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Indian Passport.- Passport to Sudanund Swamy Goud Suneashy to proceed to Benares, "permitted to pass with his attendants and baggage" - 8 Brahmins 1 Palanquin 4 Servants 3 Women 5 Horses 6 Bullocks, manuscript in English and Hindi, 1½pp., red wax seal, folds, browned, folio, 1824.

19th century Inventory.- Munday (R., appraiser, Westminster) An Inventory... of the... Property of the late Thomas Higgins Deceas'd... No. 19 Gardners Lane King Street Westmr..., manuscript, title and 4pp., ruled, original marbled wrappers, slightly creased, central folds, 245 x 182mm., 26th June 1816.⁂ Includes woodworking tools, the total came to £27.12.6.

Shockerwick House, near Bath.- W[iltshire] (J[ohn], of Shockerwick House, 1762-1842) To Miss Lee on her approaching Marriage, autograph unpublished manuscript poem signed "JW", 1p., Shockerwick, 14th June 1819, bound in a copy of Samuel Rogers' Human Life', slightly browned, contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed and darkened, gauffered edges, sm. 4to, 1819.

Scientific Notes.- Cahiers de mon grand-père Casimir Devina, manuscript in French, 74pp., 2 full page pen and ink drawings of pumping machines (1 by Watt) and numerous other pen and ink illustrations (including a balloon) in margins, 1 full-page drawing with large tear and creased, browned, a few ink marks, original wrappers, original pen title blotted out and supplied in later pen, slightly foxed, browned and creased, folio, dated in text 1824.

Savoy, Switzerland and Italy.- [Filon (Charles Auguste, French historian, 1800-75)] Voyage en Savoie, en Suisse et en Italie pendant l'Autumne de 1829... Epitre a Sir Walter Scott (1826) [& other pieces], manuscript in French, title and 113pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, later manuscript label on front free endpaper identifying author, original half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, dated in text, 1829-48.⁂ Includes a poem at end to "mon cher Augustin", Filon's son, Pierre Marie Augustin Filon (18411916), Professor of rhetoric and the author of a number of works, and private secretary to Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, Prince Imperial, only son of Emperor Napoleon III.

[Scottish Police].- Material relating to the establishment of a police service in Scotland together with laws for the election of magistrates and councillors, printed and manuscript, printed work and clippings together with copious detailed manuscript notes, manuscript 35pp., some foxing and browning, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed, lettered direct on upper cover, 8vo, [Edinburgh], 1883-87.⁂ The first general Police Act of 1833 enabled Royal Burghs of Regality and Burghs of Barony to establish a system of police. The cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Elgin all took measures over subsequent years to improve the quality of the service by for example, increasing pay to attract better candidates and other measures. This volume comprises printed work and clippings together with copious detailed manuscript notes providing additional information including dates of events, names and occupations of voting members for the reform act, together with later elections, etc. An Act to Enable Burghs in Scotland to establish a general System of Police. [Edinburgh: D. Hunter Blair and M.T. Bruce, 1833]. 8vo; [bound with] An Act to Alter and amend the Laws for the Election of the Magistrates and Councils of the Royal Burghs in Scotland. [Edinburgh: D. Hunter Blair and M.T. Bruce, 1833]. Octavo, lacking final 5 pages; [bound with] 35 manuscript pages listing council members from 1820-1849. Followed by 14 pages of newspaper clippings relating to elections in the Burgh of Elgin with manuscript annotations, and a loosely inserted linen-backed printed List of Voters in the Burgh of Elgin.

Music.- Powell (J.M.) [Songbook], manuscript music on staves, 2pp. manuscript lyrics & 2pp. manuscript index at front, together 82pp. excluding blanks, triple red line borders, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, slightly browned, original half morocco, slightly rubbed, corners worn, gilt panelled spine, rubbed, lacks tail of spine, 187 x 137mm., 1835.⁂ Songs include: "La Dorset"; "The Alpine Peasants"; "Hunter of Tyrol"; "The College Hornpipe"; "Kate Kearney for the Flute" etc.

Geology.- Levison (Dr. Jacob Leslie, dental surgeon, 1799-1874) Curious facts with simple tests in Mineralogy..., manuscript title and 66pp. excluding blanks, 2 small pen and ink sketches, title and several other ff. loose, browned, original calf-backed boards, extensively rubbed, upper cover detached, spine defective, 8vo, [c. 1820].⁂ Levison was a dental surgeon, and author. His published works include: Practical observations on the teeth and gums (1826). An unpublished manuscript with a mixture of extracts from printed sources together with conversations and his personal observations, especially on the subject of teeth. Contents: Fossil Zoophytes, Sponges, Coral Rock, Mollusca, Insects, Crustacea, Cetacea,Solipeda, Vermes, Anti-progressive development doctrine, Testacea, Multivalves, Univalves etc.

Poetry.- W[orth] (R[ichard] N[icholls], geologist and historian of Plymouth, 1837-96)Rhymings: by R.N.W., autograph manuscript, title and 95pp., title within two line border and text within a single line border, bookplate on front pastedown, "Torquay Natural History Society / Presented by / Hansford Worth Bequest / Feb 1951", original 19th century half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, red morocco label on spine, 8vo, [Devon], watermark dated 1853.⁂ Richard Nicholls Worth (1837-96), Devonshire geologist, journalist and author. In 1851 he became an apprentice at the Devonport and Plymouth Telegraph, he joined the staff in 1858 and remained there until his death. Worth devoted his spare time to researching the history and geology of the west of England. "Patient and exact, dreading hasty theorising, he did much for the history, archaeology, and geology of Devon and Cornwall." - Oxford DNB.This volume contains twenty unpublished poems: "Christmas Eve"; "The Marseillaise"; "Your Husbandry"; "the River's Vale"; "Britain the dearly-prized"; "Whose enfreed would be"; "Work is Worship" etc.

NO RESERVE Van Diemen's Land, later Tasmania.- Copy birth certificate of George Lawrence Gibson, son of George Lawrence Gibson in Horton District, manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, red wax seal, folds, 510 x 110mm., 28th April 1857.⁂ James Alexander Gibson (1814-60), company agent in Van Diemen's Land.

