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Leaf from a lavishly illuminated Book of Hours, with its miniature filled in by a modern artist, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris), c. 1420, and twentieth century] Single leaf, with a 3-line initial 'I' (opening "In principium erat verbum ...") in blue with white decoration, encased within swirls of coloured ivy-leaf foliage on a brightly burnished gold ground, extending at its corners into a thick text border on three sides of blue flowerhead and mirrored red and blue leaves on gold grounds, these exploding at their heads into realistic foliage with red flowers and an acanthus leaf spray, these emerging from gold and coloured doughnut-like ovals shaded on their upper side, at the foot similar sprays of coloured acanthus and a red and silver trumpet shaped flower (the silver now oxidised), all surrounded with rinceaux foliage terminating in gold leaves and bezants and coloured flowerheads, with two large facing spirals of this in the bas-de-page, 4 lines of text on front, 14 lines on back, the entire miniature of John seated in a writing desk at Patmos a modern embellishment, trimmed on both vertical sides (to the edge of the border on the left-hand side, and with slight damage to the border on the right), this perhaps done during last framing, and twentieth-century '4' in pen on reverse, some scuffing to gold in places, else good condition, 170 by 87mm. From the collection of Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby. While the miniature is modern, and perhaps painted over a damaged miniature, the borders are of the highest quality and point to the output of the Bedford workshop, which lead the book arts of Paris in the first two decades of the fifteenth century.

Pentecost, in a historiated initial on a leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Emilia-Romagna, perhaps Bologna), c. 1260-70] Single large leaf, with a large initial 'D' (opening "Dum complerentur dies pentecostes ...", the second response of the first nocturne for Pentecost), formed of light pink and orange acanthus extending into the margin and including a human head, on a blue ground with white penwork decoration, framed in light pink, enclosing the Pentecost with the twelve Apostles seated under two arches supported by a central column, large initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, rubrics in red, capitals stroked in red, 10 lines of text with accompanying music on 4-line red staves (rastrum: 21mm.), parchment stained and cockled in places, small holes and remains of paper at edges and on verso, inscriptions '1600' and '1604' from reuse on an account book binding, 490mm. by 340mm. The illumination here shows the twelve apostles seated in an architectural setting, with faces painted in dark green and using strokes of white paint for modelling. The style is notably close to that of the Maestro d'Imola (see F. Lollini in Dizionario biografico dei miniatori italiani, 2004, p. 685) who was named after a group of choirbooks decorated for San Domenico in Imola (see Cor unum et anima una. Corali miniati della Chiesa di Imola, 1994). He was active in and around Bologna, a leading centre of manuscript production in the thirteenth and fourteenth century.

‡ The Ascension, within a large initial, from an illuminated manuscript choirbook on parchment [northern Italy (probably Veneto), mid-fourteenth century] Large cutting trimmed to edges, with an initial 'N' (probably opening "Narrabo nomen tuum fratibus meis ...", Psalm 21:23 for the vigil of the Ascension, with the same text mirrored in the inscription in white penwork on the blue grounds of the scene) in off-white enclosed within red and green acanthus leaves, enclosing Christ enthroned before followers, all with burnished gold haloes, all on burnished gold grounds, some losses to edges in places and a few small discoloured holes in places, cracking, scuffing and chipping to gold, laid down on card (small area lifted to reveal text on reverse), overall fair and presentable, 178 by 160mm.The heavy browed, almost scowling, faces of some saints here, with white brushstrokes used to highlight the ridges of their faces and add depth, as well as the remains of a thin bar-like acanthus shoot in the upper lefthand corner that bends to an acute angle as it enters the margin, point towards Venetian work (compare the choirbook leaf of c. 1340-45 in G. Freuler, The McCarthy Collection, 1: Italian and Byzantine Miniatures, 2018, no. 44; and a cutting from a Gradual produced in the third quarter of the fourteenth century: C. de Hamel, Gilding the Lilly, 2010, no. 49). The skilfully executed tousled hair of the saint in the immediate foreground with his back to the viewer, adds charm.‡: A double dagger (‡) indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to temporary importation and that VAT is due at the reduced rate (5%) if the lot remains in the UK.

Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium, with a large initial enclosing a monastic reader, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Bologna), second half of fourteenth century] Single leaf, with a large historiated initial 'N' (opening "Nunc, quo aequiore ...", the opening of book VIII) in pale brown with white penwork, enclosing a reader in a monastic cowl as he holds open a book before him and reads, that before a deep blue ground with white penwork, and the whole initial on burnished gold grounds and with coloured acanthus leaf sprays with gold bezants with single penwork 'tails' in the adjacent margin, large initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, paragraph marks in alternate red or blue, rubrics and numbers at side of capitula list in hairline penstrokes, main text in double column of 36 lines of a densely written gothic bookhand, grain pattern visible on parchment, some slight cockling, small areas of white paint flaked from surface of open book in initial, else excellent condition, 279 by 195mm. (written space 185 by 128mm.); mounted in modern gilt frame This historiated initial and its border decoration are by a follower of Stefano degli Azzi (documented in Bologna 1363-1400), and shares that artist's facial modelling, tightly scrolling acanthus leaves and bezants with a single flagella-like tail (compare P. Palladino, Treasures of a Lost Art, 2003, pp. 29-30). The depiction of the reader of this secular text as a monk, perhaps even a Augustinian, might suggest that the parent volume was made for monastic house in Bologna or its vicinity, such as the monastery of San Giacomo Maggiore in the city.

Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara or Cremona), c. 1470] Single leaf, with double column of 36 lines of a tiny gothic bookhand, red rubrics, one-line initials in red or blue, 2-line initials in gold on green, blue and pink grounds, one large initial in dark pink enclosing a human figure picked out in fine white brushstrokes on a rich blue ground, all on wide gold grounds and with stylised flower-heads and gold bezants suspended within densely scrolling penwork in margin, a few small spots, else excellent condition, 184 by 128mm. This leaf from the collection of Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby. 

‡ Leaf from the Llangattock Breviary, with two historiated initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara), 1441-48] Single leaf with double column of 30 lines of a rounded late gothic bookhand (text for Feasts of SS. Praxedes [Matins, lessons 1-3] and Mary Magdalene [1st Vespers-Matins, lesson 2]), capitals touched in yellow wash, red rubrics with ornamental line fillers in same pen, one-line initials in blue or liquid gold with contrasting penwork, 2-line initials in burnished gold on blue or burgundy grounds, these grounds with fine white penwork tracery, one historiated initial on recto in coloured acanthus leaves, enclosing Mary Magdalene as a half-length portrait of a crowned woman holding a gold cross, all before vivid blue grounds edged in hairline white penwork, the whole initial on burnished gold grounds with notched edges, accompanied by two bar-borders of gold and blue or burgundy with acanthus leaf swirls at midpoints ad explosions of fine rinceaux foliage with fleshy coloured leaves and gold bezants at head and foot, another historiated initial on verso in same, enclosing St. Augustine as a half-length portrait of a bearded man, this initial on square burnished gold grounds, and accompanied by similar border decorations as before, but here with use of wider outer margin the illuminator has added fuller sprays of acanthus leaves and other foliate embellishment on the outermost side of the first column, very slight corrosion to paint of cheek of Mary Magdalene, leaf trimmed at outer upright edge with approximately 2mm. from edge of border decoration at midpoint removed there, faint yellow stains at extreme head and foot from old mounting, else in outstandingly fresh condition, 265 by 194mm. One of the finest leaves to survive from this splendid renaissance codex Provenance:1. This leaf comes from a parent manuscript now identified as a breviary produced for the use of Leonello d'Este (1407-50), marquis and then duke of Ferrara, by a team of artists lead by Giorgio d'Alemagna (see F. Toniolo, La miniatura a Ferrara dal tempo di Cosmè Tura all'eredità di Ercole de' Roberti, 1998, pp. 19, 20, 76-77; and D.T. Cashion in The Burke Collection of Italian Manuscript Paintings, 2021, no. 32, where a handlist records 108 leaves from the parent manuscript).2. John Rolls (1870-1916), 2nd Baron Llangattock, with inscriptions in the parent volume recording his family's acquisition of it, already imperfect, after the Peninsular War in the early nineteenth century; sold in his sale Christie's, 8 December 1958, lot 190.3. Goodspeeds book shop, Boston, and dispersed by them.‡: A double dagger (‡) indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to temporary importation and that VAT is due at the reduced rate (5%) if the lot remains in the UK.

1841 1d red, four good margins, nicely tied on cover by '10' in Maltese cross postmark, SG.B1uj, one of the scarcer numbers. The cover optimistically endorsed 'Free' in manuscript. Cat. £1,000.

