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A M LOCKYER: THE ROBBERS OF SQUEAK, London, Belfast and New York, Marcus Ward [1890], 1st edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn + RANDOLPH CALDECOTT: R CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK, London, George Routledge [1879], 1st edition, containing 1st four 'picture books', contemporary inscription on ffep, 4to, original pictorial boards, v worn and soiled, lacks most of backstrip, inner joints weak + CHARLES MORLEY: TEUFEL THE TERRIER, ill James Yates Carrington, London, 'Pall Mall Gazette' office, 1890, 3rd edition, lacks ffep, 4to, original pictorial boards worn and soiled + WALTER CRANE: THE BABY'S OPERA, London, Frederick Warne, circa 1900, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn (4)

34 signed works including Morgan, Evan Psyche. Oxford, 1920, inscribed to John Lane, quarter cloth, binding slightly discoloured; Blake, George Young Malcolm. 1926; Kearton, Cherry The Island of Penguins. 1930, signed on endpaper; also with unrelated inscription, spine slightly faded; Wavell, A.P. Other Men Flowers. 1944; Sitwell, Sacheverell Morning, Noon and Night in London. 1948, inscribed to Eva Rosebery; Guedalla, Philip The Hundred Years. Number 7 of 250 copies, signed, original white buckram, uncut, original box; Bell, Neil The Story of Leon Barentz. 1965, inscribed and with A.L.S., dustwrapper; Creeley, Robert Poems 1950-1965. 1966, number 41 of 100 copies signed, quarter parchment, t.e.g., slipcase; Peterkiewicz, Jerzy and F.N. Souza. Inner Circle. 1966, number 71 of 100 copies, signed, quarter blue morocco, slipcase; Chichester, Francis Gipsy Moth circles the World. 1967, special presentation edition, number 109 of 500 copies, signed, green calf, g.e., original box; Kavanagh, Dan [Julian Barnes] Putting the Boot in. 1985, signed as both, dustwrapper; Lingard, Joan The Twelfth Day of July. 1970, dustwrapper; Durrell, Lawrence The Red Limbo Lingo. New York, 1971, number 168 of 1200 copies, one of 100 signed by the author, slipcase; Kirkup, James White Shadows, Black Shadows. 1970, dustwrapper; Jamieson, Morley The Old Wife. 1972, dustwrapper; Gascoyne, David. Paris Journal 1937-1939. 1978, dustwrapper; Jamieson, Morley. Notes on the Short Story. 1980, 2 copies, both limited to 160 copies, cloth and quarter cloth; Whyte, Hamish, editor Noise and Smoky Breath, an Illustrated Anthology of Glasgow Poems. 1983, number 13 of 75 copies signed by major contributors including Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead and others, dustwrapper; Aldiss, Brian W. with David Wingrove Trillion Year Spree. The History of Science Fiction. 1986, number 14 of 100 numbered copies signed by both, slipcase; Dunn, Douglas. Secret Villages. 1985, dustwrapper; Dunn, Douglas. Northlight. 1988, dustwrapper; Raine, Craig The Electrification of the Soviet Union. 1986, numbered 70/100 on title and signed, quarter red morocco; Cope, Wendy Men and their Boring Arguments. 1988, number 63 of 110 copies, cloth; Dexter, Colin The Jewel that was Ours. 1991, dustwrapper; Cope, Wendy The River Girl.1991, dustwrapper; Mac Leverty, Bernard Grace Notes. 1997, dustwrapper; Macdonald, Marianne Death's Autograph. New York, 1997, dustwrapper; Macdonald, Marianne Ghost Walk. New York, 1998, dustwrapper; Kavanagh, Peter, editor. Patrick Kavanagh. 1977, dustwrapper; Monsarrat, Nicholas The Cruel Sea. 1971. Book Club edition, number 94 of 100 copies, imitation red leather; Durrell, Lawrence and others Return to Oasis. 1980, number 32 of 100 copies signed by Durrell and others, dustwrapper; Banville, John Athena. 1995, dustwrapper (34)

Nottinghamshire. Hutchinson (Lucy) - Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson Governor of Nottingham, revised with editions by C H Firth, two vols, etched portraits, cloth gilt, London 1885, E Hodder - The Life of Samuel Morley, second edition, 1887, Nottingham Date Book 1884, James Orange - History and Antiquities of Nottingham, two vols, 1840, Thomas Bailey - Annals of Nottinghamshire, 4 vols, 1853 and about 15 others, on related subjects, mostly with bookplate of John Lock (25)

Collection of 50 Actor and Actress Signed 6 x 4 White Cards, Including Sean Baker, Justin Barley, Cameron Ball, Nicholas Bishop, Martin Ball, David Ball, Bob Goody, Frank Barrie, Gavin Barnes, Brent Barrett, Bob Goody, James Given, Barry Love, Jeannie Brown, John Paul Macleod, Nick Haverson, Edward Macleem, Janet Suzman, James Morley, Martin Harvey, Elliot Harper, Mark Hastings, John Harwood. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Theodore Tiutchev - illustrated by Kirin Sokolov, Old School Press 2003, signed and numbered 52/100, together with Chanticleer and Pertelote - both Bibliographies of The Golden Cockerel Press, also Cock-a -hoop, the bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, also Thomas Dekker, published Walpole Press 1931, numbered 246/250, also James Morley - Handmade Type, Incline Press 2007, one of fifty copies, also group of poetry works published by Guido Morris at ThecLatin Press, St Ives, also Book illustrations of John Buckland Wrignt, one of 1400 copies

A group of three London advertising posters, 1947-1952. comprises: Town Hall Kensington, Dance poster, The Favil Press Ltd., (1947). A Dance organised by the South Kensington Branch of the British Legion, held on Saturday 22nd November, (Royal Wedding Week), Bill Savill and his Band, Mr. James Holland & Miss Elsa Wells (World Champion Ballroom Dancers), will give Exhibition Dances and judge Amateur Competitions, tickets 5/-, (3/6 to members of H.M. Forces in uniform), proceeds towards Branch Funds, loose sheet, 76 x 50.5cm; Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, S.E.1 Evening Classes, The Favil Press Ltd., (c. early 1950s). The college offering students a variety of evening classes including Politics, History, Art, Science, Music, Literature, Theatre School, Dancing (Ballet, Classical and Folk) and an Opera Public Lecture Course, nine lectures on Wednesdays at 6.30pm, the lecturers included Sir Thomas Beecham, Clive Carey, Joan Cross, Prof. Edward Dent, Kark Rankl, Stanford Robinson and Michael Tippett; loose sheet, 76 x 50.5cm; Tom Ekersley. British (1914 - 1997). State Opening of Parliament. The Baynard Press, (1950). a poster designed by the artist for London Transport to commemorate the President of the French Republique and Mm. Auriol's State visit to London, 7-10 March, 1950, signed in the print, The Baynard Press lower r.h., numbered P2/50-297H-15000 lower l.h. corner, loose sheet, (25.5 x 31cm);  Provenance: Royston Cooper. (1931-1985). balloonist, artist, designer, and typographer, by descent from the family of Royston Cooper to the present owner. (Qty. 3)  Condition Report: 1. TOWN HALL KENSINGTON, The Favil Press Ltd., (1947) - minor creasing, (mostly to edges), a small clean edge tear top centre (approx. 1cm), o/w. clean and bright. 2. MORLEY COLLEGE, 61, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, S.E.1. EVENING CLASSES, The Favil Press Ltd., (c. early 1950s) - clean and bright.3. TOM EKERSLEY. British (1914 - 1997). State Opening of Parliament. The Baynard Press, (1950) - toning mostly to edges, and a black mark to lower centre. colours bright.Condition Report Disclaimer

Box of Assorted Books to include Cassells Illustrated History of England vol 1 and 2 , Nuttall Encyclopedia 1903 James Wood , The Warwick Shakepeare , Henry Morley Shakespeare and others ( plastic crate not included )

