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BYNG JOHN: (1704-1757) British Admiral, remembered for the loss of Minorca in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven Years` War. Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to `do his utmost` to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca. He was sentenced to death and shot by firing squad on 14th March 1757. Rare D.S., J Byng, one page, folio, Port Mahon, 5th February 1734/5. The manuscript document is a demand from the Gunners Stores on board HMS Falmouth for various supplies including sheets of cartridge paper and musquet rods. Lightly mounted above a small printed description from an old autograph catalogue, the document also annotated in pencil in an unidentified hand at the base, `the rarest English naval autograph`. About VG

HOWE RICHARD: (1726-1799) 1st Earl Howe. British Admiral of the Fleet, noted for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. L.S., Howe, one page, folio, The Charlotte, Torbay, 21st August 1793, to Commissioner [Robert] Fanshawe at Plymouth. Howe informs his correspondent `The Royal George not having been able to have her Hammock Cloths painted before the Ship sailed from Portsmouth, I am to request that you will be pleased to give directions for their being painted at Plymouth, and when dry, reserved until there may be an opportunity of conveying them to that Ship.` In a postscript the Admiral adds that the Hammock Cloths will be sent by the Orestes or `such other Ship as may be appointed to convoy the Victuallers back to Plymouth`. VG

DUCKWORTH JOHN THOMAS: (1747-1817) British Admiral, served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. D.S., John Thos. Duckworth, one page, folio, n.p., 2nd June 1794. The partially printed document relates to George Graham, an Able Seaman of 28 years of age, discharged from HMS Orion as a result of being killed in action on 1st June 1794. The discharge is addressed to the Treasurer of His Majesty`s Navy and is signed by Duckworth in his capacity as Captain of HMS Orion. Countersigned by the ship`s Master, Purser and Boatswain and with three further countersignatures at the foot and various official ink annotations in the left margin. Two areas of the document have been neatly excised and the whole has been laid down. Some light overall age wear, G George Graham, Captain of the 4th Gun on board HMS Orion, was one of the victims of The Glorious First of June of 1794, the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.

COLPOYS JOHN: (c.1742-1821) British Admiral. L.S., Jno. Colpoys, one page, folio, on board HMS London at sea, 29th October 1796, to H. D. Darby, Captain of HMS Bellerophon. The manuscript letter requires Darby to place himself under Colpoy`s command `and follow all such Orders as you may from time to time receive from me for His Majesty`s Service` following directions from the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. Countersigned at the foot by John Scott (d.1805) Royal Navy Warrant Officer, a friend and confidant to Nelson who served as his secretary in HMS Victory. Scott was present at the Battle of Trafalgar during which he was killed in the opening exchanges. VG

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A highly unusual D.S. by Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, one page, large folio, 29th July 1798, issued to Lord Nelson by the Grand Vizier on the orders of Selim III, Sultan of Turkey, and bearing his seal. A contemporary docket to the verso, in English, provides a summary of the Ottoman Turkish document, in part, `Mandate (in epistolary form) from the Supreme Vezir addressed to all Pashas on the coasts and in the Islands of the White Sea….recommending the English Fleet to a most friendly reception and to being readily supplied with provisions, water and other necessaries at the current prices, directing on the other hand that if any French ships appear, the latter are….to be refused admittance and driven off. 29th July 1798* This document issued at the instance of Mr. Smith, H.M`s Charge d`Affaires at Constantinople and by him transmitted to Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. *NB The Battle of the Nile 1st August 1798`. A couple of small holes at the intersection of some folds, G The Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1st-3rd August 1798. The battle was the climax of a naval campaign that had ranged across the Mediterranean during the previous three months, as a large French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria, carrying an expeditionary force under Napoleon Bonaparte. The French were defeated by the British forces led by Sir Horatio Nelson.