GEORGE CAMERON FOLEY (SCOTTISH b.FALKIRK 1910) MANUSCRIPT FOR PENIKINS with sketches, cartoons and plans MANUSCRIPT for another novel with handwritten and typewritten elements, and a smaller cartoon booklet A FOLIO of articles, prints and annotated photographs relating to his life and studio practice, including 'Be an artist in tempera and oils' by G Cameron Foley THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT, Photograph and text for teaching purposes, 'For Scottish Schools' label verso Foley was a painter, engraver, sculptor, designer, author and illustrator. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, despite paralysis in his right arm and hand, he showed artistic talent and hence won a scholarship. He travelled extensively throughout Europe, including during WW11. Some travels are recorded in his extensive artworks and include Hungary-Budapest, Germany- Frieburg, Venice, Brittany, Paris. Foley wrote and illustrated Every initially in Boness and later on in Richmond. Childs Book of Painting (1961) and Be a Watercolour Artist (1970). He wrote and drew sketches for Punch and other satirical magazines and London papers. He illustrated various books and book covers for leading publishers and was the official artist to ?The Dancing Times and Ballroom Dancing Times. George was a great storyteller and wrote some stories?not all published?Little Giant, Penikins, WWII thriller espionage. He exhibited at RSA from 1938. Condition Report:Available upon request

BARNETT FAMILY, GUNMAKERS. A Manuscript History of the Barnett family from 1622 to about 1926. 56pp. Thomas Barnett and Son were gunmakers at 134 Minories, London. A few items of ephemera are present including two items on Worshipful Company of Gunmakers notepaper, both dated 1797, one an invitation to dinner, the other an invitation to a Court of Assistants

Military.- Caesar (Gaius Julius) I commentari..., lacking title but supplied in neat ink manuscript facsimile including device and another leaf with text of title in old ink manuscript, with 2 double-page etched maps of Gaul and Spain and 38 double-page plates and plans by Andrea Palladio only (of 40, lacking plates Q & DD), some soiling and water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and stained, [Adams C86; Fowler 237; Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 97], 4to, Venice, Pietro dei'Franceschi, 1575; sold not subject to return⁂ Translation of Caesar's war commentaries, the first edition with plates and an introduction by the architect Andrea Palladio. The plates depict battle formations, sieges, fortifications etc.

*** The description of this lot has changed ***Merchant's inventory.- Inventory of goods and chattels of a wealthy merchant's house, manuscript, part only (lacking details of the house and owner), four columns, lacking seal, fold, some light staining, creased, 263 x 369mm., [c. 1550]. ⁂ "In the sewe chamber... Imprimis...the paynted clothes and storye and... the yearde."; "In the Countinge house...Item a Countinge Table"; and "In the Butterye Chamber next the garden".

Scotland.- Marriage contract between Alexander Sym "advocat for himselff" and Margaret Tod, manuscript, torn at head and with some loss along folds, folds strengthened with paper, folds, browned, slightly stained, 870 x 310mm., Edinburgh, 14th June 1611.

Monck (George, 1st Duke of Albermarle, Capt. Gen. & Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1608-1670) Commission appointing Richard Clifton as Major of the regiment of foot of Col. Thomas Hughes, D.s. "George Moncke", manuscript on vellum, folds, lightly soiled, 203 x 295mm., 1st May, 1660.

Apprentice indentures.- Somerset, North Cadbury.- 4 apprentice indentures, each recording the apprenticeship of a young child, girls to be taught "housewifery" and the boys "husbandry", printed forms with manuscript insertions, on paper, red wax seals, folds, slightly browned, each 210 x 330mm., 1771-86.

NO RESERVE Senegal, Gorée Island.- Return of Provisions issued at Goree... 1810, manuscript, 2pp. on a bifolium, folds, slightly browned, a few edges chipped, folio, 1810; and 2 others, v.s., v.d. (3).⁂ Mentions payments for a detachment of the Royal African Corps. Gorée Island was a major slave trading centre for France during the 18th century.

Wordsworth (William, poet, 1770-1850) Cut signature, "Wm Wordsworth Rydal Mount 19th Augst -38", laid down on card, 85 x 120mm., 1838; and another, a manuscript copy of Wordsworth's poem, "The Longest Day", v.s., v.d. (2 pieces).

Children's.- Cave (Susan) Tales of Womankind... Author of the writing Tales for youth & the Orphans & a very great many others as is well known... Violetter & Juliana... Flounia or extreme liveness, manuscript, title and 98pp., 6 watercolours of young girls laid down, lacks lower free endpapers, original cloth boards, sm. 8vo, [c. 1840s].⁂ This opens with the story of the way that a young girl is cast out of her home after the death of her mother.

British Virgin Islands.- Victoria (Queen, 1819-1901) Order appointing Isaac Farrington and others "to be Non Elective Members of the Legislative Council Virgin Islands", D.s. "Victoria RI", manuscript, 5pp., blind-stamped seal, tears along folds, slightly browned, folio, 19th May 1862; and 3 other documents relating to BVI (2 signed by Queen Victoria), 1 with seal removed, folio (4 pieces).

