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GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY: 1891-1920 MINT, UNUSED OR USED SELECTION, 1892 2d MINT OPT SPECIMEN IN VIOLET AND RED MANUSCRIPT, USED WITH CANCELLATIONS, 1902 COVER TO PORTRUSH BEARING 1d AND 2d GREEN CANCELLED CARLISLE AND TIED PORTRUSH CDs (27 + COVER)

GLASGOW, BARRHEAD AND KILMARNOCH JOINT RAILWAY: 1891-1920 MINT AND USED SELECTION INCLUDING 1900 2d SHEET OF TWELVE MINT, UNLISTED '4' IN MANUSCRIPT ON 3d MINT ETC., ALSO 1900 IMPERF PROOF (?) TETE-BECHE SHEET OF 24 MINT (FAULTS), ETC. (48)

THE HIGHLAND RAILWAY: c1917 (?) RED PARCEL STAMP "ISSUED AT INVERNESS" 25 VALUES TO £5 OG WITH DIAGONAL 'SPECIMEN' IN MANUSCRIPT (25)

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY: c1916 GREEN PARCEL PAID STAMP, 25 VALUES TO £5 ALL OG WITH MANUSCRIPT 'CANCELLED' IN RED INK. SCARCE (25)

BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY: 1891-1920 SELECTION INCLUDING PROOFS WITH DIAGONAL INK LINE (5), 1920 3d MANUSCRIPT (6 INCLUDING A BLOCK OF FOUR), 1920 4d STENCIL, ETC. (25)

BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY: 1920 "WILSON" ENVELOPE BEARING 3d IN MANUSCRIPT ON 2d CANCELLED RHIWDERIN TWICE IN VIOLET AND 1½d TIED MERTHYR CDS

CLOGHER VALLEY TRAMWAY COMPANY: 1891-1920 MINT OR UNUSED SELECTION INCLUDING 1898 2d, THREE BLOCKS OF FOUR, 1920 3d MANUSCRIPT SURCHARGE (3) ETC (26)

Antiquarian manuscript. Two volumes titled: Noctes Dukinfeldianae. Dated 1828 & 1830. They appear to be a written record of meetings of a club/society based in and around the Dukinfield area of Tameside, Greater Manchester. The contents appear to be of a literary/philosophical nature. The 1828 volume is almost full, the 1830 volume has approx. 40 leaves completed. Contemporary leather gilt bindings, spines perished, boards detached. (2)

ROBAGLIA D. J.  Corsica - Napoleonic interest. A manuscript letter in the hand of an amanuensis but signed by Robaglia, an Ajaccio teenager, to his countryman the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte requesting admission as an artillery student. N.d. Ex Bibliotheca Lindesiana with their stamp.

Documents & Ephemera - Blackburn - Lancashire & Australia.  Deed box of old legal documents & papers, correspondence, accounts, etc. relating to William Dewhurst Hardie, late of Northcote, Melbourne, Australia, who died 13 Feb. 1918. Also Mrs E. Hardie. Original will of Edmund Dewhurst of Pleasington, 1853. Trustee papers, bank books, etc. for H. & K. Dewhurst & W. D. Hardie. A very large detailed 2" thick trustee ledger, 211 pages of manuscript entries 1889-1930.

CHARLTON WILLIAM, of Humshaugh.  Calligraphic manuscript Day Book & Ledger for Financial Transactions followed by "Mensuration of Solids" in the same hand with detailed Rules, Problems & Examples. Folio. Leather backed marbled brds. 1833; also another vol. containing manuscript "Algebra Definitions", Records of Account, Estate Records including details of Rentals of Swinburn Estate, 1830, Bavington Estate, 1835, Carrycoats Estate, 1774-1844, various commonplace notes, etc.; & a manuscript notebook containing recipes by Ann Sisson, 1859.  (3).

MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S JOURNAL.  A Journal of the Proceedings on Board the Barque Ceylon, Kept by Alfred Lambden of Coningsby, Lincolnshire, 1848/9. Approx. 100pp closely written in ink manuscript commencing with names of the crew (George Pringle, Commander, the author is recorded as a Seaman). Records in detail the ship's voyages from February 1848 to June 1849, commencing from Newcastle towards Aden, then Aden towards Colombo (taking on cotton & plumbago) & thence Colombo towards London. A very detailed record of these voyages & will repay further study. Large quarto in brds. & mod solander box.

Augustinus (Aurelius, Saint) Nonus Tomus Operum ... Hipponensis episcopi, continens illus tractatus ..., [title] a²-a⁶. b-z⁶. A-Z⁶. Aa-Dd⁶, ?lacking leaf after title, Basel, Officina Forbeniana, 1542, bound before, In Omnia, A⁶-X⁶. Y⁴. Z⁵, Basel, 1543, together 2 vol. bound as 1, ex-library with ink-stamps to title, lacking free endpapers, previous owner's ink inscription to head of Preface, worming affecting text throughout, occasional spotting and staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, worming, remnants of metal clasps, broken joints but holding firm, loss to upper cover, title in manuscript on paper label to spine, rubbed and worn, folio.

NO RESERVE Eusebius (Pamphilius, of Caesarea) Eusebii Pamphili Cæsareæ Pamphili Cæsareæ Palæstinæ Episcopi Præparatio Evangelica, Editio Nova, half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, text in Greek and Latin, previous owner's ink inscription to title head, lacking g6 (?blank) as usual, tender edges, spotting and staining, ex-library with bookplates, contemporary parchment covered boards, rebacked in vellum, shelf-mark in manuscript to spine foot, remnants of leather label, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed and worn, folio, Cologne, Mauritii Georgii Weidmanni, 1688.

NO RESERVE 18th century Literary.- Observations on Reading, vol. II only, manuscript, title and 150pp. & 2pp. of index, browned, original panelled morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1720-22.⁂ Extracts from Addison in The Spectator and John Norris's Theory of Love.