* Military & Politics. An assorted group of military and political autographs and documents, 19th & 20th century, including an album with a small collection of Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) items, an autograph letter signed from him to Earl Fortescue, 28 June 1853, concerning a promotion, plus a loose 3-page autograph letter signed from Palmerston to Lord Morley concerning the character of Villiers, a signed freefront and one further autograph specimen, plus related illustrations, together with an autograph letter from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 3 February 1881, making mention of [Joseph] Lister's surgery methods, a pencil-written 4-page letter from Mowbrey Berkeley during the Boer War, giving details of fighting and referring to Lord Roberts and Lord Methuen, etc., plus three related letters; plus a long 12-page letter apparently written by a Scottish journalist in South Africa, 1910, giving details of the war including long marches and various incidents including an anecdote describing how he met one of Kruger's grandsons, etc; autographs of Montgomery of Alamein F.M., Arthur James Balfour (signed photograph, Paris, 1919); an autograph letter signed in French from William Howard Russell, Irish reporter with The Times, 16 February 1884, autograph letter signed from Major General Sir Charles Warren, approximately 20 various autograph letters of British politicians, including Gordon Brown, David Milliband, Ken Clarke, John Bercow, Alistair Darling, Glenda Jackson, Paddy Ashdown, David Owen, Shirley Williams, plus approximately 40 further Victorian letters including signatures of Lord Gough, Strathavon, Princess Eugenie, etc., plus a partly disbound album containing pasted-in letters, part letters and freefronts with autographs including St. Vincent, Robert Peel, Earl of Dartmouth, Earl Grey, William Frederick, Lord Derby, Lord Palmerston, etc., oblong 8voQty: (approx. 100)

Dacre (Barbarina Brand, Lady). Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems, 1st edition, London: John Murray, not published, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo (212 x 130 mm), contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt, all edges gilt, half-title and errata slip to each volume, inscribed 'To R. Wilbraham Esqr with Lady Dacre's best comp[limen]ts' on volume 1 initial blank, a few spots - [Lewis, Theresa]. Dacre: a Novel. Edited by the Countess of Morley, 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834. 3 volumes, large 12mo (187 x 113 mm), contemporary blue half calf, gilt spines (headcaps rubbed), half-titles, a few spots, volume 2 with occasional damp-stain to lower margins (strengthening towards rear) - [Cooper, James Fenimore]. The Bravo. A Venetian Story. By the Author of ''The Pilot,'' ''The Borderers,'' ''The Water Witch,'' etc., 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 3 volumes, large 12mo (190 x 115 mm), contemporary tan half calf, gilt spines, a few spots to contents - and 10 others (not collated), mainly 19th-century English biography and history, contemporary calf or half calf, and including Paris, The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1831, Campbell, Life Of Mrs. Siddons, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1834, Moore, The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1831, and similar (qty: 30) Provenance (all titles): George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (variously with his personal bookplate or that of the library at Delamere House).

Four volumes ' A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate Surrey ' by James Alexander Brewer, London 1856, ' The Fern Garden ' by Shirley Hibberd, London 1869, ' Essay on the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders commonly called ' The Kings Evil ' ' by John Morley, London 1781, ' Shakespeare's Wild FLowers ' by Eleanour Sinclair Rhode 1935Map is present. books in reasonable condition

A Collection of Various Bound Books and Poetry Books to Include Dickins, Lays of The Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems, James Nasmyth by Smiles, Selections from Clarendon by Boyle, The Spectator by Morley, Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches by Macaulay, Bulwer's Plays and Forster's Goldsmith, Keats' Poetical Work, Poems of Robert Bridges, Longfellow's Poetical Works, Cowper's Poetical Works etc

An important Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1770Decorated in the workshop of James Giles, finely painted in green monochrome with figures in classical landscapes, with gilt dentil borders, the cup with a solid gilt handle and wide gilt band at the footrim, saucer 13.1cm diam, crossed swords and numeral 9 (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceAnthony Wood CollectionStephen Hanscombe CollectionExhibitedDreweatt Neate, Dyson Perrins Museum exhibition 1995, no.136Albert Amor, Worcester Porcelain exhibition 2001Robyn Robb exhibition 2003, no.3Stockspring Antiques, James Giles exhibition 2005, no.110In 1924 an inventory was undertaken at Saltram House in Devon, the seat of the Earls of Morley. This detailed an extensive Worcester tea and coffee service painted with green landscapes, which included eight teacups and saucers. Notably, this service was not included in earlier inventories which suggests that it arrived there sometime between 1897, when the then Earl inherited another Devon House, Whiteway, and 1923 when Whiteway was sold and much of the contents were transferred to Saltram. It is likely that the service originally comprised twelve teacups and saucers and three of the remaining four are those now held in the collections of the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Royal Worcester respectively. The present lot is likely to be the only cup and saucer from the service still in private hands.A similar service at Corsham Court in Wiltshire is recorded in archives as having been purchased directly from James Giles on 20 February 1771. The gilding on the Corsham Court set differs from the Saltram House examples, the latter having solid gilt handles and a wider band of gilding around the footrims.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Shakespeare Head Press. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that grave and learned philosopher Plutarke of Chaeronea: Translated out of the Greeke into French by James Amyot... and out of the French into English, by Thomas North, 8 volumes, for the Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1928, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, some toning to extremities of endpapers, top edge gilt, original black half morocco by Morley, Oxford, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, one or two small stains to cloth boards, 8voQty: (8)NOTESLimited deluxe edition 16/100, signed by the illustrator.

An Edward VII 9ct gold medallion, of circular form with a central relief cast and pale blue enamelled shield depicting a lion's head, surrounded by a belt form banner inscribed 'Bostock's Menagerie', and surmounted by a crown, with jump ring, the reverse engraved 'J. Buckingham M.R.C.V.S. For Operating on a Lion 5/12/09', Dance & Duerden, Birmingham 1909, 8.6g, 41 by 27mm, in black presentation box branded for Dance & Duerden, Manufacturing Medallists, Morley, Yorks.Notes: Bostock's Menagerie was a travelling zoo founded in about 1883 by Edward Henry Bostock following his time with his famous father James Bostock working at Bostock and Wombwell's - one of Britain's largest and most famous travelling menageries of the Victorian period. By 1900, James' grandson Frank Bostock was in charge, he was just as ambitious as his grandfather and became something of an expert on big cats and claims to be the trainer who discovered that these beasts were wary of the underside of a chair. Frank had travelled to America, settling in Brooklyn, New York, in 1893 and is credited with pioneering the touring carnival business in the USA. On his return to England he took a huge jungle touring exhibition on the road, but sadly he died of influenza in 1912, at the age of 46. The front page of the World's Fair Newspaper announced that 'England's Greatest Showman' had died.This medallion was awarded to the vendors Grandfather who was a Veterinary Surgeon and had been asked to attend to one of the lions - evidently he managed to carry out the requested operation, a rather risky job at the business end of the 'King of Beasts'!