Calligraphic Manuscript.- Maldon, Essex.- Courtauld (George, cloth manufacturer and Liberal politician, MP for Maldon 1878-85, 1830-1920).- The Register of Electors entitled to vote at any Election of a Member to serve in Parliament... in... the Borough of Maldon, in the County of Essex, presentation copy to George Courtauld by Arthur Evans on his election as MP, calligraphic manuscript decorated in gold, red and blue, 51pp., all on vellum, original red morocco, gilt decoration, edges a little rubbed, g.e., Maldon, 2nd July 1879.

Dardanelles.- Royal Navy.- Harbord (Richard Morden, later Harbord-Hamond, 10th Baron Suffield, Admiral, Royal Navy, 1865-1951) Order Books, service on boards HMS's Karakatta, Diana, Pylades, Brilliant & Zealandia (including service in the Dardanelles), 5 vol., autograph manuscript, numerous pp., variously original half calf and original cloth, slightly rubbed, 3 vol. paper label on upper cover "Night Order Book", sm. 4to, 1898-1915.

NO RESERVE Coptic.- Prayers, Ge'ez, 51 ff., each ff. numbered in stencil, manuscript on vellum in red and black ink, browned and soiled, one or two ff. stitched contemporary goatskin over wood, decorated in blind, split to spine foot, stitching to spine extremities, rubbed and worn, small 4to, [c.1900].

Mill (John Stuart) An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, manuscript bookplate, scattered spotting, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, abrasion mark to upper cover where label removed, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1865 § Moore (Patrick) Guide to the Planets, signed by author, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to spine extremities, 1972 § Dunkin (Edwin) The Midnight Sky: familiar Notes on the Stars and Planets, half-title, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, n.d. § Russell (Bertrand) New Hopes for a Changing World, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1951; and others similar, v.s. (53)

NO RESERVE Ravilious (Eric) Golden Cockerel Press 1931 (The), prospectus with 3 large wood-engravings by Ravilious (cockerel on front cover, title to 'Twelfth Night' and Robert Gibbings on lower cover) and 3 smaller wood-engravings by Gibbings, stitched, uncut, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931 § Clare (John) Birds Nesting: the Lost Manuscript, number 56 of 90 signed by the artist and printer, colour linocuts by Nicholas & Mary Parry, original patterned cloth, uncut, slip-case, Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1987; and 3 others including a 20th century unillustrated calligraphic manuscript of Milton's Il Penseroso by John Bowler in red & black ink, v.s. (5)

Beardsley (Aubrey) A Portfolio of...Drawings Illustrating "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, title/list of plates and 14 numbered plates by Beardsley only (of 17, lacking 11, 14 & 15), all on Japanese vellum, mixed set with ink manuscript note to list of plates "missing H.Q" by plate 13 but that plate present, small stain to lower corner of plate 5 and edge of a couple of others, ex-library copy with label to pastedown and stamp to list of plates but not to plates themselves, loose as issued in original half parchment portfolio, gilt, lacking ties, flap almost detached, rubbed, spine worn and repaired, 4to, [?1906].⁂ Including one unpublished drawing 'Salome on Settle'.

FARM WAGES ACCOUNTS BOOK, folio, manuscript entries, vellum bound, ca. 1807

[EXTRA ILLUSTRATED] RENDLE (William) & NORMAN (Philip) The Inns of Old Southwark and their Associations, 1 volume expanded to 2, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 1-170, 171-437, frontis., 11 plates, 2 folding maps, extra-illustrated with 125 plates (portrait and topographical) and a late 18th c. [?] manuscript and watercolour MAP used as 3 separate illustrations dated 1783, 1785, 1790; other extra illustrations include a hand-coloured folding print by Whittock after A. Van Den Wyngrerde's 1548 drawing of Southwark and London Bridge; and a contemporary litho, folding, of "The Ceremony of Opening London Bridge, August 1st 1831," red half-morocco gilt, t.e.g.,. [In the front of the first volume is a letter dated 23 May, 1914, from one of the authors, Philip Norman], 1st Edn., London 1888 (2)

[BINDING / MANUSCRIPT] a small "liber amicorum", probably for a child called Margaret, page size, 5 x 2.5 inches, 8 leaves of ms., with pen, ink & watercolour illus. heightened in gold, signed "F. Q., Mentone, 1899", loosely housed in charming morocco binding / folder with multiple gilt tools to upper cover (1).

[KOREA WAR, etc.] "Pictorial Map of Seoul" and other military maps of the Korean War (incl. some manuscript tactical notation) and maps of Gibraltar and Algeria (Q).

Bound collection of manuscript maps (French).

