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KEMP-WELCH, Lucy E. (illustrator). - W. Shaw SPARROW (editor). In the Open Country, the Work of Lucy Kemp-Welch. London: 1905. Folio (417 x 283mm.) 21 mounted plates (on 20 leaves) after Kemp-Welch. Original buckram, t.e.g. (extremities slightly bumped).

PATON, Joseph Noël (illustrator). - William SHAKESPEARE. The National Shakespeare, a Facsimile of the Cert of the First Folio of 1625. London, Edinburgh, etc.: [n.d.] 3 vols., folio (402 x 238mm.) Title printed in red and black, frontispieces, numerous plates after Paton, all on india paper mounted. (Some spotting.) Original dark green morocco, elaborately blocked in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (slightly faded, extremities slightly scuffed).

WHITE, George F. Views in India, Chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains. London & Paris: [n.d. but circa 1836.] Plate volume only, folio (380 x 275mm.) Engraved additional decorative title and 30 engraved 'proof' plates on India paper mounted. (Some browning and damp-staining.) Original morocco-backed cloth, disbound ?as issued (worn, silk ties lacking). Provenance: the author, G.F. White (armorial bookplate).

BAINES, Thomas. The Victoria Falls Zambesi River… Rhodesian Reprint Library Facsimile. Bulawayo: 1969. Folio (561 x 368mm.) 11 colour plates. Original cloth, contained within original card box (box with faults).

JONES, Paul. Flora Superba… text by Wilfirid Blunt. London: The Tryon Gallery, 1971. Limited edition of 406 copies, this number 30 signed by the artist, folio (530 x 361mm.) 16 colour plates by Jones. Original half-vellum, contained within original cloth slipcase.

JONES, Paul. Flora Magnifica… text by Wilfrid Blunt. London: The Tryon Gallery, 1976. Limited edition of 506 copies, this number 32 signed by the artist, folio (530 x 360mm.) 16 colour plates by Jones. Original half-vellum, contained within original cloth slipcase.

[Magazines]. Figaro Illustre, Noel 1898, Noel 1899, L'Exposition 1900, & Noel 1900; Figaro-Salon 1899 par Arsene Alexandre, Fascicule Nos 1-6; and L'Illustration, Noel 1899, & Noel 1900, bound as one, quarter blue cloth, folio; L'Illustration, Noel 1906, Noel 1907, Noel 1908, Noel 1909, Numero du Salon 1910, & Noel 1911, bound as one, quarter pebble-grained scarlet cloth, folio; and Gerbault, H. Parisiennettes, La Vie Parisienne, Paris 1894. Quarter leather, illustrations throughout, large quarto, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, two volumes, for Inys et al., London 1750. Full calf, folding engraved plate illustrations, folio (upper cover of vol. one detached; sold with all faults, not subject to return). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Fouque, Friedrich, Baron de la Motte. Undine, undated. Bevelled crimson cloth gilt with printed silk centre-piece, German text, chromolithographic illustrations by Julius Hoppner, folio; Lansing, Clarence. The Nude in Art. A Collection of Forty-five Photogravures, Nichols, London 1896. Bevelled pictorial blue cloth gilt, plate illustrations, folio; and Lohmeyer, Julius. Die Fahrt zum Christkind, ein Weihnachts Marchenbuch fur Deutsche Kinder, undated. Brown cloth with pictorial inlay, German text, illustrations by V.P. Mohn, quarto, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Collections of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honourable W. Hamilton, Volume two (only). Full calf, parallel English / French text, engraved plate illustrations throughout, folio (covers detached; sold with all faults, not subject to return). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Edwards, Lionel. The Passing Seasons, Country Life, London no date. Cord-bound boards, frontispiece and a further seventeen mounted colour plate illustrations, oblong folio (320mm x 460mm). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Dykes, W.R. The Genus Iris, Cambridge University Press 1913. Half leather, colour plate illustrations, folio; and assorted other works. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A quantity of various books, art related and others, together with a number of Folio Society volumes etc.

A folio of fifteen 19th Century and later pencil and watercolour studies to include a depiction of soldiers on parade titled verso "Lazantto Barracks, Argostoli, April 19th 1851", 17cm x 25cm; a harbour view annotated verso "Entrance to the harbour of Argostoli, the Ionian steamer running back and H.M. steamer "Spiteful" at anchor which bought part of the 30th Regt. to Cephalonia" circa 1850, a similar study of a water mill near Argostoli annotated and bearing the name W G Stevens verso, a similar mountain scene with figures crossing a stone bridge, study of figures at Nalcha, India etc. (15). PART ILLUSTRATED. Cephalonia was retained within the British-controlled United States of the Ionian Islands from 1815 to 1864. The barracks may be in the Livatho area of the island. The steamer "Spiteful" may be the same vessel later engaged during the bombardment of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. Publicly held letters exist written by a Corporal William Davies, a Carmarthenshire soldier, Light Company 4th Regiment describing his time in Argostoli Cephalonia at the time of the Crimean War. His letters, 1851-1856, describe his movements in and around Cephalonia, Scutari, Balaklava and Sebastopol. He records the presence of "Captain Edward's Regiment the 30th" at Argostoli.

