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Renwick (Thomas). A Narrative of the Case of Miss Margaret McAvoy; With an Account of some Optical Experiments Connected with it, 1st edition, 1817, engraved frontispiece, a few spots and light water stains, contemporary calf-backed boards, library label to lower board, rubbed, 4to. Ophthalmological curiosity by Liverpool physician Thomas Renwick on a blind seventeen-year-old girl, who according to the author had extraordinary powers of perception using the other senses, and is put through a series of experiments, witnessed by mostly medical experts. (1)

Willughby (Percival, 1596-1685). [Observations in Midwifery], bound with The Country Midwife’s Opusculum or Vade Mecum, shewing the wayes how to deliver any difficult birth, bee it naturall, or, unnaturall. Published for the helping, & easing of women in their extremities, & for the saving of the infants lives. Long practiced, &, with good successe, used in the time of the woman’s travaile. Directing how the midwife should carry her self in the Handy Operation from the beginning to the ending of the Woman’s Delivery, by Percivall Willughby, Gentleman, both c. (1672, author’s original manuscript in two parts, largely written in English, with some Latin receipts and quotations, in an exceptionally neat cursive and compact script, ruled borders throughout with page numbers, catchwords and occasional side-notes and symbols (unascertained variations of the female sex symbol), some spotting and soiling, occasional old dampstaining (affecting whole of second work), but not affecting darkness of the ink or legibility, paper and ink generally in fresh condition, four missing leaves transcribed and inserted in imitation of the original [by Miss Steward in 1938], also without original title-page to first work, a later misleading manuscript title in its place reading ‘An Excellent Worke of Chirurgie or Midwifery Explained, 1635, This Work is respectfully dedi[cated] to the Public and Gentry by the Author’, this leaf slightly frayed at edges and bearing the only library stamp in the volume, followed by Miss Steward’s neater copy of the same leaf, a few small archival closed tear repairs to upper inner margins of early leaves not affecting text, modern blind-stamped antique-style morocco by Slinn of Birmingham, gilt-lettered on spine, 8vo (153 x 95 mm). A highly important and exceptionally rare manuscript of great significance in the history of obstetrics, being one of only two known full-length copies in the author’s hand. The Observations records over 150 cases, dating between 1630 and 1672, illustrating the problems and challenges Willughby had encountered when called upon as a man-midwife to assist at difficult births, many made complicated by the inexperience or inefficiency of the midwife. In the case records he not only gives the dates on which they occurred but also quite often the name of the village or town, and, when in London, even the street to which he had been called. The name of the patient, and often of her husband, is generally included. Besides his ‘honoured good friend’ William Harvey, whose writings are referred to frequently and who even visits him in Derby, Willughby’s other cited references include the accepted works of Pare and Guillemeau, but there is mention of others such as Jane Sharp whose Compleat Midwife’s Companion (1671) was the first book written by an English midwife. The Opusculum, designed to be a vade mecum for ‘countrey midwifes’, gives a summary of his teaching for ‘directing how the midwife should carry herself - from the beginning to the ending of the woman’s delivery’. Collation: pp [4, later bogus title-page and modern copy of the same], 549 [text], [3, blanks], [25, index]; pp [2, title, verso blank], 59, [3, index]. The work is missing its original title-page to the first work and four leaves from the text, two leaves from each part: Pages 5-8 of the first work and pp 57-59 plus first leaf of index of the second work. These pages were transcribed in imitation of the original by Miss Steward and inserted using the Blenkinsop edition in 1938 when the volume was bound by Slinn of Birmingham. The copy had been discovered in the Library by Miles Phillips who paid for its renovation and rebinding. Provenance and background to the known manuscripts. Presented to the Birmingham Medical Library by Dr W. H. Partridge (1791-1854). This may have been the copy mentioned by William Denman (Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery, Second Edition, Volume 1, 1788, pp. xxxii-xxxvi) that was in the possession of Thomas Kirkland (1722-1798) and which the eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist James Hobson Aveling thought had disappeared. The only other complete copy known is that held by the Royal Society of Medicine, London (MSS 296). This copy is now known to probably be the one given to the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society by J.H. Aveling about 1881, and which had formerly belonged to Henry Blenkinsop - see below. There is a third manuscript held by the British Library (Sloane MS 529) which though the earliest version of the three covers only 19 leaves, has a break in the text at the end of the second page, and appears to be a greatly abbreviated version of the Observations. The ink has permeated the paper making legibility of this small quarto difficult. By contrast, the BMI and RSM copies are highly legible and clear with very similar, but not always identical, text; the single most striking difference being the larger sheet size of the RSM copy which carries 42 lines to the page rather than thirty, as here. Printed versions. The first edition was finally printed in 1863 in a subscription edition of 100 copies by Henry Blenkinsop (1813-1866). He had purchased his copy of the manuscript from a bookseller’s catalogue. Only about seventeen copies of Blenkinsop’s edition seem to have been bound up, according to a census made by Miles Phillips in the 1950s, the sheets for the remaining copies believed to have been destroyed. A Dutch translation of the Observations preceded the English edition by a century, but this book published in Leiden in 1754 is also exceptionally scarce. A facsimile reprint of Blenkinsop’s edition, with a new introduction by John L. Thornton, FLA, was published by S.R. Publishers (East Ardsley) in 1972. This gives a biography of Willughby and full account of the manuscript and printed versions, much of this latter work based on Miles H. Phillips various articles and research on Willughby. J.H. Aveling also contributed much on the subject in journal articles but see also his English Midwives, their History and Prospects (1872), pp. 54-60, for information on Willoughby and his midwife daughter. See also H.R. Wilson, The History of British Midwifery from 1650-1800 (1927); Adrian Wilson, The Making of Man-Midwifery, Childbirth in England, 1660-1770 (1995), the latter with much reference to Willughby’s work. Biography: Percival[l] Willughby was born in 1596 at Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Trowbridge, Rugby School and Eton College. He matriculated from Magdalen College, Oxford, on 23 March 1621, graduating BA on 6 July. In 1619 he was apprenticed for seven years to James Van Otten (1568-1624), a London surgeon, intending to join his uncle, Robert Willughby, at the end of the term. However, after Van Otten’s death he began practice on his own account in Derby. He married Elizabeth (1599-1666) in 1631; one of his sons joined his father in practice in 1670, and a daughter, Eleanor, worked with her father as a midwife during his time in Stafford and London. Willughby practised as an obstetrician in Derby from around 1630, and was admitted as an extra-licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1641. He moved to Stafford for a few months in 1655-56, and then to London for four years for the better education of his children. However, he was back in Derby in 1659 and remained there until he died in 1685, aged 89. He left no published works in his own lifetime and it is still a matter of conjecture why he did not publish this manuscript. If it had been published it would have greatly contributed to the development of British obstetrics which was then heavily reliant on the translated writings of Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613).. The Text of Observations in Midwifery. Willughby was very much in favour of a non-interv

