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Click here to subscribeLegal Notebook manuscript in legal French and Latin c.60pp. title inscription “St John Scripsit” first 5pp. torn original vellum torn with loss creased and soiled ink title: “Liber Notarum” on upper cover naroow folio [early seventeenth century]. *** Contains notes from parliamentary rolls judges case statutes and bye laws.
(Thomas third Lord Fairfax of Cameron parliament (Thomas third Lord Fairfax of Cameron parliamentary army officer 1612-71) Retained Copy Letter to Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1p. folio 4th September 1645 calling on the prince to surrender the town of Bristol and stating his political opinion concerning the king`s position “Sir the Crown of England is and will be where it ought to be we fight to mayntaine it there but the King misled by evill Counsellors or through a seduced heart hath left his Parliamt and his people... Sir if God makes this clear to you as he hath to us I doubt not to but he will not give you a heart to deliver this place notwithstanding all the other considerations of honor courage fidelitie because their consistency and use in the present business depends upon the right and wrongfulness of this that has been said... . But if this be hid from your eyes and that through your willfullness this so great and so famous and ancient Citty and so full of people be by your putting us to force the same exposed to ruin and the extremity of warr then I appeale to the righteous God to be judge between you and us... . And let all England judge whether the burning of its towns ruining of its citties and destroying its people be a good requittal from a person of your familie which hath had the prayers tears purses and blood of its Parlmt and people And most zealous for their assistance and restiturtion which you now oppose and seek to destroy and whose constant griefe hath been that their desires to returne your familie hath been ever hindered or made fruitlesse by that same party about his Majesty whose Counsell you are and whose interest you pursue in this unnaturall warr” folds some creasing (affecting signature) some edges chipped browned slightly stained folio; and a modern typescript of the letter. *** “This unnaturall warr.”- Fairfax. “Bristol was a tougher nut to crack. The second port in the realm protected by 15-foot thick walls it was the main distribution point for the king`s weaponry ammunition and materials. The letter in which Fairfax summoned Prince Rupert to surrender the city contains an interesting exposition of his political creed at that time. He assured the prince that neither he nor parliament harboured any animus against the institution of monarchy. Rather they were fighting `to maintain the rights of the crown and kingdom joyntly; a principal part whereof ir that the king... is... to be advised... by his Parliament the great Counsel of the Kingdom in whom... he hears all his people as it were at once advising him; and in which multitude of councellours lyes his safety and his peoples interest` (Sprigge 98). It was similar to the political philosophy that his father had proclaimed on his own battle flag: `Long live the king but death to bad government` (BL Soane MS 5247 fol. 20v). After a three-week siege and heavy artillery bombardment which failed to open a breach in the walls the city was finally overrun on 10 September in a lightning assault. Showing great daring Fairfax`s infantry scaled the walls as withering fire was poured down upon them.” - Oxford DNB.
Wales.- [Genealogies of Anglesey and North Welsh f manuscript pedigrees 172pp. and 6pp. index at beginning a few pen and ink sketches of coats of arms and some bookplates loosely inserted slightly browned engraved bookplate of the Price family on front pastedown original reversed calf patterned decoration ink stamp of Price family on upper cover edges and corners slightly rubbed joints splitting red morocco label on spine folio [late eighteenth century] - c. 1840s. *** Families listed under place names including: “The Genealogy of the Honored Family of Plas newydd in Anglesea”; “of Chwaen ddu in Llantrisaint”; “of Carreg”; “of Conway”; “of Bangor y Perfeddgoeth”; “of Pennarth”; “of Trefan.” Other pieces include: “Registry of Anglesy Voters”; “Population of Anglesey 1801 & 1841”; ““Sheriffs of the County of Anglesey” etc.
Russian Manuscripts.- Otchet Ministerstva Vnytrenn [Report of the Ministry of Interior Affairs for 1830] title with manuscript vignette of the Imperial double-headed eagle 7 tables including 3 double page and 1 folding (with closed tear) tables signed `Verno [True]: Sekretar A. Voytsekhovich` also mentioning the Director of the Department of State Property and Public Buildings Ivan Ustinovich Payker (1784-1844) text very slightly shaved on outer margin contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt rubbed spine detached along upper joint a.e.g. 1830 § Spiski s raznykh bumag po grazhdansk[oy] i voennoy chastyam za 1830 I 1831 god [Lists from various Papers on Civil and Military Parts for 1830 and 1831] half-title title table of contents 374 text pp. contemporary straight-grained green paper on boards gilt fore-edges browned stained to rear panel lower joint splitting at head 1830-1 folio (2) *** The first report is divided in four parts following the structure of the ministry itself and includes a wealth of administrative financial tax statistical and organizational information. The second documents the administrative communications to and from the Finnish region of the Russian Empire (Finskaya guberniya) in particular between the Emperor Nicholas I his minister `stats-sekretar` Count Robert Ivanovich Rehbinder (1771-1841) and the governor of Finland for 1830.