ABBOT GEORGE: (1562-1633) English Divine, Archbishop of Canterbury 1611-33. Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin 1612-33. D.S., G: Cant., (a good, bold signature, as Archbishop of Canterbury), one page, folio, Whitehall, 6th June 1616. The manuscript document is addressed to 'all Maiors, Sheriffes, Justices of Peace, Vice-Admyralls, Customers & Comptrollers, Searchers, officers of the Portes & all other his Mats. officers & loveinge Subects whom it may concerne' and concerns Sir Henry Frankland of Awldeworke and his son Anthony Frankland, allowing them 'to passe over into the partes beyonnd the Seas' and further stating 'that his sonne may remayne there for the space of three yeares for his experience & knowledge in the languages'. The document also states that the Franklands should be allowed passage 'together wth one servant to imbarque themselves at any of his Mats. Portes that shalbe fittest for their passage and to take wth them such Truncks of apparrell & other necessary provisions (not prohibitted) as they shall have occasion to carry over for his use wthout lett or molestacon. Provided that none of them repaire to the Citty of Rome wthout his Mats. speciall licence first had & obtayned.' Signed at the foot by Abbot and countersigned by Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626, Lord High Treasurer 1614-18), Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (1568-1628, English Aristocrat and an important advisor to King James I, Lord Privy Seal 1616-25) and several others. With remnants of seal. A large, although very light, water stain affects part of the text and signatures, all of which remain completely legible. G

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS: (1542-1587) Queen of Scots 1542-1567. Fine L.S., Marie R, one page, folio, Holyrood ('At our abbey of Halirudehous'), 23rd March 1566/7, to the Earl Marischal [William Keith]. The manuscript letter, in Scots, is a summons by the Queen to a significant parliament at Edinburgh on 14th April. Mary urges the Earl Marischal's attendance, 'There are various matters to be discussed touching the welfare of our realm and….issues relating to the prosperity of our cousin the Earl of Huntly' ('Thair is divers effaces to be intreated for the welffair of or. realme and….thingis concernyng the weill of our cousing the erle of hwntlie'.) and further adds that his 'good counsel and advice' ('guid counsall and adwyis') would be very beneficial. With address to the verso and a later docket. Very slight traces of red wax seal. Eight very neat slits from the original string closure, only one just affecting two words and not the signature. Accompanied by a complete transcript and loosely housed in an att active dark green presentation folder with gilt lettering on a black leather panel to the front. An exceptionally clean and attractive document of great rarity, and with a fine signature. VG William Keith (d.1581) 3rd Earl Marischal, the Earl of Huntly's uncle, who was indeed present at the Parliament in April 1567. George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (d.1576) Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Huntly, a major conspirator of his time, allied himself with James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (c.1534-1578, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots) and accompanied Bothwell and Mary on their visit to Lord Darnley (1545-1567, King Consort of Scotland, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots) before his murder. Darnley was murdered on 10th February 1567 and Bothwell was immediately accused of the crime, standing trial on 12th April. However, having packed Edinburgh with armed supporters, he was acquitted. When Parliament met on 14th April, it declared Bothwell's trial to have been lawfully conducted. Huntly, in the meantime, had cynically persuaded his sister, Lady Jean Gordon, to divorce Bothwell, thus leaving him free to marry Mary. In return for his assistance, Huntly's family estates were to be restored and, as is indeed foreshadowed in the letter, an Act of Parliament on 19th April confirmed Huntly in his estates. Mary married Bothwell on 15th May and her reputation was thereby destroyed and she was forced to abdicate on 23rd July 1567.

