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CARTE DE VISITE : Two 19th cent. Albums containing many carte de visite photographic cards of members of the Royal Family, Novelists, Men of the Day, American Presidents, etc, many photographed by Mayall, cont. morocco, 4to, c 1860s. * The photographs were collected by Miss Harington, who was the sister of Rev. Edward Charles Harington (1804-1881) who was chancellor and sub dean of Exeter Cathedral. The albums include quite a number of people connected with the Cathedral, including the famous Bishop Philpotts. Also noted are ;- Queen Victoria, Albert, Tennyson, Gladstone, Florence Nightingale, Dickens, Mrs. Dickens, Livingstone, Speke, etc. All are identified with a small manuscript label. Sold with :- Souvenir of the Address to King Edward VII (1901). The Life of Queen Alexandra (1902). Queen Alexandra A Pictorial Biography (1925)(5)

Of South Devon Railway & GWR Interest: A Victorian ledger of the leases and land agreements for the construction and maintenance of '..a railway line from Exeter to Plymouth', 1864 and the extended South West rail network, titled 'No.1' to front board, containing manuscript details of land agreements, leases and plans of the construction of sections of the railway with an alphabetical list to end papers of companies and private individuals entered into contract, including The Admiralty, Helston Railway Company, Dartmouth & Torquay Railway Company, the Prince of Wales, Lord Falmouth , the Earl of Morley, Lady Carew and others (some entries extracts from originals, storage damage and binding loose) together with a collection of 19th century and later indentures relating to land agreements and leases for the maintenance and extension of the South West rail network.*Notes- Proposals for a railway between Exeter and Plymouth were considered as early as 1826. In 1844 The South Devon Railway Act was passed by Parliament and construction began on the first sections of the railway to Newton (Newton Abbot) Isambard Kingdom Brunel had originally thought of the whole line being an atmospheric system rather than regular steam , but this plan was dropped in 1848 due to the complexities of the system and the terrain. The South Devon railway company and its affiliates also constructed the networks to Brixham, Torquay & Kingswear, Dartmouth & Plymouth, Cornwall, Tavistock and Launceston, Buckfastleigh and Moretonhampstead.

PRAYER BOOK : Manuscript prayer book, 218 pages, calf, 8vo, early 20th cent ? * a letter from the Indian Institute Library in Oxford suggests it is written in the Gurumukhi script of the Punjabi language, ... possibly a part of the Adi Grantha

ROSS COFFEE HOUSE : Minutes book of the .Kyrle Coffee House - half calf lacking spine, 4to, 1878-97. * loosely inserted is a 5 page manuscript list of ' Fixtures and Fittings' which is to be sold in auction on 15th June 1897. With various letters, notebooks, etc including an inventory of an unidentified library of books, c1800. also a few books inc, The Miseries of Life (1806) and a turn of the century Missel, etc.(bundle)

WELLINGTON, The Duke of : (1769-1852) Anglo-English soldier, politician twice standing as prime minister:. Single page ALs, dated 1816. With various other documents, indentures, etc, also an extensive 18th cent. French common place manuscript on parchment, and a few other pieces.(a lot)

BARING-GOULD, S - Guavas The Tinner : org. cloth, 8vo, 1897. With - eight other novels (Dartmoor) by Eden Phillpotts, with a two page manuscript letter by him regarding ' The Flint Heart ' to the folklorist Macleod Yearsley. With a 'rare' crime paperback, ' Found Drowned '. With two others.(13)

GORGES FAMILY : The Story of a Family Through Eleven Centuries Illustrated by Portraits and Pedigrees Being a History of the Family of Gorges - org. cloth, 4to, Privately Printed, Boston, 1944. With a quantity of manuscript history and correspondence appertaining to the history of the Gorges family and the publication of the book.

Elizabeth I Letters Patent, dated 1600, in Latin chancery hand on vellum, with calligraphic 'Elizabeth' and pendant impression of Second Great Seal in brown wax (1586-1603) designed by Nicholas Hilliard. Together with two Elizabeth I indentures, in English, on vellum, some seals remaining. Also, a Charles II Grant of Arms by Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux (1615?-1679) to John Gonning of Bristol, 1662, heraldic illuminated manuscript on vellum, pendant red wax seal in metal case. With four further documents (8)

Bushby (Henry Jeffreys and Lady Frances) An Indian Evening, 1866, folio, mounted rubricated manuscript title and six mounted watercolours with manuscript verse, all edges gilt, original vellum gilt binding (boards slightly sprung, some foxing and dust marking to title, mounts and to blanks at end of volume); 'A Late Philosopher', Easie Rules on Earlie Rising by a Late Philosopher', Illustrated by Lady Frances Bushby, Day & Son, 1866, seven chromolitho plates on card comprising illustrated title, dedication page to the Countesse of Guilford, four illustrated plates with verse and a final initial plate, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt with wear to head of spine (the dedicatee's own copy) (2)

Manuscript Housekeeping Book, 1839, manuscript housekeeping accounts belonging to Ellen Walmesley, commencing 17 April 1839 and ending 1857 or later, original vellum binding (joint splitting, lacking clasp)

Amundsen (Roald). "The North West Passage", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1908, frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), illustrations throughout, one folding map loose, tape residue to free endpapers, top edges gilt, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, short split to head of volume 1 front joint, 8vo, together with: Nordenskiöld (Adolf Erik). The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World. Translated by Alexander Leslie, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Macmillan and Co., 1881, half-titles, 5 steel-engraved portrait plates including frontispieces, 10 lithographic folding maps, one map (no. 10) with closed handling tear, numerous wood-engravings (many full-page), bookplate of Kenn Back, original green decorative cloth, 8vo, Mikkelsen (Ejnar). Conquering the Arctic Ice, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, half-title, frontispiece, folding map, 2 maps and numerous further illustrations in text, Signet Library plate and inscription to front pastedown, manuscript call number to title-page verso, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, tape residue to free endpapers, top edge gilt, original grey cloth, titles gilt to spine, polar bear vignette to front board, 8vo, Sverdrup (Otto). New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, half-titles, frontispieces, numerous illustrations (mainly photographic, including many full-page 'plates' counted in pagination), 40 pp. advertisements, 3 folding maps (2 in end-pocket), text-blocks toned, browning to half-title and final text-leaf of each volume from endpapers, volume 1 inner hinges cracked, volume 2 inner hinges neatly repaired, original blue cloth, vignette of the Fram to front boards in silver, library markings effaced from spines, headcaps refurbished, 8vo, and 4 others, all in original cloth (not collated): Nansen, In Northern Mists, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1911, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London, 1897, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1897; and Mikkelsen, Lost in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, London, 1913Qty: (14)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Arctic Bibliography 12443 (Nordenskiöld, misdating the translation 1882), 11421 (Mikkelsen, Conquering the Arctic Ice), 17322 (Sverdrup); cf. Arctic Bibliography 402 (Amundsen, first UK edition, Constable, 1908).

Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and the Parts adjacent, London: Alex. Hogg, and sold by all Booksellers in Great Britain, Ireland, France, America, East and West Indies, etc., [1784], 532 [4] pp., engraved frontispiece, 103 engraved plates (including maps, portraits and views), 2 engraved folding maps ('A New & Correct Map of the Countries upwards of Twenty Miles Round London' and 'A New & Correct Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, with the Borough of Southwark', both hand-coloured), list of subscribers, toning, date effaced from title-page, maps creased and the first with repairs verso, contemporary manuscript genealogy to front free endpaper, related ownership inscription to title-page, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, label renewed, worn overall, folio (38.2 x 23.2 cm), together with: Brand (John). The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: B. White & Son, and T. and J. Egerton, 1789, xvi 676 [4], 723 [9] pp., engraved frontispiece and title-page to each volume, folding map, 30 engraved plates (including the plate at volume 1 p. 277, not listed; several folding), plates variably spotted and offset, contemporary diced russia, joints cracked at head, loss to head of spines, 4to (30.8 x 23 cm), Burlington (Charles, & others). The Modern Universal British Traveller; or, a New, Complete, and Accurate Tour through Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands, London: J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's-head, 1779, pp. 836 [20], engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 103 engraved plates (of 105: apparently without 'View of Shrewsbury' and 'Loch-Ranza Bay in Scotland'), one plate (St. Paul's Cathedral) folding, list of subscribers (cropped along fore edges), contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, worn, folio (35.5 x 22 cm), and 2 others, not collated (Lysons, Magna Britannia, volumes 2 and 4 [Cambridgeshire/Cheshire, and Cumberland], 1810-16)Qty: (6)NOTESProvenance (Brand): John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900), with his bookplates. ESTC T56039 (Thornton), T144797 (Brand), T110011 (Burlington); Howgego, Printed Maps of London (1979) 178 (1) and 179 (1) for the two maps in Thornton's work.