Tobacco duty.- Walpole (Robert, first Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 1676-1745) [A Letter from a Member of Parliament to His Friends in the Country, Concerning the Duties on Wine and Tobacco], autograph manuscript draft, part only, 7pp. (20, 21, and 29-33 (note to verso of p.31), a few corrections and additions, left hand margins slightly ragged where removed from binding, browned, folds, sm. 4to, [1733].⁂ 'The parliamentary session of 1733 witnessed the most serious crisis for the Walpole administration until his fall in 1741-2 in the defeat of the Tobacco Excise Bill, a major plank in his fiscal strategy. In outline, Walpole's proposals were simple and broadly similar to the legislation introduced for tea, coffee, and chocolate in 1723. First, all tobacco and wine were to be placed in the king's warehouse until all duties had been paid. Second, the existing customs duties, payable on import, were to be replaced for the most part by excise duties, payable when the goods were removed from the warehouse for consumption. However, Walpole had blundered. His excise proposals provoked massive opposition." (Oxford DNB). In the end the measure was dropped and for a time Walpole's ministry was in disarray.

NO RESERVE Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, 1819-1901) Commission signed appointing John Hyndman Jones a Second Lieutenant, Royal Marine Artillery, D.s. "Victoria", printed commission with manuscript insertions, folds, 303 x 350mm., 12th February 1897.

World War II.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- The War Rooms Guest Book, album of 6pp. of contemporary ink signatures and notes of visitors guest book to the Churchill War Rooms, manuscript recto and verso in various hands, some hole-punched leaves torn at hole, light marginal toning, original calf, oblong 8vo, 1977-79; together with 7 loose photographs of the War Rooms, c.1970s. ⁂ Construction of the Cabinet War Rooms began in 1938 remained in operation throughout the Second World War, before being abandoned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan. After the war, the historic value of the War Rooms was recognised but were not yet open to the general public and could only be accessed by appointment, with access being restricted to small groups. Even so, by the 1970s tens of thousands of requests to visit the Rooms were being received every year, of which only 5,000 were successful.The album exhibits a selection of some of these successful requests from people accessing the war rooms during this period. Signatories include notes detailing their association with the war or Churchill himself: "private secretary to the P.M. 1940-45", "the War Cabinet accommodation officer for 1939-45", and, more curiously "drop window toward brest to foil radar on nite of invasion June 6/44" [sic]. Other signatures included are from some Bletchley Park code breakers, Downing Street guards, and a "police officer to Mr Churchill", amongst others.

NO RESERVE English Civil War.- Full Relation (A) Of all the late proceedings of His Majesties Army in the County of Yorke ... Declaring His Majesties intention to advance His Standard at Nottingham ..., ex-library with blind-stamp to title and shelf-mark to title verso, tipped-in with fabric tape, touching border of title and edge of text of final leaf, library bookplate inside upper cover, modern cloth-backed stiff paper boards, manuscript label to upper cover, shelf-mark to spine foot, blind-stamp to upper cover, loss and chipping to corners, [Wing F2358], for John Wright, August 20. 1642 § Smith (William) The Banner of Love, under which the Royal Army is Preserved, and Safely Conducted. Being a Clear and Perfect Way out of Wars & Contentions ..., lacking C1 & C3, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's pencil note to title, modern paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Wing S4288], for Robert Wilson, at eh Sign of the Black Spread-Eagle and Wind-Mill ..., 1661; 4to (2).

Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first edition, initial f. with woodcut rebus of the printer Henry Brome verso, title within woodcut typographic border, some staining and spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, but holding firm, [Wing C6391; Pforzheimer 222], 8vo, Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1664.⁂ Initial leaf with a contemporary manuscript copy of Thomas Carew's poem To Her in Absence ('Toss'd in a troubled sea of griefes, I floate, far from the shore, in a storme beaten boate...'), which rather compliments the theme of the printed work.

Holy Land.- End of the British Mandate for Palestine.- Macmillan (Lt.-Gen. Gordon H. A.) Palestine [2nd Phase], lithographed map printed in red and black ink, with date added in manuscript pen and ink, 300 x 260 mm (11 3/4 x 10 1/4 in), exposure lines and toning, ring-binder holes present in lower right margin, surface dirt, unframed, 17th May 1948⁂ In February 1947 Macmillan was appointed GOC British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan. Soon after his arrival, the British Government decided to bring to an end its Mandate in Palestine. This decision triggered an escalation of violence in the territory, leading to the withdrawal of all British forces by 30 June 1948.

NO RESERVE [Davison (Robert)] A Letter to John Bowles Esq ... entitled, Thoughts on the Late General Election ... and A Letter Addressed to the Honourable Charles James Fox ..., ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, staining, chipping to edges, modern tape-backed paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, small shelfmark to spine foot, Nottingham, 1803 § Wakefield (Gilbert) A Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the subject of his Latest Publication, second edition, lacking half-title and final 2 ff. of advertisements, ex-library with bookplate and shelfmark to title verso, light marginal staining, disbound, 1797; 8vo (2).

James (Henry) The Works, 14 works in 7 vol., pp.134-150 corners creased, original cloth, spines gilt, extremities bumped and frayed, [?1883-7] § Thackeray (Henry) The Virginians, 2 vol., first edition in book form, first issue with "actresses" in p. 207 and with chapters 47 & 48 misnumbered, illustrations, manuscript book-label to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco by Morrell, spines gilt, extremities rubbed, g.e., 1858 § Crabbe (George) The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, 8.vol., first collected edition, additional engraved frontispiece and title, light foxing to first few pp., contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1834, 8vo (17)⁂ The first Henry James set is presumably unseen by Edel and Laurence (A20). They describe the reissue in a pocket edition of which all volumes are dated 1886 or 1887, but the present set are dated differently, and without the publisher's devices to the title as described by them.

