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1813 - Description De L'Egypte Histoire Naturelle Volume 1 - Geoffory St Hilaire. An early 19th century second edition anatomical description of the mammals of Egypt. Including engraved plates of bats, birds, crocodiles, reptiles and fish. Elephant folio, half straight grain morocco, half paper board, gilt tooling to spine and borders. Heraldic book plate of Louis De Givenchy. Lacking title page, blind stamp to upper right hand corner, each plate complete with tissue guard. Containing 62 engraved anatomical plates; collated 7, 1, 14, 8, 5, 27 and appearing complete. Measures approx. 56cm x 72cm.

Five mid 19th century circa 1842 French loose engraved plates, each being a close up study of hands or feet. Each printed by Le Mercier, Benard et Cie from the Library of Le Societe D'encouragement pour L'industrie Nationale. Each study by Julien after Perignon and Rudder, each hand signed with dedications by the publisher, each dated 1842. Folio size print approx. 35cm x 51cm.

Hardy, Thomas - Folio Society set of six books with slipcase, nine works from The Greenwood Edition, four in dust wrappers, and six other modern works, in dust wrappers, by and about the English novelist and poet

Thomas Bewick(1753-1828)A number of prints pulled from Bewick's printing blocks, and three volumes pertaining to the artist; comprising; Julia Boyd, "Bewick Gleanings", Frank Graham, 1973; Thomas Bewick, "My Life", Folio Society, 1981, and Jack Armstrong, "Bewick of Cherryburn", Frank Graham, 1970.

§ Dame Elisabeth Frink CH, RA (1930-1993) The Odyssey and The Iliadtwo bound volumes housed within original blue slipcasespublished by The Folio Society, 1974, designed by Sally Lou Smith (1925-2007)each 26 x 16.5 x 4cm

A folio of botanical specimens "Ecole Des Garcons Petit Saint Jean Amiens Herbier"

Two Folio size John sell Cotman ESQ Liber studiorum sketches and studies, including Norfolk, published 1838. Condition is poor

Large Folio, John Adey Repton Norwich cathedral, at the end of the 18th Century with descriptive notes by William Wilkins introduced and edited by S.Rowland Pierce Gregg Press

The Lovat Claim of Peerage 1826: Thomas Alexander Lovat of Lovat Esq claims the Barony of Lovat - report taken before the Judges in Scotland 1826, ordered to be printed 12th April 1827 - 18pp folio disbound; and Minutes of Evidence before the Committee for Privileges 1826, ordered to be printed 21st June 1827, 91pp folio, both disbound otherwise in very good condition

Advertising Broadsides - Early 19th c group of five printed broadsides advertising newly published prints and engravings of various subjects including an extensive, 4pp large folio example promoting the engraving of a perspective view of Thornton College in Lincolnshire by the renowned engrave William Fowler; the group also includes three other broadsides promoting Fowler's engravings - of Roman Tesselated Pavements. 1803-1805. Together with a later 4pp promotion for engravings of Romano-British tessellated pavements by H Ecroyd Smith, dated 1850. Unusual

Anti-Popery 1680 - His Majesties Message to the Commons in Parliament relating to Tangier and the Humble Address of the Commons to His Majesty in Answer to that Message, 16pp folio, Order to print, London, 1680, the House of Commons take issue with King Charles II over the appointment of Roman Catholics to high positions of influence. This was the time of various Popish scares including the Popish Plot of 1678, the Meal-Tub Plot of 1679 etc, only 2 copies recorded in the UK

Collection of State Tryals for High Treason, Murder, Piracy etc: Comprising the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th vols printed in 1719 and 1730. Over 3000pp, accounts of many famous Trials, Sentences and Executions inc James, Earl of Bothwell for the Murder of Henry, Lord Darnley; Proceedings against Mary Queen of Scots for conspiring the death of Queen Elizabeth; Tryal of the Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot; Tryal of King Charles I, including details of his Execution; Trials of Major Stede Bonner and 33 others in South Carolina for Piracy. Folio