Pointer (John). A Rational Account of the Weather. Shewing the Signs of its several Changes and Alterations, together with the Philosophical Reasons of them..., To which are added, Three Essays towards accounting for I. A continued Course of Wet Years. II. The Cause of an Aurora Borealis. III. The Cause of the Plague, 2nd edition, corrected and much enlarg'd, London: Aaron Ward, 1738, half-title, edges untrimmed, original wrappers, manuscript title to spine and upper cover, worn, 8vo, together with: Home (Francis), The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, 2nd edition, London: A. Millar, A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1759, edges untrimmed, original wrappers, manuscript title to upper cover, worn, 8vo, Richards (John), The Gentleman's Steward and Tenants of Manors Instructed ... To which is added, An Appendix: Containing the Description and Use of an Instrument for discovering the Number of Feet contained in any Timber-Trees before they are cut down, by Inspection only, London: John Senex & William Innys, 1730, half-title, folding engraved plate, some dust-soiling and damp staining, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, without wrappers, 8vo, Agriculture, A New System of Agriculture; or, A Plain, Easy, and Demonstrative Method of speedily growing Rich: Proving, by undeniable Arguments, that every Land-owner, in England may advance his Estate to a double Value, in the Space of one Year's Time. Together with several very curious instructions, how to feed oxen, cows, and sheep, to much greater profit, that has ever yet been known in England. By a Country Gentleman, London: A. Millar, 1755, early signature to title, closed tear to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original wrappers, manuscript title to upper cover, paper to spine lacking, soiled, worn, 8vo, Allen (William), The Landlord's Companion: or, Ways and Means to Raise the Value of Land..., London: T. Astley, 1742, half-title, early signature to title, light dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, without wrappers, 8vo, Fish trade, The best and most approved Method of curing White-herrings, and all kinds of White-Fish ... with Directions for Boiling of Oil ... by a Trader in Fish, London: Joseph Davidson, 1750, early signature to title, light dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, without wrappers, 8voQty: (6)

Pytchley Hunt. A comprehensive collection of 18 Sampson's Hunting Diaries created by William Wroughton, for the years 1879-1908, covering meets which took place between October 27th 1879 and April 6th 1908, including copious manuscript details of dates, locations, horses & pack hounds present and also general remarks regarding weather, location of hunt & foxes caught and also quality of the day in general, some volumes also containing numerous mounted/tipped-in & inserted newspaper clippings, a few related letters and photos, original maroon & red cloth, some soiling to covers of few volumes, oblong 8vo, with a card folder containing a few related booklets, letters and cuttings, including an interesting letter signed by Earl Spencer at Althorp to Harry Cazenove, dated 1st January 1971, together with: Foxhound pedigree record books, 14 foxhound pedigree books, 1898-1907, including one for Mr A. Mackenzie's Foxhounds, 1898, 10 foxhound pedigree books for Mr. Wroughton's Foxhounds 1899-1907 and two for Pytchley Hounds 1901 & 1903, and one other undated early 20th century puppy breeder's record book belonging to William Wroughton of Sudborough House, Thrapston, many of the pedigree books with manuscript additions, original maroon or dark brown morocco or sheep, mostly with titles in gilt to upper cover, bindings for 1904 & 1905 worn, 24mo (9.5 x 8 cm), with Hunt map, An early 20th century pocket folding hunt map covering the area of Pychley Hunt, supplied by Sifton, Praed & Co., Ltd., Mapsellers of St. James' Street, London, printed in colour, sectionalised & mounted to both sides on linen, cloth covered boards with ink stamp of H de L Cazenove to pastedown, printed paper label 'Pytchley Hunt' to upper cover, with a photograph album, A photograph album containing photographs of foxhounds, kennels, kennel hands and hunt members on horseback etc. (believed to be the Pychley Hunt and William Wroughton's Foxhounds), circa 1910, 18 mounted monochrome photographs (dimensions approximately 16 x 21 cm), original red cloth, oblong folioQty: (a carton)NOTESThe Pytchley Club was formed in 1750, the first Master being Earl Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire (the original pack having been established at Althorp in 1635). From 1819 to 1873 the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock and until 1920 the master of the Pytchley was in charge. The Hunt had a succession of Masters, including William M. Wroughton who was Master of the Pytchley Hunt from 1894-1902 and compiler of these diaries. The Pytchley country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt in 1931. Today, it covers an area of western and central Northamptonshire characterised by rolling hills, hedgerows and small areas of woodland. The country in which the Pytchley Hunt takes place is described in Baily's Hunting Directory 1939-1949, London: Vinton & Co. Ltd., 1948 as "the country, which lies in Northants and Leicestershire, extends some 20 miles N. to S. and 25 miles E. to W. On the N. it adjoins the Fernie, the Woodland Pytchley, and Atherstone; on the W. the Atherstone, N. Warwickshire, and Bicester; on the S. the Grafton and Oakley, and on the E. the Woodland Pytchley. It is impossible to describe its characteristics in a sentence. It is a very strongly fenced, often undulating country, and, as a whole, it normally consists of almost uninterrupted pasture. However, due to present agricultural policy, there is a considerable increase in arable land. A "bad horse cannot get over the country at all, and a second-class one will only spoil your pleasure and ruin your nerve" ("Brooksby"). He must be the best hunter bred; bold, fast, a big jumper, temperate, and able to stay... “. A copy of this volume is included in the lot.

* Polo. Kilburne (George Goodwin). The Final of the Hunt Cup, Ranelagh 1898. Pytchley v Warwickshire, A. Baird-Carter, 1900, photogravure with contemporary hand colouring and heightened with gum arabic, proof before title and letters, blind stamp and artist's signature in pencil to lower left, title inscribed in manuscript on the mount, 530 x 885 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)

* Marine. Walker (J.). The Great Western Steam Ship intended to trade between Bristol and New York, leaving Cumberland Basin on the morning of the 18th August 1837, in tow of the Lion Steam Tug and accompanied by the Benledi and Herald Steamers for the purpose of proceeding to London to receive her Engines, Hullmandel, 1837, uncoloured lithograph some mount staining and dust soiling, 240 x 320 mm, together with Morgan (W., lithographer). The British Queen Floated out of Dock on the Queen's Birthday, May 24th 1838, W. Morgan, 1838, tint stone lithograph, some dust soiling, one long repaired closed tear affecting image, 245 x 290 mm, mounted, with Knell (W. A.). [The Turkish Steamer "Vassitie Tidjaret", circa 1850, hand-coloured lithograph, proof before title and letters, some surface abrasion, occasional marginal closed tears, 280 x 420 mm, mounted, plus Fores (S. W. publisher). The Famous Packet from Paddington to Uxbridge on the Grand Junction Canal, 1801, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, a manuscript '96' to lower right margin, trimmed to platemark and tipped on to later card, 250 x 405 mm, mounted, and Rushton & Melling (publishers). The Hibernia and St George starting from Liverpool, circa 1830, uncoloured lithograph, slight staining, 260 x 360 mm, with another sixteen engravings and lithographs similar, including examples by or after Ackermanns, 'The Boys Own Paper, Ross, W. Cooke and Dudley, various sizes and conditionQty: (21)

* English School. Sergt J. Mc K K.O.L.D, mid 19th century, watercolour on paper, showing a portrait of a soldier in service uniform seen wearing a medal (probably a Scinde Medal), 9.5 x 9cm, laid on card, period gesso moulded frame, glazed together with a collection of military watercolours including the recruiting sergeant, 19th century showing an officer circa 1810 and a peasant, unsigned, 22 x 28cm (8.75 x 11ins), framed and glazed, military uniforms of 1825, 24 x 17cm (9.5 x 6.75ins), framed and glazed, a set of three watercolours attributed to E. Hull, showing the costume of the British Army circa 1828, and various uniforms including 42nd Black Watch, 3rd Scots Guards, Royal Marines and others each with old manuscript label to verso inscribed with the regiments, 25 x 34.5cm (9.75 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed, WWI watercolours, including a grisaille showing and Officer and two men advancing, unsigned, 17 x 24cm (6.75 x 9.5ins), framed and glazed, and others, all framed and glazedQty: (12)

Ovalle (Alonso de). An Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Chile ... Printed at Rome by Francisco Cavallo, 1649 ... Translated out of Spanish into English, 1st edition in English, London: for A. and J. Churchill, 1703, bound with: Monson (Sir William). Naval Tracts: in Six Books ... The Whole from the Original Manuscript, never before published, 1st edition, London: for A. and J. Churchill, 1703, 2 works in 1 volume, pagination and register continuous, [8] 154; [6] 163-560 pp., Ovalle with engraved vignette of constellations at p. 43, damp-staining to lower margins in both works (occasionally extending into text; strengthening towards rear), Ovalle bound without errata slip, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, tips bumped and worn, folio (31.8 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK ESTC N17836 (Ovalle: one copy in UK libraries), N46815 (Monson: six copies world-wide); Sabin 57972 note (Ovalle). Both works were also issued as part of Awnsham and John Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels.

Priestley (Raymond E.). Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914, all photographic plates as called for, 3 folding maps, Signet Library plate to front pastedown, manuscript call number to dedication page, bookplate of Kenn Back, top edge gilt, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, recased, rubbed, spine toned, corners showing through, 8vo, together with another copy (complete, top edge not gilt, original cloth, recased, spine toned, gilt stamp of King William's College, Isle of Man to rear board)Qty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK

* Castlereagh (Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822). Four letters written as foreign secretary to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay), 1812-15, i.e. 1) Foreign Office, 9 March 1812, a letter of introduction for ‘Mr Crosbie Moore of Mooresfort in the County of Monaghan’, 1 p., 4to, 2) London, c.1814, announcing the Duke of Cambridge’s readiness to move the Hanoverian army into Belgium, 2 pp., 4to, 3) London, 27 March c.1814, ‘May I beg you to give this letter to the Duke of Wellington on his arrival, I presume he is on his way to Brussels …’, no addressee but with contemporary manuscript pagination similar to that in letters 2) and 4), marked 'private', 2 pp., 8vo, 4) Foreign Office, 30 March 1815, letter of introduction for Mr Thomas Stackhouse of merchants Baker Mant & Page, 'who is going to Holland on important commercial concerns’, 1 p., 4to, the relevant letter from from Baker Mant & Page to Castlereagh enclosed (1 p., 4to), all autograph letters signed except perhaps 4), the letter possibly secretarial but with Castlereagh's autograph signatureQty: (5)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Castlereagh was foreign secretary from February 1812 until his death by suicide in 1822. He is remembered for his 'starring role' (ODNB) in negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1815) and for his post-war diplomacy, which secured lasting peace in Europe: 'In this respect he became a model of diplomacy and statesmanship for a century' (ibid.). Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

Aerial Photography. An album containing approximately 60 aerial photographs by Lieutenant W.H. Bundock, 28th Wing, Royal Air Force, Yatesbury, 1918, mostly aerial views (including some composites) of southern England, including Salisbury, Blandford, Cirencester, Newbury, Marlborough, Bath, Swindon, plus some of tanks (one putting up a smoke barrage for advancing troops), many dated or coded in the negative, tipped in or loose with some original manuscript descriptions tipped onto facing leaves, some later pencil notes added to mounts, a few additional snapshots and a real photo postcard of an RAF group (Hounslow 1917) pasted in and loose, images mostly 20 x 15 cm and similar sizes, remains of ownership details tipped onto front free endpaper, ex libris John Gadd sticker to front pastedown, modern good quality half morocco gilt over marbled boards with gilt-title leather labels to spine, 4to (24 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESYatesbury Camp, near Calne, in Wiltshire, was used by volunteers training for the Royal Flying Corps.