CECIL WILLIAM: (1520-1598) 1st Baron Burghley, English Statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I. An interesting D.S., W. Burghley, one page, small folio, Court at Greenwich, 24th April 1592. The manuscript document is addressed to Robert Pryce, executor to Lady Mordant, 'whose Funeralle being to be solemnized agreablie to hir Condicon and degree as a Barones, yowe nevertheles as wee are geven to understand would otherwise order the same in an obscure and priveitt manner, not fitting to a personage of hir degree being A Barones, and besides having left sufficientlie to performe the same in good sort: wherefore in asmuch as ye hath pleased hir Matie. to authorise us by hir Commission under the great seale to exercise the place and authoritie of Erle Marshall: we doe therefore will and require yowe to order hir funeralle agreeable to hir degree and callinge, by the advise and direccon of Mr Garter the principall Kinge at Armes, to whome by his office yt apperteineth, or otherwise to make yr apparance b fore us to showe sufficient cawse of yr. refusall: And wee doe not a little marvell that of yr. self yowe would undertake to appoint Escuchions of Armes or other like thinges of Armorie to be made (as wee understand yowe have done) wthowt the allowance of the said Mr. Garter...' Signed at the conclusion by Cecil and also signed by two other Lords Commissioners for the Earl Marshal of England, including Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624, English Statesman and Admiral). A note at the base of the document states 'Order was taken at Grenewiche the Court being there on the Mondaye xvth of Maye By these Lords: That Robert Pryce then present should paye & satesfie Mr. Garter for the same fu(ner)all & adiudged to be punished for his proceedings therein & contempte but pardoned of prisonement at his humble suite.' Rare. Some light overall staining and age wear, about VG

CABAL MINISTRY: Rare D.S. by each of the five Privy Councillors who formed the Cabal Ministry under King Charles II, comprising The Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687, English Statesman, Master of the Horse 1668-74), Earl of Arlington (1618-1685, English Statesman, Southern Secretary 1667-74), The Lord Ashley (1621-1683, English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1667-72, Lord Chancellor 1672-73, First Lord of Trade 1672-74), Earl of Lauderdale (1616-1682, Scottish Politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1667-74) and Thomas Clifford (1630-1673, English Statesman and Politician, Comptroller of the Household 1667-72, Lord High Treasurer 1672- 73). The manuscript document, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 5th February 1665, is a warrant ordering the payment of £400 each to Sir Robert Wyseman and Sir William Turner for their services 'performed in the High Court of Admiraltie in Pleading on his Majties. behalfe against Shipps brought in as Prize, for one whole yeare ending at Christmas last.' Signed by all five members of the Cabal Ministry in bold ink at the conclusion and also signed by George Carteret (c.1610-1680, Royalist Statesman, Treasurer of the Navy 1660-67). The Earl of Arlington has signed the document a second time, beneath a brief note in his hand in the left margin, 'Entred with mee as Comptroller for Prizes, ye. 12th of February 1665/6'. With blank integral leaf (some neat splits at fold, partially repaired). One small stain affects one word of the text, and with slight age wear to the extreme edges. About VG

CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA: (1638-1705) Portuguese Infanta, Queen Consort of King Charles II of England. D.S. twice, Catherina R, at the head and the foot, one page, folio, Windsor, 7th August 1682. The manuscript document is addressed to the principal secretary and is a warrant for the treasurer to authorise and direct a payment. With embossed seal in the upper left corner. A few very small, extremely minor tears and very light age wear, otherwise VG

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. D.S., William R, in English, although in his capacity as Prince of Orange, one page, folio, in camp near St. Quintin's Lenneke, 8th September 1693, in Dutch. The manuscript document appoints Casper de Mauregnault to be Captain of the Company of Lt. Col. Alexander Theodorus de Mauregnault in the Regiment of Col. Caieu and charges 'the officers and private soldiers of that same Company to hold and acknowledge the said de Mauregnault as their Captain.' Bearing a blind embossed paper seal (faint impression) of William III as King of Great Britain at the foot. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear to the extreme edges, otherwise a clean and handsome document, VG

MARY II: (1662-1694) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-94, reigned alongside her husband King William III. D.S., Marie R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 30th July 1691. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Godolphin and is a warrant for a payment of £4000 to be made to William de Nassau, Master of the Robes, 'upon Acct. for the Expence and Service of the Office of the Robes.' Countersigned at the foot by John Lowther (1655-1700, English Politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1689-94), Richard Hampden (1631-1695, English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690-94) and Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English Politician, Paymaster of the Forces). With blank integral leaf. Reinforced at the left with clear tape, otherwise VG

ANNE QUEEN: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1702-14. D.S., Anne R, (a good, dark signature), as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 17th March 1708. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to John Howe, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons & Land Forces in Great Britain and is a warrant for the payment of 'the sum of Two thousand Seven hundred Sixty Five Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence' to be made to the Duke of Argyll in order that he pay the Fourth Troop of Horse Guards under his command. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42, Secretary at War 1708-10). A few minor spots of very light foxing, otherwise VG

