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A collection of early 19th century to Edwardian autographs, the album composed of approximately 150 ink manuscript signatures of the British social, political, and ecclesiastical establishment, The Arts - visual and literary, and miscellaneous others, including musicians, either clipped signatures in their own right, letters, or early postal covers, including Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, PRA (1830-1896), Solomon Joseph Solomon, RA, RBA (1860-1927), 2pp ALS of Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (1820-1907), Sir Arthur Helps KCB DCL (1813-1875), Joseph Hume FRS (1777-1855), Churchill Babington (1821-1889), various early-late Victorian aristocratic statesmen, 1pp ALS on Osborne House writing paper from Sir Francis Knollys, later Viscount Knollys, (1837-1924), as Private Secretary to HRH the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), the Duchess of Bedford, other aristocrats connected with the royal court, others unconnected - some on their country house's writing paper, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858-1944), 1pp ALS as Viceroy of India (1914), on Viceregal Lodge, Simla, writing paper, earlier peers' free postal covers - including the Dukes of Norfolk and Grafton, Cardinal Manning, members of the Anglican episcopacy and other Church dignitaries, 1pp ALS of Edwardian actress Viola Tree (1884-1938), the novelist E.F. Benson (1867-1940), etc., card leaves, Victorian diced calf (faults), later rebacked, all edges gilt, oblong 4to, [1]

A mid-Victorian hand-scrivened and illuminated manuscript vellum address, "To The Rev. Stephen Bridge MA., on his relinquishing the Incumbency of St. Matthew's Denmark Hill, [Camberwell, London], 1868", subscribed to and presented by his congregation and other residents of the district, ff. [12] Designed & Executed by Witherby & Co., London, signed ffep, gilt-ruled borders enclosing decorative initials and scrolling foliate tendrils, the valediction is concluded by an ink MS list of the contributors' names, finely bound in contemporary red morocco gilt over bevelled boards, elaborately blocked and tooled in gilt, the covers outlined with a graduating and alternating double-fillet border, enclosing foliate spandrels and rolls, the upper-cover centred by the recipient's name, restrained spine of raised bands, gilt dentelles, all-edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, folio (37.5cm x 28cm), [1] The Reverend Stephen Bridge, M.A. (1812-1895), was "of the extreme Evangelical type. [And] of that type of Churchmanship, while he liked the services to be decently and reverently conducted and was jealous for the appearance of the Church": presumably his aesthetic eye was gratified by this sumptuous gift. Following his incumbency at St. Matthew's, Bridge was the rector of Droxford, Hampshire, - where he had his pulpit from St. Matthew's moved to! - until 1886, and where he died in 1895.

A mid-Victorian lady’s drawing-room commonplace album, compiled by Ellen ‘Nellie’ Shirley, dated from 14th February 1865, comprising verses addressed to ‘Nellie’ by her friends on leaving Evesham College and returning to Manchester, illustrated with botanical still lives in watercolour &/or pencil, further chromolithograph scraps and prints of flowers, further verse and prose, etc., contemporary red calf binding, blocked and picked-out in gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, (1); another similar, larger format and later in date, the property of Harriet Caggins, illustrated with 18 botanical, landscape, architectural, and topographical watercolours, including 2 of Venice, 6 similar pencil &/or pen-and-ink studies, further prints, including a Pear’s advertisement, ink manuscript commonplace verse and prose, conforming binding style, 4to, (1); an early 19th century European lady’s album, probably French, illustrated with some well-executed watercolours by different hands, including an allegory of love, mostly monochrome mixed media prints, finely bound in contemporary (?Parisian) red morocco gilt, oblong 8vo, (1); a late Victorian ink MS commonplace ‘journal’, partially-inscribed with contemporary transcriptions of society events from periodicals, contemporary green morocco gilt, upper-cover with owner’s monogram, clasp fastening (faults), 4to, (1), [4]

An early Victorian Essex businessman’s notebook, inscribed in ink and pencil MS. with drafts or copies of letters, some business accounts, expenditure, etc., as well as names and residences of the local gentry and clergy, various dates in the 1840s, contemporary vellum over boards (soiled), the pastedowns an 1845 almanac, marbled edges, 16mo, (1); Miniature Baxter Cabinet Prints, a collection of 20, c. 1849, mostly of an early Queen Victoria, her family, and royal residences, pasted into a slightly later 19th century leather album, square 16mo, (1); a post-Regency lady’s pocket commonplace and friendship book, inscribed with ink MS verse and prose, illustrated with prints, etc., contemporary binding (disbound, loosening), 16mo, (1); Renshaw’s Friendship’s Tribute for 1855, chromolithographed frontispiece and title-page, further engravings, the contents uninscribed, original maroon wrap, (1); Edwardian- George V accounts manuscript book, (1), [5]

An early Victorian ink manuscript address, to Ann Bingley/With the prayers, & best wishes/of her most sincere & affectionate brother/Cha:s Bingley/Doncaster, [Yorkshire], Dec:r 31 - 1839, a 92pp epistle of a devotional nature, citing biblical verse, contemporary straight-grained sombre black morocco, marbled endpapers, 4to, (1), (water bowed binding, some damp-staining to text margins); Americana, a 20th century MS. notebook, inscribed with American verse and music, original boards, 12mo, (1); another, similar, larger, the upper-cover inscribed: King's College, 4to, (1), [3]

Autographs – an early 20th century album, but mainly inscribed with mid-20th century UK showbusiness figures, including signed photographs: Rawicz & Landauer, Roger Livesey, Ernest Latinge, Peggy Rowan, Murray and Mooney, Harry Korriss, Ronald Chesney, Douglas Wakefield, Len Young, Jimmy James, Sid Field, Syd Seymour, ‘The Charladies’, Sidney Birchall, Mary (‘Lady’) Rowlands (with well-executed sketch self -portrait) also with autographs only of Lionel Blair, Vic Oliver, Anne Lendrum (ballerina), George Williams, Carole Lynne, Ralph Lynn, Pamela Grey, Rex Eaton, George Brown (not the politician) and others; some earlier unconnected ink manuscript inscriptions, contemporary roan gilt, oblong 8vo, [1]