Ogilby (John). Britannia, A Survey of the Roads of England and Wales in 1675, facsimile ed. pub. Old Hall Press, Leeds, 1989, title printed in red & black, introduction by Dr. Helen Wallis, folding b & w strip road maps, printed map to end papers, pubs. blind dec. morocco by Smith Settle of Otley, folio, contained half morocco purpose made solander box with label to upper board. Limited edition of 500. (1)

Dartington Printmakers (pubs.). A Printmakers` Flora, 1996, title printed in yellow & black, addn. half title, dedication and index, thirty orig. prints by twenty artists in various mediums including lithographs, linocuts, wood engraving, etching, collograph and card intaglio, each on uncut hand made paper, signed by all twenty artists at rear, pubs. blue silk with blind stamped title to upper board, bound under the direction of Mary Bartlett of the Dartington Bindery, oblong folio, contained in pubs. cloth book box with printed card label to spine. Five years in the making this large and luxurious book focuses on British wild flowers. The edition consisted on thirty-seven with one additional Artists` Proof copy. Twenty-three of these were given to the participants, one was purchased by the V & A, and one by the Dartington Hall Trust. The remaining twelve were offered for sale. Supplied with the original promotional material, newsletters and bookmark. As far as we are aware, no copy has ever appeared on the open market. (1)

* British Quad Posters. A collection of approx. 200 film posters, c. 1950s/1990s, titles include The Blues Brothers, Big Trouble in Little China, Blazing Saddles, The Battle of Britain, Bloodline, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Breathless, Blind Date, Betrayal, etc., plus other assorted films including many titles beginning with the letter "B`, mostly British quads, including some re-issues and few non-English posters, all in folded condition, mostly VG or better (approx. 200)

