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WACHTER OTTO: (1901-1949) Austrian Lawyer, Nazi Politician and a high-ranking member of the SS who served as Governor of the Krakow District 1939-42 and Governor of the District of Galicia 1942-44. An extremely rare T.L.S., Wachter, one page, 4to, Vienna, 5th April 1938, to the SS leader Christian Opdenhoff at the office of the Reich Commissioner for Austria, Josef Burckel, on printed stationery featuring a blind embossed Nazi Eagle and Swastika, in German. Wachter writes on the subject of party comrades who have arrived in Vienna from Germany and asks that the employees within his office be issued with residency permits, remarking 'I would like to point out that the Party comrades mentioned have specialist knowledge from their work at the NSDAP refugee agency, which I consider to be indispensable for establishing and managing my office'. Initialled in red indelible pencil, presumably by Opdenhoff. With four file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. VGChristian Opdenhoff (1902-1975) German NSDAP politician and an SS Oberfuhrer who, when Austria was 'annexed' to the German Reich, served on the staff of Josef Burckel (1895-1944), the Reich Commissioner for the reunification of Austria with the German Reich, in charge of building up the NSDAP in Austria.As a result of decrees issued by Otto Wachter, 68,000 Jews were expelled from Krakow in 1940 and in the following year the Krakow Ghetto was created for the remaining 15,000 Jews. Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal claimed that Wachter personally oversaw the transportation of four thousand Jews to extermination camps and was responsible for killing at least 800,000 Jews. In 1946 the Polish government requested that Wachter be delivered to Poland for trial for mass murder, shooting and executions, however Wachter managed to evade the Allied authorities for four years and in 1949 he was given refuge by the pro-Nazi Austrian bishop Alois Hudal in the Vatican, where he died the same year, aged 48, reportedly from kidney disease. Although Wachter was undeniably a primary perpetrator of the Holocaust and a leader of the Jewish extermination campaign, his son, Horst, claims his father was 'a good Nazi'.

COSIMO I DE' MEDICI: (1519-1574) Italian nobleman who served as the second Duke of Florence 1537-69 and became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany 1569-74. L.S., Il Duca di Fiorenza, as Duke of Florence, one page, 4to, Pisa, 17th November 1563, to Reverend Father Malatifi (?), in Italian. The Duke's letter states, in full, 'We don't expect any other answer from Rome about the cause of the cloister of St. Nicolas da Prato and whatever we ought make understood as my intentions we declared till now with my Rescritto who, being suitable to the mind of His Holiness, intimated in Rome to my Captain and to the others of the Holy Council, must be executed and we don't think that there one needs any scrupulosity'. With integral address leaf bearing a few minor remnants of a red wax seal, and a smaller detached portion with a blind embossed seal. Some light overall damp staining, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, and a few small holes and tears (largely to the integral leaf). About G

WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R[ex], a large and bold good example of his signature, one page, folio, 3rd October 1899, in German. The attractive partially printed document, bearing to the heading a crowned large eagle above the printed text “Wilhelm, King of Prussia”, is an appointment awarded to Wilhelm Holtze. Signed by the Kaiser in dark fountain pen ink at the conclusion alongside a large blind embossed attractive seal. Countersigned at the base. With blank integral leaf. Very small minor creasing to the upper edge, otherwise VG

JOHN III SOBIESKI: (1629-1696) King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania 1674-96. A popular King among his subjects and a respected military leader whose 22-year reign marked a period of stabilization. Very rare L.S., `Jan Krol´, signed by the King of Poland, one page, folio, Warsaw, 14th January 1686, to Jan Benedykt Sapieha, in Polish. The letter states to the heading, “John Sobieski Third, King of Poland by the Grace of God, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Mazovia, …” The letter states in part `…belongings according to the perpetual law of his subordinates in the district of Samogitia in the Wieszniawski poviat... the village of Giergany near Vilnius... We allow Gierhanowi Rennowi and Marcie Blumberkowinie spouses to waive and give up this right of fief on the person of Jerzy Swiechowskiego …” Bearing at the base of the front page a large blind embossed seal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With registration annotations to the verso. Small overall creasing and age wear, with two small tears to the lower edge, not affecting the signature or seal. G Jan Benedykt Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and politician. He was appointed Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Sapieha was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Parliament and took part in the expedition to Khotyn in 1673. He contributed to and supported the victory of Jan III Sobieski as King.

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. An unusual D.S., Carolus R, at the foot, as King, in exile, one page, oblong folio, Brussels, 4th July 1657, in Latin. The manuscript document, to which the King has added one word in his own hand, is addressed to 'The most serene, powerful, elevated, and illustrious, emperors, kings, princes, marquises, counts, orders, barons, dynasties and all their inheritances….from military camps, divisions, provinces, walled cities, rivers' ships, ports, roads and bridges' administrators and all the relative….' and regards Lord Jacob, Count of Castlehaven (whose name, Jacobus, King Charles inserts in his own hand), requiring that he and his servants, horses and weapons are able to move safely and freely on their journey, and concluding 'And above all these friends, the benevolence, the favour, and protection of the duties surround them and turn out; and according to their facts for this, it will be very pleasant for us, when the opportunity will come, to return the same grace to them'. Countersigned at the foot by Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669) English politician who served as Secretary of State to both King Charles I and King Charles II. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and age wear and with a few small holes and areas of paper loss at some folds, none of which affect the King's signature. About VG James Tuchet (c.1617-1684) 3rd Earl of Castlehaven. Irish soldier who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA: (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia 1894-1917. A rare and exceptional signed 7 x 11 photograph by the Tsar, a large and unusual size image depicting Nicholas II in a half length formal pose wearing his uniform. Signed in bold black ink `Nicholas´, in Cyrillic, to the white lower photographer´s mount. Also dated, 1909, in the Emperor´s hand, to the lower right corner. Photograph by the Imperial Russian Court photographers Boissonnas & Eggler of St. Petersburg and bearing their blind embossed stamp to the lower white photographer's mount border, beneath the Emperor´s signature. VG

TOCQUEVILLE ALEXIS DE: (1805-1859) Alexis Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville. French Diplomat, Historian and political Scientist, best-known for his early sociological works Democracy in America (1840) and the Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). An excellent A.L.S., `alexis de Tocqueville´, two pages, 8vo, n.p. [London], Friday morning, n.d., to Mme. Austin, in French. Tocqueville regrets not being able to attend her correspondent´s invitation, stating in part `..Mr. Beaumont and I have dinner tonight at the Marquis of Lansdowne house.. but I do not want the opportunity to meet you one more time before you leave London..´ Tocqueville further adds a post-scriptum referring to a message just received, referring to a meeting he will have with Mr. Reeve. The document bears to the upper left front corner a blind embossed seal. With blank address leaf, in Tocqueville´s hand, bearing a very attractive small red wax seal. Small area of paper loss to the upper right corner of the address leaf as a result of the opening. VG

[EAST INDIA COMPANY]: A small archive of military commissions and other documents relating to the career of Francis Charles Trevor, an artillery officer who served in India from the mid to late 19th century, including Colin Campbell (1792-1863) 1st Baron Clyde, British Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, India, 1857-61. D.S., Clyde, one page, oblong folio, Simlah, Bengal, 24th August 1859, appointing Francis to be a 1st Lieutenant in the Queen's Army in the East Indies; George Harris (1810-1872) 3rd Baron Harris, British peer, politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad 1846-54 and as Governor of Madras 1854-59. D.S., Harris, one page (vellum), oblong 4to, Fort St. George, 14th May 1858, appointing Francis to be a 1st Lieutenant in the Corps of Artillery; Prince George (1819-1904) Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1856-95, four Ds.S., George, each one page, oblong folio, n.p., 1863-78, each being military commissions variously appointing Francis to be a Second Captain of a Battery in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and a Colonel in the Land Forces, each with pale blue blind embossed seals affixed; and two other documents (one a passport bearing a facsimile signature of the Marquess of Salisbury, 1898) relating to Charles Cecil Trevor and Charles Edward Trevor. Some light overall age wear, dust staining, and splits to some folds etc. Generally G, 8