Autographs, Miscellaneous, a partially-filled 1930s album, including Derbyshire and Northamptonshire athletics teams, 1935, also signatures from the England Cricket Team that year and including, pasted in, other autographs, one to a page, including Johnny Weissmuller (interwar Hollywood actor, noted for his role in Tarzan of the Apes), Jack Hylton (1930s band leader), Ernest Tyldesley (Lancashire cricketer) and E. A. (Ted) Phelps (Olympic rower), others, ink manuscript inscriptions, some pages loose, oblong 16mo, [1]

Botany - British Mosses, two-volume set of 19th century Victorian herbariums, [n.d, c. 1860], each album comprising 25pp and 15pp numbered pages respectively, both of which combined are illustrated with approximately 560 numbered natural history specimens (a trifling handful of small losses), annotated with their Linnaean taxonomy and numbered in ink manuscript, mounted within card leaves, contemporary black morocco gilt (rubbed), the card leaves with red-stained edges, moiré endpapers, 4to, [2]

China and the Far East, The English in 1930s Shanghai - A Farewell Souvenir to Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Kingdon/On the Occasion of their Departure for England of Proceedings/Shanghai January 18th 1939, red-printed decorative borders, pp: [i], 7, [8], this departing address was compiled by and contributed to by Thomas Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd., of Shanghai, for whom Mr Kingdom had worked in the Far East, following service in the RAF in World War One, the first seven pages are a typed account of after dinner speeches and replies, which are then followed by eight pages 'With sincerest wishes to you both for health, happiness and prosperity from Shanghai Office friends' and undersigned by his English and Chinese colleagues in ink manuscript (the Chinese signing in Mandarin characters too), further replicated by his friends and colleagues from the offices in Tientsin (Tianjin), Peking (Beijing), Hong Kong, and mainland Japan, the least leaf is illustrated with a menu from the farewell dinner (Shanghai Club, 18th January, 1939) and a b/w photograph of the event, contemporary gilt morocco over blue silk, marbled endpapers, 4to (34cm x 23.5cm), [1]

Education and Teaching in Early-Mid 20th Century Greater London - R. Harold Morris, a master at Upper Hornsey Road L.C.C. Senior Boys' School and later deputy headmaster of Archway County Secondary School for Boys, Hornsey Rise, comprising the Programmes and Guides of the Second, Third and Fourth Annual Upper Hornsey Road School Journeys, Isle of Wight (Ryde) June & July 1929 & 1930, then Hastings July 1931, each account lithograph-printed and illustrated with b/w and sepia snapshots of the schoolboys and their masters, activities, and British topography, original cloth, 8vo, (3); Binding, The Archway County Secondary School Boys, Presented to R. H. Morris, Deputy Headmaster on his Retirement, Dec. 1956, the 'book bound in leather by Mr. K. Kenmare (of the Archway staff), and bearing the school badge and title. The book contained copies of the school magazine and the signatures of all the boys and staff of the school’, taken from a clipping of the Hornsey Journal (4.1.57) tipped-in the presentation volume with some further ephemera, inscribed in manuscript ink throughout, contemporary citron morocco, the covers blocked in gilt with the school arms, gilt-lettered onlays, blue-stained edges, 8vo, (1), [4]

Ephemera - Medical & Pseudoscience, two Victorian Phrenology Analysis of Organs certificates, for Sarah and George, the printed sheets inscribed in ink manuscript, concluding that Sarah's brain is large and her temperament is sanguine, which, apparently makes "This Lady has a head fitted for the elegance of life", George's brain is average, his temperament unrecorded, 27.5cm x 21.5cm, c. 1860, (2); Advertising, Provincial Printing, a collection of 6 pieces of local printer's and bookseller's ephemera, Nottingham and Oakham, including letter-press printing prospectus, business card, etc., (6); Local Interest, two Victorian advertising broadsides for Mansfield grocer's and tea merchants, Thomas Barker and William Cufflin, [n.d., c. 1850], one coloured, mixed sizes, (2); Victorian temperance scrap, (1); scraps, etc., [collection]

Ireland, Irish Ascendency - Caricatures by Major Charles Kemble Butler-Stoney (1877-1956), of Portland Park, County Tipperary, Munster, an early 20th century album of 34 cartoons, all of which are in watercolour, but for one in pen-and-ink and a pencil preparatory sketch, each well-executed satire pooh-poohing figures of the aristocratic, political, military, and ecclesiastical establishment of Great Britain and its Empire, as well as the visual and literary Arts, and more humble subjects, including 'The Man That Winds Up Big Ben', everyday social mores, occasional Chinese or Middle-Eastern figures, etc., most titled in ink manuscript, mounted on card leaves, contemporary quarter-roan over cloth, 4to (30.5cm x 24.5cm), [1]Provenance: "Caricatures/By Charles Kemble Butler-Stoney (my Brother)/Who died in Dec:r 1956 - at Castletown/BBS [Captain Bowes Butler-Stoney (1879-1971), of Kincora Lodge, Killaloe, County Clare]"; recto pastedown MS inscription.

