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 SWANSON GLORIA: (1899-1983) American Actress who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination at the first Academy Award ceremony for her role in Sadie Thompson. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Swanson in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Ernest A. Bacharach and bearing his blindstamp to the lower right corner. Signed by Swanson in fountain pen ink across a very dark area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 BOW CLARA: (1905-1965) American Actress who starred in Wings (1927), the first film to be awarded an Academy Award for Best Picture. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of The It Girl in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 SHEARER NORMA: (1902-1983) Canadian Actress, Academy Award winner. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Shearer standing in an elegant three quarter length pose. Signed in fountain pen ink across a clear area of the background. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.    

 CHEVALIER MAURICE: (1888-1972) French Actor and Entertainer, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Chevalier in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Dora Kallmus (Madame D'Ora). Signed by Chevalier in bold black fountain pen ink to the image and dated Hollywood, 1928 in his hand. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 BANCROFT GEORGE: (1882-1956) American Actor, nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Thunderbolt (1920). Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Bancroft in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a largely clear area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 DIX RICHARD: (1893-1949) American Actor, nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Cimarron (1931; the film winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930/31). Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Dix in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a clear area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 GILBERT JOHN: (1899-1936) American Silent Film Actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Gilbert in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-1936. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court of St. James, 14th September 1935. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G.C. Forster to be Consul at Calcutta following a commission issued by 'Our Good Friend the President of the Republic of Ecuador'. Countersigned at the foot by Samuel Hoare (1880-1959, Foreign Secretary). With blind embossed seal. With light age wear, otherwise G 

 BLUE MONTE: (1887-1963) American Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Blue seated in a half length pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a clear area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 FARRELL CHARLES: (1900-1990) American Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Farrell standing in a three quarter length pose. Photograph by Max Mun Autrey and bearing his blindstamp to the lower right corner. Signed in bold, dark purple fountain pen ink by Farrell, largely across a darker area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 BOLIVAR SIMON: 1783-1830) Venezuelan-born Military and political leader. President of Gran Colombia 1819-30, President of Bolivia 1825 & President of Peru 1824-27. Bolivar played an important role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential  politicians in the history of the Americas. D.S., Simon Bolivar, one page, folio, Lima, 2nd October 1823, in Spanish. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Lieutenant Leon Galindo to be a Colonel of Infantry. Signed by Bolivar in his capacity as 'Liberator President of the Republic of Colombia'. With a good red wax seal affixed, protected by seven flower paper petals. With blank integral leaf. The edges are very slightly irregularly trimmed, and with light some overall water staining, not affecting the legibility of the text, G Leon Galindo (1795-1865) Commander of the Bogota Battalion, 2nd Division,  who was victorious in the decisive battle of Ayacucho on December 1824, under Commander-in-Chief Antonio Jose Sucre. 

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. D.S., Mussolini, two pages, folio, Rome, 14th March 1926. The partially printed document, in Italian (untranslated) refers to legal proposals by the Prime Minister, Secretary of State and Minister of State for War. Signed by Mussolini at the foot of page two and countersigned by King Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947, King of Italy 1900-46). With three official ink stamps and minor pencil and ink annotations, and with seven small files holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures. VG

 MIX TOM: (1880-1940) American Actor, the star of many early Western movies. A superb vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Mix in a head and shoulders pose wearing his cowboy costume. Photograph by Ernest A. Bacharach and bearing his blindstamp to the lower right corner. Signed by Mix in bold, dark purple fountain pen ink to a largely clear area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 DENNY REGINALD: (1891-1967) English Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Denny in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image, largely across a darker area. Some light staining to the background of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, G   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 TALMADGE NORMA: (1894-1957) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. One very light, minor stain to the background of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 DANIELS BEBE: (1901-1971) American Actress. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Daniels in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 DOVE BILLIE: (1903-1997) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Dove in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 COSTELLO DOLORES: (1903-1979) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Costello in a close-up head and shoulders study. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 1928 in her hand. Some very minor, light mottling to the image and some equally minor silvering to the extreme edges. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 MOORE COLLEEN: (1899-1988) American Actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Moore in a head and shoulders pose sporting the bobbed haircut which she helped popularise in the 1920s. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.  