Original manuscript leaf of an Officium from the second quarter of the 16th century from Spain. It was written in a monastery by a monk, written in Latin with dark brown and red ink on parchment 61x32 cm, in total frame 72x52 cm

Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript leaf, painted with group of men resting in a landscape, with script borders, leaf 23 x 13cm, in glazed frame

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (c. 1667 - 1747), Scottish Jacobite and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, an autograph manuscript letter to Forbes, Laird of Culloden, dated 1730. [Known as "The Fox" Lovat was convicted for treason and sentenced to death following the 1745 Jacobite uprising.]

An autograph manuscript letter from John Forbes, 6th Laird of Culloden and officer of Horse Guards, to his father, Lord President of the Court of Session, written on the 27th of June in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Dettingen and recounting his experiences and the fate of those known to his father and present at the battle

A large quantity of autograph manuscript correspondence largely related to the Forbes family of Culloden, 17th - 19th Century

Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920), soldier, hunter and record setting traveller, (6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), Indian North West Frontier, Afghan Campaign and Boer War, retired in 1882 as honorary Lieutenant Colonel, in 1907 at the age of 64 circumnavigated the globe in 40 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes, breaking the previous record of 54 days, a record which he held for four years). A large and unique archive including manuscript records "Notes on Tiger Hunting in Central India, 1878-79" and "Three Months Tiger Shooting in Central Provinces during the hot weather of 1878"; an autograph manuscript diary, corrected typewritten transcript and bound copy of his "A Diary, Round the World in Record Time, May 3rd to June 13th, 1907", 45 pp; a similarly bound copy of "The Eastern Mediterranean and Palestine, February 28th to April 13th 1906", 74 pp; an album of related press cuttings, corresponding travel guides, maps, timetables, a passport, etc; a single sheet typewritten report of a "Fifty-seven and a quarter Miles' Walk by Col H Burnley Campbell, on 19th April 1898, ...", together with a related walking stick bearing a silver collar engraved "57 1/4 miles walk, 19/4/98, by Col HBC, ..."; a bound work "Otter Hunting in Argyllshire from 1860 to 1871", 65 pp, and a large group of related correspondence etc; press cuttings, photographs, correspondence, autograph manuscript poetry, together with In Memoria and other documents relating to his son Hardin Burnley-Campbell, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Three autograph manuscript dinner menus for Queen Victoria's Household Dinners at Windsor, 1891, together with related correspondence from and to an officer of the Seaforth Highlanders, some on Windsor Castle blind-embossed paper

A 1787 "scroll Inventory of the Furniture in Culloden House including all the articles thereto belonging", together with an 1801 manuscript list of portraits in the library of Culloden House, a similar 1838 inventory of plate and silver, and an 1897 plan of Culloden house by William C Joass, architect, Dingwall

A group of 17th - 18th Century autograph manuscript letters pertaining to the Forbes of Culloden

Local Interest, Markeaton Hall and the Mundy Family - a unique archive collection, including correspondence to and from Derby's Borough Engineer & Surveyor's Department concerning the purchase of architectural features and masonry following the hall's demolition; early 19th century wallpaper fragments from the staterooms; an archive folder of local newspaper clippings relating to the hall, its future and subsequent demolition; another folder, later newspaper and magazine clippings; an amateur's ground plan of the piano nobile, blue biro on card, 16cm x 31cm; other architectural plans ; b/w photographs of the house, its interior and exterior, prior and during demolition, various sizes (22); miscellaneous typed research viz. Markeaton and the Mundy family and manuscript notebook; masonry and rubble, presumably from the demolition; etc., [collection]

An Inuit greenstone carving, of a seal, 11cm wide, inscribed BA**, 5N40519, ink manuscript label and Eskimo Art sticker, 11cm wide

AN OFFICER~S PILLBOX FORAGE CAP OF AN INDIAN LANCER REGIMENTthe scarlet cap with a band of 1¾ in. gold |Bias and Stand| lace and Russia braid across the top under a gold purl button. A narrow patent leather chinstrap. Quilted crimson silk lining with gold-tooled label of Ranken & Co, Calcutta, and roan leather headband inscribed in manuscript ~W.G. Paul Young~ (minor moth damage)Although pillbox caps of most regiments were blue, those of the 8th Bengal Lancers were noted as scarlet.

A DECCAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF A PROPHETIndia, 18th century. Ink, gouache, and gold on paper, laid down on paper. Depicted seated on a yellow carpet with a cushion on a terrace, a small stand with a manuscript and various offerings to the sides, the haloed figure depicted dressed in white robes counting prayer beads, above him two celestial beings showering him with flower blossoms. Within narrow yellow and red borders. Provenance: From a German private collection, assembled during the 1970s. Condition: Fair condition with wear, soiling, stains, creasing, tears, losses to edges, and few touchups. Dimensions: Sheet size 20.5 x 27 cm, size incl. passe-partout 31 x 37.5 cm The “Deccan” (derived from Dakshina) is a geographical term that refers to the plateau in south central India still ruled by Hindu kings when the first Muslim sultanates of India were established in Delhi. The Khaljis (1290-1320) and the Tughluqs (1320-1414) both tried to conquer the Deccan but were ultimately unsuccessful. Auction result comparison: Compare a related Deccan painting of a Sufi Saint, dating to the 19th century, at Christie's London in Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds on 10 October 2014, lot 69, sold for GBP 1,625.