Josiah Wedgwood's Great-Grandson's Travel Diaries - The Rev. Rowland Henry Wedgwood (1847-1921), two Letts's No. 26 ink manuscript diaries, comprising 1888 a journal for his trip to Italy & 1902 for his trip to Egypt and the Levant, via Europe, both testify to the Reverend Wedgwood's piety, as he frequently makes references to the numbers of masses he heard each day (slightly more infrequent in the Levant, but he seems to have relished the Eastern rites); the brief and precise entries of the travel log reveal nothing out of the ordinary, either in experience or sentiment, as one would expect from a Englishman of his age and class, though there are timeless observations, e.g. Saturday, 15th February, 1902 '[...] Lots of Arabs - pestered us to buy things' (a perennial threat in tourism, as was having to share cabins with unpleasant companions, which he notes); though the diaries illustrate his travels, the journals themselves are not exhaustive, being prefixed and/or suffixed by vignettes of his life in England; etc., original publisher's cloth bindings, marbled edges, advertising prelims, 8vo, [2]

Local Interest - a George III and later ink manuscript rental book, the Charley Rental, the property of the Bosworth family, Leicestershire, 86ff (just under half the volume), inscribed and tabulated from 23rd December, 1816, with the tenants' names, their land, the rental value and disbursement, infrequent remarks, the MS. culminating in its sale in August 1860, contemporary reverse calf, the upper-cover with a gilt-lettered and tooled morocco piece, speckled edges, marbled endpapers, folio (33.5cm x 21.5cm), [1]

Local Interest – Smedley Brothers Eagle Ironworks, Derby Road, Belper, their World War Two period accounts ledger, dated with manuscript receipts from 22nd June 1942 to 24th April 1943, the accounts relating material supplied with a variety of local companies and domestic premises, including Rolls-Royce Clan Foundry, LMS Railway, Dalton’s Silkolene works, Milford House, etc., repaired contemporary half-calf over cloth boards, supplied by R.B. Hall of Swadlincote, labelled, 4to, [1]

Local Interest – two 17th century ink manuscript vellum deeds relating to Southwell, Nottinghamshire, comprising assignment by Southwell Manor Court of land at Newhallfields to Jeremy Brailsford by the commissioners of the Archbishop of York (as Lords of the Manor) to William Dring, William Lark and Charles Benson, signed by William Clay, surrogate, dated 1660, endorsed on the reverse by J. Brailsford, 31cm x 12.3cm, (1); a similar assignment by customary tenant John Wright, William Reynolds and the same William Lark of land at Easthorpe and Upton to Thomas Rippon, signed William Clay, surrogate, and dated 17th October 1668, endorsed on reverse Matthew Alvey, 33cm x 18cm, (1), [2]The jurisdiction of the Bishop’s Manor at Southwell extended as prebendal holdings into numerous surrounding villages. Jeremy Brailsford of Southwell and Blidworth (1651-1707) was the elder son and heir of Thomas, of Southwell, by Catherine, daughter and co-heiress of Henry Heald of South Marnham and was descended from a distinguished old Derbyshire family.

Local Interest, Breweriana - T.L. Bradley, Midland Brewery, New Basford, Nottingham - three manuscript volumes of their accounts, comprising the Nominal Ledger, inscribed from October 1930 to April 1941, (1); the Wages Book/Steam Motor Drivers, No. 1, 1914-1919, (1); another, miscellaneous, including expenditure of the Loscoe officer, Derbyshire, (1), mixed contemporary part-leather bindings, folios, [3]

Local Interest, Methodism in Georgian Nottinghamshire - Joseph Raynor of Mansfield, civil engineer and an ardent Methodist, his ink manuscript commonplace book, 106pp inscribed from October 1804 onwards, mostly transcriptions and thoughts of a religious nature, including references to the Holy Bible, there is however an odd account of the 'Happy Death' of a soldier, John Birks, who died at Mansfield on 3rd October 1804, who, having left his regiment on furlough, drew his pay and spent most of it on the stagecoach to Mansfield, where he was not afraid not to die, glad that he saw the face of a Methodist - which he wouldn't have done at the army camp, the verso with some multiplication tables and mathematics, contemporary calf over marbled boards (perished, loosening contents), later 19th century printed yellow book label: Thos. Alex. Rayner, 4to, [1]

Local Interest, Roads, Travel and Transport in late Georgian and early Victorian England - Melton Accounts, The accounts of Samuel Smith Esqr. & Co with the Trustees of the Melton Turnpike Road, [Leicestershire], accounted and inscribed in ink manuscript, dated from 29th September, 1801 to 5th December, 1846, unpaginated, just over one quarter of the volume is inscribed, red-ruled pages, contemporary vellum covers, the upper-cover titled in MS, enveloping fore-edge wrap, 8vo, [1]

London, Land Ownership and Finance from the Reigns of Queen Victoria to George V - Jessetts Estate, Cash Account, No. 1, neatly inscribed in ink manuscript by an agent of the Burrage family, comprising their investments, yields and landed property, dated from 1877 to 1919, and including property in London’s West End, South Kensington, 12 houses in Lambeth (in what today we would term Earl’s Court); as well as land outside of London, 23 acres at Barton-upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, and Horsham, Sussex, including Cowfold Lodge; their investments, of which the yields are recorded, include: Pietermaritzburg Consolidated stock, Queensland Cattle Co. & Government Bonds, various railway enterprises in Argentina, Canada, Great Britain (LNWR & Metropolitan Railway) and Russia, Winnipeg and other waterworks and gas companies, including London’s and the Union and Hong Kong & Shanghai (China) banks; some loosely-inserted ephemera/newspaper clippings illustrative of social history; etc., contemporary morocco gilt, the upper-cover blocked in gilt, the whole restrained by a Bramah Patent lock clasp, marbled edges and endpapers, 4to, [1]

Royal Navy, A Victorian Sailor and the British Empire - William Claridge R.N., Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Eclipse, his manuscript logbook from 1868-1885, 41pp; & 16pp of prose and verse, presumably of original composition, after lacking some leaves the log commences with the Eclipse sailing in the Caribbean, between the ports of Havana, Port-au-Prince, Bermuda (with dispatches from the Admiral), Nassau, Anguilla (where he goes fishing and shoots at target practice), Trinidad, and others; from 1872 he's at the Newfoundland Fisheries, sailing to Halifax and New Brunswick; in 1877 Claridge was transferred to H.M.S. Alexandra for the service in the Mediterranean, where he moves troops and horses, coal, etc., calling at Port Said, Piraeus, Constantinople, Gallipoli - and sailed down the Dardanelles; H.M.S Pembroke in 1880; H.M.S. Humber in January 1883, where he mentions Cyprus, Alexandria, Zanzibar, Aden, Suakim; with the advent of British Army intervention in the Mahdist War (the Egypt & Sudan Campaign 1884-85) come 1884 they're taking troops up the country of Sudan to fight on 29th February, landing a naval brigade at Suakim on 4th March, then helping to rescue crew, officials and horses from S.S. Neera, 21st-23rd April; all before being invalided to Plymouth Hospital, via Port Said and Naples, and finally being discharged and paid off 10th March 1885, contemporary 19th century limp black leather, red-stained edges, 8vo, [1]