SLAVERY ABOLITION DECREE - CUBA: CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. An attractive signed printed document, one page, large folio, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The document being a decree is entitled ''Slavery Conditioned Abolition Decree - Carlos Manuel de Cespedes - Captain-General of the Liberator Army of Cuba and Leader of the Provisional Government'', and bears a very attractive and large vignette to the heading, showing the flag Cuban star, and a Cuban shaking hands with indigenous. The decree contains nine articles, and commences stating “The Cuban Revolution, proclaiming the independence of the Homeland and with it all freedoms, cannot accept the inconsistency of restricting it to only one part of the country´s population. A free Cuba is incompatible with a proslavery Cuba..´ further saying on its first article `All slaves are declared free..´. Boldly signed by Cespedes at the base of the document `C. M de Cespedes´. Bearing a large blind embossed seal to the head and a large black paper seal affixed, both of the Liberator Cuban army. Overall age wear, with multiple tears to the edges, and overall staining, with fox stains. Repaired to the verso. F

MACEO Y GRAJALES JOSE ANTONIO: (1845-1896) Guerrilla iconic Leader and second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence. Cubans nicknamed Maceo ”The Bronze Titan” because of his multiple wounds in battle, while Spanish nicknamed him “The elder Lion”. Maceo was killed near Punta Brava by Spanish forces after being betrayed by the physician of his headquarters. Rare L.S., `A. Maceo´, one page, 4to, Republic of Cuba, 8th September 1896, in Spanish. The present letter was signed only three months before being killed. The document bears a blind embossed seal and is the appointment of Sargent Nicolas Yneraite as second-Lieutenant, and signed by Mateo y Grajales in his capacity as Lieutenant General of the Liberation Army of Cuba. Overall age wear, creasing and staining, with few holes and small tears to edges. About F

HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. D.S., in Arabic, one page, folio, n.p., 7th August 1980, featuring the blind embossed coat of arms of Iraq to the upper edge. The typed document, in Arabic, relates to Police Commissioner Hussein Yahaya Wolley and confirms that they completed their work on 7th August 1980 and should now be appointed as a minister for finance. Signed by Saddam Hussein in red fountain pen ink at the conclusion. With four small file holes to the right edge and some light creasing and a small, neat tear (repaired to the verso) to the upper edge. About VG

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. A.L.S., `Ch. Gounod´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 30th April 1885, to Edouard Colonne, in French. Gounod states `Je vous adresse une vaillante petite femme qu´il faut faire jouer dans notre concert pour les aveugles. C´est Madame Lucie Palicot… C´est non seulement un atout comme talent, mais une "attraction" comme virtuosité spéciale.´, ("I send to you a brave little woman who we must make perform at our concert for the blind. She is Madame Lucie Palicot… She is not only an asset as talent, but an "attraction" as special virtuosity.´ With blank integral leaf. VG Edouard Colonne (1838-1910) French Conductor and Violinist.Charles Gounod met Lucie Palicot in 1880 and showed since then strong enthusiasm for the musician.

LANDSEER EDWIN: (1802-1873) English painter and sculptor. A.L.S., E Landseer, three pages, 8vo, The Club [London], 17th December 1863, to Sir Martin, on the blind embossed stationery of The Athenaeum. Landseer states that at 2 o'clock each day he goes to his clay studio on Fulham Road, explaining 'Yesterday I remained at work there till past 6 o'c and…..I drove to my caster and did not get either of your obliging notes till 11 o'c night when I returned to my home' and further adding 'Today after working at my model I walked off to Gt. George St. Westminster in obedience to your note appointing me there between 5 and 6 o'c. I was there at a quarter before 6 sharp. I write these details in case I don't find you at home this eve. If you can give my 5 minutes I am waiting at your door'. VGGreat George Street in Westminster, London, has housed the headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers since 1839 and, at the time of Landseer's letter, was also the location of the National Portrait Gallery.

CLEMENT XII: (1652-1740) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1730-40. Clement XII started the construction of the Trevi Fountain. Rare L.S., `L.[orenzo] Card.[inal] Corsini´, in his capacity as Cardinal of Santa Susanna 1706-20, one page, 4to, Rome, 7th January 1713, to Gaetano Galletti of Florence, in Italian. The future Pope responds to his correspondent and sends his best greetings stating in part `…Non posso vedermi confermato da V.S. il Suo affetto senza mio molto compiacimento; Ond´e che ben caro m´e stato l´augurio di prosperita da lei inviatomi..´ With address leaf, bearing a paper seal with coat of arms affixed. Autographs of Clement XII are rare, and unknown as Pope, since he was blind since 1732. Small overall minor creasing, otherwise G to VG

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. Pius XI was the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11th February 1929. A good signed 12.5 x 18.5 photograph (32 cm x 47 cm), the G. Felici from Rome image depicting Pope Pius XI in a half length pose. Signed `Pius P.P. XI´, in large bold black ink letters, beneath a written Apostolic blessing request from Giuseppe Spano and family. The photograph bears to the bottom matted left corner a blind embossed Papal seal. Overall age wear and small staining mostly to the matted edges, and few scratches to the left edge photograph, otherwise G

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1978-2005. Canonized in 2014. A good signed colour 7 x 9.5 photograph by John Paul II, as Pope, 1984, the image depicting the Pope in a half-length pose. Signed `Giovanni Paulus II´, to the lower light matted border, beneath a written blessing stating `A Mong. Osvaldo Balducci nel 50º anniversario della sua ordinazione presbiterale rivolgo fervidi voti augurali e, invocando da Cristo Sommo ed Eterno Sacerdote nuova effusione di grazie celesti perché il suo servizio ecclesiale continui ad essere allietato da copiosi frutti spirituali, gli invio di cuore l´implorata Benedizione Apostolica che volentieri estendo a tutti I suoi Cari.´, dated `Dal Vaticano, 22nd December 1984´. The photograph bears to the bottom matted border an attractive blind embossed Papal seal. VG

GARRETT PAT: (1850-1908) American Lawman, Bartender and Customs Agent of America's Old West, famous for his pursuit and shooting of Billy the Kid. D.S., P. F. Garrett, two pages, oblong 4to, Jarilla, New Mexico, 12th December 1899. The attractive partially printed document is a share certificate for one hundred shares of $10 each of the capital stock of The Alabama Gold and Copper Mining Company, numbered 50 and issued to W. H. H. Llewellyn. Signed by Garrett at the foot in his capacity as Secretary of the company and countersigned by J. M. Llewellyn (most likely a relative of the shareholder) in his capacity as President. With the gold foil blind embossed seal affixed to the lower left corner. Scarce. VG

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Alex Dumas´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Porcher, in French. The letter bears to upper left corner a crowned blind embossed seal. Dumas refers to theatre passes and states `Je crois mon cher Porcher que vous n´avez plus de billets… en tout cas vous pouvez prendre celui-là. Gardez 200 fr dessus qui seront a compte sur mon billet du 25´ (“I believe my dear Porcher that you have no more tickets… in any case you can take this one. Keep 200 fr on it which will be on account of the balance due to me on the 25th”) With blank integral leaf. Creasing to the upper edge, otherwise G Jean Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) and his wife were French Theatrical Agents who used to purchase copyrights and ticket passes for their authors, later reselling them at the entrance doors of theatres. He very often advanced money to Dumas and other artists, sometimes keeping some manuscripts in pledge.

BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) British Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, on the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring an illustration of the Six Cousins, n.p. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), n.d. (1st May 1954), to Gillian Stacey. Blyton thanks her correspondent for their beautifully written letter and generous gift to the little blind children, adding 'It is very kind of your club to send this....You must have had a good little jumble sale!' Blyton also remarks that her correspondent's club sounds exciting and informs her that she has just finished writing a twelfth book. Some extensive, although light, staining and creasing, affecting the majority of the text and signature, all of which however remain completely legible. Only FR

‘it’s an illustration of the way that so many American impressions…. fade away & dissolve’ JAMES HENRY: (1843-1916) American-born British author. A.L.S., Henry James, six pages, 8vo, Pall Mall, London, 13th November 1911, to Doctor [Joseph] Collins, on the blind embossed stationery of The Athenaeum. James announces 'Your most kind note from the ship does me a world of good, & your guarantee of my appearance of being so well contributes immensely to establish the reality - is in fact quite life-giving' and continues 'The great thing is that I have made so much my own way to it - giving me the sense that I can therefore myself work out what remains (for there still remains something) of the job. And I have a faint hope & faith that I shall see you here again…..I liked so your presence & our talk of the other evening, with things so many, into which I should have liked to go with you deeper. But that will come'. In a two page postscript, signed ('H.J.') by James with his initials, the author informs Collins 'I shall have to send this to the Joneses to pass on to you - it's an illustration of the way that so many American impressions & facts (local & national) fade away & dissolve (from the “European mind”) that I have managed to forget all the numerals in both your addresses - so colourless are American addresses “anyway”! I have yours inscribed, but my little book is not at hand'. VGDuring an extended visit to the United States in 1910 & 1911, James had sought the advice of physician Joseph Collins for methods of losing weight and also the treatment of his 'evil times' (what would now probably diagnosed as depression) following the death of his brother, William.

TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. Statement Signed, Rabindranath Tagore, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., August 1921. The page bears a heading in the hand of a collector reading Maxims of Life of the Leading People of the whole World and Tagore has provided his response below, written in an unidentified hand, and stating 'Life's highest opportunity is to be able to offer hospitality to God. We live in God's world and forget him, for the blind acceptance which is one-sided never finds the truth. It is a desert which receives rain but never offers fruit in return and its receiving has no meaning. God's world is given to us, and when we offer our world to God, then the gift is realised'. Some light overall foxing and a few light, minor creases and small tears to the edges, G

DEWAR JAMES: (1842-1923) British chemist and physicist, best known for his invention of the vacuum (thermos) flask. A.L.S., James Dewar, three pages, 8vo, Albemarle Street, London, 14th May 1894, to Louis Olivier, on the blind embossed stationery of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Dewar acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's note regarding the Friday Evening Address which he hopes to deliver on the 10th June, and comments 'As soon as I get a Proof ready for the Journal of the Royal Institution I shall take much pleasure in sending it to you for publication in France. In any case I do not anticipate being able to do anything for some weeks, but when I make any notes I will send them to the “Revue Generale des Sciences”'. Two small file holes to the upper edge of each page, otherwise VGLouis Olivier (1854-1910) French scientist who created the scientific journal Revue générale des sciences pures et appliqués in 1890.

BONAPARTE JEROME: (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13. Younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. A very fine A.L.S. `Jerome´, two pages, 8vo, Genova, 22nd May 1843, to his daughter Princess Mathilde, in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner a blind embossed seal with an eagle and Vessel. Jerome reports about an incident occurred between his son Prince Napoleon (1822-1891) and one of his collaborators, stating `J'ai envoyé Borny à Florence pour obtenir le visa promis pour la rentrée de mon fils ; je ne pense pas que ce nouvel incident puisse changer la promesse faite puisque rien n'a eu lieu; nous avons des gens qui agissent sans raison et sans justice on ne peut jamais compter sur rien !´ (“I sent Borny to Florence to obtain the visa promised for my son's return; I don't think this new incident could change the promise made since nothing has happened; we have some people who act without any reason and without justice we can never count on anything!”) Jerome Bonaparte further refers to the future marriage between Eliza Banicka and Count Zygmunt Krasinski. Small overall minor age wear. One tear to the right edge not affecting the signature. With blank integral leaf with a hole to the blank leaf. G

FRASER BRUCE: (1888-1981) 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape. British Admiral of the Fleet during World War II. Vintage signed 6 x 8 photograph of Fraser in a half-length pose wearing his naval uniform and smoking a pipe. Signed ('Fraser of North Cape, Admiral of the Fleet') in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Together with a black ink signature and sentiment ('With my best wishes, Fraser of North Cape') on a 12mo sheet of blind embossed stationery, dated 5th October in his hand. Some very light, minor wrinkling to the edges of the photograph, VG, 2

A George III mahogany chest on chest with a blind fretworked cornice, over three short, two long and a secretaire drawer, flanked by reeded quadrant columns, above three long drawers, on bracket feet, 183cm high, 125cm wide, 59cm deep

After Alfred James Munnings'The Saddling Paddock Cheltenham March Meeting', print in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with the FATG blind stamp, 40 x 63cm

After Alfred James Munnings'After the Race', print in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with the FATG blind stamp, 49 x 63cm

After Alfred James Munnings'The Red Prince Mare', print in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with the FATG blind stamp, 38 x 58cm

Football Daley Blind signed Manchester United 12x8 colour photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A circa 1900 French lacquered brass cased carriage clock, the dial with Arabic numerals inscribed "Vincent Weymouth" over a subsidiary dial striking on a bell to the base, the case with column and blind fretwork style decoration raised on turned feet 16.5 cm high including handle CONDITION REPORTS The piece is basically sound throughout with no particular damage or loss. There is some discolouration to the gilding of the gilt brass and possible oxidisation, though over all quite dirty and in need of a clean. Presumed that the marks will come off with a clean but this may be deeper rooted oxidisation. The door has a dent top right and bottom right, the glass is broken in the bottom right corner - see images - and also chipped top right, again see image. Otherwise wear and tear conducive with age and use

An Edwardian mahogany music cabinet, the raised back with swan neck pediment above a shelf, with moulded edge and a bevelled mirror plate, the serpentine fronted base with a moulded edge above a blind fret carved frieze and a glazed door, on square tapering legs with castors, retailers label W Whiteley of London, 139cm high, 56cm wide, 39cm deep.