Broadsheets & Broadsides. A collection of 21 broadsheets & broadsides, early 19th century, including, Spring-Heel Jack, The Monster Ghost, [London]: prnted by J. Catnach, [Jan. 1838?], single sheet printed to one side, large woodcut illustration, manuscript date at foot, slight fraying to margins, folio (38.5 x 26 cm); Women Beware of the Monster. The Apprehension of Spring Jack, with the Particulars in which the females has suffer'd by his cruelty in Town and Country, [London]: printed by Carpue, [Jan 1838?], single sheet printed to one side, two woodcut illustrations, manuscript date at foot, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 25 cm); The Dying Pilgrim, [London]: printed by J. Catnach, circa 1830s, single sheet printed to one side, three woodcut illustrations, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 25 cm), The Almanack of Life, [London]: J. Catnach, circa 1830s, single sheet printed to one side, 12 small wood engraved vignette illustrations, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 26 cm), and with a theatre advertising broadside, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Monday, Dec. 21, 1807, will be acted the Comedy of Speed the Plough ... after which ... The Blind Boy, [London, 1807], single-sheet printed to one side, 26 x 19 cm, and other smaller ballad broadsides etc., including, Jack's Fidelity, [by Charles Dibdin], [London], printed by Jennings, [1802-09?], single-sheet, printed to one side, small woodcut illustration, (21 x 9.5 cm), and Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scotland, [London]: printed by J. Pitts, [1800-1810?], single-sheet, printed to one side, small woodcut illustration, tipped onto thin card, (23.5 x 9 cm), and others similar (some tipped onto thin card), together with: Chapbooks, Three chapbooks, early 19th century, including, Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player: being a true account of the life and death of Richard Nancollas, the Alehouse Poet; and of a Portuguese Player, who died in London. With another Narrative, shewing the advantages of Societies for visiting the Sick, Nottingham: printed by C. Sutton, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8vo; Garland of New Songs. The Country Club, The Chandler's Shop, Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages, Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by J. Marshall, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8vo; Garland of New Songs. Daft Watty's Ramble to Carlisle, I was the Boy for bewitching 'em, Mary once had Lovers two, The little Farthing Rush-Light, Paddy O'Leary, Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by J. Marshall, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8voQty: (18)

* East India Company. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805). Appointment Signed 'Cornwallis', Head Quarters, 1 November 1791, printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, appointing James Rowles as Ensign in the Kings Army in the East Indies, signed by Cornwallis as Governor General of Bengal & Commander in Chief of all the King's & Company's Forces in the East Indies, a little yellowing and some translucence to lower blank area, folds as issued, 28 x 34cm, together with A group of 4 military commissions for James Rowles, Fort St George, India, 29 September 1791, 5 June 1792, 8 September 1801 & 4 March 1809, printed documents on vellum with manuscript insertions, appointing Rowles as Ensign of Infantry, Cornet of Cavalry (name misspelt 'Rolles'), Captain Lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry & Lieutenant Colonel of Native Cavalry, variously signed by multiple superior officers and officials including signatures of General Sir William Medows (1738-1813), Lord Clive (Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, 1754-1839), Sir Charles Oakeley (2), Ernest William Fallofield (2), all slightly yellowed, wafer seal missing from third document, all 22 x 35cm and very similar sizesQty: (5)NOTESIt was under the command of Cornwallis that the British Army surrendered to Washington at Yorktown during the Revolutionary War. He was later appointed governor-general and commander-in-chief of India in 1789, his service there doing much to restore his reputation. James Rowles lived in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, after his return from India. He used his Indian experiences to write a pamphlet, On the Propagation of Cholera, Cheltenham: Cunningham and Co., 1831.

Back (Eric Kenneth Prentice, 'Kenn', 1942–). 'A Record of the Climate and Inhabitants of Adelaide Island, Antarctica', 1963-6, manuscript log in black ink on ruled paper, approximately 280 pp., illustrated with 45 original photographs (most in black and white, a few in colour; most mounted on tipped-in leaves of india paper with Back's manuscript captions), 7 manuscript maps (on india paper, tipped in), 1 large folding manuscript diagram (titled 'Baratic analysis, 1200 G.M.T. 11 August 1964'), and 9 barograms or hygrograms, with frequent additional notes, tables and newspaper clippings tipped in, contemporary tan cloth binding with custom green cloth jacket stitched over, folio (32.2 x 20.3 cm), together with Kenn Back's manuscript log of his secondment to McGill University’s Knob Lake subarctic research laboratory at Schefferville, Quebec, 1967-9, approximately 126 pp., with 11 manuscript graphs and diagrams, 2 manuscript maps, and 1 large pre-printed surface analysis chart completed in manuscript, additional notes and photographs laid in, contemporary binding of roan-backed cloth with similar custom green cloth jacket stitched over, folio (32 x 20 cm), and assorted other personal effects including diaries, address books, and snapshot photographsQty: (-)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Eric Kenneth Prentice Back (1942–), a descendant of Arctic explorer Captain George Back, joined the British Antarctic Survey in 1963, straight after graduating from Durham University with a degree in classics. Over the next twenty years he saw out eight Antarctic winters and served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations; his three-year stint on Adelaide Island (at Station T, the BAS base), recorded in meticulous detail here, was his first posting. After an extended period of travel and itinerant work in Asia, Australasia and the south-west Pacific he returned to the BAS in 1999 as team leader at Port Lockroy in the Palmer Archipelago, taking statutory retirement three years later. He is one of a select group to have received both the Polar and Fuchs medals, and lives today in Montevideo, Uruguay.

* Education - Lancaster (Joseph). A printed flyer requesting subscriptions for a proposal to establish schools in villages & county towns for the education of ten thousand children, [1805], 'Repected Friends, The King, Queen, and Princesses, lately honored me with an audience at Weymouth, and after many enquiries respecting the mode of Education practised in my Institution, in the Borough Road, Southwark, expressed a benevolent desire to see the same benefit extended to the Country, and for this purpose began the following Subscription...,' single sheet, printed to one side, horizontal fold, 4to (23 x 18.5 cm), together with: ibid., Printed advertising flyer for a spelling book, [London, 1808?], 'Publishing by Subscription, by J. Lancaster, A Spelling Book, on a beautiful type, and new plan, that 500 Children may be taught to read from one book, instead of 500, as usually required for the same purpose; for the use of Schools, 5s, single sheet, printed to one side, 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm), [Mathias, Thomas James], A manuscript translation into English of excerpt verses of Petrarch undertaken by a student as an exercise for approval, circa 1790, 5 pages comprising 168 lines of neatly written verse, 3 blank pages, the recipient of the manuscript was Thomas Mathias, satirist & Latin scholar, and bears the name of the writer? "Mrs Wilmot", light toning, central horizontal folds, folio, and two others including an autograph letter from one teenage sister to another in which the writer discusses the typical occurrences of a young lady to another, Cambridge Jan. 12th, 1752, and a single sheet manuscript epitaph to the demise of 'Miss Colleton', circa 1795, and a single sheet manuscript note written by Sir George Pretyman-Tomline (1750-1827, tutor to William Pitt the Younger), to the bookseller-publishers Cadell & Davis ordering two publications which are to be sent 'as soon as may be convenient' by the Stamfords coach, Nov 16, 1802Qty: (6)NOTESThe first item is a rare item requesting donations to his scheme for educating children, by Joseph Lancaster, the pioneer of education.

* Flood (John). Will of John Flood of Flood Hall, Kilkenny, 1761, 3 pages manuscript Will with amendments to 1765, signed & witnessed with three applied wax seals, old folds, folio, together with a second 10 page manuscript fragment Will of John Flood dated 1807, together with other 19th & 20th century manuscript & genealogical material, including reference to the Cullum family and Hardwick, Suffolk, together with: Cullum (John), The History and Antiquities of Hawsted, and Hardwick, in the county of Suffolk, 2nd edition, with corrections by the author, and notes by his brother, Sir Thomas-Gery Cullum, London: J. Nichols, Son & Bentley, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 engraved plates, folding pedigrees, some offsetting and spotting, pastedowns repaired, edges untrimmed, original boards with modern cloth spine & corners, 4to, Farrer (Edmund), Portraits in Suffolk House (West), London: Bernard Quaritch, 1908, half-title, title in red & black, monochrome portrait plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, dust-soiled, covers slightly loose, folio (limited edition 95/100 copies on large paper)Qty: (a small carton)

Genealogical manuscript volume. 'Honorium et Nobilium Majorum in Anglia. The Royall Descent', early 18th century, manuscript volume showing pedigrees of 149 noble English families, neatly written on 286 pages (includes leaf of explanatory text and two leaves listing family pedigrees of Dukes, Earls, Viscounts & Barons contained within the volume), borders ruled in red, some blanks at rear, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown of William A. Cragg, Lincoln College, Oxford, contemporary calf, joints split, worn, folio (46 x 28.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESManuscript explanatory note to first leaf "This book was transcribed by William Burwell, Schoolmaster of Fiskarton, who not understanding one word of Latin has made many mistakes. The copy from which it is transcribed belongs to Christopher Rooe, Esq., of Normanton Turville, near Lester, which said book ... was copied from an original belonging to William Camden ... If this book was well corrected and fairly printed with a good index, it would make a usefull volume of English Antiquity." and with a later manuscript note to the same leaf "With submission, the author of this book cannot be Camden, as its contents & history extend to 1659 f.27. when it is known Camden died in 1623. It is therefore supposed to be Sr. W. Dugdale's who survived 1666. Comp. f.130 &c."