Bible [Welsh]. LLyfr Gweddi Gyffredin, A Gweinidogaeth y Sacramentau, a Chynheddfau a Sermoniau eraill yr Eglwys, Yn ol arfer Eglwys Loegr..., Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1746, general and New Testament titles present (early signatures to general title and old repair to inner margin), two folding eng. maps (one torn to inner margin and partially trimmed to ruled border), some dampstaining and dust-soiling, contemp. blind panelled calf, slight loss of leather at head of spine & some wear, lacks clasps, 8vo. Darlow & Moule 9599. (1)

Calvin (John). Opera Omnia; in Novem Tomos Digesta, Editio omniium novissima..., 9 vols., Amsterdam, 1671-1667, red ink stamp to titles, occasional light dampstaining to margins of few leaves, library bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemp. vellum with blind stamped arabesque to boards, gilt monogram to centre of boards and spine panels, some corners neatly repaired, slight dust-soiling and occasional minor wear, lacking ties, folio. Brunet I 1499. (9)

Chrysostom (John, St.). Tou en agiois patros emon Ioannou Chrysostomou apanta ta euriskomena. Sancti patris nostri Ioannis Chrysostomi opera omnia, 6 vols., Paris, 1636, first line of title translated from the greek, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles in red & black, double-column text in red & black, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked, worn, folio, together with Commentaria in Novum Testamentum in sex tomos distributa..., 6 vols. in five, Paris, 1636, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1 (near detached), titles in red & black, vol. 1 with blind library stamp to frontis. and title, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked and some wear, folio, with Jerome (Saint), Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt..., 4 vols. in three, Paris, 1609, some margins frayed at front and rear, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints split and some wear, folio, plus Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera..., 2 vols., Verona, 1730 and Q. Septimii Florentis Terulliani Carthaginiensis Presbyteri, Opera Omnia..., 4 parts in one, Rouen, 1662 (11)

Clare (John). [Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd or 3rd ed., 1820], pp.xxiii(Introduction)+[i]+220+[4](pubs. ads.)+[v]-viii(Contents), lacking half-title and title-page (never present?) and with original ms. ownership name "Frederica S. Davy Sepr. 1820` (probably Frederica Sara Davy, 1802-1889) on first printed leaf (b1), i.e. p.[i] of Introduction, 4pp. Contents misbound at rear, foxed, front free endpaper with ink stamp title, ink stamp book ticket of E. Goodfellow Helpston above, and similar ticket stamped "Life of Clare` on front pastedown, hinges split, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked & extrems. rubbed, large 12mo, together with The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1821, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. (offset to title), first vol. with intermittent foxing, second vol. with extensive pencil annotations by Mrs. Emmerson, many initialled "E.L.E.`, both vols. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on front free endpaper, covering ms. signature of Edward Goodfellow dated 1888, untrimmed, orig. pubs. boards with printed title labels to spines, joints cracked, vol.1 spine slightly torn & worn, with slight adhesive residue, large 12mo, plus The Shepherd`s Calendar; with Village Stories, and Other Poems, 1st ed., John Taylor, 1827, half-title present, eng. frontis., frontis. and title-page foxed, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, front free endpaper becoming detached and with Goodfellow`s book ticket, hinges split, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with printed paper title label to spine, large 12mo, plus The Rural Muse, 1st ed., Whittaker & Co., 1835, eng. frontis. and title-page (stained), frontis. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on reverse, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, prelim. leaves lightly foxed, rough-trimmed, endpapers foxed, orig. blind patterned cloth, with printed title label to spine, some damp soiling to upper board, 8vo. A set of John Clare`s scarce first four works in original condition, and with intriguing provenance. Authoress Eliza Laura Emmerson, whose annotations appear in the second volume of "The Village Minstrel`, was introduced to John Clare by Lord Radstock. At their first meeting Mrs. Emmerson burst into bitter laments at the rustic poet`s Òdesolate appearanceÓ and wept that Òso much genius and so much povertyÓ should go together. Clare was stung by her reaction, which compounded the angst he felt about his labourer`s garb as he moved amongst the smart and fashionable of London. However, subsequent interviews modified Clare`s first impression of Mrs. Emmerson, who became a close friend and helper of the "Northamptonshire Peasant` as she called Clare. Indeed John Clare became quite obsessed with Eliza at one point, until their relationship cooled, writing her scores of passionate letters, calling her his Laura, addressing verses to "E.L.E.`, and asking for her portrait. Mrs. Emmerson is full of praise for Clare`s poetry in her annotations to "The Village Minstrel`, with notes such as: Òfull of sober Christian feeling. I think like you my dr. Clare, E.L.E.Ó; ÒAn astonishing effort this - for such a man as Clare! - full of lonely, and sweet feelingÓ; ÒThis lovely poem was first written to me, in a Letter from the Author. E.L.E.Ó; ÒThou art indeed the Inspired poet of Nature my dear friend! - E.L.E.Ó. The subsequent ownership of E. Goodfellow, Helpston, is curious, as the last private owner of John Clare`s cottage in Helpston was owned by a Mrs. Robin Goodfellow, who sold the property to the John Clare Trust in 2005. See Frederick Martin, The Life of John Clare, 1964. (5)