Railway Maps. The Railways throughout England & Wales, to the capital of Scotland, London: H. Tuck, 1840, lithographic map with contemporary hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, some staining, verso to one section with adhered printed publisher's advertisement, 573 x 476 mm, inside upper board with printed Railway Compendium, bound in original cloth (soiled with some wear), printed label to upper board, with calligraphic title and steam engine vignette, somewhat soiled and rubbed, with ink manuscript date added, together with: Cheffins's Map of the English & Scotch Railways, London: C.F. Cheffins, 1848, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the principal railways in Scotland, folding Cornwall extension, some discolouration and soiling, 708 x 580 mm, bound in original blind-stamped and gilt-lettered cloth, soiled and somewhat rubbed, plus: Wyld's Road Director, through England and Wales, London: James Wyld, 1857, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, a trifle dust-soiled with some minor marks, slight wear where folds cross, 637 x 577 mm, without slipcase, and two others similar: Black's Road & Railway Travelling Map of England [cover-title], London: A. & C. Black, circa 1870; A Map of England & Wales ... shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers and canals, London: S. Lewis & Co., 1839, two parts only (of 4), various sizes and conditionQty: (6)

Buonaiuti (B. Serafino, Van Ler Bergi, P. & Godby, James). Italian Scenery; Representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Different States of Italy; Containing Thirty-Two Coloured Engravings, by James Godby, from Original Drawings by P. Van Lerberghi, The Narrative by M. Buonaiuti, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823, 32 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates (plate 1 creased and marked), text in English & French, occasional offsetting to text, sewing weak at front of volume and leaves loosening, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain plum morocco, gilt and blind decoration, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Abbey Travel 169.

World. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte Reduite des Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre...., Paris, 1755, large engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, decorative cartouche and advertisement, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, some creasing and dust soiling, 555 x 825 mmQty: (1)Footnote: An early state without the Depot de la Marine blind stamp or price.

Britton (John). Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830, half-title, numerous etchings & engravings, spotting and dampstaining (mostly marginal), lightly offset, hinges strengthened, contemporary dark brown half morocco, rubbed, rebacked and re-cornered, 4to, together with: Noble (T. & T. Rose), The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Rutland, Illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom, [1836], additional decorative title, engraved frontispiece (cracked along plate line), numerous engraved views, some toning and spotting, front free endpaper with embossed stamp of The Hermitage, Whickham, Newcastle, and of Kaye bookseller, Newcastle, armorial bookplate of Henry Edmund Taylor, Whickham, all edges gilt, contemporary half red calf, faded and rubbed, worn at extremities, 4to, plus: English Lakes, Views of the English Lakes, Windermere: J. Garnet, circa 1861, engraved title, 26 engraved vignette plates, 2 publisher's advert leaves at rear, edges spotted, all edges gilt, hinges cracked, original cloth, front cover with gilt-blocked title, rubbed and lightly soiled, a little wear to extremities, short splits to joints, oblong 8vo, and The Chaplet; and elegant literary miscellany, London: J. Harwood, [circa 1845], additional engraved title, numerous engraved plates, some toning and spotting, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original decorative black morocco, covers and spine blocked in gilt and blind, rubbed, slightly faded, joints cracking, 8voQty: (4)

Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex: with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood, London: T. & J. Egerton, 1793, sepia aquatint frontispiece and 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, single-page map, woodcut illustrations, modern dark terracotta red morocco, gilt decorated spine, 4to, together with:Page (John Lloyd Warden), An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset, with notes on its Archaeology, London: Seeley & Co., Ltd., 1890, half-title, mounted etched frontispiece, 17 plates (including three etched plates, remainder monochrome), folding map at rear, verso of front free endpaper with ownership signature of Walter D. Watney 26 March 1891, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-covered boards with modern gilt-decorated morocco spine, 8vo (limited Large paper edition 72/250),Pinks (William J.), The History of Clerkenwell ... with additions by the editor Edward J. Wood, 2nd edition, London: Charles Herbert, 1881, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, plate and illustrations, hand-coloured folding lithograph map, endpapers renewed, original gilt and blind blocked cloth-covered boards with modern polished sheep spine, 4toQty: (3)

Munster (Sebastian). Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI..., [Basel: Heinrich Petri, circa 1550], lacks title, four (of fourteen) double-page maps only (Sueviae, Bohemiae, Poloniae, and Pomeraniae), 17 double-page woodcut views of towns only (Rome, Florence, Solothurn, Verne, Basel, Rusach, Colmar, Celestadt, Wittenberg, Koblenz, Cologne, Chur, Lindoia, Nordling, Frising and Wurzburg), double-page wood cut of sea monsters (damaged to edges with some loss), approximately 75 other woodcut maps and views in the text, and approximately 900 woodcut illustrations to text, occasional early annotations in ink (16th century), some marks and soiling mainly to margins, minor water stain to lower outer corners at front of volume, the four preliminary leaves (*2-5), with some soiling and wear, restored to lower margins, with loss of text to the first leaf, text ends on capital Ddd2 (page 1090), with one defective leaf after that (page 1103/04), 19th century endpapers, with engraved bookplate of Millikaen House, Renfrewshire, to front pastedown,19th century blind-ruled full calf, with blind-decorated lozenge to centre of each cover, rubbed and marked, modern reback, folio, sold with all faults, not subject to return Qty: (1)Footnote: Adams M1908.

Bible [English; Matthew's Version]. [The Byble, that is to saye, all the holye Scripture…, Nicolas Hyll, 1551], 5 parts in one, 533 (of 730) leaves, double column, black letter, 55 lines to a full column, woodcut initials, Apocrypha title within wide historiated border (but lacking decorative title-pages for general title, NT title and titles before Joshua and the Psalter), some leaves taken from another copy of the same edition and printed on heavier paper stock, in total lacking 135 leaves: all before a4 (20 preliminary leaves, 108 leaves Pentateuch, first three leaves of Joshua), plus a8, b1-8, v4 (blank), Aa1, Aa8, Mm1, Qq2-3, Yy6-8, AAa1-3, NNn1 (22 leaves) and all after NNn7 (i.e. NNn8, OOo-SSs8, TTt6, a further 47 leaves); some leaves damaged and torn with loss, including folios k6, v3, Aa2-3, signatures Aa-Ff (significant fraying to lower margins with tears into text with some slight loss), Dd8, Ff4, Oo8, Ss3, KK2, KKk2, LLl3-NNn7 (running hole affecting 5-8 lines of text on each page), old soiling and dampstaining throughout with occasional edge fraying, a few ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Miles, dated 1837, scattered minor ink annotations and some old highlighting/redacting of a few occasional words in dark ink, mostly affecting NT, modern antique-style blind-stamped morocco with five raised bands, titled and dated in gilt, spine lightly faded, upper cover scratched, folio (310 x 205mm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Herbert 92; STC 2084.The fourth edition of 'Matthew's version' of the Bible. First published in 1537 this version 'welds together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale, [and] is generally considered to be the real primary version of our English Bible' (Herbert). It was compiled by Tyndale's associate John Rogers (later martyred in 1555), who issued the Bible under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthew, 'for no certain reason' (ODNB).Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Justin Martyr (Saint). Tou agiou Joustinou philosochou kai martyros..., ex Bibliotheca Regia, 1st edition, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551, title with woodcut printer's device, text in Greek, woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional marginalia in brown ink in Latin and Greek, 18th century ownership inscription in brown ink to head of title: 'Nathan Wrighte of Englefeild', 20th century signature of D.L. Cumming to front pastedown, 18th century blind-panelled sprinkled full calf, rubbed and some marks and scuffs, upper joint a little tender with minor wear to head and foot of spine, some loss to title label, folio, together with:Kyriander (Wilhelm), Annales sive commentarii de origine et statu antiquissimae civitatis Augustae Treverorum, Zweibrücken: Caspar Wittel, 1603, woodcut device to title and few decorative initials, title dust-soiled, some dampstaining mostly at front, bound with,Reyneke (Reinhard), Origines illustriss. stirpis Brandeburgicae, seu Historiae expositiones geminae de nobiliss. et antiquiss. Welforum prosapia: e germanica lingua in latinam conversae..., Frankfurt: Andream Wechelum, 1581, printer's woodcut device to title, decorative initials, head & tailpieces, some browning and spotting throughout volume, marbled endpapers with Skene Library bookplate to upper pastedown, late 17th/early 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, gilt armorial to centre of each board, joints cracked and spine darkened, folio,Bildius (Beatus), Beati Rhenani ... Rerum Germanicarum libri tres. Adiecta est in calce Epistola ad D. Philippu? Puchaimeru?, de locis Plinij per St. Aquæum attactis, ubi mendæ quædam eiusdem autoris emaculantur..., Basel: In officiana Frobeniana, 1531, printer's woodcut device to title and with early annotation to lower blank margin (repaired closed tear at foot), few decorative woodcut initials, occasional early underscoring and marginal notes, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, some even toning and lower margins of some leaves lightly damp stained, 19th century marbled sheep, joints cracked and small area of loss at head of spine, extremities rubbed, small slim folio,Aventinus (Johannes), Io. Auentini Annalium Boiorum libri VII. / Ex autenticis manuscriptis codicibus per CL. V. D. Nic. Cisnerum, electoralis curiae palatinae proiudicem & consiliarum, singulari diligentia & fide, recogniti, restituti & aucti., Basel: Impensis Ludouici Regis., 1615, woodcut portrait to title, short worm trail to few initial leaves, browning and spotting throughout volume, occasional marginal damp stains, near contemporary calf with inset panel with double gilt rule border, old reback, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio, plus one other 17th century antiquarian volume Justin Martyr (Saint), Sancti Iustini philosophi et martyris Opera. Græcus textus multis in locis correctus; & Latina Ioannis Langi versio passim emendata..., Paris: Claudium Morellum, [1615], lacking title, contemporary calf with blind rollwork decoration, joints cracked, folioQty: (5)Footnote: 1. Mortimer, Harvard French Books 335; Renouard 79/2; Schreiber, Estienne 107.The editio princeps of Saint Justin Martyr's surviving works, printed in the first font of the grecs du roi, and described by Schreiber as 'a most important contribution to the study of Christian antiquity'.Provenance: Nathan Wright of Englefield, Berkshire (his ownership inscription to title), most likely Nathan Wrighte, son of the Reverend Nathan Wrighte and Anne Powlett, brother to Powlett Wright who inherited Englefield in 1729. When Powlett Wright died of smallpox in 1741, his son Powlett came into the estate, but when he died childless in 1779 it passed to his uncle Nathan until his death on 7th June 1789, at the age of 73.2. Brunet III, 704. The 2nd edition of the early history of Trier (Treves), written by the Bishop's secretary and dedicated to emperor Rudolf II. Kaspar Wittel was an early Zweibrucken printer 1597-1607.

