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Whittington Press. The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Carol Jones, 1975, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, full-page illustrations to the text, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, publisher's prospectuses for this and another title loosely inserted, original black morocco gilt, slightly rubbed slipcase, folio Limited edition, number XVII of 30 leather-bound copies signed by the artist, from a total edition of 750. (1)

Whittington Press. British Private Press Prospectuses 1891-2001, by David Butcher, 1st edition, 2001, frontispiece, 8 plates, 6 facsimile prospectuses tipped in and 3 in end-pocket, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original orange Oasis, 4to, with the cloth-backed portfolio of 30 items (complete), in the original leather-backed solander box, folio Limited edition, number xix of 40 special copies 'bound in full oasis leather with endpaper marbled by Christopher Rowlatt, with a separate portfolio of original prospectuses' (limitation page), from a total edition of 350. (1)

Fun. A broken run, new series, 14 volumes, numbers 14, 24 - 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38 & 39, 1870's - 1890's, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, worn and faded, some boards detached, spines partially lacking, folio Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (14)

Scapula (Johann). Lexicon Graeco-Latinum..., new edition, printed by Joshua Kirton & Samuel Thomson, 1652, some minor marks and toning, modern endpapers, modern calf spine retaining contemporary label and boards, slightly marked and rubbed, folio, together with A Complete Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities..., by M. Danet, printed by John Nicholson, 1700, period inscription to head of title page, lacking maps, bookplate to front pastedown, some light marks, modern gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary calf boards, rubbed with some minor loss, 4to, and Spiro (Socrates), An English-Arabic Vocabulary of the Modern and Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1897, some toning, contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, spine and boards slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus 34 volumes of 18th and 19th lexicons and dictionaries, including A New and General Biographical Dictionary..., 15 volumes, new edition, 1798, uniform contemporary gilt decorated calf, 8vo, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (37 volumes) (3 shelves)

Atkinson (R.H.M. Buddle & Jackson, G.A.). Brougham and His Early Friends, Letters to James Loch 1798-1809, 3 volumes, privately printed, 1908, bookplates to front pastedowns, minor toning, uniform publisher's original gilt decorated vellum, spines slightly marked, 8vo, together with The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow..., 2 volumes, limited edition 687/875, 25 hand coloured and black and white plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, uniform original brown cloth, gilt decorated armorials to front boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Ffoulkes (Charles J.), Inventory and Survey of the Armouries of the Tower of London, 2 volumes, H.M.S.O., 1914, 38 plates plus numerous black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece to volume 1, some minor toning, uniform original gilt decorated blue quarter cloth, spines and boards lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other late 19th and 20th century historical reference, literature and related including The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, 12 volumes, new edition, 1801, mostly original cloth, some modern rebindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Lambertini (Cesare). Tractatus de iure patronatus clarissimorum omnium, Venice, Zenarum, 1584, large egnraved vignette to title page, historiated head- and tailpieces throughout, soiling to blanks and title, small worm-track to lower margin of title and adjacent leaves (the text unaffacted), very occasional tide-mark in lower margin, contemporary vellum, contemporary manuscript title inked to spine, a few worm-holes, joints cracked, soiled and worn overall, folio, together with Mazzolini, Silvestro, da Piero, Summae Sylvestrinae ... nunc recens diligentissime correcta, 2 volumes, Venice, Zopinos, 1581, engraved vignette title pages, bookplates and manuscript shelf-marks, some soiling to endpapers, contemporary vellum, rebacked with the original spines laid down, manuscript titles to spines and catch-titles to bottom edges in a contemporary Gothic rotunda in black ink, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Cristiano (Federigo), Della vita di S. Ignazio fondatora della Compagnia di Gesu, 1st edition, Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1741, title page printed in red and black with engraved Jesuit emblem, terminal errata leaf, institutional blind stamps and mild soiling to prelims, contemporary half vellum, patterned paper sides, old shelf-mark label to spine, 4to, and Trombelli (Giovanni-Crisostomo), Vita, e culto de Ss. Genitori di Maria Vergine Giochimo, ed Anna, 1st edition, Bologna, 1768, foxing and browning, contemporary cat's-paw vellum, 4to, and 33 others in 37 volumes, mainly 18th-century Italian imprints of works by or relating to Jesuits or Catholic priests, including a few Dutch and German imprints of similar texts, contemporary vellum, general browning and wear, various formats Neither Lambertini nor Mazzolini in Adams but cf. L79. (3 shelves)

