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KING, STEPHEN. B.1947.WRIGHTSON, BERNI. 1948-2017. Illustrator. 3 titles: 1. Cycle of the Werewolf. Westland, MI: The Land of Enchantment, 1983. Folio. Publisher's boards with gilt-stamped titles, pictorial dust jacket, publisher's slipcase. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY KING on the title page: 'For Brenda — Thanks for the pictures! Stephen King, 5/18/84.' Spine sunned, wear to jacket.2. Another. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, number 288 of 300 copies, signed by King and Wrightson on limitation page.3. The Cycle of the Werewolf Portfolio. Westland, MI: The Land of Enchantment, 1983. 24 illustrations by Wrightson: 12 in color, 280 x 218 mm, and 12 in black and white, 247 x 355 mm, all printed with months of the year. Publisher's white portfolio printed in black, numbered 13/20 Publishers Copy, and SIGNED by both King and Wrightson.4. SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. 1797-1851. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1983. Introduction by Stephen King. Publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and metallic blue, blue paper slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 354 of 500, signed by King and Wrightson.

KING, STEPHEN. B.1947.Eyes of the Dragon. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1984. Folio. Publisher's quarter black cloth and red hand-painted paper boards, matching slipcase. Light wear and one small scuff to slipcase, otherwise fine.INSCRIBED, LIMITED EDITION, RED-NUMBERED ISSUE, number 241 of 250, from a total edition of 1,250. The first 250, numbered in red ink, were for private distribution, and often found inscribed, as is the case here, where King writes on the title page: 'For Jim French / Hope you'll like this little story, and I also hope you have the happiest holiday season ever / With best, Stephen King, 12/6/84.'

KING, STEPHEN. B.1947.Eyes of the Dragon. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1984. Folio. Publisher's quarter black cloth and red hand-painted paper boards, matching slipcase. Minimal wear. LIMITED EDITION, number 732 of 1,000, numbered in black ink.WITH: Six Stories. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1997. 8vo. Publisher's plain white wrappers with burgundy printed jacket. Lacking publisher's slipcase, slight shelf wear. LIMITED EDITION, number 712 of 1,100 (but only 900 distributed to 100 copies being damaged in production), signed by the author on the limitation page.

DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700.Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem [WITH: The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel]. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681-82. Folio (300 x 190 mm and 350 x 220 mm). Part 1 without initial blank, bound in early 20th century half morocco, the second part stitched and uncut, title and final leaf slightly worn. Loose in a cloth case. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue of Part 1; part 2 in the second state with Fleet St added to imprimatur, and 12 lines on the final leaf. Macdonald 12a/15a. Wing D-2212/D-2350. Provenance: Part I Robert S. Pirie (bookplate); Part II, Belmont Corn and Robert S. Pirie (bookplates).WITH: The Medall. A satire against sedition. London: J. Tonson, 1682. Small 4to. Modern green half morocco. Provenance: Winston Henry Hagen (Bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (Bookplate). Wing D-2311; Macdonald 13 Aii. A fine group of three of Dryden's political satires, all from the Pirie Library. Dryden wrote this political verse at the request of Charles II, using biblical allegory to describe the political situation regarding the arrest of the Earl of Shaftesbury for treason, his imprisonment in the Tower of London and his acquittal after his trial in 1681. Part 1 appeared anonymously describing the arrest and trial while part 2 was published a year later, although largely written by Nahum Tate, it was revised by Dryden, and included his satirical portraits of Thomas Shadwell and Elkanah Settle. Dryden's political stance brought about a slew of anti-Dryden sentiment, most couched in verse!

KING, STEPHEN. B.1947. AND BARBARA KRUGER. B. 1945.My Pretty Pony. New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1988. Folio (508 x 347 mm). Color screen-prints with lithography and handset type by Barbara Kruger. Publisher's morocco-backed stainless steel sheets over boards with digital timepiece mounted on front cover; publisher's cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies of a total edition of 280. A note on the care of this book is included: 'You may adjust the clock or change the battery by removing the clock cover with a Phillips screwdriver. The clock, which is expected to last through 1990, is manufactured by Big Time ... You may choose to replace the clock or not: its failure is to be considered a property of the book.'

JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784.A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. London: printed by W. Strahan, for Knapton, Longman, Hitch, et al., 1755. 2 volumes. Folio (418 x 248 mm). Titles printed in red and black. Double column. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Browning and staining to lower margin, with some chipping to lower margin of second volume.Provenance: Stewart (armorial bookplate with motto 'Avito Viret Honore'); Fursdon Library (name on front paste-down).FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY, one of the most influential books in the history of the English language. 'Dr Johnson performed with his Dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography ... It is the dictionary itself which justifies Noah Webster's statement that 'Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics'. Johnson introduced into English lexicography, principles which had already been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings (often entertainingly colored by his High Church and Tory propensities); and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers ... but despite the progress made during the past two centuries in historical and comparative philology, Johnson's book may still be consulted for instruction as well as pleasure' (PMM). Indeed, the labor and genius of Johnson's production still awes us today. Over a period of eight years, 'with no real library at hand, Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words ... illustrating the senses in which these words could be used by including about 114,000 quotations drawn from English writing in every field of learning during the two centuries from the middle of the Elizabethan period down to his own time' (W. Jackson Bate Samuel Johnson, 1977, p 247). Courtney & Smith p 54; Grolier English 50; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, revised by George Steevens. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, [1791-] 1802. 9 volumes. Folio (424 x 318 mm). Half-titles, 96 engraved plates. Contemporary diced brown calf, rebacked, retaining original green morocco lettering pieces. Lacking 'Directions to the Bookbinder' leaf, corners bumped, foxing.WITH: Another. 9 volumes. Folio (420 x 318 mm). Half-titles, 96 engraved plates. Late 19th/early 20th century half morocco and boards, marbled edges. Scuffing, extremities rubbed, scattered foxing. Josiah Boydell's monumental edition of Shakespeare, illustrated with specially commissioned engravings after paintings by Reynolds, Hamilton, Opie, Westall, Northcote and others.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W