NO RESERVE Treaty of Versailles.- Treaty of Peace (The) between The Allied and Associated Powers and Germany ... signed at Versailles, June 28th, 1919, facsimile signatures, 5 folding maps loosely inserted at end, one or two tears to foldlines, flap at end detached, cracked hinges, ex-library with shelf-mark to front pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, title in manuscript to spine, chipping and loss to spine extremities, bumping to corners, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1919.

NO RESERVE Textiles.- Lace Sample Book, c.175 lace samples mounted on both sides of 50 leaves, various sizes and colours including shades of white, cream, beige, pink and blue, a few pencil drawings or designs, and manuscript notations, file numbers in pencil and ink, some discolouration to glue, some soiling and toning to margins, original cloth-backed drab wrappers, toned and a little chipped, back strip lacking two large screws, folio, [England], [first quarter 20th century]

Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 81 hand-coloured plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Buck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes, plus the 33 hand-coloured portraits of the Founders, lacking half-titles, vol. 1 with tipped-in advertisement slip, plates bright and clean but offset, plates 6 and 7 with lower corners creased, plate 25 (Magdalen College Entrance Gate) with title supplied in manuscript, occasional light spotting, contemporary half russia, rebacked in calf, rubbed, wear to corners and joints, vol. 1 with upper joint split at foot, [Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5], large 4to, 1814.⁂ With plate 54 bound in vol. 1 and plates 4 and 5 in vol. 2.Provenance: Subscriber James Ingram, President of Trinity College (bookplate).

NO RESERVE Higginbottom (John) An Essay on the Use of the Nitrate of Silver, in the cure of Inflammation, Wounds, and Ulcers, second edition, previous owner's manuscript notes on the preparation of silver nitrate to early blanks, first leaf strengthened at edges, previous owner's ink signature, scattered spotting, ex-library with labels, modern library cloth, spotting to spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1829 § Taylor (Charles Bell) "Quo Vadis." A Plea for more Common Sense in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Disease, 4pp. measuring 65 x 750 mm, each folded, tears to folds, faint rust stain from original staples, ex-library with usual ink-stamps and label, bound into later limp library cloth, Nottingham, 1905; and a presentation copy from the author of third edition of the first, 8vo (3).

Taufschein Fraktur. A pair of Pennsylvania birth and baptismal broadsides, Harrisburg: G. S. Peters & Allentaun [Allantown]: A. & W. Blumer, 1830 & 1835, letterpress text with manuscript insertions and hand-coloured woodcuts, certifying the birth and baptism of John George, son of Charles Deemer and his wife Mary of Springfield, Bucks County, the second certifying the birth and baptism of Leweine, daughter of Philipp Michel and his wife Susanna Fitting of Susquehanna, Dauphin County, minor spotting and soiling and a little fraying to blank margins, 330 x 450 mm and 410 x 340 mm, both framed and glazedQTY: (2)NOTE:The Fraktur was a document celebrating a birth, baptism or marriage and was introduced to North America in the latter part of the 18th century by the Pennsylvania Dutch, German and Swiss settlers. Fraktur is an abbreviation of Frakturschrift, the German name for type known in English as gothic, black-letter or old English.

Miscellaneous prints and ephemera, mostly 19th century, including vellum deeds, manuscript letters and solicitors' papers, assorted engravings and prints, etc.QTY: (3 cartons)

Allen (Thomas). A New and Complete History of the County of York, 3 volumes, 1828-31, steel-engraved frontispieces to volumes 1 & 2, 91 steel-engraved plates (only) on India paper, vignette titles to each volume, armorial bookplates of Thomas Sebastian Bazley to front free endpaper rectos, some offsetting, contemporary half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). The History of Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, 2nd edition, London: J. Nichols, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, additional lithograph title, illustrations throughout, engraved folding map of Craven, contemporary manuscript note pasted to front blank verso, some offsetting and spotting, endpapers and blanks renewed, original blue paper-covered boards, some wear, folioQTY: (4)

Laurie (Robert & Whittle James). Laurie and Whittle's New Traveller's Companion: Exhibiting a Complete and Correct Survey of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England, Wales and Scotland: as far North as Edinburgh and Glasgow: 1st edition, Nathanial Coltman, 1806, double-page title, advertisement, table of explanation and an index of cities, boroughs and market towns, loosely inserted manuscript index, 24 double-page engraved route maps, each with contemporary outline-colouring, slight offsetting and browning throughout, early 20th-century (1930) ownership signature to the front free endpaper, old title label to the front pastedown, later endpapers, modern half morocco over marbled boards, manuscript title label to the upper siding, 8voQTY: (1)