Reinesius (Thomas). Syntagma inscriptionum antiquarum, 1st edition, Leipzig and Frankfurt, 1682, half-title, engraved allegorical title by Joachim von Sandrart, vignette title page printed in red and black, folding geneaological table, numerous woodcut initials and facsimiles of monumental epigraphy to the text, bookplate of Conservative politician Arthur Smith-Barry (1843-1925), browning, contemporary vellum, inked spine title, arabesque lozenges to sides, slightly rubbed and marked, front joint split but firm, folio, together with Cassius Dio, [Greek title] Romanae historiae ... studio et labore Nic. Carminii Falonii, 2 volumes in 1, Naples, 1747, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title pages in red and black, woodcut initials, Greek and Latin text in double column, ink-stamp and pencil mark to title, binder's blanks browned, occasional light spotting, terminal blank torn, contemporary vellum, title gilt to spine, some wear to extremities, folio, plus Suetonius, [De vita Caesarum] Ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii ... 1st Graevius edition, Utrecht, 1672, printer's device to title, woodcut numismatic vignettes to text, sporadic water-staining, contemporary vellum, gilt arms of the city of Arnhem to sides, front board repaired along top edge, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, and Terence, Il Terentio Latino, commentato in lingua toscana ... da Giovanni Fabrini ... Venice, heirs of Marchio Sessa, 1580, publisher's device and near-contemporary inscriptions to title, staining and browning, later vellum, minor wear, square 8vo, and 32 others (45 volumes in total), mainly 17th- and 18th-century continental imprints of classical authors including Horace, Pliny, Virgil and others, contemporary vellum bindings, occasional browning, some soiling and wear, various formats Adams T369 for Terence. (3 shelves)

Sheraton (Thomas). The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, in three parts, parts 1 & 2 (of 3) bound in one, printed by T. Bensley, 1793, 26 black and white plates, plus 12 additional loose plates in rear pocket, pencil annotations from a previous owner 'Thomas Bryde, Cabinet Maker, London 1793', some toning and spotting, modern gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, some minor loss to head and foot, 4to, together with Stanley (Thomas), The History of Philosophy..., 3rd edition, 1701, black and white engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, some offsetting and spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, split gutters, contemporary gilt decorated embossed full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, hinges cracked, folio, and Huddesford (William), The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne and Anthony Wood..., 2 volumes, Oxford, 1772, 10 black and white plates including frontispiece, some light spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, spines repaired to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century works, biographies and history reference, mostly leather bindings, some modern rebindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 70 volumes) (3 shelves)

Archaeologia Cambrensis. A Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, 24 volumes, 1846-69, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green straight grain calf, bound by Herbert Jones, boards lightly marked, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with other early 20th and modern UK topography reference, including the King's England Series by Arthur Mee, 16 volumes, and publications by Batsford, David & Charles, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