Film & Theatre: An album of signed photographs - including George Formby, Florence Desmond, Beryl Reid, 1950s, Tessie O`Shea, Wilson, Keppel & Betty, Leslie Henson and Jimmy James; theatre poster and bills - including Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry, including Harry Secombe and Pat Kirkwood, 1950s, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, Nat Gonella; copies of The Performer, 1930s; ephemera relating to production and management correspondence for Tommy Cooper show at Coventry Theatre, 1970; books; and folio relating to Arthur Tolcher and family (qty)
Campbell (Colin) et al. Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect, 1967-72, Benjamin Blom, 4 vols., folio, 4to. & 8vo., original cloth; Aslet (Clive), Quinlan Terry, The Revival of Architecture, 1986, dust wrapper; Ruskin (John), The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1849, plates, original cloth (lacking backstrip); with eight others (14)
Christie`s Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales, A Charity Sale conducted by Christie`s on a not-for-profit basis, 1997, large folio auction catalogue, colour illustrated, results sheet loosely inserted, purple cloth, dust wrapper, original packaging; id., Candle in the Wind 1997 Lyrics Auction 1998, 1997, cloth with wrap-around (2) [note; the Dresses sale was held in New York, the 79 items together with catalogue sales, etc. raised $5.7 million for Diana`s charities]
Ceramics McNair (Anne) et al., Catalogue of the Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain at the Bowes Museum, 2007, 4to., dust wrapper; Griffin (John D.), The Leeds Pottery 1770 -1881, 2005, 2 vols., folio, dust wrappers; Watney (Bernard M.), Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, 1997, folio, dust wrapper; Drakard (David) & Holdway (Paul), Spode Transfer Printed Ware 1784-1833, 2002, 4to., dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)
Duncan (Alastair) Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, 2004, 4to., dust wrapper, slipcase; Kinmonth (Patrick), Mario Testino Portraits, 2002, folio, signed by the photographer, dust wrapper; Battye (Christine), The Brewhouse Private Press, 1963-1983, 1984, folio, cloth; with a quantity of art reference books (qty)
Chippendale (Thomas) The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker`s Director .., 1763 [but much later reprint of the third edition], folio, 200 plates, disbound, contained within half calf book-style folder; Macquoid (Percy), A History of English Furniture, nd. c1938, 4 vols., folio, original cloth; Chinnery (Victor), Oak Furniture, 1979, dust wrapper; Maple & Co., Illustrated Catalogue - Furniture, nd., original cloth-backed covers; with ten others (17)
Ruskin (John) Lectures on Landscaping, Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871, folio in fours, numbered ltd. edition of 150, hand-made paper, 22 India proofs of the plates as called for, original quarter vellum; id., Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures of Sir John Everett Millais exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery 1886, nd., bound with Notes on the Pictures of Mr Holman Hunt and Descriptive Catalogue ..Holman Hunt .., 1886 and Notes by Mr Ruskin on Samuel Prout and William Hunt .., 1879-80, cloth with some original wraps bound in; Pugin (A.), A Series of Ornamental Timber Gables .., 1854, 4to., plates, morocco-backed cloth; with two others (5)
Taylor (I & J.) Designs for Monuments including Grave Stones, Compartments, Wall Pieces and Tombs on 40 Plates, nd. [V&A give 1700?], Taylor`s Architectural Library, 4to., 40 engraved plates (water-staining), [bound with] A Catalogue of Modern Books on Architecture ..., on sale at J. Taylor`s Architectural Library .., 1802, folio, contemporary half sheep (worn)
Edwards (Frederick) Our Domestic Fire-Places, 1870, frontis, plates, original cloth; Smith (Seth), Description of the Patent Metallic Lining and Damper for the Chimneys of Dwelling and Other Houses and Buildings, nd., 3 engraved plates (2 folding), original cloth; Shuffrey (L.A.), The English Fireplace .., nd. [c1912], original cloth; Macdonald (Malcolm), Steeplejacks, nd., folio, original wraps (4)
Finberg (Alex J.) Turner`s Water-Colours at Farnley Hall, nd., oblong folio, colour plates, later half morocco; The Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours, Special Spring Number of the Studio, 1906, edition de luxe collection of coloured plates in quarter cloth portfolio; The Old Water-Colour Society 1804 - 1904, Special Spring Number of the Studio, 1905, edition de luxe collection of coloured plates in quarter cloth portfolio; with six others (9)