Y An unusual Victorian silver mounted ivory miniature 'humpback' carriage timepieceW. Thornhill and Company, London 1880The French eight-day movement with platform lever escapement and stamped with serial number 2104 to backplate, the 1.125 inch circular white enamel dial with blued steel spade hands and signed W. THORNHILL & Co., LONDON, W to centre within Arabic vertical numeral chapter ring set behind a convex glass with silver bezel, the silver-edged arched 'humpback' case with pivoted dumbbell-shaped handle applied to the apex of a rising strap secured by riveted straps applied to the sides, the rear with hinged door, Hallmarks for London 1880 makers W.T. for W. Thornhill and Company, 7cm (2.75ins) high with handle down; with original fabric-covered outer protective case inscribed W. THORNHILL & Co., 144 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON to the blue silk-lined interior of the arched lid. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands.  The London firm of Walter Thornhill and Company are recorded on the British Museum website as being founded by Joseph Gibbs in 1734. They were originally cutlers but by 1805 had become known as Morley & Thornhill, later from 1820 as John James Thornhill & Co., listed from 1838 as 'cutlers to the Queen'. By 1850 or 1851 the firm was in the hands of Walter Thornhill and from c.1875 was Walter Thornhill & Co. In 1895 when the firm became a limited liability company it was described as 'cutlers, gold and silversmiths, jewellers and manufacturers and dealers in dressing cases, travelling bags etc.'. The company was wound up in 1905 but trading continued under the name W. Thornhill & Co. until 1912.Condition Report: Movement is in relatively clean working condition with no visible signs of alteration or significant replacements. The dial has a very small blemish right up against the bezel above the 11 numeral which may either be dirt or a slight chip (only visible on very close examination) otherwise appears to be in fine condition. The ivory case is cut from a single piece of ivory and has a slight shrinkage crack in the base towards the rear left hand corner otherwise ivory is in good condition but with some yellowing within the figuring. The silver mounts are complete and in good condition.The protective outer case is lacking its strap handle and has some slight wear/losses to the covering otherwise is in sound original condition. Timepiece has a winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer

* Jenkinson (Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1770-1828). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1812-27. Autograph letter signed in the third person, first Sunday, no date, circa 1790s, 'Lord Liverpool has determined to add a Preface to the new Edition of his Discourse on Neutral Nations, and as he has nearly finished this Preface, he begs Mr Davis will call on him tomorrow morning', one page, 8vo, tipped onto an old mount at upper margin, together with: Fox (Charles James, 1749-1806). British Whig Statesman. Autograph letter signed, 'C J Fox', St. Anne's Hill, Friday, no date, after 1783, to an unidentified recipient, returning an enclosure [not present] and saying that 'The contents are what I expected. If the Papers exist, Gordon is the only man likely to know where they are and to get at them. If he does get them I must then apply to him' apologising for dining out, one page with integral address leaf pasted to old card mount, a little soiling, 4to, plus further autograph letters from British Politicians and gentry including Sir James Reid (1849-1923), Lady Charlotte Lindsay (Lady in Waiting to Queen Caroline), Lord Morley, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Charles Abbott, 1st Lord Colchester, Benjamin Hobhouse, Evelyn Denison, Fox-Maule Ramsey, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Lord Brougham, etc., many tipped onto individual old album leavesQty: (20)

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Corporal A. Consani, 2nd Battalion, Military Train, who was killed in action during the ‘Victoria Cross’ engagement at Azimghur on 15 April 1858 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Corpl. A. Consani. 2nd. Bn. Mily. Train) nearly extremely fine £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. Anthony Consani was born in Bristol in 1836, the son of an immigrant Italian model-maker from Tuscany, and attested for the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot in 1853, serving with the regiment throughout the Crimean War. He was slightly wounded at the first assault on the Redan on 18 June 1855, an action in which the 34th suffered particularly heavy losses; two weeks earlier, men of the 34th had played a crucial role in the capture of The Quarries, a key Russian earthwork guarding Sebastopol. This had involved charging over ground strewn with Russian fougasses, before holding the earthwork against four determined Russian counter-attacks. For his services Consani was entitled to a Crimea Medal with the clasps for Alma, Inkermann, and Sebastopol). Consani transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Military Train in July 1856, with the rank of Corporal. Though intended as a supply and transport corps, this unit saw much service as light cavalry during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. The 2nd Battalion was en route to China as the transport corps for that expedition, when it was diverted to Calcutta on news of the outbreak of the Mutiny. The men were mounted on the horses of the disbanded 8th Madras Light Cavalry. During the operations around Lucknow in January-March 1858 they comprised over half of Sir James Outram’s cavalry. On 14 April, they joined the pursuit of Kunwar Singh’s 13,000-strong rebel force to Azimghur on the Tons River. Two bridges over the Tons had to be crossed in full view of the enemy. This developed into a British pincer movement which forced the enemy to withdraw. A flying column was immediately sent over to try to capture Kunwar Singh. In a tense twelve-mile chase, Singh’s rear guard was badly cut up by”E” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, led by Major J. E. Michell, supported by the 2nd Battalion, Military Train. Three rebel guns were captured. During the pursuit the Military Train suffered eleven casualties, including four men killed in action, including Consani, who was killed in action on 15 April 1858. Two men of the Military Train, Private Morley and Farrier Murphy, received the Victoria Cross for this action. The Calcutta Gazette of 23 April 1859 carried the following notice: ‘The Second Battalion, Military Train, is under orders for immediate embarkation for England. The career in India of this Corps has been short but brilliant and eminently serviceable to its country. Upon arrival at the Presidency, it was at once converted into a cavalry force and set into the field under the late Sir Henry Havelock. Throughout the glorious and most trying Summer campaign of which the relief of Lucknow was the fruit, the Military Train bore a part which would have reflected credit upon the most oldest and most experienced cavalry soldiers. It has since served with distinction in various affairs under Lieutenant General James Outram at the siege of Lucknow, in the operations about Azimghur, and lastly the harassing campaign in Shahabad.’ Sold with copied research.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Artifcr. P, Stock. 2nd Bn. Mily. Train) suspension re-affixed, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £400-£500 --- One of only six Artificers shown on the medal roll, of which Stock’s award is unique to the regiment with the single clasp for Lucknow. Peter Stock joined the Military Train from England on 6 February 1858, as an Artificer Wheelwright, and served with the Field Force under Major Bennett and Sir James Outram at the Alum Bagh. On 14 April 1858, they joined the pursuit of Kunwar Singh’s 13,000-strong rebel force to Azimghur on the Tons River. Two bridges over the Tons had to be crossed in full view of the enemy. This developed into a British pincer movement which forced the enemy to withdraw. A flying column was immediately sent over to try to capture Kunwar Singh. In a tense twelve-mile chase, Singh’s rear guard was badly cut up by”E” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, led by Major J. E. Michell, supported by the 2nd Battalion, Military Train. Three rebel guns were captured. During the pursuit the Military Train suffered eleven casualties, including four men killed in action, including Consani, who was killed in action on 15 April 1858. Two men of the Military Train, Private Morley and Farrier Murphy, received the Victoria Cross for this action. Sold with copied research.

* British History. An album containing approximately 120 autograph items, 19th century, the majority letters and cut signatures addressed to the Rev. John Charles Edwards, sometime of the United Reformed Church, Enfield, north London, but also including some early 19th-century items addressed to other correspondents including some in Spanish and French, autographs identified include King William IV (cover signed 'Clarence') and cut signature of his brother Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn on the same page, autograph letters of Isaac Bird (1793-1876, missionary), James Agar (1818-1896, 3rd Earl of Normanton), James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (1805-1881), John Spencer (1782-1845, 3rd Earl Spencer), John Campbell (1845-1914, 9th Duke of Argyll), Reverend Thomas Raffles (1788-1863), plus autograph note signed by Arnold Morley (1849-1916, barrister and liberal politician), Catherine Mason (1767-?, Scottish writer), Lord Melbourne (1779-1848, Prime Minister 1834 & 1835-41), Lettice Fairfax (1876-1948, actress), Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799-1861, architect, traveller and artist), etc., interspersed with news cuttings, etc., and tipped in or mounted on rectos and versos of approximately 200 pages, some leaves partly detached and a little frayed at edges, contemporary stained green vellum, boards bowed, split along spine and backstrip deficient, folio (32 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)

WW2 RAF Wing Commander William James Gregory DSO DFC DFM (1913 2001) 29 Squadron RAF Blenheims Battle of Britain. Signed on a 40th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain Swanton Morley cover 1980 with Swanton Morley postmark, flown in a D.H. Mosquito aircraft. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Oak cased grandfather clock, painted dial, James Foster, Morley, 1869. 230cms h x 50cms w x 25cms d. Condition ReportMissing section to back feet right side, missing seconds hand. 