CADIR BEY (d.1804) Turkish High Admiral, a favourite of Sultan Selim III. Manuscript Letter, most likely in the hand of a secretary, signed with Cadir Bey`s small Arabic seal at the conclusion, two pages, small folio, Alexandria, 23rd July 1802, to Lord Nelson, in French. The Admiral remarks that his last five letters to Nelson have gone unanswered although continues to enquire about the health of Nelson and his officers. With blank integral leaf. VG

CODRINGTON EDWARD: (1770-1851) British Admiral, a hero of the Battle of Trafalgar where he captained HMS Orion. A.L.S., Edwd. Codrington, one page, folio, 43 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, 16th June 1813, to George Harrison of the Treasury. Codrington informs his correspondent that `I brought to England in the Blake a cask of wine and a slab of marble directed for Mrs. Pellew, Plymouth, which I sent to the Custom House at Portsmouth in consequence of the Blake being paid off` and continues to request that Harrison gives directions that the wine and marble be permitted to be re-shipped and landed at the Custom House at Plymouth. VG

VILLENEUVE PIERRE-CHARLES: (1763-1806) French Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, commanded the French and Spanish Fleets defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. A.L.S., Villeneuve, one page, folio, Paris, 8 Vendemiaire Year 12 (1st October 1803), to Citizen Minister, in French. Villeneuve requests the authorisation of an advance payment of 3000 francs and safe passage for his travel to Rochefort, `from Valensolles, Basses Alpes, the place where I received the order to betake myself to this destination` and concludes `I shall then set out on Monday evening without further delay.` In the left margin Louis-Alexandre Berthier has approved the payment, adding his initials beneath. At the base of the letter appear some official manuscript calculations of the distances involved in the various stages of the journey, and of travel expenses. VG Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Minister of War 1799-1800, 1800-07.

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An interesting nine page folio manuscript letter in French outlining the preparations and considerations for 1805 planned Napoleonic invasion of England by the Boulogne Flotilla. Referring to various past naval failures due to lack of organization and backing, it sets out the details for supplies and men. It also covers consideration on how to raise the moral of the sailors and hence increase the chance of successful enlistment, advocating a maritime advisory council to Decres Naval Ministry. Some wear to edge of the pages, FR.

CARACCIOLO FRANCESCO: (1752-1799) Neapolitan Admiral and Revolutionist. Caracciolo was the subject of a Court Martial on board Nelson`s flagship HMS Foudroyant where he was charged with high treason and condemned to death. D.S., Fran:co Caracciolo, two pages, folio, Fasano, Martina and Mottola, 18th & 24th November 1724. The manuscript document, in Italian and Latin, begins with the supplication of Giovanni Majollare of Arborebello and states, in part, `about the 10th of the present November 1724, when the Country Wardens of Your Excellency`s house came unexpectedly….finding the suppliant with certain acorns and fruit, the property of the same Your Excellency`s house, collected in the cottage, they by way of penalty took captive two ploughing oxen, and brought them here to the Tower at Martina. And because….the suppliant is a poor day-labourer and in need, and the theft of the produce short lived, he begs you in charity….to be pleased to show him mercy, meanwhile may God show him likewise.` With Majollare`s mark at the conclusion and the signatures of three witnesses, attested in Latin at Fasano by the notary Pietro Antonio Mileti with his device. Caracciolo`s pardon follows, `We remit the penalty incurred by the suppliant, and accordingly the Court at Mottola is to restore the animals free to him, saving the rights of the Wardens and of this Court….` Boldly signed by Caracciolo and countersigned by Cippoluni. With a good armorial paper seal with shaped fold-downs affixed. The lower half of the second page features a record of the document`s production before the Deputy Master at Mottola who ordered the animals to be returned. With blank integral leaf. A small area of paper loss to the upper inner margin not affecting the text or signatures. VG

HAMILTON EMMA: (1765-1815) Wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Lord Nelson. A signed folio edition of Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards…. by Edward Jones, Second Part containing the Music of the First Volume, Second Edition, printed for the author, London, 1800. Bearing Emma Hamilton`s ownership signature (`Emma Hamilton`, a large example) and date, 1805, in her hand at the head of the title page. Incomplete and disbound. About G Provenance: Originally part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and bearing his small circular sticker. Sold as part of the Rawlin`s Collection by Sotheby`s, 4th June 1980 (Lot 837, Estimate £40-60).