Cumberland (George) An Essay on the Utility of Collecting the Best Works of the Ancient Engravers ..., 1827, 4to., portrait frontis, cloth-backed boards (tape repairs); The Vernon Gallery, nd., collection of engravings with related text, recent half leather; Knight`s Pictorial Gallery of Arts, nd., 2 vols., folio, a.e.g., half calf gilt; with sixteen others (20)
Waring (J.B.) Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862, Vol. II, nd., folio, chromolitho. plates, half morocco (rear board detached); French (James Weir), Modern Power Generators, 1908, 2 vols., folio, sectional models, original art deco cloth; le Blanc (M.), & Armengaud (MM.), The Engineer & Machinist`s Drawing Book, 1855, folio, engraved plates, half morocco; Tomlinson (Walter), The Pictorial Record of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester 1887, 1888, folio, original cloth; with one other (5)
Clutton (Henry) Remarks with Illustrations on the Domestic Architecture of France .., 1853, folio, 16 litho plates (waterstained margins), quarter morocco (joints split); Architectural Association Sketch Book, New Series, vols 5 & 6, 1885-6, 2 vols. bound as one, folio, plates, original quarter morocco (2)
Malory (Thomas) Le Morte d`Arthur, 1936, Limited Editions Club/Golden Cockerel Press, 3 vols., small folio, illustrated by Robert Gibbings, numbered ltd. edition of 1500 signed by the artist, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase; Empson (Patience), The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1959, 4to., original cloth; Furst (Herbert), The Modern Woodcut .., 1924, 4to., ex-library, original cloth; Chambers (David), Joan Hassall .., 1985, original cloth (6)
Weedon (L.L.) et al. The Model Menagerie, nd., oblong folio, `pop-up` picture book with six 3-dimensional colour plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards; The Comical Creatures from Wurtenberg .., 1851, 19 hand-coloured plates as called for, a.e.g., original cloth; Picture Book Playmates, nd., 4to., chromolitho. plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards (3)
Tree (Herbert Beerbohm) Souvenir of the Charing Cross Hospital Bazaar, 1899, folio, original cloth-backed decorative boards; Ingoldsby (Thomas) & Jessop (Ernest), The Witches Frolic, 1888, folio, original cloth; id., Misadventures at Margate, nd., folio, pictorial boards (edges taped); with six others (9)
Kayr (M.M.) The Far Pavilions, 1978, first edition, presentation copy signed by author, 2 page a.l.s. loosely inserted, dust wrapper; McEwan (Ian), or Shall We Die?, Words for an oratoria set to music by Michael Berkeley, 1983, first edition, signed by the author and the musician, dust wrapper; Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.), A Leader in the Chalet School, 1961, first edition, dust wrapper; Shakespeare (William), Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, The First Folio of Shakespeare - The Norton Facsimile, folio, bonded leather spine, new, sealed in slipcase; with six others (9)
Erasmus The Praise of Folly .., 1901, Essex House Press, small folio in 8s, numbered ltd. edition of 250, wood-cuts, decorative parchment with yapp fore-edge; Hood (Tom), Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Leg. A Golden Legend, 1904, Essex House Press, numbered ltd. edition of 200, original cloth-backed boards (2)
Roy [William] General Roy`s Instructions on Reconnoitring, Orders and Instructions to be observed in examining, describing, representing, and reporting any Country, District, or particular Spot of Ground, that Officers or Engineers may, at any Time, be ordered to Reconnoitre and Report, nd. [1800 - 1837], folio, 6 pages plus wrap (printed to allow for folding, misspelled title), imprint of A.B. King, (His Majesty`s Stationer), 36 Dame-Street, [Dublin], evidence of having been bound. [not in Copac]
Saltmarshe (P.) Fortification Plates, nd., c 1872, oblong folio album containing 6 hand-coloured pen and ink drawings and 21 litho. plates (many with later hand-colouring and additions), half roan [the workbook of Col. Philip Saltmarshe (Royal Artillery), of Saltmarshe Hall, Howden, E. Yorks., while at the Royal Military Academy]
Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1972, 4 vols., folio, dust wrappers; Fordyce (W.), A History of Coal, Coke, Coalfields and Iron Manufacture in Northern England, 1973, Frank Graham, folio, dust wrapper; Hair (T.H.), Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham, 1969, Frank Graham, folio, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)
Latham (George) The History of Stydd Chapel and Preceptory, nr Ribchester, Lancashire, 1853, folio, 15 litho. plates, original cloth (joint split); Billings (Robert William), Architectural Illustrations, History and Description of Carlisle Cathedral, 1840, engraved plates, original cloth; Wilkinson (T.T.), History of the Parochial Church of Burnley .., 1856, 4to., later cloth; Staveley (Thomas), The History of Churches in England, Wherein is shewn, The Time, Means, and Manner of Founding, Building, and Endowing of Churches, both Cathedral and Rural, with their Furniture and Appendages, 1712, folding plate, calf (worn) (John Stainer`s copy) (4)
Tracy (W. Burnett) et al. Port of Manchester, 1901, oblong folio, original cloth (worn); Travis (John), Notes: (Historical and Biographical) Mainly of Todmorden and District .., 1896, original cloth; McKay (James), Pendle Hill, in History and Literature, nd. [c1888], original cloth; Abram (William Alexander), Unto this last. Blackburn Characters of a Past Generation, 1894, original cloth; Ormerod (T.), Calderdale .., 1906, original cloth; with a quantity of others (qty)
Buckle (A.) Yorkshire Etchings .., 1885, folio, numbered ltd. edition of 100, t.e.g., original quarter morocco; Banks (T.C.), Baronia Anglica Concentrata .. Baronies in Fee .., 1844, 2 vols., 4to., original cloth; Heralds` Commemorative Exhibition 1484 - 1934, Enlarged and Illustrated Catalogue, 1936, 4to. numbered ltd. edition of 300, colour and plain plates, morocco; The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the East Coast, 1889, frontis, a.e.g., original cloth; Yorkshire Doomsday Book, nd., folio, extracted from larger work, half morocco (5)
Ridpath (George) The Border History of England and Scotland .., 1848, 4to., 16 Buck prospects bound in to rear, half morocco; Fordyce (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham .., 1857, 2 vols., 4to., library cloth; Hunter (Joseph), South Yorkshire, 1974, 2 vols., folio, ex-library, cloth; with five others (10)
[Bleau (J.)] Westmoria Comitatus; Anglice Westmorland, nd., hand-coloured map, 380mm x 497mm, Dutch text to rear, framed, glazed front and rear; Sanson, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland, aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort ..., 1658 [or later], hand coloured map, 376mm x 500mm, framed and glazed; Scrivener (Matthew), A Course of Divinity: or an Introduction to the Knowledge of the True Catholick Religion; especially as Professed by the Church of England .., 1674, small folio in fours, early calf (worn, upper board detached)
Perry (Capt. W.E.) Western Persia Survey Party, 1922, a signed 23 page typescript report of the survey in 1917, together with a 1 page brief report and letter; Cardew (E.B.), Report on the Survey Operations Hkamti Long Expedition 1911-12, 1912, folio, folding maps incl. panorama by Perry, original printed wraps; a small quantity of folding maps, predominantly relating to India (qty)
Meads (Jim) `They Still Meet at Eleven`, 1979, 4to, dust wrapper; Staib (Mary), Gone Hunting, 2002, signed by the author, dust wrapper; Harvey (Tony), If St. Peter Has Hounds, 1998, folio, signed by the author, dust wrapper; Pease (Alfred E.), Horse-Breeding for Farmers, 1894, original cloth; with a quantity of others (qty)
Clapham (Richard) Foxhunting on the Lakeland Fells, 1920, first edition, plates as called for, original cloth; Salisbury (Neil), The History of the Coniston Foxhounds 1825 - 1925, 2008, small folio, dust wrapper; Ivester Lloyd (T.), Hounds, 1934, first edition, colour plates, original cloth, with a small quantity of others (qty)
Smail (David Cameron) Prestwick Golf Club ..., 1989, folio, ltd. edition of 1250, dust wrapper; Langton (Harry), Thomas Hodge, The Golf Artist of St. Andrews, 2000, 4to., dust wrapper; Cornish (G.S.) & Whitten (R.E.), The Architects of Golf, 1992, 4to., dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)
Mavrogordato (Jack) A Hawk for the Bush, A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrow-hawk and other Short-winged Hawks, 1978, dust wrapper; Sebright (John), Observations on Hawking, 1973, dust wrapper; Fleming (C.A.), George Edward Lodge, Unpublished Bird Paintings, 1983, folio, dust wrapper; with three others (6)
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