* George V (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. Two signed Christmas cards, 1927 & 1930, both signed as King, the first 'from George R.I.' with date '1928' inserted into the greeting above, the second initialled 'G.R.I.' and addressed in the King's hand to Cecil Colville with the date '1930-1' added in adjacent to the printed greeting, both on inserted sheets in folded card with reproduction colour pictures of maritime subjects after Bernard Gribble, silk ties, a few light spots, 16 x 20.5 cm and slightly smaller, together with a third Christmas card for 1937-38, signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 'George R.I.' and 'Elizabeth R', folded sheet within folded card with colour reproduction print of the Spithead Coronation Review pasted to upper cover and frayed silk spine tie, light crease to upper right corner, 19 x 24.5 cm, with the original envelope addressed to Admiral The Hon. Sir Stanley Colville G.C.B. in the King's hand, registered postmarks and stamps, soiled, plus a group of approximately 16 documents and letters relating to Alec Henry Sharpe Broomfield (1897-1981), all WWI/WWII and a few inter-war items from Broomfield's time in the Hampshire 'Carabiniers' Yeomanry, initially and Home Guard latterly, including two commissions from 1915 and 1952 with facsimile signatures of the monarchs, plus unrelated groups of approximately 80 mostly manuscript receipts, circa 1870s/1900s, 10 legal and administrative letters, 1830s, plus 10 P&O menus and similar, 1975Qty: (approx. 120)NOTESAdmiral Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville (1861-1939) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

* Grant of Arms. Manuscript grant of arms for William Phelps Vaile of West Malling, Kent, 1827, illuminated manuscript on single vellum membrane, with four armorial bearings including that of William Phelps Vaile with motto 'Semper Paratus', Earl Marshal, George IV, & College of Arms, each finely painted in bodycolour and heightened with gold, blue double-rule border with blue paper seal stamp attached to left margin, signed by George Nayler as Garter King of Arms and Ralph Bigland as Clarenceux King of Arms, navy silk tags with two seals in brass skippets, membrane 59 x 50 cm, contained in original maroon box with hinged lid and with applied GR monograms & crowns, included with the original manuscript invoice on paper for £85-16-8 dated 6th March 1827Qty: (1)NOTESWilliam Phelps Vaile was born in St Nicholas, Gloucestershire, on 20 Apr 1788 to John Vaile and Esther Phelps. He married Elizabeth Malyn and had 6 children. He died on 1st May 1869 in Thanet, Kent. He was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

* Heraldry manuscript. 15 leaves of armorials of British nobility, circa 1700, copied from/part of a larger work, with approximately 40 hand-coloured armorials with manuscript text (to one side only), including Edward the Confessor, Henry I, Henry II, King John, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III, Elizabeth I and James I, together with members of the Plantagenet & Beaufort family etc., toning and dust-soiling, fraying and some closed tears mostly to margins, few leaves lined to verso, disbound, folio (38 x 24 cm), loosely contained in worn portfolioQty: (1)

* London. A collection of 17th-19th century manuscript indentures etc., majority on vellum, many regarding property purchases, rentals and leases, and also Wills & settlements of money etc. (mostly 18th & 19th c.), relating to various areas in London including Cheapside, Aldersgate & Bermondsey etc., the earliest dated 10th Sep. 1614 relating to a property purchase at Aldersgate Street in the parish of St Botolph, London, signed Eustace Bissaker & Goodith Bissaker, seal tags attached with remnants of one wax sealQty: ( a carton)

Lutheran Manuscript. An unusual German manuscript, circa 1740, mounted engraved frontispiece after J. C. Scherer, ownership emblem of Iohannes Rupp dated 1740, 'dedication' leaf with inscription of the manuscript's scribe F.D. Schneider, bookseller or scribe of Leipzig (and written by him at Frankfurt-am-Main), both preliminary leaves within ornamental watercolour borders, the main text following comprising 50 unnumbered leaves with manuscript quotations in brown and red ink and large central pen and brown ink geometric designs, each page with ruled ink border, the whole text written calligraphically in German gothic script, with flourishes, quotation sources identified in brown, blue or green ink, two additional leaves following with geometric design sketches and five further leaves with contemporary engraved portrait of Martin Luther with red ink caption beneath in the same calligraphic hand, several further blanks including some later crude watermark designs in pencil, versos blank throughout, some spotting and soiling throughout, later pencil inscription to final blank recto: 'Wohlgeborenen Herrn Lessing Directeur des grossagrzoglichen Kunstgalleri in Karlsruhe die 14 August 1873', armorial bookplate of monogramme 'M' surmounted by a baron's coronet, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, stained red and now partly faded, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to (24.5 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA curious and intriguing manuscript. The four-line quotations at the head and foot of each page with a geometric design are taken from several sources but predominately from Benjamin Schmolck's Heilige Flammen der himmlisch-gesinnten Seele, a collection of hymns and spiritual songs which appeared in some 13 editions during Schmolck's lifetime. Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737) was a German Lutheran writer of hymns. The page references given in the manuscript tally with a 1726 edition published in Leipzig by Lankisch but may well tally with other identical editions of the same period. The later pencil inscription at the back of the manuscript would seem to indicate this later belonged to Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880), a German historical and landscape painter who was appointed director of the gallery at Karlsruhe in 1856.

Manuscript maritime exercise book. 'The Mariner's Compass', circa 1805, 53 leaves (106 pages) of neat copper plate writing divided into different sections including 'plane sailing, traverse sailing, middle latitude sailing, Mercators sailing, oblique sailing, current sailing, of tides, rules for correcting the dead reckoning, rules for keeping a journal, a journal of a voyage from London to Madera and Teneriffe in the Frances of London, William Johnson Commander kept by Joseph Mills, Mate & the manner of surveying the coasts and harbours', detailed pen & ink diagrams of the mariner's compass and one full-page chart of coastline, and numerous geometric diagrams, rear half of volume with short closed tear and crease at gutter, some light dust-soiling and few marks, 20th c. marbled boards, spine detached, small folio, together with five other manuscript volumes including 'Johnson vs. Hart duplicate Receiver's Account from Michas. 1828 to [1833],' and an early 18th century expenses account book, 18th century manuscript volume recording rental of land in Dunlop, and early 19th century manuscript mathematics exercise book etc.Qty: (6)

* McNally (Leonard). Village Lawyer a Farce, [Dublin?], circa 1785, manuscript comprising 21 pages including title with Dramatic Personae list to verso, written throughout in a neat hand, in original wrappers, side-stitched, light dust-soiling, title in manuscript to upper cover, slim 4to, together with: Bristol - Frenchay, A list of subscribers for building a Bridge across the river at Frenchay, making good the road on each side, January 31st , 1788, five pages of manuscript lists, numerous blank leaves, original wrappers, manuscript title to upper cover, slim 4to, with 12 pages 19th century of manuscript notes relating to the history of the Frenchay area, Tennyson (Charles), Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces, 1st edition, 1st issue, Cambridge: B. Bridges, Market Hill and sold by John Richardson, 91, Royal Exchange, London, 1830, half-title, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine rubbed, slim 12mo, and other miscellaneous manuscript material & broadsides etc.Qty: (a carton)NOTESThe first item appears to be an early English translation of the anonymous 15th century French farce "L'Arogate Pierre Pathelin". It was first adapted for the stage by David-Augustin De Brueys (1640-1723) and Jean de Palaprat (1650-1721) as "Avocat Patelin", first performed in 1706 and published in French in 1715. The title is clearly written as by "Leonard McNally". Leonard McNally (1752-1820) was a Dublin barrister, playwright, lyricist, founder member of the United Irishmen, informer and government agent. The play was extremely popular in Regency times, and adaptations were made by other others including Charles Lyon, George Coleman and William Macready.

* Pedigree roll. Manuscript pedigree roll showing line of descent from Edward I to Sir James Langham Bt. and children, late 18th century, single vellum membrane with line of descent in colours and manuscript names within roundels, terminating with the children of Sir James Langham 7th Baronet (1736-1795) & Juliana Musgrave, namely William, Marianne, Charlotte & James, short tear & wear to upper left blank corner, 30.7 x 80.4 cmQty: (1)NOTESSir James Langham, 7th Baronet of Cottesbrooke (1736-1795) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1790. He was the son of William Langham and his wife Mary Drought, daughter of Anthony Drought. He inherited the baronetcy from his uncle Sir John Langham, 6th Baronet in 1766. He was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1767, and was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in 1784, holding seat until 1790. Langham married Juliana Musgrave (1741-1810), daughter of George Musgrave (1717-1742) of Nettlecombe and Combe Sydenham in Somerset, and sister and heiress of Thomas Musgrave (1741-1766) of Combe Sydenham, Stogumber, Somerset. By his wife he had children including the eldest son and heir, Sir William Langham, 8th Baronet (1771-1812); and younger son, Sir James Langham, 10th Baronet (1776-1833). The pedigree roll includes the names of four of Sir James' & Juliana's children, William, Marianne, Charlotte & James.

* Pitt (William, the younger, 1759-1806). Manuscript note by William Pitt to the Irish M.P. William Burroughs during the Debate on the Duke of Atholl's Compensation Bill in 1805 on the question of the Duke's rights over lost revenues from the Isle of Man, together with William Burroughs' footnote, 1805, single sheet, with Pitt's six line note 'It might have been right to refer to Commiss. originally the Question of Fact what was the value of the Property - but the Question now is Question of Liberty which with all the Circumstances before us. We can but decide for ourselves', with explanatory footnote by the Irish M.P. William Burroughs (1752-1829), 'the foregoing Lines were written by Mr. Pitt, as a suggestion to me in debate on the question relative to the Duke of Atholl's Compensation Bill, in the year 1805', mounted on album leaf, together with: Peter the Wild Boy, Manuscript account of an extraordinary being in human shape cast in a wood in Germany & brought to England by King George I, 1785, 3 pages (approx. 350 words) written in a neat hand, with integral docketed page, 4to (20 x 15 cm), MacGillivray (Saunders & Applecross, Tom, pseud?), An Autograph letter written by Macgillivray & addressed to the editor of the Satirist in London on the result of the Parliamentary Election for the County of Ross, and enclosing the text of a poem written and issued after the Election by the losing Tory candidate, Dingwall, 29th Jan 1835, single sheet letter written to one side, with address to verso, which identifies the losing Tory candidate as a Mr McKenzie, 4to and single sheet poem written to both sides in a different hand, with heading 'To the Electors of Ross' and signed 'Tom Applecross, Fodderty, 27 Jan, 1835', folio, both tipped onto album sheet, Rippon (Cuthbert), An autograph letter addressed to Joseph Watson advising him that 'Joseph Pease would be able to take his parliamentary seat by affirmation (instead of by oath)' as M.P. for S. Durham, London, Feb. 11, 1833, single sheet with 15 lines text to one side and integral address leaf, seal and free postmark to verso, 8vo (18 x 11 cm), (Joseph Pease 1799-1872, was the first sitting Quaker M.P. & an early railway pioneer), and other manuscript letters etc. including autograph letter by Emily Lock on behalf of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Christian to Mrs Haly thanking her for sending the lines about her brother, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Dec. 1, 1885; collection of four autograph letters by Andrew Stone (1703-73, Secretary of State & tutor to George III) sent to different recipients in his capacity as Under Secretary of State to Lord Newcastle, Whitehall, 1783-39Qty: (18)