The Walsall Observer Newspaper - an extra-large folio of a bound set of the weekly newspaper from 5th January 1918 to 28th December 1918 with some wear and tear to boards and newspapers - Size 65x48cm

WWI - The Western Front, drawings by Muirhead Bone, Vol one, first edition 1917 - A series of fine black and white folio sized illustrations of aspects of WWI

Ireland - extensive deed on 12pp large folio parchment dated 1865 being a family settlement for a vast amount of lands and property in Kildare, Tipperary and Louth in Ireland. Considerable information on land holdings etc

New Zealand Geological Survey 1908: Title and Contents 2pp + 39pp plus 7 maps inc 2 large folding maps of North and South Island and 8 plates. Details of Gold Deposits, prospecting claims etc. Folio, hard bound, printed for the NZ Government

Ephemera carton containing a good selection - including two small autograph books containing celebrity signatures, mainly radio stars; a signed photo of John Major; a small group of original photographs of Queen Elizabeth II at various functions throughout her reign; an original menu for a luncheon attended by the Queen for the 75th anniversary of the RAF; an original letter describing the Queen's Coronation 1953; an original Third Reich certificate awarding a medal; a booklet illustrating the history of the Wallace Collection; an original printed Act of Parliament dated 1781 relating to High Treason in the colonies of plantations of America and piracy on the high seas; a letter from WWI dated 1917 with comments about the War; a printed folio document relating to Jacobites 1722; an interesting letter dated 1803 discussing stage coaches, and a printed Act of Parliament of 1843 for regulating stage coaches and hackney carriages in London

Smuggling - An Act for the more effectual prevention of Smuggling in the United Kingdom. Printed Act of Parliament dated 1784. Folio 30pp in fine condition. Smuggling had become endemic throughout the 18th c particularly in the coastal areas of the West Country. By this time smuggling had become organised crime with gangs often resorting to violence against anyone attempting to stop it, so the authorities decided to stamp out the practice once and for all and this was the most important Act attempting achieve that end. Penalties were unsurprisingly harsh with the death penalty being introduced for anyone involved in smuggling

Heraldry - Catalogue of the Earles of Richmond 1610: together with their severall Armes, Wives, and Issue. Folio, decorated title page, pages numbered 588-672, having been part of a larger work, bound in modern brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Many heraldic illustrations. Good condition

The Walsall Advertiser Newspaper - an extra-large folio of a bound set of the weekly newspaper from 26th June 1909 to 25th June 1910 with some wear and tear to boards and newspapers - Size 66x51cm

1936 Olympic Games the rare German official report on the 1936 games - both the summer games held in Berlin and the winter games held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This was the first time both games had been held in the same year in the same country. Original blue cloth boards with gilt motif to front cover. Slight sunning to top board otherwise in fine condition with considerable number of black and white illustrations. Large folio 331pp

The Walsall Advertiser Newspaper - an extra-large folio of a bound set of the weekly newspaper from 15th June 1907 to 27th June 1908 with some wear and tear to boards and newspapers - Size 64x52cm

Early photography: a fine collection of 19th century albumen prints of churches and cathedrals contained in a folio for the Architectural Photographic Association - comprising sixteen prints of architectural features of French cathedrals (Chartres, Civray, Rouen, St. Riquier, Poitiers, Loches, Tours, Boscherville), all pasted onto card mounts with printed, numbered labels pasted to lower right corner; plus thirty-one similarly mounted albumen prints with handwritten inscriptions, including St. Gilles Abbey Church, Bourges Cathedral, Rouen (Cathedral, Les Halles, Church of Saint Maclou, Church of Saint Ouen, Hotel du Bourgtheroulde, Palais de Justice), Amiens Cathedral, Abbeville Church of Saint Vulfran, Tarascon Church of Saint Martha, Caen Church of Saint Pierre, Arles Church of Saint Tromphime and Cloisters, each card mount 18 x 14 in, the prints ranging from 9½ x 7½ in to 11 x 9½ in, all contained in a half calf folio with green boards, with gilt crest for the 'Architectural Photographic Association', 46.5 x 36.5 cm.