Folding Maps. A collection of nine folding maps, mostly 19th century, engraved and lithographic regional and touring maps, including Wyld (James). A New Map of England & Wales Projected upon the Trigonometrical Operations made for the General Survey of the Kingdom, James Wyld (Successor to Mr Faden), 1st. January 1830, large engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on two sheets, calligraphic title, table of the altitudes of the principal mountains and table of explanation, slight offsetting, edged in green silk, each sheet approximately 625 x 950 mm, paper endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with a publisher's printed label to the upper cover, together with Wallis (John). Wallis's New and Correct Map of the Post Roads of England & Wales, 1790, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on hessian, some staining, small holes where old folds cross, old manuscript ownership signature to the upper margin, 555 x 470 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover with an additional manuscript ownership signature, heavily worn and frayed, with Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. (publishers). Map of Greater London, printed by Edward Stanford, circa 1890, folding lithographic map laid on linen, slight spotting and staining, 740 x 630 mm, contemporary cloth boards with the gilt letters 'J. H. L.' to the upper siding, plus Johnston (W. & A. K. publishers). Northern Part of Ross and Cromarty Shires, Compiled from Actual Surveys by John Craig, Glasgow, circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Lewis, 1020 x 700 mm, contained in a contemporary blind-stamped cloth slipcase, and Brion de la Tour (Louis). Cartes des Postes D' Allemagne et des États Voisins..., Paris, 1791, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, edged with pink linen, 730 x 1060 mm, two string ties in the upper corners, with another four folding maps, including examples by or after Ordnance Survey, Foley. Headley and Dufourcet, various sizes and condition, with Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., 1831, folding engraved map of England and Wales and forty (only) uncoloured engraved county maps (including 10 folding), bookplate of Earl Granville, contemporary half gilt with gilt decorated spine, upper board detached, worn at extremities, 4to, plus Taylor (A. E.). Twenty-five City Plans, circa 1930, uncoloured photolithographic plans with English text below and on the verso of each map, map size approximately 120 x 180 mm, and Blomfield (Ezekiel). Lectures on the Philosophy of History..., 1819, printed title, advertisement and contents list, twelve (complete as list) engraved hemispherical maps with contemporary hand-colouring, partially uncut, slight spotting throughout, contemporary boards, 4to, together with Kent. Porcelain plate, possibly Coalport, circa 1880, colour transfer design featuring a map of the county of Kent, on a white background with a gilt and floriate rim, 225 mm diameter, and Treen. Spooled Length of Ribbon, circa 1880, yellow ribbon contained between two wooden circular discs, one disc painted, the other with an uncoloured circular lithographic map centred on Tunbridge Wells, diameter 55 mm, with a vellum indenture dated 1690, with one red wax seal and a small attached simple manuscript map, overall size 650 x 750 mmQTY: (39)

Cobb (David, 1921-2014)). High Winds and Heavy Seas, oil on board, depicting a tanker in heavy seas, signed lower right, 51.0 x 76.0 cm, verso with chalk number 'L77-12', label on verso with ink manuscript title and artist, and with number 'B.H.C 3781', framed (67.5 x 93.5 cm), verso with framer's label 'Gilbert Gardiner, Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.', and remnants of previous framer's labels (both London) together with:Sutton (Keith George, 1925-1991), Boston Marauder, 1983, acrylic on board, signed and dated lower left, 50.0 x 75.5 cm, title plaque beneath, framed (69.0 x 94.0 cm), printed label on verso with title, artist, and cleaning instructionsQTY: (2)

Corden (William, 1795-1867). Portraits of Cornelius Birch Bagster (1815-1893) and his wife Susanna Maria née Aitken (1815-1873), 1860, a pair of oval head & shoulder portraits, the first of a bearded gentleman half-profile to right, wearing a black coat, signed and dated in red to left margin, oval aperture 49 x 49 cm, stretcher 64.7 x 54.5 cm, the second of a lady with dark ringlets, half-profile to right, wearing a black dress with white lace collar and a black lace stole on her head, oval aperture 58.5 x 49 cm, stretcher 61 x 51 cm, each relined, matching gilt oval mounts and frames (77.5 x 68 cm), together with:English School. Portrait of George Bagster (1739-1819), circa 1800, oil on canvas, half-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a wig and a navy blue coat over a striped waistcoat, seated in a carved wooden chair with red upholstery, before a desk covered in a green cloth bearing papers and an ink well with quills, some superficial marks, relined, 89.5 x 69.5 cm, gilt moulded frame (109.7 x 89 cm), with old manuscript label on verso 'The Rev: Canon & Mrs Jolly, The Vicarage, Kidderminster, Worcester' QTY: (3)NOTE:Cornelius Birch Bagster was the son of publisher Samuel Bagster (1772-1851). He married Susanna Maria Aitken on 22nd November 1843 on Prince Edward Island (now a Canadian province).George Bagster was the father of publisher Samuel Bagster (1772-1851).William Corden trained as a porcelain painter at the Derby Porcelain Works before turning to portrait painting, producing large-scale works in oils as well as miniature likenesses on porcelain, enamel and ivory. In 1829 Corden executed an oil portrait of Mr Batchelor, one of King George IV's pages, as well as a portrait of Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle for the King, and in the 1830's the artist moved to Windsor. In 1838 he painted a watercolour of Queen Victoria on the East Terrace of Windsor Castle, and the Queen subsequently employed Corden to produce oil copies of many portraits in the Royal Collection. In 1844 he was commissioned to paint '7 pictures of the Duchesses, Princes and Princesses of Saxe-Coburg'; for this undertaking he travelled to Coburg with his son, William Corden the Younger (1819-1900), and was paid the then princely sum of £112 5s.

English School. A pair of oval portraits of Samuel Briggs (1804-1879) & Elizabeth Briggs née Barwell (1802-1881), each oil on canvas laid down, the first depicting a gentleman with side whiskers, wearing a black necktie and coat, the second depicting a lady wearing a black dress with lace collar, a jewelled brooch in a knotted gold setting at her neck, and a lace headdress, each with some marks to surface and signs of restoration, small surface bubble to lower portion of male portrait, both 63.5 x 46 cm (25 x 18 1/8 ins), oval gilt mounts, (non-matching) gilt moulded frames (86.5 x 67.5 cm, and slightly smaller), each with framer's label Edwin J. Smalley, Birmingham, and early manuscript label pertaining to the sitter on backboardQTY: (2)NOTE:Samuel Briggs was born in Atherstone, North Warwickshire, the son of Michael and Mary Briggs. He was a builder in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, specialising in the building and restoration of ecclesiastical buildings. He built Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield, Birmingham, in 1863, worked on the restoration of St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Staffordshire, in 1876, and built additions to The Church of the Ascension, Birmingham, in the 1860s, amongst other projects. Elizabeth Briggs née Barwell was born at Cambden House, Foxhill, Leicestershire.