Royalty - Queen Charlotte Sophia (1744-1818), George III's Consort, an unsigned list of 1pp in ink manuscript, tabulating payments in "Gineas" (sic) to Lady Charlotte Finsh (sic, Finch, Royal Governess from 1762-1793) of 20 guineas, Misses (sic) Boucher 50 guineas, Misses Hammilton (sic, Hamilton) 50 guineas, two 'A Lady in Germany' at 50 guineas each, Linike 50 guineas, Schwellenberg each Month 24 guineas, Chevalier Oliveyra each Week 2 guineas, Dairy Woman 26 guineas, Schwellenberg & Hagedorn 42 guineas, with such a cast of names from every social position the mind boggles as to the nature of this odd account, undated but presumably written by a young Queen Charlotte given the incorrect English surnames and titles which show a degree of naivety with the English language, the lower-right margin is autographed and inscribed by Edward Harding (1755-1840), Librarian to Her Majesty: "Her Majesty Queen Charlotte's Writing", formerly with Winifred A. Myers of London, [1]

The Arts - a collection of five 19th century ink manuscript on paper letters, comprising 1) Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (1769–1830), 3pp ALS addressed to Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart (1772-1851), excusing himself for not being able to call on him, etc., dated 9th August, 1829, portrait engraving of the artist, (1); others, including 2nd) Sir George Scharf KCB (1820-1895), secretary and director of the National Portrait Gallery, 3pp, (1); 3rd) Sir Thomas Hardy (1804-1878), Deputy Keeper of the Records, 1pp (1); 4th) Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), 4pp, (1); etc., [5]

The Theatre - a late Victorian manuscript diary, dated and inscribed in MS. from 19th July 1897 to 29th December 1902, presumably compiled by a gentleman, illustrated with frequent accounts of days in London and Manchester, particularly their theatres, operas, etc., and tipped-in theatrical notices and ephemera throughout, some comments, fairly informal and at times brief entries, accounts of friends, etc., original roan (perished in places, 8vo, (1); Photography, three Powls & May cabinet card portrait photographs, of children in theatrical costume, c. 1900, (3); The Crystal Palace Album; etc., [collection]

Two early 20th century friendships book, each album illustrated with watercolour, pen-and-ink, and pencil cartoons and drawings, some caricatural and humorous, inscribed in ink manuscript with sentiment and messages, mixed bindings, 8vo and oblong 12mo, [2]

Vernacular Furniture in Late Georgian Wales – a post-Regency carpenter-joiner’s manuscript accounts book, by John Jones, dated from 1827 to 1840 and inscribed in ink MS in an earlier George III printed almanac, ‘The Daily Journal/or, The Gentleman’s and Tradesman’s Complete Annual Accompt-Book […], London: Printed only for R. Baldwin, 1761’, Jones’s entries mainly relate to Bridgend/Ynyscynon (Aberdare), including one to a coal owner David Williams, Pen-y-Bont (1809-1863); typical charges, spice cupboard 3/- (15p), five chairs 7/6d (37.5p), round stand 8/- (40p) and a mill wheel at £5-15s-0d ( £5 – 75p); etc., contemporary green limp vellum (perished spine, cover creased, chipped, &/or split), 8vo in 4s, [1]

Veterinary Science - two manuscript academic notebooks of J.S. Steward, Gwynne House, Hereford, as a student in Class C, the Royal Veterinary College, London N.W.1., volumes I & II, dated from 5th October, 1926 to 21st June, 1927, volume I: Veterinary Materia Medica by Prof. A.R. Smythe, 231pp; volume II: Veterinary Pathology Notes by Sir John McFadyean, 419pp, contemporary green morocco over boards, brown paper wrappers with inscribed labels, marbled edges and endpapers, 4to, [2]

Antique South Eastern Framed Manuscript: frame size 27cm x 60cm

GEORGE GOODWIN KILBURNE (1839-1924) READING THE MANUSCRIPT SignedWatercolour 32cm x 26cmWith Walker Galleries

A quantity of mostly hardback Naval books, predominately relating to Napoleon at St Helena and Sir H. Lowe by Forsythe in three volumes, a rebound copy of 'The Memorable Battle of Waterloo' by Christopher Kelly Esq, dated 1817 to the title page, also a small part French manuscript, contents dating between 1785 and 1813, etc.

Great Britain letter with manuscript post paid and 2 line hand stamp cancel (Possibly Tapling)

Great Britain 1839 Postal History letter headed Saxthorpe 13/5/1839 posted to Norwich cancelled Aylsham with red manuscript Paid 4.

