*Theatre. A good album of approx. 300 signed black and white photo postcards, mostly c. 1910-15, personalities include Lillie Langtry, Anna Pavlova, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Henry Irving, Marie Lloyd, Gerald du Maurier, George Robey, Irene Vanbrugh, Charles Wyndham, Pauline Chase, Henry J. Wood, Weedon and George Grossmith, Gladys Cooper, Fay Compton, Alice Delysia, G.H. Elliott, Adeline Genee, Seymour Hicks, Shirley Kellogg, Edna May, Charles Quatermain, Marie Tempest, Ellaline Terriss and Huntley Wright, mostly window-mounted postcards, though a few larger and a few pasted in, all clearly signed on images, some fraying to album leaves not affecting cards, contemp. cloth, some wear, folio. Full list of names available. The album cover has the ownership stamped initials of the collector Phyllis Goldsmith who evidently sent had these cards personally signed or posted back to her once signed. (1)
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*Calvhil or Coleville. Deed of Gift, from Peter de Bosiate, son of Nicholas de Aula [Hall] to Simon the Clerk and Agnes, Peter's sister, n.d., prob. 12th c., as marriage portion, of 3 ( acres in the fields on Calvhil, and a messuage next to Robert son of Henry. Further details of the land are given, including two selions next to Saltstreete, two selions at Landwelle, one selion on the road to Wullaveston, one selion on Wowelond, one selion on Smedehill, one selion on Wudehil next to Richard de Colevill, paying one pound of wax at Easter each year, with the names of 18 witnesses including Roger de Faukeberge, Robert de Dalcore, Richard son of William de Dodinton and Turgisius the Chaplain who wrote this, small parchment title deed in Latin, in good condition, with seal tag but seal missing, mounted on a board with a modern description and pencil notes. There is a Calver Hill in Herefordshire, Calverhall and Wollaston in Shropshire, and Coleshill and Woolstone in Berkshire. (1)
*North Yorkshire - Croft, Jolby. Deed of Gift from Henry, son of Alan de Joleby to Halnath de Halnathby [Halnaby Hall] of a capital messuage and three sellions in Joleby in Croft, with the names of six witnesses, undated but probably early 13th c., small parchment title deed in Latin, with a seal tag but seal missing. The English Place Name Society's volume for the North Riding of Yorkshire mentions "Col. Parker suggests that Halnaby took its name from one Halnath who lived there c. 1218", but has forms e.g. Halnathebi from 1170 onwards. (1)
Arwaker (Edmund, Rector of Donaghmore in Ireland). Truth in Fiction: Or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two Hundred Twenty Five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse, 1st ed., 1708, single ad. leaf at rear, contemp. panelled calf, hinges cracked, 8vo. Ex-libris Sir Robert Shirley, Baron Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, with his armorial bookplate to verso of title. Sir Robert married twice, having seventeen children by his first wife who died in 1693. In 1699 he married Selina Finch, the daughter of a London merchant, who provided him with five sons and five daughters. It has been said that he sired a further thirty children out of wedlock! (1)
Holwell (John Zephaniah). A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen, and Others, Who were Suffocated in the Black-Hole in Fort-William, at Calcutta, in the Kingdom of Bengal; in the Night succeeding the 20th Day of June, 1756, 2nd ed., 1758, later dark brown half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, together with A Narrative of the Loss of the Kent East Indiaman, by Fire, in The Bay of Biscay, on the 1st March 1825, pub. 1825, paper repair to upper margin of title, contemp. half calf, worn, 8vo (2)
Ferguson (James). Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and Made Easy to those who have not Studied Mathematics. To which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of all the Planets from the Sun., 10th ed., 1799,. folding eng. frontis. (detached) and seventeen folding eng. plts. (plt. 8 torn and repaired to verso, plt. 9 torn at fold with loss and plt. 11 torn without loss), some marginal fraying and soiling, disbound 8vo (1)