HAMILTON EMMA: (1765-1815) Wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Lord Nelson. Good D.S., Emma Hamilton, twice, one page, folio, n.p. (London), 14th May 1811. The partially printed document is addressed to Thomas Dixon and William Leake, Attorneys of His Majesty`s Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, and is a Warrant of Attorney authorising them to appear on Hamilton`s behalf in an action for a debt of £600. Signed by Hamilton at the foot alongside a red wax seal and again signed in the left margin beneath the manuscript text `This Warrant of Attorney is given to secure the payment of two Bills of Exchange for One hundred and Fifty pounds each dated the thirteenth and fourteenth days of May instant drawn by Carlo Revedino upon the said Lady Hamilton at two months after date.` With blank integral leaf. VG Two years after the present document was signed, in the summer of 1813, Emma Hamilton was arrested for debt and consigned to the Kings Bench prison where she remained for a year with her daughter Horatia.

[HAMILTON EMMA]: (1765-1815) Wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Lord Nelson. A.L.S. by Eliza Graefer, widow of the botanist John Graefer, two pages, folio, Bronte, 27th August 1809, to Lady Hamilton. Graefer states that she hopes her correspondent has received her packet of letters providing `the exact state of the Dutchy (sic) of Bronte` and further commenting on her health, `the Docters (sic) as (sic) ordered me Viper Broth…I am afraid I am on my last leggs (sic) but my Dr. Lady Hamilton we must all die of some Disorder, & if this is to be my Death, I must resign myself to the will of the almighty….but let me beg it as a favor you will not acquaint any one that I am so ill, particularly my Uncle, not even if you was to hear of my being Dead, for he woud (sic) be capable of altering his Will & not think of my Dr. Caroline` as well as mutual acquaintances, the possibility of obtaining a pension from the Queen (`but can I expect justice from the Court of Palermo. I don`t like to tell you my reasons, but don`t write to her any more, she`s an ungratefull wretch`) and also enquiring about Horatia, `now I long to know how your dear Horatia comes on in her Education, wether (sic) she is good & loves her Dr. Mother & Grandmother if she is pray give her a thousand kisses for me` Lightly mounted at the left edge of the integral leaf to a slightly larger sheet, a pencil annotation in an unidentified hand indicating that the letter may have been previously contained in the Alfred Morrison collection. Some light age wear, about VG John Graefer (1746-1802) German Botanist Nurseryman-see Wikipedia foot note.

NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A very fine, rare D.S., Nelson & Bronte, one page, folio, given on board HMS Victory, 10th June 1804. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to Sir Richard Bickerton, Rear Admiral of the White, on board the Royal Sovereign, and is headed Order of Battle and of Sailing. The document outlines Nelson’s plans for the formation of ships for the Blockade of Toulon, listing eleven vessels including the Victory, Superb, Renown, Triumph and Bickerton’s own Royal Sovereign, along with the names of the Captains of each ship including Nelson himself. The list of ships are split into three sections, Van Squadron, Centre Squadron and Rear Squadron. Boldly signed by Nelson at the foot. With blank integral leaf. A later, small red ink stamp appears in the upper right corner. The text is illegible although is presumably that of a collector. Some slight discoloration to the extreme edges of the document, caused by previous framing, not affecting the text or signature. VG

JAZZ: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some photographs etc., by various jazz musicians including Duke Ellington (vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph), Claude Luter etc. Some are slightly irregularly clipped and all are laid down to the loose pages of a folio scrapbook alongside various unsigned photographs etc., subjects include Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Lionel Hampton, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, some candid images etc. The scrapbook was compiled by Gaston Criel, a noted French writer and jazz enthusiast based in Paris. FR to G

