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NO RESERVE Madox (Thomas) Baronia Anglica. An History of the Land-Honors and Baronies ..., first edition, engraved vignette title, engraved initials, short marginal tear (4L2), for Robert Gosling, 1736, bound before, A Compleat Index to Mr. Madox's History of the Exchequer ..., for Francis Gosling, 1741, occasional ink annotations, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, previous owner's manuscript notes loosely inserted, modern half-calf, folio.

NO RESERVE Devon.- Prince (John) Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, the Worthies of Devon, first edition, title foredge strengthened, small tears expertly repaired, heraldic woodcut illustrations, copious annotations in an early nineteenth century hand, Index in manuscript bound at end, A1 & A2 reinforced at edges, small marginal hole (D2), occasional spotting and off-setting, bookplates, modern half calf retaining original endpapers, folio, Exeter, by Sam. Farley, 1701.

Ireland.- Morgan (Richard, Dublin merchant, of Coldcut, Co. Dublin, fl. 1740) Rent Rolls of estates in Limerick, Leitrim, Drogheda, Dublin and Co. Dublin, autograph manuscript, 30pp. excluding blanks, some ff. loose, browned, hinges broken, original vellum, soiled, folio, [c. 1740].⁂ "This book contains Rent-Rolls of the several Estates & other Interests & Leases which I have purchased & acquired from time to time which my son & Grand-Children are to succeed me in... ." - Richard Morgan.

Derbyshire.- James VI & I (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1566-1625) Letters Patent, a license of property alienation between John Zouth and Richard Cleyton relating to land in the village of Pentridge in Derbyshire [Pentrich], manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, 19 lines, large initial "J" at beginning, Great Seal appended, image rubbed and smoothed, margins chipped, yellowed, folds, docketed on verso, 171 x 355mm., Westminster, 1st November 1614; and another similar, both housed in a 17th century leather cover covered skippet, v.s., v.d. (3).

⁂ Sold Subject to the Manorial Document Rules these items may not be removed from England and Wales. Huntingdonshire.- The Mannor of Glatton with Holm in the County of Huntingdon, 2 Court Rolls of the Manor of Glatton and Holme, detailing numerous cases, Courts Baron, Frankpledge etc. relating to land and property, manuscripts, c. 770pp., manuscript index vol. loosely inserted into each vol., vol. I title torn with loss, some ff. loose, others working loose, browned, a few edges with tears, original vellum, lettered direct on both upper covers, soiled, corners bumped, joints splitting, vol. I head and tail of spine chipped with small loss, vol. II lacks tail of spine, folio, 1735-1813; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules these items may not not be removed from England & Wales.

Schumann (Robert, German composer, 1810-56).- Reinick (Robert, German painter and poet, 1805-52) Autograph poem signed as a farewell to Robert and Clara Schumann on leaving Dresden, manuscript in German, 4pp., folds, browned, 8vo, 1850.

NO RESERVE Norfolk & London.- Indenture agreement of a marriage between Sir Henry Peyton of Hagbeach Hall and Harriet Bradshaw of Mayfair, manuscript document on vellum, 17 membranes, ruled in red, folds, creased, soiled, a few small holes, small red wax seals, 595 x 710mm., 6th July 1803; and 2 others, indentures, v.s., v.d. (3).

Elizabethan astronomer and almanac maker.- Askham [Ascham] (Anthony, writer on astronomy and almanac maker, c. 1517-59) An Almanacke and Prognosticatyon, made for the yeare of oure Lord God. M.CCCCC.L.II. By Anthony Askham Phisition, 3 ?printer's trial sheets for an 8vo edition, fragments only of a larger work recovered from a binding, first 2 sheets verso not printed, black letter, first 2 sheets printed in red and black, wood engraved decorations, tears to edges with loss, extensively browned, 2 sheets with fragments of a 16th century manuscript in secretary hand on verso, 405 x 255mm., [STC 410.4], Imprynt[ed]... London in Flete[strete] [?by Wyllyam Powell] [?for Rycharde Kele], 1552; and another a fragment from the ?same almanack, v.s., v.d.; sold not not subject to return (4 pieces).