Naive School. Weobley Church and Church Lane, by John Jones, circa 1900, watercolour on paper, some light discolouration to sky area, a few faint scratches, inner frame aperture 38.2 x 54.4cm (15 x 21 3/8ins), framed and glazed (49.5 x 65.7cm), verso with ink manuscript title label, giving date and stating 'Painted by John Jones from his landing window opp. Red Lion Stables', (unexamined out of frame)QTY: (1)

Hollywood Stars. I Saw Stars in Hollywood, by Arthur Weigall (1880-1934), c. 1929, an unpublished draft manuscript in six chapters, handwritten in blue ink with numerous pen and pencil corrections, each chapter 4 numbered pages written to rectos only, first page dust-soiled and with large paperclip rust stain to upper left corner, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:An intriguing manuscript by the noted English Egyptologist. However, Weigall was also a stage designer, journalist and author who wrote historical biographies, guide books, popular novels, screenplays and lyrics. Having become a successful set designer for the London revue stage during World War I Weigall moved in to film and in the 1920s Lord Northcliffe appointed him the film critic for the Daily Mail. His second marriage to the pianist Muriel Lillie, sister of the comedian Beatrice Lillie, brought him back to the world of show business as a lyricist.Most of the writing talks about Hollywood generically but with some pithy comments, e.g., 'The Film Colony believes itself to contain the best brains on earth; but the truth is that it has talents, not brains. Intellectually speaking, most of the screen celebrities are idiots: artistically speaking they are in many cases relatively clever.' However, Weigall does mention specific celebrities, e.g., 'Charlie Chaplin, for example, is definitely an intellectual and drinks ginger-ale; Mr & Mrs Douglas Fairbanks are pillars of society; Mr & Mrs Jesse Lasky are people of culture ... But the others! The crazy devil-may-care, scatter-brained, lovable, laughable, pitiable others.'

JACOBITE RISING OF 1715; JOHN ERSKINE, 22ND OR 6TH EARL OF MAR, & JACOBITE DUKE OF MAR (1675-1732) PROCLAMATION OF JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART AS KING JAMES VIII, BRAEMAR, 7 SEPTEMBER 1715 single bifolium written on two sides (in a secretarial hand), with Mar's autograph signature ('Mar') and red wax seal at foot, docketed 'To the Right Honorable the Lord Haddo, 7th Septem[be]r 1715', old foldsNote: Note:The sole identified extant manuscript copy of the document known to posterity as the Earl of Mar's 'letter to the gentlemen of Perthshire', issued in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the forces of 'our rightful and natural king James the 8th' the day after the raising of the Stuart standard at Braemar, and instructing recipients to take up arms in support of the Jacobite cause.The content of the letter is summarised in a handful of accounts including Robert Chambers's History of the Rebellions in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1829), p. 187, and printed in full in Cowan, The Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill (London, 1904), volume 2, chapter 21. In addition to a call to arms, it contains an instruction to 'source what arms and ammunition are in the hands of suspected persons', and a warning to ensure that troops 'commit no plundering nor disorders upon the highest penalties and [James's] displeasure'. It pre-dates by a two days another proclamation, often printed in accounts of the Fifteen since the 18th century and differing substantively only in its second paragraph, which contains the specific instruction to muster at the 'Inver of Braemar, on Monday next'.This copy is addressed to William Gordon, Lord Haddo (1679-1745), the future second Earl of Aberdeen, who was suspected of negotiating with the Whigs after the Hanoverian succession and during the Fifteen 'let the Jacobites down badly by fleeing to Edinburgh, thus earning the contempt of those who had previously trusted him and indeed in some cases had been "much guided by his sentiments"' (History of Parliament, online). The conduct of Mar himself has been described by one authority as 'marked with a disastrous combination of chronic indecision and strategic incompetence' (Macinnes, Clanship, Commerce and the House of Stuart, 1996, p. 200).

JACOBITE INTEREST MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND MINISTERIAL CONDUCT ... OF THE LATE LORD VISC. BOLINGBROKE London: R. Baldwin, 1752. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, contemporary ownership inscription 'James Hepburn' on the title-page, later annotation 'The autograph on the title page is that of my great grandfather, James Hepburn of Keith, Marischal, who was engaged in the Insurrection of 1745. J. Hepburn' to front free endpaper, 19th-century bookplate of James Hepburn to front pastedown, binding rubbed, loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked but holding [ESTC N4592]. Together with Duncan Stewart, A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland, 1729 (first edition, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered engraved folding genealogical table (holes to folds), browning, 3 leaves of manuscript genealogical notes laid in, probably 19th century), and 12 pamphlets, 18th-century, all but one disbound (these not fully collated), including: An Answer of a Barrister at Law to to Curate of En-, concerning the Birth of a Suppositious Child, 1713 [ESTC T21968];Copy of what Dr. Archibald Cameron to have delivered to the Sheriff of Middlesex at the Place of Execution, 1753, first edition, repairs [ESTC T34168: 13 copies, all but one in UK]; [Stuart, James Francis Edward], A Collection of Declarations, Proclamations, and other Valuable Papers, published by authority at Edinburgh, in the years 1745 and 1746, re-printed in the year 1748 [ESTC T163990]; John Withers, The Perjury and Folly of the Late Rebellion Display'd, third edition, 1716 [ESTC T174968: six copies]; True Copies of the Papers wrote by Arthur Lord Balmerino [and others], and delivered by them to the Sheriffs at the Places of their Execution, [London, c.1746], with approx. 30 pp. early manuscript notes at rear including 'The last dying speech of Robert Lyon', 'The last dying speech of Captain Donald MacDonald', 18th-century ownership inscriptions, 'receit to cristlarise wine glass of nitric acid', etc. [ESTC T51840]; and similar (14)Note: Note:James Hepburn of Keith (1691-?) was involved in the 1715 Jacobite rising as part of the troops raised by the Earl of Winton in East Lothian. The dramatic style in which he swore allegiance to Prince Charles Edward Stuart three decades later was vividly described by Sir Walter Scott in Tales from a Grandfather:'As the Prince entered the door of the palace of Holyrood, this gentleman stepped from the crowd, bent his knee before him in testimony of homage, and, rising up, drew his sword, and, walking before him, marshalled him the way into the palace of his ancestors. Hepburn bore the highest character as the model of a true Scottish gentleman. He, like Lord Elcho, disclaimed the slavish principles of the violent Jacobites; but conceiving his country wronged, and the gentry of Scotland degraded by the Union, he, in this romantic manner, dedicated his sword to the service of the Prince who offered to restore him to his rights’ (1842 edition, volume 3, p. 195).