GEORGE OF DENMARK: (1653-1708) Danish Prince Consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain, Duke of Cumberland. D.S., George, as Lord High Admiral, at the foot, one page, folio, n.p., 6th April 1708. The manuscript document is addressed to Walter Whitfield, Paymaster General of the Marine Forces, and is a warrant for him to pay the sum of £85.3.4., or one years full pay, to Lieutenant William Squibb of the Regiment of Marines commanded by Colonel Joshua Churchill, which 'Her Majesty is graciously pleased to allow him in consideration of the Loss of his Arm.' With receipt signed by Squibb to verso. Blank integral leaf. Four tape stains at the edges, one just affecting the text but not signature. G

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Herrnhausen, 8th June 1745. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Donald Mackdonald to be a lieutenant in the Highland Regiment of Foot. Countersigned by William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1690-1756) Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1730-42, 1744-46. With just a few remnants of the red wax seal. Light overall age wear, about VG

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. Fine, unusual D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, n.p. (London?), n.d. (June/July 1826). The King approves a document entitled The Word for July 1826 in which the 31 days of July are individually listed along with the password for each day, in this case the names of various British counties and cities including Tipperary, Dublin, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Hereford, Glamorgan, Cambridge, Dover and Oxford. Boldly signed with a fine signature by the King. Partially lightly mounted at the left edge, otherwise VG

DEVONSHIRE DUKE OF: (1720-1764) British Prime Minister 1756-57. Large portion of a D.S., Devonshire, being the lower half of a folio page, n.p. (Treasury Chambers), 17th May 1757. The manuscript document details two payments of £80 each to be made to Hugh Jones 'for apprehending and convicting Roger Llewellin & Samuel Llewellin of Felony and Robbery' and William Boote 'for apprehending and convicting Samuel Fletcher and Samuel Capper of Felony & Burglary'. Also bearing several other countersignatures. One of the rarest of all Prime Minister's signatures. Neatly mounted at the right edge, and with very light, minor age wear at the right edge. About VG

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. L.S., Wellington, one page, folio, Fuente Guerraldo (?), 31st August 1811, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845, British Diplomat, Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30). Wellington states that he would be obliged if Stuart could 'lay before the Portuguese Government my request that the ten cases of wine named in the enclosed Bill (no longer present)…belonging to the Marquis of Tweeddale may be permitted to pass through the Custom House duty free.' Very slight age wear to the edges, otherwise VG

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. An unusual D.S., Wellington, one page vellum, oblong folio, n.p. (Southampton?), 16th October 1823. The manuscript document is issued by Wellington in his capacity as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Southampton and appoints Abel Rouse Dollin to be one of his Deputy Lieutenants. Signed by Wellington at the foot alongside a red wax seal (a few small pieces missing). Some extremely light overall foxing, otherwise VG

BURKE EDMUND: (1729-1797) Irish Statesman, Orator, Political Theorist and Philosopher. D.S., Edm. Burke, two pages, folio, Council Chamber at St. James's, 21st June 1782. The manuscript document, issued by the members of the is addressed to George, Duke of Marlborough, and orders him to call upon the Justices of the Peace in Oxford to recruit 'all straggling seamen who are fit to serve on board His Majesty's ships' and to take them to the Clerks of the Checque at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth or Plymouth or to the Naval Officer at Harwich. The document states that the person entrusted in raising the men for the fleet shall be paid forty shillings for each able seamen and thirty shillings for each ordinary seamen with an allowance of sixpence for each mile they travel. Signed by Burke at the conclusion in his capacity as Paymaster of the Forces and countersigned by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794, Lord President of the Council), John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (1745-1799, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, a noted proponent of cricket), Earl Gower (1721-1803, British Politician), Charles James Fox (1749-1806, Foreign Secretary) and Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795, British General and Statesman, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces). With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Two strips of tape affixed to reinforce folds to the verso, only lightly affecting the text and three signatures (just touching Burke and Gower's signatures and largely covering Fox's, all remain completely legible). Lightly neatly mounted at the head. G

HISTORICAL: A miscellaneous collection of signed clipped pieces, Free Fronts, A.Ls.S., some T.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of famous people including Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover (D.S., 1849), Prime Ministers Robert Peel, Lord Salisbury and Harold MacMillan (signed colour postcard photo), Lord Shaftesbury, Louisa Molesworth, Charles Kingsley, Hilaire Belloc (signed cheque), George Robey (2, one a good self caricature), Charles W. A. Scott, Roy Welensky and other letters, ephemera and unsigned photographs relating to Sally Codrington (daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland who tragically died in 1961 at the age of 22) etc., also including two folio printed publications relating to engineer John Rennie's proposal and design of the great breakwater across Plymouth Sound, entitled Papers Relating to Plymouth Sound, ordered by the House of Commons, 12th & 19th February 1812 and Minute or Paper from Mr. (Samuel) Bentham to the Navy Board on the subject of the breakwater, facsimile John Rennie A.L.S. etc. Generally G to VG, 91