Christian Kurz, "Wappen der Familie Wörner"Darstellung eines Wappens mit bezeichnendem Schriftband "Wappen der Familie Wörner" sowie historisierender Rollwerkkartusche mit Erläuterung zum Wappen "Das Wappen ist enthalten in der Siebmacherschen großen Wappensammlung im 3ten Band Folio 106. Es datiert dieser Stamm vom 15ten Jahrhundert vom Fränkischen zu welcher Zeit sich derselbe »Werner« schrieb ...", Mischtechnik (Tusche, Aquarell, Gouache und Goldbronze) auf Papier, unter der Kartusche signiert, datiert und ortsbezeichnet "Freihandarbeit von Ch. Kurz Wappenmaler in Ulm 1879", etwas fleckig, gebräunt, original hinter Glas gerahmt, Falzmaße ca. 26,5 x 21,5 cm. Künstlerinfo: dt. Maler, Zeichner und Radierer (1836 bis 1886 Ulm), betätigte sich als Wappenfälscher, brachte mit seinem ebenfalls als Wappenfälscher tätigen Sohn Karl Eugen Kurz (1864-1928) unter Verwendung Zangerers Wappenbuchs und unter Einfügung eigener Phantasiewappen die „Große Kurz´sche Wappensammlung“ heraus, tätig erwähnt in Ludwigsburg und 1873-86 in Ulm, Quelle: Heraldik-Wiki und Internet.

An Edwardian oak Folio Stand, with hinge opening, barley twist crossbars, on splayed legs; together with a Victorian mahgoany circular Pot Cover with hinged door and upholstered top. (2)

A late 20th Century Swaine Adeney Brigg brown leather folio with zipped sides to convert into a desk pad together with an Italian vintage burgundy leather desk pad/tidy with blotter and stationary slip pockets A/F, 20" x 17.5". Location:BWRCondition: One pen holder missing to the Italian desk tidy.

A Folio of old survey maps of Tempsford.

Collection of Folio Edition books

Shelf of Folio Society books

EARLY 19TH CENTURY the hinged top centred by brass plaques with winged harps to the corners, opening to a red Morocco leather folio within the lid, above a parquetry panel, opening to a burgundy velvet slope with tray and concealed drawers below, the body bound with brass corners and recessed handles to the sides 41cm wide, 17cm high, 27cm deep Provenance: The estate of the Cusack family, Abbeville, County Dublin, IrelandThence by descent to the present owner Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/

A folio containing a quantity of Indian watercolours on fabric, pictures mainly depicting elephants and some figures CONDITION REPORTS As regards date - assumed to be mid to late 20th Century - certainly of no great age though not all by the same hand therefore no doubt some variation in age and indeed quality. See images for further detail. Over all condition generally good though some with some minor foxing, again see images for further detail.

EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAILEY "The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter Westminster including Notices and Biographical Memoirs of the Abbots and Deans of that Foundation", illustrated by John Preston Neale in two volumes, Volume I published J P Neale 1818, Volume II published 1823, folio, cloth board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine (for restoration), folio 39 cm x 28 cm, together with one volume THE REV CHARLES BOUTELL "The Monumental Brasses of England: A Series of Engravings Upon Wood, From Every Variety of These Interesting and Valuable Memorials Accompanied with A Brief Descriptive Notices", published George Bell London 1849, cloth board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine, 45.5 cm x 30 cm

