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Travel, Belgium 1914 - Webb (Arthur Patterson, [Poet and Anthologist]), Belgium: Reminiscences of a Tour, Croydon: 1914, 124pp manuscript travel narrative, inscribed throughout by the author in ink, illustrated with tipped-in colour and b/w topographical plates, postcards, fold-out map, and some ephemera, author's bookplate to recto pastedown, contemporary cloth, 8vo, [1]

Travel, France and Belgium - a mid-19th century ink manuscript travelogue, Deane & Mary Stobart/Mank, dated 1856, 31pp of a daily account of a North-European tour, generally travelling by train, and visiting Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, etc., and culminating in Paris, and afterward Versailles, some local and topographical observations of sightseeing, etc., contemporary black roan, gilt-lettered spine, all-edges gilt, 8vo, [1]

The Pastime of Oliver V. Chew in Watercolours, an album of 29 watercolours, each signed, titled, and dated 1916, occasionally embellished with manuscript, illustrated with World War I caricatures and stores, named-views in India and Egypt, as well as a ?transport ship homeward bound, some comic face studies, occasional English topographical landscapes, contemporary cloth, oblong 4to (18.5cm x 26.5cm), [1]

Bible, English King James Version - The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New [...], Imprinted At London by Robert Barker and John Bill [...], 1630, double-column, printed in Gothic Blackletter, Roman, and Italic type, woodcut general title-page present but defective, NT title-page good, the text unexamined in-between, foliated initials and some decorative head- and tail-pieces; [issued with] The Whole Booke (sic) of Psalmes [...], London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1630, double-column, printed with music and hymns in Gothic Blackletter, Roman, and Italic type, chipped title-page with an allegorical woodcut of Christ trampling Satan and Sin, defective after [C6]; the whole prefixed by a defective Book of Common Prayer, which also lacks all before [B4]; [issued with] Speed (John), The Genealogies [...], defective, disbound: contemporary rounded rectangular calf boards disbound (rubbed with some losses), perished spine, signs of old tacking and hessian, 4to (22.2cm x 17.8cm), [Herbert 429], [1]Provenance: 1) various dated 17th century and later inscriptions by John Copplay; 2) dated 18th century ink manuscript genealogical notices for the Pashley family.

Bible, Local Provenance - The Holy Bible [...], Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1728, [bound and ?issued with first] [The Book of Common Prayer], [& then after the New Testament] The Whole Book of Psalms, London: Printed by W. Wilde, 1726, Holy Bible with separate black-ruled overall and NT title-pages, BCP lacks title-page and opens on A2, the Psalms with black-ruled title-page, double-column and triple-column printed, extra-illustrated with an early 19th century stipple-engraved Mosaic 'frontispiece', presumably contemporaneous to the early 19th century reverse calf binding, blind-rolled covers, marbled endpapers, 4to, [1]Provenance: the Whittingham Dudley family of and around Kirky Langley, Radbourne, and Etwall, Derbyshire; 4pp of genealogical ink manuscript, loosely-inserted Victorian remembrance card.

Photography, Victorian Dwarfism - Lucía Zárate (1864-1890; the sideshow performer and the "Lightest Recorded Adult") and General Mite (Francis Joseph Flynn, 1864 - 1898; circus and 'freak' show performer), two sepia carte de visites, mounted as one and annotated with ink manuscript descriptions, the photographs 10.5cm x 6.2cm, 25.5cm x 21cm overall, [1]In 1884, Flynn married English woman Millie Edwards, with the couple being exhibited as The Royal American Midgets, and General and Mrs Mite.

Botany and Gardening - Balfour (John Hutton), A Manual of Botany [...], Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1860, rebacked contemporary green cloth, refreshed endpapers, 8vo, (1); Bean's Trees and Shrubs, two-volume set, fifth edition, London: 1929, green cloth, 8vo, (2); Halliday (Geoffrey), A Flora of Cumbria [...], University of Lancaster, 1997, illustrated, p/b, 4to, (1); Graham (G.G.), The Flora & Vegetation of County of Durham, The Durham Flora Committee, 1988, d/j, h/b, 4to, (1); an early 20th century botanist's manuscript, by S. Moorhouse, Oldham, October 1930, inscribed in ink manuscript and illustrated with in-text botanical illustrations, contemporary cloth, blocked in gilt: The University of Manchester, 4to, (1); Alpine Gardening, various periodicals; Sissinghurst, Hidcote; etc

Classics - [Cicero], M.T. Ciceronis Orationvm [...], volumes II & III only (of 3, but complete in themselves), Basileæ, 3pp of ink manuscript annotations across the prelims of both volumes, loose gatherings, 17th century panelled calf, 8vo, (2); [Seneca], L'Estrange (Roger, translator), Seneca's Morals [...], London: Printed by T.N. for Henry Brome, 1679, some damp-staining, graduating marginal worming from N2 onwards, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, 8vo, (1); Josephus & Lodge (Thomas, translator), The Famous and Memorable Works [...], London: Printed by J.L. for Richard Tomlins, 1655, defective and repaired title-page, contemporary panelled calf, folio (33.5cm x 23.5cm), (1); a later edition, L?Estrange?s translation, London: 1702, disbound calf boards, folio (40cm x 25cm), (1); [Martial], M. Valerii Martiali's Epirammata [...], [Leiden]: Hackiana, 1670, engraved title-page, later extra-illustrated with an 18th century engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporaneous vellum over boards, 8vo, (1); Terence?s Comedies; etc; later Latin jurisprudence, Alesseandro Alessandri, 8vo, (2), [12]Provenance: 1st: Edward Walker, St. John's College, Cambridge; ink MS ownership inscriptions dated 1685, his annotations. 2nd: 1) Dorothy Roberts/Her Book, contemporaneous lady's ink MS ownership inscription; few more Roberts family members; 2) William Morris, St. John's College, Oxford; his ink MS ownership inscription dated 1725. 3rd: Thomas Hardy/Charlesfield, [Melrose, Scotland]; early 19th century crested bookplate.