*Gibbings (Robert). An original Advertisement for a Housekeeper, c.1930s., consisting of a single sheet of paper with hand-written text and mounted b & w woodcut illusts., address to lower margin, 51 x 18.5cms., framed and glazed. The text reads: 'Artist Wife wish to find lady or Angel, fond of children, and able to cook, who would help in a country cottage, one hour from the noises, and smoke of London. Salary & tuition if required, given in return'. (1)
Moore (Francis). Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa: Containing a Description of the Several Nations for the Space of Six Hundred Miles up the River Gambia; their Trade, Habits, Customs, Languages, Manners, Religion and Government; the Power, Disposition and Characters of some Negro Princes; with a Particular Account of Job Ben Solomon, a Pholey, who was in England in the Year 1733, and known by the name of the African ., 2nd ed., two parts in one, [1740?], twelve eng. plts., some folding, incl. panoramic map of the River Gambia, contemp. polished calf gilt, joints rubbed, 8vo. Ex libris Bruce of Kinnaird, with his engraved armorial bookplate. (1)
*Australia - 1893. Team autographs of all fifteen players, on letterhead of Flying House Hotel, Nottingham, dated 28th June 1893, with signatures of A.C. Bannerman, A.H. Jarvis, John Lyons, W.F. Giffen, R.W. McLeod, S.E. Gregory, J. McBlackham, A. Coningham, G.H.S. Trott, C.T.B. Turner, H. Graham, William Bruce, Hugh Trumble, Victor Cohen and Geo. Giffen, letterhead printed top leaf of quarto leaf which is split neatly in two along centrefold with names falling either side into two columns, remains of old album hinges to verso with minor light browning showing through at extremities, overall approx. 20.5 x 25.5 cm, together with a modern black and white photo of the team (from an original photograph by the London Stereographic & Photographic Company, Ltd, now in the possession of Lord's). The Eighth Australian Cricketing Team played its fifteenth game of their 1893 tour against Arthur Shrewsbury's England Eleven, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on 26th to 28th June 1893. England scored 416 in their first innings and then, aided by some heavy rainfall, proceeded to bowl Australia out for 120 and 143 and win by an innings and 153 runs. Top Australian batsman on this occasion was S.E. Gregory with 21 and 51, while top bowler was Hugh Trumble, who took 3 for 83. The Ashes' 15th Series began the following month with England winning the three-match Series 1-0. (2)
Lester (J.H.). Bat v. Ball. The Book of Individual Cricket Records, etc., 1864-1900, pub. Nottingham & London, [1900], ads. both front and rear, orig. dec. cloth, faded on spine, together with Box (Charles), Cricket, its Theory and Practice, from its Origin to the Present Time, [1868], ads. both front and rear, orig. printed cloth, faded and worn, plus Dorey (H.V.), Cricket Who's Who: The Blue Book of Cricket, 1910, ads. both front and rear, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, some minor dust soiling, plus other misc. cricket, incl. Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual, 1886, 1889, 1894, 1895 & 1898, all 8vo (30)
*Rothschild Stud Book. Stud Record Book for Baron Alfons Rothschild's Stud at Oroszvar, Budapest, from 1906 to 1922, tabulated ledger book detailing fifty-two sires and forty-four mares, each horse's record listing family numbers, five past generations of sires and dams, plus details of foals, some with notes on performances, etc., orig. half cloth, rubbed, lge. 4to, together with a collection of related ephemera incl. notes and letters (some in German), certificates from the Austro-Hungarian Jockey Club to Baron Rothschild and the stud manager William Holroyd-Smyth, approx. 120 press (Fred Curtis, E.C.P. Coke, Photospost, etc.) and other photos from Holroyd-Smyth's later training successes in the UK, eleven larger framed racing and point-to-point photos incl. two by Elliott and Fry and one of the Wellington Plate, Epsom, 1933, personal correspondence and postcards, etc. Baron Rothschild's was one of the major thoroughbred racehorse studs in Eastern Europe in the early part of the 20th century. Horses detailed include Roi Herode, Prince Olaf, Wombwell (won Hardwick), Wool Winder (2nd in Derby to Orby), Marcovil, Javelin, and mares Academie, Brington, Coronea, Csacska, Frau Godl, Frugal, Petiote, Pianola, Sagace, Sans Tache, etc. The stud manager during this period was William Holroyd-Smyth who returned to the England in the 1920s to set up his own training establishment for horses raced under Pony Club rules. (-)