A RARE GROUP OF 27 FOLIOS FROM A MANUSCRIPT, KASHMIR 18TH CENTURYBlack ink, gilt and watercolor on paper. The three mounts each with three delicately painted figural scenes depicting the avatars of Vishnu, and six folios of calligraphy on blue ground, each in a painted gold frame. (27) Provenance: Collection of Sigfred Taubert, thence by descent. Sigfred Taubert (1914-2008) was the director of the Frankfurt Book Fair between 1958 and 1973, and also a writer and enthusiastic collector of bibliophilic treasures from all over the world. From 1974 to 1978, he was a member of the board of the UNESCO International Book Committee in Paris. Condition: Very good condition with only minor losses, minimal wear, the paper slightly warped. Dimensions: Image size 6.6 x 11.6 cm, Size including mounting 36.2 x 50.5 cm

Four 18th / 19th century Indo-Persian manuscript leaves, each finely painted in gouache with portrait of a nobleman, the largest 24 x 15cm, glazed frames

19th century Indo-Persian gouache portrait of a water carrier, 20 x 13cm together with three Indo-Persian gouache illuminated manuscript leaves, all in glazed frames

18th / 19th century Indo-Persian gouache manuscript leaf illuminated with scene of battling elephants, 18 x 15cm, together with three other manuscript leaves, all in glazed frames

A mounted, framed and glazed display to include: original 1957 'Jolly Joyce' promotional photograph signed by Bill Haley, Marshall Lyttle, Rudy Pompilli, Ralph Jones, Billy Williamson, Al Rex, Franny Beecher. Beneath is a page of manuscript paper with handwritten notation for 'Rock Around The Clock' and signature by songwriter Jimmy DeKnight. Frame measures 32 x 56cm.

VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PENS ETC, to include 'The Croxley', 'The Unique Pen', Osmiroid 65, a Swan, a green Parker, an Esterbrook and a Manuscript, a ball point pen, nibs and pen knives etc

Sechs Figuren, Bronze. SINOTIBETISCH: 1.) Jambhala. der Gott des Reichtums ist mit Armbändern, Krone und Ketten geschmückt und sitzt in lockerer Haltung auf einem Thron. In der rechten Hand hält er die Jambhala-Frucht und in der linken die juwelenspeiende Manguste, H. 15,5 cm. 2.) Zwei Figuren des Buddha Akshobhya: der Unerschütterliche thront im Diamantsitz auf einem doppelten Lotossockel, hält die rechte Hand in der Geste der Erdberührung, die linke ruht im Schoß und der vajra liegt vor ihm auf dem Thron. Das Haar ist mit blauer Kultfarbe bemalt, H. 15,5 cm. 3.) Vajrasattva. Das Diamantwesen thront königlich geschmückt in vajrasana, in der erhobenen Hand ein vajra, in der linken die ghanta, H. 20,5 cm. 4.) Manjushri. Der Buddha der Weisheit und des Lernens sitzt in vajrasana auf einem doppelten Lotossockel, mit der rechten Hand das Schwert haltend, mit der linken den Stiel des Lotos ergreifend, der entlang seiner Schulter blüht und das Manuskript trägt, er trägt einen Dhoti und Schmuck sowie ein Diadem vor dem blau gefärbten Dutt, sein Gesicht hat einen heiteren Ausdruck, rot gefärbte Lippen, verlängerte Ohrläppchen, H. 21 cm. 5.) Stehender Bodhisattva. Padmapani in königlicher Erscheinungsform, die rechte Hand in abhayamudra erhoben, die linke in varadmudra, der Geste der Wunschgewährung, H. 28,5 cm (aus zwei Teilen gegossen, der Sockel ist separat). Alle Figuren sind vergoldet oder teilvergoldet und das Haar mit blauer Kultfarbe versehen, die Sockel sind verschlossen oder wiederverschlossen. Altersspuren.| Six figures, bronze. SINO-TIBETAN: 1) Jambhala. the god of wealth is adorned with bracelets, crown and chains and sits in a loose posture on a throne. In his right hand he holds the Jambhala fruit and in his left the jewel-spitting mongoose, h. 15,5 cm. 2) Two figures of the Buddha Akshobhya: the steadfast one is enthroned in the diamond seat on a double lotus pedestal, holding the right hand in the gesture of touching the earth, the left rests in the lap and the vajra is in front of him on the throne. The hair is painted with blue cult color, h. 15,5 cm. 3) Vajrasattva whose name means diamond spirit being enthroned royally adorned in vajrasana, in the raised hand a vajra, in the left the ghanta, h. 20,5 cm. 4) Manjushri. The Buddha of wisdom and learning is seated in vajrasana on a double lotus base, holding the sword with his right hand, grasping the stem of the lotus with his left, which blooms along his shoulder and carries the manuscript, he wears a dhoti and jewelry as well as a tiara in front of the blue colored chignon, his face has a serene expression, red colored lips, elongated earlobes, h. 21 cm. 5) Standing Bodhisattva. Padmapani in royal appearance, the right hand raised in abhayamudra, the left in varadmudra, the gesture of granting wishes, h. 28.5 cm (cast in two parts, the base is separate). All figures are gilded or partially gilded and the hair is painted with blue cult color, the bases are closed or resealed. Signs of age.

