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Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, 1st edition, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, a few small stains, small manuscript '2/6' to front endpaper, original cloth, spine faded with stains, some fading to covers, 8vo (binding copy?), together with Watkins-Pitchford (Denys, 'B.B.'). Wandering Wind, 1st edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957, colour and black and white illustrations, a little light spotting, original yellow cloth, dust jacket, spine a little faded with small nicks and tears at ends, short closed tear to front panel, light spotting to covers, 8voQty: (2)

Spender (Stephen, 1909-1995). English Poet, Novelist and Essayist. Autograph manuscript (unsigned) of an incomplete and apparently unpublished poem by Stephen Spender, circa 1980s, being a 14-line poem written in pencil, beginning: 'To get the prize or loss / You have to go / Through time which is the / Night before tomorrow', written on the rear endpaper verso and rear pastedown of a 1st edition copy of Ivor Gurney War Letters: A Selection Edited by R.K.R. Thornton, 1st edition, 1983, additionally signed by the editor on title page, Stephen Spender in ink on half-title, and with a further 2 lines in pencil by Spender on the flyleaf facing his signature, original cloth in dust jacket, some creasing to top of upper panel and a little tear to upper outer corner, 8voQty: (1)

MIDDLE EASTERN MANUSCRIPT FOLIO, a collection of calligraphic works, in th style of the Ottoman Empire, purchased Istanbul, the folio 31.5cm x 22.5cm

19th century school, a study of a rabbi reading a manuscript, oil on panel, indistinctly signed and dated, 5.75" x 5".

Clüver (Philipp). Germaniae antiquae libri tres ... Adjecta sunt Vindelicia et Noricum ejusdem auctoris, 1st edition, Leiden: Louis Elzevier, 1616, signatures *4 (.)4 (.)(.)6 *8 A-2I6 2K6, A-R6, A-S6 T8 (T8=blank), a-d6 e4 (-e4: blank), pp. [44] 400, 203 [1], 230 [2], 36 [18], engraved allegorical title-page, 26 engraved plates (of which 4 double-page) depicting ancient scenes, warriors and costume, 11 double-page engraved maps, light to moderate browning to text, occasional light spotting, signature *1 (half-title) misbound after *3, first few leaves (including engraved title) softening along edges, shallow tide-mark to lower margins of a few leaves, contemporary limp vellum, spine with manuscript title and later label, tear to head of spine, ties perished, folio (31 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel (1667-1723), politician and 'leader of the tory interest throughout south Wales' (ODNB), with his bookplate. Willems 108.

[Entomology]. Manuscript notebook, c.1850, approx. 90 pp., of which 20 pp. relating to entomology and including a watercolour sketch of the great tiger moth and several pencil sketches of collecting implements, the others mainly blank but other contents including full-page calligraphic ownership inscription 'B. Adshead', notes on geometry, and pencilled diagrams and shorthand notes, 22 contemporary pencil, pen-and-ink or sepia watercolour sketches depicting cottages and similar subjects laid in, contemporary half roan binding, rubbed and worn, loss to spine, 4to (26.6 x 21.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESContents include notes on the great tiger moth and arachnid ballooning, lists of British butterflies and moths and their characteristics, and detailed instructions for collecting and preserving butterfly, catterpillar and larva specimens.

Roberts (James). The Sportsman's Pocket Companion: Being a Striking Likeness or Portraiture of the most Eminent Race Horses and Stallions that ever were in this Kingdom. Represented in Variety of Attitudes. To which is added, their Genuine Complete, but Concise Pedigrees and Performances [...], 1st edition, [London]: published and sold by Henry Roberts [...] and most of the book selllers in Great Britain and Ireland, c.1760, engraved throughout, 42 leaves including title-page, list of contents and 40 plates each containing a depiction of a named racehorse at head, descriptive text and vignette tailpiece, contemporary manuscript foliation to plates, toning, a little finger-soiling, ink annotation to foot of title-page, staining to plates 17-19, a couple of plates partially hand-coloured, a few other spots and marks, bookplate (phoenix rising from coronet), spot-marbled endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, a little wear to head of spine and to tips, head of front joint cracking, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC N23610; Huth p. 38. Very rare: ESTC traces one copy only, at the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware. There was another issue, with the imprint 'for R. & R. Baldwin', likewise represented by a single institutional copy on ESTC (Transylvania University, Kentucky). The title as provided by Huth, shortened to The Sportsman's Companion, appears to belong to the 1820 reprint by James Barker.

Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., 1st edition, London: John Cary, Septr. 1st 1787, engraved title & dedication, letterpress advertisement and contents leaf (contents leaf with manuscript numbering to list of maps), 47 engraved maps (complete as list, with manuscript number to upper outer blank corners) with contemporary outline colouring, each map with a tissue guard and a page of descriptive text, slight spotting mostly to initial leaves and index at rear, bookplate of Brunsdon Yapp and manuscript ownership to front endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, recent neat reback and title label, large 4toQty: (1)NOTESChubb CCLX. First edition of Cary's earliest published atlas.

Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Maurice Atkins, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map with outline hand-colouring & light red paint smudge (early manuscript notes to verso), 11 engraved plates (7 folding, south view of St. John's Church Leeds cropped to caption at foot), numerous engraved armorials to text, small rust hole to 2H2, short closed tears to final leaf, two leaves of early manuscript notes at front of volume, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, upper board detached, folioQty: (1)

Epping Forest. Plan of Waste Lands in the Northern Portion of Epping Forest in the County of Essex [and] Plan of Waste Lands in the Southern Portion of Epping Forest in the County of Essex..., within the meaning of the Epping Forest Act 1871, as ascertained by the Epping Forest Commissioners and referred to in their Scheme dated 23rd day of February 1877, two colour lithographic maps, the Southern Portion on three sheets, the Northern portion on four sheets, facsimile signatures of the commissioners and surveyor, old folds, some dust soiling and slight spotting, one marginal stain, all laid on contemporary stiff paper with manuscript labels to verso, the overall size (if conjoined) of the Southern Portion, 935 x 845 mm, the overall size (if conjoined ) of the Northern Portion 1840 x 655 mm, contained in a later card folder, frayed and wornQty: (2)NOTESScarce. We can find no auction records for this map, but there appears to be a copy held in the National Archives at Kew and another in The British Library.

* Harding (J. W.). Four (of six) plates from 'Sketches in North Wales', Fishermen, Brickmakers, Cottagers [and] Washerwomen, 1810, four mixed-method engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, titles in later manuscript on mounts, each approximately 280 x 250 mm, mountedQty: (4)NOTESRare. Not in Abbey. Only three institutional copies listed on Copac. No auction records for over fifty years.

* Marshall (M., early 20th century). "Sunlit plains, Taxila", 1928, oil on canvas, monogram and date to lower left, verso with 'Simla Fine Arts Exhibition' label, including ink manuscript title and artist's name, 36.5 x 45.5cm (14.5 x 18ins), gilt moulded frameQty: (1)NOTESTaxila, north-west of Islamabad in present-day Pakistan, was an important city in Ancient India, near the Grand Trunk Road which linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent.

* Fire engines. Reeve (Richard Gilson), London Fire Engines, The Noble Protectors of Lives & Property. Dedicated to the Insurance Offices by their Obedient servant Thomas McLean, circa 1845, aquatint after James Pollard with bright contemporary hand colouring, 570 x 785 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESThe gallery label ( Armytage Clarke) has a manuscript note stating 'Watermarked J. Whatman 1846'.

Calvin (Jean). Sermons ... Ausquels, entre autres poincts, l'histoire de Melchisedec & la matiere de la iustification sont deduites, auec l'exposition du sacrifice d'Abraham, Geneva: Jean Durant, 1565, printer's woodcut device to title, few woodcut decorative initials, minor worm trail to lower blank margins of initial leaves, some spotting and toning, later endpapers with manuscript note to front pastedown and ink stamp of Edward Evans Clerk to front free endpaper (near detached), armorial bookplate of Lieut. Com. Edward Scott Williams R.N. (Retd.) to rear pastedown with manuscript inscription at foot 'Received at Rosecadghill Cottage, Penzance, Sept 24th 1937 from Blackwell, Oxford', near contemporary calf, upper joint split, rubbed and worn, 8voQty: (1)

Cavacci (Giacomo). Historiarum coenobii D. Justinae Patavinae libri sex. Quibus casinensis Congregationis origo, & plurima ad vrbem Patauium, ac finitimos, attinentia opportune interseruntur, 1st edition, Venice: Andreae Muschii, 1606, armorial woodcut to title (dust-soiled & marked, with two short worm trails at foot), initial four leaves with tear & consequent hole, contemporary limp wrappers, manuscript title to spine, 4to, housed in modern book-boxQty: (1)NOTESCopac records only 1 copy of 1696 edition (V & A library). Only 5 copies of 1606 1st edition found, all in German libraries.

Crichton (Alexander). An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Mental Derangement, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1798, errata leaf, modern ownership inscriptions to title-pages, modern quarter calf, 8vo (20.4 x 12.4 cm), together with: Hunter (William). Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Dieseases of Several Parts of the Human Body, 1st edition, London: printed by A. Hamilton, and sold by A. Millar, 1762, 4 engraved plates, browning, marginal worming, edges slightly brittle, contemporary ownership inscription (John Anderson) to title-page, contemporary manuscript corrections in brown ink, modern half roan, 4to (28 x 20 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC T55932 (Crichton), T62863 (Hunter), T135918 (Richardson); Hunter & McAlpine pp. 559-64 (Crichton); Russell 449 (Hunter). Part two of Hunter's work was only published in 1777, after the author's death.