History. A large collection of mostly modern history, biography and miscellaneous literature, including publications by King Penguin, Oxford, Pen & Sword, Sutton, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Yriarte (Charles). Florence..., 3rd edition, Paris, 1881, 500 black and white illustrations, some minor spotting and toning, publisher's original gilt decorated calf spine with cloth boards, toned and slightly rubbed, folio, together with Blunt (Reginald), The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery, circa 1910, approximately 50 plates, plus colour frontispice, original cloth spine to blue boards, slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, plus other art reference and related, mostly original cloth, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Ritchie (T.E.). Political and Military Memoirs of Europe During the Year 1799, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, printed by G. Houston, 1800, black and white folding map frontispiece, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th century and modern history reference and related, including A Popular History of The United States..., by William Cullen Bryant & Sydney Howard Gay, 4 volumes, 1876, and publications by Folio Society, Batsford, Gollancz, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Liljequist (G”sta H.). High Latitudes, A History of Swedish Polar Travels and Research, 1st edition, Sweden, 1993, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Dumont D'urville (Jules S-C), An Account in Two Volumes of Two Voyages to The South Seas, 2 volumes, University of Hawaii Press, Hawaii, 1987, black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in slipcase, and Drivenes (Einar-Arne, et al), Norsk Polarhistorie, 3 volumes, Norway, 2004, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, plus other mid-20th century and modern Polar exploration and sea faring reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Speechly (William). A Treatise on The Culture of the Vine..., York, 1790, 4 black and white plates (of 5, lacking plate 1), some toning, marks, and light wear, contemporary blue half morocco, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with Nesbit (A.), A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying.., 5th edition, York, 1833, 12 black and white plates plus illustrations, some spotting, and toning, contemporary maroon cloth, plus Guy (Joseph), Guy's Elements of Astronomy..., 1819, black and white folding frontispiece, plus 17 plates, some light spotting, period inscription to front pastedown, original blue full calf, front board partially detached, rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and other miscellaneous 19th and 20th century literature, including history, biography, fiction, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Cricket. A large collection of modern cricket reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Powell (Kenneth). Richard Rogers: Complete Works, 3 volumes, 1998-2006, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, as new in original glassine wrapping, large 4to, together with Richardson (Phyllis), Skywood House and The Architecture of Graham Phillips, 2013, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jacket and slipcase, 4to, and Voorsanger (Catherine Hoover & Howat, John K., editors), Art and the Empire City, New York, 1825-1861, 2000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head, large 4to, plus other modern architecture reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Medical. A large collection of modern medical history, biography and reference, mostly original cloth, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Prideaux (Humphrey). The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, printed for R. Knaplock, 1717-1718, 5 black and white plates including folding maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, some spotting and toning, modern calf spines retaining contemporary full calf boards, folio, together with Hoadly (Benjamin), The Measures of Submission to the Civil Magistrate Consider'd in a Defense of the Doctrine..., 2nd edition, printed for H. Clark, 1708, period inscription and light worming to head of title page, some marks and toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Dawes (William), Sermons Preach'd upon Several Occasions, none of them before printed, Cambridge, 1707, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece, later inscription to front pastedown, some minor marks and toning, contemporary embossed full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century ecclesiastical reference and sermons, including The Jewish Spy:..., 5 volumes, 2nd edition, 1744, all leather bindings, some rebound, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 85 volumes) (3 shelves)

Antiquarian. A collection of miscellaneous 18th and 19th century miscellaneous reference, including The Illustrated Natural History, 3 volumes, by J.G. Wood, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, 8vo, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 55 volumes) (3 shelves)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of 19th century and modern history, military and travel reference, including publications by H.M.S.O., Sutton, Airlife, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

T. & A.D. Poyser (Publisher). Pine Crossbills, by Desmond Nethersold-Thompson, 1975, The Hen Harrier, by Donald Watson, 1977, The Ganet, by Bryan Nelson, 1978, The Hawaiian Goose..., by Janet Kear and A.J. Berger, 1980, The Peregrine Falcon, by Derek Ratcliffe, 1980, Owls of Europe, by Heimo Mikkola, 1983, Waders, Their Breeding, Haunts, and Watchers, by Desmond & Maimie Nethersold-Thompson, 1986, Hedgehogs, by Nigel Reeve, 1994, all 1st editions, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers price clipped and slightly toned, 8vo, together with other early 20th century and modern natural history reference and related, including publications by New Naturalist, Warne, Oxford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some duplicates, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Art. A collection of modern art and military reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Church (John). A Cabinet of Quadrupeds, consisting of highly-finished engravings by James Tookey from drawings by Julius Ibbetson, 2 volumes (bound in one), published Darton and Harvey, 1805, title pages and additional decorative titles for each volume, eighty-four (complete) uncoloured engraved plates, slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, later half morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, folio (1)