Murder of the Monk of Whitby.- A true Account of the Murder of the Monk of Whitby by Lord William de Bruy... Lord Ralph de Piercy... with the Monk's Pennance laid upon them to be performed on Ascension Eve every year otherwise to forfeit their Lands to the Abbot of Whitby... 1159, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, small tear along fold, folds, browned, watermark C Taylor, folio, n.d., [c. 1820].

King's Counsel.- Edward VII.- Letters Patent appointing William Alfred Meek as King's Counsel, manuscript on vellum, engraved decoration at head and margins, ruled in red, Great Seal in metal skippet, housed in the original red morocco box, gilt royal arms on upper cover, slightly rubbed, original key, document 490 x 595mm., Westminster, 25th February 1903.⁂ William Alfred Meek KC (1850-1929), ; Barrister-at-law; Recorder of York, 1898-1911.

Surrey, Farnham.- [Tower (Bertie, Commander, Royal Navy retired)] Diary, autograph manuscript, c. 370pp., a few newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, original half morocco, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, April 1914 - December 1917.⁂ Mostly concerned with gardening, local natural history and news of the Great War.

Britain.- Britton (John) and Edward Wedlake Brayley, The Beauties of England and Wales, 18 vol. in 25, additional engraved titles, engraved plates, manuscript presentation leaf tipped-in, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, 4 vol. rebacked, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1801-15; and 47 others, all Beauties of England and Wales, including another full set, 8vo (72); sold not subject to return

Godwin (William) Caleb Williams ou les Choses comme elles sont ... Traduction nouvelle par M. Amédée Pichot, 3 vol. in 1, half-titles, manuscript notes loosely inserted, contemporary morocco backed boards, 16mo, 1847-[1846].

Victorian Humour.- Cruikshank (Robert & George) & others. The Gallery of Comicalities, title and 176pp. excluding blanks of humorous cartoon clippings, tipped-in on pp., some manuscript notes in French on album ff., browned, original morocco-backed boards, rubbed, folio, n.d. [19th century].

Segneri (Paolo) Manna Animaæ seu Exercitium ..., engraved frontispiece, previous owner's ink signatures to title, double-column, errata bound at end, spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary blind stamped vellum over boards, small stain to upper cover, title in manuscript to spine, browned spine, Dilingæ, Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1699 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Alterum Epistolarum Volumen, ?vol. 3 (of 3 only), near contemporary and later signatures to title and front endpapers, one or two marginal manuscript annotations, one or two marginal tears, marginal staining, occasional spotting, contemporary blind stamped vellum over boards, original owner's initials and date '1569' to upper cover, one or two stains, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, Privilegio Cæsareo, 1568 § Climaci (Joannis) Scala Paradisi, previous owner's ink signature to title, ink-stamp to front free endpaper, occasional spotting and marginal staining, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, Agrippinae, Officina Birckmannica, 1601; and 16 others, continental, v.s. (19)

AUDEN (W H): on side ALS on Kirchstetten headed paper, dated Aug 20th 1963, apologising to Jon Wynne-Tyson for not having replied to his enquiry about Morris's Icelandic journals, and presenting him with manuscript drafts of two of his poems...'as for your other projects,  I enclose two poems. Prologue at Sixty appeared last year in the New York Review of Books: In Due Season here, not appeared anywhere, Yours sincerely W H Auden...': the former transcribed in Auden's hand onto four sides, the latter one side, both in blue ink: together with short TLS from same to Centaur Press requesting a copy of the Poems of William Barnes, dated Nov 9th 1962, plus a further one side ALS dated Aug 1968 relating to the publication of 'In Due Season', together with two related envelopes addressed in Auden's hand. (Small qty)

MISC EPHEMERA & CORRESPONDENCE: a large carton, to include framed colour printed certificate of good service to one Cinque Ports Volunteer Rifle Corps Hastings, 1st November 1905, framed and glazed: copy letter book for the Post House Charity, Midhurst, period 1899-1930 and sundry other printed and manuscript material. (Large box)

LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE & MANUSCRIPTS: folder of letters and holograph manuscripts from archive of Jon Wynne-Tyson, to include: one side TLS from Andre Maurois to Beresford: four side ALS from Lord Denning on House of Lords notepaper: two holograph manuscript poems dedicated to Louis Golding from 'W R C, dated 7th 12th 1921': TLS from Austin Clarke: two TLS entire from Manilal Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma) to Esme Wynne-Tyson: 25 line manuscript poem by H J Massingham 'Seventh Heaven', with amendments: several holograph poems by Alan Porter, and others, loosely inserted into clear-sleeve folder. (Qty)

CADET TRAINING, WORLD WAR I: interesting manuscript exercise book marked 'Cadet A J Wright, 15th Officer's Cadet Bn, Gidea Park 22 Nov 1916': approx 45 pages neatly filled in, exercises including map reading and orienteering, field sketching and messages etc, several manuscript maps and diagrams, contained in oblong 8vo service book of period bound in plain buckram: together with a large sepia photograph reputed to be Lieutenant A J Wright and a facsimile letter from Queen Victoria. (3)

WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE & PHOTOGRAPHS: a quantity in carton, World War I & II periods, to include some postcards and cabinet cards, some British military manuals, interesting oil on board of prisoner seated in cell, photo album early 1950s inc. HMS Vanguard interest and sundry other printed and manuscript material related. (A carton)

FARJEON (Eleanor): 'Moonshine by Tomfool..', London, 1921, inscribed to title 'a few more tomfooleries for dear Jon from Eleanor Nov 16th 1954'...,'Tomfooleries by Tomfool'...: London, 1920: inscribed to title 'a bit of moonshine for dear Jon from Eleanor Nov 16th 1954': 'Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard'...London, Collins, 1921: with manuscript dedication and tipped-in letter from author: with three other books inscribed from Farjeon to Wynne-Tyson, plus another volume by same author. (7)