Tauler (Johannes). Tam de Tempore quam de Sanctis Homilie, Operaq; eiusdem alia Pietati quam maxime infe inservientia, summo studio recens ab ipso interprete Laurentio Surio recognita, & Homiliis Epistolisque aliquot modo primum additis..., Cologne: exofficima Haeredum Joannis Quentel, 1553, title with printers woodcut device, 742pp (including 8 unnumbered preliminary pages of index at end), woodcut initials, including large woodcut initial to dedication leaf, light water stains to title, early (17th century) neat ownership inscription in ink to foot of title 'Ex libris Joh. Egolphi à Knoringen', and slightly later ink inscription to head of title 'Bibliothecae Academicae Ingolstad', neat 20th-century owners name DL Cumming to upper outer corner of title, front endpaper missing, contemporary blind-stamped pig skin over wooden boards, with brass clasps, in working order, a little rubbed and some light discolouration, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Adams T276.First edition of the sermons of the Dominican mystical preacher Johann Tauler (circa 1300-1361), translated from the German into Latin by Laurentius Surius (1522-1578), of the Charterhouse of St. Barbara, Cologne, who published several translations of the so-called Rhine land mystics, including Tauler, Henry Suso, and John of Ruysbroeck.

Bible [Latin]. Biblia interprete Sebastiano Castalione una cum ejusdem annotationibus, Basel: Johannes Oporinus, March 1556, double column, roman letter, 64 lines to a full column, printer's woodcut device on title (cut down and relaid on old paper), woodcut initial letters, a few woodcuts in the Annotations, some pepper wormholes to early and final leaves touching text, old dampstaining throughout principally affecting text at inner margins, closed tear to lower part of x2, tears with blank paper loss to lower margins of X6 and QQ2-5, lacks Hh6 (blank before NT), Aa1 (New Testament part title), VV4 (errata leaf) and AAa6 (final blank), 19th-century blind-stamped calf, some wear, slightly cracked on joints, folio (350 x 240mm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Adams B1052; Darlow & Moule 6137. 'Châteillon aroused bitter hostility among Calvin's followers by the publication of his Latin and French translations of the Bible … A striking characteristic of Châteillon's Latin version is his use of classical substitutes for recognised ecclesiastical terms' (D&M 6131, notes to first edition, 1551).The third edition of Sébastien Châteillon's version and the last issued before his death in 1563. First published in 1551 it was dedicated to Edward VI of England and the first edition of an independent version of the Bible. A second revised edition appeared in 1654.

Goltz (Hubert). Les Images presque de tous les empereurs, depuis C. Julius Caesar jusques a Charles V et Ferdinandus son freere, pourtraites au vif, prinses des me?dailles anciennes..., [Anvers: Impr. de G. Coppenius], 1557, title (A1) within strapwork cartouche, colour-printed from at least 2 woodblocks over an etched outline (torn to outer corners with loss and lined to verso, 124 chiaroscuro medallion portrait woodcuts only over etching printed in tones of brown and sepia (of 155), without preliminary leaves after title and few other leaves, close trimming at head with some cropping of plate numbers, leaves P6 & Y3 torn with loss, T6 with knife cuts around image, some fraying and occasional other tears, damp stains and spotting, few repairs, 19th century half sheep, blind decoration to spine, rubbed and some wear, 4to in 6s (27.5 x 21.5 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Sold with all faults, not subject to return. This volume contains 125 leaves only and appears to collate as A1 (title), D2-D6, E1-E6, G1-N6, O2-O6, P1-X6, Y2-Y6, Z6, Aa2--Aa4, Bb1, Bb4-Bb5, Cc2-Cc3, Dd3-Dd4, Ee1-Ee2, Ee4-Ee6, Ff1-Ff3.In 1557 the German painter, engraver, and printer Hubert Goltzius (1526-1583) issued a folio volume from the press of Copen (?) Diesthem in Antwerp, entitled Lebendige Bilder gar nach all Keyersern, von C. Julio Caesare, bisz auff Carolum.V. und Ferdinandum seinem Bruder, auxz den alten Medalien. He also issued this book in Latin and Italian in 1557, in French in 1559, and in Spanish in 1560. Each edition was illustrated with etched portrait medallions of each emperor with woodcut colour. In addition to illustrating medallic portraits of Roman emperors, Goltzius provided histories of their reigns.