Great Britain 1953 Coronation group on two pages of SG 532-535 used sets as singles, pairs and blocks of four 2x singles with cylinder numbers FDC with manuscript address with a London Long live the Queen slogan machine cancel on SG 532-533. Cat £42

A fascinating paper archive of military (WWI & WWII) interest relating in the main to Captain Stanley Austen Johnson but also to Robert Westgarth Charlton, which includes a hand-written six-side manuscript letter on "British Army & Navy Leave Club" headed paper, dated 7 August 1918, an original Dunkirk numerous monochrome photographs depicting wartime subjects, French and other postcards, a Fifth Supplement to The London Gazette dated 29 December 1944 outlining military honours, A Northumberland Fusiliers "Fighting Fifth" booklet published by Alfred Brewis of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1915, a George IV certificate promoting Stanley Austen Johnson to officer, dated 25 April 1934, a St. George's Day Menu Card with multiple signatures, 1941, embroidered cards and silks, an Xmas 1918 embroidered souvenir card, the death certificate for Robert (Bob) Charlton, franked envelopes, etc, etc. (Q)

BURNET (BISHOP GILBERT) BURNET (BISHOP GILBERT), 2 works each in two foolscap volumes but none bound to match. The first work is “The History of the Reformation of the Church of England”, part 1 covers Henry 8th, 4th edition, 1715, full leather, and part 2 covers Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, 1681, full decorated leather. The second work is “History of His Own Time”, book one covers the period up to 1660, dated 1724, in panelled calf, spine relaid, with book two going on to the reign of Queen Anne, 1734, modern quarter binding with an added note in manuscript on the title page reverse stating that the manuscript originals for these would be placed in the “Cotton Library”, with a signature of “G Burnett”? The title page has been repaired. (4)

THE TRIAL OF GEORGE SACKVILLE, AKA GEORGE GERMAIN (George Sackville) (1716 - 1785) Lord Germain, English Secretary of State for the Colonies who directed attempts to suppress the Revolution. An extraordinary manuscript in an unknown hand, 59pp. 8vo. [n.p., n.d., London, 1760] titled on the first page: "Extracts from the Trial of Lord George Sackville" being Germain's court-martial for disobeying orders at the battle of Minden in 1745. Bound in paper with marbled boards, binding loose but pages mostly clean. Before his political career, Germain began his adult life as a cavalry officer first seeing action at Fontenoy in 1745. At Minden, he was accused of repeatedly failing to order a cavalry charge in support of the infantry, over what appeared to be a petty intra-officer dispute. His failure to order his cavalry forward cost the British-Hessian force a decisive victory over the French. For his actions, he was cashiered and sent home. Refusing to accept responsibility, he ordered a court-martial in an attempt to clear his name. The "Extracts" offered here detail Germain's defence and read, in a very small part: "...Not to have executed Orders in Action does not always imply even a Neglect of Duty. My intention is not to throw Blame upon others but to vindicate myself from the Blame imputed to me And I must beg the Court would enter unto my Situation & not judge upon my supposed Knowledge or upon Facts since disclosed... The Marquis of Granby a Lieutenant General & second in Command of the British Troops who was as little acquainted as myself with any Plan of Action or instructed in any general Disposition a Precaution that few Commanders in Chief & particularly H.S Highness who is so able to form & to explain his Ideas have seldom omitted on the Eve of an Engagement... The Inference from thence to my Prejudice is that H.S Highness's Impatience proves his Sense of my Delay but I beg leave to observe that it only proves that the Prince had very great occasion for Cavalry & was very sensible that they might be very useful where they were not posted... I should greatly wrong the Prince if I should suppose it necessary to take much Notice of what has been told the Court of his expressing his surprise at my doubt upon the Orders not by Words but by his Looks & Actions. The Orders he gave to me were so materially different in their Object from either Captain Ligoniers or Colonel Fitroy's that these Orders alone were a Confirmation of my Doubts & his Manner seemed to correspond with his Words. Had pursuit been the object H.S.H would undoubtedly have ordered the Cavalry which first appeared to advance instantly without ordering me to form the whole. How much Time was employed in this Manouveur is not ascertained by the Evidence. No particular time can be said to be necessary for such movements as the making of them slower or faster must always depend on the Adroitness of the Troops & their readily comprehending the Orders they receive. If it was on this Occasion that Lord Granby found fault with my manoeuvers I flatter myself his Lordship would not have blamed them had he known I was acting under the Orders of the Prince. The intention of which I am persuaded he would have agreed with me could not have been otherwise satisfied than by advancing with a well formed Line of Cavalry fit to sustain. No Officer of the Cavalry I believe imagined that the Engagement was over before we came upon the Heath Nor had H.S.H any Idea that the success of the few Battalions that had engaged could determine the Event of the day as is plain by the Order he gave to Sustain the Infantry... Upon the whole if any of the Orders brought either by Captain Wintzingerade Captain Ligonier or Lieutn. Colonel Fitzroy appears not to have been obeyed with all the Expedition which under the several circumstances now before you in Evidence shall appear to have been practicable or if any blamable Delay was afterwards made in the March whether by Halts or otherwise when Lord George Sackville considers himself as acting under the Prince immediate Orders. I submit that you will be under the disagreeable Necessity of finding his Lordship Guilty & in our Judgement will have regarded to the Degree of the Offence with respect to the Proportion & the Motive of the Delay..." Germain concluded, "My Witnesses cannot say what they have said without being convinced that it is Truth... I expect no better Security for my Cause than their uninfluenced Determinations. I have mention'd already that I have the Security of their Oath. I have stronger still their Honour Upon that I reply. If I am guilty let me be declared so. If I am not Guilty let the Court shew [sic] by their Sentence that they will with pleasure protect the innocent."The court did not bite on Germain's lengthy defence and found him guilty as charged, sentencing him to the most severe punishment that could be meted out to a general officer. Not only was his discharge upheld, but the court also ruled that he was unfit to serve in any military capacity. His name was struck from the Privy Council rolls and the verdict entered in the orderly book of every regiment in the army. Fortunately for Sackville, he was well-born and had already been a Member of Parliament on and off since 1741. With the ascension of George III to the throne in the same year, his political fortunes began to turn. He allied himself with Lord North in the 1760s and in 1775, the now Lord George Germain (his wife Lady Elizabeth Germain had died, leaving him her fortune and title), was appointed Secretary of State for the American department and this responsible for suppressing the revolt in America. It would be Germain who would approve the contrary plans of Howe and Burgoyne, setting the stage for disaster in Saratoga. Germain's bumbling would again provoke confusion in 1781, helping seal the fate of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

TWO ISLAMIC FINELY PAINTED ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGES, images 14cm x 8cm and 15cm x 6cm.

