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A manuscript book containing m/s pen & ink list of birds to be found in the neighbourhood of Hatton, Middlesex, approx. 86 pages m/s entries of birds, a few with corresponding observations and remarks, ownership signature of Geo. F. Pollock 1839 at front, possibly George Frederick Pollock (1821-1915), barrister and Queen's Remembrancer, 50+ further pages of m/s entries at front on classics/Horace by Pollock "answers to certain questions on Horace bkII Odes -E Libris Georgii Frederici Pollocki alumni scholae regalis Londini...", contemporary cloth, m/s title to front cover "Bird Book 1839"

(Cookery, Medicine), a circa late 18th/early 19th Century manuscript receipt book, 45+ pages of manuscript mainly cookery recipes, plus a few m/s remedies & cures, domestic receipts etc, receipts include almond pussings; apricock marmalade; almond faggots; blacking for shoes; currant jelly; pickled cucumbers; pulled chicken; cinnamon water; calves foot broth; ginger bread; gooseberry wine; Harts horn or calves foot jelly; oyster pie; Surfeit water; Cumberland puding; diet bread; various cakes and puddings, lemonades etc, old vellum binding, approx size 20 x 16cm

A collection of C19th & C20th manuscript diaries, seven of which dated 1903-1919 appear to be the diaries of Lady Constance Baird (1867-1931), member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) a British independent all-female charity which was formed in 1907 originally to provide rapid first aid to injured soldiers by travelling on horseback. In WW1, they drove ambulances and originally the Army wanted nothing to do with them so they supported the Belgians and French. Her four diaries for 1916-1919 with m/s entries re driving to Paris Plage Le Touquet, Etaples, convalescent Hospital Boulogne, entry for Friday February 15 1918 "Fine day, raw cold wind. Godden[?] & I worked on car all the morning - taking down magneto & cleaning it & tuning up plugs. Went to Boulogne at 3,30 & took a girl from Woodside in. Met boat, brought out an M.O. & a V.A.D. for St. Johns also Sister Workman. Car pulling much better but still pretty hard to steer", photographic postcard of female WW1 ambulance driver from Constance Baird loosely inserted in 1916 diary, (presumably image is of Constance Baird), postally used with British Red Cross and Field Censor inkstamps, these 7 diaries each with ownership signatures/inscriptions "Constance Baird"/"Contie Baird" at front, each full or very near full of m/s pen & ink entries, near uniform leather gilt by Houghton & Gunn/Asprey, spines sunned/worn, each approx. 13 x 11cm, plus 2 other diaries similar 1909 & 1911 with ownership sigs. of Norah D. Maude (and with later pencil notes beneath "later Hanbury-Keck 1889-1977 (Dan Dan)", plus other diaries earlier with entries 1864-1894, entries Dorset/New Forest area (11)

(India, Punjab), an album containing 44 circa mid 20th Century photographs of Punjab school miniature paintings, images mainly depicting Sikh Gurus, Punjab rulers & Indian Gods, the album compiled by R.P. Srivastava, scholar and author on Punjab painting, each photo loosely corner mounted to a card leaf of the album, the majority of leaves with Srivastava's manuscript captions/notes beneath each photo, images approx 9x12cm - 9x14cm. A scarce record of Punjab miniature paintings, with many of the original 18th & 19th Century paintings having been lost

A manuscript book of remedies, cures, medicines etc circa 1836-1896, 100+ pages of manuscript entries including accounts entries, some receipts/remedies etc, "Cure for Head-ache, take of spirits of wine one ounce, camphor four drachms, volatile spirit of camphor four drachms, mix and apply to the head, with the hand frequently", "A very nice salve for healing sores & wounds. 2oz of Burgundy pitch. 1oz of good beeswax. 1oz of lard put them in a jar, melt them in an oven, stir them now and then with a stick of lead. Recipe given to us by Mrs Barton August 24th 1876", "1838 1 Jan. Case of Scurvy in the hands [?] 20 years...2nd Jan. Blotches in the face. Mr Joseph[?] Hawley embrocation pills & drink...4th Jan. Scrofula very bad...a boy named Morstyn [?] aged 12 years - brought by his mother... flesh eaten round his neck, shoulder and mouth and left eye - very thin...St Thomas's Hospital six months but got worse - dsimissed July 1836 pronounced incureable. Washed the parts with ---[?] and annointed them with...." etc etc, similar remarks on treatments/medicines for patients with King's Evil, wound on thigh, "woman from Limehouse for husband Rheumatism gave her box of pills" "Tuesday...Woman from workhouse...gave Embn. for piles" "Mrs Riches - lump between the breasts...", plus other receipts including cure for ringworm; mixture for worms; for the Rheumatism; for Hooping Cough; "The way to make Queen Anne's Salve", cure for toothache, " for the relief of bronchial tubes. Jan. 9 1865. Roast a turkey [?] open and put in as much Brimstone as will lay upon a fourpenny piece, and eat it in bed. repeat it a few nights till well. This recipe from an old gent in the railway carriage"; for dislocations and broken bones before setting; for dropsy etc etc, some accounts entries also for clothing, some domestic receipts etc, the m/s book possibly relating/originating from London, mentions of Covent Garden, King's Road, Chelsea, Limehouse, old vellum (worn), printed copper engraved label to front pastedown "Hay, Printer, Stationer & Bookbinder, No. 114 Long Lane, Borough"