Various volumes in cases published by the Folio Society to include: 'Dickens' London', 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature' and Trollope, Anthony; 'The Duke's Children', first complete edition 2015 with commentary book. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of mostly Folio Society hardback books in cases to include: Christie, Agatha; 'Miss Marple Stories', Cook, Alistair; 'Letter From America, Baum, L.Frank; 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', Hughes, Robert; 'The Fatal Shore and Grahame, Kenneth; 'The Winds in the Willows' Folio society and Book Club editions. Together with 'Aesop's Fables' and Milne, A.A; 'When We Were Very Young' 1989. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Two cased sets of Folio Society books; one seven book set of Lewis C.S; Narnia series and a six book set of Forster E.M; books including; 'A Passage to India', 'Room with a View', 'Howard's End' etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Dix (Thomas) and William Darton A COMPLETE ATLAS OF ENGLISH COUNTIES FIRST EDITION 42 hand-coloured maps, 39 double page with engravings of county scenes, 3 folding (Yorkshire & 2 Wales) Yorkshire split at folds, half calf over boards, folio, [Chubb CCCLXXXVII], 1822

Dore (Gustave) and Jerrold Blanchard LONDON A PILGRIMAGE, engraved plates, slight marginal spotting to prelims, publisher's morocco-backed boards, g.e., large folio, 1872

Barnabae Brissonii, J.C. Itter, Thomas Fritsch et al.“De verborum quae ad jus pertinent significationo libri xix. : jam ita aucti ut absolutissimum in corpus juris civilis indicem praestare queant”. Published in 1721 by Th. Fritsch in Lipsia (Leipzig). Large folio with 1143 pages in calfskin binding. Lightly damaged.

French Revolutionary War interest. J. F. CLARIDGE, Deputy-Clerk of the Peace for the County of Kent. A copy of an order from Sir Evan Nepean, dated 18th October 1796. Addressed to The Chief Magistrate of Margate, forbidding any British ships to enter and clear out for Genoa. Folio, two leaves with an integral blank and external recipient/sender details.'Sir, in the absence of his grace the Duke of Dorset I send to you herewith a copy of a warrant received by him and his grace requests that you will cause it to be put in force within your jurisdiction without delay. I have the honour to be Sir, your most able serv't (signed) J.F Claridge Clr of the Peace:By the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland.Whereas his Majesty has received intelligence that some ships belonging to his Majesty's subjects have been and are detained in the port of Genoa your grace is hereby required and directed in pursuance of His Majesty's order in council of the 12th Instant to order that no ships or vessels belonging to his Majesty's subjects be permitted to enter and clear out for Genoa or any port within the territory of the Republic of Genoa until further order and that a general embargo or stop be made of all Genoese ships and vessels whatsoever now within or which hereafter shall come into any of the ports harbours or roads within the Kingdom of Great Britain together with al persons and effects on board the said ships and vessels but that the utmost care be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships so that no damage or embezzlement whatever be sustained.Given under our hands and the seal of the office of Admiralty the 13th day of October 1796.To his Grace the Duke of Dorset, Vice Admiral of the County of Kent. By command of their lordships Evan Nepean, H. Seymour, J. Gambier, W. Young"Sold together with a Maritime receipt signed by Thomas Littleton, Treasurer of the Navy, 7th February 1706/7. Recording the receipt of £500 for use and service of the navy and victualling thereof. Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, was previously Speaker of the House of Commons until 1700 and Treasurer of the Royal Navy until he died in 1709. (2) Notes: In the period leading up to Genoa's establishment as a French protectorate in 1797, France began to exercise increasing control. The Genoese economy and military strength had already suffered diminishment due to the successive clashes of the Raid of Genoa (1793) and the Battle of Genoa (1796), during which naval forces from the Allied-Neopolitan coalition clashed with the French. On 11th November 1796, a letter from Monsieur Faypoult, the French Minister of Genoa, accused English vessels at St Pierre D'Arena of violating Genoese neutrality. The letter demanded that the Genoese authorities seize merchant ships in the port, which could be the reason for this retaliatory order.

