating from 18th and 19th century, some blank pages and areas within the Gadbury manuscript with these sundry later notes and accounts, a little soiling and tissue repair to gutter margin of first two leaves, early 19th century roan backed boards with the name John Gadbury written to upper cover and pastedown in an unidentified hand, some edge wear, 180 x 140 mm. The folios are numbered throughout, the folios present being 20-25, 27-23, 36-59, 61-101, 103-107, [3 leaves], 123-25, 128, 130, 133-35, 137, 139-140. The Gadbury manuscript runs up to folio 100 inclusive and would appear to be the end of the text, the word finis appearing on folio 98 before some final meridian altitude tables. The later hand or hands appear to be largely by one Isaac Stephenson and seem to largely date from the late 18th century. John Gadbury, astrologer, was born in Wheatley, Oxfordshire. In 1655 he published ‘Speculum Astrologicum', the first of his annual almanacs and ephemerides. This was replaced after two issues by ‘An Astrological Prediction', he published various supplementary special issue almanacs in 1697, the most likely date this appears to have been written, he published another volume of ‘Ephemeris' and ‘Astrologonaytis or, the Astrological Seaman'. Provenance: From a private library in Derbyshire in his family home the manuscript has been for many generations. With thanks to William Hodge of the Bodleian Library who supplied photocopies of Gadbury's holograph photocopied from items in their collections. (1)

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*Kent Taxation. Manuscript document, witnessed 3rd May 1610, signed by the Kings Commissioners in Kent appointed for the taxation and assessment of the last payment of the third of the three subsidies granted to the King by a Parliament held in the third year of his reign, certifying to the Lord High Treasurer, Chancellors and Barons of the Exchequer and others that Richard Poyntell, Gentleman, who was at the time of the assessment dwelling in Chiselhurst with his family and household, had been assessed amongst the inhabitants of that Parish towards the last payment at eleven pounds in goods and that he had paid accordingly, signed ‘Tho. Walsingham' and ‘Percyvall Harte' with their impressed seals beneath and confirmation of the payment details made at foot [though curiously the figure given is eleven pounds eleven shillings], one page with integral blank, a little minor soiling, 305 x 200 mm. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. Sir Thomas Walsingham [1560/61-1630, literary patron], first became MP for Rochester in 1597. He had estates in Chiselhurst making Poyntell a neighbour. Sir Percival Hart was the eldest son of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone, Kent. (1)

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*Lethbridge (Thomas Charles, 1902-71). A collection of forty-eight black and white glass diapositive slides from the RGS Expedition to N.W. Greenland and the Canadian Arctic in 1937, showing early views of the arctic far north, Ellesmere Land and the Fjords of Baffin Bay, scientific experiments into the upper atmosphere, Inuit population, expedition members, etc., together with contemp. card index note in Lethbridge's holograph, plus a diary extract and three maps and plans showing the route, all supplied in photocopy, plus sixteen similar lecture slides of Lethbridge's excavation of the Kilpheder Wheelhouse, South Uist, ink and pencil captions to the slides, contained in a contemp. wooden slide box. Lethbridge was a British explorer, archaeologist and psychic researcher who put forward theories on ghosts, witchcraft and aliens. The first set of slides relate to his post as honorary curator for Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Many of the photos from the slides of Kilpheder were reproduced in his book ‘The Monkey's Tail' (1969). He excavated extensively in the Western Isles in the 1930s and again in the 1950s and 60s. (64)

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*Lyell (Charles, 1797-1875). Autograph letter signed ‘Cha. Lyell', 11 Harley Street, 7th October 1850, referring to some plates that seem to have been misbound in a journal and should have been bound with Sharpe's paper in a preceeding number, and being glad that he has the unnamed recipient's letter to convince the editor how very bad and puzzling the effect is, and concluding that the editor ought to have seen to it but it shall not happen again, one page, 8vo, together with Buckland (William), Autograph letter signed, 2nd December 1833, to an unnamed recipient in a large scrawling hand, referring to "your efforts in favour of Mr Phillips who is a treasure to any Society that may have the good fortune to engage his services", and continuing to talk about the position, ‘if geology was the chief requisite that man beyond all compare was Mr Phillips', 2 pp., 4to, plus Murchison (Roderick, 1792-1871), Autograph letter signed, Petersfield, 22nd December 1841, to an unnamed recipient apologising for not sending a few seeds of the "Pinces Centra" of the Ural Mountains, and saying that he will do so when he reaches London, 2 pages, 4to, plus autograph letters signed by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) referring to botanical matters, 4 pp., 8vo, and Richard Owen (1804-92), to Miss Hutton, hoping to visit her straight from a garden party, one page, 8vo. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. (5)

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*Maitland (John, Earl of Lauderdale & Second Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, died 1645). Document in latin on vellum, 4th April 1689, granting 5s worth of land in Harestanes to Thomas Weir of Kirktown [Kirkton, near Carluke in Lanarkshire], signed by Lauderdale ‘Lauderdaill', other witnesses being Peter Arbuthnot, Christopher Cockburn and Thomas Young, a little browned at head, large red wax seal on tag, the seal in a bed of wax, largely complete with chipping only to the extrems., 7 cm diameter. Thomas Weir's son, also named Thomas (died 1670), was a noted criminal and reputed sorcerer, who was burned at the stake. (1)

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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli Nave di Primo Rango; Nave Engravings Plate 40cm x 52cm (2) Provenance: Previously from the Estate of Rudolph and Margot Wittkower Rudolf Wittkower was a German art historian who taught at the Warburg Institute, University of London from 1934-1956, and later at Columbia University 1956-1969. He was born in 1901 and died in 1971, posthumously being awarded the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award in 1975. He wrote Born under Saturn: The character and conduct of artists (1963), Sculpture: Processes and Principles (1977) jointly with his wife, Margot Wittkower, also an art historian. (see illustration on our website)

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