A manuscript land enclosure award/survey for Westhall, East Suffolk (nr. Halesworth), c.1812, with 35 well executed manuscript pen, ink and wash maps, each with corresponding m/s records of the land occupiers, and with their respective acreage/area of land divided into columns for arable and pasture land., with a further 21 pages of manuscript list of land occupiers and proprietors at front, each with reference number referring to their numbered plots of land on the manuscript maps, inkstamp "J. Neave Westhall" to blank leaf at front, 4to (25.5 x 21cm), rebound in full crushed dark brown morocco gilt, compass vector design in gilt and inlaid burgundy morocco to front cover, inlaid green, brown and tan morocco gilt map design to lower cover, covers decoratively ruled in gilt, spine with burgundy morocco gilt labels and gilt in compartments, housed in custom made leather backed clamshell boxThe 3 manors in Westhall were Westhall Hall, Empole's and Barrington's. The main manor of Westhall Hall was held by the Crown at the time of King John. The manor was sold in 1589 to Thomas Feltham who sold it in 1613 to Edmund Knevitt who sold it to Edmund Bohun in 1622. It remained in the Bohun family until the early 1800s when it was purchased by Alexander Adair (1743-1834) of Flixton Hall. Bacon's manor was conveyed to the Bohun's in 1563 and followed the course of the main manor, which absorbed the other manors.Alexander Adair inherited the Flixton Hall estate from his uncle in 1783, and at his death bequeathed it to his distant kinsman, (Hugh) William Adair (1754-1844).He died 17 March 1834, aged about 91, and is commemorated by a memorial in St. James' church, Piccadilly, London. Will proved 11 April 1834 (estate under £700,000); his fortune was left mainly to members of the Baring and Roe families and only the Flixton estate passed to his Adair kinsman.

(Cookery, Medicine), a circa 18th Century manuscript receipt book, 120+ pages of manuscript cookery recipes and medical cures/remedies, entries include "To make a Syrrup for a MC consumption. Take a pint of ye best live hony, and a pint of coltfoot water, & a pint of unset hyssop water, & put it into a cleane earthen pipkin, & put into it 2 ounces of hearts horne, a handfull of Rue shred small a penyworth of liquorish sliced thin: Put all these into a pipkin, & set it over a soft fire & let it simber 8 houres till ye halfe be consumed then take it off, & straine it, then wipe ye pipkin cleane & put it in againe, then put in 4 ounces of sugarcandy, then let it simper till ye sugarcandy is consumed, then take it & let it stand, & coole & put it into a glasse & keepe it close stopt, and let ye partie take a spoonfull of it first in the morning & last at night or at any other time when ye cough takes him"; "Herbes for Plague water"; "An oyle for shrinking of vains or sinnewes"; "To make Snaile water"; "For A dyet drink"; "to Make Bisket"; "to make syrup of Groundivey"; "For the Green Sickness"; plus numerous others Aqua Mirabilis, sausages, scurvy, liver puddings, syrup of marshmallow, pease pottage, preserved walnuts, cakes, wines, mackaroones, chicken pie, surfitt water, eel, cod, carp, sore throat, pickled hams, etc etc, one recipt dated Sept. 8 1700, inscription at front "CCO in Southwell near Newarke upon Trent in Notingham Sheare", and at back "Mrs Brummell Huntingdon", old calf very worn, lacks backstrip, metal clasps, approx size 15 x 9.5cm

Nine palm leaf manuscripts19th - early 20th centuryComprising: a Tamil manuscripts bounded between wood boards, 39.5cm long; two etched palm leaf paintings from Odisha (Orissa), Eastern India, 57cm and 60.7cm long; two manuscripts with English translations, the unbounded 28.5cm long, the other 21cm long; an illustrated manuscript in Odia bounded between wood boards, 28cm long; three Burmese manuscripts bounded with wood boards, 48.3cm, 50cm, and 51cm long, (9) (VAT Charged on Hammer Price).十九 - 二十世紀早期 棕櫚葉手稿及桌琢刻畫九件

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Gilt framed Urdu text manuscript, with watercolour portrait vignette of a noble and companion, 23cm x 17cm

A manuscript copy book circa 1830 and a scrap album.