BURTON, RICHARD F. 1821-1890.The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights. London: Grolier Society, [1897]. 12 volumes. 8vo. Half-titles, titles printed in red, black and gold, 21 etched plates by Alphonse Lalauze, 71 photogravure plates after paintings by Albert Letchford, all in 3 states (India paper mounted; Imperial Japanese vellum; Van Gelder Holland paper), printed tissue guards. Full white vellum by Zaehnsdorf, sides with elaborately gilt-tooled red morocco panels, red morocco onlays on spines, gilt dentelles, patterned endpapers, edges gilt. Some joints tender and starting at corners, light soiling to covers. LIMITED EDITION, number 14 of 20 of the Library Edition de Grande Luxe. The most expensive and elaborate issue of the Edition de Luxe, issued at cost of 120 guineas, originally with a mahogany box and additional folio of prints (lacking here). Burton's translation is 'distinguished by his retention of the sexual content of the original Arabic versions, while his extensive footnotes drew on a lifetime of travel and research' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W

DE LA MORE PRESS.OVID. 43 B.C.E-C.17 C.E. Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses. London: Alexander Moring Ltd./De la More Press, 1904. Folio. Printed on vellum, historiated initials in colors at the beginning of each book. Contemporary red morocco gilt decorated and ruled in gilt and blind, spine with 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, cloth slipcase. Rubbed at high points of binding, otherwise fine.Provenance: Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Museum Library (bookplate); The Garden Ltd. (booklabel, sold his sale, Sotheby's New York, November 10, 1989, lot 281).LIMITED EDITION ON VELLUM, THE GARDEN COPY,, one of 2 unnumbered Hors de Commerce copies on vellum, from a total of 12 on vellum. This was volume 3 of the King's Library series published by De la More Press, edited by Israel Gollancz.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. London: Doves Press, 1913. Small 4to (233 x 164 mm). Printed in red and black. Red morocco gilt by Doves Bindery, edges gilt, red cloth slipcase. Upper joint starting, minor browning to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 copies.WITH: Lucrece. London: Doves Press, 1915. Small 4to (234 x 164 mm). Printed in red and black. Black morocco gilt by Doves Bindery, edges gilt, black cloth slipcase. Minor wear, browning to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 175 copies.Two of four Shakespearean titles printed on hand-made paper by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson for the Doves Press. The text is taken from the first folio edition. Tidcombe 32 and 37.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.The Players' Shakespeare. Stratford-upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1923-1927. 6 volumes. Folio. Including Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, The Tragedie of Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, King Lear, and Love's Labour's Lost. The first two titles in green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, decorated in gilt and blind on covers, spines gilt in 6 compartments; the remainder in publisher's vellum, decorated in gilt and blind on covers, gilt titles on spines; to edges gilt, remaining edges untrimmed; five with slipcases. Spines of morocco binding sunned, slipcases perished, minor wear and browning.LIMITED EDITIONS, each in numbered editions of 100, with illustrations by Charles Ricketts, Thomas Lowinsky, Albert Rutherston, Ernst Stern, Paul Nash, and Norman Wilkinson. Each copy is signed on the limitation page by the respective artist, the art editor, and Harley-Granville Barker, who wrote the introductions.

ARION PRESS: BIBLE IN ENGLISH.The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2000. 2 volumes. Folio (460 x 325 mm). Illuminated initials colored and embellished in gold. Original full black, red and purple morocco, spine gilt lettered; housed in two-part cloth box with gilt-lettered morocco label. Cloth box sunned, light indentations on boards, otherwise an excellent copy.LIMITED EDITION, number 159 of 400 total copies, this in deluxe full morocco binding and one of 150 with illuminated initials.

SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956, illustrator). Earth Inferno. London: Co-Operative Printing Society Limited, February 1905 [but dated 1904 on illustrations and on the verso of the final printed leaf]. Folio (440 x 340mm). Woodcut illustrations by the "ARC" engraving Co., Limited, after Austin Osman Spare, some full-page. Original green buckram lettered in black, uncut (corners lightly bumped, some very light staining). Provenance: original invoice from Otto Schulze & Co., Edinburgh, loosely-inserted, made out to Dr. H. B. McCaskie on 27th March 1909 for £1-5-6, and "out of print" added by the bookseller below. FIRST EDITION OF THE ARTIST'S FIRST (SELF-)PUBLISHED WORK. NUMBER 41 OF 265 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Harper A1a. A printed "Foreword", appearing on page 4 of the book, by the unknown (and unexplained) "C.H.L." gives a brief synopsis but sheds very little light on this puzzling work: "In venturing to submit this, the first collection of Drawings to Austin Spare's few friends and admirers, we can only hope for the kindly reception that so many have promised ... In turning contemptuously, as many will, from these Spare creations, remember - they cannot be proved to be senseless although they may seem so to us ...[etc]."

SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956, illustrator). A Book of Satyrs. London: John Lane, [n.d. but plates dated 1906/1907]. Folio (436 x 325mm). Introduction by James Guthrie, woodcut frontispiece and 12 plates by Austin Osman Spare, illustrations (brown ink spot to first few leaves affecting frontispiece and title, some light offsetting, occasional light staining). Original vellum-backed green paper pictorial boards, uncut (vellum lightly stained, boards a little rubbed at edges with stain rubbed away on upper cover). FIRST EDITION, second issue. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES [unnumbered and unsigned]. Harper A2b: "This edition had an additional illustration 'Pleasure' [as a frontispiece], the introduction by James Guthrie was reset to cover one and a half pages, and some vignettes rearranged."