JACOBITE RISING OF 1715 CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY, C.1702-14 Manuscript in brown ink on single sheet of laid paper (30 x 10.7cm), in two columns, with alphabetic substitution code on left (A=3 etc.), and symbolic substitution code on right, the latter providing ciphers for the names of all the major figures in British politics during the reign of Queen Anne, including the Queen herself ('Qn'), the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of of Oxford, the 'Pretender', the Earl of Mar, the Duke of Ormond, Lord Haddo, and similar, and for other key words including 'peace', 'war', 'Highland', 'Presbytry' (sic), etc., slightly spotted, old folds and ink-smudging; together with an anti-Jacobite poem ('I ever have denied / To be on James's side'; on a single sheet).Note: Note:A fascinating primary source for the use of coded letters by the crown's agents during the reign of Queen Anne, on this evidence preoccupied with counteracting the Jacobite threat. There is a potential connection to the great mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis (1616-1703), who acceded to the newly created position of official decipherer to the secretary of state under William III in 1701, and continued in the post under Anne until his death two years later.

JACOBITE RISING OF 1745 'LIST OF VOLUNTEERS', 1745 Manuscript list of volunteers (p.2-10), preceded by statement 'As a Petition has been presented a few days ago to the Right Hon.ble, the Lord Provost & Magistrates of Edinburgh Subscrib'd by a Considerable number of Citizens of known affection To His Majesty King George the Second, Craving amongst other things to be allowed to appear in arms as Volunteers under proper Officers in defence of the Good Town against any attempt that may be made upon it by the Rebellious Army now assembled under the son of a Popish pretender. Which Petition has been by the Honourable Magistrates laid before his Majesty's Advocate and Sollicitor Who have given their opinion in writing that it is lawfull and that those Citizens and Inhabitants who do enter themselves Volunteers for the said pruposes Will incurr no penalty of Law, and the Lord Provost having acquiesced in the same when the opinion of the Crown Lawyers, Therefore we subscribing hereby Declare that we are ready and willing to Serve as volunteers and do by their presents inlist ourselves as such in the same manner as set forth in the said Petition and do concurr with our FellowCitizens in the haill purposes therein contain'd, tho not here expressly and particularly mentioned Done at Edinburgh this ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty Five', 10 pages, folio, (31 x 19cms.), rectos only, the list of names commencing with John Drummond, late provost of Edinburgh, and including numerous named Writers, merchants, jewellers, Students of Divinity, goldsmiths, booksellers, preachers, doctors, advocates, surgeons, Sheriff Clerks, Students of Medicine and Physics, printers, weavers, dyers, clerk to the Post Office, physicians, Excise officers, chandlers, book-binders, shoe makers, candle makers, brewers, wig makers, glove makers, teachers, limners, pewterers, watch makers, constables, masters of the High School, French and Italian master, wrights, upholsterers &c.Note: Note: An interesting compilation of the leading anti-Jacobites in Edinburgh at the beginning of the 1745 Rising. On 4th September, two days before this list appears to have been drawn up, the Jacobite army took Perth. On 16th September Edinburgh was taken by the Jacobites without a fight, although Edinburgh Castle remained in government hands, indicating the resolve of those on the list was not the strongest although Drummond himself again joined the army, and was present at the battle of Prestonpans. During his life he was six times elected Lord Provost of the city.

A miniature Persian manuscript, hand painted with bird with text to both sides, 19cm x 11cm.

A bottle of Vintage Calvados: with manuscript label, together with a bottle of Glen Grant, a bottle of Bells, Anee Fine Calvados and a bottle of Kin 'Toffee & Vodka' spirit drink (5)

A collection of WWI & WWII active service letters: including a manuscript account of the Turkish campaign on the Suez canal, a group of five letters from Alan Edwards RA 1917-1918, a WWII manuscript account of entering Belsen by Pte Gordon Harris 163 Filed Ambulance RAMC.

A WWII Airborne Division Denison Smock by John Gordon & Co, size 3, dated 1944: green and brown camouflage half zipped front with four pockets, wool cuffs and crotch strap, Airborne Division patch to right shoulder, label to interior as per title and manuscript inscription to label 'Capt, Hutchinson'.

Of WWI Interest. A section of burnt Zeppelin canvas from L-31: contained within a section of folded paper with manuscript 'October 1st 1916. Sunday. Piece of canvas from super Zeppelin brought down at Potter Bar at 11:45pm. Time taken at Hadley as it burst into flames', 9.5x3.5cm.*Notes- On the night of 1st October 1916 an air raid of 11 airships flew over Britain. On hearing of the raid pilot Wulstan Joseph Tempest of No.39 Home Defense squadron ignored orders to patrol the Thames and increased his altitude in the hope of crossing the flight path of the Zeppelins. Coming across L-31 which had been illuminated by the searchlight detachment at Barnet, Tempest engaged with L-31 and shot it down. All of the crew aboard were killed including Commander Lieutenant Heinrich Mathy, the record holder for the highest number of Zeppelin raids over Britain during WWI.