Gaitens, Edward (1897-1966), short story writer & novelist Circa 60 typescript or manuscript James Birdie, Marjorie Wells, John Macrae, Marcus Lindsay, Magnus Magnusson, "H.W.", Allardyce Nicoll, Valentine Axarock, R.A. Scott-James, T.J. Honeyman, Sam Wanamaker, Moultrie R. Kelsall (BBC), C.S. Evans (William Heinemann), Lou Golding, Neil M. Gunn, Eric Linklater, Tyrone Guthrie, Compton Mackenzie, Douglas Young, George Blake, David Daiches, Lawrence Durrell, with one retained copy, discussing his short stories, novel Dance of the Apprentices, &c; Jamieson, Morley c. 26 letters, typed and manuscript to Jamieson, including 1 from Percy Muir and 2 from Willa Muir

A Nottingham saltglaze stoneware small mug or capuchine, circa 1700Possibly by James Morley, the cylindrical form with a slightly tapered rim and plain strap handle, decorated with two finely turned bands of neat horizontal grooves, with a brown glaze, 6.8cm high, three pad marks to the glazed baseFootnotes:A similar small mug with a lustrous mottled brown glaze was excavated from the Carter Gate Pottery site in Nottingham and is illustrated in Nottingham Salt-Glazed Stoneware 1690-1800, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (2010), p.34, no.20. Compare also to no.19. A related Nottingham jug dated 1708 is illustrated on p.33, no.17 which has three pad marks to the flat base. Mugs of similar form with finely turned bands have been excavated at Fulham and it is known that John Dwight made similar examples. James Morley was sued by Dwight in 1693 for infringing his patent, see Gordon Elliot, John and David Elers and their Contemporaries (1998), no.7B. As well as mugs, Morley also made small capuchines to cater for the increasing fashion for coffee drinking in England during the 17th century, as described in his advert of circa 1700, see Gordon Elliot (1998), nos.10 and 11B.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Fine bindingsFour volumes of Longmans Magazines, vols 1-4 1883, bkpl inside front board, marbled boards, half-morocco, gilt titlesThe Henry Irving Shakespeare, Blackie & Son, ills by Gordon Brown, four vols, maroon boards, half-leather, red and gilt pastedowns to backstrip with raised bands, all marbled edges, all corners bumpedWinchester College Natural History Society 1912-13, Winchester 1913, plates, marbled ep, bkpl inside front board, half-calf boards, gilt pastedownsYarrell, William"The History of British Birds", vol 1 only, London 1843, ills throughout, some foxing, marbled ep, front board detachedLeFanu, William"A Catalogue of the Portraits and Other Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Royal College of Surgeons of England", E & S Livingstone 1960, frontis portrait of John Hunter, a presentation card, paste tipped in ffep, signed by James Patterson Ross, January 1960, marbled ep, gilt decorative dentels, full red morocco, insignia of the college gold blindstamped front board, gold titles with raised bands to backstrip Morley, John (ed) "Bunyan", Macmillan & Co 1885 (Englishmen of Letters), marbled ep, full calf, gilt rules, marbled edges, gilt decoration and raised bands and title to backstrip Aitchison, Sir Charles (formerly Lt Gov of the Punjab)"Rulers of India - Lord Lawrence ...", Clarendon Press 1905, folding map, gift bkpl inside front board, marbled ep, decorative gilt dentels, Sandecotes School insignia and motto blindstamped to front board, gilt titles, raised bands to the backstrip, all marbled edges and two other volumes (15) 

A VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, SIGNED PIECES AND SIGNATURES, 18TH AND 19TH C including AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED: Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (Duchess of Teck) with envelope in her hand, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Princess Louise of Sweden (Queen of Denmark), Giuseppe Garibaldi (Palermo, 28 May 1860), Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington (Dublin Castle, November 5 1808), Alexandre Dumas (two stanzas), William Edmondstoune Ayton, William Makepeace Thackeray (to the Baroness de Rothschild), Edward Bulwer-Lytton, W. E. Gladstone (Government House, Isle of Man, October 4, 1878), Sir Robert Peel, Roundel Palmer (Lord Chancellor), Richard Bethel (Lord Chancellor), William Wilberforce (York, November 7, 1806, to Abel Chapman, "I have the satisfaction to inform you that yesterday Mr Fawkes & I were nominated without opposition to represent this county in Parliament..."), William Cobbett (to Henry Hunt, Farnham, Tuesday night, 21 November, 1815, with envelope in Cobbett's hand), Cardinal Manning, Cardinal Wiseman, James Fraser Bishop of Manchester (headed "Private"), Reginald Coplestone Bishop of Calcutta, Connop Thirlwall Bishop of St. Davids, Charles Locke Eastlake, Solomon Alexander Hart, George Frederic Watts, David Roberts, John Ruskin (Denmark Hill, 16 November, 1865, on Ruskin's discharging a debt of Henry Wentworth Monk's), Edward William Cooke, John 'Spanish' Philip, John Harrison, General Charles Gordon (January 17, 1874), Rustem Pacha (né Chimelli de Marini, in French), Robert Lowe, Ralph Bernal, Sir Stafford Northcote, W. H. Smith (with envelope in Smith's hand), Sir Spencer Walpole, Sir Richard Owen, Austen Henry Layard, Archibald Sayce, Charles Darwin (4, Bryanston Street, Portman Sqr, on mourning notepaper, Down, Beckenham address scored through, to Thomas Huxley, "My Dear Huxley, I wd very much like to see you whilst we are here. Therefore, unless I hear that you are engaged, I will call on Sunday morning, i.e. if I keep brisk - ever yours, Ch. Darwin"), Thomas Huxley (Home Department notepaper, May 4, 1863, in purple ink to Sir Spencer Walpole), Thomas Crofton Croker (with envelope in Croker's hand), John Tyndall (to E. W. Cooke), Michael Faraday (Hampton Court, 7 October, 1858, a fine letter to Captain Close, "...when the Thames Tunnel broke in, Brunel had above a hundred plans sent in to him, to remedy the evil. Not one of the proposers trusted him" and "...it is only by experience that one learns to be consistent & do what is right in these cases; to do indeed unto others as we would they should do to us"), Herbert Spencer, Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, Henry Cecil Raikes, John Arthur Roebuck, Sir George Trevelyan, John Morley, John Eliot Burns, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Frederick Temple Archbishop of Canterbury, William Connor Magee Bishop of Peterborough, Anthony William Thorold Bishop of Winchester, Harvey Goodwin Bishop of Carlisle, The Earl of Shaftesbury (the social reformer, and envelope in his hand), Evelyn Ashley (second son of the preceding), Archibald Campbell Tate Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Thomas Longley Archbishop of Canterbury (with envelope in his hand), Frances Ridley Havergal (Perry Barr, February 12, on the rival merits of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' and her and C. B. Snepp's 'Songs of Praise and Glory'. The former being the "thin end of the wedge of popery"), William Cholmondley (third Marquess), Charles Haddon Spurgeon (part als), Reginald Radcliffe (the revivalist), Edmund Beckett, Roland Arthur Cross (two als and an envelope in his hand), John Jackson Bishop of London, John Charles Royal first Bishop of Liverpool, Richard Durnford Bishop of Chichester, Robert Bickersteth Bishop of Ripon, William Boyd Carpenter Bishop of Ripon, Max Muller, William Hepworth Thompson, Sir Joseph Paxton (Chatsworth, May 21, 1852, short als in third person), Prince Sir Ghulam Muhammad, Thomas Keble, George Howard Wilkinson Bishop of Truro, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Dean of Westminster, Sir Arthur Sullivan (9, Albert Mansions, 16 September 1879, in third person), Tom Taylor, William Charles Macready, Dame Genevieve Ward, Herman Merivale (a.n.s.), Henry Reeve, Richard Monckpon-Milnes, Sir James Knowles, Matthew James Higgin (a.k.a Jacob Omnium). SIGNED PIECES including Queen Victoria (letter signed at head "Appd Victoria RI"), Edward VII, George V, Victoria Princess Royal (Empress of Prussia), Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince George Duke of Cambridge, Princess Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck (greetings card 1887 and envelope in her hand), Francis Duke of Teck, King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies, Maria Sophie Queen Consort of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Henri d'Orleans Duke of Aumale and his wife Princess Maria Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, George Oruigbiji  Pepple King of Bonny, Count Cavour, the Aga Khan, ink impression of General Gordon's Chinese seal, the Earl of Dundonald, William Harrison Ainsworth, George Augustus Sala, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mary Younge, Catherine Sinclair, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Derby, Cardinal Antonelli, Carlo Pellegrini, Lord Kitchener, Paul du Chaillu (c.d.v. signed), Charles W. Dilke, John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley and Joseph Chamberlain FREE FRONTS SIGNED AND ENVELOPES SIGNED including Prince Frederick Duke of York, Prince William Frederick Duke of Gloucester, Prince George Duke of Cambridge, Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, W.E. Gladstone , Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, The Duke of Newcastle (when Earl of Lincoln), Daniel O'Connell, Lord George Bentinck, Lord William Bentinck Governor General of India, Sir Francis Burdett, Stratford Canning 1st Viscount, Charles Grey (Prime Minister) and Samuel Wilberforce, all hinged or laid down on linen hinged leaves (36 x 28cm) many with contemporary portrait photographs (albumen prints), engravings and press cuttings, half maroon roan, spine torn, aeg  Provenance: The Right Reverend Rowley Hill, DD, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1836-1887); thence by family descent to the present ownersOrdained in 1860 Rowley Hill's ascendancy in the Church of England was swift.  He became the youngest Bishop in the Anglican Communion when he was consecrated seventeen years later at the age of 41.  This album and those in the two following lots constitutes an increasingly scarce example of a Victorian autograph hunter's collection of considerable scope augmented by photographs.  Bishop Hill's pursuit of the handwriting of royal and distinguished persons began long before his ten years residence of Bishopscourt on the Isle of Man.  Other letters testify to the familial connections of his first and second wives, Caroline Maud Chapman (1839-1882 and especially Alicia (Alice) Probyn (1842-1930) whom he married in 1884.  Alice Probyn's brother, General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC (1833-1924) was the distinguished soldier and famous courtier,  Keeper to the Privy Purse, Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Comptroller of the Household.  On his death Queen Alexandra paid a touching tribute, her handwritten card attached to the flowers on the General's coffin reading "For my beloved General Probyn with thanks for all he has been to me all these ... 52 years.  We shall miss him so much; but he will draw us up to heaven where he is sure to go. God Bless from his devoted ALEXANDRA"