Berlin Olympics. Two volumes of the photographic sticker books produced to commemorate the Berlin Olympics of 1936,. with a considerable number of stuck-in b&w photographs showing aspects of the Olympics, including several devoted to Jessie Owens, original blue cloth covered boards with the embossed Olympic emblem and title. This was produced as a collector's sticker book, with the photographs issued in batches. A particularly intriguing aspect of the production was the attention given to Jessie Owens who was famously snubbed by Hitler because of his non Ayrian race. Several photographs are devoted to him and his achievements in winning three gold medals, and most interesting of all is the shot which closes the entire production showing a stone mason carving his name on the Olympic memorial - a matter which would surely have invited the disapproval of Hitler. (2)
HEINLEIN, Robert A. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON. Shasta Publisher's, Chicago, 1950. First edition. 8vo. Internally clean and bright in a dust-wrapper with minor loss to the very head of the spine, not affecting the lettering and slight rubbing to the foot of the spine, two very small tears to the head of the upper panel and a little light wear to the corners of the folds.
A MOST ENTERTAINING MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT OF A TRIP FROM GIBRALTAR TO NORTH AFRICA on a hunting expedition, in the hand of Lieutenant H.E.Baker of the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Foot (The King's Own Royal Regiment) written between 4th-19th September, 1875, during which he gives graphic details of the adventures of himself and his companions, Harrison and Green of the same regiment, and Dantez, a civilian living in Gibraltar, and a local hunter named Yashi, comprising 36 pps, in ink on wove paper, (8vo size) ANOTHER ACCOUNT in the same hand (by Baker), describing his journey from London, via Calais to Brindisi, by rail, thence by P & O ship to Suez in company with fellow passengers, referred to as P.G. (Pretty Girl), to whom he quickly engineered an introduction, and who was subsequently referred to as OGIEL (Only girl I Ever Loved), GJM (German Jesuit Missionary), Lady Tichborne "who is a caution, he's a young ass", and others. Written in an entertaining manner and giving an interesting picture of English upper-class attitudes in the days before "political correctness," the account finishes "Please burn when read", which instruction was, fortuitously, ignored. Manuscript in ink on lined paper 14 pps. (4to size), n.d. 1870s, and A MILITARY FORM (W.O. Form 1121) granting Leave of Absence (on sick leave) to Lt. Baker 23rd July - 25 September, 1877. Signed by Lord Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, General Commanding the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1877, together with a typewritten transcript of the first two items.
THREE-SECOND QUARTER 19TH-CENTURY SUNDERLAND PUCE LUSTREWARE POTTERY JUGS (all imperfect), the largest decorated with an oval black transfer printed scene and verse entitled "SAILORS [sic] FAREWELL", another verse ("I envy no ones birth or fame...) and a three-masted sailing ship beneath the lip, 19cm, (7.5in) high (rim chip and star crack); the next printed with two verses m, ("When first I was a foremast man..." and "Distress me with those tears no more..." 12cm, (4.7in) high (serious damage including detached handle), and a third, smaller, printed with the proverbs "Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty" and "Who so mocketh the poor reproacheth his maker", 10.5cm,
Zanzibar Protectorate, under British administration, Sheha's (or Headmen's) badges of office (2), the silver example for Mwera District and the bronze for Chake-Chake, both 57mm., obv. sultan's toughra within ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT, each fitted with riveted suspension loop and with original 24in. chain for neck wear in appropriate metal, sometime polished and the silver medal with some light edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better and extremely rare; together with a fine signed portrait photograph of His Highness Seyyid Khalifa bin Harub who reigned as Sultan of Zanzibar from 1911 until circa 1960 (3).