 DEL RIO DOLORES: (1905-1983) Mexican Actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold purple fountain pen ink across a clear area of the image and dated 1928 in her hand. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG   The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour.    The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.    

Travel books and others including Scotts last expedition (2 vols 3rd edition); War and Peace deluxe limited edition folio society, Tolkien stories etc (11)

John T Freeman , making waves 1991, Folio of poems and original etchings, size of envelope 26cm x 24cm.

Spain.- Roberts (David) Picturesque Sketches in Spain ..., tinted lithographed title and 19 plates only (of 25), 2 plates hand-coloured, occasional faint spotting (marginal), hinges broken, contents loose, original half morocco, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, [Abbey Travel 152], 1837.

Scotland.- Daniell (William) Illustrations of the Island of Staffa, 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some foxing, plate guards, slightly browned, modern bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary red morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 510], oblong sm. folio, 1818 [plates watermarked 1821].

Sheffield.- Hunter (Joseph) Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, 2pp. list of subscribers, engraved portrait frontispiece and 8 full-page plates, engraved illustrations in the text, some foxing and browning, ink signature on title, contemporary morocco, gilt, some very slight wear, g.e., folio, 1819.

Herbal.- Hill (John) The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty, engraved frontispiece by Roberts after Samuel Wale, engraved title-vignette and coat-of-arms of Duke of Northumberland at head of dedication, 75 engraved plates after Darly & Edwards and others, printed in double-column, title a little browned and soiled, frontispiece and first 6 gatherings with worming to outer margin, touching image, plate 70 frayed at margin and becoming loose, final plate with sheet laid down to verso providing 19th century provenance, bookplate to title verso, 19th century ink ownership inscription to frontispiece recto and verso of some plates, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, covers reattached with old leather hinges, rubbed and worn, [Henrey 799; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881], folio, T. Osborne and J.Shipton..., 1756.

Adams (George) Essays on the Microscope, second edition, half-title, engraved allegorical frontispiece, slightly browned, some scattered foxing, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine, rubbed, morocco label on spine, for the Editor; and for W. and S. Jones, 1798; Plates for the Essays on the Microscope, first edition, 32 engraved plates, new endpapers, modern morocco-backed boards, label on spine, Printed for the author, by Robert Hindmarsh, 1787, 4to and oblong folio (2).

Parliamentarian Naval Captain.- Prideaux (Sir Edmund, attorney general, ran the postal servant for parliament, d. 1659), Rolle (John, MP, Turkey Merchant), Bence (Squier, seafarer, merchant and politician), Bence (Alex, ship owner, MP) & Sir Walter Earle. Payment of an account to Richard Swanley of £10 5s. 3d, manuscript, ½p., slightly chipped at head, folds, browned, folio, 1st April 1646.⁂ Richard Swanley (1594/5-1650), naval officer. "Though an excellent seaman and an able commander Swanley had a violent temper and was not above profiteering on the side. In 1628 he quarrelled with the company factor over precedence and in 1631 struck his purser during a dispute. He was criticized for excessive private trading when in command in 1628-31. In June 1644 at the capture of Carmarthen he became the only known captain to carry out the parliamentary ordinance to throw any Irish prisoners into the sea. He was also one of a syndicate led by the earl of Warwick which financed the famous privateer the Constant Warwick. " - Oxford DNB.

First frigate built in England.- Pett (Peter, naval administrator and shipwright, b. 1610, d. in or before 1672) Letter signed to the Commissioners of the Navy, ½p. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, Chatham, 27th May 1653, "This morning the Paragon, Elizabeth and Warwick arrived here. I desire to know what order is given touching their men, whether they shall be laid off and when, that accordingly I may dispose of them. The Reserve and Phoenix will suddenly be ready for victuals", part of conjugate blank torn away, folds, creased and browned.⁂ The ship Warwick quoted in the letter was the Constant Warwick, built in 1646, at Ratcliffe. Samuel Pepys wrote, "The Constant-Warwich was the first frigate built in England. She was built in 1649, by Mr. Peter Pett, for a privateer for the Earl of Warwick...Pett took his model of a frigate from a French frigate he had seen in the Thames; as his son Sir Phineas Pett, acknowledged to me."