Audubon's Birds of America, edited by Roger Tory Peterson & Virginia Marie Peterson. New York & London: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990. Folio (382 x 300mm). Half title, double- and full-page coloured plates after John James Audubon. Original white buckram, spine lettered and decorated in blue. dust-jacket, slipcase. "The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio."

The Charlton Hunt - Simon REES (editor). Notes on the Gentlemen of Charlton. The Hunt Servants. Visitors and Other Persons including Minutes of the Charlton Hunt and Pedigree of Charlton Hounds. [Preface: Treyford, April 1993]. Folio (295 x 205mm). Half title. Modern tan half calf, spine with red morocco lettering-piece. Privately printed. A pencil note on the half title suggests that this is number 18 of a limited edition of 20 copies. With Leonard C. F. Robson's The Farriers of London being an account of The Worshipful Company of Farriers ([London], "Printed by order of the Court for private circulation," 1949, vellum) and N. C. Selway's James Pollard 1792-1867. Painter of the Age of Coaching (Leigh-on-Sea, 1965, buckram, dust-jacket, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES). (3)

DANIELL, Samuel (1775-1811). African Scenery and Animals. A facsimile reprint of the aquatint plates originally published in 1804-5. With an introduction and notes by Frank R. Bradlow. Cape Town & Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1976. Large folio (600 x 450mm). Half title, facsimile dedication vignette, 32 plates after S. Daniell, all but one coloured. Original half black sheepskin and marbled boards gilt by E. D. Seabrook. NUMBER 525 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY FRANK R. BRADLOW. With W. Cornwallis Harris's Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa ... A Facsimile Reprint (Mazoe [ie. Mazowe, Zimbabwe], 1976, folio, coloured plates, original "Buffalo leather"-backed buckram, NUMBER 338 OF 550 COPIES). (2)

Illustrations of Birds drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. Collected and Introduced by David Attenborough. London: The Folio Society, 2012. Folio (543 x 368mm). Half title, 81 coloured plates after Edward Lear. FINELY BOUND in original dark green goatskin by Smith Settle elaborately decorated in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, original buckram box lettered in gilt. Provenance: an original invoice for the book from the publisher for £895.00 (retail price in 2012) is loosely-inserted. Also loosely-inserted is an additional (duplicate) coloured plate ("Eagle Owl. Bubo maximus; Sibbald") not called for in the limitation or prospectus. LIMITED TO 800 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 287 OF 780 COPIES SIGNED BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.

SITWELL, Sacheverell (1897-1988), Handasyde BUCHANAN & James FISHER. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. London: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. Folio (491 x 340mm). Half title, additional title within decorative border, coloured frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 37 plates including 15 coloured, one double-page (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original half buckram and marbled boards gilt (a little bowed). Limited edition.

STEARN, William Thomas (1911-2001). The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer ... Introduction by Wilfrid Blunt. London: The Basilisk Press, 1976. Large folio (645 x 460mm). Half title, double-page chart of Australia, 25 coloured lithographed plates after Ferdinand Bauer mounted on thick green paper. Original green buckram-backed marbled boards, book box. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 101 OF 515 COPIES. 5708

ALBUMS - [Printed Acts of Parliament]. Anno Regni Georgii II. ... Vicesimo Sexto [Vicesimo Septimo]. London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. 2 volumes, folio (315 x 205mm). Woodcut coats-of-arms on titles. Contemporary panelled calf gilt, coats-of-arms of George II stamped in gilt on covers (heavily rubbed and scuffed, joints splitting, corners bumped). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c. 260 original watercolours, pen-and-ink and pencil drawings, most laid-down or tipped-in over the text leaves, undated or dated variously the second half of the 18th-century. The first volume contains original pen-and-ink and watercolour illustrations chiefly of topographical interest, with a number of fine [unsigned] studies of Oxford including Merton (Mob Quad) and Magdalen colleges, the Castle, and numerous Oxfordshire churches including Wolvercote and St Martin's, Carfax (which was demolished, apart from the tower, c.1820). Also included are studies of various Sussex churches including Ewhurst, Friston and Petworth, in additional to other miscellaneous topographical subjects including views in Canterbury, Jersey, Reading and Selborne. The second volume is more intriguing, containing numerous fine pen-and-ink and pencil drawings, chiefly portraits, figures and monuments, many inscribed "John Russell fecit" or, less commonly, "Thomas Worlidge fecit" [?but skilful copies] often including several of the same subject in different versions, of exceptional quality. Also included are two panoramic views of Vienna (almost identical), a fine view of Rome and some architectural and anatomical studies. On page 331 of the first volume is the [incomplete] printed Act which led to the foundation of the British Museum in 1753: "An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; and for providing One General Repository for the better Reception and more convenient Use of the said Collections; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the Additions thereto." (2)1329

Al-BUSIRI (1211-94). Al-Kawakib Al-Durriya ... The Luminous Stars in Praise of the Best of All Creation Prophet Muhammed. A celebrated panegyric in praise of the Prophet Mohammed the Great Reformer and Lawgiver, accompanied by "Takhmis. The first complete Fine Art Facsimile Edition published by the authority of the Trustees of Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland. London: Recite Publications Inc., 1993. Folio (404 x 295mm). "Illuminated" and coloured facsimile manuscript. Original black leatherette by Hartnolls elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt edges, original black leatherette fitted silk-lined box elaborately decorated in gilt (some minor scuffing to edges of lid), black silk tie, publisher's pamphlet loosely-inserted. ONE OF 950 COPIES. 477

ART REFERENCE, miscellaneous - William Fettes DOUGLAS (1822-91). Eight Photogravures. Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1885. Folio (423 x 305mm). Photogravure portrait of the artist, title printed in red and black, 8 photogravure plates by William Fettes Douglas (some very light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original green cloth-backed paper boards gilt (rubbed and scuffed chiefly at edges). With 2 other art reference books, namely M. Pilkington's The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters ... A New Edition (London, 1798, calf, old bookplate of Sir William Forbes, Bart.) and The Art Journal (London, 1851, plates, some coloured, half morocco). The lot sold not subject to return. (3)