* Pitt (William, the younger, 1759-1806). Document signed, 17 July 1782, a manuscript document ordering 'that you deliver and pay of such His Majesty's treasure as remains in your charges unto the several persons hereafter mentioned or their assigns the sum set against their names respecting without account... ', and directing payments to John Hatsell (£200), John Ley (£100), Hardinge Stracy, George White, Edward Barwell and Robert Gunnell (£200), Edward Colman (£60), etc., signed by William Pitt as Chancellor of the Exchequer in right margin alongside R. Jackson and Ed:J. Eliot, countersigned at foot 'Newcastle' (Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1720-1794), with a continuation of the itemised receipt with signatures of Benson, Barwell, Powell, Gunnell, Ley and White, some browning and dust-soiling, small hole touching one letter of text, 2 pp. with integral docketed blank, folio, together with a group of 9 further autograph letters and similar from various British Prime Ministers, including Robert Peel, circa 1838, 'In conformity with the rule on which I invariably act in all similar cases, I must request you to exercise your own discretion in respect to the publication of the memoranda you have made from time to time in reference to political events, contenting myself with the remark that I cannot foresee the possibility of any evil arising from the making known your own sentiments on public matters', 4 pp., 4to; William Ewart Gladstone (2), one on House of Commons Library letterhead dated 1896 to Mrs Earle, 'I am quite ashamed to have given so much trouble - for tho' I wrote a label its age and appearance were deceptive. I got the back quite in time to prevent any inconvenience...', the second an earlier brief letter and somewhat browned; Lord Liverpool, as Prime Minister, to the Right Honorable George Rose as Treasury of the Navy, 1 January 1815, thanking him for his letter and saying that he will communicate with the Admirality about the suggestions; Lord Canning, 21 June 1816, giving the results of a poll; Lord Palmerston (plus one related item); Lord Russell; Lord Salisbury and Herbert Henry Asquith, as Home Secretary, 16 April 1894, to Mrs Earl, concerning an invitationQty: (10)NOTESSigned by the young William Pitt just one week after becoming Chancellor of Exchequer under Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.

Scrap Albums. A group of 12 scrap albums, photograph albums and related, mostly 20th century, including a photographically illustrated country house autograph album of Dorothy Cavendish, circa 1911-14, a total of approximately 50 pages with numerous snapshots and autographs including Chatsworth, Buckshaw, Kirkham Abbey, St. Margaret's Mount, North Hill Bridge, etc; a typescript of a coach-trip holiday by R.G. Dixon around Britain in 1959, with postcards, photographs and ephemera pasted in, a World War II civilian diary by a man living in Hale, Cheshire; manuscript diary of an autumn holiday in Britain in 1910, extra-illustrated with postcards and ephemera, various other albums and collections of ephemera in bespoke solander boxes, all but five in recent half or quarter morocco gilt bindings, various sizesQty: (12)NOTESAll ex libris John Gadd.

* Smith (William Sidney, 1764-1840). British Naval Officer. Autograph letter signed, 'W. Sidney Smith', Porto, 1 January 1788, to Captain James White at Chaves, 'I beg leave to announce myself to you as the nephew of your old friend General Smith who formally commanded the Regiment of Braganza; the curiosity of a traveller having them [br]ought me into this part of Portugal and my uncle hearing of me here he has charged me with his kindest remembrances to his friends, and in particular to "Diogo White"...', and saying that he will visit him in Chaves if that suits after accompanying James Warre on his annual visit to the wine country, two pages with integral address leaf, some spotting and slight soiling, seal tear with small loss affecting one word as noted above, 4to, together with an old manuscript French translation and small engraving of Smith, plus: Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Wellington', London, 21 November 1845, to the Lord Archbishop of York in connection with 'the prospect of a guardian at an early period for Mr David Thompson' and hoping that His Grace is in good health, 1 page with integral blank, 8vo, together with an autograph letter in the third person from Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, London, 14 July 1859, presenting his compliments to Monsieur de Chatelain regretting 'that he cannot announce to the chevalier that the article enclosed in note is a surprise, for he has seen it before in a penny paper. It would however gratify him much to know that the chevalier wrote it', 2 pages with integral blank, 8vo, pasted to old album sheet and surmounted by original stamped and postmarked envelope, plus another autograph letter by Wellington in the third person, London, 17 June 1845, presenting his compliments to Mrs Swayne having received her letter and 'begs leave to inform Mrs Swayne that the Commander in Chief of the Army has no power or authority to grant pensions, remuneration gratuity, or in fact money in any shape or any account whatever to anybody', telling her that she must apply to the Secretary of War and giving further advice before regretting that he has no power to be of use to her, 2 pages with integral blank, album adhesive remains to final page, slight toning, 8voQty: (6)NOTESAdmiral Sir William Sidney Smith served in the American and French revolutionary wars, rising to the rank of Admiral. He is most famous for leading the defence of Acre against Napoleon and because of this Napoleon was to reminisce in later life, That man made me miss my destiny'.

China Journal. A Trip in the Hills beyond Peking, September 1924 [so titled on upper cover], an illustrated manuscript account of a British hiking trip in rural China at a time of civil war, comprising 25 pages including 16 pages of a journal written in pencil and incorporating 2 sketches (‘one of the chief monks standing out to make a tour of the monastery’s demands’ and ‘old font in Guests’ Courtyard’) in an unidentified hand; a further 22 captioned and mounted black and white photographs of the trip on 6 pages, photographs include members of the party, several village scenes including Ho Pei and Hei Leung Kuan, images 8 x 5.5cm or 6 x 10.5cm; a full-page sketch map of the route in pencil with some additional red and blue watercolour; plus 2 full-page drawings, the first in pencil of the ‘Entrance to Ha Lung Kuan’, the second in watercolour and pencil of ‘Guests’ Quarters, Hsi Yu Sen’, small split to foremargins of 2 leaves not affecting text or drawings, contents partly detached in contemporary stapled printed wrappers (Manufactured by Tientsin Press Ltd) with manuscript title to upper wrapper, lacks lower wrapper, oblong small folio (19 x 27.5cm), together with: China, a small photograph album, circa 1916, containing 9 black and white snapshot photographs mounted on rectos, with ink captions and seemingly in the same hand as the journal, showing: Canton, [now Guangzhou] (December 1916), New Custom House under construction; British Consulate building damaged by floods; Chun family temple; Pagoda from British Yamen Gardens [Yamen, administrative offices]; The old British Yamen, now a mess for civil service students; The old British Yamen, grounds; crowded passenger junk; "The Dormouse", houseboat showing Ernest Wilton with others; Chinese servant with dogs; Man in soldier's uniform (pasted to final leaf verso), each 6 x 10.5cm, plus 7 mostly related loose photos but including one later one (creased) showing Indian soldiers in Hong Kong marching on King's Birthday in 1929, contemporary card covers with spine tie, 14.5 x 19.5cm, plus a small partly cut down studio photograph of Sir Edward Colville Collins Wilton, circa 1910, oval-matted in a small leather desk frame, 12.5 x 10cmQty: (3)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952), who would seem to be the author/photographer. Wilton had a 30-year relationship with Chinese affairs beginning in 1890. He was employed with the Mission to Tibet in 1903-04, as adviser to Francis Younghusband on Chinese affairs. At the time the photographs in the small album were taken Wilton would have been Acting Consul-General in Canton. By 1920 he had returned to Europe, becoming British Commissioner in Lithuania, and was later appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Estonia and Latvia. From 1923-26 he was Chief Foreign Inspector of the Chinese Salt Gabelle, and from 1927-32 he was President of the Saar Governing Commission, in Europe. The trip was certainly undertaken by some people in consular positions, and one photographed woman identified simply as ‘V’ may refer to Violet Evelyn Brown, who Wilton was to marry in 1927. The trip appears to have taken in what is known as The Fragrant Hills, written by an unidentified author. At the beginning the diarist worries that Chang Tso Lin [Zhang Zuolin, a Chinese warlord] will come into the Civil War [i.e. the conflict between Japanese-backed forces based in Manchuria, known as the Fengtians and the Zhili faction, backed by Anglo-US interests] leaving the trains between Peking and Mukden [Shenyang] affected, and thus delaying their trip into the Western hills near Beijing. Since the trains appear to be unaffected they decide their trip can go ahead in spite of all. There are mentions of Mrs Denham and her friend, Mrs Wheatcroft, an artist joining them, plus 'The Lucas''. The diary continues with lists of the provisions and supplies: bacon, whisky, pickles, etc., and a list of 'useful things Mrs Denham likes' including a piece of white linoleum to use as a tablecloth, 'paper napkins instead of linen ones'... The party take the train to Chang Tsin Tien where they change trains and begin their trip from Toli [photo of the travellers in a Toli teahouse] with a walk to Hei Lung Kwan crossing the Lu Li Ho river, and finding it hard going even with donkeys as the river has flooded and several bridges are down. Later they come to large village Nan Chiao 'where there is a good sized temple'. Their departure from the village draws a large crowd, ’foreigners are evidently a rarity in these parts'. 'One passes numerous little coal mines… and all the people are black with coal dust'. They eventually arrive at Chan Kow Yuen to find the temple in ruins. They find another at the other end of the village but it is full of soldiers. They head for a place called Hsi Yu Sen passing through prosperous countryside of buckwheat fields, and find the people friendly. Retracing their steps they see 'a curious little bit of country superstition' when they witness a little girl drop a baby while crossing a stream on stepping stones. When she picks it up she touches the stones and then the baby's head, an action repeated by the mother when she arrives. Their train is full with country people and soldiers 'all however quite well behaved’.