Cromwellian Admiralty Salvage Laws.- Godolphin (John, civil lawyer, 1617-78), Clerk (William, civil lawyer, d. 1655) & Cocke (Charles George, parliamentarian legal writer, d. 1682) Letter signed by three judges of the court of admiralty to the Committee of Admiralty and Navy, manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, seal mostly intact, folio, 19th July 1654, Admiralty judgement on the salvage laws concerning the ex Royalist ship Revenge, renamed the Marmaduke, the ship "is by law the Commonwealths, neyther is shee within the Letter of the Law of Salvage, for a halfe part...", folds, browned.⁂ John Godolphin and Charles George Cocke attended the funeral of Oliver Cromwell.Provenance: From the collection of Robert Cole with his impressed mark in left hand corner.

Voyage to the Gambia.- Holmes (Sir Robert, naval officer, c. 1622-92) Autograph Letter signed to Sir William Batten, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, "St Hellens Roads", Frigate Henrietta, 8th January 1660/61, complaining about the surgeon who has failed to come aboard on the voyage to Gambia, "The Chirugeon that was to hav gon along with me this voyage hath faind himselfe sicke and is left behinde, whether he were really sick or not I cannot tell, I have sent you heere his letter Concerning his chest which wee finde to be hardly provided for 6 months according to the Kings alowance... wee should be furnished for 10 months... I shall desire that the Chirugion might be... severly punished... it had much better to have knockt meen in ye heade at hom. then to let them dy lik doggs for want of small remedies...", folds, browned.⁂ Holmes commanded the Henrietta, "intended for a voyage to Guinea to search for a 'mountain of gold' which Rupert had learned of in the 1650s. Holmes would also command a squadron containing four other ships, with orders to assist the new Royal African Company's trade in the region. He sailed from Portsmouth on 25 January 1661, reaching the Gambia on 4 March. On 18 March he forced the surrender of the Dutch fort of St Andreas, and after an unsuccessful attempt to find the legendary store of gold, he returned to the Downs on 28 July. The cruise made a loss and brought a storm of diplomatic protest from the Dutch... ." - Oxford DNB.Pepys wrote, "he seems to be very well acquainted with the King's mind and with all the several factions at court ... being a cunning fellow, and one (by his own confession to me) that can put on two several faces and look his enemies in the face with as much love as his friends. But good God, what an age is this, that a man cannot live without playing the knave and dissimulation." - Pepys, 2.169

Committee of the Admiralty.- Shovell (Sir Cloudesley, naval officer, drowned in the ship Association off the Scilly Isles, bap. 1650, d . 1707) & others. Order to Lambert Western at Portsmouth Dockyard "to cleare the machine vessels there in order to their being refitted", Ds. "Clowd: Shovell", "Edward Dummer", "Captain Thomas Willshaw", "M. Aylmer" & 4 other signatories, manuscript, 1p., folds, browned, folio, 6th April 1694.⁂ Matthew Aylmer, first Baron Aylmer of Balrath (d. 1720), naval officer and politician.

Choir book, 9 leaves (18pp.), manuscripts on vellum (6ff. from one work and 3ff. from another), historiated initials in blue and red ink/red ink, staves in red ink, vellum yellowed, an attractive group, loose, lge. folio, [?Spain], [17th century].

Philoponus (Joannes) Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate, collation: A4, B-L8; [84] leaves, large woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces, upper corner of title missing, slight tears along impression of woodcut device, early ink notes '118' and '83' on title, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio (302 x 200mm.), Venice, in aedibus Bartholomaei Casterzagensis (Bartolomeo Zanetti), aere Ioannis Francisci Trincavelli, 1535.⁂ The exceedingly rare editio princeps of this influential scientific work by Philoponus - a severe criticism of Proclus' belief in an eternal world - edited by the Venetian philosopher Vittore Trincavelli (1491-1563). The printing of this handsome volume was financed by another member of the Trincavelli family, Giovanni Francesco. The present edition is one of the first books published in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti from Casterzago, near Brescia; the title-page bears his fine device, with the larger putto's figure holding an olive branch, said to be after Titian. In the space of three years, from 1535 to 1537, Zanetti printed at least thirteen Greek books, as part of the publishing programme financed by the Trincavellis.Literature: Staikos, Printers' & Publishers' Marks in Book for the Greek World, 89; Hoffmann II, 440; Layton, Greek Book , p. 517; F. Martini, "Chi era il copista di Camillo Veneto", La Bibliofilia, 15 (1913), pp. 41-45; G. Castellani, "B. Zanetti: un tipografo per tutte le stagioni", La Bibliofilia, 108 (2006), pp. 233-250.