JAZZ: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some photographs etc., by various jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong (2), Earl Fatha Hines (2), W. C. Handy (vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph), Jack Teagarden, Cozy Cole etc. Some are slightly irregularly clipped and all are laid down to eight folio pages removed from a scrapbook alongside various unsigned photographs etc., including some candid images of Armstrong. The pages originate from a scrapbook compiled by Gaston Criel, a noted French writer and jazz enthusiast based in Paris. FR to G, 8

JAZZ: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some photographs etc., by various jazz musicians including Milton Mezz Mezzrow, Jimmy Archey, George `Pop` Foster, Norman Lester, Rex Stewart, Muggsy Spanier, W. C. Handy, Pee Wee Erwin, Zutty Singleton, Miff Mole etc. Some are slightly irregularly clipped and all are laid down to seven folio pages removed from a scrapbook alongside various unsigned photographs etc. The pages originate from a scrapbook compiled by Gaston Criel, a noted French writer and jazz enthusiast based in Paris. FR to G, 7

PEPYS SAMUEL: (1633-1703) English Naval Administrator and Diarist. L.S., S Pepys, one page, folio, Navy Office, 9th February 1668, to Mr. Shippwet, Ch. Cherq. & Storekeep at Chatham. The manuscript letter seeks clarification of the claims made by a labourer working for the King and states, in full, `Wee have seene your certification at yr. bottome of a peticon of Danl. Bowtroolls the Kings MarCaulker at Chatham, and having good reason to doubt that his pretence to yr. Joyners house is grounded upon a designe of yr. late Joyners to prejudice him that who succeede him. Wee desire you to informe us what you can learne touching yr. grounds of yr. said Joyner no earlyer declaring yr. Caulkers right to his house.` Countersigned by three Commissioners of the Navy, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684) English Mathematician, first President of the Royal Society, Sir John Mennes (1599-1671) English Vice Admiral, Controller of the Navy and Colonel Thomas Middleton (d.1672) Surveyor of the Navy 1667-72. Some very light, minor overall foxing and some slight chipping to the left edge. About VG The letter dates from the period of Pepys` Diaries and as such is scarce and desirable. Indeed, Pepys makes references to the three countersignatories in his diaries, expressing his disgust at Brouncker for living out of wedlock with the actress Abigail Williams and describing Mennes as being `ill at ease` in his role as a Commissioner of the Navy.

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 23rd June 1934. The poster features a portrait of Dillinger and offers a reward of $10,000 for his capture or $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. A description of the criminal is provided including details of his scars. Some light overall staining and age wear and a tear to the upper edge, FR

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 23rd June 1934. The poster features a portrait of Dillinger and offers a reward of $10,000 for his capture or $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. A description of the criminal is provided including details of his scars. Some fairly heavy overall staining and age wear, FR

HIRST DAMIEN: (1965-) English Artist. A printed colour folio Menu for the fashionable restaurant Pharmacy in Notting Hill, London, boldly signed by Hirst in black ink to the colour cover and dated 15th January 1998 in his hand. EX

WARNE (CHARLES) - ANCIENT DORSET THE.... ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE EARLY COINAGE, FOLIO, PLATES, LATER CLOTH BOURNMOUTH 1872 AND ABOUT 15 OTHERS, ALL LARGE FORMAT VARIOUS SUBJECTS, ALL EX LIBRIS

A carved ivory and silver mounted folio turner the handle carved with tortoise, bird and flowerheads, 39cm. long.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK. – A.P. (calligrapher). The Shunammite and Her Son. [N.p.: n.d. but dedication dated ‘April 5 1854’]. 31pp. illuminated manuscript on vellum leaves, folio (223 x 156 mm.) (Slightly affected by damp.) Contemporary green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, silk endpapers, g.e. (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: ‘E.J.P.’ (presentation inscription verso of title). Note: Part of the IVth chapter of the Second Book of Kings.