* First Anglo-Dutch War. Manuscript précis in Spanish and Italian of the Treaty of Westminster (agreed between Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth, and the States General of the United Netherlands, signed in April 1654), titled 'Capitolazioni della Pace fra L'Inghilterra, e L'Olanda', & 'Le Propositni.di Pace, che fa La Republica d'Orlanda alla Repca. d'Inghilterra', circa 1654, two folded sheets of folio contemporary laid paper, each bearing the same continental watermark, the first written in brown ink in Spanish and headed 'Nuevas', written to one side only, docketed to verso, the second sheet written in Italian in brown ink to two sides of the folded sheet, and docketed to reverse of the second sheet, each additionally numbered to upper right corner 81 and 83 in brown ink in a contemporary hand, sheet size 305 x 205 mm (12 x 8 ins), together with: Strode (Sir John, 1624-1679, Commissioner during both the Civil War and Restoration, who became Commissioner for pressing seamen in 1665). Autograph letter signed, dated 25 September 1669, addressed to 'the Right Honorable his Majies Commissioners of His Name', offering a ship to carry victuals to Lisbon: 'Gent, Mr. Wrem tells me that you have asked for a shipp for Lisbone, which makes me recommend unto you Mr Jacobs & his Ship the Marie a new Shipp of a good force and a shipp I am concerned in, he shall serve you as cheepe as any and you will buy it extremely oblidge him who is, yr most humble servant, John Strode', handwritten in brown ink to a single folded sheet of laid paper with similar watermark to the documents described above, creased where previously folded, and with red seal to verso, the upper leaf with later restrengthening to verso of fore edge, sheet size 300 x 207 mm (11.8 x 8.2 ins)Qty: (3)NOTESThese two summaries in Spanish and Italian of the main points of the peace treaty which ended the First Anglo-Dutch War were likely to have been distributed to a member of the delegations involved in the negotiations. These two documents are likely to have been drawn up by an Italian diplomat or translator, possibly attached to one of the delegations involved in the negotiations. The Spanish version includes the stipulation that Dutch ships are required to lower their flags to the English when in English waters, in recognition of the Navigation Act of 1651. The Italian text refers to the payment of one million scudi by the Dutch to cover the cost of the war, and to trade routes with both the West and East Indies, the text ending 'Questo e quello che mi raccordo di piu d'Importanza.'.

* Illuminated leaves. Two illuminated leaves from a manuscript Book of Hours, French, circa 1450, illuminated manuscript on vellum, the first comprising 14 and 12 lines of single-column gothic Latin script to each side, one side with a double-line illuminated initial, three single-line illuminated initials and decorative line filler in blue, pink and gold, both sides of leaf with full-length illuminated panel border of burnished gold foliate leaves and flowers with single figure supported amongst the stems and leaves, text and border approximately 100 x 105 mm, leaf size 185 x 133 mm, mounted; the second comprising 16 lines of single-column gothic Latin script to both sides, one side with 4-line illuminated initial in blue, green, pink and gold, full-length illuminated panel border of burnished gold foliate leaves with small flowers, text and border approximately 105 x 85 mm, leaf size 182 x 130 mm, mountedQty: (2)

* [Australia & Indonesia]. Sketches of Tasmania, Torres Strait and Bali Strait by W. H. Rotheram, Royal Engineers, 1886, 23 pen-and-ink sketches on 7 sheets of thick wove paper (rectos only), initialled, captioned and numbered throughout, Rotheram's addressed ownership inscription (Kilbride, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland) to versos, 4 of the sheets with manuscript commentary by Rotheram on separate sheet of laid paper pasted to verso (one containing a sketch map of the Torres Strait), edges nicked and finger-soiled, 40 x 28 cmQty: (7)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; acquired by him from Douglass C. Fonda, jr., of Mountshannon, County Clare, Ireland, in 1983 (related correspondence included in the lot). Walter Henry Rotheram, apparently at this stage a junior officer in the Royal Engineers, had by the time of the Great War reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel; his name is often misspelt Rotherham. All the sketches are coastal views. Two of the sheets are captioned 'Sketches in Tasmania 1886' and contain six views in total, including 'Hobart from Quay', 'Yacht Race, Hobart Harbour', and 'On the R. Derwent, Tasmania'. Two further sheets are captioned 'Proposed Naval Coaling Station in Torres Straits' and 'Sketches of Torres Straits & Vicinity', and contain three and six views respectively. The final three sheets contain eight views of the Bali Strait, including Madura Island and Cape Sedano, of which two are larger panoramas.

Forster (Josiah). Ansprache an die Bewohner Europas über die Moralische Verwerflichkeit des Sklavenhandels. Von der Gesellschaft der Freunde in Gross-Britannien und Irrland, gewöhnlich Quaker genannt, 1st edition in German, London, J.B.G. Vogel, 1822, 15 pages, including title, with additional leaf mounted to verso of final leaf of text of a German reading library, with printed names of the readers (Pastor Hirzel, Professor Lindner, Magister Wolf, etc.), dated in circulation from 3rd January 1823 in manuscript and with additional manuscript dates for the various readers, a few light marks to first and last leaf, later black cloth backstripQty: (1)NOTESJ. Smith, Friends' Books, 1.718. First German edition of Forster's Address to the Inhabitants of Europe on the Iniquity of the Slave Trade. Josiah Forster (1782-1870), teacher and philanthropist, was an early member of the British and foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and a senior figure in the quaker movement.

Kingsley (Charles). Works, 5 volumes, mixed editions, London: Macmillan & Co., 1874-75, contemporary calf by Bickers & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, lightly rubbed, 8vo (Provenance: Bequeathed by Gertrude, Lady Pembroke to Margaret, Wife of Reginald Talbot. With manuscript or typed note pasted to front endpaper of each), together with: Whyte-Melville (George John), Works, 14 volumes, mixed editions, London: Ward, Lock & Bowden Ltd., circa 1890s (few with publication dates of 1891-93), marbled endpapers (some adhered down), contemporary black half calf, gilt decorated spines, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (19)