Theophylactus, Archbishop of Ochrida. In quatuor Euangelia Enarrationes, collation: a6 A-Z8, a-c8 d-e4, Cologne, [House of Quentel], 1542 bound with Theophylactus, Archbishop of Ochrida. In omnes divi Pauli Epl'as enarrationes, collation: a6 A-Z, Aa-Dd6, Ee-Ff4, errata f. at end, scored through with contemporary ink note 'omnia correcta', Cologne, [House of Quentel], 1542, together 2 works in 1 vol., both titles with ornate woodcut historiated borders, woodcut initials, occasional early ink marginalia, small wormholes within text of 2nd work, both works water-stained and with some spotting, lightly browned, 18th century mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, folio (304 x 184mm.)⁂ I: Adams T593; VD 16 B 4618 II: Adams T606; VD 16 B 5008. Provenance: Marquess of Headfort (bookplate).

Theophylactus (Archbishop of Ochrida) Hermēneia eis ta tessara Euangelia [graece], collation: *4 α-ω, αα-ηη6 θθ4 ιι-ωω6 Α6, Greek type, title with large woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, *4 blank, occasional early ink marginalia, ink stamp to title, water-stained, occasional spotting, 18th century half calf, upper cover all but detached, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio (308 x 208mm.), Rome, [Antonio Blado], 1542.⁂ A wide-margined copy of the editio princeps of the commentaries on the gospels of Theophylactus. Literature: Adams T594; Hoffmann III, 539; Krumbacher I, 133-134; EDIT 16 CNCE 24534. Provenance: 'Io. [?] Thodoretou Erm.' (contemporary ink ownership inscription in Greek to title); 'Bibliotheek der Vereen. Doopsg. Gemeente te Amsterdam' (ink stamp to title).

Isidorus Pelusiota. Epistolarum amplius mille ducentarum libri tres, 2 parts in 1, collation: †4 ††4 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa6 Bbb4 A-C6; a6 A6 B4 C-I6 K4, [16], 672, [36]; [12], 96, [20] pp., first title in red and black, woodcut device to both titles, first part double column Greek and Latin text, A1 with short tear, 18th century vellum, spine torn, folio, 311 x 210mm., Paris, Guillaume Chaudiere, 1585.⁂ Editio princeps of the letters of the prolific Alexandrian letter writer on matters of the church.Provenance: "Ex libris Cong.nis Missionis in Monte Cit.vio" (ink inscription at foot of title); small circular ink stamp (unidentified) on title.Literature: Adams I 207; Hoffmann II, 614; Graesse III, 433

Isocrates. Orationes et Epistolae, 3 parts in 1, collation: †4, *6, **4, a-z6, aa-mm6, nn4; AA-LL6, A-C6, D4; α-δ4, a4, b6; [28], 427 [i.e. 425], [1], 131, [1], XXXIIII, [10], 31, [21] pp., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-pieces including the famous cherub-head, foxed and browned, first 2 leaves shorter, contemporary French calf, single gilt fillet with central gilt laurel wreath, spine with seven raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, later endpapers, joints and corners worn and repaired, folio (343 x 227mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1593. ⁂ Remarkable bilingual edition printed by the great and learned printer Henri Estienne. The texts were edited by the German humanist Hieronymus Wolf, and supplemented with Estienne's masterful dissertations In Isocratem Diatribae VIII Diatribae. The volume also includes the Oratio Panathenaica and In Romam oratio by Aristides, the Oratio in Helenam by Gorgias, and the Vita Isocratis by Plutarchus. The Isocrates of 1593 "represents Henri's last major work [...] and constitutes his last folio edition of a classical text. It is also the only book to issue from his press that year. Estienne nostalgically recalls more prosperous days in his preface, addressed to Marcus Fuggerus, whom he reminds of his family's former generosity towards him" (Schreiber, p. 181). Provenance: illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; Pier Luca Bencini (ex-libris on front pastedown).Literature: Adams I 1219; Renouard, Estiennes, 155.1; Schreiber 224; Hoffmann II, 473.