ENTERTAINMENT, signed selection, inc. programmes, photos etc., featuring magicians & ventriloquists, inc. Sophie Tucker, James Crossini, Charlie Drake, Dame Hilda Bracket, Pat Mooney, Penn & Teller, Howard Schwarzman, Graham Adams, Lester Sharpe (P), Mr. Electric, Mark Raffles & Joan (first names only to Christmas card), Joseph Gabriel, Frank Bruno, Ken Morley etc., FR to G, 17

Thirteen Collins New Naturalist Monograph series titles, of which seven from the library of legendary Norfolk naturalist Ted Ellis (1909-1986), including Derek Wragge Morley: 'Ants', 1953, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp and ownership signature on FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper (chipped/part losses, price intact); Guy Mountfort: 'The Hawfinch', 1957, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp and ownership signature in initials on FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper (price intact); Kenneth Mellanby: 'The Mole', 1971, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp on FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper (price intact); Monica Shorten: 'Squirrels', 1954, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp and ownership sinature on FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper (part loss, price intact); James Fisher: 'The Fulmar', 1952, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp on FFEP, original cloth; Ernest Neal: 'The Badger', 1948, 1st edition, Ted Ellis ink stamp on FFEP, original cloth; Cecil Prime: 'Lords and Ladies', 1981 reprint, Ted Ellis ink stamp and letter/inscription to him from a Mrs Frances Prime, original cloth, dust wrapper; plus 6 other monographs, mainly 1sts but two ex lib (13)

A Victorian silver cased small carriage timepiece William Thornhill and Company, London, 1889The French eight-day movement with platform lever escapement vertically planted on the backplate stamped with oval trademark WT & Co to centre, the unusual circular white on black enamel Roman numeral dial with gilt scroll-pierced hands and inscribed W. THORNHILL & Co., LONDON W. to centre set behind a convex glass with moulded bezel, the rectangular case with scroll cast and chased hinged carrying handle to the leafy spray engraved top over cast gadroon-bordered front panel incorporating floral scroll repousse infill around the dial, the sides and rear door with conforming decoration, on reeded bun feet, Hallmarks for London 1889, 9.5cm (3.75ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands. The London firm of Walter Thornhill and Company are recorded on the British Museum website as being founded by Joseph Gibbs in 1734. They were originally cutlers but by 1805 had become known as Morley & Thornhill, later from 1820 as John James Thornhill & Co., listed from 1838 as cutlers to the Queen. By 1850 or 1851 the firm was in the hands of Walter Thornhill and from c.1875 was Condition Report: Movement appears complete, fundamentally original and is in working condition although a precautionary clean/service is advised. The dial appears free from damage although the minute hand has a solder repair near the root and the convex glass has an internal edge chip. The case is in good original condition with faults very much limited to minor wear and a few tiny dents.There is no winding key with this timepiece. Condition Report Disclaimer

Autograph book with autographs of James Mason and Yasuko Yama on the same page. Then Burt Bacharach. Robert Morley. Ella Fitzgerald. Peter Asher from pop duo Peter and Gordon. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