MARIE ANTOINETTE: (1755-1793) Archduchess of Austria, later Queen of France following her marriage to King Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution in 1793. Fine D.S., Payez, Marie Antoinette, one page, folio, Versailles, 31st December 1788. The manuscript document, in French, addressed to Marc Antoine Francois Marie Randon de la Tour, Treasurer General at the House of Finances, states 'We want to have and be told what the State has decided for the maintenance and food for several of our officers during this year. You will pay in cash to the Secretary of Lord……Our Chancellor, the sum of one hundred pounds which we have granted him in this season in consideration of the service he has provided us with quality during the past six months. This letter to you should suffice as a note for a sum of one hundred pounds to be allowed and allocated as an expense against our account by our dear and beloved treasurer of the King, our honoured Lord and Husband in Paris….' The document bears a secretarial signature of Marie Antoinette at the conclusion, alongside which she has added her authentic signature (a good, large bold example). Extremely rare. Very slight age wear at the edges, otherwise VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. Note signed, N, at the head of a L.S., Fontainebleau, 27th August 1807. Napoleon has signed his initial at the base of a short note in a secretarial hand stating that the letter should be sent back to Aldien who is to present him a report, a bill and a decree. The note appears on a L.S., Eugene Napoleon, by Eugene Napoleon (1781-1824, Viceroy of Italy, son of Empress Josephine and adopted son of Napoleon), three pages, folio, Milan, 17th August 1807, to the Emperor. Eugene Napoleon writes concerning an account by General Marmont of the 'measures he felt it necessary to take for the exemplary punishment of several men from Dalmatia, convicted of conspiracy against your Army' and further comments on a similar report received from Dandolo. Eugene offers his opinions to the Emperor, suggesting that Dandolo can no longer do any good in Dalmatia whilst General Marmont is there, 'the title of "General Provediteur" is one of the main causes of all the mistakes into which Dandolo has fallen, since this title recalls and supposes rights which your Majesty did not intend to give to the administrator of Dalmatia, and which Dandolo has believed himself entitled to exercise in full measure.' Napoleon continues to offer a solution with a different organisation to the power and administration of Dalmatia, suggesting that a Military Governor General should be installed to report to the Emperor or himself, with an administrative prefect to take care of all police and military matters and two or three further Vice-Prefects to handle all administration. The Viceroy continues to present the Emperor with three names of men he considers would be suitable for the position of administratior, listing Vismara, Brunetti and Bossi. He states that all are devoted to his step father, although additionally comments 'The first is a man whom I believe a weak character, but who certainly has administrative talent, and whose weaknesses would be less of a disadvantage in Dalmatia than anywhere else, since it would be the Governor's job to deploy force. As for the second, Your majesty knows him even better than I, but he is presented by everybody as being very capable….' In concluding Napoleon states that he will await instructions. An attractively penned letter of interesting content, bearing the signatures of both Napoleon Bonaparte and Eugene Napoleon. VG

KRUGER PAUL: (1825-1904) President of South Africa 1883-1900. D.S., S J P Kruger, one page, folio, Pretoria, 5th November 1895. The partially printed document, in Afrikaans (untranslated), relates to Barend Dirk Jan Busling and would appear to be a Burgher's Oath. Boldly signed by Kruger as President at the foot. Some folds and light overall age wear, G

CHILE: Small collection of official Ds.S. by various Presidents of Chile including oblong folio document signed by both Manuel Bulnes (1799-1866, President of Chile 1841-46 & 1846-51) and Manuel Montt (1809-1880, President of Chile 1851-61) individually, a second folio Patente de Navegacion document signed by Montt and a few other documents signed by various Chilean officials including Urmeneta (Minister of the Interior) etc. All of the documents appear to relate to consular appointments in Liverpool, travel etc., c.1849-50. Some creasing, folds and general age wear, G, 5

LAWRENCE T. E.: (1888-1935) British Soldier, 'Lawrence of Arabia'. D.S., T E Shaw A/C, two pages, small folio, n.p., 1st September 1933. The printed document is a Brake Horse Power Test Sheet for a marine engine, prepared for the Air Ministry, and contains various technical data relating to oil pressure and water temperature etc., as well as various remarks regarding the throttle. Signed by Shaw at the conclusion of the second page. Both pages with two file holes to edge, not affecting text or signature. VG

MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. Important T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, nine pages, folio, Admiralty, London, 23rd April 1959, to Commander Michael Evans. The cyclostyled letter, with autograph salutation, subscription and postscript, is marked Restricted at the head and foot of each page, and is one of the letters sent by the First Sea Lord to senior retired officers on his leaving the Admiralty. Mountbatten's Apologia sets out in great detail his 'views and beliefs on the present state and the future of the Service' and also provides an account of the difficulties he faced when he first came to the Admiralty, the actions he has taken, and his views for the future. Mountbatten begins his letter by stating that he will give as much information as possible in a letter of Restricted classification, adding 'Although I would ask that the contents of the letter, or even the fact that I have written it, should not be given to the Press, I hope you will find the contents of use in any discussions, or speeches you may make about the Service.', the letter cotinues in 43 numbered paragraphs, and Mountbatten makes his observations under a series of sub-headings including Economic Background ('I am, of course, only too well aware that everyone who has the Navy's interest at heart is uneasy at the reduction in the size of the Fleet...The Government has to strike the balance-a very delicate one-between spending too much on defence and spending too little. If they don't spend enough, our worldwide interests cannot be safeguarded and so our economy will suffer...'), Today's Prices ('The cost of everything the modern Navy requires is terrifying and it keeps going up. The price of building a warship has increased so much that a coastal minesweeper of only 450 tons today costs nearly as much as my old flotilla leader, the KELLY, of 1700 tons, twenty years ago.'), Search for Economies, Effect on Opinion in and Outside the Fleet ('What have been the reactions within the Fleet and outside? The main esults would seem to be an increase of public confidence in the future of the Navy and an increase in confidence and sense of purpose in the Fleet itself.'), Future Role of the Navy ('In these anxious days we are faced with three conditions of life, all of them tabbed with the name of some kind of war. Cold war is the new style for peace, limited war is one in which the major powers are not all directly involved, and global war is the final disaster.', Mountbatten continuing to give his views of each scenario), The Navy of the Future-Officers and Ratings ('As far as the human element is concerned the need for first-class leadership of course remains as great as ever.') and Material (a lengthy section in which Mountbatten discusses various named ships and submarines individually) and finally The Navy as a Career. Accompanied by a second T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, one page, 4to, Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, 8th December 1978, also to Evans, stating that he was distressed to learn that an accident had kept his correspondent away from 'that marvellous party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launching of the KELLY.' A letter of exceptional content. VG, 2

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 29th September 1775. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Colonel Sir Robert Hamilton to be a Major General in the Army. Countersigned by 4th Earl of Rochford (1717-1781) Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1770-1775. Lacking blind embossed paper seal. Some slight creasing, about VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th October 1859. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing James McGillivray to be a Lieutenant in the Coast Brigade of Artillery. With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Laid down and with light overall agewear, minor staining and foxing. Together with a printed oblong 8vo admittance card to the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, 28th June 1838. G to VG, 2

Westwood (John). British Steam, the Classic Years, 1st ed., 1989, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth, in d.j., folio, together with Treacy (Eric), Lure of Steam, 1980, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., 4to, plus Siviter (Roger), Farewell to Steam, 1st ed., 2004, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., 8vo, plus seventy-two other steam related (3 cartons)

Brown (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths, together with the Religio Medici, 6th ed., 1672, lacks addn. eng. title(?), minor worming at head of gutter margins, 19th c. blind-panelled calf, upper cover detached, 4to, together with Fonseca (Fr. Ch. de), Devout Contemplations Expressed in two and Fortie Sermons... Englished by J.M. of Magdalen College in Oxford, 1629, eng. title, old marginal dampstains, contemp. calf, chipped at head of spine, folio, plus Fox (John), The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, pub. 1760, sixty-one eng. plts., later rexine binding, folio, and other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)

Sidney (S.). The Book of the Horse: (Thorough-bred, Half-bred, Cart-bred) Saddle and Harness, British and Foreign, n.d., c. 1870s, twenty-five chromos., b & w illusts. to text, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, restored at head and foot of spine, 4to, together with Shepherd (J.C. and Jellicoe, G.A.), Gardens & Design, 1st ed., 1927, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. linen-backed boards, partly split on rear hinge, folio, with other miscellaneous books, mostly Victorian and early 20th c. decorated cloth bindings, etc. (3 shelves)