Kent.- Grant and quitclaim by Thomas ffrere, Robert Reyner of Heriettesham [Harrietsham] & Thomas Gold of Osprenge [Ospring] of all right that is had in one piece of land with appurtenances called Petheredde lying in the parish of Herettetham, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 10 lines, a few small wormholes, folds, slightly creased and browned, small stain, 122 x 295mm., Harrietsham, 1429.

Bible, New Testament. A Prologe upon the gospel of Matt[h]ewe, ?2 printer's trial sheets from an unidentified 16th century bible, for an 8vo edition, black letter, folds, browned, numerous tears some affecting text, 260 x 395mm., [c. ?1550]; and 4 others, including 2 fragments from 16th century bibles (1 still stuck down on binding) and 2 covers from a book with fragments of 16th century manuscript, all recovered from bindings, v.s., v.d.; sold not subject to return (5).

West Yorkshire.- Indenture agreement of John de Vavassour of Hawkesworth, Yorkshire has granted to William Faber of Baildon, Yorkshire, an annual rent of four shillings from the vill of Hawksworth, witnesses: Walter de Haukesword and his son Walter, John le Vavassour and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 12 lines, indented chirograph at head, lacks seal, folds, slightly yellowed, 80 x 208mm., Hawksworth, 22 October 1346.

Irish debtor.- Clotworthy (Skeffington, second Earl of Massereene, landowner and debtor, 1742-1805) Mr Lyndon's State of the Case of Lord Masserene, and a Defence of his own Conduct, as his Lordship's Trustee, manuscript, title and 15pp., slightly browned, later ALs from Massereene loosely inserted, stitched, unbound, dated in text 1768-69.⁂ Massereene became "involved in disastrous financial speculations, which resulted in his imprisonment in France in 1770."

A pair of Indian watercolours depicting Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, mounted in a single frame. The works painted on earlier manuscript paper. 5' x 3½'

The early 19th century album of Emily Rhodes, inscribed to front page 'Emily Rhodes 1831', containing manuscript items, pencil drawings and watercolours, in gilt tooled and embossed black leather binding.Additional InformationBinding secure although exterior worn, general wear to interior. There are eight pieces contained.

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT PAGE, framed and glazed, page 16cm x 27cm.

Natural History Manuscript copy book possibly with original pieces by John Ferguson containing dates 1836 &1840, including Pilates Question , A Harvest Hymn , The Geology of Berwickshire 1836, The Botany & Medicine of Pentandria Digyma, The Allanton Medical Pharmacopeia, The Outlines of Geological Science, contains dates 1836 &1840, vellum, covers soiled, edges bumped, hinge split in places (Qty: 1)

H.M.S. Diamond Manuscript account of the "Voyage of H.M.S. Diamond to Vera Cruz" with James Morier Esq., His Majesty's Envoy to Mexico. May 1824", (the author not identified), in 3 unbound notebooks, c.94pp.; & return voyage to Madeira, commencing June 16th 1825, 12mo, c. 40pp., old red roan; Log Book, H.M.S. Andromache, 1834,1 February - 23 July, 70pp., [Plymouth Sound to Simon's Bay], contemporary quarter roan, rubbed (4)

A Collection of 13 Scrapbooks and Commonplace Books mainly 19th Century comprising wood, copper and steel engravings and lithographs of British & European landscapes, towns & portraits, some hand-coloured, a few watercolours of birds and plants and Scottish views, manuscript poetry, original pencil drawings, cut out coloured engravings and scraps, Anna May Wong signed card, some 20th century Christmas cards, hand-coloured costume prints, morocco and half morocco bindings, worn, one belonging to Charles Russell Colt, 3rd King's Own Light Dragoons, 1845 (13)

Illumination on vellum Christ on the Cross within a decorative cartouche, cut from a larger manuscript, Latin text on verso "Consiliorum Capitularum...", 205 x 125mm., slightly creased, some surface wear, ?16th century

Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England and Ireland Document signed 'Elizabeth R' manuscript document on vellum, 29.5 x 49 cm, signed 'Elizabeth R' to the upper left corner, dated 1603, restored and laid-down, some browning, several areas of text lackingCondition report: Purchased from The Autograph Alcove, Wisconsin, in August 1989 for $2970 Some browning and other staining to the vellum, lacking approx.1/8 of the text with several holes, signature clearly identifiable but the area of the signature is a little browned