A collection of mourning jewellery and an ivory toothpick box, comprising; an early 20th century gold, rose diamond, blue enamel and half-pearl cluster ring with a triple wire shank, the head inscribed verso 'In Memory of Frank who died July 2nd 19(??) aged 17', an 18th century gold marquise shaped ring lacking the glazed panel inscribed verso 'Dennis Bond Ob Dec 12th 1790 ae 69', a marquise shaped glazed panel enclosing an ivory miniature depicting a classical female leaning on a shield inscribed 'Sacred in Friendship', a oblong half-pearl bordered panel, lacking the glazed centre applied to a ring shank, a Victorian gold, sardonyx and black enamelled oval ring with a fluted shank, a sardonyx and tiny rose diamond oval ring with a floral engraved border and a hair-glazed back-panel, an oblong cabochon coral single stone ring, and an 18th century ivory oblong toothpick box with a central panel enclosing a sepia miniature depicting a winsome lady
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'The Garden Murder' - ten letters from the condemned man, Bombadier John Lincoln who was convicted of the murder of Edward Richards at Trowbridge, written from Shepton Mallet Prison to his old schoolmaster Mr B. Timberlake of Cambridge who had assisted his family in trying to get a reprieve, together with photographs of Lincoln, the letters written in February and March 1926.
FIVE BESWICK BEATRIX POTTER FIGURES: "Benjamin Bunny", wearing a floppy hat, his ears protruding, and holding a pair of slippers, one at his side the other in front, Height 4", "Samuel Whiskers", Height 3.5", "Foxy Whiskered Gentleman", Height 5", "Old woman who lived in a shoe", Height 2.5", and "Old Mr Brown", Height 3.25", all with brown transfer printed factory marks.
Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford ..., 2nd ed., very much Corrected and Enlarged; with the Addition of above 500 New Lives from the Author's Original Manuscript, 1721, title to each vol. printed in red and black, modern endpapers with library bookplate to front pastedowns of each vol., some slight spotting, modern library style dark brown qtr. morocco, folio (2).
Penryn and the Coinage Towns. To the Kings Most Excellent Matie. The humble petition of the Mayor Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Penryn..., May it therefore please your most Sacred majesty to make the said Town of Penryn a Coinage Town, a fine copy of Penryn's petition of 1682, seven pages, including detailed reasons in support of the claim together with Reasons humbly formed by the Antient Coinage Towns why no patent ought to be granted for the Coynage of Tynn at Penryn, a fine, large three-page document, 1682, written on one side of each leaf only, giving sixteen reasons against the above petition, slight damage at the folds of one leaf, also a copy of the Petition of 1732, from "the principal Inhabitants of the Burrough of Penryn who are buyers and Exporters of Tin or otherwise Concerned as Adventurers in Tin Mines", three pages, petitioning Frederick, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall to make the town a coinage town and copies of other Petitions from the same date, from the Parishes adjacent to Penryn, and from Falmouth, in support of Penryn and copies of Petitions from the same date, from Truro, St. Just, St. Ives, Penzance, Penwith, Helston and elsewhere, against Penryn, and other documents and original letters on the controversy, including a fine, detailed statement of account of the costs to the Corporation of Penzance in contesting the claim, including drawing up and copying petitions and affidavits, attending various other towns, postage, and other costs undertaken, between 1732 and 1738 (-).
Helston Poor Law. Depositions and Examinations relating to Legal Settlement. A collection of some 55 documents taken before two of the Justices of the Peace of the Borough, signed by or with the mark of the deponent, giving details of previous employment and abode, attempting to establish Helston as their place of legal settlement, covering the period 1793 to 1822 Includes the Deposition of Mary Whitford, about 63 years of age, born in the Parish of Sithney, ".... that about seven years since she intermarried with one Edward Whitford" of Helston, who shortly afterward being committed to transportation for life. She later worked as a servant to John Harris, an innkeeper in Falmouth, since which "she has done no act to gain settlement elsewhere". (55).