THOROTON, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire. London: printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677. First edition, folio (340 x 219mm.) Title printed in red and black, engraved folding map, 16 plates (most folding or double-page), 8 plates of coats of arms on 4 leaves at rear, engraved illustrations. (Some light browning and soiling, folding plate of Newarke Church torn and repaired.) Late 18th Century diced calf gilt (extremities slightly scuffed, upper joint split and nearly detached, lower joint repaired).

CARTWRIGHT, Edmund. The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Bramber in the Western Division of the County of Sussex. London: 1830. Vol. II, part II only, folio (381 x 265mm.) 5 maps (2 folding), 24 plates (2 hand-coloured). (Occasional spotting or light browning.) Contemporary boards (soiled and slightly scuffed). Note: vol. I and vol. II part I were published in 1815 and 1819 respectively by James Dallaway, but are scarce due to a fire at the printer’s premises which destroyed the majority of the copies.

PYNE, William Henry, and others. Picturesque Groups for the Embellishment of Landscape. London: 1845. 2 vols. in one, folio (352 x 284mm.) 122 aquatint plates by J. Hill. (Some browning and damp-staining, occasional old creasing.) Contemporary morocco-backed cloth (extremities somewhat scuffed).

SLEIGH, John. A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek, in Staffordshire. Leek & London: 1862. 8vo but mounted on folio leaves (375 x 275mm.) Approximately 110 mounted plates, illustrations and genealogies, the majority extra–illustrations. (Occasional spotting or browning.) Near contemporary brown morocco gilt, by Tout, the upper cover with inset metal armorial, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others blank, wide gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (slightly soiled, spine faded). Provenance: Will. S. Brough (armorial bookplate to front pastedown; binding). Note: the extra-illustrations include an engraving circa 1680-1699 by Robert White titled ‘The Illustrious and Most Renowned Princesse Elizabeth, late Queene of England’ and other later engravings, lithographs, colour plates and mezzotints, 5 supplied from the second edition of this work, 2 printed silk play bills (loosely inserted) and an original pen and ink cartoon. – And a second edition of the same work (2).

THE FOLIO SOCIETY (publishers). – Charlotte BRONTË. Shirley. London: 1968. 8vo (221 x 140mm.) 15 lithographic plates by Walter Hoyle. Original calf-backed cloth, slipcase. – And approximately seventy-seven others published by the Folio Society (a quantity).

[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.

[HARINGTON, John (translator). – Ludovico ARIOSTO. Orlando Furioso. London: 1634. Bound with:] John HARINGTON. The Most Elegant and Wittie Epigrams. 2 vols., in one, small folio (275 x 190mm.) 1 engraved plate, 44 engraved full-page illustrations. (Lacking title-page for ‘Orlando Furioso’, some browning and worm damage, occasional soiling, a few repaired tears.) Old speckled calf (extremities chipped, upper joint split, stitching broken and first few leaves now loosely inserted, lacking all leaves prior to title in ‘Epigrams’). Provenance: the Randon family (various signatures to title-page of ‘Epigrams’).

PSALMS & COMMON PRAYER, In English. The Whole Booke of Psalmes. London: printed by E.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1640. Decorative woodcut title surround, occasional woodcut initials. [Bound with: The Book of Common Prayer. London: circa 1639.] Almanack printed in red and black, numerous woodcut initials, 2 vols. in one, folio (272 x 172mm.) (Lacking title page to ‘Book of Common Prayer’, some marginal notes shaved.) 18th Century sheep (somewhat scuffed and rubbed, spine worn, joints split).

[PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius “Pliny the Elder”. Naturalis Historiae. Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornius, 1524.] Folio (313 x 194mm.) Occasional woodcut initials and decorations. (Light browning and occasional soiling, first few leaves with worm damage, lacking all leaves prior to Aaii, including title-page, final leaf torn with loss but still showing colophon with date.) 19th Century half-calf (worn, covers detached), contained within a modern slipcase (spotted).

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).