Gibbs (Commander C.R. Vernon). British Passenger Liners of the Five Oceans. A Record of the British Passenger Lines and their Liner from 1838 to the Present Day, 2nd ed., enlarged, pub. Putnam, 1957, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Miller (William H.), German Ocean Liners of the 20th Century, 1st ed., pub. PSL, 1989, col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with others of maritime and railway interest, many in d.j.s (3 shelves)

Larkin (Philip). Collected Poems, edited, with an Introduction by Anthony Thwaite, Marvell Press/Faber, 1988, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Carpenter (Humphrey), Benjamin Britten. A Biography, 1st ed., 1992, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., plus Mitchell (Donald, editor), Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j.s and slipcase, all 8vo, with other miscellaneous books including art reference, poetry, literature, a few Folio Society publications, etc., and three cartons of paperbacks, all G/VG (6 shelves & 3 cartons)

Blaeu (Joan). Atlas Maior, 1665, Taschen reprint with introduction and text by Peter van der Kroght, 2005, num. col. maps and illusts., many double-page, some folding, orig. pict. laminated boards with matching d.j., contained in publisher’s cardstock carrying case, folio. As new. A condensed version of the original eleven-volume Latin edition, containing 596 maps, made from the copy held by the Austrian National Library. (1)

Crimea. First, Second, Third and Fourth Reports from the Select Committee on the Army Before Sebastopol; With the Proceedings of the Committee, 4 vols. bound in 2, 1855, ex-Libris. Cecil Woodham-Smith CBE, label to front pastedowns, later yellow cloth with gilt labels to spines, folio. Includes references to Florence Nightingale and her proposed reforms of the nursing profession. (2)

Layard (Austen Henry). Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, From Assyrian Monuments, 1851, 98 plates, title and front endpaper detached and soiled with closed tears, library stamps, some spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Martineau (M.A.). Nouvel Atlas Illustre Geographie Universelle Comprenant La Geographie, L’Histoire, L’ Administration, La Statistique, Etc., Paris, 1895, title page printed in red & black, sixty-four double page hand col. maps each with a b & w eng. vignette (complete as list), together with an un-called for large col. printed folding map of the European railway network by A.T.Chartier tipped in at rear, hinges weak, contemp. qtr. morocco gilt, dec. gilt upper board, rubbed and frayed at extrems., folio, together with Bouillet (N.), Atlas Universel D’Histoire et de Geographie, 3rd ed., Paris 1877, twelve chromolitho. double page plts. of heraldic crests and flags & eighty- eight maps, mostly double page, many with orig. outline col., hinges weak, contemp. qtr. morocco gilt, spine split, rubbed and frayed at extrems, thick 8vo., with Domergue (Eugene), Geographie Pittoresque des Cinq Parties du Monde, 2 vols. (of 4), Paris, n.d., c.1880, title pages with ink library stamps, wood eng. hemispheral world map with orig. hand col., numerous b & w wood eng. plts. and illusts. to text, near contemp. qtr. red morocco gilt, slight rubbing at extrems., 4to (4)

Moleville (Antoine Francois Bertrand de ). The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, trans. R.C. Dallas, printed for William Miller, 1804, fifty hand-col. aqua. plts. of costumes, paper watermarked ‘J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821’, some light offsetting to text only, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grained red morocco gilt, some rubbing to extrems., folio. Abbey, Travel, 71. (1)

Pococke (Richard). A Description of the East, and some other Countries, 3 parts in two, 1743-45, 178 eng. plts. & maps (includes 7 folding), eng. dedication, contemp. calf, both volumes rebacked with gilt dec. spines and contrasting morocco labels, slight wear to extrems. and some joints cracked, folio. Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Brunet IV, 750. (2)

Spruner (Dr. Karl von). Historisch-Geographischer Hand-Atlas zur Geschichte Asiens, Africa’s, America’s und Australiens, 2nd ed., Gotha, 1855, double-page title, 11 pp. introductory text, and eighteen double-page litho. maps, hand-col. in outline, some light foxing, title with waterstain to extreme top margin, orig. half-calf with title in gilt to upper cover, backstrip def. and some soiling and staining to covers, covers near det., folio (1)

Bigland (Ralph). Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the Country of Gloucester, 3 vols. 1791-92, including the continuation volume privately published by Sir Thomas Phillipps in c.1870, title page with eng. armorial, dedication page with ornate eng. heraldic device, three eng. plts. of heraldic shields, numerous b & w eng. plts. and chapter headings throughout, modern qtr. calf gilt, folio. A handsome matching set with the scarce third. continuation volume. (3)