BLUNDEN (Edmund): draft typescript for the introduction of Bewick's 'Memoirs' by Blunden, numerous manuscript corrections in his hand in black ink, notes to head of first page...'Dear Cohen, I hope this is pretty well what is needed. I could lengthen by quoting a little more on Bewick the artist. In sad haste, Yours Sincerely E Blunden', dated 17th June 1960, a few publisher's markings in pencil or blue ink: together with postcard and ALS to Jon Wynne-Tyson, both 1960, relating to the same work. (Small qty)

BLUNDEN (Edmund): holograph manuscript poem 'Pains of Memory', black ink on ruled notepaper, numerous pencil amendments including adjustment to title, 8vo: attached note typed reads: 'the pencilled annotations were added by Robert Graves, who also changed the title to 'Looking from Festubert', having seen the poem when Louis Golding was preparing it for Queen's College Miscellany. Given to Jon Wynne-Tyson by Louis Golding...' (1)

KINGDOM OF REDONDA: large archive of photographs, printed and manuscript material relating to Redonda and Jon Wynne-Tyson, who became the third King in 1970, becoming known as the 'Reluctant Monarch' and succeeded by Javier Marias: comprising 3 large albums of colour photographs depicting personal visits to the island and a large quantity of other material in 8 folders/box files and numerous other envelopes. (Qty)

SALT (Henry): a collection of documents, ALS and personal papers from the collection of Henry Salt, to include: record of appreciation for 20 years devotion to the Humanitarian Cause, signed by George Bernard Shaw, Alfred Carpenter and others, folio printed to one side and folded: printed compliment card from Bernard Shaw, personally inscribed ..'thanks for your letter..I have just heard from HHS and written to him', signed and dated 8/12/34: calligraphic testimonial dedicated to Henry Salt on the dissolution of the Humanitarian League, 1921, black and red ink on Japanese vellum, grey card covers with red ribbon ties, floral design in watercolour to upper: holograph manuscript for preface to second edition of Salt's 'Seventy Years Among Savages': manuscript 'to be read at the cremation service of Henry S Salt', two sheets on ruled paper, folded in original envelope: other holograph manuscripts including 'Reminiscences of Ernest Bell': seventeen ALS from Henry Salt to Agnes Davies, 1930s period: plus other related material. (Qty in sleeve)

JOHN GAWSWORTH/KINGDOM OF REDONDA: a quantity of printed and manuscript papers by or relating to John Gawsworth, to include four printed certificates headed 'Realm of Redonda' 1947-51, each signed 'Juan R': box file full of correspondence to and from JW-T relating to Gawsworth's will, probate and related matters: catalogue of Gawsworth's personal library with two postcards from him loosely inserted: envelope containing quantity of photographs, original and reproduction, Gawsworth family and related, some associated research material, documents and copies etc; together with six books by Gawsworth, three of them inscribed by him, one marked 'John Wynne-Tyson's copy certified by his friend the writer John Gawsworth 1949' and with additional ALS on Poetry Review headed paper, plus 39 issues of the Poetry Review, edited by John Gawsworth, 1940s-50s. (Qty)

BLUNDEN (Edmund): author's holograph manuscript for poem 'Estrangement', 25 lines in black ink to single side on grey paper, fold across centre partially split and a few minor marks, author's name and date added in differing hand, attached note reading 'date and E B's name added by Louis Golding for Queen's College Miscellany', TOGETHER WITH similar holograph manuscripts for 'The Dried Millpond' and 'Broceliande', plus a one side ALS to Jon Wynne-Tyson from Blunden dated 9 August 1967, plus related correspondence and cuttings. (Small qty)

METRICAL ROMANCE: 'Roberte the Devyll, a Metrical Romance, from an ancient illuminated manuscript..' London, printed for I Herbert, 1798, 49pp, frontis and numerous full page illustrations, bookplate of Boyce Harvey Combe, 19thc black half morocco gilt, rubbed, else a good copy, 8vo. (1)

WYNNE-TYSON (Esme): collection of approx 35 books by or inscribed to Esme Wynne-Tyson or immediate family, to include T W H Crosland 'On Reading the Unpublished Parts of De Profundis', 1912, inscribed from author to W W Wynne: Phyllis Morris 'Dandelion Clocks', lengthy manuscript dedication to E W-T on front endpapers: pocket edition of Clifford Mills 'Where the Rainbow Ends', ink dedication to upper FE 'To dear Esme the most delightful & loveable Rosamund with love & best wishes Clifford Mills', Xmas 1912: first editions of various novels by E W T, inc. 'The Gift', 'Momus', 'Quicksand', 'Security', 'Melody', and others, some in duplicate, most in dustjackets, condition variable. (35)

GITTINGS (Robert): annotated typescript for 'The Shadow Line' by Joseph Conrad, adapted for broadcasting by Robert Gittings and transmitted 1940, with manuscript corrections in Gittings' hand: together with six ALS and three postcards from Gittings to Jon Wynne-Tyson, plus a bundle of related correspondence and cuttings. (Small qty)

* The First Atlantic Cable. A souvenir section of cable c.1858, the intricate circular steel wire cable with white metal collar to each end, approximately 15cm long, presented in a fine leather covered dome case with black felt lining, the base with a contemporary manuscript label inscribed 'The first atlantic cable.'Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a company formed in 1856 to undertake and exploit a commercial telegraph cable across the Atlantic ocean, the first such telecommunications link. The first trans atlantic telegraph cable crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Foilhommerum, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Heart's Content, in eastern Newfoundland. The trans atlantic cable bridged North America and Europe, and expedited communication between the two. Whereas it would normally take at least ten days to deliver a message by ship, it now took a matter of minutes by telegraph. Five attempts were made over a nine-year period in 1857, two in 1858 , 1865, and 1866 before lasting connections were finally achieved by the SS Great Eastern with the 1866 cable and the repaired 1865 cable . Additional cable s were laid between Foilhommerum and Heart's Content in 1873, 1874, 1880 and 1894. By the end of the 19th century, British, French, German and American-owned cable s linked Europe and North America in a sophisticated web of telegraphic communications.