A 19th century Ethiopian coptic manuscript on vellum in wooden boards. Handwritten script in red and black ink. H.17 W.13cm

ARTSA selection of Sir Michael Caine's books relating to the arts, 20 vol., including: HOUTHUESEN (ALBERT) An Appreciated, number 112 of 120 copies signed by the artist and with a signed lithograph loosely inserted, 1969--WEIDINGER (ALFRED) Gustav Klimt, 2007--The Book of Kells - Reproductions from the Manuscript, 1976--COURTHION (PIERRE) Georges Rouault, [n.d.]--DESCHARNES (ROBERT) Dali, 1989--FELLINI (FEDERICO) The Book of Dreams, 2007 (20)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WEATHERLEY (CAPTAIN CECIL POULETT)Manuscript notebook of Captain Cecil Poulett Weatherley (1860-1932), of the Vigilant, describing his circumnavigation of Lake Bangweolo, 1896-1899, comprising detailed notes of compass bearings, longitude and latitude and notes on the geographical features, interspersed with later additional commentary on the land and its people, and illustrated with some thirty-five fine pencil and watercolour maps and drawings, including two portraits ('...from a sketch made in the Vigilant 23-9-98...'), describing his route from the Isthmus of Fungé ('...a stretch of extremely white sand...'), via Kawendé Country ('...beautifully wooded with tall Mipundu trees...'), Kirui Island ('...out and away, the best wooded of the islands...'), N'Kanga and Kasanga Marshes ('...High papyrus with water ways for canoes...'), Bemba Chifunawuli ('...discovered by me in 1896...'), Luapula ('...a delightful little river...'), Mumbotuta Falls ('...the sight of the Luapula), Mwyangashé River ('...most disappointing in every way...'), Wengé Hills ('...High walls of red sandstone...'), and Mweru, ending by apologising for gaps in the account as he had mislaid the piece of paper on which he wrote his calculations, with extensive notes on the names of African families and the correct pronunciation of the same, c.315 pages, in ink, dust-staining and marks with some water staining, original ruled vellum boards, faded notes in ink and pencil on front board, worn, binding loose, small 4to (200 x 135mm.), [c.1899]Footnotes:'A THUNDERING CHAOS OF GREAT WAVES, HEAPED UP MASSES OF FOAM AND CLOUDS OF SPRAY': POULETT WEATHERLEY'S NOTES ON THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF LAKE BANWEOLO.A distinguished and highly respected traveller, Captain Weatherley presented his paper on the 'Circumnavigation of Lake Banweolo' to the Royal Geographical Society in 1898, and an account of the evening was published in the Geographical Journal (vol. XII), that same year. References in the present notebook to his return to the area in 1899 and an apology for losing his notes, would indicate that it was therefore completed in the early years of the twentieth century. Interspersed between the technical data, Weatherley's commentary adds much local colour and reveals a great understanding of and sympathy for the local people, something for which he was renowned. '...The natives in this part... have a love for names - no puddle, no scrap of mud, no tiny collection of reeds of papyrus is too insignificant... This plethora of names gave me much trouble...', he writes - '...The Wéna Kawendé are undoubtedly the best lot of natives on the coast... Their rightful Chief Kawongo is an extremely nice man in many ways but is unfortunately greatly addicted to the undue consumption of Wengura... or native beer...'. There is much on the practice of tattooing by various tribes - '...The Wéna Kawendé file both upper and lower front teeth into sharp points – they tattoo... a line of dots from below each ear to the shoulder and one down the nape of the neck... dots made by a needle (native, which is about twice as thick as a big darning needle... and charcoal rubbed in...' – with other observations such as the consumption of hemp '...the natives are all nerves and fit for nothing...', and evocative descriptions of the landscape - '...As the Vigilant was pushed through it, myriads of tiny bubbles rose up through the mud and exploded on reaching the surface with a hissing sound, emitting a vile stench...'. His sympathy for the locals does not, however, extend to his European predecessors with critical mention here of fellow-explorers Victor Giraud and Alfred Sharpe (whose findings he found '...perfectly inexplicable...').In 1896 Weatherley visited the site of David Livingstone's memorial at Chitambo and it was as a result of his report on the decayed state of the tree marking the spot that forced the R.G.S. to remove the inscribed portion and erect an obelisk as a more lasting memorial (Desmond Clark, J. David Livingstone Memorial at Chitambo's, online article). After his circumnavigation he spent much time in Africa and was noted hunting lions in the Serengeti with Prince Ladislas Radizwill in 1911. In 1914 he was said to be in German East Africa mapping for the British Government. His illustrated diaries of these journeys, Volume 1 (October 1889 to January 1899) and Volume 2 (June to July 1898 and January to March 1899) are held by the R.G.S. (ref. PWE), probably donated by his friend Leslie Sweet, who provided the steel boat, the Vigilant, which enabled Weatherley to undertake his own journey, and who was present at the R.G.S. presentation in 1898. The present notebook derives from the remains of the private library of Ferdinand Stephen Joelson (1893-1979), the bulk of whose collection was sold in these rooms, 19 January 1995. Joelson was a respected writer, broadcaster and publisher on African affairs, and was founder and, for 42 years, editor of the weekly newspaper East Africa & Rhodesia. His papers are held at the Beinecke Library, Yale University (Gen. Mss 634), Rhodes House Library, Oxford and the Bodleian. Provenance: Cecil Poulett Wetherley (1860-1932); Ferdinand Stephen Joelson (1893-1979) of Chetton Grange, Shropshire; and thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)]WORSLEY (FRANK A.) The final portion of his archive relating to his polar explorations with Shackleton (Endurance and Quest), and career, including signed copies of his books, corrected typescripts, manuscript notes for lectures and articles, and photographs, including:BOOKS, ALL PRESENTATION COPIES FROM WORSLEY: Under Sail in the Frozen North, inscribed 'To my Jean with love from Wuzzles 1.2.27', ORIGINAL PEN AND INK MAP by Worsley for illustration used opposite p.123 in book loosely inserted, Stanley Paul, [1927]; Endurance. An Epic of Polar Adventure, inscribed 'To my Jean from Wuzzles, 18th March 1931', dust-jacket (defective), Philip Allan, 1931; First Voyage in a Rigged Ship, inscribed 'To my sweetheart Jean from her Wuzzles, 29th Aug. 1938', dust-jacket (some small losses), Geoffrey Bles, [1938]; Shackleton's Boat Journey, inscribed 'Pat Bamford from F.A. Worsley, Hodder & Stoughton, [1940], all publisher's cloth, 8vo; Shackleton's Last Expedition. Southward on the Quest, inscribed 'Jean from Wuzzles: Xmas 1923' on the upper wrapper, 8 photogravure plates, publisher's wrappers (some losses at margins and spine, old tear on upper cover), oblong folio, [?1923]MANUSCRIPTS: Heavily annotated typescript