Sir Robert Liston GCB FRSE PC (8 October 1742 – 15 July 1836) Scottish diplomat and ambassador including to the United States, autograph letter signed, six pages over two folio sheets, Pall Mall, 31st March 1801, to Thomas Johnes MP.A fascinating letter documenting an account of a voyage onboard H.M Packet 'Prince Ernest' and being pursued by a suspicious vessel flying the United States flag. Excerpts include:"We observed at some distance astern a large ship holding the same course with ourselves and gradually gaining on us. We thought it prudent in the issuing night to alter our course and in the morning we we out of sight of her:- but in the course of the day she reappeared, and towards the evening she was in a shorter distance than before.On an attentive view, our people were of opinion that she was not English and suspected her to be an enemy. Our Captain endeavoured to put the matter in measure to the proof, by making the packet signal, (well known to British ships of war) which she answered by hoisting the colours of the United States of America. This had not the effect of dispelling our apprehensions. It was regarded as a common stratagem. We crowded all possible sail, and once more evaded the pursuit during the night. But towards the middle of the third day, she got nearer to us than ever;- so near indeed that her shot might have gone over us had she thought proper to fire.- A closer examination confirmed the idea that she was a French armed vessel; and she Captain of the Packet had called his men to quarters, 7 made every preparation to do his duty, by maintaining, in a running fight ... and a hopeless contest with a superior force, when all of a sudden the stranger threw out a signal of distress. A majority of our people now believed that she was actually an American, who had so long & so eagerly followed us, in the expectation of obtaining indispensable assistance, while some still harboured suspicions that she might be French & and the signal of distress a mere ruse de guerre:- for although this particular species of deceit could not be regarded as conformable to the usual practice or to the Law of Stations, yet certain Naval Officers, who happened to be on board, quoted an instance of a not less culpable fraud which occurred during the existence of the old French government; and it was added that it might naturally be employed by the Republicans of the present day. An application was made was however made to the Captain of the Packet, requesting that he would shorten sail, & make the stranger an offer of relief.He urged that this was out of his power: that his orders were to speak no vessels whatsoever, not even our own ships of war; & that he was determined to adhere to his duty .... The signal of distress was kept flying and soon after observed people pumping very hard... One of the passengers, Mr Morell, asked to have the jolly boat with two seamen... this was agreed to... he would cause her to make an agreed signal if friendly... Morell was received on board... the signals received upon were made... It was a ship belonging to New York, bound to Hamburg which had been struggling for eleven days against an adverse wind and was in want of provisions and water.. We spared her a part of our stores and after a very short delay proceeded on her voyage.."The remainder of the letter includes an impassioned plea for Johnes to offer assistance to the saviour of the situation, Mr. Morrell. Morrell was a Lieutenant in the Navy and was on the eve of becoming First Lieutenant to the Commander in Chief of the Leeward Islands Station (Admiral Duckworth) before being struck down by a 'disease of the climate', which ultimately forced him out of the service to return home in the hopes of recovering.

Royal Navy interest, British Occupation of Manila. Brereton, William, (fl.1765-1767) Captain, Royal Navy and military governor of Manila, 1762-1764. Autograph letter signed, two pages, folio, Manila, Philippines, 18th March 1764, to an unidentified correspondent. An interesting letter written two months prior to the handover of the city to Spain, which gives an insight into Brereton's internal struggles and sincere unhappiness in his post.'I have not heart to touch upon the subject of our affairs here, for, if I did, poor Pugham would not sail this week. I must refer you to him for news and he will tell you what a sacrifice I have made of my self, to support Admiral Cornish's honour!I am a most unfortunate fellow, that's certain, when I had indulged myself with the prospect to quit all my troubles of this place, and throw myself into the bosom of friends in Europe, I now find myself embarrassed in new difficulties, for, I am now under the necessity of going to China to repair, perhaps, the most rotten ship you ever saw. I hope in God it does not seem far down, for if it does, she will not be worth bringing from thence. I hope you will write to me from by the China ships, but, not by the late ones, as I hope to come here in No'r for the troops. May you have more pleasure in your command than I have! or you had better be without it, and, I make no doubt you will fight by battles at Madras(?) as I have done you friends here.Adieu my good friend, believe me your very sincere and affectionate humble servant.(signed) William Brereton"William Brereton received his lieutenant's commission on 4th July 1755 and was promoted to captain on 25th March 1762. Before this promotion, William Draper, an army officer serving in the East Indies, identified weakened Spanish defences in the Philippines. As war with Spain became inevitable, Draper proposed an expedition to Manila. With the support of Lord Anson, First Lord of the Admiralty, he was given command of the Army contingent. Rear-Admiral Cornish commanded the naval squadron, including HMS Falmouth, under Captain Brereton's command. Despite limited resources and reluctant backing from the East India Company, the expedition breached Manila's defences by 5th October, leading to the city's capture. Brereton assumed command of a Naval detachment in Manila, often conflicting with Dawsonne Drake, the East India Company employee appointed Governor of Manila. Brereton struggled in his role because of these conflicts and incidents, such as the loss of his assistant and clerk, who were killed by 'Indians'.