* Adultery: Certificate of Decree, Derby, 1614. Certificate of a decree of Robert Bamford, clerk, MA, official of Christopher Helme, LLD, Archdeacon of Derby; sealed at Derby 25 June 1614, confession before him of Sir John Bentley, knight, of The Priory [Breadsell Priory] near Morley [in Derbyshire], accused and defamed of adultery with a certain Katherine Leigh; the judge enjoined a deserved and salutary punishment on account of his excess of immorality, which he afterwards performed, as more fully appears by a trustworthy certificate enrolled in the Archdeacon’s register, by his penitent face, effusion of tears and other just and lawful causes and considerations; decree dismissing him from any further trouble or judicial process; signed by Robert Bamford and Richard Brandreth, registrar; vellum deed with the red wax seal (chipped with slight loss to edges) of the Archdeaconry of Derby appended, 10 x 32 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESSir John Bentley was the son of Humphrey Bentley of Derby and Clement’s Inn ( Derbyshire Visitation Pedigrees 1569 and 1611 (London, 1895) 7; Baker, The Men of Court 1440-1550 302). Sir John was described as a ‘counsellor at law’ in Glover’s History of Derbyshire (1833), which states that he bought Breadsell shortly after 1597. By that year he had married, as his second wife, Mary Leigh, daughter of Thomas Leigh of Adlington in Cheshire; it is possible that the Katherine Leigh mentioned in the document was his relative by marriage. A personal friend of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth, he was knighted in the Royal Garden at Whitehall before the coronation of James I on 23 July 1603 (Shaw’s Knights 1 124). His will of 24 August 1621, including a bequest of the profits of York Castle and its gaol, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 24 May 1622 (TNA PROB 11/139/469). Breadsell was originally a small Augustinian Priory and was later converted to a large Elizabethan house after 1573 by Sir John Bentley. Successive owners have all left their mark on the building, covering the older parts of the building. In 1967 it was bought by the Harper-Crewe family from Calke who sold it for development and it is now a hotel and leisure complex. The most famous resident of Breadsall Priory was the poet, physician and scientist Erasmus Darwin, who lived there for a short time until his death in 1802. Grandfather of Charles Darwin, Erasmus is one of the most remarkable and internationally important figures of the 18th century and is buried in Breadsall church. Christopher Helme of Wiltshire matriculated from Hart Hall, Oxford, aged 18, on 17 December 1576; he was of Merton College when awarded a BA on 23 February 1579, became a fellow in 1580, MA on 18 January 1585 and DCL on 9 July 1594; in 1607 he became rector of Bredon in Worcestershire and Chancellor of the diocese of Worcester; succeeded to the Archdeaconry of Derby in April 1609 and by 1617 had been succeeded by Samuel Clerke. He died in 1628. See Oxford Historical Society 4 273. For letters from Richard Brandreth to Francis Burton regarding search for records relating to lead ore in Dean and Chapter of Lichfield's registry, May 1614, see Derbyshire Record Office D258/7/13/54. A Richard Brandreth, born at Derby c1616, the son of Richard Brandreth, was educated at Repton, matriculated at Christ’s College Cambridge in 1632 and served as headmaster of Derby School, 1652-c1656. Robert Bamford was educated at Brasenose College, Oxofrd (BA 3 February 1574, MA 10 June 1580); see Oxford Historical Society 12 37; he was incorporated at Cambridge in 1600; he served as prebendary of Tachbrook in Lichfield Cathedral, 1597-1629.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Selection of signed photographs of various sizes (8 x 10, postcard and smaller), signed cards (3), A.Ls.S. (3), T.Ls.S. (2) by various British Prime Ministers of the 20th century comprising H. H. Asquith (2; also accompanied by a pencil A.L.S. by his wife, Margot Asquith, stating, in full, 'I'm afraid I can't write anything for £100. Yesterday a journalist offered me £300 for an article on Rome & promised me more if I cd. make it long enough for two parts. I've been offered thousands of pounds by American publishers if I wd. write 2 articles on our Royal family (King Edward & K. George) whom I've known very intimately but no money wd. make me do it'. I hate writing & had it not been for Lord Morley wd. never have published anything', 13th March 1924), Stanley Baldwin (A.L.S., Baldwin of Bewdley, two pages, 8vo, Astley Hall, Stourport, 30th December 1939, to Mr. Gillett. Baldwin thanks his correspondent for their letter and a copy of St Martin's Review, which he has looked at with interest, and continues 'It is good of you to offer to print a contribution from me, but I am not a writer, alas!'. In a lengthy postscript Baldwin further apologises for his delay in writing, explaining 'my secretary has been away for some months, and I try to deal single handed with a mixed grill of a correspondence which at times seems to mount over my head'), Andrew Bonar Law (T.L.S., A. Bonar Law, one page, 8vo, Edwardes Square, Kensington, 17th November 1913, to 'My dear Windham'. Law thanks his correspondent for their letter and invitation although adds that he has no prospect of being in Norfolk again and concludes 'I shall send your suggestion about literature to the Central Office'), Harold Wilson (3; one an unusual vintage signed 9.5 x 7.5 photograph of Wilson standing in a three quarter length pose at the Canadian International Trade Fair in Toronto alongside C. D. Howe, the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, and Charles Sawyer, the American Secretary of Commerce, May 1949), Edward Heath (3; one a vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph dated 2nd May 1966 in his hand and another a brief T.L.S. to Andre Deutsch thanking him for a copy of William Davis' book, October 1968), James Callaghan and Tony Blair. G to generally VG, 13   £100-150     

A George V hallmarked silver salver with curving rim to four scrolling supports, inscribed 'Presented by the Corporation of Morley to Doctor Sidney Thomas Steele M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. D.P.H. (Camb) in appreciation of very valuable service rendered to the Borough during the fifty years he has held the appointment of Medical Officer of Health, November 1927', Sheffield 1927, James Deakin & Sons (James & William F Deakin), diameter 30cm, approx 28ozt.

Rowling (J.K.) . Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st deluxe edition, 1999, minor toning throughout, original illustrated red cloth, 8vo, together with Morley (Christopher) , Swiss Family Manhattan, 1st U.K. edition, 1932, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head, 8vo, and Ishiguro (Kazuo) , An Artist of the Floating World, 1st edition, 1986, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, 8vo, plus other 1st editions & modern fiction, including Ian McWEwan, William Golding, J.G. Ballard, P.D. James, Kingsley Amis, G.M. Fraser, Iris Murdoch, I. Compton-Burnett, A.S. Byatt, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)

Autographs and printed collectors club issue photographs inc Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Gilbert Roland, Don Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Fosse, Steve Forrest, Elaine Stewart, Bill Owen ,Betta St John, Richard Anderson, Robert Morley, Elizabeth Sellers, Hugh McDermott, Muriel Pavlow, Herbert Lom, Margaret Rutherford ,Donald Sindon, Audie Murphy, Nigel Patrick, Van Johnson, Kenneth more, Kay Kendall, James Robertson Justice, Bill Kerr, Sarah Lawson, Norman Wisdom, Lana Morris, Jerry Desmonde, John Forsythe, others photographs, each with original postage slip and or envelope, largest approx 25.5cm x 20.5cm (40)

WILLIAM JAMES MORLEY CLAYTON (b.1934) (ARR) : A gilt framed oil on canvas still life with violin. Signed lower middle and dated '64, 75cm x 100cm, labels verso

ACADEMY AWARDS: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few 8 x 10s, by various film stars, all of whom have been nominated for Oscars, including Diane Cilento, John Hurt, Robert Morley, Kenneth Branagh, Omar Sharif, Albert Finney, James Mason, Lesley Ann Warren, Elisabeth Shue, Glenn Close, Ralph Bellamy, Hermione Baddeley, Melanie Griffith, George Segal, Ali MacGraw, Mildred Natwick, Kate Nelligan, James Woods, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Mitchum, Dan O'Herlihy, Tom Hulce, Rock Hudson etc. Some light creasing and a few with minor stains, otherwise generally VG to about EX, 26 

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A good autograph album containing over 250 signatures (some on irregularly clipped pieces laid down to pages) by various stage and screen actors, actresses, entertainers, some ballet dancers, artists, painters and other famous individuals, including Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier, Margaret Rutherford (2), Constance Cummings, John Clements, Alastair Sim, Dennis Price, Nancy Price, Jimmy Edwards, Frank Muir, Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Joyce Carey, Helen Haye, Irene Handl, Yvonne Arnaud, Cyril Ritchard, Joyce Grenfell, Jessie Matthews, Barry Morse, A. E. Matthews, Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch, Maurice Denham, Milton Rosmer, Donald Wolfit, Roy Plomley, Hermione Gingold, Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne, Emlyn Williams, Zena Dare, Roger Livesey, Gordon Harker, Ralph Richardson, Beatrice Lillie, Larry Adler, Sybil Thorndike, Flora Robson, Howard Keel, Gemze de Lappe and other cast members of Oklahoma, Gladys Cooper, Jack Buchanan, Phyllis Dare, Jean Kent, Mary Morris, Michael Powell, Robert Morley, David Tomlinson, Gracie Fields, Peter Ustinov, Denholm Elliott, Sonnie Hale, Ruth Draper, Nigel Patrick, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Claire Bloom, Ralph Lynn, Ingrid Bergman, Edith Evans, Peter Finch, Felix Aylmer, Margaret Rawlings, Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich, Belita, Lydia Kyasht, Rudolf Nureyev (in Cyrillic), Kiri te Kanawa, Nigel Kennedy, John Barbirolli, Louis Kentner, Moura Lympany, Malcolm Sargent, Gilbert Spencer, Basil Spence, Henry Rushbury, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Pietro Annigoni, Jacob Epstein, Beverley Nichols, T. S. Eliot, Edward Bawden, Harold Knight, James Gunn, John Masefield (A.L.S.), Alfred Munnings, L. S. Lowry, Giles Gilbert Scott, Frank Brangwyn, Gerald Kelly, Ruskin Spear, John Nash, Eric Kennington, Stanley Spencer, William Russell Flint, Montgomery of Alamein, Lord Beaverbrook, Alexander of Tunis, Bertrand Russell etc. The majority of pages are multiple signed. Generally VG 

Nine music books, PALMER. SUSANN. "The Hurdy Gurdy" (1980), "The French Horn" by Morley-Pegge (1978), "The Bassoon & Contra Bassoon" by Lindsay G. Langwill published by Ernest Benn Ltd. (1975), "The Art & Times of The Guitar" by Frederick V. Grunfeld (1974), "The Musicians Hand - A Clinical Guide" by Martin Dunitz (1988), "The Trumpet & Trombone" by Philip Bate (softback), "Yehudi Menuhin - Music Guide to Oboe" (softback), "Woodwind Instruments & Their History" by Anthony Baines (softback), "James Blade's Percussion Instruments" (softback).