A 16TH CENTURY PERSIAN ILLUSTRATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDANSI'S SHAHNAMA, depicting Siyavash displaying his skill at polo before Afrasiyab, unframed, page 27cm x 18cm.

Piccolpasso, C: I Tre Libri Dell'Arte Del Vasaio (The Three Books of the Potter's Art): Vols I & II, facsimilie of the manuscript translated by Lightbown. Original hardback and slip case.

Cromwellian manuscript on vellum of Letter of Administration granted to Anne Bennett relict and sole executor of John Bennett, Late of Hawkhurst in the county of Kent, deceased, Nineteenth day of November, one thousand, six hundred fifty seven, with three signatures, 13.3 cm x 15.3 cm

A superb period photographic copy of a Hungarian 'Schutz-Pass' or travel document issued by the Swedish embassy in Budapest that acted as a passport initialed by Raoul Wallenberg (1912 - disappeared 17 January 1945), Swedish businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary from German Nazis and Hungarian Fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory and wrote thousands of passes to get them out of Hungary. The document is 1p. legal folio, Budapest, August 26, 1944, issued to Dr. Andreas Glucksthal, a Hungarian Jew, stating that he is authorized to travel to Sweden and is under the protection of their government, with Wallenberg's photocopied initials 'W.R.' in the bottom left. The top is stamped with the Hungarian word 'Masolat' ('Copy'), and the bottom 'Hitelesites A Tuloldalun' ('Authenticated on the face'). The verso is notarized by a Hungarian notary, bearing an original certification stamp indicating the signatory has seen the original document and is signing an accurate facsimile copy. Accompanied by another related photocopied document, 1p. 4to., Budapest, August 27, 1944, written by a secretary at the Swedish embassy requesting that Dr. Gluckstahl be exempted from wearing a yellow star in transit, bearing the same copy stamps, verso certification stamp, and Wallenberg's facsimile initials. Matted and framed. Very fine condition. These are authentic contemporary copies with original and contemporary manuscript and handstamps, thus provides an affordable opportunity to own a Schutzpass at a fraction of the normal $10,000-20,000 original. These lifesaving documents granted escape from otherwise certain death for countless Jews, and were paid for dearly with the life of one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century.

ALBERT SPEER (1905 - 1981) Nazi German architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg. Fine content D.S., 3pp. 4to., [Heidelberg]. Nov. 28, 1980, headed: 'Essay Albert Speer's, written 1953, partly published in 'Inside the Third Reich'. A signed photocopy of a typed manuscript with excellent content by Speer concerning Adolf Hitler as building planner and architect, describing Hitler's attitude while meeting with architects, his skill as a draftsman, and his devotion to 'improving' various cities, especially Linz. Folds, else very good, nicely signed in blue ink at conclusion, sold with the transmittal envelope which is also signed in the return address.

GEN. CHARLES S. FERRIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS (28) Important collection of 25 first-generation 3 x 4.25 in. photographs of the Japanese defendants in the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, taken at an early point in their captivity. Each photograph, likely used by the Allied occupation administration, bears an image of the alleged criminal in civilian clothing with a his name and prior rank/position in facsimile on the face. The verso of each has the defendant's name, title, biographical notes, date of arrest, and charges lodged against him. Essentially all of the Tokyo war criminals are present, including Tojo, Togo, Suzuki, Shimada, Shigemitsu, Oshima, Itagaki, etc. Also included are two original photographs, one showing Hideki Tojo standing before an American MP, the other a broad view of the Military Tribunal. WITH: a fine tribunal-related manuscript for a presentation titled 'Tojo and Company' by Provost Marshal of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Aubrey S. Kenworthy, 38pp. 4to., summarizing many of the defendants and describing them often in a somewhat positive light. Kenworthy adds: '...some of us practically lived with these people...we got to know them as former Rulers, Statesmen, and Warriors of Japan...if I speak of them...as a good fellow I am referring only to his actions while our prisoner...' Much more content about other defendants, and including many of Kenworthy's anecdotes. These photographs have an excellent association, having originated from the files of Brigadier Gen. CHARLES S. FERRIN (1892-1976), was a highly-decorated Army brigadier general, who most notably served as the Provost Marshal of Tokyo after war's end and was charged with the security of the International Military Tribunal, Far East, during the incarceration of the Japanese war criminals. During World War II, he was an Assistant Plans Officer at Pearl Harbor and the Artillery Commander of the 27th Infantry Division which fought with distinction at Eniwetok, Saipan and Okinawa. 28 pieces.

FROM THE ESTATE OF GEN. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER, COMMANDER OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE FIRST WAVE AT OMAHA BEACH Fine pair of presentation items memorializing Gen. Huebner's leadership of the 'Big Red One', includes: Manuscript D.S., 1p large oblong folio (23.5 x 17 in. sight), [n.p.], Feb. 12, 1959, an entirely hand-lettered and illustrated certificate presented to Huebner soon after his retirement by 'The Remnants of the 'Big Red One''. Signed at the bottom by twenty surviving members of the division who served under Huebner's command in World War II, including Silver Star recipient THEODORE L. DOBOL (1915-1996). Above Huebner's name appears the division motto: 'No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First!' The illustrations, executed entirely in ink and watercolors, depict a color guard flanking the Great Seal of the United States at top, with a 'Fighting First' soldier on an invasion beach at bottom, with the division's shoulder insignia at the top corners and the World War I and World War II Victory Medals at bottom. Scrollwork at top lists the division's notable campaigns in both wars. The artist's signature 'Harris S[taff] S[ergeant] HQ 1st Inf Div' appears in minute letters at the bottom edge. The certificate is mounted in a wood frame, and is in very good condition. WITH: Cast-aluminum presentation statuette, 9.5 in. tall, depicting a 1st Division soldier in dress uniform standing at attention, with the division's insignia visible on his helmet, shoulders, and on either side of the metal base. The front of the base again bears the division's motto, as quoted above. The statuette is mounted on a black granite base, bearing a plastic presentation plaque reading: 'Lt. Gen. C.R. Huebner, State C. D. Director', referring to this role as Civil Defense Director for New York following his retirement from the U.S. Army. The statuette shows some tarnish and oxidation overall, with a minor break at the ankles, else very good. Two pieces.