Major (Georg). Cantica ex Sacris literis, in ecclesia cantari solita, cum Hymnis & Collectis, seu orationibus Ecclesiasticis, in usum Pastorum, Diaconorum, & iuventutis Scholasticae, iam postremum recognita et aucta, Wittenberg: in officina haeredum Laurentii Schwenck, 1574, 91, [4] leaves (a-f12, h11), title within decorative woodcut border, with woodcut illustration of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea to verso, 2 hymns with extensive contemporary annotations in brown ink (De Passione, and In die Pentecostes) to c3-4 and c9, some light waterstains, colophon to final leaf, with printer's woodcut device to verso, 19th century pale blue plain wrappers, now contained in modern drop-over book box, 12mo (128 x 76 mm), together with:Hoffmeister (Johann), Homiliae in Evangelia, quae in Dominicis, et aliis festis diebus leguntur per totum annum..., Antwerp: Joannis Steelsii, 1557, woodcut device to title and few illustrations, slight marginal fraying to initial leaves, light damp staining at front and rear, later free endpapers, armorial bookplate of John Dolben Bt. of Finedon in Northamptonshire to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, later morocco title label to spine, lacking one brass clasp, joints cracked, 8vo,Psalms, Psalmorum Davidis et aliorum prophetarum : libri quinque : argumentis & Latina paraphrasi illustrati, ac etiam vario carminum genere Latine? expressi : nunc postremu?m recogniti & a? variis mendis repurgati [Theodoro Beza Vezelio auctore], London: Typis Thomae Vautrollerij and impensis Herculis Francisci, 1580, printer's woodcut device to title, light dust-soiling and damp stains to margins, all edges gilt, hinges repaired, 20th century half morocco over 19th century marbled boards (marked and worn), 8vo, Loosaeus (Cornelius), Illustrium Germaniae scriptorum catalogus, quo doctrina simul et pietate illustrium vita & operae celebrantur, Mainz: Casparum Behem, 1582, early manuscript to lower blank margin of title, woodcut to verso of title, light dust-soiling, late 19th century morocco covers over earlier boards, lower joint split and board near detached, 8vo,Bible [Prophets], Prophetæ, Isaias, Ieremias, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel: cum Duodecim aliis minoribus, Antwerp: Arnoldi Bircmanni, 1569, woodcut device and early ownership signatures to title (lightly dust-soiled), light damp staining at rear, contemporary calf, 12mo in 6sQty: (5)Footnote: The first work comprises a finely printed collection of Lutheran hymns and canticles in Latin by Georg Major, or Meier (1502-1574), a Wittenberg preacher who studied under both Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon, was ordained by Luther, and who edited the Wittenberg edition of Luther's works.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised..., Imprinted at London: by Bonham Norton, and John Bull, 1620[21], general and New Testament titles within woodcut borders (NT title imprint dated 1621), Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, double-page woodcut map of Canaan bound in before New Testament title (taken from Genealogies), occasional manuscript marginal notes to few leaves and early ownership signature to final leaf, colophon dated 1621, bound with Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances..., collected by R.F.H., Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and John Bill, 1622, colophon dated 1621, also bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms at rear and incomplete Genealogies & Common Prayer at front, dust soiling and occasional marks, sewing broken and text block split, contemporary calf over wooden boards with blind rollwork (right-hand half of leather to upper board lacking), brass boss and corner pieces, lacking clasps (attachments to boards still present), boards detached and lacking spine, worn, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm) Qty: (1)Footnote: Herbert 379; Darlow & Moule 292; STC 2262.Both titles omit the words Appointed...; The signature D4 is printed C4; heading on Ppp2 b, II. Coainthians; in Mark xiv. 46, on is omitted.

[Wateson, George]. A Rich Storehouse, or Treasurie for the Diseased. Wherein are many approved medicines for divers and sundry diseases, which have beene long hidden, and not come to light before this time. First set forth for the benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people, that are not of abilitie to go the Physicions. By G. W. And now seventhly augmented and inlarged by A. T. Practitioner in Physicke and Chirurgerie, London: Printed by Richard Badger, for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1630 [colophon at rear dated 1631], [12 leaves], 317p, with colophon to first and final leaf, some light browning mainly to outer margins, contemporary ink inscriptions to verso of title 'To the Right Honourable Sir James Pemberton', [probably copied from the head of the dedication leaf adjacent], 18th-century bookplate of George Edwards, Librarian to the College of Physicians London, contemporary blind-paneled calf, some wear to outer corners, and upper cover detached, small 4to, together withSalmon (William). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Or, the New London Dispensatory..., 6th edition, corrected & amended, 1702, and Medicina Practica: or The Practical Physician: shewing the true method of curing the most usual diseases incident to humane bodies..., to which is added, the chymical works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid King of Persia, Geber King of Arabia, Artefius Longaevus the Jew, Roger Bacon, Nicholas Flammel's Hieroglyphiks, George Ripley's Marrow of Alchymie, and an account of their lives, London: Edmund Curll, 1707, some marks and second title with occasional ink annotations, first volume bound in contemporary calf, with 19th-century reback, second title bound in 19th-century calf, both somewhat worn with upper covers detached, 8voQty: (3)Footnote: Provenance: George Edwards (1694-1773), librarian to the College of Physicians London, naturalist and ornithologist, regarded as the father of British ornithology. Edwards was appointed Beadle to the College of Physicians London in 1733 (although he styled himself librarian of the College, as in the bookplate to this copy), a post he continued to hold until 1760. He was born in West Ham in 14694, and educated by local clergymen, and placed in business with a Mr Dod in Fenchurch street, where the library of Dr. Nicholas was kept, the contents of which became the young Edwards daily reading matter. Instead of going into business, he traveled widely on the continent and following which he made a living from sketches of animals. Taken up by James Theobald, F.R.S., he was introduced to Sir Hans Sloane. Between 1743 and 1751, he published A Natural History of Uncommon Birds in four volumes, with three subsequent volumes entitled Gleanings of Natural History issued between 1758-1764, the etchings for which were all made by the author. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1757.STC 23610; Welcome 6195; ESTC S107712.

Manorial courts. The Order of keeping a Court Leet; and Court Baron, with the charges appertaining to the same: truly and plainly delivered in the English tongue, for the profit of all men, and most commodious for young students of the lawes, and all other within the jurisdiction of those courts. Whereunto is annexed divers new additions, London: William Lee and Daniel Pakeman, 1650, [2], 51, [1] pp., short worm trail to lower outer blank corners throughout, modern blind panelled calf, black morocco title label to spine, slim 4to, together with:Cunningham (Timothy), A New Treatise on the Laws concerning Tithes: containing all the statutes, adjudged cases, resolutions, and judgments relative thereto..., 4th edition, London: J. Johnson, S G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, and J. Bew, 1777, some browning and spotting mostly to margins, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: Wing O379; ESTC R43516.

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., 3 parts in one, 5th edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679, title in red & black, 75 engraved plates (including 18 portrait plates, and over 400 armorials printed to both sides of plates), woodcut armorials to text, recent endpapers with armorial bookplate of Jasper Peck to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback, board corners worn and showing, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Wing G2222.