Gloucestershire. Rental of all the Houses in Gloucester A.D.1455..., compiled by Robert Cole, pub. Gloucester, 1890, few full-page illusts. in red & black, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. japanese vellum, spotted, 4to (limited ed. 93/250), together with Rudder (Samuel), A New History of Gloucestershire, facsimile reprint, pub. Alan Sutton, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 1977, b & w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with Chubb (T.), A Descriptive Catalogue of the Printed Maps of Gloucestershire 1577-1911, [1912], b & w frontis. and plts., modern cloth gilt, 8vo, with Atkyns (Sir Robert), The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 2 vols., reprint ed., 1974, b & w plts., orig. cloth in d.j.s., folio, plus Austin (Roland), Catalogue of the Gloucestershire Collection..., 1928, b & w frontis. and plts., orig. qtr. cloth, 4to, plus others related, including a volume Boundary Commission reports for Gloucestershire with five folding maps by R. Dawson (approx. 70)

Hall (Sidney). A New British Atlas Comprising a series of 54 Maps, Constructed from the most Recent Surveys, 1834, calligraphic title page, forty-six maps (only), all with orig. hand col., occ. spotting, slight water staining to prelims., ink annotations to end papers, contemp. qtr. morocco, boards and spine detached, heavily frayed and rubbed, 4to, together with Bacon (G.W. ed.), Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles, 1899, col. printed frontis. of flags, approx. sixty col. printed county and regional maps, lacks the maps of London, first four maps with closed tears affecting image, contemp. dec. cloth gilt, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed and frayed, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)

Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1st ed., 1803, eng. title, 110 eng. & etched plts (a few hand-col), some minor scattered spotting, later half calf over contemp. marbled boards, tall folio (1)

Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1804, eng. title (near detached), 110 eng. & etched plts. (inc. few hand-col.), final plt. near detached and with closed-tear, advertisement leaf creased, contemp. cloth, crude reback, worn, tall folio, together with Fosbrooke (Rev. Thomas Dudley), An Original History of the City of Gloucester, almost wholly Compiled from New Materials... including also the Original Papers of the Late Ralph Bigland..., 1819, addn. eng. title (slightly dust-soiled & with 2 short closed-tears), twenty-one eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, recent endpapers with cloth hinges, contemp. sheep, crudely rebacked, spine and extrems. rubbed, tall folio (2)

Smith (Charles). Smith’s New English Atlas being a complete set of county maps, divided into hundreds on which are delineated all the direct and crossroads, part of which are from actual measurement, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, gentlemen’s seats, rivers, and navigable canals, 1806, eng. title, contents leaf, double-page hand-col. general map (each relined with marginal repairs, affecting imprint, some text or image), forty -five hand-col. eng. map sheets, a few minor marks, mostly to margins, first map of Bedfordshire relined, printed index at rear, marbled endpapers, contemp. blindstamped full calf, later plain reback, rubbed and some marks, outer corners bumped, large folio (1)

[Dodoens (Rembert). A Niewe Herball, or, Historie of Plantes: wherein is Contayned the Whole Discourse and Perfect Description of All Sorts of Herbes and Plantes: their Divers and Sundry Kindes ..., trans. Henry Lyte, 1st English ed., 1578], black letter text with woodcut illusts. throughout (occn. crude hand-colouring), lacks title-page, Ffi, and all after Nnn2 (i.e. pp.701-779), some edge-tears, Mmmii-Mmmiii and Mmmv-Nnni with lower corner torn away with loss of text, some staining and soiling, stitching broken and page block in several pieces, sprinkled edges, endpapers sometime renewed, modern bookplate, late 17th c. panelled calf, sometime rebacked with sheep, worn, covers detached, folio. Nissen 516. The only edition with illustrations. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Game Licences. Year 1869-70. Names and Addresses of all Persons who Have Taken out the Under-Mentioned Licences in the United Kingdom Between the 5th April and 1st October 1869, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1869, later library cloth, somewhat soiled, folio. Ex-libris The Law Society with bookplate and some markings. (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636, eng. title (close-trimmed & closed-tear, laid-down onto front blank leaf), numerous woodcut botanical illusts., index leaves 7B2 & 7B3 at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners with slight loss, lacks final blank (leaf 7B6), some minor worming and worm trails, some light dampstaining to few leaves, inner hinges repaired, contemp. speckled sheep, rebacked, red morocco title label to spine, , leather on boards scuffed with some surface loss, folio. This volume is the “2nd edition of revised Gerard,” first published 1633. STC 11752. (1)

Williams (A.M.). Etchings of Celebrated Shorthorns, 1st ed., pub. John Thornton, 1881, fifteen fine etched plts., a.e.g., later cloth with portion of upper cover laid down, oblong folio. Scarce. (1)