* WWI & Battle of Arras. First Army panorama no. P.111, B.20.b.00.45, sheet 51B, including a field of view of 83° from about 39° – 122° (approximate scale of degrees (1° = 1 inch), made from Vimy Ridge, 22 April 1917, panoramic gelatin silver print photograph on 4 joined sheets, place and building identification details clearly marked in the negative, printed labels to left margin, No. 2 Advanced Section Army Printing Stationery Services and 50th (S.A.) Brigade R.G.A. ink stamps to verso, some age soiling and creasing, overall 16 x 210 cm. together with a few miscellaneous military photographs including Hampshire Regiment interest, one captioned ‘Minden Day’, 1922, studio photographs of General Archibald Hunter by Bassano, weapon training staff, officers training school Mhow 1945, no. 22 class (T.C.) SME, Chatham, 19 July 1915, a group of 13 vintage RFC aerial black and white photographs, 1915, including Farnborough (3), Thames Ditton, Long Ditton, Oxford Aerodrome, etc, images 9 x 10.5 cm, 3 military cabinet cards, 3 small albums of Ogden’s photographic miniature cigarette cards including some military interest, 3 unconnected partially completed photo albums, each including some mostly WWI military interest, plus family snapshots, etc, plus a small quantity of printed and manuscript military ephemera relating to various families, 4 small boxes of lantern slides showing drawings of postal history interestQty: (a carton)NOTESFrom the Library of Lt. Col. R.J. 'Bob' Wyatt MBE TD (1931-2019).

Almanacks. A group of six almanacks, for the year 1695, comprising: Angelus Britannicus: an Ephemeris for the Year of our Redemption, 1695 ..., by John Tanner, London: by W. Horton, 1695; 1695, Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo ..., by Richard Saunder, London: by M. Clark, 1695; Poor Robin, 1695, an Almanack after the Old and New Fashion ..., written by Poor Robin, London, 1695; Merlinus Anglicus Junior, or the Starry Messenger ..., by Henry Coley, London: by John Heptinstall, 1695; Pond an Almanack, for the year of our Lord God 1695 ..., Cambridge: by John Hayes, 1695; Chaldaeus Anglicanus being an Almanack for the year 1695, and from the creation of the world 1644 ..., by Matthew Hobbs, London: by John Heptinstall, 1695, all the London editions being published for the Company of Stationers, each printed in red & black, generally toned with some edge-fraying, dampstaining, and marks, several leaves close-trimmed or edge-chipped (cropping text), Pond with the lower portion of 1 leaf excised, each in uniform blue paper wrappers, lightly toned and spotted, with a little wear, small 8vo, together with: Newton (John), An Introduction to the Art of Rhetorick ..., London: by E.T. and R.H. for Thomas Passenger, 1671, title darkened and edge-chipped, with early ink manuscript name, title verso with 18th century ink manuscript inscription, some finger- and dust-soiling, final printed leaf with large loss (torn away), both free endpapers and rear pastedown deficient, front pastedown (darkened and worn) with engraved printers devices and additional imprint 'printed for William Thorpp, Book Seller in the Citty of Chester' dated 1664, contemporary calf, worn, both covers detached, 12mo, plus: Gaskarth (John), A Sermon preached before the Right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Bristol, at his primary visitation in Bristol, October 30 ..., London: for Walter Kettilby, 1685, pale dampstaining at head of gutter throughout, disbound, small 4to, with 4 other 17th century and one 18th century, theology and philosophy relatedQty: (13)

Bunyan (John). The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come ... The Nineteenth Edition, with Additions of New Cuts [... The Second Part ... The Tenth Edition, with Addition of Five Cuts], 2 volumes, London: for M. Boddington [volume 2: for N. and M. Boddington], 1718 & 1717, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, woodcuts throughout, light browning, a few marks, volume 1 without final advertisement leaf, contemporary manuscript genealogy to frontispiece recto, volume 2 closely trimmed at head and foot frequently cropping headlines, catch-words and the bottom line of text, frontispiece laid down, uniform late 19th or early 20th century sheep by Birdsall and Son, 12mo (14.1 x 8.4 cm), together with: Malvezzi (Virgilio). Romulus and Tarquin. First written in Italian. And now taught English by H. Ld Cary of Lepington, the Second Edition, London: by J. H. for John Benson, 1638, engraved title-page, lacking signature N1, closely trimmed frequently shaving box-rules, a few marks and stains, bookplate (Thomas Holley FSA), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, 12mo (12.9 x 7.2 cm), Keach (Benjamin). The Progress of Sin; or the Travels of Ungodliness, wherein the Pedigree, Rise (or Original) Antiquity, Subtilty, Evil Nature, and prevailing Power of Sin, is fully Discovered; in an apt and Pleasant Allegory, 1st edition, London: for John Dunton, 1684, engraved frontispiece repaired in fore margin, lacking signatures E6-7, browning, a few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked (and tightly bound in the process), 12mo (14 x 8 cm), and 7 others (not collated): Keach, War with the Devil, New Edition, Leeds, 1795; Quarles, Boanerges and Barbanas, 6th edition, 1664 (with engraved portrait); The Oxford Sausage, A New Edition, [1780?]; Owen's Book of Fairs, 6th edition, [1756?]; A Collection of Occasional Papers for the Year 1716, 1716; Maurice, An Impartial Account of Mr John Mason of Water-Stratford and his Sentiments, 1st edition, 1695 (title-page badly frayed and soiled, modern boards); and Cowper, Poems, New Edition, 2 volumes, 1800Qty: (12)NOTESESTC T58896 (Bunyan, volume one: ten copies world-wide), T58926 (Bunyan, volume two: two copies world-wide) S111908 (Malvezzi: four copies in UK libraries) R11998 (Keach, The Progress of Sin: four UK copies); STC 17220 (Malvezzi); Wing K80 (Keach, The Progress of Sin).

Gilpin (William). Observations on Several Parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-Lands of Scotland... made in the year 1776, 3rd edition, 2 volumes in one, London: for T. Cadell, 1808, numerous aquatint plates, generally offset to text, title with ink manuscript signature 'Peter Carmichael 1861' at head, armorial bookplate of Peter Carmichael, 19th century brown diced sheep by J.B. Brechin, Dundee, rubbed with one corner showing, gilt-decorated spine (lightly faded) with gilt-lettered label and minor fraying at head, 8vo, together with: Thomson (James), The History of Dundee ..., Dundee: for the proprietors by Robert Walker, 1847, additional vignette title (lightly toned), with ink manuscript signature 'Peter Carmichael Dec[?] 1846' at head, armorial bookplate of Peter Carmichael, contemporary red half morocco gilt by W. Smith, Dundee, extremities lightly rubbed, some marks, gilt-decorated spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus: Chambers (Robert & William), The Gazetteer of Scotland, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Thomas Ireland, Junior, 1834, each volume with folding map, that to volume 1 with long closed handling tear, several engraved plates, occasional spotting and toning, each with armorial bookplate Peter Charmichael, red half morocco gilt by W. Smith, Dundee, extremities a trifle rubbed in places, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, with: Innes (Cosmo), Scotland in the Middle Ages ..., Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860, 3 maps (2 double-page, one colour), armorial bookplate Peter Carmichael, contemporary brown half morocco by W. Smith, Dundee, spine faded, 8vo, and 6 French books in gilt-decorated leather bindings, including: Les Chasseurs by Gyp, drawings by Crafty, 1888, in red half morocco gilt by Engel & Fils [?]; Le Tour du Monde, edited by Edouard Charton, premiere anne, 1864, in dark green quarter morocco gilt by C.Magnier; Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais ..., by M. Viollet-le-Duc, 3 volumes only (of six), 2nd edition, 1868Qty: (14)NOTESProvenance: Peter Carmichael is possibly the Dundee-based architect (1809-1881).

Heraldry - Edmondson (Joseph). A collection of 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings, [London, circa 1764-1784?], manuscript title in red & black, two leaves of manuscript index, 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings (many after Batolozzi, including one double-page), light toning, margins with short closed tears, frayed and brittle margins, ownership label of Sir Bernard Burke of Tullamaine House, Dublin to front free marbled endpaper (label with acquisition date of 29th September, 1886), all loosely contained within contemporary half calf boards (detached), lacking spine, worn, folio (44.5 x 27.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe plates appear to be from 'Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English Peers,' 6 vols. including Supplement, 1764-84, by Sir William Segar and Joseph Edmondson. Joseph Edmondson (d. 1786), was a coach-painter, often employed to emblazon arms on carriages, an activity which led to the study of heraldry and genealogy. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in March 1764 Edmondson was created Mowbray Herald Extraordinary.

Hooker (Richard). The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr Richard Hooker, in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, Compleated out of his own Manuscripts ..., London: for Robert Scot [et al], 1682, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black with early ink manuscript ownership name at head, some softening and occasional fraying to lower fore-edges, early ink manuscript marginal annotations, with some additionally in pencil, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, extremities worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESESTC R7215; Wing (2nd edition) H2633.

[Pollexfen, John]. Of Trade ... also, of Coyn, Bullion, of improving our woollen manufacture ..., by J.P. Esq.; to which is annex'd The Arguement of the Late Lord Chief Justice Pollexphen ..., 2 parts in one, reissue, London: for John Baker, 1700, generally toned, some minor spotting or marks, lacking contents and errata leaves, part 2 title deficient, contemporary vellum, soiled and marked, darkened spine with early ink manuscript title, and with ink manuscript paper label (rubbed) and small typescript numeral paper label (chipped), 8vo, together with: Baldwin (publisher), The Life and Reign of Henry the Sixth, giving a full account of the English Glory Abroad ... and, the Civil Wars in England ..., London: for A. Baldwin, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece (from another title), title lightly spotted, endpapers renewed (stained), all edges gilt, contemporay calf, worn, both covers detached and lightly bowed, the front cover with endpapers and frontispiece attached, slim 8voQty: (2)NOTESESTC R218994 & T76868 respectively. Of Trade: Wing (2nd edition) P2780. ESTC states that this printing is a reissue of the 1697 edition cited in Wing P2778, which itself appears to be a reissue of the first edition of the same year, with the addition of the second part. Henry the Sixth: The frontispiece depicting Henry VI, King of England is taken from a series of 29 portraits of the monarchs of England from William I to Charles I, sold by Robert Peake, titled Effigies Regum Anglorum A Wilhelmo Conquestore (c.1640-45).