Fabric samples. A large trade volume of textile samples, French, circa 1870s, approximately 100 leaves, with varying numbers of mounted woven fabric samples to rectos and versos (some gaps, and some loosely inserted), mainly brocade and tapestry fabrics, various sizes, mostly tipped-in with adhesive, but some attached with pins, most samples with manuscript paper label, a few with ink stamp 'Cysoing', numerous annotations in pencil and ink (stock numbers, colours, etc.), four-digit stencilled number at head of each page, some fraying and tears (with loss) to leaves, dust-soiled in places, original cloth with rivets and exposed stitching on spine, worn, ink stencilled spine labels 'Reference' and '7400', large thick folioQty: (1)

* Fan. A lithographed fan, late 19th century, folding paper fan, hand-coloured lithographed leaf, depicting a seated elderly gentleman holding forth to an audience of young ladies and gentlemen, within a decorative frame highlighted in gold, incorporating volutes, flowers, baskets, grapes, and shells, some folds a little rubbed, and a few short edge-nicks, elaborately carved mother-of-pearl sticks with gilt detail, 27 cm (10.5 in), loop with long yellow and gold metalled thread tassel, displayed in a glazed gilt frame, with moulded floral decoration, with manuscript label attached 'Presented to Chiddy's gt. Aunt Eliza by Gov. of Cuba'Qty: (1)

* Chest. A fine George II domed chest by Smith & Lucas c.1720, the brown leather chest with GR cypher flanking an elaborate brass crowned lock plate, with pierced brass corners, the lid finely detailed with brass studs formed to represent tulips within a studded scroll border, the whole piece finely decorated with brass studs, with two large carrying handles, the hinged lid enclosing original paper trade label for Smith and Lucas, Coffer & Plate Case Makers to his Majesty, lined with marbled paper, some loss of leather and cracking commensurate with age, 54cm high x 106cm wide x 56cm deepQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. A manuscript note is included inscribed 'This Royal Travelling Chest or Coffer made of wood and covered in fine Russian leather specially imported for that purpose, is of George II Period 1727-1760, and bears his Royal Coat of arms on the original maker's label put inside the lid when it was made by "Smith and Lucas, Plate Case and Coffer makers to the King (George II). Edward Smith is especially mentioned in "Dictionary of English Furniture" Vol II as making these chests for George II and his Court. Probably made to contain Royal Uniforms, Regalia, etc and to travel with the Royal Baggage' A similar chest is displayed in the Queen Anne Bedroom at Warwick Castle, it bears the monogram AR for Queen Anne

Early 19th century creamware side plate decorated with the arms of Forster of Barbados, wife of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry, Nelson's Flag Captain at the Battle of the Nile, manuscript note verso stating that this plate was from a service which was on board Admiral's Berry's flagship throughout the Battle of Trafalgar, 21cm diam, together with a further pearlware plate with Viscount's coronet and devices to centre within a Greek key style border. Provenance: Bonhams, 25 Feb 2004, Lot 72. (2) £150-200

Modern diorama of the inside of Nelson's cabin on board HMS Victory, constructed predominantly from painted wood with seated figure of Nelson in his sleeping cabin holding a map and manuscript, with folding wooden bedstead, gun, wash basin, sword etc, mounted on a display stand, max width at base 47cm x max height 28cm. Provenance: Sotheby's Marine Sale 18 June 2003 Lot 184.

A VERY FINE COMPILATION OF A SAFAVID & OTTOMAN TEXT / PRAYER BOOK, 11ff., arabic manuscript on paper, 6ll. of neat black Muhaqqaq with opening biofoilio with gold and poly chrome decoration, 23cm x 15cm.

A GOOD ISLAMIC WHITE METAL MANUSCRIPT HOLDER - WITH MANUSCRIPT, The small script holder carved with flora, containing a small hand painted calligraphic manuscript, possibly silver ( untested ), 6.5cm.

AN INDIAN JAIN MANUSCRIPT KALPASUTRA PAGE, 30cm

AN EARLY KUFIC ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT painted on leather, 31cm x 18cm.

Chichester (Lionel, 1873-1902). 'Journal kept by Lionel Chichester, Lieutenant 11th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Squadron, 3rd Regiment Imperial Yeomanry while serving in the South African Boer War from February 26th 1901 to January 28th 1902', 2 volumes, c.1902, [7] 169 [i.e. 170] laid-paper typescript leaves (text on rectos only), 116 snapshot-style gelatin silver print photographs mounted versos only to wove-paper interleaves with manuscript captions, 3 full-page pen-and-ink sketch-maps (facing leaves 33, 78 and 108) bound in, 6 further photographs (one annotated 'This is the kopje where your son was killed', another 'Films found in his kodak after the fight [at Middleport]') and manuscript note ('Further extra from this letter. Feb. 23 - "I have kept a diary so far & am sending it home to mother"') laid in, top edges gilt, contemporary tan half calf, spines gilt with red labels, slightly rubbed and scuffed in places, 4to (24.8 x 19.4 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Estate of Commander Michael Guy Chichester RN (1917-2012), nephew of Lionel Chichester. Typescript fair copy of the unpublished Second Boer War journal of Lionel Chichester (1873-1902), apparently compiled by a family member from his diaries after his heroic death in action at Middleport Farm, Calvinia, and profusely illustrated with original photographs and sketch-maps. Educated at Charterhouse, 'Chichester first went out as a trooper with the [City of London Imperial Volunteers] in July, 1900, was present at the battle of Belfast, and then returned with this corps in October 1900, being awarded the medal with three clasps. Anxious, however, to again serve the Empire, and as the war continued, he a second time volunteered, and went out in the [Imperial Yeomanry] in February, 1901, in which he was given a lieutenant's commission ... He saw much service on his return to South Africa, first in the Warrenton and Hoopstad districts, and afterwards with Colonel Doran's column. When he fell, a position, which was fiercely attacked by Smut's Commando, had to be held, and few men were available. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle states, "the Yeomen fought like veterans". A ridge was committed to the charge of Lieutenants Chichester and Tabor, with eleven men of the [Imperial Yeomanry], their instructions being "to hold it to the death". The order was obeyed with the utmost heroism, both officers and six men being killed, and two wounded' (Dooner, The “Last Post”: being a Roll of all Officers … who gave their Lives … in the South African War, 1899-1902 (1903), p. 61.