Three 17th/18th century manuscript deeds on vellum relating to properties in Bowling Alley Lane, Hull - one dated 16/12/1689 with seal 44 x 65cm; mortgage dated 20/2/1711 56 x 74cm; and assignment of mortgage dated 5/5/1727 with seal; all folded (3)Condition Report:All generally in good condition consistent with age.1711 has two small opening tears at the top edge and it appears the seal has been cut from the bottom edge.

Hull ephemera - Amy Johnson sheet music for the song 'Amy' composed for the Home-coming of the England-Australia flight 1930 with contemporary newspaper cutting; early 20th century Peck's linen backed folding map of the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull; other folding maps; souvenir programme of The Opening of the New North Bridge 1931; souvenir booklet of The Opening of the Hull Joint Dock 1914; advertising calendar; various booklets on East Riding Water Supply, Railways etcCondition Report:Condition various but most reasonably good consistent with age and use and with some strengthening and repair.Peck's map has minor manuscript additions of later roads.North Bridge programme looks to have had an image removed.

Football Association illuminated manuscript certificate awarded to Horatio Stratton Carter (Raich Carter) dated April 1946 in recognition of his representing England in the War Time International matches, listing fourteen appearances out of the twenty-nine unofficial matches played during the War against Scotland, Wales and France from December 1939 to May 1945, to which is added three post-war Victory International games against Ireland, Switzerland and France May - September 1946. 35 x 27cm, card mounted in a gilt frame. Auctioneers Note: War Time Internationals were not rewarded with Caps but when the War finished certificates were issued by the Football Association and this is the original scroll presented to Raich Carter. Provenance: By direct descent from the family of Raich Carter having been consigned by his daughter Jane Carter.

Early 1970s sepia photograph of the Pools Panel meeting at The Waldorf Hotel, London including Raich Carter, Marquis of Bath, Arthur Ellis, Neil Franklin etc 19 x 25cm; together with a beech spaghetti server with manuscript presentation inscription 'To Raich Carter from Henry 6th Marquis of Bath 1974'; Provenance: By direct descent from the family of Raich Carter having been consigned by his daughter Jane Carter (2)Condition Report:Both in good condition. Server has additional inscription verso which is illegible.

Raich Carter - presentation 35mm cine film in black/amber painted Kodak reel tin with manuscript details to the lid "Cup Tie Souvenir Films/1948-1949/Hull City v Manchester United and Grimsby Town/Presented to 'Raich' Carter at The Savoy Picture Theatre Hull, on August 31st 1950 by Brinley Evans Esq. Managing Director", tin D27cm. Auctioneer's Note: 1948/9 was the season Hull City gained promotion from the Third Division North to the Second Division. They played Grimsby Town (then in the Second Division) in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup on 29th January 1949 beating them 3-2 in Grimsby, progressing to the sixth round where they played Manchester United (First Division) at home on 26th February losing to a single goal scored by Pearson and Boothferry Park had a record attendance on that day. Provenance: By direct descent from the family of Raich Carter having been consigned by his daughter Jane Carter.Condition Report:Viewing condition unknown but the film appears to be in good condition without any signs of deterioration.