ART REFERENCE, miscellaneous - Sammlung Darmstaedter Berlin. Europäisches Porzellan des XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Bearbeitung von Prof. Dr. Schnorr von Carolsfeld ... Katalog. Berlin: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 1933. Folio (304 x 232mm). 130 monochrome photographed plates, mounted on hinges at the end. Original vellum-backed paper boards with coloured illustration mounted on upper cover. Provenance: priced in old manuscript throughout, occasionally with buyer's names. With 10 other miscellaneous reference books, namely Paul Lacroix's Science and Literature in the Middle Ages (London, 1878, chromolithographed plates, half morocco), Albert Kretschmer's The Costumes of All Nations (London, 1882, coloured plates, cloth, rather worn), C. W. King's Handbook of Engraved Gems ... Second edition (London, 1885, buckram), R. L. Hobson's Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the ... British Museum (London, 1903, buckram), E. Alfred Jones' The Old Church Plate of the Isle of Man (London, 1907, buckram), Edward Andrews Downman's Blue Dash Chargers and Other Early English Tin Enamel Circular Dishes (London, 1919, parchment-backed paper boards), Herbert Kuhn's IPEK. Jahrbuch fur Prahistorische & Ethnographische Kunst (Leipzig, 1935, buckram, dust-jacket), M. H. Longhurst's English Ivories (London, 1926, buckram), A. J. Hipkins' Musical Instruments Historic, Rare and Unique (London, 1945 [reprint of the 1888 edition], buckram) and Vernon C. Stoneman's John and Thomas Seymour. Cabinetmakers in Boston 1794-1816 (Boston, 1959, buckram). The lot sold not subject to return. (11)

[BARROW, John (fl. 1735-74)]. A New Geographical Dictionary. Containing a Full and Accurate Account of the Several Parts of the Known World. London: Printed for J. Coote, 1760. Volume II (only, of 2). Folio (354 x 230mm). Title printed in red and black, 36 engraved topographical and costume plates, 44 engraved maps and plans (one plate with short tear without loss, some light spotting and staining). Contemporary reverse calf (foot of spine worn, joints split, rubbed and stained). Provenance: old manuscript index to the maps on rear pastedown. Sold not subject to return.

BIROCO, Joel. It is Divine and Other Poems. Witney: The Strawberry Press, 2005. Folio (278 x 192mm). Half title, linocut frontispiece by the author printed in two colours. FINELY BOUND in full brown crushed morocco gilt, the upper cover with a stylised design in gilt based on the linocut, the spine lettered in gilt, uncut, original black book box. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 80 COPIES, THIS COPY NUMBER II OF 4 "PRINTED ON HAND-MADE GAMPI VELLUM" AND SPECIALLY BOUND WITH AN EXTRA COPY OF THE LINOCUT IN A SEPARATE FOLDER SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

The Book of Psalms. From the Version of Miles Coverdale as Published in the "Great Bible" of 1539. With an Introduction by Francis Wormald ... and facsimile reproductions of eight illuminated folios from the fourteenth century manuscript known as Queen Mary's Psalter. London: Haymarket Press [Chipping Camden: Alcuin Press], 1930. Folio (347 x 215mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece, title and text printed in red and black, 7 mounted coloured plates, initials (some soiling mainly at inner margins). Original niger morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. NUMBER 7 OF 50 COPIES.

CRESSET PRESS - [Francis BACON (1561-1626)]. The Essayes of Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban. London: Cresset Press [Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press], 1928. Folio (382 x 255mm). Half title, title and text in red and black, titles and initials designed by Joscelyne Gaskin, device of the Shakespeare Head Press printed in red at the end (a few faint spots). FINELY BOUND in original full vellum gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, top edges gilt, others uncut. LIMITED TO 258 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 57 OF 250 COPIES "ON BATCHELOR'S KELMSCOTT HAND-MADE PAPER."

DICKINSON, William Robert (1815-87, illustrator). Views of St. Peter's Church, Brackley, with Drawings of the Fonts, &c. ... to be Sold for the Purpose of Partly Defraying the Expensive Repairs of the Church [title printed on upper wrapper]. Brackley & London: Joseph Barrett & J. Dickinson, 1841. Oblong 4to (278 x 378mm). 5 lithographed plates, 2 of which tinted, by C. Hullmandel after W. R. Dickinson, without a title page [?as issued] (short tear to one plate without loss, some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original printed wrappers with double rule border and price of 12s. (rebacked in linen, some fraying). RARE. No copy in the British Library; one copy recorded on COPAC (at the V&A) and none recorded at auction. With 9 other works of related interest in 11 vols., namely Henry Shaw's Specimens of Ancient Furniture (London, [n.d., but plates dated 1832-34, plates, cloth), Pugin's Ornaments of the XV & XVII Century [general title on spine] (London, 1836, 4 works or parts in one vol., half morocco), M. Habershon's The Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England (London, 1836, lithographed and engraved plates, cloth, worn), Thomas Moule's Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales (London, 1838-42, 3 vols., plates, cloth, worn), Henry Shaw's Details of Elizabethan Architecture (London, 1839, plates, 3 hand-coloured, boards), the same author's The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages (London, 1851, roan-backed boards, worn), J. B. Waring's Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornaments of Remote Ages (London, 1870, plates, cloth), Frederic W. Maynard's Descriptive Notice of the Drawings and Publications of The Arundel Society, from 1869 to 1873 inclusive (London, 1873, mounted photographs, half morocco) and C. Almain's Monographie de la Chapelle de Berlaumont (Brussels, 1878, folio, plates, some coloured, morocco-backed boards). The lot sold not subject to return. (12)