Browne (Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica..., second edition, title slightly soiled and with several ink signatures, some slight staining, 201 inner marginal tear, browned, bookplate of Robert Montgomery of Convoy on front pastedown, later endpapers, light contemporary calf, some slight surface wear, corners bumped, folio, [Wing B5160], by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650.

Croker (Rev. Temple Henry) The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 3 vol., engraved frontispiece, 145 plates only (of 146), list of subscribers, one plate with frayed edges, occasional faint spotting, one or two small marginal tears, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, 1764-66.

Phillipps (Sir Thomas, baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872).- De conquestu Angliae per Hispanos tempore Elizabethae reginae, presentation copy from Sir Thomas Philipps with his ink inscription at head of first f., Augustus Jessopp's copy with his ink inscription on front pastedown, drophead title, 24pp., foxed and browned, original cloth-backed boards, worn, lettered direct on upper cover, folio, n.d., [c. 1869].⁂ Augustus Jessopp (1823-1914), schoolmaster and historical writer.

Books The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London: Country Life Limited, 1950 first edition, 3 volumes, folio, limited edition, number 117 of 250 copies, signed by Edward Lucas and Victor Sassoon, coloured frontispiece and 224 plates, original half vellum, green cloth, top edges gilt, each contained in a original green cloth slipcase. 3

Books The Selected Painting of Lang Shih-Ning, Josephus Castiglione, 2 Volumes, limited edition of 200 copies, cloth bound folio, numerous colour illustrations (2)

An Islamic folio page 17th/18th Century 22.5cm x 14cm

A folio of Japanese woodblock prints and one other folio including original and reproduction works

The Costume of The Netherlands, Displayed in Thirty Coloured Engravings After Drawings from Nature by Mifs (sic) Semple; with Descriptions in English and French, Published at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London 1817, complete: [ii], 30pp accompanied by 30 hand-coloured aquatints of Dutch natives in traditional dress, title-page with conforming coastal vignette, half-title with contemporary ink MS ownership inscription Charlotte Curry, late 20th century full red pebble morocco binding, gilt title label to front board, crown folio

Antiquarian Books - An early 19th edition of Camden's Britannia, including full-page engraved plates of coins, architecture, etc., contemporary calf (disbound), folio (faults)Sold as a collection of plates and not liable to return.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK TAMBOUR TOP DAVENPORT, folio slide and four side drawers, panelled front raised on castors, 28 1/2 ins wide.

Book - Artica, Exploring the Poles, folio, numerous Artic Exploration photographs

Book - David M Wilson, The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott, 2011, folio, illustrated

Leaves from the Book of Nature, including dogs, birds and other animals, loose, twenty four in total, together with a large quantity of historic paperwork and insurance certificates, mainly 19th Century and later all held in a folio

Chelsea Pensions Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo after David Wilkie together with a group of 19th Century prints, many of Wellington interest held in a folio

Books: A collection of Folio Society fiction and non-fiction books, all in slip cases, to include Napoleon by LeFebvre, The Ascent of Man and Scott's last Expedition.

HERBERT WEBB GILLMAN Index to the marriage bonds of the Diocese of Cork and Ross, 1623 - 1750, preserved in the Public Record Office of Ireland, small folio, Cork [Guy and Company] 1896 - 7, black cloth lettered in giltThe wanton destruction of the Public Record Office means that this publication becomes a prime source.