RICHARDSON, Gabriel. Of the State of Europe XIIII Bookes… continued out of approved authours. Oxford: [John Lichfield] printed for Henry Cripps, 1627. First edition, folio (273 x 180mm.) (Slightly affected by damp, last few leaves with old repairs, some near contemporary inscriptions.) Old speckled calf (chipped at head and foot of spine, upper joint split).

[BURTON, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: 1628.] Third edition, folio (280 x 170mm.) (Lacking title-page, replaced with loosely inserted facsimile, first few and some other leaves repaired with some loss, some damp-staining, some near contemporary inscriptions.) Old calf (spine worn, upper cover detached).

LIVY, T. [Two leaves from `Las Quatorze Decades`. N.p. but Saragossa: n.d. but circa 1520.] Leaves `CCXXXVIII` and `CCCCCV` only, folio (289 x 198mm.) 1 woodcut illustration to each leaf. (Some browning, minor nicks to one leaf.).

LONGMAN and Co (publishers). The Illuminated Calendar for mdcccxlvi. London: 1846 [but 1845]. Folio (270 x 185mm) Printed in colours and gilt throughout. (Occasional entries in ink, some browning and soiling.) Original cloth blocked in blue, red and gilt (worn, gutta-percha perished and all leaves now loosely inserted).

KENT, Rockwell (illustrator). – Jean François Marie Arouet de VOLTAIRE. Candide. New York: Random House, 1975. Limited edition of 10,000 copies, 8vo (286 x 192mm.) Numerous illustrations by Kent. (Some spotting to first few leaves.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine somewhat bumped), slipcase (defective). – And four other illustrated works, including three published by the Folio Society (5).

L’ACADÉMIE GONCOURT. Regards sur Paris. [N.p. but Monte Carlo:] André Sauret, 1962. Limited edition of 150 copies, this number 54 of 120 signed by the ten authors and ten artists, folio (390 x 300mm.) 33 full-page plates (30 colour, 11 double-page). (Light spotting, first few quires buckled.) Unsewn in original wrappers as issued, contained within original cloth box (slightly affected by damp). Note: includes illustrations by André Beaudin, Georges Braque, Maurice Brianchon, Jean Carzo, Marc Chagall, Dunoyer de Segonzac, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Kees van Dongen and Jaques Villon, all of whom have signed a single double-page leaf along with the contributing authors.

ERNI, Hans. The Israeli Sketchbooks. Geneva: 1968. Limited edition of 550 copies, this number 68 of 500 copies signed by the artist, 3 vols., oblong folio (179 x 260mm.) or folio (355 x 252mm.) Two sketchbooks printed in colour facsimile, numerous illustrations to other volume. Original cloth, all contained within a single slipcase.

VOLLARD, Ambroise. La Vie & L’Oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1919. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this number 410 of 375 on ‘vélin d’Arches’, folio (334 x 252mm.) Etched frontispiece, 51 plates (1 colour), numerous illustrations. (Occasional spotting, a few tissue guards creased.) Original wrappers printed in red and black (slightly browned), glassine dust-jacket (minor nicks and tears).

CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Charles FFOULKES. Noël, a Book of Carols for Christmastide… music by H.A. Vincent Ransom. London: David Nutt, [n.d. but circa 1894.] Folio (328 x 250mm.) Decorative title, 10 plates. Original cloth (extremities slightly scuffed and bumped). – And nineteen others (20).

BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum: or, a Naturall History in Ten Centuries… the sixt edition. London: printed by J.F. for William Lee, 1651. [Bound with:] New Atlantis. [N.p.: n.d. but circa ?1651. Bound with:] History Naturall and Experimentall. London: printed for William Lee, and Humphrey Moseley, 1650. 3 works in one vol., folio (284 x 185mm.) Additional decorative title to first work only (lacking two plates). (Some browning, occasional marginal tears, some marginal worm damage, additional decorative title torn with loss, lacking all leaves after p.62 in third work.) Modern black calf retaining contemporary lower board.