Chichester (Michael Guy, 1917-2012). Photograph album of naval service, c.1935-44, 31 stiff-card leaves with approximately 165 gelatin silver print photographs (mainly original snapshots, a few real-photo postcards and professional portraits, various dimensions) and ephemera mounted rectos and versos, manuscript captions, many images depicting the Mediterranean cruise of HMS London in 1936-7 (landfalls at Alexandria and Malta), 3 of George VI inspecting HMS Belfast in May 1944 (apparently original snapshots), one the senior officers of Belfast and captioned 'D Day, June 6th, 1944', and one captioned 'L.C.Ts going in to beaches, "D" Day', many leaves loose or working loose in original half skiver album, spine defective and crudely repaired, corners worn, oblong folio (23 x 30 cm), together with: Sinking of the Scharnhorst and Operation Neptune medal group, comprising: 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; War Medal with MiD oakleaf, extremely fine, court-mounted for wear, retaining accompanying set of miniature dress medals and ribbon, Group of professional Royal Air Force and Royal Navy photographs, c.1930-40, all gelatin silver prints, and comprising 3 of George VI possibly on board HMS Belfast with Chichester (Ministry of Information ink-stamps verso, 16 x 20 cm), 7 aerial views of RAF biplanes (one over Alexandria, others over an unidentified Middle Eastern city, possibly Haifa, matt finish, toned, Charles E. Brown ink-stamps verso, 16 x 21 cm), 4 large-format views of cruisers at sea (matt finish, toned, one with short closed tear, 30 x 19.5-23 cm), and 5 similar, with envelope and related typed letter to Chichester (dated September 1966), and 2 other personal photograph albums, c.1916-30 (ownership inscriptions of Chichester's wife Eleanor Riddell-Blount, one loose in covers), and a related scrap albumQty: (-)NOTESProvenance: Estate of Commander Michael Guy Chichester RN (1917-2012). Chichester entered naval service in 1935 and was promoted lieutenant on the declaration of war in 1939. He served on HMS Imogen in the Mediterranean Fleet (1939-40), HMS Offa in the Battle of the Atlantic (1942-3), and HMS Belfast from 1943 to 1945, witnessing the sinking of the Scharnhorst at North Cape (1943) and serving in Operation Neptune. After his retirement in 1961 he became a prolific writer on naval affairs and co-wrote The Uncertain Ally: British Defence Policy, 1960-1990 (1982).

[China]. Four letter-books kept by Peter V. Grant, director of Boyd and Co., shipbuilders, Shanghai, 1870-92, approx. 250 + 500 + 500 + 150 leaves of carbon manuscript, browned, several outer leaves torn with loss, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked, some wear, 4to (27 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (4)NOTES‘In Shanghai, as in Hong Kong, the British dominated the ship repairing and shipbuilding industry. In the 1850s several small British shipyards were founded in Shanghai, together with a few small American shipyards. The first large British shipyard appeared in 1862 with the formation of Boyd and Co.’ (Hou, Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China, 1840-1937 , p. 82). In addition to personal and business matters, Grant's letters contain substantial references to contemporary events such as the French blockade of Formosa during the Sino-French War (see letter for 5 November 1884).

France. Manuscript plan of Besançon, circa 1800, pen, ink and watercolour plan of the fortifications of the city Besancon in eastern France, old folds, some marginal dust soiling and closed tears, slight wear to the image where old folds cross, slight fraying to margins with one small area of loss, 470 x 530 mmQty: (1)NOTESA large and detailed plan of the fortifications and citadel of Besancon, possibly compiled by a military officer or surveyor. The city is situated in eastern France close to the Jura mountains and the border with Switzerland. The plan shows the city encircled by the meander of the River Doubs with its extensive and impressive defensive fortifications, the majority of which have remained to this day which led to it being recognised in 2008 as a UNESCO world heritage site.

* Gloucestershire. Saxton (Christopher), Glocestriae sive Claudiocestriae Comitat (Claudy Caesaris Nomine ad huc Celebrat) Verus Tipus atq Effigies. No. Dni. 1577, [1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring and some later enhancement, engraved by Augustine Ryner, large strapwork cartouche surmounted by the royal crest, mileage scale by dividers, with the coat of arms of Thomas Seckford, small near-contemporary manuscript 'Glocester' below cartouche, thread margins with borders skilfully extended, additional horizontal fold, 380 x 490 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESThe first printed map of Gloucestershire.

Poland. Sanson (Nicholas). Estats de la Couronne de Pologne ou sont les Royaume de Pologne, Duches et Provinces de Prusse, Cuiave, Mazovie, Russie Noire &c. Duches of Lithuanie, Volhynie Podolie &c. de L'Ukraine &c., Paris, 1703, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight marginal fraying to lower margin, trimmed to just inside upper neatline, 430 x 580 mm, together with: Laurie & Whittle, (publishers). A New Map of the Kingdom of Poland with its Dismembered Provinces and the Kingdm. of Prussia, 1794, engraved with with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal fraying and short closed tears, central fold partially split from the base, slight spotting and staining, 475 x 655 mm, Sanson (Nicholas). La Russie Noire ou Polonoise qui comprend les Provinces de la Russie Rouge, de Volhynie et de Podolie....., Paris, 1706, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, trimmed to neatline along lower margin, several repaired marginal closed tears, old folds, the margins strengthened on verso, the whole backed with archival tissue, 430 x 575 mm, Walch (Johann). Polen nach Seiner ersten und lezten oder gaenzlichen Theilung, 1796, published Augsburg, 1797, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, manuscript ink 'Polen' to verso, 475 x 595 mm, Mollo (Tranquillo). Polen nach den Letzten Friedenschlüssen..., published Vienna, circa 1800, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 390 x 455 mmQty: (5)NOTESThe first and third described items are late 1703 and 1706 editions published some fifty years after the first edition of 1655 and 1675 respectively and well after the death of the cartographer.