Foxe (John). Actes and Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church, with an uniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times..., 2 vols. in one, 4th ed., 1583, vol. 2 title present within decorative woodcut border, three folding woodcut plts. (torn & frayed with some loss), woodcut illusts. to text, continuous pagination throughout both vols. (with few errors in pagination), lacks general title and all before A1 (p.3) and all after 5F2 (p.2150), few leaves torn & frayed with occasional slight loss, some dust-soiling and few marks, recent endpapers, contemp. blind dec. calf over wooden boards, brass boss to lower board and two corner pieces present, modern reback, folio. STC 11225. The first edition was published in 1563. (1) It does contain four folding woodcut plates, as the BL copy. Please note that a small section of leaves (approx. 5 leaves?) are quite badly torn with loss within the centre of the volume

Luther (Martin). Omnium Operum Reverendi Domini Martini Lutheri..., vol. 1-6 only (of 7), pub. Wittenberg, 1550-1580, titles within dec. woodcut borders, few leaves with closed tears to margins, some early annotations and occasional underscoring, 18th c. boards with recent calf rebacks, board edges slightly worn, vol. 5 in contemp. blind dec. pigskin over wooden boards, lacking clasps, folio. (6)

Plutarch. Moralia..., Basel: per Thomam Guarinum, 1572, woodcut printer`s device to title and verso of final leaf, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, the covers with blind panelled decoration surrounding a central armorial, the upper cover incorporating blind-tooled date of 1584 and initials Z.R., rubbed and marked, 8vo (1)

Tertullian. Scripta, ad complures veteres a Gallicanis Germanicisq[ue] bibliothecis conquisitos recognita codices, in quibus praecipuus fuit unus longe incorruptissimus in ultimam usque petitus Britanniam: non omissis accuratis Beati Rhenani annotationibus..., Basel: Froben, 1562, woodcut device to title and final leaf, ink annotations to title, some dust-soiling and occ. spotting, contemp. calf over wooden boards, old reback, joints split and spine worn with loss, boards worn, lacks clasps, folio, together with Jerome (Saint), [Omnium operum Diui Eusebij Hieronymi Stridonensis], vol. 7 only (of 9), [Basel: Froben, 1516], vol. 7 with title "Septimo tomo haec insunt, in parabolas Solomonis commentarii`, some worming throughout, contemp. blind dec. pigskin over wooden boards, old reback, lacks clasps, some worm holes to binding, folio. (2)

R. C. Gorman (1932-2005 Santa Fe, NM) Two women in a Southwest landscape, signed and dated in pencil lower left: R.C. Gorman 1988, numbered in pencil lower right: 56/225 and with artist`s blind stamps lower center, unframed colored lithograph on paper, paper size: 30`` H x 38`` W Provenance: Private Collection, Stevenson Ranch, CA. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Unframed as stated. No tape remnants verso. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL

A Chippendale Revival stool with a square seat on blind-fret legs with pierced stretcher

An Oak Clerks Slope with Lift Top Monogrammed AC 1731, Fitted Interior, Blind Carved Front Panel, Iron Hinges, 70 cm x 52 cm x 37.5 cm High.