Napier (William Francis Patrick). History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, 6 volumes, Frederick Warne and Co, circa 1880, additional half-title, numerous engraved maps and plates, marbled endpapers, upper hinges cracked, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, bumped and a little worn at extremities, 8vo, together with Wright (Rev. G. N.). Life and Campaigns of Arthur Duke of Wellington K. G., 4 volumes, Fisher Son & Co., circa 1841, additional decorative half-title and portrait frontispiece to each volume, dedication to the Marquis of Anglesey, numerous engraved plates and maps, slight spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, bumped and worn, 8vo, with Alexander (Sir James Edw., edited by). Life of Field Marshal, His Grace the Duke of Wellington..., 2 volumes, Henry Colburn, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece detached, numerous engraved plates throughout, manuscript transcript of part of Robert Peels Speech in the House of Commons to the rear of the first blank, marbled endpapers, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, bumped and worn at extremities, 8vo, plus Williams (Lieut. Col.). The Life and Times of the Late Duke of Wellington, 4 volumes bound in 2, John Tallis & Company, circa 1860, portrait frontispiece, additional decorative half-title, ten double-page maps by John Tallis, numerous engraved plates and portraits, front end-paper and first blank near detached, some water staining throughout, contemporary half morocco with gilt-decorated spines, some wear,4toQty: (14)

Manuscript Cookery Book. A mid/late 19th century recipe book, 129 manuscript leaves, written in a single hand, comprising 239 pp. of culinary recipes (&4 pp. of contents), with a few recipe cuttings pasted in throughout, contemporary maroon half roan, with sewn and fitted dust-jacket (a little marked) 4toQty: (1)NOTESIncludes recipes for soups, fish, poultry & meat courses, savouries, sauces, puddings, sweets & cakes etc.

Soyer (Alexis). The Pantropheon, or History of Food and its Preparation from the earliest ages of the world. Embellished with forty-two steel plates illustrating the greatest gastronomic marvels of antiquity, 1st edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1853, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in gold & black with decorative border, numerous engraved plates, occasional scattered spotting, 20th century manuscript notes to front free endpaper, hinges split, top edge gilt, original gilt blocked dark blue cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine, large 8vo, together with: ibid., Soyer's Culinary Campain, London: G. Routledge & Co., 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, few wood engraved plates and illustrations, some dampstaining, original gilt blocked red cloth, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, etc., new edition, Derby: Henry Mozley & Sons, 1834, wood engraved frontispiece, two folding wood engraved plates of table settings, original cloth, joints cracked and some wear to spine, 8vo, Reynolds (M.A.), The complete art of cookery : exhibited in a plain and easy manner, with directions for marketing, the seasons for meat, poultry, fish, game, etc., London: Newman & Co., 1850, wood engraved frontispiece and few illustrations to text, original cloth, joints split and extremities frayed, 16mo in 8s, and other 19th century cookery, mostly cloth boundQty: (approx. 40)

Franklin (R. W. [editor]). The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, 2 volumes, The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1981, numerous black & white facsimile, publishers original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with; Vervliet (Hendrik D. L.), French Renaissance Printing Types, a conspectus, Oak Knoll Press, Delaware, 2010, numerous facsimile of type examples, publishers original blue cloth, large 8vo, and The Coulthurst Trust, A Catalogue of the Petyt Library at Skipton, Yorkshire, 1964, some minor toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated black full morocco in slipcase, spine lightly rubbed, slipcase marked, 4to, plus other early 20th century & modern bibliography & map reference, including publications by Oxford, H.M.S.O., Yale, Chicago, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Occult & Esoteric. Skinner (Stephen & David Rankine). Practical Angel Magic of John Dee's Enochian Tables, Golden Hoard Press, 2004, printed in red and black, original cloth, dust jacket, small 4to, limited edition 175/1500, together with Campbell (Colin D.) The Magic Seal of Dr. John Dee. The Sigillum Dei Aemeth, Teitan Press, 2009, illustrations, original cloth gilt, small 4to, limited edition 173/777, with others including Wolfhart Pannenberg's Metaphysics and the Idea of God, 1990, Robin Hood. The Forresters Manuscript. British Library Additional MS 71158, edited by Stephen Knight, 1998, Phil Baker's Austin Osman Spare, 2011, Tobias Churton's Aleister Crowley. The Beast in Berlin. Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic, 2014, The Druid Source Book, edited and compiled by John Matthews, 1996, and The Knights Templar in Britain, by Evelyn Lord, 2002, plus other occult, black magic, freemasonry, crusades, Templars, druidism, John Dee, mythology etc, plus 15 or so files containing material relating to The Hermetic Order of the Golden DawnQty: (6 shelves & 15 files)

Callery (Joseph-Marie, & Melchior Yvan). History of the Insurrection in China ... Translated from the French, with a Supplementary Chapter, narrating the most Recent Events, by John Oxenford, 2nd edition in English, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853, frontispiece, folding map (closed tear neatly repaired), 16 pp. advertisements, bookplate (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), original yellow cloth, spine rolled, consolidated at head and foot, 8vo, together with: Gray (John Henry). China. A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, half-titles, 137 lithographic plates (all present as list), advertisement leaf to rear of each volume, occasional spotting, top edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth, spines strengthened, 8vo, Hosie (Alexander). Manchuria. Its People, Resources and Recent History, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1901, 16 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding table (not listed), folding map, 46 pp. advertisements, spotting to outer leaves and edges, closed tear to map, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, Kent (Percy Horace). The Passing of the Manchus, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1912, half-title, 20 halftone photographic plates, 3 maps (2 folding), 16 pp. advertisements, light spotting to half-title and title-page, one folding map repaired in stub not affecting image, non-folding map with manuscript additions, rust-marks from paperclip to advertisements, original blue cloth, nick to headcap, 8vo, Parker (Edward Harper). Ancient China Simplified, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908, half-title, 3 plates, 9 maps (3 folding), half-title browned, text partly unopened, original red cloth, 8vo, Langdon (WIlliam B.). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, now exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner ... Eighty-Second Thousand, London: for the proprietor, 1843, 16 wood-engraved plates, advertisement leaf, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others, early-20th-century works on Chinese history, original clothQty: (12)NOTESCordier Sinica 645 (Callery), 97 (Gray), 2741 (Hosie), 3489 (Kent).