2 indian framed silks together with a Persian illuminated manuscript - possibly late 18th/19th century

Bell's Common-Place Book, Form'd generally upon the Principles Recommended and Practiced by Mr Locke, London: Printed for John Bell, near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, 1770, copperplate title-page engraved by J. Ellis after Chinnery Junior, 8pp (Illustration/examples), then sepia printed index leaves and red-ruled contents blank of manuscript entries, original green vellum over boards, apparently as issued (judging by other copies in past commerce), faintly blind-ruled covers, gilt-lettered red morocco label, marbled endpapers, crown folio (39cm x 26cm), [1]

Byronmania, ?Association Copy, The ?Napier-St Clair Copy, The Works of Lord Byron, four harlequin volumes, mixed editions, London: John Murray, 1821-1823, some dormant worm trails, contemporary calf gilt (worn, losses, disbound/loose (various states thereof)), marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, [4] Provenance: 1) ?General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (1782–1853), a friend and contemporary of Lord Byron's during The Greek War of Independence, 1821, where Napier served as the Governor of Kefalonia, The Ionian Islands, and then served on a diplomatic mission to mainland Greece; "Chas Napier/HMS Volage", ink MS ownership inscription to pastedown of volume I, and a pencil MS note in St Clair's hand, on All Souls writing-paper (initially dated Dec 92, then Aug 2008), "Keep [...] Probably Byron's friend Colonel Charles Napier [...]"; 2) William St Clair FBA, FRSL (1937-2021), the distinguished Hellenophile and scholar; the aforementioned manuscript note in his hand.

Cookery – Sysonby (Ria) & Messel (Oliver, illustrator), Lady Sysonby’s Cook Book, first edition, London: Putnam, November 1935, original pictorial papered boards (chipped, etc), 8vo, (1); Maceknzie (Charles), Five Thousand Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts […], second edition, London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823, 20th century buckram, square 8vo, (1); Soyer (Alexis), The Modern Housewife or Ménagère […], London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1850, 20th century calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Anon, A New System of Domestic Cookery […], A New Edition, London: Milner and Sowerby, 1867, original publisher’s green cloth, 8vo, (1); Frere (Catherine Frances, editor), The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie, first edition, 1909, cloth, 8vo, (1); Francatelli’s The Modern Cook, eighteenth edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1868, original publisher’s cloth, 8vo, (1); Minnie, Lady Hindlip’s Cookery Book, first edition, London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1925, red cloth, 8vo, (1); Time’s Telescope for 1825 […] With a Description of Culinary Vegetables, original publisher’s pictorial boards, 8vo, (1); Humphry’s Cookery Up-to-Date, 1896, 8vo, (1); Housewife’s Referee, 8vo, (1); facsimiles of earlier titles, including Woolley; a collection of mid-20th century and later manuscript and scrap recipe/gastronomy books, various; etc., [approx. 45]

Cookery, Baking and Confectionary - The Cambridge Master Bakers Association, their ink manuscript minutes book, dated from their founding May 22 1893 to April 7 1909 (the end of the volume), inscribed throughout, loosely-inserted ephemera, contemporary quarter-roan (faults), marbled edges and endpapers, 4to, (1); their evolved descendant's minutes book, Cambridge and District Master Bakers and Confectioners Association, March 1953 to February 1969, cloth-backed boards, 4to, (1); reference works, including The Bakers' ABC, 1927, original pictorial cloth, 4to, (1); Kollist's Complete Patissier, [n.d.], cloth, 4to, (1); etc., [15]

Grangerised/Extra-Illustrated Copy, Dugdale (Sir William), The Antiquities of Warwickshire, harlequin five volumes, mixed editions, volumes I-II 1765 edition, [Coventry: John Jones], lacking title-pages and all after p. 786, volumes III-V 1730 edition of volume II only, London: John Osborn and Thomas Longman […] 1730, all interleaved and with numerous additional engravings, lithographs, aquatints, portraits (including various depictions of Shakespeare), a few drawings, printed ephemera and occasional manuscript notes bound in or loosely inserted, volumes I & II rebacked early 19th century calf gilt over papered boards, volumes III-V rebacked Regency half-diced russia (split, some covers detached), crown folios (41.2cm x 26cm & 40.2cm x 25.7cm), [5] Provenance: 1) Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1805-1888), Warwickshire antiquary and archaeologist, his book label to each pastedown; 2) by bequest to his alma mater, The Rugby School Library, their armorial bookplates to each pastedown.

**For clarification: the dedication leaf to Sylvia Plath is printed and not manuscript**Hughes (Ted), The Hawk in the Rain, first edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1957, half-title, dedication leaf to Sylvia Plath, loosely-inserted contemporary 2pp MS transcription of Hughes's 'Carol', the upper-right margin of which is inscribed 'Ted Hughes' by the same hand, original publisher's dustjacket typically price-clipped (though 10s 6d net extant), blue cloth, 8vo, [1]

Ireland, The Protestant Ascendancy, Talbot of Belfast and Mickleham's Annotated Family Bible - three parts in one: The Holy Bible [...], [issued with and prefixed by] The Book of Common Prayer and [...] Psalter or Psalms of David, both parts Oxford: John Baskett, 1738, [the Bible issued and illustrated with] Sacred Geography Contained in Six Maps [...], London: Richard Ware, 1725, BCP & HB with re-issued engraved frontispieces and additional title-pages bearing Richard Ware's imprint, each part printed in parallel columns, 6 fold-out engraved maps of the Holy Land, engraved biblical narrative plates, the front free endpapers enclosing 3pp of ink manuscript inscribed by 'Sir Charles Henry Talbot, Bt., [...] [who] records on the fly pages herein, between the years 1750 to 1797, various information about his children, grandchildren, and relations, including the dates upon which his children were inoculated against small-pox by such pioneers in this practice a the Baron Dimsdale' (the latter being a rare insight into domestic medicine within the Georgian aristocracy, particularly viz. vaccination), contemporary red morocco binding (tired, rubbed, spine split), the covers and back gilt in the Harleian manner, the former enclosing black morocco onlays gilt with the Cross and IHS christogram, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to, [1] Provenance: Sir Charles Henry Talbot, 1st Baronet of Belfast, Co. Antrim, & of Mickleham, Surrey, (1720-1798); thence by family descent, sold by kind permission of The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury, DL.