Cantemir (Demetrius). The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 1st English edition, 2 parts in one, James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734-35, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 4-page list of subscribers, 460 pages of main text, including Life of Cantemir at end, folding engraved plan of Constantinople (one or two short closed tears, generally in very good condition), 22 engraved portraits of Turkish Emperors, contemporary gilt and blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and scuffed, and some wear to joints and edges (joints partly cracked), folio (35 x 23 cm, 13.75 x 9 ins) Atabey 190. Blackmer 281. The most important early history of the Ottoman Empire, translated by Nicholas Tindal from Cantemir's latin manuscript. The fine engraved portraits of Turkish emperors are all engraved by Claude du Bosc (1682-1746 or later). A good, clean copy. Provenance: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Lord Berners, Faringdon House, Oxfordshire. (1)

*Lewin (John William, 1770-1819). Finch on a branch, 1827, pencil on wove paper, dated 2nd March 1827, lower right, and inscribed to right hand margin 'Drawn from Nature & Correct in Size & All Honors', J. Lewin, 26 x 23 cm (10.25 x 9 ins), mounted, with Folio fine Art label to verso (1)

†JOHN BRATBY, RA (1928-1992) SUNFLOWERS II lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil and numbered 6/75, 75 x 54cm ++In apparently good condition in what is probably the original frame with on the reverse the original printed trade label of Ganymed Original Editions Ltd and also that of Folio Fine Art Ltd, with pencil price 16.5.0.

A VICTORIAN SATIN BIRCH FOLIO STAND, C1860, 80cm h; 52 x 66cm (open)

A large folio of drawings and sketches by various artists, c.65

A quantity of silver plated ware to include twin handled tray, teaware, toast rack, coins, cased Jaguar binoculars, Folio Society books etc

A quantity of books and Folio Society books to include Thomas Babington Macaulay; 'The History of England Volumes 1-5', 'The First, Second, Third and Fourth Year of War in Pictures', various reference books, 'The Folio Book of Days' etc.

A quantity of books to include The Folio Society, Winston Churchill 'The World Crisis' volumes 1-5, various leather-bound novels and a large 19th century ledger etc.

A large quantity of books to include Folio Society books, Volumes 1-4 of 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night', 'The Decameron: First Five Days', 'The Decameron: Second Five Days', other Folio Society books and various novels.

An extremely large leather-bound folio containing multiple copies of 'Manchester Evening News' from 1936, 64 x 44 x 17cm (spine af).

Folio Society books, to include: Anthony Trollope; Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad; Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories; The Dead Sea Scrolls.

Folio Edition The Doomsday Book and 4 other folio books.

A box of artist's materials and a folio case.

Trollope (Anthony), Works, 47 vols, plts, hf cl gt, 8vo slipcase, c1990, Folio Society, (47).

Large quantity of Folio Society volumes, assorted Exhibition catalogues including Braque 1956, Mark Symons 1886-1935, one or two children's books and an LP Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton among the Cast (4 boxes)

A 19th century coloured mezzotint portrait + 19th century fashion & botanical prints + folio of Spy prints (qty)

Various Folio Society books inc Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas and The travels of Marco Polo (all with protective sleeves)

Palladio (Andrea), Architecture de Palladio...Pierre Gosse 1726, four parts in two volumes bound as one folio, 209 plates, full calf

Folio various portrait studies

Folio containing various large pencil and crayon nude and other sketches

Folio containing a quantity of various watercolours, engravings, pencil studies and other pictures etc

Folio of various watercolours and prints

Edward Wolfe (1897-1982)folio of 12 prints'Song of Songs' the complete set of twelve illustrations printed offset lithography by Adrian Lack at the Senico Press, Charlbury on aluminium lined paper in four colours and matt varnish,signed in pencil, 249/25014 x 10.5in., one framed