GREGYNOG PRESS OR GWASG GREGYNOG - Owen Morgan EDWARDS (1858-1920). Hwiangerddi, edited by Hazel Walford Davies. [Newtown, Montgomeryshire:] Gwasg Gregynog, 1995. Folio (300 x 172mm). Half title, initials and running titles printed in red, illustrations by Jac Jones. FINELY BOUND in sky-blue crushed morocco by Alan Wood with a butterfly stamped in gilt on the upper cover and a single floral spray on the spine, blue suede doublures, original blue buckram book box. LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, THIS COPY LETTERED "FF" BEING ONE OF A FEW SPECIALLY BOUND WITH A HAND-COLOURED PRINTED DOUBLE-PAGE ILLUSTRATION BY JAC JONES AT THE FRONT, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

HERALDRY - David LAING (1793-1878, editor). Fac Simile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount. Lyon King of Armes 1542. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1878. Folio (352 x 260mm). Coloured lithographed title and facsimile leaves (some light staining and spotting). Contemporary morocco-backed cloth boards (extremities rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: J. L. Hope Vere, Blackwood, 1884 (signature on front free endpaper). A cutting from an unidentified bookseller's catalogue [?1930] pasted-in at the front, suggests, "The impression of this valuable work was strictly limited to 250 copies" although no limitation is stated in the book itself. With 3 other related works in 4 vols., namely Edward Barrington de Fonblanque's Annals of the House of Percy (London, "For Private Circulation Only", 1887, 2 vols., chromolithographed frontispieces, plates, vellum, folding "pedigree" in pocket at end of vol. one, some pencil annotation), John Richard Magrath's The Obituary Book of Queen's College, Oxford [additional title, printed in red, green and black: Liber obituarius Aulae Reginae in Oxonia] (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1910, printed in colours, limp parchment) and Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of British Heraldic Art to the end of the Tudor Period (London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1916, buckram). The lot sold not subject to return. (5)

MARTIN, Fredrik Robert (1868-1933). The Miniature Paintings and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey from the 8th to the 18th Century. London: Holland Press, 1968. Folio (380 x 285mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 4 coloured plates, half tone plates. Original red cloth, dust-jacket (frayed and chipped at edges). LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. cf. Pope XVI, 385 (citing the original 1912 edition). With Arthur Upham Pope's A Survey of Persian Art (Tehran, 1977, volume XV ("Bibliography of Pre-Islamic Persian Art to 1938") and XVI ("Bibliography of Islamic Persian Art to 1938") [only], buckram). (3)

MOYR SMITH, J. (1839-1912, illustrator) - William SHAKESPEARE (1654-1616). The Tragedie of Macbeth. With Illustrations and Notes. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889. Folio (470 x 305mm). Etched frontispiece and additional title in blue, both signed in pencil by the artist, title printed in red and black, 25 plates by J. Moyr Smith etched in blue or bistre, 16 of them signed by the artist in pencil, vignettes, initials. Modern black half morocco gilt. NUMBER 123 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. A publisher's flyer for another work illustrated by Moyr Smith is loosely-inserted, but it includes "Press Notices" relating to the present work which differ wildly in opinion over the artist's rendition of Lady Macbeth (ranging from 'She almost looks fat and forty ...' to 'Graceful, powerfully realised ...'). Moyr Smith has added the following note in pencil to the foot of the flyer: "Only seven copies remain. The book can't be reprinted - price will be raised from £2.12.6 to £5.5 - J. Moyr Smith, Oakbank Cottage, Kilcregan, 9 March 1912." Moyr Smith is perhaps best remembered as a designer for Minton, for which he produced a series of tiles based on Shakespearean characters.

PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). Microcosm; or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c. of Great Britain, for the Embellishment of Landscape: comprising the most Interesting Subjects in Rural and Domestic Scenery, in External and Internal Navigation, in Country Sports and Employments, in the Arts of War and Peace. London: R. Ackermann, [?1822-24, but plates dated 1802-5]. Folio (350 x 280mm). Title and 102 aquatint plates (only, [?]of 120) by W. H. Pyne, each plate with multiple subjects (lacking text, title heavily spotted, a few plates lightly browned, some mainly marginal staining and spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed, split at foot of joints, some scuffing). Provenance: "To Vincent Lines, R.W.S., A.R.C.A. with grateful appreciation of his social service as Principal of the Hastings School of Art, from Fanny E. Borrow, December, 1956" (presentation label on front pastedown). Abbey Life 177; Brunet II, 451 (under "Gray", who wrote the original text); Hardie English Coloured Books (1906) p.142: "The only book that [Pyne] illustrated himself were his Microcosm, a series of above a thousand small groups of rustic figures ... and his Costume of Great Britain ..."; Graesse V, 515. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

RICHARDSON, Charles James (1806-71). Architectural Remains of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James Ist from accurate drawings and measurements taken from existing Specimens. London: Published and Sold by Charles James Richardson, 1840 [but additional title dated 1838]. Volume One and parts I and II of the Appendix [?all published]. Folio (540 x 365mm). Lithographed frontispiece, additional lithographed title with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, dedication, and 31 plates lithographed by Day & Haghe after Richardson, some tinted, a few FINELY COLOURED BY HAND or heightened in gold, either in whole or part (some spotting and staining). Later red roan-backed cloth gilt (spine lacking rubbed). Sold as a Collection of Plates, not subject to return.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Sonnets & Poems, edited by Colin Burrow. London: The Folio Society, 1919. 2 volumes, 4to (350 x 250mm). Half title, title printed in blue and black. Original blue half goatskin, top edges gilt, others uncut; in original fitted buckram book box holding "commentary" volume in a separate compartment, prospectuses loosely-inserted. LIMITED TO 2,000 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 433 OF 1,980. A printed note at the beginning states: "The Letterpress Shakespeare Sonnets & Poems Typeset in 'Monotype' Baskerville with Caslon Display by Gloucester Typesetting Services, Stonehouse, Glos. printed by Hand and Eye Letterpress, London, on Zerkall Mould-Made Paper bound by hand at the Craft Bindery of G. Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, in Nigerian Goatskin and Marble Paper by Ann Muir." With The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. Eleventh Edition (London, 2005, original half leatherette, slipcase). (3)