CUALA PRESS BROADSIDES. A collection of 13 Cuala Press hand-coloured prints large format. 1970s, folio and landscape, comprising:Evening by Jack B Yeats; The Playboy of the Western World - The First Time Round; Rune of Hospitality [An Old Gaelic Rune]. Picture by Jack B. Yeats; The Breastplate of Saint Patrick. With a drawing of Saint Patrick at Tara by Jack B. Yeats and the Initial Letter by Elizabeth C. Yeats; A Shop in Sailor Town by Jack B. Yeats; Farmers at the Fair by Jack B. Yeats; The Currach with people by Jack B. Yeats; The Post Car by Jack B. Yeats; The Farmers at the Fair [uncoloured]; Leafy Munster by Jack B. Yeats. Verses by Dorothy M. Emerson; The New Ballad by Jack B. Yeats; She Moved through the Fair. Drawing by Jack B. Yeats. Verses by Padraic Colum. Music by Herbert Hughes; The Hurley Player by Jack B Yeats.

DUBLIN CASTLE ADMINISTRATION Payments made in the Treasury Office Dublin in account of his Majesty’s Letters in two years from Lady Day 1737 to Lady Day 1739,Printed doubled-sided folio by Samuel Fairbrother, printer to the Honourable House of Commons of Ireland 1739, 380 x 240mm,Signed off by Luke Gardiner and Henry Boyle, speaker. To be noted are the amounts paid to Arthur Dobbs on account towards finishing the Parliament House

THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCEThe Petition: a poem,wrote at New York in December last, addressed to His Excellency General Sir William Howe, Single sheet folio, printed on one side, in two columns (previously folded), c.1777, 375 x 232mmHeading paragraph captioned ‘The Editor states this “Jeu d’Espirit” has circulated in manuscript copies through the American army; and is “too good to be confined to the mere circle of his (the author’s) acquaintance” and “that its fame has reached this country”. Howe is praised: “Well knowing the valour and conduct which lead us/ and how soon we follow, when you are to lead us/Long Island, New York and Great Washington’s Fort.”The Americans are denigrated:“Their famed constitiution- their dernier resort”“Their fring’d rifle warriors, how we did scorn/as a parcel of rags set on posts in the corn!”“But now we’ve such stocks of them coop’d up in jail/ The whole congress money, coud not be their bail.”Married for 18 months, twelve of them away in the army, his young wife, through stress, lost their child. With the analogy of war he describes to the General how this will be rectified, if his request for home leave be granted.In order to open manly attack- When we meet face to face we shall soon come to battle - And then I know how to gain full satisfaction As the body's drive back in the heart of the action!I've a breach and a breast-work, then next to subdueWith a close cover'd way, and a sap to make tooAll round the deep ditch, there's chevauz de frizeAt Flat Bush * there's not such a cluster of trees- I've tools to entrench with, and make my approaches-I'll not ask grenadiers or light infantry there For the motions can't flank it, as brave as they'reNor army dragoons on my plan enlarge*A Pass on long Island, attacked the 27th of August Sir William Howe, succeeded as 5th Viscount in the Irish peerage, appointed commander-in-chief, North America 1775 and recalled 1778, married Frances, 4th daughter of William Connolly of Castletown and Lady Anne Wentworth

FINE DINING IN DROGHEDA C.1787M.S.S. in ink folio 4 pps. With the names of dishes written-out in diametrical fashion, headed first course/second course and inscribed, “table of 12” - “part of the dinner intended for the *Duke of Rutland, in Drogheda.”The first courses have 11 and 15 dishes of meat, fowl and fish, the second courses have 11 and 15 dishes of jellies, pastry, blamanges etc. but also roast game. 330 x 240 (previously folded); together withDiagram of twenty-two meat dishes to set a table for dinner and removes i.e. turbot and soals/ remove/ fricassee of coxcombs, 18th century, single sided 210 x 155 (previously folded). (2)Charles Manners 4th Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant 1784.He entertained magnificently. He did a tour of the country in 1787 but catching a fever he died in the Vice-Regal Lodge in that year. The caption ‘intended’ implies that this banquet never happened but it demonstrates what was thought suitable for such an occasion even outside the capital.

THREE BOXES AND LOOSE BOOKS, to include folio sets, 'Culinaria-European Specialties' volumes one and two, set of six Thomas Hardy books, set six P.G.Wodehouse etc

A mixed lot comprising a folio of various watercolours, folio of various prints, case of assorted records and other mixed items