Fernand Léger, "Mes voyages". Paris, Éditeurs français réunis, 1960. In-folio sous emboîtage d'éditeur. Édition originale ornée de lithographies originales de Fernand Léger en noir et en couleurs. Avec un poème d'Aragon et des lithographies de l'auteur. Exemplaire sur vélin d'Arches n°241/250. Condition: Emboîtage légèrement abîmé, intérieur frais.Gravures - EstampesPrints and EngravingsGrafikLivresBooks Bücher

A folio and a collection of unframed prints and engravings

Seguin, Lisbeth Gooch - A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands, folio, vellum, backed with morocco inlays, number 159 of 600, with 72 proof plates on Japanese paper, London 1881

Robinson, William F.L.S. - Gravetye Manor, folio, original vellum with green ribbon ties, in presentation case, London 1911, together with Home Landscapes, quarto, half vellum with authors presentation inscription, dated 1924, London 1914 (2)

Wakefield, Edward Jerningham - New Zealand Illustrated, oblong folio, front cover with chromolitho panel with view of Queenstown, with 14 chromolitho plates and 3 views of Waitomo Caves, folding plate torn and A.D. William Wanganni 1889

Bible in English - The Holy Bible, folio, in 18 issues, illustrated by Gustave Dore, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London 1866-70

A folio of Standard large scale examples of Architectural Details by Mervyn and McCartney

Maynard (George Henry);' The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus', printed for J. Cooke, London, undated, folio, bound in full leather boards.

SACHSENHAUSEN: A mimeographed copy of the written testimony of 'Blockältester' Karl Schwerbel, former SS member, sent to Sachsenhausen for the crime of homosexuality under §175 StGB of the German Criminal Code, nine pages, folio, Sandbostel, 18th December 1945. The testimony being a first-hand report on the evacuation of the Sachenhausen concentration camp in April 1945, describing the conditions of fellow prisoners, their food rations, guards, encounters and the environment they experienced during the forced march, in part, 'All prisoners who were fit to march were to leave the camp on foot, in marching units of 500… The Children, the sick and those not fit to march, were to stay behind in the camp… When the order to evacuate became known, disturbances, surprise raids, and plundering started… It was impossible, however, to prevent the theft from the camp post office of what were said to be some 2000 Red Cross parcels… Some Russian and Ukrainian prisoners had apparently attacked a truck loaded with provisions, and they had been driven off by shots from an SS NCO…every prisoner had issued to him as a 3 day march ration, 1 army loaf, together with 350 or 500 grams of tinned meat, (¼ of a tin)… To each marching group were allotted, in addition, armed prisoners, who had been picked for the Dirlewanger unit… The group commander, from the side of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, was the former SS Sturmscharfuhrer Breitling… After a march of about 15kms., we rested… During this time I witnessed the following incident… a prisoner who lingered behind a column which was passing by us was shot by a member of the SS on the open road… the incident was, however, also observed from a car of the International Red Cross… In the evening, we found shelter in barns… Here again we all had cooked potatoes, and some of us buttermilk as well… On 22. and 23.4.1945… we saw also in the ditches on both sides of the road many bodies of male prisoners with shot wounds. There must have been over 20 of them… on 24.4.45… an SS officer - not known to me - who was passing our column on a motor-cycle, shouted out an order from Keindl, the commandant, not to shoot any prisoners, since the sick and the feeble would be taken on in lorries… In Below, there began for the prisoners the most dreadful suffering… no further food for 5 days… Every morning, for this reason, some 50-60 corpses lay close to the edge of the camp. Cases of cannibalism are also believed to have taken place… On account of the ever-worsening situation, Keindl, the commandant, decided to allow a proportion of the prisoners to return home… In addition, the escort was most strictly forbidden to use their firearms against the prisoners… The last three nights of the march were spent under the open sky by prisoners and escort… It frequently occurred that bands of famished prisoners fell upon turnip and potato stockpiles… SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Petri also tried, in one village, to stop a peasant woman from giving milk to prisoners and SS men. On the other hand, I also noticed that the escort personnel secretly gave the prisoners… potatoes, turnips, cigarettes and water… In the afternoon of 2.5.1945, the terrible march of my column came to an end… through its disintegration and flight to safety with the American troops.' With various pertinent words and paragraphs highlighted in red indelible pencil. With two files holes to the left edge and very light age wear, otherwise VGThe Blockältester (block or barracks leader) had to ensure that rules were followed in the individual barracks and also responsible for the prisoners in the barracks.