Europe. Photograph album, c.1870-80, containing 313 albumen print photographs mounted rectos and versos to 68 thick card leaves, including landscapes, city views, architectural studies and ethnographic 'types' in Gibraltar, Andalusia, Madeira, Switzerland, Austria, northern Italy, France, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany (and a number of photographs of paintings or statuary), various dimensions (approx. 8 x 5.5 cm to 28.5 x 21 cm, i.e. fulll-page), contemporary manuscript captions in French throughout in black ink, blue moiré silk endpapers, contemporary grosgrain dark purple morocco binding by August Klein of Vienna (his stamp gilt to front turn-in), thick bevelled boards, front board with inlaid floral design comprising hand-painted porcelain segments, decoratively engraved brass cornerpieces to two corners, morocco expertly refurbished in places, 4to (28.9 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAmong the photographs of Andalusia are ethnographic studies of North Africans, captioned 'Femme maure', 'Soldat maure' and 'Jeune fille juive, Mogador'; there is also a veiled woman described as 'Femme de Tarifa'. There are also many images of engineering interest, including the mountain railway at Righi and salt mines at Berchtesgaden. The Scottish views (showing sights in Edinburgh and elsewhere) are signed in the negative by George Washington Wilson; the English views include Lake Windermere and Oxford and Cambridge colleges (Magdalen, Christ Church, Trinity Cambridge, and Clare).

Bowen (Emanuel, et al.). The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History, London: T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, B. Law & Co., T. Longman, C. Ware & S. Bladon, 1766, 37 engraved maps as called for on 38 sheets by E. Bowen & T. Kitchin etc. including double-hemisphere world (maps comprising 27 double-page or folding and 11 single-page), occasional light toning & minor spotting, early manuscript numbers to upper outer blank margin corners, modern half calf, marbled sides, folioQty: (1)

Castlemaine (Roger Palmer, Earl of). An Account of the Present War between the Venetians & Turk; with the state of Candie: (in a letter to the king, from Venice.), 1st edition, London: printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1666, pp. [20], 93, [3], engraved portrait frontispiece with early signature Tho Willughby to verso (frontispiece leaf A1, close-trimmed at head & torn to lower inner corner with slight loss), 2 double-page engraved maps (including map of the Eastern Mediterranean, & plan of Old Candy Town, present-day Heraklion, by Wenceslaus Hollar. Both close-trimmed at head), early signature T. Willughby & shelf mark A:6:12 at head of title, occasional pencil marginal notes, few leaves cropped to page numbers at head, last leaf blank with early manuscript to verso (leaf torn in half vertically with loss), upper board inscribed 'Fronte Caper' and rear board with armorial bookplate of Lieutenant Commander Edward Scott Williams R.N. (Retd.), and manuscript note 'received at Roscdghill Cottage, Penzance Sept. 24th, 1937 from Blackwell, Oxford', contemporary sheep, slight loss at head & foot of spine, rubbed and light wear, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing C1238; ESTC R7289; Blackmer 1239. 'Charles II had asked the Earl of Castlemaine to keep him informed of events while he toured Europe, and on Castlemaine's arrival in Venice he sent the King a long letter of information on the war in Crete between the Venetians and the Turks, which was then entering its final phase. When Castlemaine returned to England he received permission to print the letter, which is a basic source of information on the 20-year battle in Crete' (Blackmer).

Bath & West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c., selected from the correspondence of the Bath and West of England Society, for the encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, originally published in nine volumes, abridged in two, 2 volumes, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1802, 26 engraved plates (including 2 folding printed in green ink), 5 folding tables (one torn with loss and repaired), marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with: ibid., Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, & c..., volume 12 only, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1810, one folding hand-coloured map and four folding engraved plates, scattered spotting, untrimmed, original boards, 8vo, Young (Arthur), A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins & J. Balfour, 1769, manuscript name to title, one folding engraved plate, F8 loose, final leaf torn at foot with loss, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, ibid., General View of the Agriculture of Lincolnshire. Drawn up by order of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by the Secretary of the Board, 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, three folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 11 engraved (3 folding), edges untrimmed, original boards, joints slightly cracked, light wear, 8vo, Holt (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster..., London: G. Nicol, 1795, folding engraved map frontispiece, five engraved plates (one folding), two folding plans, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent ... Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture..., 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, two engraved plates, one folding table, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, and three othersQty: (10)

Botany. Two volumes containing 137 British botanical watercolour studies, late 18th & early 19th century, pen & ink and watercolour studies, each captioned, some dated and numbered (few bearing watermark date 1796, studies possibly copied from engravings by Curtis & Sowerby in the Botanical Magazine, with date ranges from Oct 1796-Sep 1806, and numbered relating to the issue from which the original appeared), each accompanied with a leaf of manuscript information (watermarked 'Allee 1819'), bound with 10 hand-coloured engravings by Curtis & Sowerby etc. (one folding), each leaf guarded, front blank to one volume inscribed 'Dearest June, A remembrance of one who loved her, June 15th 1858', early 19th century half calf, gilt decorated spine with the title 'Botany', joints cracked and spine to second volume torn, 8voQty: (2)

2 Palmblattmanuskripte, Südostasien, 19. Jh., beschnitzte Holzeinbände. Dazwischen lose Manuskriptseiten mit Schrift. Stärker ber. & best., bis 42 x 15 cm2 palm leaf manuscripts, Southeast Asia, 19th century, carved wooden bindings. Between them loose manuscript pages with writing. Heavily rubbed & bumped, to 42 x 15 cm.