Spender, Stephen A collection of manuscripts and material relating to Spender Walton, D.A. Original Illustration for the poem 'Oh Young Men Oh Young Comrades', the frontispiece in a collection of Spender's poems, 32 x 18cm; a manuscript copy of the poem (not in Spender's hand); Spender, Stephen Autograph letter signed by Spender, addressed to Mr Tellam, thanking him for "the enclosed picture"; and another letter from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature (5)

[Somerset] Beauchamp, Sir Thomas (?king's carver in the royal household of Henry VI, fl. 1413-30's) John Storiton of Preston and others, a release of the manors of Iller, Bere, Pitteney & Werne [?Aller, Beer, Pitney & Wearne] in Somerset, and the manors of Melbury, Osemond, Blakelonde, Lydlinch, Caundle, Haddon and many other manors and advowsons in Dorset, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire, witnesses: Robert Hill, John Cokayne, John Preston, William Babyngton & John Martyn, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, in brown ink in a cursive charter script, 41 lines, 16th/17th century docket on verso, creased and slightly stained at edges, remains of red wax seal, [Phillips M.S. 35623], 357 x 251, "Regio henrici quinti", 14th August 1422.Footnote: Note: Documents from the Reign of King Henry V are extremely scarce. Sir Thomas Beauchamp of Somerset, a relative of the earls of Warwick, seems to have been a somewhat turbulent character. In 1413 he was committed to the Tower of London by order of Henry V, being released on 8 February 1414 only after several prominent London citizens including "RIchard Whytington" stood surety "under a pain of 1000 marks" for his future behaviour. Beauchamp was an esquire of Edward, second Duke of York (?1373-1415) and was left an annuity of 10 marks from his inheritance in the custom Port of London and keeper of the great part at Fasterne at his death. In 1419 he and several others forcibly seized seven acres of meadow in Chaffcombe [Somerset] from John Denebaude who was in the king's household in a long standing feud that dated back to at least 1410 but was cleared of wrongdoing by a commission of enquiry. In 1421 he was served a commission of array for the west country because of the threat of an invasion by the Kings of Castile and Aragon. Thomas Beauchamp was appointed carver to Henry VI from 1430 to 1432 and in 1430 was one of the eight household knights to accompany the king to France for his coronation in Paris. Two witnesses are of note in this document, being Sir William Babington (d. 1455), chief baron of the Exchequer (1419-23) and John Cokayn, justice of an assize in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire etc. Provenance: Phillips MS 350623 (docket on verso) with pencilled note Soth[eby's], [lot] 421, 30 June 1936; Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 18 March 2004, lot 1Condition report: slight crinkling/creasing and 2 small patches of discolouration, largely marginal, otherwise very clean, and very legible.

Holy Bible, 1682 [The Holy Bible] Oxford: Printed at the Theatre.. to be sold by Moses Pitt, Peter Parker, William Leake, Thomas Guy, 1682 [imprint from New Testament title, O.T. title lacking], text commencing with dedication to King James, contemporary black panelled morocco, some light discolouration, chiefly to extreme outer edge of leaves, some very light spotting, manuscript note on verso of N.T. title detailing dates and expenditure of Germans and Allies in W.W.1, occasional headline slightly shaved, rubbed, joints slightly split at head and foot, upper cover lightly paint flecked; Webster, Noah. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: Black, Young & Young, 1832. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary diced calf, lacking title and A1 of volume 2, scattered spotting, chiefly marginal, crudely rebacked (3)

Receipt Book 1826 19th century manuscript recipe book 108 manuscript pp. in a few different hands (probably generations of the same family), with recipes including 'currie', Indian pickle, oyster sauce, lemon minced pies, black pudding, lemon cake, a medicine for cholera, baked pike, orange brandy and others, 19th century vellum, 23.5 x 19cm

Paterson, James: work relating to George Gissing An archive of research material, many manuscripts Including typed copies of Gissing's letters, a copy of Paterson's bibliography of Gissing with manuscript corrections and alterations, notes relating to H.G. Wells's memories of Gissing and a telegram from H.G. Wells to Paterson, and several letters from Ellen Gissing relating to her father, all seemingly gathered in the process of writing a PHD thesis