The Rainbow Jacket (1954) British Ealing Studios drama film, produced by Michael Relph, directed by Basil Dearden, and featuring Robert Morley, Kay Walsh, Bill Owen, Honor Blackman and Sid James. Original Final Script, dated 7th August 1953 (118 pages).Provenance: Consigned from the family of Harry Kratz (1908–1979) who worked as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director & Production Manager on many Ealing films and productions including The Blue Lamp & The Titfield Thunderbolt.

Roman literature & history.- Anderson (James C.) Roman Architecture and Society, Baltimore, 1997 § Morley (Neville) Metropolis and Hinterland. The City of Rome and the Italian Economy 200 B.C. - A.D. 200, pencil marginalia, Cambridge, 1996 § Braund (David) and John Wilkins, editors. Athenaeus and his World, Exeter, 2000, illustrations, first 2 original boards, dust-jackets, the last original pictorial boards; and a quantity of others, similar, v.s. (Qty.)

Shakespeare Head Press.- Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, 8 vol., number 89 of 100 special copies on hand-made paper signed by the artist, title-vignettes and head-pieces by Thomas Lowinsky, bookplate of Cuthbert Rudyard Halsall, original half black morocco, by Morley of Oxford, spines titled and ruled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing to spines and mottling to cloth boards, preserved in four cloth slip-cases, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1928.

*Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Cut signature, 'W.S. Churchill', early 20th century, in black ink, clipped from the lower left corner of a black-edged envelope, together with other miscellaneous mostly clipped Edwardian political and legal autographs, including R.B. Haldane, James Bryce, Lord Balfour, Henry Chaplin, Lord Wemyss, Alfred Lyttelton, John Morley, Robert Cecil, Bernard Coleridge, etc. (approx. 30)

Medical Interest - Provincial Welsh Imprint, Solomon (Dr Samuel), A Guide to Health; or Advice to Both Sexes, in Nervous and Consumptive Complaints: with an Essay on the Scurvy, Leprosy, and Scrofula; also on a Certain Disease, Seminal Weakness, and a Destructive Habit of a Private Nature, to which is added An Address [...] with Observations on The Use and Abuse of Cold Bathing, fifty-third edition, Printed by J. Painter, for the Author, Wrexham [n.d., c. 1810], stipple engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Edward Orme (1775 - 1848) after Thomas Hargreaves (1774 - 1847), full-page architectural elevation: Solomon's Place, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, contemporary speckled calf, gilt lettered red morocco title label, large 16mo; Morley (John), An Essay, On the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders, Commonly called the King's Evil [...], sixteenth edition, James Buckland, London 1777, pp: 89, facsimile frontispiece and repaired loss to half of page 89, later early 19th century buckram boards with contemporaneous ink MS ownership inscription, small 8vo; Anon, A New Collection of Medical Prefcriptions (sic), Distributed into Twelve Classes, And accompanied with Pharmaceutical and Practical Remarks [...], By a Member of the London College of Physicians, R. Baldwin, Jun., London 1791, contemporary mottled dark calf spine, upper cover present but detached, 12mo; Bodington (George), An Essay on the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption, Reprinted, with a Preface by Dr Arthur E. Bodington, Lomax's Successors, Lichfield 1906, original printed boards, 12mo, [4]

Movie original vintage poster style Z, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or how I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes. The 1965 Ken Annakin English airplane aviation adventure comedy ("Written by Jack Davies and Ken Annakin") starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Froebe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Eric Sykes, Terry-Thomas, Red Skelton (billed as "Special Guest Star Red Skelton"), Benny Hill, Sam Wanamaker, Yujiro Ishihara, Flora Robson, Karl Micheal Vogler, Tony Hancock, and James Robertson Justice (as the narrator) Country: USA. Year: 1965. Artist: Ronald Searle. Size (cm): 105.5x68.5. Excellent condition, backed on linen.

Morley (Edith J., editor). Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and Their Writers, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1938, black and white frontispiece, minor toning, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Williams (Harold, editor), The Poems of Jonathan Swift, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1966, uniform original blue cloth in price clipped dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Edel (Leon), Henry James, a biography by Leon Edel, 5 volumes, 1953-72, black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern author biography, literary and poetry reference, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. (3 shelves)

ROBERT MORLEY (BRITISH 1857 - 1941), SPRING IDYLL, PARAKEETS oil on panel, signed 41cm x 30cm Framed Labels verso: Inscribed with title; together with James Bourlett & Sons, Mortimer Street, London label.

Manure.- Beatson (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) A New System of Cultivation, without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, 2 vol. (including supplement), 7 engraved plates, the 3 in supplement folding, foxing to plates, uncut in original boards, spines worn but labels mostly intact, 1820-21 § Bayley (Thomas B.) Thoughts on the Necessity and Advantages of Care and Oeconomy in collecting and preserving different Substances for Manure, later half calf, rubbed, Manchester, 1795 § Ruffin (Edmund) An Essay on Calcareous Manures, foxed, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, Petersburg, Va., 1832 § Dacre (Rev. B.) Testimonies in favour of Salt as a Manure, uncut in original boards, worn, upper cover detached, Manchester, 1825 § Alexander (James) A Dissertation on Quick-Lime, modern boards, Glasgow, 1779 § Morley (John) Cheap & Profitable Manure, &c., third edition, list of subscribers to first and second editions at end, foxing, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, Norwich, Stanhopian Press, 1812 § Essay (An) on the Utility of Soap-Ashes as a Manure, inscribed "from the author" at head of title and also in his hand "Only forty copies printed on this paper", fine paper copy, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (laid down and soiled), 2 leaves near end with small repaired tears, modern cloth, 1812; and 6 others, similar, 4to and 8vo (14)

Morley (John). The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1903, black & white plates, original cloth, rubbed and a little frayed at spine ends, together with Torrens (Torrens McCullagh), The Life and Times of the Right Honourable Sir James R.G. Graham, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1863, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, ex-library with ink stamps to titles, modern cloth, both 8vo, plus Ritchie (J. Ewing), The Life and Times of Viscount Palmerston, 2 volumes, no date, engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary green half calf, heavily rubbed, large 8vo, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound history, biography, plus some paperbacks and Italian history (6 shelves)

Major General Sir John Ponsonby (1866-1952) and other Ponsonby family members, an autograph and letter book, including signatures of George V, Queen Mary, Randolph Churchill, Auguste Rodin, Lord Lonsdale, actors and dancers, John Galsworthy, George Bernard Shaw (2), also including letter from Winston Churchill from 10 Downing Street "Keep Right On To The End Of The Road" to John Ponsonby December 1942, inked envelope from Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Jan C. Smuts, Ramsay MacDonald, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, Rowland T. Baring, Sidney Webb, Lord Willingdon, etc. (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Other than those mentioned there are letters and signatures from such names as Sir Edward Carson the Marquess of Crew, Sir Bertram Mackinnal, Alfred Lyttelton, J W Lowther, Hugh Cecil Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale, a pencil note supposedly from the Empire of Russia, George Grossmith, Prince Christian of Schlewig Holstein, Marshall Joffrie, Lord Birkenhead, John Morley, Edmond Gosse, Viscount Esher, Lady Moyra Cavandish, Lord Bying Of Vimy. There is a note signed Wellington but we are not sure if this is dated 1849 or 1899 and are therefore not sure to which Wellington this refers although this is accompanied by another letter to Lady Bathhurst 1825 that says “Letter from Duke of Wellington” enclosing one from Ramsay Macdonald, Sir James H Jeans, Rowland T Bearing, Evelyn Bearing, Sydney Webb, Sixth Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Harewood, Hugh Cecil, Lady Loch, Lord Willingdon, Philip Jama, Governor of Australia.