Englische Taschensonnenuhr mit Manuskript-Kompaß, um 1760Messing, Stundenring mit römischen Ziffern, handkolorierter Kompaß unter Glas, mit Windrose, aufstellbarer Gnomon, Ø 8,3 cm, mit Deckel. Start Price: EUR 220 Zustand: (2-3/2)English Pocket Manuscript Compass Sundial, c. 1760Brass, hour ring with Roman numerals, hand-colored compass under glass with compass rose, adjustable gnomon, Ø 3 ¾ in., with lid. Start Price: EUR 220 Condition: (2-3/2)

Fulham F.C. programmes - twenty-seven home matches 1949/50 - 1957/58; and two photocopies of memorabilia itemsCondition Report:Condition is consistent with age and use with the usual rusting of staples and about half with manuscript team changes.Some with traces of vertical pocket folding.

A late 19th century illuminated Koran manuscript page painted in colours and gold, framed & glazed, 13 by 17.5cms.

Middle East.- Administration Report of the Department of Agriculture in Mesopotamia, 2 vol., previous owner's ink name-stamp inside covers, evenly browned, original paper wrappers, vol. 2 with ink name-stamp to upper cover, staple binding, faint rust marks, lightly sunned at edges, small split to spine heads but holding firm, Baghdad, 1920-21 § Port Directorate, Basrah. Administration Report of the Port of Basrah and of the Bar Dredging Scheme ..., folding tables, additional table loosely inserted with manuscript notes to verso, previous owner's ink name-stamp inside covers, original cloth-backed boards, small abrasion mark to upper cover, lightly soiled, Basrah, 1940; folio (3).

[Head (Richard) and Francis Kirkman]. The English rogue continued in the life of Meriton Latroon and other extravagants. Comprehending the most eminent Cheats of Both Sexes, the Third [& Fourth] part, 4 engraved plates to each part, both titles with date corrected to 1680 in ink manuscript, title of third part with contemporary ink ownership inscription, third part trimmed at head, a couple times shaving headline, a few instances of early ink correction or marginalia, B1 with printing flaw and short tear repaired, with loss to a couple letters and catchword, B2 chipped at upper corner, with loss to pagination, E1 with small hole within text, the odd short marginal tear, a couple times running into text but without loss, some browning and light foxing, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, corners worn, endpapers renewed, small 8vo, for Francis Kirkman, and are to be sold at his shop over against the Custom[e]-House, in Thames-Street, 1671; sold not subject to return. ⁂ A popular work, published in parts from 1665. This copy appears to be an amalgam, with the titles of the first edition of the Third and Fourth parts, published in 1671, but with the text seemingly supplied from a later edition.

Louisiana slavery.- Bill of sale and mortgage of "the slaves Nealer a woman aged twenty-three years and her daughter Esther aged two years both yellow color...", for $1000, sold at public auction, manuscript, 3pp., tear starting along fold, folio, Parish of St Helena, Louisiana, 15th April 1848.

Powys (Theodore Francis, novelist and short story writer, 1875-1953) The painted waggon, autograph manuscript signed, 10pp., browned, unbound, 4to, East Chaldon, Dorchester, n.d. [1925].⁂ Featuring an unhappy lover who hangs himself from a tree.

Rye House Plot.- [Sprat (Thomas)] A True Account and Declaration of The Horrid Conspiracy Against the Late King, His Present Majesty, and the Government, second edition, initial imprimatur f., with 19th century ink ownership inscription of Mark Kennaway, ?his engraved bookplate and bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley to verso, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Joh: Newell to title and rear pastedown, bound with Copies of the Informations and Original Papers Relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy, folding engraved plan, with short tear but no loss, together 2 works in 1 vol., later manuscript copy of contemporary printed accounts of conspirators to front and rear endpapers, some light damp-staining at end, upper hinge weak, contemporary calf, worn at corners, joints split but holding, endpapers renewed, [Wing S5067 & S5029], folio, In the Savoy, Thomas Newcomb, 1685.⁂ The Rye House plot was a conspiracy to kill King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, as they passed through Hertfordshire on the way back to London from the races at Newmarket. While the collation of this copy does not conform to the ESTC, with the second work without leaf 2D2, it appears textually complete. The endpapers contain manuscript copies of speeches given by conspirators Lord Russel, Thomas Walcot, William Hone and John Rouse.