Mathematical workbooks Three manuscript volumes, and three further works the first entitled: "Decimals by T. Hill: Mr. Dyson's Acad: Gainsborough, May 16th 1849", 110 manuscript pp., 26 x 21cm, contemporary quarter morocco; another entitled "Compd. Addition", 64 manuscript pp., 26 x 21cm, contemporary quarter morocco; the third entitled "Compd. Multiplication", 136 manuscript pp., 26 x 21cm, contemporary quarter morocco; Manuscript Account of a Legal Case involving a Mine , 1746, lacking the initial two pages and giving lists and accounts of those working in the mines, 191 manuscript pp., 19.5 x 12.5cm, contemporary brushed calf, several leaves and boards detached; Receipt Book of the Reverend Mr Stopford 119pp., mainly containing laid-down receipts from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with several leaves of mathematical workings and instructions, 31.5 x 20.5, contemporary vellum; and another, a record of copy correspondence (6)

Edward VI (1537-53), King of England and Ireland Letters Patent for a Grant to Lord William Howard later First Baron Howard of Effingham, of the Manors of Little Bookham (Surrey), Kettleburgh, Polstead (Suffolk) and elsewhere, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, written in a fine chancery hand, fine large ink initial E with portrait of Edward VI enthroned, upper line decorated with other initials and upper margin decorated with royal arms, heraldic devices and a Tudor rose, ruled in red, a few holes at folds slightly affecting text, some wear and obscuring of text along folds, slightly soiled at edges, great seal appended (broken and preserved in a linen bag), 435 x 712mm, 29th March 1555Footnote: Note: Lord William Howard, first Baron Howard of Effingham (1510? - 73), Lord Deputy and Governor of Calais, lord High Admiral of England, Lord Chamberlain and later, Lord Privy Seal. Father of Charles Howard, second Baron Howard of Effingham, Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624), Commander-in-chief of the English forces against the Spanish Armada. Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, 16 November 2006, lot 30.

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de - Peru Descripcion de las Yndias de Mediodia [Madrid, 1601], 28 x 39cm, hand-coloured in outline, with manuscript notes in an early hand to left margin, dampstainingFootnote: Note: The manuscript note, written in Spanish, has an interesting translation which appears to relate to 'mythical' people living in a particular area of the country: "These are some men who have "tails" between the waist like a ram's, that when they settle they make a hole in the ground to put the "tail" that otherwise could not settle."

Pembroke, Sir William Herbert, first Earl of, (1501 ? - 70), Soldier and Courtier Indenture with Sir Giles Poole, of Sapperton, Gloucestershire, of the Manor of Rendell (Gloucestershire) l for the Manor of Bullridge, document signed "Penbroke" in capital letters, manuscript on vellum, 2 holes along folds (with slight loss of text), part of lower margin cut away not affecting text, folds, a few splash marks, 400 x 640mm., 31st July 1557Footnote: Note: Pembroke became brother-in-law to King Henry VIII through his marriage to Anne Parr, younger sister of Catherine. In 1542 he acquired the former Benedictine abbey at Wilton, in later years a venue for some of Shakespeare's plays. According to John Aubrey's very colourful "Brief Life" Pembroke could neither read nor write, but "had a stamp for his name." However documents with his signature in capital letters are extant. Herbert was a Guardian of the young King Edward VI after the death of Henry VIII in 1547.

[Channel Islands] Seemingly unpublished manuscript "A False Step A Tale of the Channel Islands, by in one volume", seemingly Contents/Title-page and chapters 1-29, 31-38 and 42, in folded bundles, [late 19th century]

Latini, Antonio Lo Scalco Alla Moderna... Naples: [Domenico Antonio Parrino and Michele Luigi Muzio, 1692], 1694 [being a re-issue of the 1692 edition with an updated title-page]. Second edition, small 4to, comprising part 1 (of 2) only, engraved portrait, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding engraved plates, errata leaf, contemporary vellum, some manuscript notes in an early hand, a little light browning, a few internal ink marks, one plate torn with some loss, closed tear to another, a little marginal dampstaining towards the rearFootnote: Note: Latini was an assistant cook, waiter, wardrobe attendant and finally steward of Cardinal Antonio Barberini, before relocating to Naples to become steward for Don Stefano Carillo Salcedo, first minister to the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Latini's famous cookery book contains the earliest surviving recipe for tomato sauce - tomatoes having hitherto been used predominantly as table decorations.