Helston Law. Deposition of Joseph Wills, one of the Constables, dated 4th October 1814, given before the Mayor, John Borlase, stating that he was called on to "endeavour to quell a Riot which had been taken place between some Tinners & the Inhabitants of the Borough", and that consequently his companion William Cade was assaulted by two of the rioters, who "violently beat & bruised him with a Bludgeon", naming Thomas and William Burgess of Breage, and Nicholas Date of Sithney as the culprits, signed by Wills and Borlase, with two other depositions by witnesses regarding the assault; a warrant from the Mayor for the arrest of Thomas and William Burgess; a draft warrant from the Mayor to commit Nicholas Date to the House of Correction at Bodmin (5).
Sparks (Nathaniel, 1880-1957). St. Mary Le Port Street, Bristol, pencil and watercolour, signed, approx. 31 x 20.5cms (12" x 8"), framed and glazed, gallery label to verso. Nathaniel Sparks was a native of Bristol, who studied at the Royal College of Art, and was a member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers. (1).
Bidlack (B. Alen). Address Delivered by B. Alden Bidlack, on the 22d February, 1839, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Vindication of the Patriotism and Military Services of the First Settlers of Wyoming, with a View to Correct Many Errors in the Written and Unwritten History of the Settlement and Massacre of the Valley, Published in Pursuance of the Request of a Subsequent Meeting, Washington, 1842, 16pp., edges untrimmed, modern marbled wrappers, 8vo, contained in modern book box, (Benjamin Bidlack (1804-49), congressman and diplomat, was the son of Connecticut pioneers who had settled in the Wyoming valley, north of Philadelphia, in the 1770s. During the War of Independence their community was devastated by the Loyalist Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant. The massacre was later memorialised in Thomas Cambell's 'Gertrude of Wyoming', 1809. Sabin 5251) together with Shepp (James W. & Daniel B.),Shepp's World's Fair Photographed, Being a Collection of Original Copyrighted Photographed Authorised and Permitted by the Management of the World's Columbian Exposition Consisting of Photographs of the Thirteen Original Buildings..., The War Ship Illinois..., The Midway Plaisance, and its Scenes..., Sold by Subscription only, pub. Globe Bible Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1893, b & w plan and numerous b & w illusts. from photos., orig gilt dec. cloth, oblong to Contemporary presentation inscription "Compliments of the Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa., U.S.A." (The Chicago 'World's Columbian Exposition' commemorated the 400th anniversary of the 'Discovery' of America and celebrated the country's economic and political achievements), and one other (3).
Liberty (Emma Louise, Mrs. Lasenby). Japan. A Pictorial Record by Mrs. Lasenby Liberty, edited and Supplemented with Descriptive Text by Mr. Lasenby Liberty, A. & C. Black, [1910], fifty photogravures, contents correct as list, some minor offsetting, a.e.g, rebound in full tan cloth with orig. upper cover and portion of spine relaid, oblong 4to Limited edition 73/200. Inscribed in ink by author to title page. Also with a tipped-in letter from the author to front endpaper, addressed to a Mr Llewellyn who assisted with the production of the book. (1).
Churchill (Sir Winston). Original telegram as Prime Minister, dated September 23rd 1952, sending his condolences on the death of George Tomlinson MP "who rendered distinguished service to Parliament and to the country and who was one of my trusted colleagues in the last struggle of the War", together with an extensive archive relating to Tomlinson's career including a considerable number of letters of condolence including those by Herbert Morrison, Stanley Rous (of the Football Association), Nancy Astor, Alf Robens and David Ennals, plus a number of original typescripts and manuscripts relating to his work, including the original typescript of his broadcast to the nation following the passing of the Disabled Persons Act, for which he had been responsible (-).