Corps of Volunteers. James Wright, Downing Street, 23rd July 1779. A letter to Francis Cobb, Deputy of Margate, concerning raising companies of men and their suitable numbers to function. 1p., folio."Sir,I am directed by Lord Warden to acquaint you that his Lordship having made an offer to His Majesty, of raising a Corps of Volunteers to consist of five Companies of sixty men each, [and] was informed by Lord Amherst, Commander in Chief, that the present establishment consists of 70 men per company without which number the corps would not be infilled to the proportion of non-commissioned officers or staff. His Lordship being desirous that the corps of Cinque Port Volunteers may enjoy all the advantages allowed to other corps; has directed that the Companies shall consist of 70 men each; which his Lordship does not doubt will meet the approbation and assistance of the Ports and their members. The bounty to be given to the men for enlisting has been fixed by His Lordship at seven guineas per man which he hopes will be found adequate to the purchase.I am, sir, your most obed't hble servant. (Signed) James Wright."Notes: Francis Cobb (1727-1802) founded the family fortunes, followed by his son Francis Junior (1759-1831). Each was deputy-mayor of Margate. Although, in principle, the Deputy was chosen anew yearly by the Mayor of Dover, from 1769, it was always a Cobb that was chosen. In 1779, Dover raised its defences in response to the American Wars of Independence, and Francis Cobb Jnr later took an active part in the Cinque Port defence during the French wars (1793-1815). The family worked as brewers, bankers, shipping agents, chandlers, coal merchants, insurance agents, ship owners, salvage experts, and owners of considerable property, including many licensed premises and outlets for the beer they brewed. These extensive holdings and the family's successive generations of official positions led to coining the description 'King Cobb'.

Briggs, Sir John Thomas (1781 - 1865) Commissioner and Accountant-General for the Victualling Board and Royal Navy. Document signed, folio, headed departmental paper. Admiralty, 8th March 1836, to Rear-Admiral Sir G.C. Hamond, 2nd Baronet, Commander in Chief of the South America Station [at Rio de Janeiro].'Sir, the vouchers transmitted with your 4 letters of the 1 only last having been received, I have the honor to request you therewith, and to request that you will have the goodness to address your future letters to the Secretary of the Admiralty. I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant (signed) J.T. Briggs, Act. General of the Navy'Notes: Briggs entered civil admiralty service at the age of 25 when he was appointed secretary of the commission for 'revising and digesting the civil affairs of the navy' under the presidency of Lord Barham. When his work on the commission and the voluminous reports published in 1806-09 concluded, he was appointed assistant-secretary of the victualling board and held this post until 1830. Briggs was then selected by Sir James Graham (First Lord of the Admiralty) as his private secretary but soon appointed commissioner and accountant-general of the victualling board. When this board was abolished in 1832, he was appointed accountant-general of the navy and held this post for 22 years. Briggs was responsible for overhauling and improving the navy accounting system, including framing estimates, paying seamen and allowing them to remit part of their pay to their wives and families. He was knighted for his service in 1851. Admiral Hamond was a Midshipman on Howe's Flagship at the 1794 victory. He commanded H.M.S. Blanche at Copenhagen in 1801 and captured Spanish treasure ships in 1804. He served in the attack on Flushing in 1809's disastrous Walcheren Campaign and, as a senior officer, held the post of Commander of the South American Station from 1834-48, becoming Rear Admiral in 1835, Admiral in 1847, and Admiral of the Fleet in 1862.