Ford (Richard). A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, entirely revised, with great additions, London: John Murray, 1855, chromolithograph frontispiece to volume 1 and engraved frontispiece to volume 2, folding engraved map by J. & C. Walker, 4 chromolithograph plates, both volumes interleaved with blanks, many with detailed manuscript notes and some with engraved images pasted-in, additional mounted double-page lithograph map to volume 1, occasional light dust-soiling, map pocket to front pastedowns and bookplate of George R. Alexander to each, contemporary terracotta brown half morocco, spines faded, slightly rubbed, thick 8voQty: (2)

* Catherine II (the 'Great', Empress of Russia, 1729-1796). Document signed, 'Ekaterina' in Russian, 28 November 1791, engraved document with decorative border printed on vellum, appointing Erista Frederick Erzhemskogo, who is a doctor in medicine, as advisor to the Court of Infantry and to the rank of Colonel, several brown ink manuscript additions, boldly signed by Catherine II in brown ink to right of large waxed paper seal, a little soiling, 28. 5 x 40 cm, together with an unsigned duplicate printed on paper and without seal or manuscript additions, a few short splits along folds, 29 x 41 cmQty: (2)

* [White, Gilbert, 1720-1793]. A pair of certificates for Edmund White's subscription to the Articles, 14 June 1785, one for White at the Rectory of Gretham in the county of Southampton, the other for the Vicarage of Newton Valence with the chapel of Hawkley annexed in the county of Southampton, both pre-printed documents with manuscript insertions, embossed paper seal and signature of the Bishop of Winchester to left margins, a little dust soiling and marginal fraying, each 20 x 32.5 cm, together with a manuscript document appointing Edmund White, Clerk A.B. as Chaplain to the Right Hon. Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, 22 June 1786, signed by Hillsborough at foot with red wax seal, embossed paper duty stamps at head, some overall soiling, damp staining and marginal fraying, one page, folio (39 x 25 cm), plus an 18th-century manuscript abridgement of William of Wickham's Visitation of Selbourn Priory in an unidentified hand, 10 pp., later plain wrappers, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm), and a two-page manuscript copy of a poem by Gilbert White in another unidentified hand, 18th century, titled 'Upon my finding a Laurel Tree amongst the Ruins of Basing-House in Hants, Sept. 23 1741', 2 pp. with integral blank, some soiling and marginal fraying, 4to, plus two further contemporary sheets of manuscript in the same hand, one a copy of a letter from 'Brother G. White' concerning family history and Witney connections in the 17th century, the second fragment giving 18th-century birth dates of Gilbert and family, plus five further sheets of manuscript geneaological notes in more than one hand, 18th/19th century, relating to the pedigrees of the Whites of Selbourne and related, various sizesQty: (12)NOTESReverend Edmund White (1758-1838) was the son of Gilbert White of Selbourne's brother Benjamin (c. 1725-1794), the publisher. The papers of Edmund's son-in-law James Field passed to his own son Edmund, these including a Gilbert White archive which was then passed to Wiliam Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford. The origins and hands of the manuscripts here has not been determined.

Fox (George). The Great Mistery of the Great Whore Unfolded: and Antichrists Kingdom Revealed unto Destruction. In Answer to many False Doctrines and Principles which Babylons Merchants have traded with, being held forth by the professed Ministers, and Teachers, and Professors in England, Ireland, and Scotland, taken under their owne Hands, and from their owne Mouths, sent forth by them from time to time, against the despised people of the Lord called Quakers, who are of the Seed of that Woman, who hath been long fled into Wildernes. Also an Invasion upon the great City Babylon ... in this Answer to the multitude of Doctrines held forth by the many false Sects, which have lost the key of Knowledge, and been on foot since the Apostles dayes, called Anabaptists, Independents, Presbyters, Ranters, and many others; who out of their own Mouths have manifested themselves not to be of a true descent from the true Christian Churches: but it’s discovered that they have been all made drunk with the Wine of Fornication received from the Whore which hath sitten upon the Beast, after whom the World hath Wondred, London: Thomas Simmons, 1659 , early manuscript annotations to title and frayed to edges, last few leaves torn & frayed to upper inner blank corners, browning, spotting and few marks, contemporary blind panelled sheep, boards detached, leather torn & worn, small folio (Wing F1832; ESTC R18020), together with: Bible [English] , The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: with Arguments prefixed to the different books; and Moral and Theological Observations illustrating each Chapter: Composed by the Reverend Mr Ostervald, Professor of Divinity, and one of the Ministers of the Church at Neufchatel in Swisserland, Translated at the desire of, and recommended by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, London: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers in Great Britain, 1799, letterpress general and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, initial leaves frayed, some dampstaining, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked and some wear to extremities, small area of leather to upper board tor away, 4toQty: (2)

* [India]. Group of autograph letters signed, 18th and 19th century, comprising: 1. Dirom (Alexander, 1757-1830), army officer, to East India Company director Simon Fraser, Frith Street, London, 10 April 1793, advising of a delay in payment (‘I expected to have heard from Messrs Meyricks to day that they had received some money on my account’), single bifolium written on 1 side, wax seal, old paper extension to conjugate leaf, 4to (22.8 x 18.5 cm), 2. Shuldham (Thomas, 1756-1832), army officer, as aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Abercromby, commander-in-chief, India, to a carriage maker (‘Sir’), Calcutta, 16 February 1794, providing detailed instructions for the provision of ‘a phaeton without a hood finished in the very highest stile’, single bifolium written on 2 sides, 4to (23 x 19 cm), 3. Carey (William, 1761-1834), orientalist and missionary, to ‘My Dear Sir’, Serampore, 13 March 1823, discussing botanical specimens including Beaumontia grandiflora, single sheet written on 1 side, 4to (19.5 x 18.5 cm), 4. Colebrooke (Sir George, 1729-1809, 2nd Baronet), banker and chairman of the East India Company, to ‘Sir’, Bath, 18 April 1809, seeking a place to deposit family records and indentures, single sheet written on 1 side, removed from an album with card residue verso, 4to (23.7 x 19.2 cm), 5. Overbeck (Daniel Anthony, 1764-1840), last Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie governor of Chinsurah, to John Edmonds, British missionary, Chinsurah, 2 September 1826, on Edmonds’s imminent return to Britain, single bifolium written on 3 sides, remains of seal, 8vo (20.6 x 12.6 cm), and 5 other items, including: Martin F. Tupper (1810-1899), poet, 'Two Sonnets on a rumoured Proclamation', c.1860, autograph draft of 2 poems, incipit 'Our Empress Queen!' and 'A dream of Empire', signed 'Martin F. Tupper, Albany, Guildford' verso, single sheet, 4to; Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827-1905), autograph letter signed, 9 May 1892, single sheet, 12mo; and 'Inspection and Retrospection', North-Western Provinces, India, 1883, anonymous manuscript poem in 17 stanzas, 6 pp., folioQty: (10)NOTESFrom 1790 to 1792 Alexander Dirom was deputy adjutant-general of Company forces in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. He wrote A Narrative of the Campaign in India (1794) and retired with the rank of lieutenant-general. Thomas Shuldham reached the rank of major-general and served as commander of the Sirhind division (see The East India Register and Directory, for 1828, p. 24).