"SOUTH SEA BUBBLE" & Accounts of the Court of Chancery - "To the Right Honoble the Lords of the Committee of his Majesties Most Honoble Privy Council. May it please Your Lordships. Having on the thirteenth of November last [1724] Received Your Lordships Orders to Inspect the Accounts Given in by the Masters and Usher of the Court of Chancery." A folio (370 x 240mm) manuscript account book on 52-pages (apparently lacking pp. 45 and 46). Contemporary marbled wrappers (rather worn). The accounts, written in the aftermath of "The South Sea Bubble", make frequent listings of and allusions to South Seas stock, annuities and bonds. The final page is signed by William Kynaston and Robert Holford and dated 11 December 1724.

[STOTHARD, Thomas (1755-1834, illustrator)]. Shakspeare's[sic] Seven Ages of Man. Hammersmith: W. Bromley, [plates dated January 24th, 1799]. Folio (457 x 285mm). Hand-coloured engraved pictorial title, one page of engraved text of Jacques' 'The Ages of Man' speech from 'As You Like It', 6 hand-coloured engraved plates by W. Bromley after T. Stothard (only, of 7, lacking the first plate [ie. of the infant], a few repairs at margins without loss, some mainly marginal staining and spotting). Modern red buckram. FIRST EDITION. Jaggard p.287; Lowndes 1665.

The Towneley Lectionary. Illuminated for Cardinal Alessando Farnese by Giulio Clovio. The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations Manuscript 91. Described by Jonathan J. G. Alexander. [Otley:] The Roxburghe Club, 1997. Large folio. Half title, title printed in red and black, coloured frontispiece and plates, monochrome illustrations. Original red cloth gilt. One of an unstated limitation "Dedicated and presented to The President and Members of The Roxburghe Club by Sir Simon Towneley 1997." With 2 other facsimile editions, namely Portolan Atlas von Battista Agnese (1546) (Austria, 1993, ONE OF 700 COPIES, [?]lacking the text vol.) and Neil MacGregor's Placet de l'officier Desbans (New York, 2007). (3)

WYATT, Matthew Digby (1820-77). The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition MDCCCLI. London: Day & Son, March 15th 1853. Volume II only (of 2), folio (491 x 330mm). Chromolithographed title and 80 fine chromolithographed plates by F. Bedford, J. Sleigh, J. A. Vintner and others after various artists, numbered LXXIX - CLVIII (occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few plates more heavily affected). Contemporary half plum morocco gilt, gilt edges (lower cover detached, heavily rubbed at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Life 85; Hardie English Coloured Books (1906) p. 253: "The book is interesting as a record of early Victorian art, with its few beauties and its many atrocities. It is valuable, too, for its clear account in the preface of the position of chromo-lithography at the time, and of the particular method of producing the plates."

 VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, nine pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 23rd February 1876. The manuscript document is addressed to the Duke of Norfolk and concerns the Honourable Harry Tyrwhitt Tyrwhitt of Keythorpe Hall in Tugby, Leicestershire, being a Royal licence granting him to use the surname of Wilson only in lieu of that of Tyrwhitt and bear the Arms of Wilson and requiring the Duke of Norfolk to record the declaration in the College of Arms. Countersigned at the conclusion by Richard Assheton Cross (1823-1914) 1st Viscount Cross. British Statesman who served as Home Secretary 1874-80 & 1885-86. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and tied with a green ribbon. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG   Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1847-1917) 15th Duke of Norfolk. British Politician & Philanthropist who served as Earl Marshal 1860-1917.    Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt (1824-1894) 3rd Baron Berners. 

 VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, five pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 13th September 1892, on the blind embossed stationery of the Secretary of State, Home Department. The manuscript document is addressed to the Duke of Norfolk and concerns the Honourable Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt of Keythorpe, Leicester, being a Royal licence granting him to take and use the surname of Wilson in addition to and after his own surname of Tyrwhitt and bear the Arms of Wilson and requiring the Duke of Norfolk to record the declaration in the College of Arms. Countersigned at the conclusion by H. H. Asquith (1852-1928) British Prime Minister 1908-16 and previously Home Secretary 1892-95. With blind embossed seal affixed and tied with a green ribbon. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG   Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1847-1917) 15th Duke of Norfolk. British Politician & Philanthropist who served as Earl Marshal 1860-1917.    Sir Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1855-1918) 4th Baron Berners.  

GEORGE V & EDWARD VIII: GEORGE V (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-1936 & EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. D.S. by both King George V (‘George R.I.’, as King, at the head) and the future King Edward VIII (‘Edward P’, as Prince of Wales, at the foot), one page, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 4th June 1928. The partially printed document is addressed to Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker and grants him the dignity of an Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire. With a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. The signatures are very slightly faded although perfectly legible. Neatly laid down and with some very light, minor staining and age wear to the edges and centre, otherwise about VG Sir Leslie Cecil Blackmore Bowker (1887-1965) British Barrister who served as Chief Clerk to the Law Officers of the Crown.

 GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A large D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James, 1st April 1932. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, appoints Evelyn Charles Donaldson Rawlins to be Commercial Secretary, First Grade, attached to the Legation at Vienna, also 'Giving and Granting to him in that character all Power and Authority to do and execute all necessary Writings, Memorials, and Instruments, as also to assist Our Minister at Vienna.....'. Countersigned at the foot by John Simon (1873-1954) 1st Viscount Simon. British Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1931-35. With blind embossed seal. The small circular sticker of the Rawlins Collection is neatly affixed in the upper left corner. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, VG   E. C. D. Rawlins was the father of the noted autograph collector Ray Rawlins and the present document was previously sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection on 2nd, 3rd & 4th June 1980 (Lot 142) and has not appeared on the market since. 

 GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R.I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 17th August 1935. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Derek Swithin Allhusen to be a Second Lieutenant with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers of the Land Forces. Countersigned at the foot by Harry Knox (1873-1971, British General, Adjutant-General to the Forces 1935-37) and Herbert Creedy (1878-1973, British Civil Servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 1920-39). With blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. VG   Derek Swithin Allhusen (1914-2000) English Major and Equestrian who served in World War II with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and was awarded the American Silver Star in 1944. Allhusen won a Gold Medal in the Team eventing and a Silver Medal in the Individual eventing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 

EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A rare D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Office of Admiralty, 2nd April 1936. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a naval commission appointing David Jasper Godden to be a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Fleet. Countersigned at the foot by Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1883-1965) British Admiral, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, June 1915; and Percy Noble (1880-1955) British Admiral. With blind embossed seal. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and foxing, otherwise VG

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A very fine, rare D.S., R Walpole, by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42), one page, folio, Palace at Whitehall, 22nd July 1740. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury and is a warrant ordering the payment of two thousand one hundred and ten pounds eleven shillings and six pence to be made to Thomas Lowther without account, ‘that is to say, the sum of Two thousand pounds to reimburse the like sum by him Expended to answer a Bill of Exchange drawn from abroad for his Majesty’s Service, and the remaining sum…..is to defray the Fees and Charges attending the Receipt thereof…..’. Countersigned at the foot by William Clayton (1671-1752, 1st Baron Sundon, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and further countersigned at the head by eight Lord Justices comprising Spencer Compton (c.1673-1743, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister 1742-43), Thomas Pelham Holles (1693-1768, 1st Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister 1757-62), John Potter (c.1674-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury 1737-47), Philip Yorke (1690-1764, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English Lawyer & Politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1737-56), Lionel Sackville (1688-1765, 1st Earl of Dorset, English Political Leader, Lord Steward 1725-30, 1737-44), Charles Lennox (1701-1750, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, British Nobleman, Peer & Politician, Master of the Horse 1735-50, remembered for his patronage of cricket), Charles Powlett (1685-1754, 3rd Duke of Bolton, British Politician & Lieutenant General) and John Montagu (1690-1749, 2nd Duke of Montagu, British Peer, Master of the Great Wardrobe 1709-49). With blank integral leaf. Documents from this period featuring the signatures of three British Prime Ministers are rare and desirable. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of some folds, otherwise VG   Sir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745) English Peer and Landowner.  

NEWCASTLE & NORTH: NEWCASTLE DUKE OF: (1693-1768) British Prime Minister 1754-56, 1757-62 & NORTH LORD: (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82. North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. A good D.S. by both the Duke of Newcastle (‘Holles Newcastle’) and Lord North (‘North’) individually, one page, folio, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 29th June 1759. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in Scotland and approves the application of John Taylor, a Landwaiter and Searcher at Port Glasgow, to be absent from his duty for three months, also directing ‘that no deduction shall be made from the salary of the said John Taylor on account of his absence during that time provided you have no objection thereto’. Also countersigned at the foot by Robert Nugent (1709-1788) 1st Earl Nugent. Irish Politician & Poet, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1754-59. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a small tear at the centre, neatly repaired to the verso and not affecting any of the signatures. About VG

 DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) French Politician, one of the leading figures in the early stages of the French Revolution. Danton served as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety and has been described by historians as 'the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic'. Guillotined at the age of 34. A good, large D.S., Danton, at the foot, one page, oblong folio, Paris, 11th September 1792. The partially printed document, in French, is issued by the Department of Public Contributions in the name of the Executive Provisional Council and relates to a pension to be granted to Jean Gerard for merit, giving details of the amount he will receive and also recording the date of his birth and baptism in Paris etc. Rare. Some very light, minor overall age wear and a few small, neat tears at the edges of the folds, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG 

 STADION JOHANN KASPAR VON: (1567-1641) Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights 1627-41 and President of the Privy Council of Emperor Ferdinand II. Ink signature (‘Jo: Caspar’) on a slim oblong 8vo piece evidently neatly removed from the conclusion of a document and with two lines of manuscript text, 4th July 1631. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a folio sheet beneath a similar piece neatly removed from the head of the document. About VG 

NOW, VOYAGER: An original folio printed copy of the sheet music to the song It Can't be Wrong from the film Now, Voyager (1942) individually signed in bold black ink, in later years, by both Bette Davis (Charlotte Vale) and Paul Henreid (Jerry Durrance) to clear areas of the front cover which promotes the film and features a large portrait of Davis. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

 PROKOFIEFF SERGE: (1891-1953) Russian Composer and Pianist. A rare original manuscript score of Quintet in G Minor (Op.39, 1924 ‘Quintette’) signed by Serge Prokofieff, forty-eight pages, folio (manuscript paper), n.p. (Paris), 1924. The manuscript is penned in black fountain pen ink, with various annotations in blue indelible pencil and is signed (‘Serge Prokofieff’) in ink to the head of the first page and dated 1924 in his hand. Titled to the front and annotated at the head in Cyrillic as being Prokofieff’s personal copy. Together with a second manuscript score of The Fiery Angel (Op. 37, ‘Der Feurige Engel’), sixty-four pages, folio (manuscript paper), n.p., n.d. (circa 1927), penned in bold, dark fountain pen ink and titled in German at the head. Some light overall age wear, VG, 2   Quintet in G minor was scored by Prokofieff foroboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass and contains six movements. The work is closely related to the composer’s ballet Trapeze.   The Fiery Angel is an opera by Prokofieff which was first presented in Paris in November 1954 and first premiered at the Venice Festival in 1955.  

 DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the Dalai Lama seated in a full length pose wearing his familiar Buddhist robes. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone across a clear area of the image. Contained in the original folio printed presentation folder. VG 

 ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. A vintage folio edition of the Daily News, New York’s Picture Newspaper, amusingly dated Moonday, 21st July 1969 (Volume 51, Number 22), featuring the headline Men Walk on the Moon and with Armstrong’s famous quotation printed beneath, ‘One Small Step for Man….One Giant Leap for Mankind’ and also featuring a grainy image of Armstrong stepping onto the moon’s surface, signed and inscribed by Armstrong in black ink across a light area of the image. An attractive and unusual signed souvenir relating directly to the historic Apollo XI mission. A few minor tears and nicks to the edges of the front and back pages, otherwise about VG 

 WORLD WAR II – BRITISH ARMY: A rare and unusual folio (11.5 x 14) blue printed sheet entitled Memorial Hall prepared by Hadlow School in Masterton, New Zealand, and individually signed by twenty three leading British Army officers who served in World War II comprising Viscount Montgomery of Alamein FM, Lieutenant-General James Steele, General Sir Henry Wemyss, Lieutenant-General Sir Daril Watson, Major-General Francis Festing, Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Kirkman, Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding, General Sir Richard O’Connor, Major-General Sir Robert Laycock, Lieutenant-General Frank. E. W. Simpson, Sir Claude Auchinleck FM, General Sir Miles Dempsey, Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg VC, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery, Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Rowell, Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, Lieutenant-General Sir W. T. Morgan, Major-General Sir Norman Weir, Major-General Sir Charles Keightley, Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Ritchie, Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison and Major-General Lewis Lyne. All have signed their names in fountain pen inks within blue squares and all have added their ranks alongside or beneath their signatures. An impressive and attractive grouping of signatures. Some light creasing and minor foxing to the edges and two light stains to the upper edge caused by previous mounting, none of which affects the signatures. About VG 

 WORLD WAR II – ROYAL AIR FORCE: A rare and unusual folio (11.5 x 14) blue printed sheet entitled Memorial Hall prepared by Hadlow School in Masterton, New Zealand, and individually signed by twenty three leading British Royal Air Force officers who served in World War II comprising Marshal of the R.A.F. Charles Portal, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord Tedder, Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur T. Harris, Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Forte, Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill, Air Marshal Sir Grahame Donald, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Marshal Sir James Robb, Air Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, Air Marshal Sir William Coryton, Air Marshal Sir Leslie Hollinghurst, Air Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter, Air Marshal Sir Roderick Carr, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Vice-Marshal Francis Don and Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry. All have signed their names in fountain pen inks within blue squares. Together with two related T.Ls.S. dated 1946 and 1948, one from the Air Ministry at Whitehall regarding obtaining the signatures, and stating, in part, ‘I approached Lord Tedder….and I am afraid that he takes the view that, although he will be delighted to append his signature anywhere else on the card, he feels very strongly that the space at the top of the collection should be occupied by Lord Portal instead of himself……I will take the necessary steps to approach Lord Portal for his signature and also endeavour to obtain those of other senior officers…..’. An impressive and attractive grouping of signatures. Some light creasing and minor foxing to the edges and two extremely light stains to the upper edge caused by previous mounting, none of which affects the signatures. About VG   

 WORLD WAR II – ROYAL NAVY: A rare and unusual folio (11.5 x 14) blue printed sheet entitled Memorial Hall prepared by Hadlow School in Masterton, New Zealand, and individually signed by ten leading British Royal Navy officers who served in World War II comprising Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, Vice-Admiral R. McGregor, Admiral Sir James Somerville, Admiral Sir Arthur Power, Admiral Sir Philip Vian, Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood and Admiral Sir Max Horton. All have signed their names in fountain pen inks within blue squares, most adding their ranks beneath their signatures. Together with two related T.Ls.S. dated 1946, being letters of introduction for Mr. A. W. Don, the Headmaster of the Hadlow Preparatory School in New Zealand and regarding his efforts in obtaining the signatures ‘of the most note-worthy mariners’. An impressive and attractive grouping of signatures. Some light creasing and minor foxing to the edges and two light stains to the upper edge caused by previous mounting, none of which affects the signatures. About VG 

 LINDBERG CHARLES W.: (1920-2007) American Corporal with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who assisted in raising the first of two United States flags on top of Mount Suribachi on 23rd February 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima. A vintage folio copy of the sheet music for Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima by Bob Wills and Cliff Johnsen, signed to the colour front cover by Lindberg in blue ink, further adding ‘1st Flag Raiser, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945, 10:30 AM’ in his hand beneath his signature. A few small tears and light creases to the edges, not affecting the signature. About VG 

DOUGLAS JAMES: (c.1516-1581) 4th Earl of Morton. Douglas served as the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. An extremely rare D.S., James Regent, as Regent of Scotland, at the foot, one page, oblong folio, 30th September 1577. The manuscript document is a warrant issued in the name of the King and grants a licence to Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird and Arngask to remain undisturbed ‘at hame’. With the remnants of a red wax seal to the left of the signature. Neatly mounted to the upper edge of the verso, otherwise VG Provenance: The present document was originally part of The Enys Collection of Autograph Manuscripts and was previously sold by Bonhams in London on 28th September 2004 (Lot 106).

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27 & ADDISON JOSEPH (1672-1719) English Essayist, Poet and Politician, co-founder of The Spectator magazine. A good D.S. by both King George I (‘George R’, a good, bold example as King at the head) and Joseph Addison (‘J. Addison’, as Secretary of State for the Southern Department), one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Hampton Court, 8th September 1717. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Leonard Robison to be an Ensign in a Regiment of Foot commanded by Brigadier General Henry Grove. With the remnants of a red seal to the upper left corner. Some light overall creasing and age wear, about VG