Caxton (William). The Game of Chesse, edited with remarks by Vincent Figgins, facsimile edition, London:Vincent & James Figgins, [1855], facsimile leaves and illustrations, D.L. Cumming owner signature, chequerboard patterned endpapers, original calf, upper cover with blindstamped illustration (repeated from the second facsimile woodcut illustration), title in blind, and Caxton monogram to lower cover, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to, together with The Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers. A facsimile reproduction of the first book printed in England by William Caxton, in 1477, edited by William Blades, London: Elliott Stock, 1877, facsimile leaves with initials in red, endpapers a little toned, D.L. Cumming owner signature, original blindstamped morocco, 4to, with 2 other facsimiles: The Statutes of Henry VII. In exact facsimile from the very rare original, printed by Caxton in 1489, edited by John Rae, London, 1869, and A Reprint in facsimile of a treatise:spekynge of the arte & crafte to knowe well to dye, translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe by Willm Caxton, London, Edward Lumley, deceased, 1875 Qty: (4)

Henderson (George & Hume, Allan O.). Lahore to Yarkand. Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T.D. Forsyth, 1st edition, L. Reeve, 1873, folding map, 16 heliotype plates, 32 ornithological and 6 botanical hand-coloured lithographed plates, ex library with blind stamps to title and most plates, plate 24 with small closed tear repair to verso, ink name stamp to half-title, bookplate and markings to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, some edge and corner wear, white ink library classification number with sticky paper label remains to spine, large 8voQty: (1)

Frith (Francis, 1822-1898). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments..., George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode, [1869], six mounted albumen print photographs, each 10 x 15cm and smaller, printed captions to mounts beneath, two colour-printed maps, closed tear to final leaf of text, old browned adhesive tape to gutter margins of initial leaves, all edges gilt, contemporary blind embossed brown morocco, boards detached and lacking clasp, 4toQty: (1)

Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881). Author, biographer and historian. Autograph Letter Signed, ’T. Carlyle’, Chelsea, 17 September 1857, to [Reverend Charles] Kingsley, concerning an unidentified person, beginning, ‘Fear nothing on that score. The poor blind "Propagandist" (as you fancy him) produced no change whatever in my notions about Sumner, whom I have known for a long time by eyesight of my own; – not about American matters in my department of them; which indeed, with their uncle-tommaries and Californian nuggets, with their angry crawlings, semi-delirious speculations, and general tumult as of a weir about to burst, seem to me a thoroughly sordid object on the great scale, and do not interest or occupy my thoughts at all in late times. In fact the poor man did not do me any mischief whatever, – except perhaps stealing away in all, some six hours of the last remainder of my time; for who however, in return, he offered me the pleasant spectacle of a human soul happy and content under very scanty conditions. There is a small vein of excellent geniality in the man; – a noticeable resemblance to Leigh Hunt in him, which, encased such an element of alluvial Methodism, and general yo Yankee-doodle-do-ism much amused me by the contrasts and similarities’, continuing in the same vein and then dwelling on his own sense of mortality, ‘… If I can keep alive, on the given terms, for about a year more, I expect to be partly out of it. He will be a cunning fellow that will get me into another like it! …’, some age wear and overall spotting, old tape adhesion streak along inner margin of first page with some see-through affecting words at inner margin of verso, 4 pages with the end of the letter written upside down at head of first page above place and date, ink smudge not affecting signature, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: By family descent from the estate of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964) of Ightham Mote, Kent; and gifted to her by Mary Harrison in 1930. Mary Harrison (1852-1931), the daughter of Charles Kingsley, and herself the author of best-selling novels in the 1920s.Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) novelist, Church of England clergyman and social reformer was influenced by Carlyle and became a leading spirit in the Christian socialist movement of 1848-54. Charles Sumer (1811-1874) was an American statesman, United States Senator and a champion of civil and political equality.

Darwin (Charles Robert, 1809-1882). Letter signed, 'Ch. Darwin', Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E., 15 July [1866], to [Charles] Kingsley, written in the hand of Darwin’s wife Emma, thanking Kingsley for telling him where his lectures are published as ‘living in the country I might not have heard of their publication’, and that based on an abstract he saw in a newspaper he expects the lectures to much interest him, the rest of the letter being on the subject of the migrating eye in flatfish, ‘I can form no opinion about the wonderful case of the migration of the eye in flat-fish; whether Steenstrup is right who seems to think that the eye itself moves by absorption on one side and growth on the other; or whether Thompson [sic] is right who thinks that the eye itself does not move, but thinks that the adjoining parts are developed in a wonderfully unequal manner on the two sides of the head. The power of development on either side seems to me one of the most curious points of the case. When I read the paper I speculated how the unequal development c[oul]d have originated, and imagined that a fish feeding on the ground with its body held laterally might be benefited by the eye on the lower side becoming deeper and deeper imbedded in the skull, and instead of becoming blind and useless, travelling to the upper side, but this is all baseless speculation’, light creasing and one short split at upper margins, old tape adhesion marks at head and foot of first page (with some see-through) not affecting text, boldly signed ‘Ch. Darwin’ at foot of final page, 4 pages, 8voQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance: By family descent from the estate of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964) of Ightham Mote, Kent; and gifted to her by Mary Harrison in 1930. Mary Harrison (1852-1931), novelist and daughter of Charles Kingsley. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) novelist, Church of England clergyman, social reformer and science populariser.An important, unpublished letter concerning the evolutionary problem of the migration of the eye in flatfish. It was written in response to the Rev. Kingsley's letter (12 July 1866), referring to the article by Charles Wyville Thomson, 'Notes on Prof. Steenstrup's views on the obliquity of flounders', published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for May 1865, in which Thomson gave an abstract, with commentary, of a paper by Japetus Steenstrup on the migration of the eye of flounders.Kingsley's letter is published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14 and at The Darwin Correspondence Project (DCP-LETT-5154], where it is noted that it was acquired from [Kingsley’s daughter] Mary Harrison in 1930 (as the letter offered here). 'The DCP do not have knowledge of Darwin's reply yet. The DCP do not have any letters from Darwin on the migration of eyes in flatfish’.The two lectures delivered by Kingsley at the Royal institution that he draws Darwin’s attention to are ‘Superstition’ and ‘Science’, both published in Fraser’s Magazine, vol. 73, June 1866, pp. 705-16 & vol. 74, July 1866, pp. 15-28.Charles Darwin and Kingsley began to correspond soon after the publication of Origin of Species in 1859. Kingsley was a great science populariser and, arguably, as important as ‘Darwin’s bulldog’ Thomas Huxley in promoting Darwin's ideas, in spite of his own theistic beliefs. Indeed, Kingsley was one of 90 men to whom Darwin had asked his publisher John Murray to send an advance copy of his work. Kingsley was quick to respond and told Darwin that from his familiarity with the breeding of domestic animals he was quite prepared to embrace its thesis of transmutation. He added that he found it ‘just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that he created primal forms capable of self development… as to believe that he required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas wh[ich] he himself had made. I question whether the former be not the loftier thought’ (Kingsley, letter to Darwin, 18 November 1859; DCP-LETT-2534). Darwin went on to add an edited version of Kingsley's remarks to the second edition of his book published in 1860. For a longer description of this lot please see the virtual or PDF formats of the catalogue online or contact the auctioneers.

Puccini (Giacomo, 1858-1924). Italian composer. Photograph signed, 'Giacomo Puccini', Naples, 25 January 1894, albumen print photograph by A. Ferrario, Milan, three-quarter length, seated and in profile facing right, blind-stamped G. Ricordi &c. lower left, some chemical imperfections with resultant light lines visible on the composer's jacket, image 215 x 160 mm, original card mount with photographer's embossed name stamp beneath image lower right, signed presentation inscription to Vincenzo Lombardi, inscribed, signed and dated upper right with signature and place partly on the image, some slight spotting, 33.5 x 24.5 cm overallQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance (lots 256-260): Vincenzo Lombardi (1856-1914), Italian conductor, teacher and voice coach. This would have been signed and presented by Puccini to the conductor during the run of performances of Manon Lescaut at Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The opera had its premiere in Turin on 1 February 1893, being Puccini's third opera and his first great success. It was then revived going first to Hamburg, then Bologna, then at the beginning of 1894 to Naples where it had its first performance on 21 January. Puccini devoted himself to the rehearsals and coaching the singers, among whom were Eva Tetrazzini, Fernando Valero and Arturo Pessina, under the conductor Vincenzo Lombardi.