[Italy]. Five manuscripts, 18th-19th century, comprising: 1. 'Annali e memorie scritte da Giovanmaria Zappi Tiburtino', c.1750, [1] 4-14 1-57 78-126 59-77 127-199 212-244 leaves, leaf 31 loose, leaves 44-5 with transverse tears, pencilled note to front pastedown ('Order of material differs from original, in which are wanting pp. 42-44 and 82-100 ...'), text-block loose in contemporary vellum covers (soiled, loss to foot of spine, 4to (26.5 x 19.5 cm), 2. 'Miscellani atiquaria' [spine-title], c.1775-1800, sammelband of some 11 texts in different hands (titles including 'Notizie istoriche della citta e territorio di Pisa', 'Delle Isole di Giglio, Giannutri, e di alcuni vestigie di antiche fabbriche esistenti nell'isola dell'Elba presso Portoferraio ... fatta nel ... anno 1760', 'Relazione distinta dell'isola di Lustica', and similar), approx. 170 leaves in total, large watercolour genealogy of Roman emperors bound in (opening to 50.5 x 35.5 cm), third-bound text (2 leaves) torn), penultimately-bound text (69 leaves) waterstained, contemporary vellum, folio (32.5 x 22 cm), 3. 'Raccolta di memorie istoriche della terra di Belvedere. Dall'epoca del suo nascimento da ostra citta antichissime nel Piceno. Fina al tempo presente ... Presentata dal sacerdote Antonio Mei alle signorie illustrissime de'pubblice rappresentanti di detta terra', 1810, [2] 200 [2] pp., watercolour plan to final leaf, contemporary half vellum, folio (34.5 x 22.8 cm, 4. 'Dioecesis Albanensis Prophana Pars. I [...Albanensis Dioecesis Sacra seu Series Chronologica Episcoporum Albanensium Pars II]', c.1700 and later, pp. 5-40 42-109, 1-6 [2] 7-43 [3] 43-200, bound with numerous related manuscript documents and fragments (approximately 60 leaves in total), several 17th- and 18th-century Italian pamphlets and one velllum document (pencilled date 1633), text-block near loose in contemporary vellum, folio (28 x 19.5 cm), 5. 'Breve notia della vera origine di Casa Malatesta che servira per confutare l'opinione del ... Christoforo Verucchino e per risposta alli di lui fondamenti. Del Signore Martino Pervitali da Civitella', 1690, 19 leaves (apparently extracted from a larger work, with pagination 131-149), calligraphic title in green ink, woodcut arms mounted to initial blank, late-19th/early-20th-century marbled half calf, rebacked, 8vo (21 x 14 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESProvenance 1) Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), British archaeologist in Italy and director of the British School at Rome (items 1-4 only: 1-3 with bookplate, 4 with manuscript purchase note to front pastedown); 2) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool (all items). The Annali e Memorie di Tivoli of Giovanni Maria Zappi (1519-1596) was not published until 1920.

* [American Civil War; Virginia]. Group of documents, 19th century, comprising: 1. Printed court summons signed by Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) as justice of the peace, Jefferson County, Virginia, 8 January 1851, printed sheet completed in manuscript, signed 'F Beckham', red-velvet-covered thick card mount, sheet torn at lower right-hand corner not affecting text, 18 x 14.6 cm, 2. Manuscript receipt for the purchase of 'negro slaves Dennis and Belinda', Fairfax County, Virginia, 15 April 1861, single bifolium of wove paper, 10 lines, written on one side only, conjugate leaf docketed 'Dulany', damp-stained, creased from folding, loss to upper inner corner, 18.2 x 13.8 cm, 3. Contemporary manuscript copy of two affidavits confirming 'Daniel Coffman to have been a loyal man during the rebelion [sic]', Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1866, single sheet of lined paper written recto only, small embossed stamp depicting the Capitol Building and with text 'Congress' various inconsistencies in spelling, old folds, central fold just splitting at head, nicked along inner edge, 23.5 x 17.8 cm, and 1 other item (Internal Revenue receipt 'for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer', paid by R. D. Burns of Lynchburg, Virginia, 9 December 1891, engraved receipt in red and black, completed in manuscript, browned, old folds, small hole to lower left, upper right corner chipped, 24.5 x 18 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESFirst item: Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) was mayor of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and local agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was shot and killed in the famous raid on the small outpost by abolitionist John Brown, today seen as a major event in the build-up to the American Civil War.