Staffordshire - Langton, Walter, Bishop of Lichfield, Treasurer to the Crown, d.1321 Grants to (in tail), (i) a watermill called 'Synodi milne' (?Synod's Mill), with its water (flow) and other appurtenances, and timber from our wood in the Forest of Cannock; (ii) and also two places (empty sites) in 'Longedene': (a) beginning at the Corner of William de Lynton's field, and extending along by the highway as far as 'Le Bournebrok'... (b) extending in length from 'Hangestrude' by the highway leading to 'Hondesakar' to opposite the gate of the field that once belonged to William son of Nicholas of Longedon, and from, in length (?breadth) to the Marleputtesfeld...; rent 16s a year to us, and 4s. a year to the abbot and convent of Buildwas, witnessed by Magister John de Derby, dean of Lichfield Cathedral, Robert de Radeswell, archdeacon of Chester, Elias de Napton..., manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 24 lines, lacks seal, folds, remains to tape at head not affecting text, slightly yellowed, 196 x 227mm., [between 1296 and 1311] (purchased Bloomsbury Auctions, 16 Nov. 2006, lot 591)

1660-1662 Manuscript copy of, or Commentaries on, Aristotle's Posteriora Analytica Metaphysica, Nichomean Ethics, &c., compiled by George Dalgleish, "Scriptus a me Geo. dalgleish anno domini 1660 die 25 novembrie", pp. numbered 1-399 and 500-545 + [10pp.] , but no text appears to be missing, p.400 appearing to be misnumbered p.500, a few leaves loose, a few diagrams pasted in (eg. p.314), contemporary vellum, binding somewhat soiled and worn

"An Unknown Artist" - never before published Tom & Jerry on Horseback manuscript, oblong 8vo 24 x 10.5cm, 15 leaves, mostly illustrations telling the tale of two hapless horsemen, dated February 20th 1827, contemporary red half morocco

King James IV of Scotland Royal Grant of King James IV of Scotland, at Edinburgh 3rd March 1504, granting to John Sinclare [Sinclair] of Hurdmanstoun [Herdmanston, Haddingtonshire] all the lands of Hurdmanstoun with castle, fortalice and mill, together with the rights of patronage, advowson, and donation of the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, near the castle, lying within our shire of Edinburgh, manuscript on vellum, with Great Seal in wax attached, seal worn with slight loss, c. 49 x 33cm.Condition report: [Purchased Lyon & Turnbull, 16 May 2008, lot 297]

D'Abbeville, Claude Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan et Terres Paris: Francois Huby, 1614. First edition ['Ciel' as final word on a2, 'con-' as final word on a6, leaf 395 unnumbered, final table printed in single columns], 8vo , collates: a8, A8-3E8, 7 full-page engravings, woodcut initials, contemporary vellum, titled in ink to the spine, title-page lacking and supplied in facsimile, errata leaf lacking, a duplicate of leaf B4 replaces H8, leaf A2 with a c.3" incision not affecting text. some minor loss to leaf E8Footnote: Note: A highly unusual book and one of the first books to be published on European colonisation in Brazil. Alfred Métraux and Jacques Lafaye write that there are now no more than 10 copies of this original edition, published by Huby in Paris, in the world.Condition report: "A.F.", stamp and manuscript letters on upper cover and front flyleaf; English shelf mark on verso of front flyleaf; Text-block becoming detached from binding; A little wrinkling to covers, a few small tears, duplicate B 4 replacing H 8, front hinge cracked, vellum slightly soiled and worn, lacking ties

Poesies Françoises sur Diverses Sujets Composée par Plusieurs Celebres Auteurs French manuscript compiled by D.C.G. de Schousenbourg in Förste (Osterode am Harz, Germany) in 1742, manuscript title-page, 160pp. manuscript poetry and an 8pp. manuscript index, 13 x 11cm in contemporary red morocco with gilt tooled borders and gilt and orange gilt endpapers, custom-made slipcase