manuscript of Worsley's book 'First Voyage in a Rigged Ship', approximately 400pp., printed verso only, with numerous corrections throughout, disbound, 4to, [c.1938]; 'Adventure' [autobiographical essay recalling Shackleton, etc.], manuscript, 9pp., purple pencil on lined paper, 4to (230 x 18omm.) [c.1940]; 'The Lure of the Poles', manuscript, 5pp., black ink on lined paper, folio (330 x 200mm.); Two incomplete manuscript essays, approximately 20pp.; Three typescript manuscripts ('Sunset to Sunset in the Artic', 'Bear Steaks', 'Polar Asunder'), together 20pp., address and a few corrections, the second with proofing corrections in an another hand, various sizes.EPHEMERA AND OTHER: Ink sketch by Worsley (signed 'F.A.W.' of the rigging and sails of an unidentified ship, 230 x 65mm.; [QUEST] Manuscript receipt, 'Recieved from Commander F.A. Worsley the sum of eight pounds to be expended on behalf of the Tristan da Cunha people in stores... Cape Town', 1 page, 8vo, 29 June 1922; Watercolour of a large unidentified ship with three masts, 180 x 265mm., signed 'Th. Gaede, 1921'; Documents relating the 'Frozen North' expeditions and ship 'Iceland', one signed by the expedition leader Grettir Algarsson; Official documents relating to Worsley's enlistment for action in both the First and Second World Wars; Chief Officer's Log Book for a voyage undertaken by the Steam Yacht 'Calamara', under the command of Worsley, 24 pages, printed with manuscript entries (and a few marginal sketches), most pages signed off by Worsley and the chief officer, loose, frayed at edges, folio (390 x 330mm.), [1937]; 'Ode to Eric' by Worsley, typescript poem addressed to his friend Eric Bamford signed 'Wuzzles. Poet 14th Oct. 1941'; correspondence and papers relating to Worsley's book contracts, and involvement in the the film 'Endurance', including invitations to luncheons to celebrate the film launch; small group of personal papers, including marriage certificate; Worsley's copy of 'How to Make Knots, Bends and Splices, As Used at Sea'PHOTOGRAPHS: A collection of approximately 23 photographs of Worsley at various stages of life, in uniform, on ships, with his wife, etc., with a few others, one a postcard photo of 'The Endurance' in the pack ice, mostly vintage gelatin silver, 45 x 95mm., and smaller, [various dates] (quantity)Footnotes:'THE GREATEST ADVENTURES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY NUMBERS OF MEN WORKING TOGETHER AIDED BY TEAMWORK, LOYALTY AND FRIENDSHIP AS EVEN SHACKLETON ALONE COULD NOT HAVE CARRIED OUT THE HISTORIC BOAT JOURNEY FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND TO SOUTH GEORGIA...' - The remaining archive of Frank A. Worsley (1872-1943), a key figure in the 'Heroic age of Polar exploration', who accompanied Shackleton as his Commander on the Endurance, and helping navigate the James Caird during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expdition 1914-1916. He was also on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1922, noting in the manuscript essay 'Adventure' (included in this lot) 'I was with him when he died in the Quest. I lost a true friend and England lost a great adventorous man'. The archive includes manuscript, printed, and photographic materials relating to his Polar adventures, but also actions in both wars, the North Russian seas, the Carribean where he led a hunt for treasure alongside his wife in the 1930s, and his involvement with promoting the film of Endurance, 1919. After Jean's death the Bamford family donated Worsley's diaries, medals and other materials to the Scott Polar Institute, and the Akaroa Museum in New Zealand, but these poignant materials have remained with the Bamford family.Provenance: Bequeathed by Worsley to his wife Jean (née Cuming, 1900-1978). Having met in 1919 they married in 1926; Pat Bamford, in whose house in Claygate, Surrey both Frank and Jean lived until their respective deaths; by family descent to current vendor.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CALCUTTA, LOCAL TYPES, AND DELHI DURBARNineteenth century photograph album, compiled by a female missionary, including views of Calcutta and environs, festival chariots, portraits of local types and groups, and a few missionaries, including; 30 albumen prints and cyanotype blue prints, some tipped-in at corners, some loose, some captioned on mount, others in pencil on verso, images 170 x 125mm., and smaller, [late 1860s-early 1870s]; watercolour of an Indian water carrier, 90 x 125mm.; Indian miniature of two scenes (procession with Indian prince on elephant; three seated female musicians), gouache on paper, some surface abrasions, 160 x 165mm. [Nineteenth century], and approximately 6 pages of manuscript poems in various hands, contemporary cloth album, rubbed, square 8vo, [c.1870-1875]; together with a good series of 31 albumen print views, taken with a private camera (mostly from the stands) of the processions and gatherings of the Delhi Durbar of 1903; 3 glass plate stereoscopic views of India, and one stereotype of ruins (small quantity)Footnotes:Includes good views of Calcutta/Kolkata (10, including Washington Square, Eden Gardens with Robert Peel statue and tall ships, 'on the Hooghly Road', a temple interior signed in the negative by Oehme, 'Serampore'), local trade types, portraits and groups ('Going to the Ghat', 'Spinning', 'Bearers', a musician, 'Boat-men'), European missionaries (3), and magnificently elaborate festival chariots in street (2). The lot also includes of 31 lively albumen prints taken by an attendee of the Delhi Durbar of 1903.Provenance: ?Miss Lewis, note addressed to her on her eighteenth birthday (3 December 1871) tipped-in on first page. Most probably attached to a missionary at Calcutta.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Ɵ HOOKE, ROBERT LECTURES DE POTENTIA RESTITUTIVA OR OF THE SPRING,Explaining the Power of Springing Bodies, To which are added some Collections Viz. A Description of Dr. Pappins Wind-Fountain and Force-Pump. Mr, Young's Observations concerning natural Fountains. Some other Considerations concerning that subject. Captain Sturmy's remarks of a Subterraneous Cave and Cistern. Mr, G.T. Observations made on the Pike of Teneriff, 1674. Some Reflections and Conjectures occasioned thereupon. A Relation of a late Eruption in the Isle of Palma, printed for John Martyn Printer to the Royal Society 'at the Bell in St. Pauls Church Yard' 1678, 56 pages with single fold-out (facsimile) plate after page 24, tooled full calf with gilt titled Morocco panel to spine, 4to. A landmark publication relating to Hooke's observations regarding the spring and its possible application to the balance-wheel regulation. Recent discovery of Hooke's original manuscript lecture notes dating to 1670 have confirmed that he was indeed the first to consider the application of a spring to a balance to control its oscillation.Condition Report: Lacks two out of three plates and the extant plate 17 (springs) is a facsimile. Pages edges with dust staining/browning otherwise good. Banding appears early to mid 19th century and in fine condition with only light rubbing/wear. Condition Report Disclaimer

Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or, A Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1791, calligraphic title with near-contemporary manuscript signature, advertisement and contents list, 43 (of 44, lacking Yorkshire), engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, printed back-to-back, some staining and dust soiling throughout, list of market and borough towns and an advertisement bound at rear, modern ink ownership signature to front endpaper, hinges and joints weak and cracked, upper board near detached, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Law (James Thos.). A New Set of Diocesan Maps, Lichfield Theological School,1864, 27 colour lithographic double-page maps, the maps of Exeter folding with some marginal fraying and slight loss to the printed surface, some staining and spotting throughout, upper hinge broken, publisher's boards with printed title to the upper cover, boards heavily worn and frayed, lacking spine, folio, with Heywood (John). The Travelling Atlas of England & Wales with all the Railways & Coach Roads, The Cities, Towns, Parks & Gentlemen's Seats..., Manchester 1868, decorative calligraphic title, folding map of England & Wales and 44 (complete) uncoloured lithographic maps of English counties, printed back-to-back, some dust soiling, publisher's printed paper wrappers with near-contemporary ownership signature to upper cover, wrappers heavily worn, frayed and soiled, slim 8voQty: (3)Footnote: Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Caricatures. Cruikshank (Isaac), Preparation for Wedding Night, T. Williamson, 1803, etched caricature with contemporary hand-colouring, faint old folds, partially repaired on verso, 245 x 345 mm, together with Rowlandson (Thomas, after). Ride to Rumford, [1812 but later impression), hand-coloured engraving, a plagiarisation of the original aquatint, old folds, the whole backed with archival tissue, near-contemporary manuscript title on the upper plate mark, 215 x 295 mm, with Heath (William). A Pair of Broad Bottoms [1810], etched caricature of 'The Hottentot Venus', Sartjee Baartman, with contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining, old folds, 315 x 240 mm, with an uncoloured portrait of Sartjee attributed to F. C. Lewis, slight staining, 325 x 210 mm, plus Gillray (James). Sawney in the Bog House, 1779 [but H. G. Bohn impression, circa 1850], hand-coloured 'suppressed' engraving, 355 x 250 mm, and Bobbin (Tom, pseud. John Collier, after). Four pencil caricatures, circa 1850, four grotesque pencil drawings on wove (including two on dentistry), later 19th-century copies, each approximately 125 x 200 mm, with Crombie (Benjamin William). Modern Athenians, 24 caricatures, Edinburgh 1847, hand-coloured double-page caricatures, each approximately 245 x 300 mmQty: (33)

Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the death of King James... whereunto is added the Reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of His Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second, 8th edition, London: H. Sawbridge and others, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II, engraved additional title, occasional annotations, some light spotting and toning, hinges reinforced, later calf, rebacked, some wear to corners, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, together withLivius (Titus). The Roman History written in latin by Titus Livius; with the supplements of the learned John Freinshemius and John Dujatius.., faithfully done into English, London: printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1686, engraved frontispiece of medallion portraits, title with engraved vignette to single-page, engraved maps of ancient Rome, folding engraved plan of the Battle of Cannae, contemporary blind-ruled full calf, some wear with upper cover near detached, folio, plus Certain Sirmons or Homilies Appointed to be read in Churches in the time of Queen Elizabeth of famous memory: and now thought fit to be reprinted by authority from the Kings most excellent majesty, London: Printed by T. R. for Samuel Mearne.. and for Robert Powlet 1676, black letter text, light soiling to title with minor loss to lower outer corner, later calf-baked marbled boards, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, folio, and Sidney (Algernon). Discourses concerning Government, published from an original manuscript of the author, London: 1698, endpapers replaced, and with bookplate of E.W. Wynne Pendarves to front pastedown, contemporary paneled calf, gilt title label to spine, rubbed and a little wear, folio, plus other 17th and early 18th-century folio English history, including Philip de Commines, History, 3rd edition, 1665, Pietro Soave Polano, The History of the Council of Trent, translated into english by Sir Nathaniel Brent, whereunto is added the life of the learned author: and the History of the Inquisition, London: J. Maycock for Samuel Mearne..., 1676, William Cecill, Lord Burghley, A Collection of State Papers relating to Affairs in the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1542-1570, transcribed from original letters and other authentic memorials, never before published... by Samuel Haynes, 2 volumes, London: William Bowyer, 1740, etc., all contemporary leather bindings, folioQty: (11)

Bible [English]. [The Bible: that is, the holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages, Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1610, i.e. 1611], general title and following preliminary leaf lacking, New Testament title (imprint dated 1610) present within woodcut border, Apocrypha present, few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, Old Testament leaves A1, B4 & B5 torn around leaf with margin and some test loss (repaired with archival tissue), leaves 2I2-2I8, 2C8, 2M1-2M2 torn at centre with light text loss, final leaf of Revelation (3Q1) with early ink manuscript markings and names, repaired to lower outer corner, four leaves of tables at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners and repaired, lacking final leaf with colophon, some close-trimming to running titles, toning, occasional dust-soiling and few marks etc., later cloth hinges to endpapers, front free marbled endpaper replaced with matching, contemporary gilt panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, maroon morocco title label to spine, 4to in 8s (20.5 x 15.8 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Herbert 306; Darlow & Moule 237; STC 2212. Geneva-Tomson-Junius version. With John vi. 67: Judas for Jesus. The date 1611 would have appeared on the colophon leaf (not present in this example). Leaf 196 is incorrectly numbered 181.

Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus. A collection of all the choicest songs. For one, two, and three voices... Together, with such symphonies for violins or flutes, as were by him design'd for any of them: and a through-bass to each song; figur'd for the organ, harpsichord, or theorbo-lute, 2 volumes, mixed editions (2nd edition of vol. 1 & 1st edition of vol. 2), London: Printed by William Pearson, and sold by John Young [-for Henry Playford], 1706 & 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after J. Closterman, titles printed in red and black, advertisement leaf for John Cullen bookseller after p.vi in volume 1, leaves B1 & B2 in volume 1 torn to lower outer blank corners with slight loss, pp. 171-174 misnumbered 143-146 in volume 2 and corrected in early manuscript, some light browning and occasional spotting, front free blank with early signature R. Rushout, marbled endpapers with bookplates of Hon. Anne Rushout, Alan Lubrock and one other with monogram R.N. (with Baron's coronet above), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled black morocco, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, extremities very slightly rubbed, folio, Qty: (1)Footnote: ESTC T154319 & T153688. The first volume appears to conform to ESTC T154319 stating it as 'a reissue of the second edition of the same year, with a cancel title page and, additionally, a frontispiece'.