NO RESERVE Defoe and Swift.- [Swift (Jonathan)] The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War, sixth edition, corrected, 96pp., manuscript annotations in pencil, marginal tears to F2 and D8, not affecting text, pages toned, residue of binding to spine, 1712 § A Letter to the Examiner, Suggesting Proper Heads, For Vindication his Masters, [4],31,[1]pp., repairs to half-title, title and D4, affecting text, page hole to D3, some spotting, residue of binding to spine, 1714 § A Review of the State of the English Nation, vol. III, numb. 100, 401-404pp., pages toned, some offset, 1706, with 3 others relating to the "Secret History of the White Staff", 8vo (6)⁂ The Conduct of the Allies: ESTC T27320; A Letter to the Examiner: ESTC T38260; A Review of the State: ESTC P2422

NO RESERVE Art.- The Book of Kells. Reproductions from the manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, 126 colour plates, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, spine lightly sunned, cloth slip case with mounted colour illustration, a few small tears at edges, 1974 § Thompson (Hunter S.) and Steadman (Ralph) The Curse of Lono, colour illustrations, original printed boards, dust-jacket, a little soiled, lightly bumped at edges, 2005 § Kent (Sarah) et al. Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade, colour illustrations, original pattered cloth, dust-jacket, 1999; and c.95 others art reference, v.s. (c.100)

Scotland.- [Wright, (William)] The Comical History of the Marriage-Union Betwixt Fergusia and Heptarchus, reprint, 32pp., some browning to leaves, a few small page holes, extremities slightly rubbed, 1706 § [Setton (William, Sir)] The Interest of Scotland in Three Essays, second edition, 120pp. (A1-A3, 1-114pp.), title stained at upper left corner, with page holes at upper right corner, lacking A4, pages toned, lacking cover, binding residue to spine, 1702 § [Leslie (Charles)] Gallienus Redivivus or, Murther Will Out&c. Being a true Account of the De-Witting of Glencoe, Gaffney, &c., 26pp. (20, 9-16pp.), cover rubbed, final leaf supplied in manuscript, pages toned, tear to lower edge A1-B1, not affecting text, some spotting to back cover, Edinburgh, 1695, and 3 other early eighteenth-century pamphlets relating to Scotland, v.s. (6)

Sinking of the Lusitania.- R.M.S. "Lusitania" from New York, May 1st 1915. Record of Passengers & Crew, final section (16pp.) with profuse ink markings, under-linings, crossings-out and several annotations, original printed cloth, ink inscription to upper cover "Office File Copy", Liverpool, 1916 § Q.S.T.S. "Queen Mary" Description of Machinery Installation, original cloth with gilt Cunard White Star logo to upper cover, minor soling to upper cover, spine ends bumped, [c.1934], 8vo (2)⁂ First mentioned, this copy appears to have been in use in the Office of the Cunard Company in Liverpool in the wake of the sinking of the Lusitania (May 7th 1915), and to have been used by a staff member. The title of the final annotated section, Unidentified Remains, has been scored through, with a manuscript inscription added, "Lusitania Disaster May 7th 1915. List of Articles still unclaimed in Company's safe - Dec. 1916". The following pages are covered in ink lines and deletions, presumably keeping track of what had and had not been claimed from the company safe during the course of that year. II. This copy with out number or name of owner (both blank).

Roxburghe Club.- Skelton (R. A.) and John Summerson. A Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the Collection made by William Cecil First Baron Burghley, portrait frontispiece and 24 plates, many double-page, some colour, original morocco-backed cloth, covers rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, Oxford, The Roxburghe Club, 1971; Skottowe (Thomas) Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals &c. &c. of New South Wales, 2 vol. (including commentary), one of 550 copies, this copy numbered 0/5 "with the publisher's compliments", manuscript facsimile, folded prospectus and order form loosely inserted, original cloth, slipcase, David Ell Press & Hodern House, 1988, folio & elephant folio (3)

NO RESERVE Slavery in Barbados.- Indenture, Richard F Clarke sale of a slave to Eleanor Marshall "to have ad to hold the said Slave named Susanna with her issue...", manuscript, 3pp., small tears in central folds, slightly browned, folio, 4th November 1823.⁂ Although the slave trade was abolished in British territories in 1807, the emancipation of slaves did not occur until 1833.

Shakespeare (William) Hamlet, 1 leaf, pp. 71-72, ink mark obscuring a few words, indistinct watermark; The Merchant of Venice, 1 leaf, pp.165-166; Romeo and Juliet, 1 leaf, pp. 311-312, watermark of Strasbourg Lily, together 3 leaves from the Fourth Folio, browned, edges chipped with small loss not affecting texts, disbound, folio, [1685]; and 2 other manuscript pieces, v.s., v.d. (5).

Slavery.- Receipt from William Graham to M.L. Grace for fourteen and a half dollars for the "Hire of Negroe Billey wich money is for the use of Grace Stone to whom said Negroe belongs", manuscript, 1p., folds, slightly browned, 170 x 170mm., 1st November 1803; and 8 other documents relating to slavery, v.s., v.d. (9).

Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company.- Indenture, Francis Baring sale of shares to Louis Lucas, printed document with manuscript insertions, signatures of Baring, Lucas and Robert Shedden Scrimgeour, blind-stamp to top edge, fold-lines, c.1830; and 4 other Indentures, all signed by Francis Baring, 365 x 270 mm (5)⁂ Alliance was formed by Sir Moses Montefiore and Nathan Mayer Rothschild in 1824. Joining them as founding shareholders were the prominent Quaker Samuel Gurney, and the financiers John Irving and Francis Baring.

Turkey.- Barker (William Burckhardt) A Reading Book on the Turkish Language, with a Grammar and Vocabulary, first edition, ex-library with shelfmark to title verso, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, 1pp. manuscript notes loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1854; A Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language, ex-library with ink-stamp to title and shelfmark to title verso, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, a little rubbed, 1854 § Arnold (Edwin) A Simple Transliteral Grammar of the Turkish Language, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1891; v.s. (3).

Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, fourth edition, partially printed in triple column and black letter, lacking portrait frontispiece but with woodcut title, folding plate loosely inserted, with a few repaired tears (minor loss) and silked at fore-edge, first few leaves a little chipped and frayed at edges, just within woodcut border of title, title with contemporary ink inscription to head, the odd marginal chip or short tear, with loss to a few letters of 3Z5, light browning and the odd stain, early ink inscriptions to front and rear endpapers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, title in early ink manuscript to fore-edge, [STC 15787], folio Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] I[ohn] H[aviland] and R[obert] Y[oung], 1639.

Atomic Bomb.- Smyth (H. D.) Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, some manuscript annotations in pencil to final page, rusting to staples, original printed wrappers, rust-stain, ink manuscript signature and wrapper peeling at lower right corner, wrappers toned and rubbed at extremities, corners frayed, spine peeling, 8vo, 1945.

Bible, English.- The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament, 2 parts in 1, double column, general title within historiated woodcut borders, laid down to sheet, small defect at fore-edge with very small loss to border, New Testament title with woodcut printer's device to title and head-piece, defect at inner margin with loss of some lines of text, early manuscript inscriptions to title verso, several woodcut maps, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, without initial leaf before title(¶1) and final blank (¶¶4) as in Herbert, lacking 3ff. (2Z2, 2*5-6), several ff. with defects with loss of text (N2, O4, Q4, 2Z1 [major loss], 3A3, 3H3), multiple ff. with small marginal defects, closed tears, or paper repairs (affecting letters, or with minor losses), [Herbert 262], Robert Barker, 1601 bound with The Revelation of Saint John the Apostle, [Herbert 261, as called for in 262], Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1600, together 3 parts in 1, trimming at top edge, scattered spotting and minor instances of soiling throughout, later panelled calf, lower cover detached, upper joint cracked, covers scuffed, 4to.

Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog), toning and ink ownership inscription to half-title, some spotting to edges, hinges weakening, original cloth, slightly bumped at extremities, spine sunned, Bristol, 1889 § Grossmith (George and Weedon) The Diary of a Nobody, bookplate, half-title, with manuscript inscription in pencil, original cloth, slightly bumped at extremities, lower joint splitting, Bristol and London, [1892] § Trollope (T. Adolphus) A Summer in Western France, 2 vol., coloured frontispieces, plates, and title vignettes, all heavily foxed, sticker to front pastedowns, edges gilt, original calf, with "Brentford Collegiate School" stamp to upper covers, spines gilt and rubbed, extremities lightly bumped, 1841, first editions, first two with illustrations, and 2 other first editions by Trollope, 8vo (6)

Virginian slavery.- Drury Mays for the sum of four hundred dollars has bargained and sold to Robert Stephen "a certain negro woman named Presila about Twenty two years of age", manuscript, 1p., folds, browned, 270 x 190mm., 5th January 1825.

Roxburghe Club.- Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Thérèse A Fragment, edited by Desmond Flower, prospectus and order form loosely inserted, 1981 § Nixon (Howard M.) The Gardyners Passetaunce [c.1512], slight toning to endpapers, 1985 § Brennan (Michael G., editor) Lady Mary Wroth's Love's Victory The Penshurst Manuscript, prospectus loosely inserted, 1988, plates or illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., Roxburghe Club; and other publications by the same, v.s. (8)

Alabama slavery.- Guardian Alexander Trotter's report to court of Washington County Alabama of annual income to heir James N. Thompson a minor, from "the hire of the negroes" in 1847, manuscript, 1p., folds, slightly browned, 245 x 195mm., 30th January 1847.⁂ It is reported, "Boy Lemuel indisposed and not hired. The small negroes are kept at home at no charge."