Large leaf from a Gradual, manuscript on vellum (both sides), red and blue initials, The continental vellum from a monastic book of chant, The fifth of nine responsories for the Matins of Good Friday, 45cm by 35cm

Gilt bronze with silver and stone inlaysTibet, 16th centuryDimensions: Height 12 cmWeight: 243 gramsAn avatar of Vishnu, this deity is here represented by the horse head enclosed by the crown. The wrathful figure is kneeling on one leg with the right hand raised in abhaya mudra, the left hand is holding a long circular object, maybe a weapon or representing a manuscript roll.The face of the demon is gruesome with sharp teeth and bulging eyes. The wrathful emanation of Avalokiteshvara is adorned with many beaded chains and necklaces, an opulent tiara and earrings, all highlighted with turquoise stone inlay.

Charles De Gaulle, signed photograph, head and shoulder portrait in uniform wearing oak leaf decorated kepi 20 x 15cm, framed; with manuscript card of provenance from the French diplomat Ronald R. Ciccone in envelope marked '8 Cornwall Gardens London SW7 4AL' - Condition Report

Quantity of books and booklets of military interest including A Heart's Odyssey by Neil Macvicar with manuscript letter from the author; A History of the British Cavalry. Two volumes; The Irish Guards in the Great War by Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes; works on Montgomery and Group Captain Cheshire etc - Condition Report

Taxidermy: Early 20th century cased Barn Owl (Tito alba), and finch, in naturalistic setting, perched upon a tree stump, and detailed with long grasses, set against a painted light blue backdrop, encased within an ebonised single pane display case, with taxidermist paper label verso detailed E Allen & Co No 20 Stonegate York, and manuscript label �Owl killed by express train York Station 1907, was mounted for signalman W H Kilham�, H49.5cm L32.5cm D17.5cm - Condition Report Both taxidermy and case are in very good condition with complete taxidermist�s label verso and later manuscript provenance label.

Photography - China, Hong Kong - A Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year from Hong Kong, tipped-in hand-scrivened manuscript title label, 1936 and onward, b/w annotated views and images of domestic cultural and social life, manners and customs, including Chinese Processions/Jubilee 1936, Views from the Peak, Lyemun Pass and junks, transport and main streets, Temples, Street Dentist, Sew-Sew, Water Villages, Fishing Boats by Moonlight, The H.K. & Shanghai Bank, Chinese Methodist Church, The Cathedral, Supreme Court, Wellington & Victoria Bks, Wanghai, Jubilee Night, King's Birthday Parade 1936, Arrival of H.E. the Governor, the T.B. Hospital, various other architecture, Knife Grinder, Portable Grocery, Chow, rice paddies, children with lice, panoramas of Hong Kong harbour by day and night, The Cenotaph, The Stands - Happy Valley Racecourse, etc., further scenes of native domestic and Colonial life, a few informal images of life at sea, a sojourn and Malta, the majority of contents Chinese/Oriental, contemporary leather rounded rectangular album, oblong 4to, [1 album of approx. 255]

A 19th century commonplace book, in ink manuscript, mostly poetry, Woman's Love, From the Italian, A Governess Wanted, The Missionary's Burial, by J Montgomery Esq [possibly James Montgomery (1771 - 1854], The Twins, further poetry and verse, with index, topographical vignettes, a pen and ink drawing of the head of a dog, portraits, the closing paragraph The Emporer of Russia died on Thursday 1st of March 1855....., marbled boards

A 19th century manuscript music book, compiled by Lucie Caroline Moore, Lawnsdowne 1840, the ruled staves with musical notation and verse, various hymns, The Joyful Meeting, Blow ye the Trumpet Blow, This is a Land of Pure Delight, others, marbled boards

An early 19th century lady's commonplace book or drawing-room album, compiled and illustrated with ink manuscript verse and prose from belles-lettres, with further friendly sentiments, and 18th century and later portrait engravings, two Abolitionist engravings (1 of Wilberforce, another a chained slave imploring on the Bible), some later 19th century Hogarth prints, etc., three later 19th century sepia photographs: Christchurch Priory, Herstmonceux Castle, and the coast, infrequent tipped-in leaves of writing embellished with in-text drawings, etc., contemporary claret morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, rounded 'ledger' spine with raised bands, 4to, [1]

Botany, a late Victorian lady's commonplace album, A. Linacre, 1880 and onward, one leaf 'illuminated' and scrivened with the owner's name and the date surmounted by the family coat of arms, the corpus of the manuscript illustrated with pen and ink, pencil and watercolour studies of horses, domestic pets, landscapes and genre scenes, the album incorporates a small herbarium over various leaves with annotated pressed and dried flowers and fauna, further inscribed with prose and verse - original and from belles-lettres, sentiments and wishes from friends, etc., gilt roan coves only, square 8vo, (1); another later, Dorothy Holgate, the album principally illustrated with tipped-in watercolour or pen and ink compositions, generally comic, dated 1923 and onward, padded black leather covers, marbled endpapers, Ex Libris Gerry and Linda Wolstenholme, oblong, 8vo, (1); another, similar, partially-filled, cloth, oblong 12mo, (1), [3]