Captain Sir Rupert George (1749-1823) British Naval Officer during the American Revolution, Commodore of the Royal Navy's North America Station (1792-1794) and Chairman of the British Transport Service from 1792-1817.Two autograph letters signed, folio, 4 and 3 pages, 28th February and 14th May 1811, Transport Office (Westminster, London) to Samuel Whitbread MP for Bedford.The letters concern matters such as 'discussing the cases of various prisoners of war during the Napoleonic period' including a French officer from the Army of St. Domingo, deploring the French treatment of English prisoners of war in France, suggesting that it is the generosity of the English in allowing French prisoners to return home which keeps English prisoners in France 'remaining in hopeless captivity'. Sir Rupert, son of Dennis George, was born on 16th January 1749 in Dublin, Ireland. He married Margaret Cohen on 30th June 1782 and had a daughter, Charlotte, in 1792 in England and a son, Rupert Dennis, in 1796 in Dublin. He had another daughter, Louisa Sarah Ware, from a different relationship, who was born in 1762 in Nova Scotia and died on the 22nd March 1835 in Cheltenham.Sir Rupert captained the HMS Vulture Sloop of War during the American war, later the Amphritie frigate (1781) and subsequently the Charlestown on the coast of America. Later commands included the Thebe and the Hussar. HMS Vulture was a 16-gun warship with a crew of 125 men. She served during both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War. HMS Vulture is perhaps best known for being the warship to which Benedict Arnold fled on the Hudson River in 1780 after unsuccessfully trying to betray the Continental Army's fortress at West Point, New York, to the British. He turned the Fort over to the British in exchange for money, maintained communications with British spies, and eventually defected to the British. HMS Amphrititie was a 24-gun ship of war with a complement of 160 crew. During the American Revolution in the economic war, she made many captures, both French and American privateers. On the 30th of January 1794, Amphritite was wrecked after striking an uncharted submerged shoal whilst entering Leghorn Harbour.In 1795, Sir Rupert was nominated a commissioner of the Transport Board and later became its Chairman. The 'Transport Board' was the British Royal Navy organisation for transporting supplies and military. It originated in the need to transport the British Army to Ireland in 1689 to meet the Jacobite invasion of Ireland. During the war of American Independence and other military situations, the Board was responsible for the hiring and appropriating of ships and vessels for the conveyance of troops and baggage, victualling, ordnance, naval and military stores of all kinds, convicts and stores to Australia and other miscellaneous service such as the provision of stores to the British Empire Colonies. 1817, the Transport Board was abolished, and the Board of Admiralty took over its functions. In 1809, Sir George Rupert was created a baronet for services in the Royal Navy and for being the First Commissioner for Conducting the Transport Service. The George Baronetcy was of Park Place in the County of Middlesex and St. Stephen's Green in the County of Dublin. The title became extinct on the death of the second baronet, who was Sir George's son.Sold together with a selection of photocopied research papers.Condition:One letter has ripped at the fold and is now in two pieces, with some staining and discolouration.

Folio Society - Jane Austen Works. Including seven volumes in slipcase. Bronte Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights in slipcase, together with eight other Folio Society volumes.

Two box sets of books. Including Plomer's - Kilvert Diary vols 1-3; Folio Society - set of seven illustrated novels of the Bronte sisters. Both with slipcase.

Elizabeth David - a collection of four assorted Folio cook books. Including Italian Food, French Provincial Cooking, Mediterranean Food and Summer Cooking, all with slip case.

Box of Books including Folio Society and Winston Churchill

A Victorian mahogany folio stand, of typical form, with a moulded lid, supported by a 'A' frame stand with brass fittings, descending onto castors,110cm wide,48cm deep,118.5cm highCondition ReportInterior worn.A few knocks to front.