Walter (Samuel). A Collection of Hymns, Designed for the Use and Instruction of Youth. By the Rev. Samuel Walter, MA, Curate of Madeley, Salop, 1st edition, Madeley: Printed by J. Edmunds, no date, c. 1790s, 64 pages, contemporary ink ownership inscription of S.E. Walter [probably the author Samuel Elliott Walter] to front free endpaper, with a three-verse manuscript hymn in his hand rear free endpaper titled 'An Hymn for a Child', seemingly in the same hand, some spotting, hinges cracked and upper cover near detached, contemporary plain sheep, some wear with loss at head and foot of spine, small 8voQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC N471130 which locates only one copy at Perkins School of Theology (SMU). Samuel Walter was curate of Madeley 1792-1815 and J. Edmunds seems to have printed other works at Madeley in the 1780s and 1790s. This is also apparently one of only a very small number of books published in Madeley, or printed by J. or D. Edmunds in a thirty-year period from the 1780s onwards.

Winslow (Jacques Benigne). Exposition Anatomique de la Structure du Corps Humain, 1st edition, Paris, 1732, double column text, 4 folding engraved plates, a little spotting, marginal ink stains and two spots to text on pp. 730-31, modern calf with raised bands and spine label, rubbed, 4to, (Garrison Morton 1314), together with:Hunter (John), Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Oeconomy, 1st edition, 1786, 18 engraved plates, contemporary leaf of manuscript of the text inserted at rear, (probably in the hand of J.F. Palmer, editor of the Complete Works of John Hunter), some heavy spotting, 19th-century half calf over cloth sides, rubbed, some corner wear, 4to, (Garrison Morton 309), plusMoreau (F.J.), A Practical Treatise on Midwifery... , Translated from the French by Thomas Forrest Betton, and Edited by Paul B. Goddard, 1st edition in English, Philadelphia, 1844, 80 lithographic plates, some heavy mostly marginal spotting, contemporary cloth with 20th-century leather reback, some edge and corner wear, plus other 18th and 19th-century larger-format antiquarian, all but one medical interestQty: (8)

World War II Logbook. Logbook of War Department Fleet Vessel 'Cuttlefish' for the Period 7 June 1943 to 9 September 1944, printed ruled ledger with manuscript insertions and more detailed remarks throughout, entries include: Proposed exercises for guards, Chichester, and programme of seaward movements with assistance of aircraft from Shoreham Airport in accordance with Captain Rice's requests (22/11/43); Remarks about an air raid, assistance in sinking 'Pioneer' and harbour launch (2/3/44); two Shoreham ranges for .303 practice & gun laying exercise for Shoreham RA battery (19/4/44); Special rehearsal exercise for 9th Armoured Division (24/4/44); an air raid (26/4/44); 'Special confidential instructions' in connection with movements of 'certain operational craft' (29/4-3-5/44); Confidential detail, re collection of intelligence data apropos incoming exercise craft (6/5/44); Dangerous target practice (15/5/44); Sherman tank shooting practice for Co London Yeomanry (23/5/44); Report to SCO Shoreham in connection with data for imminent military/naval exercise (1/6/44); Air raids on daily basis and aircraft brought down into sea south/south west of harbour (18/6/44), etc., a total of approximately 120 leaves, original half cloth over marbled boards with printed paper label and manuscript insertions to upper cover (slightly damaged), rubbed and soiled, folioQty: (1)

Camden (William). Camden's Brittannia, Newly Translated into English ..., 1st English edition, London: by F. Collins, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates of coins, without maps, letterpress illustrations, title with early ink manuscript ownership names, endpapers renewed, contemporary Cambridge panel calf, rubbed with a little wear to corners, rebacked, folio, together with: Hutchinson (William), The History of the County of Cumberland, and Some Places Adjacent ..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, Carlisle: F. Jollie, 1794, additional engraved titles, numerous engraved plates (one double-page, one hand-tinted), large folding map, hand-coloured in outline, 3 folding town plans, numerous vignette illustrations throughout, volume 2 p.585 with additional engraved illustration tipped over vignette, some (generally pale) dampstaining or discolouration, mainly affecting margins and rear of volume 2, folding map and plans with some closed tears and edge-fraying, plan of Whitehaven left & right edges cropped, volume 1 title with portion of upper margin excised, hinges cracked, contemporary quarter calf with vellum corners, worn, joints cracked, 4to, plus 8 others similar, including 2 volumes of Magna Britannia by Daniel and Samuel Lysons: vol. I part II Berkshire, & vol. IV CumberlandQty: (11)

Kitzmiller, II (John M.). In Search of the "Forlorn Hope",..., 2 volumes, Utah: Manuscript Publishing Foundation, 1988, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some toning to the text blocks, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly faded, 8vo, together with;Tamplin (J. M. A.), The Lambeth and Southwark Volunteers, limited edition, London: Trustees of the Regimental Historical Fund, 1965, colour frontispiece, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plus other modern military reference & related, including publications by Routledge, Pen & Sword, Greenhill Books, Oxford, H.M.S.O., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/ VG, 8vo/4to Qty: (6 shelves )