Suffolk. Important and scarce medieval manuscript vellum manorial roll for the Manor of Lydgate [Lidgate] for the court held on Monday 18th October,in the 21st year of Richard II [1397] and also for the Court held on 13th January 1397, the document on two sides gives an invaluable record of the feudal system in operation, recording the names of the jury, amercements (fines) for trespassing on the Lord's land with various animals, swearing of fealty by villeins, fines for various offences, precept for the apprehension of various villeins who have fled the manor, grants of land to be held by rent,amercements for various transgressions against another person, election of officers, swearing of fealty by villeins, permission to occupy new houses, etc., with accompanying translation of the main areas covered in the document, together with an in depth inventory, identification of place names referred to with their present day locations in and around Newmarket (1).
Drake (Sir Francis). Sir Francis Drake Revived, Who is or May be a Pattern to Stirre up all Heroicke and Active Spirits of these Times, to Benefit their Countrey and Eternize their Names by like Noble Attempts. Being a Summary and true Relation of Foure Severall Voyages made by the Said Sir Francis Drake to the West-Indies..., 4 parts in 1 vol., Printed at London for Nicholas Bourne, 1653, eng. port. frontis. present (A1), pages 17-20 and 27/28 provided in facsimile (leaves D1, D2 & E2), upper outer corners of pp.29-34 (1st part E3, E4 & F1) and pp.1-9 (2nd part A3-B2) torn affecting a few letters of printed marginal notes to leaves B1 & B2 of 2nd part, archival tissue repairs to numerous pages, slight soiling & occ. spotting, recent endpapers, contemp. calf (recased), 4to Title-pages to parts 2,3 & 4 dated 1652. (1).
Easton (James). Human Longevity: Recording the Name, Age, Place of Residence, and Year, of the Decease of 1712 Persons, who attained a Century, & Upwards, from A.D. 66 to 1799, comprising a Period of 1733 Years, with Anecdotes of the most Remarkable, 1st ed., Salisbury, 1799, contemp. marginal notes in ink, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed on joints, together with Thoms (William J.), The Longevity of Man, its Facts and its Fictions, with a Prefatory Letter to Prof. Owen on the Limits and Frequency of Exceptional Cases, 1st ed., 1879, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Wernekke (Hugo), On Life After Death, from the German of Gustav Theodor Fechner, 1882, orig. printed vellum boards, a little soiled, slim 8vo (3).
Wilde (Oscar). A Woman of No Importance, 1st ed., John Lane, 1894, orig. cloth with gilt decs. by Charles Ricketts, rubbed and sl. dulled, 8vo Mason 364. 500 copies printed. This copy with a signed promotional photograph of the actor Fred Terry who played Gerald Arbuthnot in the original production loosely inserted. (1).
Wilde (Oscar). An Ideal Husband, 1st ed., Smithers, 1899, half-title, orig. cloth with gilt decs. by Charles Ricketts, rubbed, minor wear to spine ends, 8vo Mason 385. 1000 copies printed. This copy with a signed promotional photograph of the actor Lewis Waller who played Sir Robert Chiltern in the original production loosely inserted. (1).
Harris (Frank). Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions, with memories of Oscar Wilde by Bernard Shaw, 2 vols., N.Y., printed and published by the author, 1918, b&w ports., upper hinges to each vol. cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo Presentation copy signed by the author. Inscribed on front free endpaper of first volume: "To Alfred Walmark, from his friend the author, who is also an admirer of his consummate artistry, Frank Harris, June 1920". (2).
Wilde (Oscar). The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People, 1st ed. Smithers, 1899, orig. cloth with gilt decs. by Charles Ricketts, rubbed, spine sl. darkened, 8vo Mason 381. With four original signed photographs of members of the original cast including George Alexander who played John Worthing and was the Manager of the St James' Theatre where the play was first put on. (1).