*Comedians. A group of mostly vintage gelatin silver print photographs by Richard Levin (1910-2000), c. 1960s and later, subjects include Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Wilfred Bramble, Benny Hill, Sid James, Jimmy Edwards, Robert Morley, Bob Hope, Harry Worth, etc., 50 x 40cm and smaller, some with wetstamps and identifications to versos (25)

AN EARLY NOTTINGHAM OR CRICH SALTGLAZED BROWN STONEWARE LOVING CUP, DATED 1713 finely potted and of compressed bulbous form with flared neck, turned detail and broad handles, inscribed Elizabeth Cockin 1713, 21.5cm h Provenance: In the present local family ownership for many generations and believed to have passed by descent from the original owner. James Morley of 'Ye Pot House in Nottingham', a highly skilled practical potter whose speciality the 'carved' (pierced) mugs feature in his well known trade card, was rivalled only by the wares of his equally significant brother Thomas of Crich, Derbyshire. In the absence of evidence in the affirmative, their wares are usually indistinguishable in form and substance, since the clay used by both was dug from the Crich Pottery field. An extraordinary feature of the present example is that it has quite possibly remained in the same family from the 18th century to the present day. A very similar example, also dated 1713, is inscribed with the name Dorothy Rogers and may relate to one or other child of that name baptised at Mansfield,Nottinghamshire or Barlow, Derbyshire in 1713. It is illustrated, Henstock, Hildyard and Wood, Nottingham Salt-glazed Stoneware 1690-1800, 2010, catalogue No 26. Of the families called Cockayne, Cockyn, Cockeyn(e) and even Coquin, the phonetically spelled Cockin is that most frequently encountered in records of the period. From a search limited to the counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire between 1700 and 1725 it is highly probable that the Elizabeth Cockin whose name appears on this cup may now be positively identified. It seems that it was made as a marriage gift for Elizabeth Henstock of Ashover, Derbyshire, the wife of Henry Cockin whom she married on 2 August 1713 at South Wingfield, a place only four miles from Crich. According to the parish registers of Ashover, 'Elizabeth, wife of Henry Cockeyne', was buried at Ashover in October 1722.++One handle broken and restuck, several ships around the rim, two descending firing cracks glazed over during manufacture, no restoration

Four George III/IV silver wine labels 'Hollands'; Elizabeth Morley, London 1804, 'Sherry'; James Ruell, 1805, 'Port'; Thomas Halford, c.1807 and 'Claret'; maker illstruck, London 1825

  ACTORS: A good selection of mostly vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s etc, by various actors including Robert Speaight, Ralph Richardson, James Fox (2), Felix Aylmer, Kenneth More, Harry Andrews, Robert Morley, Trevor Howerd, Wilfred Lawson, Esme Percy, Emlyn Williams, David Hutchinson, Alfred Drayton (signed to a darker area of the image), Walter Fitzgerald, Peter Haddon, Hartley Power, Richard Dolman (with a two pin holes and a small tear to the upper right corner), Frank Dyall, Jack Buchanan, Clifford Mollison (signed to a printed pen and ink portrait), Thomas Holding, Peter Murray Hill and Martin Walker. Most of the images are signed in fountain pen ink to clear areas of the images, and a few are inscribed. G (1), generally VG to EX, 24  

Ω Asprey, a Victorian coromandel toilet case with silver fittings by James Vickery, London 1854, the case engraved Asprey Manufacturer 166 Bond St ., with an inset brass cypher MCS to the cover, brass edges, stringing and a lock, the blue plush lined interior with a leather lined pocket, removable mirror and two kits inside the cover, fitted with four cut glass bottles, two cylindrical jars, a toothbrush box, two ointment jars, four rectangular boxes, an inkwell and lights box, the front flap fitted with a manicure set and other items, in silver, mother of pearl and steel, some stamped Asprey, others for Sampson Mordan and Morley, two secret drawers beneath, the first fitted for jewellery, two narrow side secret drawers, beneath the lower drawer sits a removable secret compartment with side slides for sovereigns and with two further drawers beneath the narrow ones, 39cm (15 3/8in) wide, in a crocodile leather outer case Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/

A Georgian silver tea strainer, Elizabeth Morley, London 1812, a child's silver rattle, in the form of an acorn, Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd, Chester (date mark worn) and a small late Victorian Guernsey jug, William Greenwood & Sons, Birmingham 1900

A ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE. Named to Samuel Morley Neat, who served as 29616 Pte 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers who was Killed in Action on the 3rd September 1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. With details from the Marquis du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Samuel Morley Frank Neat Pte number 29616 1st battalion the R Welsh Fusiliers. Son of James Frank Neat of Brynmaur, Co Brecon, Clothier, by his wife Elizabeth Margaret. Born Brynmaur aforesaid 24th September 1896 and educated at County School there. (Entrance Scholar) and Bangor Normal College (Entrance Scholar) and subsequently became a School Teacher. Enlisted 14th January 1916 and served with the Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from the 24th June 1916, and was Killed in Action at Ginchy 3rd September following. Buried at Ginchy (unmarried).

JENNINGS (James) Two Thousand Five Hundred Practical Recipes in Family Cookery, London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1837, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, some old staining, recased; PENNELL (H Cholmondeley) Oyster Legislation, Past and Present, London 1868, 8vo, cloth gilt; SMITH (Hugh) Formulae Medicamentorum: or, a Compendium of the Modern Practice of Physic, first edition 1772, 8vo, neat library stamp to title, modern boards, uncut; MORLEY (John) The Twenty-first Edition, revised, of an Essay, on the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders, commonly called the King's Evil. London: James Buckland, 1782, 8vo,  hand coloured frontispiece (trimmed), modern binding (4) 

PENNELL (H Cholmondeley) Oyster Legislation, Past and Present, London 1868, 8vo, original gilt lettered cloth; SMITH (Hugh) Formulae Medicamentorum: or, a Compendium of the Modern Practice of Physic, first edition 1772, 8vo, neat library stamp to title, modern boards, uncut; MORLEY (John) The Twenty-first Edition, revised, of an Essay, on the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders, commonly called the King's Evil, London: James Buckland, 1782, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, frontispiece fore-edge trimmed, name, modern calf-backed marbled boards

Early 19th Century Derby white bisque porcelain half model of a basket of flowers by James Goadsby, 10cm x 14cm approx, the reverse of the enclosed cabinet frame bearing a label for the Rowland Williams Collection (No.253) together with two 19th Century hand written labels, the first 'I purchased this from the artist himself, Goadsby of Derby in 1825, W.B. Ennet, done by Goadsby of the Derby China Works 1825', the second 'I purchased this from Mr William Bennetts Executor, April 10th 1862, John Tempest Morley' Condition: Some restoration to the tip of the main central passion flower - **General condition consistent with age

Two ALS Letters Re The 17th Century Iron Mines at EnniscorthyCo. Wexford Manuscript: Ironworks were established at Enniscorthy in 1661. The first letter, dated 27 September of that year, is written by Bartholomew Hussey to John Morris in London. He has apparently been instructed to "seize on the sow and pigge iron Mr Low claimes for the Lord's rent", and requests specific authorisation to do so, for "without it they will undoubtedly put a baffle upon me".The second and much longer letter, dated 23 August 1669, is written by James Morley, also to John Morris in London. He reports that the Mayor of Wexford has seized iron from the mines in lieu of payment of a debt of £11,000 by Morris, and has refused the writer's offer to go bail for the debt. There is also an enigmatic reference to the tenancy of the manor: "There are very strange Reports how that Mr Stampe & the Lords have agreed … to be Tenant of ye manner of Enniscorthy, but hope it proceeds from noe better ground than other the tales of Stampe & his Creatures, which is their father the devill the author of all their lying & villanyes." As m/ss, w.a.f. These letters provide interesting sidelights on the development of the 17th-century ironworks in Co. Wexford. (2)