Temple (William). The Works [& Letters] of Sir William Temple..., to which is Prefix'd some account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 2 volumes, London: A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, et al., 1720, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf with gilt embossed monogram and globe crest to upper board, rebacked with attractive gilt decoration and contrasting morocco labels, board corners repaired, folio, together with: [Girard, Guillaume], The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon, the Great Favourite of France, Englished by Charles Cotton, 1st English edition, London: printed by E. Cotes & A. Clark for Henry Brome, 1670, one engraved portrait only (of 2), title in red & black, modern half calf, maroon morocco title label, vellum corners, marbled sides, folio, Church of Scotland, The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh: printed by George Mosman, printer to the Church of Scotland and Her Assemblies, 1691-[1720], engraved illustration and early manuscript inscription to first title, general title and part titles with ink stamp to lower blank margins, ink stamp at foot of final leaf, Sandeman Public Library bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, morocco title label, library number to lower panel in white, lower joint split, board edges slightly worn, folio, with six other volumes relating to Acts of Parliament and Parliamentary votes etc., comprising five 18th century & one early 19th century publication, contemporary calf, some worn, folioQty: (10)

[Whitehead, George]. An Antidote Against the Venome of The Snake in the Grass: or, the Book so stiled. And the Christian People called Quakers Vindicated from its most gross Abuses and Calumnies. In certain Reflections, detecting the nameless Author’s Malice, Outrage, and Persecution against the said People. Unto which is annex’d, a brief Examination of the Author’s second Book, stil’d, Satan dis-rob’d. Also, some notice taken of his discourse for the Divine Institution of Water-Baptism, London: Tho. Northcott, 1697, contemporary sheep, 8vo, together with: Wyeth (Joseph), Anguis Flagellatus: or, a Switch for the Snake. Being an Answer to the Third and Last Edition of the Snake in the Grass..., to which is added a Supplement, by George Whitehead, London: printed and sold by T. Sowle, 1699, manuscript word to title, some damp staining, contemporary panelled mottled sheep, some wear, 8vo, [Leslie, Charles], A Defence of a Book intituled, the Snake in the Grass. In Reply to Several Answers put out to it by George Whithead, Joseph Wyeth, &c., London: printed by M. Bennet for C. Brome, W. Keblewhite & Geo. Strahan, 1700, manuscript number to title, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving morocco title label, board edges worn, 8vo, Thomas a? Kempis, Christians pattern, or A divine treatise of the imitation of Christ, London: printed by J. Redmayne, 1671, engraved frontispiece (frayed to edges), contemporary calf, rubbed, 24mo, Bacon (Francis), The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Sir Francis Bacon..., with a Table of the Colours of Good & Evil. Whereunto is added the Wisdom of the Antients, London: printed by M. Clark for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn & Henry Herringman, 1680, few ink markings to title, close-trimmed at head, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 8vo, plus other late 16th-18th century antiquarian (some defective) including An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World..., by George Hakewill, Oxford: William Turner, 1635 and New-England Judged, by the Spirit of the Lord, by George Bishop, London: printed & sold by T. Sowle, 1703Qty: (16)

Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt). Two Men in the Antarctic. An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922. With a Foreword by Frank Debenham, 1st edition, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1939, 20 halftone photographic plates, folding photographic panorama, toning, faint spotting to half-title and occasionally elsewhere, collector's plate mounted to initial blank (R. W. Gray, Warradale), short closed tear to fore edges of half-title and frontispiece, spotting to edges, original blue cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped, spine-panel with manuscript private-library markings and self-adhesive labels, chipped at head, a few nicks elsewhere), 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Kenneth Hince, Prahran, Australia, 1989.

Siren (Osvald). Early Chinese Paintings from A.W. Bahr Collection, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, 27 tipped-in plates, a few colour, slight toning to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, top corner bumped, light vertical mark to upper cover, folio, limited edition of 750, this copy unnumbered, presentation inscription to half title: 'Bound - with pleasure - for A.W. Bahr, August 1951, W.H. Langwell', together with Laufer (Berthold). T'ang, Sung and Yuan Paintings belonging to various Chinese collectors, Paris and Brussels: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire/G. Van Oest and Co.,1924, 30 monochrome plates, gutta-percha perished, contents loose, original wrapper, spine titled in manuscript, light soiling, 4to, plus The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho. Spring Festival on the River. A Scroll Painting (Ex Coll. A.W. Bahr) of the Ming Dynasty after a Sung Dynasty subject, New York, 1948Qty: (3)NOTESProvenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.

[Arabic printing]. Small group of Arabic imprints, 19th century, comprising: Muhibb al-Din Muhammad bin Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn al-'Attar. 'Umdat al-hukkam wa-marja' al-qudah fi'l-ahkam al-mashhurah bi'l-manzumah al-muhibbiyah fi'l-ahkam al-fiqhiyah 'ala madhhab al-imam al-a'zam Abi Hanifah, [Cairo]: Matba'at Hasan Ahmad al-Tukhi, Safar 1297 AH [1879 CE], an exposition in verse of Hanafi jurisprudence, 136 pp., browning, contemporary red half sheep binding with envelope flap, 8vo (18.5 x 12.4 cm), Jarir bin 'Atiyah al-Khatafi al-Tamimi. Diwan, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cairo: al-Matba'ah al-'ilmiyah, 1313 AH [1895/6 CE], the collected works of an early Arabic poet (c.650-728 CE), 174; 226 pp., browning, a few Arabic ownership stamps in red ink, contemporary maroon quarter sheep, marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo (19.6 x 13.4 cm), Rashid al-Din al-Watwat. Majmu'at rasa'il, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cairo: Matba'at al-ma'arif, 1315 AH [1897/8 CE], a collection of 12th-century belles lettres, 93 [3]; 86 [4] pp., printed on buff paper, modern leatherette binding, 8vo (22.4 x 14.5 cm), Abu Mansur bin Isma'il al-Tha'alabi al-Nisaburi. Kitab fiqh al-lughah, 1st edition, Beirut: Matba'at al-aba' al-yasu'iyin [i.e. printing press of the Jesuit fathers], 1885 CE, on Arabic grammar, 432 pp., original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and marked, spine slightly defective, 8vo (19 x 12 cm), and 2 others including Ibn Qutaybah, Kitab al-ma'arif, Cairo: Matba'at al-'Amir, 1300 AH [1883 CE], lacking first page of main text, together with a collection of 4 Persian manuscript fragments (probably India, c.1900), one identified in an accompanying manuscript notes as Layla wa-Majnun by Nizami, another as Mantiq al-Tayr by Farid al-Din 'AttarQty: (10)

Hare (Augustus John Cuthbert, 1834-1903). English Travel Writer and Biographer. A lengthy autograph manuscript containing notes for Walks in Rome [first published 1871], written in brown ink in a neat and legible right-sloping small hand, a total of approximately 206 pp. plus some blanks of lined blue paper, interleaved with printed pages extracted from a complete copy of John Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy Part II: Rome and its Environs (4th edition, 1856), with approximately 50 of these leaves marked or annotated by Hare including the title-page bearing his signature 'Augustus J.C. Hare', additionally signed in light pencil to front fly-leaf 'Augustus Hare, Holmhurst, Hastings', 20th-century blue buckram with bookplate of Major J.R. Abbey to front pastedown and Abbey's code (J.A. 7000 / 10.12.1959' to rear endpaper, gilt-titled on spine, a little rubbed, 8vo (23 x 15 cm), together with a group of four autograph letters signed 'St. Leonards on Sea and Christchurch, 1886/1902, to various recipients, Hare mentioning in one how glad he is that his recipient is interested in '... my 'story' [probably his autobiography] which will never - I fear - reach another edition' [14 November 1900], and in another letter that '... The 'Stone of the Scauging' is preserved in a beautiful chapel called the "Orto del Paratiso" in S. Prassede (close to the S. Maria Maggiore) at Rome... The 'stone' - really a little pillar of blood-jasper - is said to have been given to Giovanni Collona... by the Saracens, when a vision of angels appeared to rescue him from captivity in their hands', the remaining two letters informing the recipients of Hare's whereabouts and general availability, a total of 7 pp., 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of Major John Rowland Abbey (1894-1969). Augustus Hare's Walks in Rome is one of the writer's most important publications and these are the preparatory notes for that work. In his extensive research Hare incorporated many quotes from numerous sources and this manuscript effectively represents Hare's holograph research for those quotes which are to be found in the published version. Individuals quoted by him include Mendelssohn, Stendhal, Shelley, Byron, Cardinal Wiseman, John Addington Symonds, Kuglar, Ampere and Mrs Jamieson.

* India. Group of letters and documents, 19th-20th century, including: 1) Northbrook (Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of, 1826-1904). Letter signed as viceroy of India to Nawab Shah Jehan Begum, ruler of Bhopal, Fort William, 18 July 1874, on Shah Jehan's contribution 'to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the famine in Bengal', 2 pp., British royal arms in embossed gilt to head, folio, folded, bound in a folder with 8 other manuscript documents, all in Urdu, 19th century, some evidently relating to Bhopal, many signed (in English) by British functionaries (unidentified), 2) Goschen (George Goschen, 2nd Viscount, 1866-1952). Typed letter signed as acting viceroy of India to Shri Sir Bhagvatsinhji Sagramji, Maharaja of Gondal (1865-, Simla, 25 September 1929, thanking Bhagvatsinhji for his contribution to the 'All-India Thanksgiving Fund', 1 p., 4to, loose in a folder with 5 related documents, including 2 typed letters signed from Bhagvatsinhji to to Keyes, dated Gondal, 1929, on the same matter ('Subject to His Excellency's approval I would suggest that as His Majesty the King Emperor is deeply interested in the relief of human suffering the amount be utilized in providing the West Hospital at Rajkot with Dressing Wagons, Sterilizers and other necessary equipment'), 2 autograph letters signed from T. H. Keyes (1877-1939), agent to the governor-general, Western States, to 'My dear Maharaja Sahib' (i.e. Bhagvatsinhji), dated Rajkot, 1929, again on the same matter, and a telegram to Bhagvatsinhji (on 4 sheets), 3) Cotton (George Edward Lynch, 1813-1866). Autograph letter signed as bishop of Calcutta, 16 July, c.1860, 'My dear Mr Beaufort, many thanks for your kind subscription to the Hill Schools ...', 1 p., 8vo, and assorted other documents including: Peter Hermanson, Danish governor of Tranquebar (1806-8 and 1816-22), letter signed (badly fire-damaged); document signed by the superintendent of police, Bangalore, 1841 (in English and a second language, presumably Kannada); 3 East India quarter anna postcards sent from Tranquebar, 1881-90; 2 cabinet photographs of British military officers (by Orr & Barton of Bangalore and Coopajee Row of Madras); and similarQty: (-)