Albert Irvin RA, British b.1922- "Thames"; serigraph in colours, signed, titled, numbered 31/90 and dated 90 in pencil, bears publisher`s blind stamp 58x85cm (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Provenance: with Lumley Cazalet Ltd., London, according to label attached to the reverse of the frame

After Sir William Russell Flint RA RE ROI RSW PRWS, British 1880-1969- "Retreat form the Sun"; reproduction, printed in colours, signed in pencil, bears publisher`s blind stamp, 49x63.5cm: Fritz Rudolf Hug, Swiss 1921-1989- Two Lionesses; lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 67 and numbered 213/250 in pencil, 37.7x54cm: After Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French 1841-1919- Parisian boulevard scene; colour reproduction print, 48x58cm: After Pietro Annigoni, Italian 1910-1988- Portrait of a lady; reproduction print, 47x32cm: Dorothy Sweet, British exh 1925-1929- "St Magnus the Martyr London Bridge"; etching, signed and titled in pencil, 24.5x14cm: Allen Ray, British, early 20th century- "St Paul`s" and "Tower Bridge"; hand-coloured etchings, a pair, both signed and titled in pencil, 9.5x14.5cm., ea: H Melville, British, mid 19th century- "Buckingham Palace: The Yellow Drawing Room" and "St James`s Palace: Birthday Drawing Room", after Gilbert and MacManus; hand-coloured engravings, 15.5x19cm., ea: New Guinea/Aboriginal School, late 20th century- Figures and animals; print in white on black paper, 58.2x70.6cm., (10) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

Good quality Georgian Revival mahogany library bookcase cabinet. Bracket feet with cupboards under 2 short drawers above. Astragal glazed bookcase cabinet above having blind fret carved dentil under flared cornice

AFTER WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT "Lydia on the sands", limited edition coloured print No`d 255/850, bears blind stamp

AFTER RAYMOND CHING "Sparrow Fledgling", study of a young bird on a thorny branch, limited edition print No`d 117/250, signed in pencil in margin, bearing Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published The Tryon Gallery Ltd.

Mahogany straight fronted chest with blind fret carving

Oak desk with tambour top and blind fret carving

# Easy chair upholstered in blue floral fabric, a matching footstool and a yellow wing back chair with blind fret carved legs (alterations)

An Edwardian mahogany bookcase, retailed by Maple & Co., having rectangular top over blind fret and fluted frieze, lozenge barred glazed doors enclosing shelves on bracket plinth, 120cm.

AN 18TH CENTURY WEDGWOOD JASPER `ARGAND`S PATENT LAMP` VASE, circa 1785-90, after a model by John Flaxman, in blue jasper of cylindrical shape applied in white relief with `Blind Man`s Buff` of children at play, the base with a key fret pattern, 7" high, impressed mark in upper case (similar examples are in the Lady Lever collection at Port Sunlight)

A WORCESTER BLIND EARL DESSERT PLATE and a Giles decorated plate, both circa 1770, the first with moulded rose leaves, the London decorated plate with flowers in green monochrome (2)

A Georgian style mahogany sidetable, the rectangular top with acanthus carved edge, fitted with a drawer to one end, blind fret carved frieze, on tapered legs with shell and flower carving to the knees terminating in claw and ball feet, width 90cm (35 1/2in.)

Mahogany dwarf bookcase, the frieze with blind fretwork carving having cluster columns and adjustable shelves circa 1920, 122cm wide

An early 20thC Chinese Chippendale style bijouterie table with a square glazed top, above a shaped blind fret carved frieze and pierced undertier, 40cm wide

Herbert Dicksee, `The Sentinel`, black and white etching, published by Frost & Reed, blind stamp to lower left, image 34.5cm x 63.5cm

JOHN COTHER WEBB after George Moorland - Figures outside an inn, coloured mezzotint, signed in pencil by Webb and with blind stamp, 35cms x 45cms in original gilt frame

[CHRISTIE AGATHA]: (1890-1976) English Crime Writer. A small collection of original unsigned 4to bound typescripts etc., two for plays by Agatha Christie entitled This Mortal Coil and Sleeping Murder (previously titled Cover Her Face), an original folio rehearsal script for a performance of Three Blind Mice by the Mystery Playhouse and starring Barry Morse, David Kossoff etc., May 1947, etc. FR to G, 4