Scotland. Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland .. with historical and descriptive illustrations, by John M. Leighton, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Joseph Swan, 1836, additional engraved titles, numerous engraved plates, generally spotted throught, preliminary blank with early ink manuscript inscription dated 1840, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, short split at head of front joint, 4to, together with: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or Dictionary of Scottish Topography, edited by the Rev. John Marius Wilson, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, circa 1867, additional engraved titles, numerous maps and plates, one folding map with a few tears, occasional generally minor spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary dark green morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear, some splitting to joints, large 8vo, plus: Caledonia Illustrated in a series of views ... by W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and others, ...text by William Beattie, 2 volumes, London and New York: James S. Virtue, [1838], additional engraved titles, engraved map, numerous engraved plates, some minor spotting and marks, mainly to blank margins, pictorial bookplates of Victor Hilton, Pencombe Hall, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear, some short splits to joint ends, 4to, and volume 1 only of Scotland Illustrated in a series of views, by William Beattie, 1838Qty: (6)

Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: Or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London: with their places of growth, and times of flowering; their several names according to Linnaeus and other authors: with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English. To which are added their several uses in medicines, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and other arts, 2 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1777-98, volume I title with oval engraved vignette, subscribers' list, 435 fine hand-coloured engraved plates on 432 sheets after James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, William Kilburn and others, each plate numbered at foot in early ink, index leaves similarly numbered in manuscript, volume II title, dedication and index leaves (bound in second volume detached), occasional light spotting and toning, 19th century morocco-backed boards, somewhat rubbed and scuffed with edge wear, folio (475 x 285 mm) Qty: (6)Footnote: Henrey 595; Hunt 650; Nissen BBI 440. Provenance: Porkington Library, shelf number labels to front pastedown. Porkington (or Brogyntyn) is a mansion house near Oswestry in Shropshire, formerly the estate of the Maurice and Owen families, and subsequently the Ormsby-Gore (Harlech) family from 1815. It housed famous English and Welsh manuscripts which are now in the National Library of Wales."The work was originally published in numbers, seventy-two of these appearing from May 1775 until 1798... Curtis intended to continue the work until all the plants growing wild within ten miles of London were figured and described, and then to publish a continuation of it to extend to all plants indigenous to Great Britain. Unfortunately the undertaking did not receive the encouragement it deserved and so it was never completed. W. Hugh Curtis points out that the Flora londinensis was Curtis's favourite botanical project, but the sales seldom, if ever exceeded 300 copies and the venture lost him a good deal of money... Curtis adopted the novel plan of having the specimens drawn to a uniform scale and to life size, and most of the plates display a high degree of accuracy. In the opinion of Salisbury, the majority of the figures 'represent the most successful portrayals of British wild flowers that have ever been achieved'." (Henrey pp. 65-67).

Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London: with Their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering; Their Several Names According to Linnaeus and Other Authors: with a Particular Description of Each Plant in Latin and English. To which are added, Their Several Uses in Medicine, Agriculture, Rural Oeconomy, and other Arts, volume 1 only (of 2), printed and sold by the Author, 1777, 208 hand-coloured engraved plates only, some numbered in early pencil, title-page with engraved oval vignette and contemporary manuscript ownership name at head 'Thomas Dale M.D. 1787', one or two minor edge-tears and repairs, final text leaf and rear free endpaper creased, some light offsetting to text, armorial bookplate of Acland to front pastedown, near-contemporary half calf gilt, slightly rubbed, rebacked, original spine relaid, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Henrey 595; Nissen BBI 439.

A miscellaneous collection of items, salad bowl, biscuit barrel, cameras, binoculars, leather manuscript folder, etc

Solmentes Press. Esslemont, David (Illus.). To Autumn, by John Keats, Decorah: Solmentes, 2008. Edition C, signed by Esslemont on colophon. Folio, quarter-cloth, paste-paper covered boards, manuscript title in black ink on upper board and again at spine. Very well-preserved, clean, bright

Four reproduction Chinese manuscript weights

Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector 1599-1658): Letters Patent in the name of Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector, a recovery by Arthur Sparke and Obediah Grevile against L'Estrange Calthorpe and Miles Greenwood of 250 acres of meadow and 100 acres of pasture in Stow Bardolph Norfolk, manuscript on vellum, scribed by Pynsent, dated Easter 1657 Westminster 48cm x 62cm (framed)

NO RESERVE Bonnefoy (Rene) "Roger Blondel". Cahiers de L'Homme-Eclair, 2 vol., typescript with corrections in the author's hand, original stiff paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper covers, light fading, 4to, Paris, 1957.

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 February 1924, serial number 507824, manuscript Reid signature, original about fine PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £120-£160

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 December 1963, serial number A.16120, manuscript Williamson signature, original paper, extremely fine and very scarce PMI BB 90, Pick 131d £600-£800

Royal Bank of Scotland, 20 Shillings or £1, 6 May 1824, serial number U815/489, two manuscript signatures, annotation on reverse, a fresh and original good fine, extremely rare PMS RB 30b £600-£800

Banco De Cadiz, 500 Reales Vellon, ND (1863), serial number 023095, printed on pink paper, four manuscript signatures, embossed seal, several stains at top left, several black stamps on reverse, very fine Pick S293 £200-£300

Wiener Stadt Banco, Austria, 100 Gulden, 1 June 1806, manuscript serial number 1569, the city arms of Vienna low centre, printed signatures below, embossed seal at left and right and in each corner, lovely embossing across the note, staining in top margin bleeds into centre of note, an extremely presentable very fine, a superb example for type, rare Pick A42, Kodnar-Kunstner 45 £600-£800