Browning (Elizabeth Barrett). Poems before Congress, 1st ed., 1860, half-title present, 65pp., 32pp. pubs. cat. bound in at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little darkened on spine and chipped at head and foot, slim 8vo, (ex-libris John Drinkwater, with his bookplate), together with Stevenson (Robert Louis), Catriona, a Sequel to 'Kidnapped' being Memoirs of the further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad, 1st ed., 1893, 18pp. pubs. cat. bound in at rear, orig. cloth gilt, (inner joints cracked), with slipcase, plus Allen (Grant), The Woman Who Did. A Hill-Top Novel, 1st ed., London & Boston, 1896, dec. title page designed by Aubrey Beardsley, pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt (with Beardsley design repeated on upper cover), and two others, all 8vo (5).
*Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Typed letter signed, 25th November 1949, on printed letterhead, addressed to Mr A.S.E. Ackermann [author of 'Popular Fallacies' etc.], explaining the pros and cons of using a publisher to publish a book in return for royalties as against self-financing the publication and letting a publisher take the title on commission, noting that Ruskin and Gerbert Spencer are notable examples of this latter practice, and then referring to [W.H.] Davies the Supertramp poet who 'began by having a long poem, printed and bound for cash acrtoss the counter and peddling it from door to door', one ink ms insertion in final sentence, signed in blue ballpoint pen, 2pp, 4to (1)
*WWI. Seven Framed Memorial Certificates and Photographs, including Honourable Discharge Certificate for Pte. William Joseph Paynter of the Royal Fusiliers, Memorial Photograph of Pte. E. Lund, a Citation a l'Ordre de l'Armee for Captain George Prestage, 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lance Regiment and Signal Wish from the School Children of the Empire who send Christmas Gifts to our Brave Soldiers & Sailors, presented to Irene Marshall, etc. (7)
*Prosecution of Felons. Manuscript vellum document, dated 13th January 1772, in which it relates that a number of burglaries, felonies, larcenies and thefts have been committed in the Parish of Membury, Devon, and that several persons guilty of the crimes have not been brought to justice on account of the great expense in the prosecution of these offenders, the document sets out to form a co-operative of twenty-seven people to fund the prosecution of such offenders, who commit burglary in dwelling houses, outhouses, or feloniously take or steal or carry away cattle, goods or chattels of us, or break hedges, steal wood, rob gardens, orchards, turnip fields etc., the signatures of all the members and their seals are affixed at bottom of document (1)
Thicknesse (Philip). A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain, 2 vols., 2nd ed. with additions, 1778, eng. frontis. to each vol. and six eng. plts., inc. 2 folding (1 plt. of folding music), worming to lower margins of pages in vol. 2, contemp. calf, upper boards detached, some wear to extrems., later spine labels, 8vo, together with Useful Hints to those who Make the Tour of France, in a Series of Letters, Written from that Kingdom, 1768, slight worming to lower margins of pages, contemp. calf with later morocco title label, upper board detached, 8vo (3)
Two page Mussolini letter, dated 16th January 1926, some fading, and occasional ink smudges, translation as follows: The Head of the Government Dear Farinacci, I hope to convince you at this time that the return of the support of the popular mass and of any group like the Aventines is a question of the moment, of Parliament, of the Party and above all a question that concerns Mussolini. Hence my proposal the importance of which you did not at once grasp, thus leaving you to raise numerous objections in a non-fascist style. When the Head of the Government before and after the date of 3 January 1925, is interested directly in so called moral question" and has made a proposal on this matter or any other matter - the Camera Fascista - to begin with the Deputy who is Secretary of the Party - votes on it - otherwise it shows itself to be undisciplined. You surely did not wish to commit an act of in-discipline, but the fact in itself - remains. Reason therefore for you, tomorrow to make me a written statement, given now the lack of support for sure of the popular mass, either no-one speaks or I speak as I know how to speak better than all the others, especially on certain matters. Most cordially yours ussolini - from Chigi Palace - 16 January 1926
*Large late 18th century Chinese punch or rose bowl, the centre decorated a boy holding out a basket to a fisherman who is holding a fish, seated on an island, the outside of the bowl intensely decorated with mandarins, birds and flowers in rural vignettes, the borders with floral and bird vignettes and darts - bowl broken but pieces remain, 12 1/2 ins diameter
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