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James`s, 4th April 1733. The manuscript document is addressed to Edward Hughes, Judge Advocate General of Our Forces, and is a Warrant following an Act of Parliament `for Punishing Mutiny & Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army & their Quarters`, declaring that a General Court Martial be held from time to time as necessary `for the Trial & Punishment of Mutiny, Desertion, False Musters, and also for the Trial & Punishment of any other the Offences....or of any Misdemeanour or Misbehaviour of any Officer or Soldier against the Rules of Military Discipline` and outlining the Rank of Officers who should preside over the Court Martials. Countersigned at the foot by William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (c.1690-1756) British Statesman, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1730-42. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some extensive (although neat) splitting to several of the folds, and a few small areas of thinning, only slightly affecting a couple of words of text, but not the signatures. About G

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, (a `mad` example), as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Saint James`s, 8th September 1808. The manuscript document is addressed to the Chairman and Justices of the Quarter Sessions for the County of Suffolk and is a remission document relating to Robert Tilley `now in confinement in the House of Correction at Beccles in the County of Suffolk, he having been committed to the said Gaol for wandering as a Pedler without Licences` and grants him Free Pardon `in consideration of some favourable circumstances presently represented unto us`. Countersigned at the foot by Lord Hawkesbury (1770-1828) Earl of Liverpool. British Prime Minister 1812-27, Home Secretary 1804-06, 1807-09. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and a few minor, neat splits at the edges of the folds, about VG

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James`s, 3rd June 1829. The manuscript document is addressed to The Governor of the General Penitentiary for Convicts at Milbank and is a warrant for the Free Pardon of Ann Lowance, Mary Beresford and Sarah Williams, all under sentence of transportation, `in consideration of some circumstances humbly represented unto us`. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30. With blank integral leaf and a blind embossed paper seal affixed. The horizontal folds of the document have been neatly reinforced with clear tape to the verso, only very slightly affecting two lines of text on the second page. G

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R.I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James`s, 5th February 1926. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Ernest Edward de Winton Wills to be a Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces. With pale blue blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, a little worn at the folds, about G

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Brief T.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, one page, 4to, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 3rd June 1925, to Myer B. Green, on the blind embossed stationery of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Churchill states that he is obliged to his correspondent for their letter and `good wishes which I cordially return`. VG

LOUIS XVIII: (1755-1824) King of France 1795-1824, with a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. D.S., Louis, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Paris, 17th August 1822. The attractive, partially printed document, in French, awards Captain Francois Manson a letter of chivalry as part of the Royal Order of Saint-Louis. Signed at the foot by the King. With blind embossed circular paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and a few small punch holes in the lower left corner, not affecting the text or signature. About VG

TITO JOSIP BROZ: (1892-1980) Yugoslavian Revolutionary and Statesman, President of Yugoslavia 1953-80. Signed Christmas greetings card by both Tito and his wife Jovanka Broz (1924-, First Lady of Yugoslavia 1953-80) individually, the oblong slim 4to folding white card featuring a brown woodcut illustration to the inside of a town and waterfalls by the artist Jarac. Signed in bold, dark blue fountain pen inks by both with their names alone beneath a printed greeting, 1969. With original white ribbon and a blind embossed crest to the front cover. EX

CATHERINE II: (1729-1796) Catherine the Great. Empress of Russia 1762-96. A good, attractive D.S., Ekaterina, in Cyrillic, one page, oblong folio (vellum), St. Petersburg, 19th May 1774. The printed document, featuring a fine engraved border decorated with the Imperial Eagles and military insignia, is a military commission promoting Major Karl von Stackelberg to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel following his `zealous and industrious` performance in the Russian service and stating `we do have the hope and the confidence that he in the new rank most graciously bestowed upon him by us, will conduct himself as uprightly and as properly as befit`s the upright and good officer.` Boldly signed by the Empress at the foot. With large blind embossed Imperial paper seal affixed. A small black rubber stamp to the verso indicates that the document was once part of the collection of Dr. Max Thorek of Chicago. One heavy vertical central fold and some very light, minor age wear, VG