ART REFERENCE. – Georges ARNULF (illustrator). 20 Estampes Pre-Colombiennes. Paris: Édition de L’Auteur, 1967. Folio (473 x 313mm.) 20 silkscreen plates by Arnulf. (Minor light browning.) Unsewn within original folio as issued (portfolio spotted and slightly browned). – And thirty-six others of art reference interest, including a few limited editions (37).

After MUIRHEAD BONE. A folio of war related prints titled `War drawings by MUIRHEAD BONE` (59) approximately 8 " x 14" (average).

A folio, containing a large quantity of various antique and other prints, photographs and drawings

BARTHOLOMEW (John) The Imperial Map of England and Wales according to the Ordnance Survey, London and Edinburgh: Fullarton and Co.[c.1860], large folio, series of coloured double page maps, some staining, binding worn

Folders of Plans. Birmingham and Vicinity, Ancient and Modern, 1884, folio, lithographic reprints of earlier plans, few edge creases and tears; Oxford Historical Society plans, folder of reprints circa 1899, on 15 loose sheets; one other (3)

MORTON (John) The Natural History of Northamptonshire, London 1712, folio, folding map, plates, worn calf with detached upper board

BICKHAM (George) The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description Of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain, 1743-44, small folio, engraved throughout, 5 maps (1 folding), some spotting and dust staining, a few leaves with tears or repairs, later half calf

STANLEY (Thomas) The History of Philosophy, 3rd edition, London, 1701, folio, engraved frontispiece portrait and figures within the text, somewhat browned and spotted throughout, lacking a few leaves, rebacked panel calf

DORE (Gustave) Die Heilige Schrist des Alten und neuen Testaments, 2 vols circa 1880, folio, slight sporadic spotting, otherwise good in gilt lettered black calf boards with raised design (2)

ANDREWS (Bishop) The Morall Law Expounded, London 1642, small folio, without the frontispiece, recased and rebacked preserving original calf boards

MORE (Henry) A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, 1644, small folio, rebacked and recased, contemporary calf boards

FOX (John) The Books of Martyrs, London: For H Trape 1776, folio, engraved frontispiece, title and plates, binding poor

ROBERTS (Francis) Clavis Bibliorum. The Key of the Bible, Unlocking the Richest Treasury of the Holy Scriptures...` London, printed by T.R. and E.M. for George Calvert, 1649, second edition, small 8vo, in 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, rubbed calf; LOWTH (William) A Commentary upon the Larger and Lesser Prophets, 1727, folio, signature of Thomas Priest of Emmanuel College Cambridge, dated 1727, slight staining, slight worming to upper margins, worn calf (3)

Late Victorian photograph album, mainly Rome and Naples, views and antiquities, largest 26 x 37cm; a varied folio of small loose prints, engravings and a disbound print album

MORRIS (William) Items formerly from the collection of the late Sir Adair Hore. Kelmscott Press. Syr Perecyvelle of Gales edited by F.S.Ellis, 1895, 8vo, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Edward Burne-Jones and borders and initials by William Morris, original cloth backed boards, upper board titled in black, uncut; Art and the Beauty of the Earth, 1898; An Address delivered ...to students of the Birmingham School of Art 1894, 1898 (some dust staining to boards); 3 Socialist pamphlets, 1885-1893; A pen and ink sketch of Morris in the manner of Burne-Jones or Rossetti, 12.5 x 7.5cm; CRANE (Walter) Cartoons for the Cause, 1886-1896, oblong folio, possibly signed and numbered 15 by Crane, (silk tied leaves, boards soiled and damaged); Coronation Service Book, 1937, signed by Adair Hore and a photograph of George VI and Queen Elizabeth

BLAKE (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job, The William Blake Trust 1987, folio, number VII of 65 copies reserved for Trust members, leather backed boards, with plate volume, in slipcase; Colour Versions of Williams Blake`s Book of Job designs, similarly numbered, in bound box and slipcase (2)