Chapbooks. The Twelve months of the year. With a picture for each month, London: Printed by Knight and Bagster, 14 Bartholomew Close. For J. Davis, No. 56, Paternoster-Row., [Between c. 1824 & 1842?], wood engraved illustrations throughout, bound with thirteen other similar chapbooks including The History of Ann Lively, and her Bible, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; Little Verses for Good Children. From two to six years old, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; The History of Sammy Sly. With some advice how to avoid being like him, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; New Testament Characters, London: Religious Tract Society, c. 1830s?; History of Beasts, London: Religious Tract Society, c.1830s?; Mrs Lovechild's Pictures, London: Religious Tract Society, c. 1830s, etc., each chapbook bound in series (title to each with letterpress number from 27 to 40), each with wood engraved illustrations, front pastedown inscribed 'C.S.B. [Camelia Susannah Bagster] A loving remembrance of childhood from Aunt Eunice [Bagster]1873', contemporary sheep, spine with gilt title 'Short Stories' and volume number 3, extremities rubbed, 16mo in 8s (9 x 6 cm), together with:New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Translated out of the Original Greek..., London: Printed and sold by C. Corrall, 1800, repaired closed tear to B1, verso of front free endpaper with ownership signature 'Eunice Bagster, no 81 Strand, May 22, 1802', all edges gilt, contemporary wallet style black morocco, extremities a little rubbed, 16mo in 8s,Bible [English], The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments: with a copious and original selection of references..., facsimile large edition, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [1850?], some manuscript annotations and markings, loosely inserted manuscript notes, manuscript notes pasted and written to front and rear blanks and endpapers, front blank inscribed 'Old Windsor Jan 22 1850, To my beloved Eunice my home-dwelling daughter from her affectionate father Samuel Bagster' and facing leaf with mounted albumen portrait of an elderly lady (held in place with printed paper labels) and with clipped signature of Eunice Bagster below, all edges gilt, contemporary blind decorated morocco, 8vo,New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with short explanatory notes..., London: Samuel Bagster, 1831, few hand-coloured engraved maps (some double-page), verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'May Birch Johnson on her fifth Birthday from her affectionate cousin Eunice Bagster senr., Nov 2 1832', silk endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco, white metal corner pieces and clasp, 16mo in 8s,Ryle (J.C.), Spiritual Songs, Colossians III. 16. Being one hundred hymns not to be found in many of the hymn books commonly used, first series, 12th edition, enlarged, Ipswich: William Hunt, 1861, front free endpaper inscribed 'Ada Eunice Bagster from her sincere friend E.L.S. 17 June 1865', all edges gilt, original limp cloth, 16mo in 8s,Bible [Hexapla], The English Hexapla: Exhibiting the six important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wiclif 1380, Genevan 1547, Tyndale 1534, Anglo-Rhemish 1582, Cranmer 1539, Authorised 1611, The Original Greek Text After Scholz, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [1841], title in red & black, all edges gilt, contemporary blind decorated black morocco, extremities rubbed, folio, plus other mostly 19th century theology related etc., with associations to the Bagster family Qty: (49)

George IV Coronation Ticket. Admission ticket to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of King George IV's Coronation, 19 July 1821, printed in black and blue with a blind-embossed border by Dobbs, manuscript instructions directing the recipient to 'The Choir, Lower Gallery, North Door' and numbered 2552, stamped signature of 'Howard of Effingham' (Deputy Earl Marshal of England at the Coronation), a little general soiling, closed tear to lower right corner, 240 x 260mmQty: (1)Footnote: There are two versions of this compound-plate printed ticket, one admitting to Westminster Hall, the other to the banquet in the Abbey. These were marked respectively 'Hall' and 'Abbey' in oval cut-outs to the left of the central motif. Seating in the Abbey was so crowded that only twenty-two and a half inches were allocated per person. The firm of H. Dobbs was founded in 1803 and pioneered the use of decorative blind-stamping for invitation cards.

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Presented by Willy Poga?ny, London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1909], 24 tipped-in & mounted colour plates, decorative title and borders throughout, gift inscription at head of half-title dated 1911, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt & blind-blocked green suede leather, yapp edges, small folio, together with:Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'), Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there, 53rd edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1883, wood engraved illustrations by John Tenniel (with tissue guard to frontispiece), all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, Henty (George Alfred), The Treasure of the Incas, a tale of adventure in Peru, 1st edition, London: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1903, monochrome frontispiece, plates and map, original pictorial cloth, lower outer corners worn, 8vo, plus six other early reprint editions of Henty titlesQty: (9)

Sherlock (William). A Discourse concerning the Divine Providence, 1st edition, London: William Rogers, 1694, early signature to upper blank margin of title and annotation to fore-margin of A2 and publisher's book list at rear (3E2), occasional minor marks, manuscript notes to endpapers (lacking front free endpaper), contemporary blind panelled calf, worn, repair at head of spine and loss of leather to one panel of spine, 4to, together with: Curnock (Nehemiah), The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. sometime Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, enlarged from original MSS., with notes from unpublished diaries, annotations, maps, and illustrations, Standard edition, 8 volumes, London: Robert Culley, [1909-1916], monochrome plates, maps & plans (including 2 folding maps and one folding plan), top edge gilt, original sheep-backed cloth, some spines worn, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books including Our Own Country, 6 volumes, London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1879-1883]; Knight (Charles), Old England, new edition, 2 volumes, London: Forbes, Sangster & Co., [1860?], etc.Qty: (a carton)

McEwan (Ian). Atonement, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 2001, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Gekoski (R. A. & P. A. Grogan), William Golding, a Bibliography 1934-1993, limited edition, London: André Deutsch, 1994, signed by William Golding plus 'an Erratum' insert to the limitation page, colour illustrations, all edges gilt, publishers original quarter blue morocco in slipcase, 8vo, 99/1000, plusMurakami (Haruki), Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, limited edition, London: Harvill Secker, 2006, signed by the author to the half-title limitation insert, publishers original decorated boards & black cloth spine in slipcase, 8vo, 684/1000 andFaulks (Sebastian), Devil May Care, 1st edition, London: Penguin, 2008, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern fiction, 1st editions, & biography, including works by Ross Kemp, J. G. Ballard, Terry Pratchet, Alan Bennett, Kazuo Ishiguro, Philip Pullman, some limited editions, some many signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, some 'as new' in original plastic wrap, some duplicate copies, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)

ROCK & POP; a quantity of LPs and singles to include Blind Faith 1983 pressing on RSO Records, John Martin 'Grace and Danger', US pressing on orange/green Atlantic, also albums by Jeff Beck, Ringo Starr, The Moody Blues and Nilsson and a small collection of singles including The Jam 'Strange Town', Green Jelly 'Three Little Pigs', in picture sleeve, Madonna 'Who's That Girl?' and 'Justify My Love'.

ANTHONY JOSHUA; a signed montage relating to Anthony Joshua IBF Heavyweight Champion, one an action shot above brushed steel title, with larger picture depicting Joshua holding title belt, signed in silver marker, certificate of authenticity from 'Sporting Image Ltd' verso, with authorised signature on blind stamp, in a black composite frame and glazed, frame size 54 x 85cm.We have not authenticated this signature, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding. CONDITION REPORT Damage to the lower right of the frame.