Raich Carter - important and rare early memorabilia being his own personal biographical scrap-book in two volumes starting c1921 when he was at Hendon Boys School in Sunderland. The first volume contains a large number of official and unofficial photographs and paper ephemera including newspaper cuttings, manuscript and typed letters and documents predominantly annotated by Carter himself in ink, including 1929 School leaving report, various school sports reports, England Boys Team 1928, first game for Sunderland 1932 aged eighteen, Durham County Cricket Club team 1933, England Tour of Hungary 1934 with photograph signed by each player, 1936 Sunderland Championship winning dinner menu signed by players and officials, Sunderland F.A. Cup win 1937, WW2 items including original Allied Expeditionary Force Permit to play for F.A. Services XI in international match against France in Paris 1944, numerous other WW2 games and events, 1946 F.A. Cup Final and Semi-Final programmes when with Derby, also Derby Mayoral Reception Programme with multiple signatures, 1946 Derbyshire County Cricket Team, 1947 England v France at Highbury photograph meeting Ernest Bevan and signed by numerous players, 1948 leaving Derby County presentation and events etc.The second volume is equally well stocked with annotated official and unofficial photographs and paper ephemera starting in 1948 when Carter left Derby County to become player/manager at Hull City. This volume concentrates on his time with The Tigers and the ups-and-downs he experienced whilst there, including photographs of Richard Attenborough's visit in 1948, business and board meetings, social ans promotional engagements, official visits including Hull Fish Docks, Metal Box Company etc, 1949 promotion Celebrations and Civic Dinner Menu card, signing of Don Revie, Tour of Turkey, much about his 1951 decision to leave football and open a sweets and tobacconist shop in Hull and the subsequent controversy called locally 'The Carter Situation' resulting in his re-instatement as a player two months later, announcement of his 'retirement' in 1952 followed by him signing for Cork Athletic in 1953, photographs of the Main Stand fire at Elland Road when he was at Leeds United and his move to Macclesfield Town.The volumes concentrate on his early life and career up to leaving Hull City with only sparse entries afterwards terminating in his sacking by Middlesbrough in 1966 and gives a real insight into the life of a professional sportsman in the mid-20th century. Provenance: By direct descent from the family of Raich Carter having been consigned by his daughter Jane Carter.Condition Report:Volume 1 - partially dis-bound with one or two loose pages.Volume 2 - good condition.All entries are pasted down and none are loose mounted.

Three framed 19th century silhouettes with Hull ship owning connections - oval head and shoulder portrait of John Wilson of Melton Hill East Yorkshire who died on 6th January 1822 (reputedly a member of the Hull Wilson Shipping Line family) H8cm in papier mache frame; oval head and shoulder portrait of Mary Ann Kilvington in papier mache frame; and full length study of her brother John Thompson Kilvington in ebonised frame; all with manuscript biographical details verso (3)Condition Report:Generally in reasonably good condition consistent with age.Frame to Mary Ann has damage to moulding around image.

Early 19th century manuscript deed on vellum in three sections dated 25th February 1803 relating to 'An agreement between William Wilberforce, of the old palace yard, Westminster - son of Robert, AND The Reverend Thomas Bowman, of Beverley, who has agreed to buy from William Wilberforce the Freehold of a "close piece" of land for �420 .... The land is a parcel of MEADOW or PASTURE in Beverley in size:- 3 acres 2 roods 6 perches called Riding Field - late occupied by a tenant, Isaac Girbow .... ' (folded)

Limited edition First Day Cover 1987 for Sunderland's 50th Anniversary of Winning the F.A. Cup; signed by Raich Carter and Bobby Gurney No.1sp/500; limited edition First Day Cover 1993 to celebrate Raich Carter's 80th Birthday No.1aSp/100; photograph of the RAF XI v Scotland team including Carter and Stanley Matthews; photograph of Carter scoring against Preston N.E. in 1937; photograph of the Hull City squad on tour to Tel Aviv 1949; and photographic print entitled 'North v South Trial Match Bournemouth 2-4-27 Northern Boys' with manuscript note verso by Carter identifying which is him; all framed; Provenance: By direct descent from the family of Raich Carter having been consigned by his daughter Jane Carter (6)Condition Report:Generally in reasonable condition for age with some minor storage damage to frames.

Tickell Rev. John: The History of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull. 1798 Hull. Linen backed frontispiece and other engraved plates. Rebound in quarter calf with blue boards, marbled edges and new end papers; together with T. Tindall Wildridge: The Hull Letters. Ndc1886 (2)Condition Report:Tickell - some foxing and page discolouration. One plate stamped NER Solicitors Office York. Manuscript note stating three extra plates. Very good externally as rebound.Letters - good condition.

Fender style sunburst electric guitar with manuscript mark 'Zenta Stratocaster 1963' L97cm; in hard carrying case; another similar unmarked sunburst electric guitar; in gig bag; and Fender Frontman Amplifier, serial no.M473406 (3)Condition Report:'Zenta' - very worn around the edges with some bumps and scratches.Other guitar and amp look to be in reasonably good condition.