Manuscript atlas; French. Course-book produced by Emélie Collombel, pupil at the Pensionnat de la Miséricorde, Rouen, c.1830-48, 42 wove-paper leaves (watermarked 'De Canson frères'), including 35 leaves of fair-copy notes and exercises in penmanship, French composition, spelling and grammar, arithmetic, French literature ('Tableau de la litérature au siècle de Louis XIV de 1628 à 1762'), and French history ('Tableau sympathique des rois de la troisième race dite des Capétiens'), decorated with elaborate calligraphic headings and initials in gilt and colours (many in the medieval style) including title-page, the remaining 7 leaves with maps comprising a double-hemispheric world map, France, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, on rectos only throughout, book-label (P. A. Bazirguian) to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary binding of copper-effect patterned paper boards, roan backstrip, gilt device to front board, wear to extremities, oblong folio (45.9 x 29.6 cm)Qty: (1)

Marco Polo. The Description of the World. [Edited by] A. C. Moule & Paul Pelliot, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1938, frontispieces (one in colour), folding genealogical table, spotting to edges and endpapers, occasionally to text, ink-stamps (J. Dauvillier) to front free endpapers, original brown cloth, 4to, together with: Pelliot (Paul). Notes on Marco Polo, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1959-63-73, similar ink-stamps, original brown cloth, 4toQty: (5)NOTES'The most complete printed edition' of the writings of Marco Polo (Campbell, The Witness and the Other World: Exotic European Travel Writing, 400-1600, p.87 n.1). The first volume is a literal English translation of the F manuscript at the Bibliothèque nationale, incorporating readings from other extant manuscripts; the second volume is a critical edition of the original Latin text. Complete sets, with the three supplementary volumes, are scarce.

* Spanish Commerce. "A Brief Description of the Spanish Commerce in General with some few Remarks thereon", circa 1700, four page manuscript written in a neat hand, "Spain in my opinion is a very pleasant & delicious country capable to produce every thing necessary for humane life not only to serve itself but other nations chiefly in ext. Sherry wines, sweet & dry Malaga ... and other sorts most esteem'd ... among the Spaniards Brandy, fruit of all sorts & oyle ... olives, sugar, salt, silk...", folio, together with: Spanish Revenue. "Reunion de Tous less Droits du Roy Sous Six Seuls Tittrees", circa 1710, two page manuscript accounts, recording names of the various sources of revenue, and provides in three columns the amounts for 1704, estimate on the new plan for 1712 and estimate for 1715, old folds, light fraying to margins, folioQty: (2)NOTESProvenance (first item): Townshend Heirlooms: Historical Papers (of Raynham Hall, Fakenham), lot 635. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: London, Catalogue of valuable printed books, autograph letters, and historical documents: comprising the Townshend papers, forming part of the Townshend heirlooms (sold by order of the court), Monday, July 14-16th, 1924.

* Spanish West Indies. "A Plan for Attacking the Spanish Settlements in the West Indies in the North and South Seas in case of a War", circa 1725, four page manuscript written in a neat hand comprising detailed plans for raising sufficient militia and also methods of and places to attack, "In order to this undertaking it will be necessary for Officers to be appointed and dispatched to the several Colonies his Majesty is Posses'd of in America to raise men, the Americans being more proper for this enterprise than Europeans because most of those who will List for this Expedition have already been in the West Indies and are seasoned to these climes and consequently will not be so subject to sickness and mortality as raw unexperienced Europeans, besides they are more imur'd to arms and will take less time to discipline. For the Encouragement of the Americans it will be necessary that his Majesty issues out his Royall Proclamation setting forth on what condition they shall be supply'd with arms, ammunition and provisions at the Public charge, and that all the Plunder which is taken at Land shall be Lodged with proper officers appointed for that purpose, and that as soon as any conquest is made or Town plundered, such plunder shall be Equally shared among the whole according to the Rank and Quality they bear in the Navy and Army, for these must be no distinction between them, and it must be further provided that as soon as the Expedition is over and there is no more occasion for the Army, such as desire it shall be Transported at the publick charge to the several Colonies where they belong with every thing they are possesed of that can be conveniently carried. ... In the mean time the Army is providing in America a Fleet of Men of War must be equip'd in England consisting of twelve ships from 70 to 40 Guns with their full complements of Men ... and there must be two Regiments of veterane Troops embark with the fleet who must leave England in July in Order to proceed to the West Indies. But by the way they may call at the Island of Madera to take on board a sufficient quantity of wines for the Navy and Army and then sail for Barbados and the Leeward Island, and when the forces raised there, have joyned them to proceed directly for Jamaica. It is highly probable that by the end of September the whole fleet and Army will be joyned and ready for any undertaking in October, which will be the properest time of year to enter upon action, the Hurrycane months being then over and the Raines ceased, the weather will be more moderate ..., Cartagena and Porto Bello may be both attacked at the same time, a small Force being able to reduce the latter and when conquer'd the Forces may wither joyn the Grand Army at Cartagena or else attack Chagre which can make but little resistance. When these places are conquered the Havana is the next place of importance necessary to attack, which being reduced Great Britain will be possesed of the key of the Gulph of Florida and no ship can sail from Vera Cruze for Europe but must of necessity go that way, which will be liable to be intercepted by the British Men of War and Vera Cruze may likewise be reduced and thereby the whole commerce of Spain to those parts will be intirely cut off", the manuscript provides a breakdown of the 12000 troops required with the quotas of men to be raised in the several Colonies including "New England - The Province of Massechusets Bay 800, New Hampshire 200, Road Island 500; New York and the Jerseys 1500, Long Island 300; Pensilvania 800; Viginia and Maryland 1000; Both the Carolines 1000; Bermuda and Providence 500; Bardados 400; Antego 200; Montserate 100; Nevis 100; St Christophers 100; Virgin Islands 100; Jamaica 1500... two regements from England 1000; seamen landed from the Men of War 2000 ...", few small insect holes, old folds, folioQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Townshend Heirlooms: Historical Papers (of Raynham Hall, Fakenham), lot 30. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: London, Catalogue of valuable printed books, autograph letters, and historical documents: comprising the Townshend papers, forming part of the Townshend heirlooms (sold by order of the court), Monday, July 14-16th, 1924. The Anglo-Spanish War of 1727–1729 between Great Britain and Spain consisted of a failed Spanish attempt to capture Gibraltar and an unsuccessful British blockade of Porto Bello. It concluded with a truce and final peace following the Treaty of Seville

United States Travel Diary. A Manuscript Journal of a Tour from New York through New York State to Niagara Falls, 15 August to 1 September 1816, written up circa 1820s, beginning with arrival at New York on the Lord Wellington before leaving on board a steamer for the Niagara Falls, starting up the Hudson to Newburgh, describing the land, timber, description of the boat and meals on board, then after Newburgh crossing to Fishkill by 'horse boat' and continuing by 'wagon' through orchards, describing the journey like that between 'Oswestry and Chirk Castle', with comments on agriculture and clothing, 'My wish in visiting America is to see as much as possible of the scenery and manners as possible', comments that nearly all farmers owen their own land and as a result are 'independent, comfortable and happy', 'Of all the countries in the world, I would say that America affords the greatest advantages to the middles class. There are no idlers here'; arrival at Poughkeepsie where he discussed Great Britain and the colonies with their landlord who gave 'an occasional squirt of tobacco on the carpet'; then continuing to Albany where he attends Episcopal Church, gives comments on government and constitution of the State of New York and has letters of introduction to Mr Van Rensselaer, 'proprietor of the whole town'; to Capitol Building to hear a trial with a disparaging description of the court and participant and comments on the judiciary, describing a dinner conversation with Van Rensselaer on politics and the disastrous state of trade after the last war; took stage for Schenectady (20 August), 'The country upon the whole presents the most undiverting appearance to the eyes of the traveller'; 'The British consul told me a few days before I left New York that he had 3,000 applications for passage to return home or to the British possessions in Canada', and that 'Irishmen however, of the very lowest class are the chief immigrants and these people are as little likely to gain support in the city of New York as they are at home … There is a deadly prejudice against Irish labourers in America'; then on to Utica (22 August), 'The predominance of the mob faction in this country, cannot fail of producing at some future time all the miseries of Greece and Rome, when democracy was led by designing demagogues', discussing hereditary presidency and stating that the 'President is a mere tool of party and that no sooner is he placed in the chair than he is canvassing for re-election'; then onto Canandaigua, Sullivan, Batavia, Buffalo, Chippaway (29 August), Falls of Niagara (30 August), 'To describe my emotions is impossible, no language can do it ... When my friends in Wales speak in raptures of some of the Falls, I before so much admired, I shall Niagara, Niagara, Niagara', the journal ending on 1 September when the author hires a wagon to take them to Newark, with description of people met, places stayed, politics, and personal reflections throughout, a total of 90 pages written in ink in a clear hand, some faded pencil notes on front and rear pastedowns and preliminary blank, seemingly in the same hand, contemporary stitched red wrappers, a little soiled and one short split to lower margin of upper wrapper, 8vo (185 x 115 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis articulate account of the author's travels appears to be written up from notes or a diary. There are frequent references to North Wales, being at Eton, and in the military. A more detailed transcription is available from the auctioneers.

Walpole (Robert). Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and Other Countries of the East, edited from Manuscript Journals, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, xxii, 615 pp., engraved map frontispiece, title-page vignette, 6 engraved plates of which one double-page, 3 engraved plans, 4 etched plates forming a 'panoramic view of Athens', list of plates (on slip, tipped in as issued), maps and plans spotted and browned, marginal tear to H1-2, early catalogue description of another copy mounted to p. iii partly obscuring heading and with related annotation dated 1880 below, marginalia in the same hand to p. 150, stitching broken between quire 4G and penultimate quire 4H, loose in original boards, 4to (27.8 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Walpole of Waborne Hall, probably the author, with bookplate. Cf. Atabey 1310 and Blackmer 1762 for the first edition (1817).