Mississippi slavery.- Complainant Sinclair D Gervais against Elbert G Head and Samuel A Davis defendants offer numerous slaves as mortgage against the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, court document, manuscript, 2pp., folds, browned, folio, 1821.⁂ List of slaves, including: Old Quoco, Sally, Phillis, Celia "and the following children", Sally, Harry, Simon, Jack.

Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company.- Indenture, Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild sale of shares to Colonel William Bailey, printed document with manuscript insertions, signed by both Rothschild and Bailey, printed in red and black, foldlines, 350 x 260 mm, 15 March, 1826.⁂ Alliance was formed by Sir Moses Montefiore and Nathan Mayer Rothschild in 1824. Joining them as founding shareholders were the prominent Quaker Smauel Gurney, and the financiers John Irving and Francis Baring.

Slavery emancipation.- Smith (Nathaniel) Promise to emancipate his newly purchased slave Nicholas after he has completed six years of service, D.s. "Nathaniel Smith" & "Joseph Jackson", manuscript, 1¼pp., folds, browned, folio, 22nd July 1805.

NO RESERVE Yates (Dornford) The Courts of Idleness, some light spotting, manuscript ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, original cloth, lightly bumped at extremities, dust-jacket, worn at extremities and along spine, with some tape repairs to reverse, 1929, and c.64 others by Yates, many first editions, and many with dust-jackets, 8vo (c.65)

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Webb (Rev. T.W.) Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, illustrations, endpapers with advertisements to pastedowns, pages lightly toned, first few pages working loose, small hole to half-title, lacking frontispiece, some light foxing to first few pages, original cloth, upper cover working loose, spine working loose, with manuscript label reading "Webb Celestial" pasted below gilt title, edges toned, 8vo, 1859.

Shaw (Bernard) The Complete Plays, manuscript lending sheet pasted to front free endpaper, pages slightly toned, some loss of cloth to foot of spine, 1931 § Harris (Frank) Elder Conklin and Other Stories, title with armorial device printed in red and black, inscribed by the author in ink on half title, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, edges dust stained, 1895 § Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince, Tauchnitz Edition, original wrappers, lightly spotted and rubbed, edges uncut, Leipzig, 1909, first two first editions in original cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities, and c.70 others, mainly first editions, by mainly Irish authors, 8vo (c.75)

NO RESERVE Playbill.- Playbill for The Stranger at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, trimmed close at head (not affecting text), small number in ink manuscript to fore-margin, light toning, slight central fold, a few tiny nicks to extremities, tipped-in to card window mount, 325 x 200mm., May 1819; and c.15 other 19th century playbills, several for the Princess's Theatre Oxford Street, v.s. (c.15)

Russian Polyglot Dictionary.- [Poletika (G.)] Slovarʹ na shesti yazykakh, "A Vocabulary in Six Languages", drop-head titles in other languages to pp.2-3, text in Russian, Greek, Latin, French, German and English, previous owner's ink signature to title, with manuscript notes to front free endpaper verso and early blank, one or two marginal ink corrections, spotting and occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, gilt, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, [St Petersburg], 1763.

Three interesting framed illuminated manuscript pages, within double glazed frames, one with a title to the mount 'Book of Hours, French circa 1470', largest including frame 8.75" x 11.5" (3)

EDWARD WALKER "Historical Discourses Upon Several Occasions" 1705, early leather binding worn and missing portrait plate, but with additional manuscript notes; together with "New Zealand Forest Inhabiting Birds" and G. Guy "History of Roche Rocks" 1881

EARLY 19th CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, attributed to James Green, oil on canvas laid on board "Portrait of Girl holding bowl of fruit", manuscript label on reverse, 40cm x 31cm

A cased set of late-Victorian & Edwardian specimen slides with manuscript labels, including 'Gizzards of 2 Fleas', 'Muscular fibre of Locust', 'Head of Daddy Long Legs', 'Foot of Staphylinus, 1874', 'Parasite of House Fly, Wolverhampton 1914', various samples of Quartzite taken at Rosehearty, and other samples arranged in 12 slides and housed in wooden case measuring 21 x 11 x 9cm

Phrenology. A manuscript report by Professor Hatfield, Graduate of the American Institute of Phrenology, dated October 1925, being the Synopsis & Analysis of the Mental Qualities of a Miss Mary Craven, 28pp., illustrated blue paper covers