Cookery - Mr Albert Peasly, Receipt Book, May 1874, quarter-filled with food receipts in ink MS, loosely inserted related 19th century ephemera from Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, contemporary roan, rounded rectangular oblong 12mo, (1); another, the majority of the contents with ink manuscript recipes, transcribed by P.H. Scott of Hull, 1862, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (1); a Derby notebook of times and dates, incomplete, (1), [3]

Ephemera - Ireland, Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy - a mid-19th century British passport, No. 9855, for Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Taylor, Member of Parliament [...] with courtier, authorised and signed by Queen Victoria's Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston, dated 7th October 1851, affixed red wax seal, franked for London and Boulogne, 33.5cm x 23cm, (1); another, Italian, 18th century, for Colonel Robert Taylor (Taylour) [son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective], to travel in Tuscany, signed and dated 1793 by the prelate Ferdinando de'Conti Fantuzzi, the whole surmounted by an engraved vignette of his coat of arms, 27cm x 38cm, (1); Freedom of the City of London, Wilfred Doneraile Stanhope Taylor, Publisher, dated 13th December 1926, 7cm x 37cm, (1); a George III ink manuscript marriage certificate, The Honourable & Reverend [Henry] Edward Taylour [son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective] and Mary Ann St Leger at St. Luke's, Chelsea, signed and dated 10th February, 1807, 20.5cm x 16cm, (1); caricatures, [5]

Local Interest, the Dukes of Devonshire and Chatsworth House - French Revolutionary Wars/Napoleonic Wars, a George III hand scrivened vellum manuscript officer's commission, Samuel Harrison, Gentleman [...] to be Lieutenant in the Belper Battalion of the Volunteer Infantry [...] whereof Joseph Strutt Esquire is Lieutenant Colonel Commandant [...], signed and bearing the red wax armorial seal of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire (as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire), dated 22nd May, 1804, 45cm x 57.5cm

Manuscript - Lett's Pocket Diary and Almanac for 1892, partially filled in ink MS by a farmer's wife from near Daventry, Northamptonshire, with brief notices of everyday life and/or expenditure, including the cost of a needlework chair at £1.10.0d, or selling 17lbs of butter for £1.3.4½, with further typical bucolic notices of genteel rural life: the hiring and firing of garden and farm hands, church, library payments, villagers, etc., contemporary purple cloth as issued, 12mo, (1); Travel, North Africa, the 1910/11 MS diary of Kate Tolhurst, commencing on October 12th 1910 when she travels to Dublin to act as a nurse-companion to two ladies on their journey to North Africa and Continental Europe, which this diary records with an interest in native Arab life and a detailed eye, the travel narrative fills just over half the notebook, the back includes some pages exploring some Old Testament's Books and their characters, original wrappers, 4to, (1); [...] Sunday School Treasurer's Account Book, 1866-1928, brown cloth, 12mo, (1), [3]

Postal History - Royal Navy and The Caribbean, Jamaica - a George III ink manuscript crossed letter, addressed to [Commander] Joseph Baker Esqr., Commander of H.M.S. Calypso, Port Royal, Jamaiaca/by the Packet June 3rd 1801, from his wife Elizabeth (née Weyermann), and principally concerning domestic matters, the script typically written frugally horizontally and vertically across the one sheet of paper, Bishop Mark: A.J.U. 801 enclosing the number 6, traces of red wax seal, the sheet 37cm x 23cm, dated 1801Joseph Baker RN (1768-1817), the career sailor and future cartographer, by birth was maternally related to the famous Admiral Vernon. Entering the service in 1781 he initially served in the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War, on various vessels and under various commands, and saw action against the French at the Battle of the Saints in April 1782. Before the French Revolutionary War, Baker, among other orders, mapped in North America, but come 1st March 1799, he was appointed commander of H.M.S. Calypso (1783) and tasked with escorting a convoy from Cork to Jamaica, which saw an attack from Spanish ships. Eventually stationed at the Jamaica Station, H.M.S. Calypso conveyed troops from Jamaica to Honduras in March 1801; before Baker received this letter from his wife. After a bout of unemployment, Baker went on to serve in the Napoleonic Wars, sailed in Estonian and Russian waters, survived a court-martial, commanded a prisoner-of-war near Bristol, and ended his days in residence at Presteigne, Dadnorshire. H.M.S. Calypso herself sunk on 30th July 1803 with the loss of all hands.

The American Revolutionary War - George Washington Interest - an ink manuscript note, 'General Washington's compliments wait on Lt. Col Frazer by the favour of his company at dinner to day at 3 'o'clock, Saturday morning', 7cm x 23cm, c.1777, framedPersifor Fraser (1736 - 1792) joined the army as a captain in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776, was appointed major of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment in October of that year and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in March 1777. He was captured by the British shortly after the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777 but escaped in March 1778. After holding various local government positions in Chester County he joined the local militia as a Brigadier General in 1782

Judaica, Jewish Prayer Book - Machzor, volumes I-III, Vilnius: "ROM", [n.d., c. 1880-1886], printed in Hebrew, architectural title-pages, contemporary marbled calf, blind-stamped to a Rococo design, green foliate endpapers, pastedowns with ink manuscript labels, folios (39.5cm x 28cm), [3]