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 3 December 1963, serial number A/N. 10800, manuscript Williamson signature, original extremely fine PMI BB 75, Pick 128c £80-£120

Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 14 May 1926, serial number K 328 225, Speed and one additional manuscript signature, very good PMS RB 53g, Pick 316e £70-£90

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £50, 3 May 1923, serial number B.1790, manuscript Carlisle signature, multiple pinholes, original about fine and quite a rare early date PMI BB 82, Pick 130a £300-£400

Renfrewshire Banking Company, £5, c.1833, serial number 1/55, with red ‘Ranked’ stamp at upper centre, three manuscript signatures, very good, scarce PMS RE 5 £200-£260

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £50, 3 December 1963, serial number B.7413, manuscript Smyth signature, graffiti on reverse, original good fine and a scarce final date of issue for this design PMI BB 85, Pick 130d £260-£320

Banco de Zaragoza, Spain, 100 Reales Vellon, 14 May 1857, serial number 04801, four manuscript signatures, one cancellation hole at centre, pencil annotations on reverse, very fine and much scarcer as a fully signed and issued example Pick S451 £150-£200

Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, 7 January 1920, serial number A4291157, Dewar signature and an additional manuscript signature, minor wear along central fold, otherwise fine PMS CL 15 £100-£150

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1941, serial number 1674, manuscript Niblock signature, multiple pinholes but no graffiti, about very fine and scarce PMI UB 61, Pick 320 £280-£340

Royal Bank of Scotland, 20 Shillings or £1, 8 November 1824, serial number V868/686, two manuscript signatures, considerable dirt on the reverse, but the obverse fantastically clean and clear, lovely strong paper, overall fine and extremely rare PMS RB 30b £600-£800

Brotherly Love Bank, for the Three Grand Principles, a Masonic note promising to pay Brother Secrecy the sum of 1 Shilling, Newcastle, 7 April 1806, serial number A48, manuscript signature of Faithful Hope, with Masonic symbols engraved at left, with a small but beautifully executed hand coloured element, minor mounting remnants on reverse low left corner slightly damaged, overall very fine and rare Outing unlisted £240-£300 --- Given the issue location, it seems likely that the serial number is A48 because the oldest Masonic lodge in the ‘Province of Durham’ is in Gateshead and is lodge number 48. There are other such Masonic notes known, with several different ‘branches’ and payees known to have been printed. The purpose or use of the notes is unclear.

Hauptverwaltung Der Staats-Schulden, Main Administration of Government debts, 1 Thaler, 2 January 1835, serial number 460,296, arms at top centre, intricate design on reverse, manuscript signature, fine and scarce Pick S399 £260-£360

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £20, 3 February 1943, serial number E5696, manuscript Williamson signature, minor graffiti on reverse, pair of staple holes, original very fine and scarce PMI BB 79, Pick 129c £120-£160

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £20, 10 August 1940, serial number D9452, manuscript Knott signature, original fine, a very scarce issue with only 2000 printed for this date PMI BB 78, Pick 129b £150-£200

Ulster Banking Company, forged £1, Armagh, 6 October 1846, serial number B5556, one manuscript signature, about fine and very unusual PMI UB 2 £150-£200 The hand-written note on the reverse appears to read: “William Gill mounted sub, Constable, received this note on the 8th December 1848”

Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 August 1919, serial number X072678, manuscript Smith signature, handstamp on reverse, pinholes, overall about fine, quite rare in any grade, the last of three dates PMI PR 73, Pick 345 £600-£800

Ulster Bank Limited, £10 (2), 1 May 1933 and 1 February 1939, serial number 22971 and 48364, both with manuscript Gore signatures, first original good extremely fine, second about very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 49b, 58, Pick 308, 317 £200-£260

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 December 1921, serial number 106207, manuscript Reid signature, original very good to about fine, a scarce first date of issue PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £150-£200

Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 August 1914, serial number P23008, manuscript signature, very good to about fine and scarce as an uncut note PMI PR 65, Pick 337 £150-£200

Nottingham, a superbly engraved note advertising the services of the hairdressing establishment of J. Etches, denominated £1, ND (c.1825), serial number F1297, manuscript signature of J. Etches and with the additional text ‘Warser Gate’, the location of his premises, very fine, an unusually high quality engraving for the period, attractive and rare Outing unlisted £200-£260 --- Jeffrey Etches was born in Nottingham in 1793. He first appears in the Nottingham Directory as a hairdresser in 1825. He sold his premises on Warser Gate in 1844 and died in 1849. Hairdressers and Barbers of this era often operated as informal agents for servants and employers, hence the text on this note ‘Register Office for Servants’.

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 October 1923, serial number 445248, manuscript Reid signature, original about fine PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £120-£160

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 January 1942, serial number 603424, manuscript Williams signature, original good very fine, a nice clean example PMI UB 57b, Pick 316a £100-£150

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 December 1924, serial number 738230, manuscript Reid signature, about fine PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £80-£120

Ulster Bank Limited, £20, 1 March 1941, serial number 7628, manuscript Larmour signature, slight damage to left margin, minor graffiti on reverse, good fine and a scarce first date of issue PMI UB 59, Pick 318 £100-£150