Slavery. Manuscript indenture on laid paper, Jamaica, 13 February 1805, concerning "a negroe Slave named Frank". Made between William Peacan (merchant), John Nicolson, esq., Stephen Denton (butcher), James Miles (butcher, deceased), all of Kingston, and Joseph Piercey (a "gentleman"). The document states, "It shall and may be lawful to and for the said Joseph Piercey his Heirs and assigns at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly to have hold and enjoy the said negroe slave herein before named and hereby bargained and sold as aforesaid and to receive and take the Rent civic labour profits and services of the said slave to his or their own use and benefit without any lawful let suit trouble denial Hindrance molestation or Interruption whatsoever". Signed with wax seals, one sheet of laid paper, 52.5cm by 76cm, worn and in parts, as found

Eight pages of a 'Book of Hours', September and October, devotional pages. Probably the 16th/17th century. A collection of 8 pages, a handwritten manuscript of a 'Book of Hours', devotion to saints and with September and December. The two pages in the dark blue and red paper cover are written on parchment paper. The others are double-sided and written on paper. Images of Saint Sebastian, Madonna with Child, Saint Christopher, Catharina of Alexandrië. Page rims with other miniature images of 'The Veil of Veronica, Adam and Eve', Angels and other mythological figurines. Dimensions: (W: 15 x H: 22 cm)

AUTOGRAPH. A photograph of violinist Dr Adolph Brodsky signed, dedicated and dated 1903, framed with a manuscript musical note of related interest in a shaped oak section, overall 41.5cm x 34cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Royal Air Force WW2 group of six medals comprising 1939/1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal and War Medal with photograph and associated badges, documents and ephemera including service and release book, photographs and souvenirs of Tripoli, all for K J C Ferguson and a typed manuscript relating to 108RSU

Elphinstone (Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, contemporary manuscript inscription (possibly in Elphinstone's hand) in brown ink to head of title ‘Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India’, errata leaf, large folding engraved map of the Kingdom of Caubul, with contemporary outline colouring (folds neatly strengthened with brown paper to verso), one smaller engraved map with outline colouring, and 14 aquatint plates, all but one hand-coloured, four-page publisher’s catalogue at end, occasional minor spotting, leaves untrimmed throughout, 20th-century half morocco gilt over cloth boards, edges lightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 504; Tooley 209; Yakushi E63.Provenance: The Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the government's interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858. It was abolished by the Government of India Act 1858 and replaced by the India Office.Elphinstone's account of his mission to the Court of Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, King of Kabul, containing the first full description of Afghanistan and its people. Elphinstone was appointed British ambassador to the Afghan court in 1808.

Francklin (William). Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia in the years 1786-7. With a short account of the remains of the celebrated Palace of Persepolis, and other interesting events, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1790, a little light spotting, some pencil underlining and annotations (a few in red pencil), hinges reinforced, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, two corners repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Ferrier (J.P.) Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan; with historical notices of the countries lying between Russia and India... translated from the original unpublished manuscript by Capt. William Jesse, edited by H.D. Seymour, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1857, folding map (slight fraying at fore edge) and 3 plates, small ink stamp to final leaf, light stains at gutter of frontispiece and title, moder calf-backed boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Ghani 138 (Francklin). The first London edition, following the Calcutta edition of 1788.

Maurice (Thomas). The History of Hindostan; its Arts, and its Sciences, as connected with the history of the other great empires of Asia, during the most ancient periods of the world. With numerous illustrative engravings. By the author of Indian Antiquities, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, 1795 & 1798, and The Modern History of Hindostan, comprehending that of the Greek Empire of Bactria, and other great Asiatic Kingdoms, bordering on its western frontier, commencing at the period of the death of Alexander, and intended to be brought down to the close of the eighteenth century, 4 parts in two volumes, London: printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co.,1802 &1803 (with final part The History of India and of the East-India Company, dated 1809), together four volumes, 19 engraved plates, folding hand-coloured engraved map (A Map of Hindostan according to its modern divisions) at front of third volume, spotting to some preliminary leaves, and plates, ink ownership signature to head of title of first volume and to front pastedown of second volume of E. B. Greenly [Elizabeth Brown Greenly], dated 1798 and 1799 respectively, 19th century bookplate of E.H. Greenly to front endpaper of each volume, autograph letter signed by the author Thomas Maurice to Miss Greenly, dated 5th July 1798, pasted to front pastedown of first volume, contemporary uniform half calf with vellum outer tips, contrasting red and black morocco labels to spines, joints to first volume cracked, rubbed, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Elizabeth Brown Greenly (1771-1839), later Lady Elizabeth Coffin-Greenly, patron and artist, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, on the 27th November, 1771, the only child of William Greenly and his wife Elizabeth (née Brown). William Greenly was said to have been 'an excellent scholar and antiquary, and a man of great goodness of heart and simple manners'. Elizabeth, or Eliza as she was known, married Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, a man more than ten years her senior, and an erratic seafarer who suffered from gout. Eliza was said to have 'some eccentric habits' and after the first year of marriage he went to visit friends and stayed away for seven years. Eliza formed a significant library at Titley Court, which was sold in these rooms in 2016. Cox I, 306. - Lowndes II, 1520. Thomas Maurice, Anglican clergyman and Orientalist, "was one of the first to popularize Eastern history and religions." (Cox I, 305)With single-page manuscript letter signed by Thomas Maurice to Elizabeth Greenly, dated 19 Princes Street, Cavendish Square [London], 5th July 1798, thanking her for her subscription to his History of India. 'I have this day sent to Messrs Shephard & Addlington my first volume, hot-pressed, and with the best plates I could select. I have taken the liberty to add to it, ... my Elegy on my great and lamented friend, Sir William Jones, and The Crisis, a poem which I have just published.'A further Supplement to the Modern History of Hindostan was published in 1810, entitled Supplement to The Modern History of India : bringing that history down to the year of our Lord 1788, when the imperial Mogul dynasty, by the blinding and dethronement of Shah Aulum, virtually became extinct.