CAYLEY GEORGE: (1773-1857) British Engineer, one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Cayley discovered the four aerodynamic forces of flight weight, lift, drag, thrust and cambered wings, the basis for the design of the modern aeroplane. Rare D.S., Geo Cayley, one page, small folio, Brompton, Yorkshire, 28th July 1847. The manuscript document The manuscript document relates to the commutation of tithes in England and Wales whereby `the Tithes of the Township of Troutsdale in the parish of Brompton in the North Riding of the County of York were commuted and two several Rentcharges of the annual sums of Nine pounds and fourteen shillings and Nine pounds were respectively awarded to be paid to me and my Successors in Estate in lieu of the Impropriate Tithes belonging to me` and further adding that it is Cayley`s will and intent that the Rentcharges shall `not be apportioned but that the same and the Tithes in respect of which they were awarded to be payable shall be absolutely merged and extinguished in the Freehold and inheritance of the Lands in respect of which the said Tithes were heretofore payable.` Signed at the foot by Cayley alongside a small red wax seal and countersigned by Isabella Style and Anne Walker, both of Chester, as witnesses. With two further countersignatures to the verso of Tithe Commissioners alongside a pale blue blind embossed paper seal. One thin dark stain to a small area of an upper fold, only very slightly affecting a few letters of text, but not the signatures. Otherwise VG

CAYLEY GEORGE: (1773-1857) British Engineer, one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Cayley discovered the four aerodynamic forces of flight weight, lift, drag, thrust and cambered wings, the basis for the design of the modern aeroplane. Rare D.S., Geo Cayley, one page (vellum), folio, Brompton, Yorkshire, 19th February 1847. The manuscript document relates to the commutation of tithes in England and Wales whereby `the Tithes of the Township of Brompton in the North Riding of the County of York were commuted and a Rentcharge of the Annual Sum of Five Pounds was awarded to be paid to me and my Successors in Estate in lieu of the Impropriate Tithes belonging to me` and further adding that it is Cayley`s will and intent that the Rentcharge shall `not be apportioned but that the same and the Tithes in respect of which it was awarded to be payable shall be absolutely merged and extinguished in the Freehold and Inheritance of the Lands in respect of which the said Tithes were heretofore payable.` Signed at the foot by Cayley alongside a small red wax seal. Countersigned by his son Sir Digby Cayley (1807-1883) and son-in-law Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (1802-1862). With two further countersignatures to the verso of Tithe Commissioners alongside a pale blue blind embossed paper seal. VG

EAMER JOHN: (1750-1823) Lord Mayor of London, 1801. A.L.S., The Lord Mayor, in the third person, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (London?), 14th February 1802, to Mr. Tyrrell, stating that `he wishes to see the Thanks of the House of Lords & Commons to Sir H Parker, Lord Nelson &c for the Battle at Copenhagen`. Some very light minor age wear, about VG The Battle of Copenhagen was an engagement which saw the British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker fight and strategically defeat a Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored just off Copenhagen on 2nd April 1801. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack. He famously is reputed to have disobeyed Sir Hyde Parker`s order to withdraw by holding the telescope to his blind eye to look at the signals from Parker. But Parker`s signals had given him permission to withdraw at his discretion; a discretion Nelson declined. His action in proceeding resulted in the destruction of many of the Dano-Norwegian ships before a truce was agreed. Copenhagen is often considered to be Nelson`s hardest-fought battle.

TOGO HEIHACHIRO: (1848-1934) Japanese Fleet Admiral, known as The Nelson of the East. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature (`Admiral Count H Togo`) on the upper half of an 8vo sheet of blind embossed stationery from the Naval General Staff, Tokyo. With blank integral leaf. Three small square stains to the lower half of the stationery, evidently caused by previous mounting, not affecting the signature. G

STANLEY FREDERICK (1841-1908) 16th Earl of Derby. British Statesman, Governor General of Canada 1888-93. An avid sportsman, Stanley is most famous for presenting the Stanley Cup. A good vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Stanley in a formal head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of London. Signed (`Fred Stanley`) in bold fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Together with an A.L.S., Fred Stanley, one page, 8vo, n.p., 9th November 1885, to Lady Samuel, on the blind embossed stationery of the Colonial Office. Stanley briefly states that he was honoured by his correspondent`s request and has signed her photograph. Tear to the left edge of the letter, not affecting the text or signature (G), the photograph VG, 2

Georgian style mahogany chest on stand, with blind fretwork frieze and canted sides, three short and three long graduated drawers in the upper section with three further drawers below, shell and scrollwork carved apron to foliate carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, width 113cm