Williamson, Isaac: Surgeon & Accoucheur Manuscript diary for 1766-1767 written in The Daily Journal: or the Gentleman's and Trademan's complete Annual Accompt-Book...for the Year of our Lord 1766 , comprising 95 manuscript pages with short diary entries and lists of accounts, such as: "I saw a leg amputated at W Infirmary by Mr Spence. Did not go to Church...", "...was called at 3 this morning to a labour, which was not over till 12 O'Clock..." and "No Classes - was called to a labour but it was over before I got to the ward.", diary measures 15 x 9.5cm, spine disintegrated and leaves looseFootnote: Note: 'Accoucheur' is a term used for a male midwife. Williamson seems to have spent his time between medical classes and lectures, performing surgeries and assisting women in labour. Despite being based in Whitehaven, Cumbria, Williamson seems to have spent a few months in 1766 training in Edinburgh and Leith.

Indian Army, 19th century manuscript journal of Scottish soldier from him enlisting in Edinburgh in 1856 in the Hon. East India Co. Artillery, to experiences in India at Dum Dum, Allahabad, Allyghur, Meerut, &c. entitled "Reminiscescences of an old Soldier by Tope-Khannah Wallah", 4to, pencil manuscript, 109pp., mostly disbound, very legible

Scottish History, Travel and Literature a collection including Lyon, J.C. The History of St. Andrews, Ancient and Modern. 1838. engraved title, folding plan and 4 plates, original green embossed cloth, hinges repaired, Napier, Mark . History of the Partition of the Lennox. 1835, engraved plates, maroon half morocco gilt; Napier, Mark. The Case for the Crown in the Wigtown Martyrs proved to be mythos. 1863, manuscript letters bound in at end, half morocco, rubbed; Graham, Rev. P. Sketches of Perthshire. Edinburgh, 1812. 12mo, coloured folding map, contemporary half calf; Nelson, T., publisher. Souvenir of Scotland. 1889. 8vo, numerous chromolithographed plates, original cloth; MacGregor, G. The Collected Writings of Douglas Graham. Glasgow: for Subscribers and Private Circulation, 1883, 2 volumes, 8vo, number 25 of 250 copies, original cloth; Kerr, John . History of Curling. 1890. 8vo, morocco-backed pictorial boards; Holyroodhouse. The History of the Abbey, Palace and Chapel-Royal of. Edinburgh, 1821. Second edition, engraved title and 8 plates, original pictorial boards, uncut; Crosthwaite, J.F. The Last of the Derwentwaters. Cockermouth, 1874, bound with, Amelia, Countess and Heiress of Darwentwater. Jottings of original matter from the Diary of. 1869. 2 works bound in one, maroon half morocco; Mackay, John. The Reay Fencibles. 1890, original green pictorial cloth; Thomson, Andrew. The Hendersonian Testimony, being Five Essays by Working Men in Glasgow. 1849. 12mo, plates, original embossed cloth gilt; and 19 others (31)

Mellema, Edouard Leon Den Schat der Duytscher Tale... Rotterdam: Jan van Waesberghe, 1618. 8vo, contemporary vellum, a few early ownership inscriptions and manuscript title to covers, some soiling to covers, lower vellum panel lackingFootnote: Provenance: From the library of Kingcausie

Manuscript Recipe Book 19th century With 157 manuscript pages in at least two different hands, or compiled over a long period of time, 22.5 x 19cm, including recipes for: spun sugar, ginger beer, Lady Graham's pudding, hare cutlets, polish for mahogany, plumb [sic.] pudding, game pie, instructions on how to construct an ice house, spruce beer, coconut pudding, mille feuilles, and others, contemporary cloth, worn, several leaves detached, spine torn, title or p.1 lacking; Mrs Frazer The Practice of Cookery. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1810. Sixth edition, 12mo, 2 plates, contemporary calf rebacked with modern spine, many leaves repaired (2)

Niebuhr, Barthold Georg - Thomas Carlyle Alte Länder und Volker-Kunde manuscript volume inscribed to free-endpaper: "To the Revd William Lee, Roseburgh, from his friend T. Carlyle Chelsea 27 Septr. 1860", containing "The Works of Niebuhr the Latinist...", 466 manuscript pages in German in an unknown hand, with the final leaf reading "Schluss um 29 Mai 1828", contemporary 19th century half calf gilt, joints split