Slavery. Memoirs of a West-India Planter, re-published from an original manuscript: with an address to the Right Honourable Lord Glenelg on the present state of colonial slavery, by the Rev. John Riland, 2nd edition, London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1837, advertisement leaf, a little light soiling, 'Library of the Dissenters' Old Meeting-House, Scarborough' printed label cut and pasted to title verso, 'Old Meeting House Loan Library' ink inscription to title, with a presentation inscription from the author dated Oct. 6. 1837 at head of title, United College, Bradford library label to front pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, lower joint splitting, spine label chipped, some fading and corner wear, 8vo, together with Testimonies Concerning Slavery, by Moncure Daniel Conway, 2nd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1865, a couple of leaves with crease marks, shelf number to front endpaper, original cloth gilt, small tears and chips at spine ends, 8vo, The Lost Continent; or, Slavery and the Slave-Trade in Africa, 1875, by Joseph Cooper, 1st edition, 1875, folding map, advertisement leaf at end, slight soiling to title, original green cloth gilt, spine darkened, a few stains, 8vo, Liverpool and Slavery: An Historical Account of the Liverpool-African Slave Trade. Was it the cause of the prosperity of the town?, by a Genuine "Dicky Sam", 1st edition, Liverpool, 1884, folding wood-engraved plate of the Slave Ship "Brockes" of Liverpool (small repairs and tears to folds), The Liverpool Underwriters' Association triangular ink stamp to plates margin and title, press cuttings pasted front and rear (offset to dedication), hinges tender, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed with a few marks, slight lean, 8voQty: (4)

Sparrow (Anthony). A Collection of Articles , Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances and Constitutions Ecclesiastical; with other Publick Records of the Church of England, Chiefly in the Times of K. Edward VI, Q. Elizabeth, K. James & K. Charles. Published to Vindicate the Church of England, and to Promote Uniformity and Peace in the same, London: Robert Cutler & Joseph Clarke, 1671 , engraved frontispiece of the arms of the Bishops of England, title torn with loss to lower left and lined to verso, each part title within ornamental border, two folding tables (both with repaired closed tear), leaves A1, B1 & B2 strengthened to fore-edge, some light soiling and occasional spotting, later endpapers, contemporary calf, joints split, spine strengthened at head & foot, later manuscript title label, small 4to, together with: Gabriele d'Emillane (Antonio Gavin) , A Short History of Monastical Orders, in which the Primitive Institution of Monks, their Tempers, Habits, Rules, and the Condition they are in at Present, are Treated of, London: Printed by S. Roycroft, for W. Bentley, 1693, imprimatur leaf present, 19th century half calf, rebacked preserving original spine, contrasting labels including volume number label (possibly this work bound uniformly with other works as part of a set), 12moQty: (2)

* [India]. Three autograph letters signed from foundling Indian princess Alina d’Eldir Mercier (c.1780-1851) to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845) as British ambassador to France, Paris, 1821, i.e. 1. ‘A Son Excellence Monseigneur l’Ambassadeur d’Angleterre’, Rue de la Paix No. 6, 28 February 1821, on her kidnap and arrival in Paris (‘Je fus enlevée fort jeune … J’ai été remise à une dame, nommée Cormillier, française habitante de Chandernagor … mon éducation se fit au couvent du Calvaire, Paris’), and the failed mission of ‘Goolam Mouchi-oud-Din’ (see below), single bifolium written on 2 sides, annotation in a separate hand to blank conjugate leaf verso, 2. ‘A Son Excellence Monseigneur l’Ambassadeur d’Angleterre près de la cour de France’, Rue de la Paix, No. 6, 3 August 1821, seeking his intercession with the East India Company (‘Les honourables members de la Compagnie des Indies, informés de ma position, n’ayant pas daigné répondre à ma juste demande … J’espérais, Monsegnieur, que mon titre d’Indienne et sujette de l’Angleterre, suffirait pour intéresser cette illustre Compagnie …’), single sheet written on both sides, 3. ‘A Son excellence Sir Stuart, Ambassadeur d’Angleterre’, Rue du Faubourg St Honoré No. 84, 26 September 1821, presenting a portrait, single sheet written recto only, all in French and signed ‘Alina Deldir Mercier Indienne’, letters 1 and 2 with Arabic ink-stamp dated 1819, folio (32 x 20 cm) , together with a manuscript note to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated Paris 24 November 1821, enclosing ‘the accompanying memorial from a lady who was brought from India many years ago …’, single sheet, folioQty: (4)NOTESProvenance: Acquired by an American collector active c.1970-80. Alina d’Eldir (probably a corruption of ‘al-Durr’) arrived in France as a child before the Revolution and was received at the royal court by the Princesse de Lamballes. Educated at a convent, she attracted the notice of Napoleon and Josephine around the time of the expedition to Egypt. In 1818 she was visited by an envoy, ‘Goolam Mouchi-oud-Din’, who informed her of her noble lineage and sought to bring her back to India, but she refused to renounce her Catholicism. These three letters may concern a possible second mission two years later, when an Indian nobleman is known to have visited London but was prevented from continuing to France. At some point marrying army officer Charles Mercier, in 1828 she published a book of Méditations , edited by the marquis de Fortia d’Urban. She also worked as a practitioner of magnetic therapy, her notes on the subject appearing as La verité du magnétisme in 1829, and founded the ‘Ordre Asiatique de morale universelle’.

Virgil. Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera, per Johannem Ogilvium edita, et sculpturis Æneis adornata, London: Thomas Roycroft for William Wells & Robert Scott, 1663, title in red & black with manuscript name, torn and repaired, 97 engraved plates and full-page illustrations only (of 104, some by Hollar & Lombart), one folding engraved map, without frontispiece and portrait, decorative engraved headpieces and initials, long closed tear to U4 & L4, some plates and text leaves repaired, dampstaining and mottling throughout, endpapers renewed, contemporary gilt panelled calf, rebacked, remnants of gilt decorated spine preserved, corners repaired, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing V601.

Cobbett (William). A History of the Protestant "Reformation", in England an[d] Ireland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Charles Clement, 1824-27, some light spotting and soiling, bookplates (including author and illustrator Harold B. Pereira), later burgundy half morocco, spine ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Hill (Edwin Darley). The Northern Banking Company Limited. An Historical Sketch Commemorating a Century of Banking in Ireland by the First Joint Stock Bank Established in that Country, 1st edition, Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, 1925, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, a few minor spots to endpapers, original green cloth gilt, upper cover with inset illustrations, spine ends a little rubbed, 4to, with a presentation leaf and manuscript inscription to Revd. J.W. Minchin, M.A., with others Ireland related, histories, literature, 20th century, hardbacks and paperbacks etc including William Cobbett's History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, 2 volumes, 1st collected edition?, 1829, William Carleton, J.P. Donleavy et alQty: (approximately 90)