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Kensington, 23rd April 1701. The manuscript document is a warrant addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and orders that a payment be made to Mary, Duchess of Buckinghamshire, of six hundred pounds 'as of Our free Guift and Royall Bounty to her without account…..'. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 & Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English Politician & founder of the Royal Hospital Chelsea) and Richard Hill (1655-1727, English Statesman, Lord of the Treasury 1699-1702). Some light age wear and creasing to the edges and a few neat, minor splits at the edges of a few folds, not affecting the text or signatures, about VG Mary Fairfax (1638-1704) Duchess of Buckinghamshire, daughter of Sir Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1612-1671) English Nobleman, Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief during the English Civil War and wife of George Villiers (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English Statesman and Poet. 

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R. I., as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 25th August 1856. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing William Cody to be a Lieutenant in the 3rd West India Regiment. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Herbert (1810-1861) English Statesman, Secretary of State for War 1859-61 and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale. With blind embossed paper seal. Some light dust toning, and minor overall age wear, about VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Windsor, 25th March 1856. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing John Gannon to be a Regimental Quartermaster in the Land Transport Corps. Countersigned at the foot by Fox Maule-Ramsay (1801-1874) 11th Earl of Dalhousie & The Lord Panmure, British Politician, Secretary of State for War 1855-58. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear, most notable at the vertical folds, not affecting the signatures, G

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 25th February 1857. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing John Gannon to be a Quartermaster in the Military Train. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Herbert (1810-1861) English Statesman, Secretary of State for War 1859-61 and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear, most notable at the vertical folds, not affecting the signatures, G

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A good, rare D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of St. James, 7th October 1936. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Harold Arthur Tassell and states, in part, 'Our Good Friend the Chancellor of the German Reich has by a Commission bearing date the Eighth day of August 1936, appointed Mr. Harold Arthur Tassell to be Vice-Consul at King's Lynn in that strip of coast at the Wash from the boundary between the counties of Norfolk and Lincoln, to the town of Wells on the North coast of Norfolk inclusive, together with the towns of Sutton Bridge and Wisbech' and further requires that Tassell should be favourably assisted in the exercise of his office. Countersigned at the foot by Anthony Eden (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57 and Foreign Secretary 1935-38, 1940-45 & 1951-55. With blind embossed seal (lightly highlighted in pencil). Documents signed by King Edward VIII during his short reign are rare and desirable. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG The present document is of interest for the links it demonstrates between England and Germany at the time. The Chancellor of the German Reich referred to in the document was Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) who served in that position from 1933-45. Hitler quickly accumulated new powers in his role as Chancellor and could introduce any law without the consultation of parliament. He further used these powers to create a new office whereby he also became Fuhrer of Germany and, although the two offices merged, Hitler continued to be addressed as 'Fuhrer und Reichskanzler' indicating that the Head of State and Head of Government were still two separate positions albeit held by the same man. In October 1937, exactly a year after signing the present document and in the aftermath of his controversial abdication, the former King Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, visited Germany with his wife, the Duchess of Windsor. Going against the advice of the British government, the Duke met Adolf Hitler at his Berghof retreat in Bavaria. The Fuhrer considered the Duke to be favourable towards German fascism and the visit was well publicised in the media, the Duke infamously giving full Nazi salutes.