Local Interest - The Author's Own Pre-Publication Interleaved and Annotated Copy, [Wallis (Alfred)], Bemrose's Guide to Derbyshire [...], proof copy of the first edition, London: Bemrose and Sons, 1869, lacking maps and plates (not included as pre-publication), but extra-illustrated by the author in a few places, though interleaved the manuscript annotations are far from exhaustive, rebacked original publisher's cloth, red-speckled edges, pastedown with tipped-in newspaper cutting, 8vo, [1]Provenance: Alfred Wallis (1833-1918), Derbyshire antiquarian and topographer, his own unique annotated copy; ink MS ownership inscription to ffep.

Local Interest, Chesterfield Canal - [...] An Act for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, through or near Worksop and Retford, to join the River Trent, at or near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham[...] Tenth Day of May, Anno Dom. 1768, [...] And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Thirteenth of Day of November, 1770 [...], London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1771, pp: [2], 5-182, contemporaneously annotated and uniquely embellished with a 26 page ink manuscript index, red-ruled, recto with 24 blank pages, contemporary calf over marbled boards, 12mo, [1]Provenance: Charles Blockley, slightly later book label to recto pastedown.

Music - Corelli (Arcangelo), Conerti Grossi [...], three parts, London: Preston, [n.d., c. 1790-1800], contemporary reverse calf over marbled boards, 4to, (3); Haydn (Joseph), Three Quartets for Two Violins [...], London: Printed by Muzio Clementi & Comp:y, [n.d., 1799], engraved title-page, copperplate-printed, within a further four folios of chamber music, including Mozart, contemporary quarter-morocco over boards, the spines gilt with lyres and foliage, crown folio (35cm x 25.5cm), (4); ink manuscript musical scores; later 19th century European imprints of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, etc; a few others, later; Rubinstein recording of Tchaikovsky, HMV record; etc., [30]

Natural History – Ornithology, Perrott (Charlotte Lucy Emily), A selection of British Birds, with a new Introduction and Commentary […], Illustrated and Described by Mrs Perrott, two-volume set, Scolar Press facsimile of the original first and only part, copy no. 242/250, London: The Publishing Partnership, 1979, with prospectus en suite, each part uniformly bound in brown morocco gilt over marbled boards, cloth Solander box, mixed size folios, (1); Sterland (W.J.), The Birds of Sherwood Forest […], with Four Illustrations by the Author, first edition, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1869, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Taylor (Joseph), The Complete Weather Guide […], London: John Harding, 1812, Flora’s Dial (Botanical Clock) fold-out frontispiece, original publisher’s boards (disbound), 12mo, (1); Lyell (Sir Charles, Bart., F.R.S.), The Student’s Elements of Geology, third edition, London: John Murray, 1878, frontispiece and in-text illustrations, some contemporaneous manuscript annotations, 20th century green cloth, 8vo, (1); Wallace (Alfred Russell), The World of Life […], third edition, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1911, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Darwin’s Life and Letters, volume III only, third edition, 1887, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Fresh Water Aquariums, lacking title-page and frontispiece, [c. 1860], 1 chromolithograph plate, in-text illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, (1), [7]

Pre-Raphaelites - Rossetti (William Michael), The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature/In Poetry, Literature, and Art, Nos. 1-4, 1901 facsimiles of the rare and short-lived 1850 periodical, illustrated original wrappers (loose, chipped, etc), 8vo, (4); further books and ephemera, including Instructions for Officers who Survey Makers of Vinegar and Sweets in the Country, London: Printed in the Year [1778], disbound, 4to, (1); Norfolk (Crab and Lobstery Fishery) Order of the House of Commons, 24 February 1880, (1); Author's Presentation Copy of a Provincial Imprint, Baxter (Dudley, B.A. Oxon), Three Historic Pageants, inscribed and dated by the author in ink MS, Barnet: St. Andrew's Press, 1910, original wrappers, 8vo, (1); Georgian and later printing proposals/advertising, various; loose sheets of manuscript; early Edwardian and later theatre programmes; livery company dinner menus and their programmes; etc., [collection]

Theology & Divinity - Taylor (Jeremy): The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life, three parts in one volume, first edition, London: R.N. for Francis Ash [...], 1649, [a-a1] supplied in 19th century manuscript, a2-[c4], [A]-L3, [2] (blank), [¶2], Aa-[Ll4], ¶2 ,Aaa-[Mmm3], [2] (blank), Nnn-[Nnn4], Ooo-[Ooo4], d5 incorrectly signed d3, contemporary calf, blind-ruled borders, 18th century ownership inscription to recto pastedown, 4to, (1); A Course of Sermons For All the Sundays of the Year [...], second edition, London: Richard Royston, 1655, black-ruled title-page printed in red and black, [¶], A-[A7], B-[Ff2], [¶4], *4, A-[Hh6], Ii-Kk2, [A]-[E5], 20th century calf over buckram, the calf blind-tooled in the 17th century taste, folio, (1); Tegetmeier (Denis, illustrator), The Mysteriousness of Marriage, copy no. 194/300, Capel-y-ffin: Francis Walterson, 1928, original publisher's cloth over papered boards, 8vo, (1), [3] Provenance: 2nd: Jo: Hopkinson, contemporary mid-17th century ink MS ownership inscription to title-page.