MacCaig, Norman 15 volumes (7 inscribed or signed), comprising: Surroundings. Hogarth Press, 1966, inscribed to Callum [McDonald] and Winnie, dust-jacket slightly discoloured; Selected Poems. Hogarth Press, 1971. First edition, inscribed "For Sydney & Hazel", one line corrected by the author on p.43, dust-jacket slightly marked, small tear; The White Bird. Hogarth Press, 1973. First edition, also inscribed to Sydney & Hazel "with loud good wishes", from the author, dust-jacket a little marked; Voice-Over. 1988, paperback, inscribed to Hazel; A World of Difference. 1983, paperback, inscribed to Hazel; Collected Poems. Hogarth Press, 1985, inscribed to Hazel "Ever hear of good wishes ? You have my best and affectionate ones", original cloth, dust-jacket; The Sinai Sort. Hogarth Press, 1957. First edition, 2 copies, 8vo, dust-jacket partly faded; Three Manuscript Poems. Exeter: Rougemont Press, 1970. 4to, number 81 of 100 signed copies, original wrappers slightly faded; Collected Poems. 1990, dust-jacket; The White Bird. Hogarth Press, 1973, dust-jacket, lightly marked; Riding Lights.Hogarth Press, 1955, dust-jacket slightly faded; Surroundings. Hogarth Press, 1966., bookplate of Ernest Anderson5Bawtree, dust-jacket spine discoloured; Old Maps and New. Hogarth Press, 1978; Inchnadamph & other poems. Stirling University, 1978, (15)

Of New Zealand All Black Interest, 1924-25 'Invincible's' Tour:, a brown leather rugby ball with manuscript inscription, 'Presented to Stanley Darbey by the 2nd-All Blacks 1924-25'.*Notes- The 1924-25 tour of England, France, Ireland and Canada by the All Blacks became known as the 'Invincible's' tour as they won all 32 matches including four international games during the tour

A WWI DSO group of four to 'Lieut R A B P Watts Som, LI':, George V Distinguished Service Order, 1914 Star with clasp, War Medal and Victory Medal, together with a small wooden figure of a sailor with manuscript note ' Given to R B P Watts by HRH The Duchess of Albany, Claremont, Esher, Nov 17th to Dec 18th /14'

A Victorian brass bound leather carte de vistie album of the Royal family:, Queen Victoria by W & D Downey, Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (Edward VII), The Princess of Wales, The Empress Eugenie, Miss (Florence) Nightingale by Kilburn, Lieut Gen Sir Garret Wolsley, Lady Wolsey and others, together with a manuscript list of portraits and two loose portraits in an envelope.

A pair of taxidermy mounted Otter masks by Peter Spicer, Leamington Spa:, both on shield plinths with paper labels to verso, one with additional manuscript label 'Jacobstowe Mill West Kennet 1887',

MANUSCRIPT volume: Epigrammata, 1703. Full vellum, 73 pages ; The Life and Reign of Henry the Sixth. Baldwin, 1712; covers detached; Plus one other.(3)

Persian illuminated gouache manuscript leaf depicting figures in a landscape with text, 30.5cm x 15.5cm.

Persian illuminated leaf from a manuscript, showing a battle scene and with inscriptions, 30.5cm x 16cm.

Indian illuminated gouache leaf from a manuscript depicting a Courting couple upon a terrace, with text, 20cm x 12cm.

Indian gouache leaf from a manuscript depicting a courting couple, 22cm x 13cm.

Indian illuminated gouache leaf from a manuscript depicting a courting couple at night and with inscriptions, 23cm x 11cm.

Regency Valentine, addressed to a Miss L. Shafe of White Row, Spitalfields (London), pre-stamp handstruck unpaid twopenny post, 14 February 1818. Folding paper card bearing manufacturer's watermark ('Dobbs 1815'), originally folded for the purpose of postage with the red sealing wax still present. Dobbs Patent with embossed floral border and corner designs depicting cupid in a variety of poses (firing arrows into love hearts, playing a harp) with French phrases in scrolls. Central design with manuscript romantic verse within a gilt love heart, vibrant watercolour floral border surmounted by two gilt doves and a heart pierced with crossed arrows.'An affectionate pledge of Unfeigned Attachment; From him, who upon the return of another Valentine's Day, looks forward with pleasure, to the time when his hopes may be realised; & at the altar of Hymen he shall receive the hand, accompanied with the heart of her for whom he feels - not a wild and romantic love, which abates after a short acquaintance:- but an affection which time increases rather than diminishes'. Condition very good, well-preserved with bold colours and script, several very minor archival tape repairs to short tears at extremities and on the postal address