Miniature Book - Liturgy, a late 19th/early 20th century collection of Psalms, no imprint or date, contemporary marbled wrappers only, top-edge gilt, 64mo (3.3cm x 2.8cm), (1); Ephemera, two George III printed tracts of biblical verses, Romans VIII:13 & Hebrew XII:1-2, each token inscribed in ink manuscript by the giver or recipient, dated September, 1815 and September, 1810 within the print, decorative borders, 6cm x 4.2cm, (2), 19th century box

An Indian manuscript page, illuminated and inscribed in the Mughal manner with a courtly love scene, watercolour, gouache and gilt, 19.5cm x 12.5cm, late 19th century/early 20th century

Antiquities - a set of three 17th century verdigris patinated bronze novelty toy cannons, of typical form, 8cm long, c. 1690Provenance: Reputedly found by the River Severn, near Stourport, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, manuscript note.

Natal : 1859 to 1908 decent coll on Oriel leaves incl. 1859-60 1d unused and used, 3d, 1861/1861-2 3d 95) and 6d 92), 1862 1d used, 1863 1d unused and used, 1863-65 6d unused and used, 1867 1s unused and used, 1869 POSTAGE ovpts on 1d, 3d and 6d (4) plus forged 1s (SG 49), 1870 ovptd in green on 1s part o.g., 1870-73 ovptd POSTAGE vertically 1d, 3d and 6d unused no gum, plus at least two of each used, 1874-99 to 5s (2), 1875-76 small POSTAGE 1d, large POSTAGE 1d (both) and 6d all unused, 1877 ½d on 1d (2), 1877-79 1d on 6d violet (3, one unused) and on 6d rose, 1880 ½d mint, 1882-89 set to 6d (ex. 3d blue) o.g., later surcharges mint and used, 1902-03 1d to 2s6d mint, 1902 to £1.10s (fine) used, 1904-08 to 2s and 2s6d plus £1.10s with blue crayon manuscript set to 5s mint plus 5s used etc. Usual varied condition, but much is fine and a valuable lot.

British Post Offices in Siam : (SG 20c) 1882-85 BANGKOK Double overprint 'B' 8c. Orange wmk Crown CA, Perf 14, 1882 Straits ovptd 'B' Type 1, variety overprint double, part Bangkok CDS used example, one of the rarest of the double overprints. An exceptionally difficult stamp to locate in cds condition, due to delicate colour, this being a particularly fine example, described on the BPA colour photo-certificate (2019) as bearing manuscript line at foot, creases (absolutely minimal), soiled (barely) and a little rubbed (hardly), is genuine - most of which, apart from the authenticity, is irrelevant because a better example hardly exists. Crucially, clearly defined double 'B' overprint. Exceptionally rare. Cat £4250 (image available) [US4]

Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 185) 1884 Crowns £1 brown-lilac, BD, centred to top, central neat DUBLIN/SORTING OFFICE cds, a few very faint perf tones, faint manuscript line on reverse, fine used. Cat £3000 (image available) [US1]

WWI GROUP OF THREE, WAR DIARY AND POSTCARD ALBUM, 1914-15 STAR, BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL 2078 PTE J A KNIGHT RAMC, HOLY BIBLE IN LEATHER CASE SIGNED ASHTON KNIGHT MAY 27TH 1901 BIRCHINGTON HOUSE 70 WEST STREET DUNSTABLE BEDS / 472108 PTE J A KNIGHT 230TH FIELD AMBULANCE RAMC EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, BEDFORDSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND BOROUGH OF LUTON 1911 CORONATION MEDALS, MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A DIARY, AUTUMN 1915 - PALM SUNDAY (MARCH 25TH 1918) WITH USUALLY LENGTHY ENTRIES WRITTEN IN INK IN AN EASILY LEGIBLE HAND FOR MOST DAYS OR WEEKLY, OCCASIONALLY ILLUSTRATED, MAROON CLOTH COVERED BOARDS, 25 X 20CM, POSTCARD ALBUM OF  APPROX 500 POSTCARDS,  SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHS, PRESUMABLY TAKEN BY KNIGHT, PRINTS AND EPHEMERA,  NEATLY LAID DOWN AND CAPTIONED IN WHITE INK, SEPTEMBER 1915-1919, AND AN ALBUM OF TELEGRAMS AND GREETINGS CARDS RECEIVED ON HIS WEDDING AND ANOTHER OF MR AND MRS KNIGHT'S GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Wittie Robert (Dr. in Physick): Scarborough-Spaw: or a Description of the Nature and Vertues of the Spaw at Scarborough Yorkshire. 1667 London. Bookplate for Sr.Thomas Hanmer of Hanmer in Com. Flint Baronet 1707. Full calf binding. - Condition Report First two blank pages filled with early manuscript notes.Slight damage to top and bottom of spine.

Housman (Laurence).- Carlyle (Thomas) Sartor Resartus: the Life & Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh, manuscript poem by Housman inscribed 'To Iris, Xmas 1898' to the half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan, cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1898.

Ordnance.- Report from the Select Committee on Army and Ordnance Expenditure, bound with index at end, occasional very faint spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary half-cloth, rubbed and worn, 1850 § Fullam (Commander William F.) & Lieutenant Thomas C. Hart, Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery, second edition, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, Annapolis, 1905 § Fernyhough (Brigadier A. H.) History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1920-1945, portrait frontispiece, manuscript addition to contents leaf, original rexine, n.d.; and 23 others, similar, v.s. (26)