Estate Plans. Fowler (William), Plans of the Estates in the Counties of Stafford and Worcester formerly belonging to John Gough Esqre. Made in the Year 1832 by William Fowler and now the Property of The Hon. Frederick Gough, including Lands Recently purchased, 1847, calligraphic manuscript title and arrangement of plans, 17 (only of 27 in index) single and double page manuscript plans, each with page(s) of reference notes, reference note 1 detached, slight dust soiling, occasional slight staining, a few plans toned overall, upper hinge weak, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate of Baron Gough Calthorpe, Elvetham, Winchfield, Hampshire, contemporary morocco with ornate gilt inlays and gilt title to the upper siding, worn and rubbed, folio QTY: (1)

Pye (Charles). A Description of Modern Birmingham; whereunto are annexed, Observations made during an Excursion round the Town in the Summer of 1818, including Warwick and Leamington, Birmingham & London: J. Lowe; J.M. Richardson, [1820], folding engraved map frontispiece with short closed tear to fold at margin, light toning, bookplate of John L. Marks to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, original boards with printed title label to upper board, manuscript title to spine, joints and head & foot of spine worn, 12mo in 6s, together with: Allom (Thomas, illustrated), The Counties of Chester, Leicester, Rutland, & Lincoln, Illustrated, London & Paris: Fisher, Son & Co., 1837, engraved title, 72 engraved illustrations on 36 plates, tissue guards, descriptive text in French, all edges gilt, original navy sheep-backed cloth, gilt decorated spine, upper joint split at foot, few marks to covers, 4to,Cattermole (George), The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall, London: Bemrose and Lothian; Derby: Bemrose and Sons, 1867, additional tinted lithograph title, 20 lithograph plates (one tinted), original sheep-backed pictorial boards, extremities rubbed, slim 4to, plus five other Birmingham and Warwickshire related, including two directories, including Hulley's Birmingham Directory, 1872-73, plus a hand-coloured proof aquatint view of the 'Lane at Edgbaston near Birm.', by R. Reeve after D. Cox, London: S. & J. Fuller, 1813, 20 x 28.5 cm, framed and glazedQTY: (9)

Paper - Handmade. A folio volume of blank handmade laid paper, early 18th-century, volume containing 178 blank leaves including free endpapers (with Strasburg lily - fleur de lis watermark with initials LVG and IV, similar to Churchill 406 and Heawood 1817), bound with initial 6 leaves and final 2 leaves with manuscript accounts titled "Ambrose Nickson. To the Estate of Mrs Isabella Drake in Cheshire Rentts due £'l day 1735" and "An account of moneys received by George Dickinson for the Rents and Profitts of the Estate of Mrs Isabella Drake lying in Croft Marsh in the County of Lincoln for one year ending at Lady day 1735", short worm trail to fore-margin of final 4 blank leaves and 2 manuscript leaves at rear of volume, contemporary vellum with manuscript to upper cover "Book of my Joynture in Cheshire & Lincolnshire 1735", folio (leaf size 35.7 x 23.2 cm), together with:Paper - Handmade, A folio volume of handmade laid paper, early 19th-century, volume containing 142 leaves with red-ruled column lines to left and right sides of each page (bearing watermark W. Elgar 1805), evidence of removal of few leaves at front of volume, marbled endpapers, contemporary blind-decorated reversed calf, light wear, folio (leaf size 37.2 x 24 cm)QTY: (2)

* Illuminated leaf. An illuminated manuscript leaf from a Horae or Book of Hours, France, circa 1450, vellum leaf with 14 lines of Latin text written to both sides in brown ink, 14 lines to each side, with a total of seven illuminated initials (four in gold, three in blue and orange/red), window mounted, leaf size 12 x 8.5 cmQTY: (1)