Rolli (Paolo Antonio, 1687-1765). 'Rime, dedicate dal medesimo all'eccellenza di My Lord Bathurst, Londra, per Giov. Pickard, MDCCVII', Italian manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, 95 leaves + 1 blank, arabesque flourishes to title-page, section-titles and text, contemporary mottled sheep, second spine-compartment gilt-lettered 'Rolli', remains of paper labels, some stripping, 4to (22.4 x 17 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESCf. ESTC T101826. Contemporary manuscript copy of an uncommon work by the translator and librettist best remembered as the author of the first complete Italian translation of Paradise Lost (1735). Rolli lived in London between 1715 and 1744 and, 'through his various literary activities ... worked to foster English appreciation of the language and classic literature of Italy' (ODNB). His Rime was in fact published in 1717, the date here mistranscribed.

Nannini (Remigio, translator). [Epistole et evangelii che si leggono tutto l'anno alla messa, secondo l'uso della Santa Romana Chiesa, nuovaemente tradotti in lingua Toscana], [Venice: Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, 1569], woodcut initials and vignettes throughout, lacking first 7 leaves (a-b3), G4 torn with loss of a few words, soiling and staining, title-page in manuscript fascimile (with incorrect date 1549), 19th-century vellum, 4to, together with: Bembo (Pietro), Della historia Vinitiana volgarmente scritta libri XII, Venice: [Gualterio Scoto], 1552, lacking 2*3, 2*9-10, K1 and Z4, title-page soiled, disbound, 4to, Mancinelli (Antonio), [Omnia opera], 7 parts [only, of 8, lacking part 1], Venice: Giorgio Rusconi, 1519, part 3 lacking leaves F1-8, part 8 quire L water-damaged and lacking final quire M, each part separately bound in modern wrappers, 4to, and 3 others (Qty: 12)NOTESAdams B599 (Bembo). Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Scotland. Jaillot (Alexis Hubert), Carte de la mer D'Ecosse contenant les Isles et Costes septentrionales et occidentales D'Ecosse et les costes septentrionales D'Irlande, [1693 - 1753], large hand coloured engraved sea chart orientated to the west, old manuscript numbers in upper margin, one repaired closed tear affecting image in upper left corner, 600 x 850 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe map was originally published in the "Neptune Francois" in Paris in 1693 by Alexis Hubert Jaillot and soon pirated by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam and published the same year. This example is from a later publication of the "Neptune Francois" by J.N.Bellin.

Dolce (Lodovico). Di Diversi Eccellentiss Huomini, Raccolte da Diversi Libri: tra lequali se ne leggono molte, non piu stampate, Venice: Gabrie; Giolito de Ferrari, 1559, title and colophon with woodcut devices, bound without front and rear blanks, some light damp stains, early inscription excised from foot of title, manuscript annotations to front pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and worming, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Collection of letters, first published in 1554, this edition omits some letters from the first edition and contains new ones not previously published.

Machiavelli (Niccolo). Opere, 7 volumes, [Venice: G Pasquali], 1769, comprises volume I Il Principe (with engraved portrait frontispiece), volume II, De' Arte della Guerra (with folding engraved plate), volumes III-IV Discorsi, volume V, Istorie (part I only), volume VII, Lettere, volume VIIII Commedie Terzine, a little light spotting, some toning to endpapers, contemporary vellum with spines titled in manuscript, light soiling, 8vo, together with Cartari (Vincenzo) Seconda Novissima Editione delle Imagini de gli dei delli Antichi, Padua, 1626, half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, two folding woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, lacking all after p. 576, some worming and damp stains, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soling and stains, small 4to, plus others including Bernardo Davanzati's Scisma d'Inghilterra , Florence, 1638 (lacking leaf A1), and a small incomplete set of classics including Virgil Opera, 2 volumes, Strasbourg, 1807, Terence Comoediae, 2 volumes, 1789-80 and Horace Opera, 1792 (Qty: 18)NOTESProfessor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.