A late Victorian brass carriage alarm clock the 1 3/4 inch enamel chapter ring of Arabic numerals over a subsidiary alarm dial within blind filigree work the case with fluted swing handle over filigree sides between half fluted corner pilasters on four short turned feet, the movement striking on a bell to the underside, (at fault) 15.5cm high

A 17th century and later oak mural cabinet on stand, the single plank top over an arched central panel flanked by a gadroon moulded single panel cabinet door to each side, within blind fret carving, on an open potboard base, with turned and tapering front supports, raised on short block feet, 114cm wide, 112cm high, 37cm deep

A 19th century mahogany chest on chest in the Chippendale taste, the dentil moulded cornice over an arrangement of two short and six long drawers fitted with Rococo style cast brass handles and matching key escutcheons between front corner blind fret decoration raised on heavy ogee moulded bracket feet, 123cm wide, 171cm high, 57cm deep

Gucci gold plated stainless bracelet watch , model 1500 L, late 1990`s, narrow rectangular nacre blind dial, Swiss quartz movement, No. 0767681 (working). *See clocks and watches proviso.

Thomas Hampson, Wrexham an oak longcase clock with the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the backplate engraved with a D above L H surrounded with engraved stars, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, diamond half quarter-hour markings, and signed ‘Hampson, Wrexham, 486’ either side of 30, the matted centre with engraved decoration to the date aperture, ringed winding holes and a subsidiary seconds dial, with decorative blued steel hands and female-head spandrels to the four corners, the oak case with crossbanding to the trunk door and base, three-quarter columns with giltwood capitals to the hood and a blind fret below the caddy top, standing on bracket feet, height 224cm.* Thomas Hampson of Wrexham is recorded as working in the High Street from before 1728 until at least 1748, his home known as ‘The Clock’. He was a prolific maker and numbered the majority of his clocks on the dial, as in this example. Two longcase clocks are in the Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans with another two in Wrexham Museum. It is known that Hampson made the sundial for Llandderfel churchyard. His son Thomas carried on the clockmaking business and is known to have been working prior to 1772.

A mid 20th century onyx figure of a beggar, carved as a blind and bearded man with staff and bowl, the stone attractively striated, 24.5cm

A George III mahogany serving table, with blind fret decoration

ASTRUP, Eivind. With Peary near the Pole… translated… by H.J. Bull. London: 1898. 8vo (220 x 136mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, folding map bound at rear. (Light browning.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind, t.e.g. (extremities bumped, spine faded). Provenance: Capt. C.E. Salvesen (signature, dated ‘India, June 1898’ recto of frontispiece).

[CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet… edited by Thomas Speght. London: Adam Islip 1598. Fifth edition] (but the first Thomas Speght edition), folio (307 x 219mm.) Engraved full-page ‘Progenie’, woodcut illustrations of a coat of arms, a knight and border for ‘Romance of the Rose’, woodcut decorative initials. (Lacking title-page, 3 dedication leaves and last leaf of annotations, some browning, spotting and soiling, minor tears and nicks to margins, occasional damp-staining.) Old calf over pasteboards, the covers with gilt and blind tooling (rebacked, repaired, clasps lacking). Note: despite the pages lacking, Chaucer’s actual text is complete.

COMINES, Philippe de. The History… fourth edition corrected. London: 1674. Folio (296 x 189mm.) (Minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, the covers tooled in blind, the spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, additional blank leaves bound at rear (spine chipped at head and foot, joints splitting). Wing C5542 Provenance: Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

ATKINSON, George Francklin. "Curry and Rice", on Forty Plates; or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India. London: Day & Son, [n.d. but 1859.] 4to (290 x 200mm.) Tinted lithographic decorative title, 39 tinted lithographic plates. (Some spotting, browning and occasional soiling.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind, t.e.g. (faded, extremities slightly scuffed and soiled). Provenance: M. Edith Macwhirter (signature to front free endpaper).

A mahogany “Gainsborough” armchair of 18th Century design with blind fret ornament and pierced stretcher rails, the back, seat and arm pads upholstered in blue cloth

A George III mahogany tallboy with moulded and dentil cornice and blind fret ornament to frieze and canted and fluted front corners, fitted brushing slide, two short and six long drawers, on bracket feet, 41.5ins wide x 20.5ins deep x 70ins high (slight damage in places - handles and escutcheons apparently original)