A selection of old Oriental pictures in a folio

A folio of various coloured prints: David Green; John Western; Reginald Marsh and others

A folio of various pictures and prints to include an Austrian Farmer hand coloured engraving

A folio of various John Doyle prints

A NEAR PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY TWIN SECTION FOLIO CABINETS (2)Each approximately, 126cm wide; 68cm deep; 91cm high

PLUTARCH; Lives, The Dryden Translation in four volumes published by THE FOLIO SOCIETY 2010, The Rise Of Classical Greece, The Age Of Empire-Builders, From Kings To Consuls & The Age Of Caesar, some marks/dust to edges of pages, in original slip case, some scuffing to case (1) 

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, Eleven Titles on the subject of Religion, comprising The Dead Sea Scrolls, translated and edited by Geza Vermes, St. Augustine Confessions, based on a translation by J.G. Pilkington, The Gnostic Gospels, edited by Marvin Meyer, The Authentic Gospel Of Jesus, Geza Vemes, Eusebius; The History Of The Church, a two volume set, Saint Augustine City Of God parts I & II, translated by Marcus Dods, Piccolomini; Secret Memoirs Of A Renaissance Pope, Bede; History of the English Church and People, Julian of Norwich - Revelations of Divine Love and Chartres The Making of a Miracle by Colin Ward, all titles in slip cases, some scuffing or dust marks (11) (PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL ITEMS IN THE LOT SMELL FUSTY, SOME HAVE MOULD/DAMP DAMAGE ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CELLOPHANE ON SLIP COVERS, SOME OTHER DAMAGE)

LEWIS; C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia, in seven volumes published by THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1996, The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The Horse And His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair & The Last Battle, in original slip case decorated with a map, some staining to endpapers (1) (PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE LOT HAS SIGNS OF MOULD)

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, Nine Titles relating to Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, all editions are selected from the definitive text of R.W. Chapman and are 2003 printings, A Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew, J.E. Austen-Leigh, pub. 1989 & Jane Austen's Letters, collected and edited by Deirdre Le Faye, pub. 2003, all in slip cases, (3) (CONDITION REPORT: PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE BOOKS IN THIS LOT SMELL FUSTY AND THERE ARE SIGNS OF MOULD/DAMP DAMAGE FROM LIGHT TO HEAVY, THE WORST BEING THE END PAPERS IN THE SET OF SEVEN NOVELS, SOME DAMAGE / SCUFFS TO SLIPS)

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, Ten Titles comprising The Age of Scandal by T.H. White, The Jubilee Years 1887-1897 by Roger Hudson, A Man Of Singular Virtue being A Life of Sir Thomas More edited by A.L. Rowse, Elizabeth I by Maria Perry, Richard III by Desmond Seward, Geoffrey of Monmouth; The History of the Kings of Britain, The Great Plague in London by Walter George Bell, The Black Death by Phillip Ziegler & Elizabeth I by J.E. Neale, all titles in slip cases, some scuffing or dust marks to cases or boards (PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL ITEMS IN THE LOT SMELL FUSTY, MOST HAVE MOULD/DAMP DAMAGE INCLUDING UNDER THE CELLOPHANE ON ONE TITLE)

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, Eleven Titles including three volumes of Vasari; Giorgio, Lives Of The Artists, Gaunt; William, The Pre-Raphaelite Tragedy, Holmes; Edward, The Life of Mozart, Brief Lives by John Aubrey, Finlay; Victoria, Colour, Clark; Kenneth, The Nude, Clark; Kenneth, Leonardo Da Vinci, Hibbard; Howard, Michelangelo & The Folio Society Book of The 100 Greatest Paintings, all titles in slip cases, some scuffing or dust marks to cases and biro handwriting to one case (1 BOX) (PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE LOT MAY HAVE SIGNS OF MOULD/DAMP DAMAGE, SMELLS FUSTY)