FRANCOIS BAILLY DE MONTHION (1776 - 1850) French general and chief of staff to Berthier, later serving as chief of staff of the Army of the North during the Hundred Days. Manuscript L.S. as general of a division and chief of staff to Berrthier, 1p. 4to., Dresden, July 16, 1813 to ALEXANDRE-LOUIS BERTHIER (1753-1815) requesting a three-month leave be issued to a Captain Colombier for reasons of health: '...he has been unable for some time to undertake his duties...this young officer has already speant seven years a prisoner in England...' Fine condition.

SEXTIUS FRANCOIS DE MIOLLIS (1759 - 1828) French military officer serving in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. He served as sub-lieutenant under Rochambeau, his face disfigured at the siege of Yorktown. He headed the First National Battalion of volunteers of Bouches-du-Rhône. In the French Revolutionary Wars, he demonstrated skill and bravery often, becoming a brigadier general in 1796. Under Napoleon, he was deployed to Italy, taking part in the siege of Mantua and put in charge of the occupation of Tuscany. Rare manuscript L.S., 2pp. legal folio, Rome, Mar. 6, 1812, to the Governor General of Rome. De Miollis writes concerning 29 candidates in Corfu who wish to be sent to the Ecole des Sous Officiers at Fontainebleau. He advises that the Minister of War has written that the battalions of the regiment are too remote and that such a transfer is impractical. A few minor edge faults, else very good.

ARNOLD ELZEY (1816 - 1871) Confederate major general who surrendered the Augusta Arsenal to Union forces. He then joined the Confederate Army, fought at First Bull Run and with Jackson in the Valley, seriously wounded at Gaines Mill. Rare war-date manuscript d.s., 1p. 4to., 'District Head Quarters', Richmond, Dec. 13, 1862 to an unidentified brigadier general. In part: '...The undersigned [Elzey] assumed command of the Richmond Defences and of such other portions of Major General G. W. Smith's command as are not included in The Cape Fear District and The Department of North Carolina...' Near fine. On June 27, 1862 Elzey was shot through the head at the Battle of Gaines Mill, a serious wound that kept him from active field command for the rest of the war. After he had recovered, he was assigned command of the Department of Richmond and charged with the defense of the city. He dealt with a raid by Stoneman's Union cavalry during the Chancellorsville Campaign, as well as Union gunboats that summer that threatened Richmond.

FRANKLIN BUCHANAN (1800 - 1874) Confederate admiral who commanded the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimac) and was severely wounded in the famous engagement. Manuscript D.S. 'Ex[amine]d Frank'n Buchanan Commander', 2pp. legal folio, [Mississippi, 1842], a portion of the ship's log of the steamer U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI while at Pensacola from Sep. 29 to Oct. 2, 1842, commanded by W. D. Salter who signs at the top of the extract. The log describes work done to a paddle-wheeler just offshore including caulking, carpentry, and other repairs. Salter also mentions 'punishing with the cat' several men, their charges including drunkenness and desertion. Fine.

ISAAC R. TRIMBLE (1802 - 1888) Confederate major general who led Pender's forces during Picket's charge at Gettysburg after the former was wounded. He was severely wounded, losing a leg after his capture. Manuscript D.S. as a Baltimore City Commissioner, 1p. 4to., Baltimore, May 28, 1870, an order that the City Comptroller pay City Surveyor Charles P. Kahler for labor provided for services in the 'Improvement of Jones Falls'. Kahler's statement for his services is attached. Very good. Jones Falls is an integral part of Baltimore's transportation and urban history, but at the time was blamed for flooding and disease. In the late 1800s, lower Jones Falls was diverted into a series of tunnels, or conduits which brought the flow underground through the city and out to the Inner Harbor.

MARTIN LUTHER SMITH (1819-1866) Confederate major general, one of the few Northern-born officers to serve in the Confederate Army. He planned and constructed the defenses of Vicksburg and was held as a prisoner of war after that city was captured. After his exchange, he briefly served as head of the Engineer Corps for the entire Confederate Army. War-date manuscript L.S., 1p. 8 x 5 in., Montgomery, Alabama, March 24, 1865, sending a special order to Lt. Col. Edward Ivy. In part: '...Lt. Col. Edward Ivy...hereby ordered to proceed to Macon, Ga. and there await further orders...'. Signed by Smith at the conclusion as Major General and Chief Engineer of the Division of the West. This is likely one of the last special orders given by Smith as the war ended only sixteen days after this letter was written. Vertical folds and some light chipping at left and top margins, else fine.

NATHANIEL HARRIS AND EDMUND KIRBY SMITH Fine war-date document signed by two important Confederate generals. The recto of the document includes a manuscript D.S., 1p. legal folio, Winchester, July 15, 1861 by NATHANIEL HARRIS (1834-1900), Confederate brigadier commanding the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He led the regiment at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and assumed command of Posey's brigade after Posey was mortally wounded. He writes: 'I certify that the within named John B. Adams of Capt. N.H. Harris Company (C) of 19th Reg. of Miss. Vols. born in State of Kentucky aged 35 years, 5 ft., 5 inches high, sallow complexion, blue eyes and black hair and by profession a laborer, was enlisted by Capt. N.H. Harris at Vicksburg, Miss. on 14 day of May 1861 to serve during the war and is entitled to a discharge by reason of bad health...' A surgeon of the 19th Miss. attests to the fact beneath, and Col. C. H. Mott of the regiment approves the discharge at bottom. On the verso appears an A.E.S. of EDMUND KIRBY SMITH (1824-1893), Confederate lieutenant general who led troops at First Bull Run, fought under Bragg at Perryville, and later commanded forces in the Trans-Mississippi, crushing Banks in the Red River Campaign. Smith writes, in full: 'Hd. Qrs, Winchester Aug. 15 1861 Discharge him By Order Gen. [Joseph] Johnston E. K. Smith Brig. Genl. A.A.G.' Folds with some toning thereat, a few trivial stains, else very good.

RAFAEL SEMMES IS RECOGNIZED BY THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS Fine content manuscript official notice sent to the President of the Confederate Senate and signed by BURTON N. HARRISON (1838-1904), private secretary to President Jefferson Davis. Harrison reports: 'On the 11th inst. the President [Davis] approved and signed a joint resolution entitled, a 'Joint Resolution (27) of thanks to Captain Rafael Semmes of the Confederate States war-steamer Alabama, and the officers and crew under his command...' Fine condition. On June 19, 1864 the CSS Alabama, the most famous of the Confederate commerce raiders, was sunk by the USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France following a pitched battle.

THOMAS BENTON SMITH (1838 - 1923) Confederate brigadier general who was severely beaten after surrendering to Union forces at the Battle of Nashville on December 16, 1864. The resulting brain injuries eventually drove Smith to insanity, and he spent the last 47 years of his life in an asylum. War-date manuscript D.S., 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Feb. 11, 1862, a pay voucher for Smith in the amount of $180.00. Smith signs boldly at the bottom right, adding his rank. Moderate spotting, else very good.

An interesting piece signed by two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Manuscript D.S., 5pp. legal folio, Hartford, May, 1759, a 'Debenture of the House of Representatives at the Genl. Assembly' listing each representative's name and the money due to them. Some of the entries have been signed by the recipients of the monies including two signers of the Declaration of Independence: STEPHEN HOPKINS (twice), WILLIAM WILLIAMS (three times), as well as MATHEW GRISWOLD (1714-1799), Colonial Governor of Connecticut, and EPIPHALET DYER (1721-1807) who was later a member of the Stamp Act Congress. Several tears along the folds, light soiling, else very good.

GEORGES MELIES (1861 – 1938) Pioneering French film director and filmmaker, best known for early films such as 'A Trip to the Moon' and 'The Impossible Voyage'. Manuscript D.S. 'G. Melies', 2pp. 4to., Paris, Dec. 10, 1912, a receipt for royalties on Melies’ 'Manufacture de Films pour Cinematopgraphes' letterhead referencing 34 prints of 'Linked By Fate' and an additional reference to 'All is Fair'. Light folds, filing holes at the left margin, else very good. In 1913, Melies’ film company was forced into bankruptcy by the large French and American studios, his company was bought out of receivership. The French Army seized most of this stock to be melted down into boot heels during World War I, and many of the other films were sold to be recycled into new film. As a result, many of his films no longer exist.

Africa.- Barrow (John) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., second edition, half-title in vol.2 only (as issued), 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards, 9 folding engraved maps and plans, 3 with partial hand-colouring, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of vol.2 but lacking 2pp. advertisements, occasional marginal foxing, light offsetting from maps, one or two with short tears to folds or fore-edge, X2 in vol.1 slightly creased at lower edge, with L.s. from Barrow loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, gilt, spines gilt with red roan labels, rubbed, joints cracked, spine of vol.1 neatly repaired at head, [Abbey, Travel 322; Tooley 85], 4to, 1806.⁂ The second and best edition, including plates after Daniell, not present in the first edition. The inserted letter is from Barrow in his position as Second Secretary to the Admiralty, a post which he held from 1804-06 and 1807-45. It is a partly-printed standard letter of acknowledgement with date, details, signature and addressee supplied in manuscript by Barrow, and is addressed to Rear Admiral Sir Graham P.Hamond Bt. of HMS Talbot at Devonport thanking him for his report of arrival at Plymouth in October 1834.

NO RESERVE Steamship.- Hulls (Jonathan) A Description and Draught of a New-Invented Machine for carrying Vessels or Ships Out of, or Into any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a Calm..., number 25 of 27 small paper facsimile reprints, from an edition limited to 39, inscribed "Presented by Mr. [John] Sheepshanks, the Author of this Reprint, to Josiah Parkes" on front free endpaper, also with manuscript note of limitation at head, folding engraved frontispiece, contemporary half roan, by Rivière, rubbed, 12mo, [1855].⁂ A very limited reprint of an account of the first attempt to use steam to propel a vessel in water, first published in 1737 and containing one of the earliest detailed representations of a steam paddle boat. As the note on the endpaper states this is one of 27 copies reprinted the same size as the original edition; there were also 12 copies on old paper in small 4to.

NO RESERVE Book of Hours.- Single leaf from a book of Hours, manuscript in Latin, in a gothic bookhand, on vellum, 1 2-line initials, 8 1-line initials and 2 line fillers in gold, red and blue, floral borders in gold, blue, red and green, 155 x 111mm., [c. 1450].

Sodomy & Rape.- Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite, 1593-1631) [Confession of Faith], D.s. "Castelhaven", manuscript, 1p., tear with loss of part of left margin slightly affecting a few letters, part of lower margin cut away, browned and stained, laid down, folio, [?14th May], [?1631].⁂ 19th century note: "This is the original of the Confession of faith of that wretched man which he caused to to be read at his execution 14 May 1631 - Lee State Trials. ?JC."Castlehaven was prosecuted for alleged sodomy and rape within his own family and executed in 1631.

Louis XIV's Finances.- Receipt for a life annuity of 1000 livres made out to Marieanne Bellanger signed by Jacques Poulletier and Michel Chamillart, Treasury officials, printed form with manuscript insertions, small tear at head, folds, slightly browned, 202 x 275mm., April 1706; and 9 others, including some 18th century Italian notices and 1 vol. with very small remains of medieval text used in binding, v.s., v.d. (10).