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EDWARD III]: (1312-1377) King of England and Lord of Ireland 1327-77. Manuscript document issued during the reign of King Edward III, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p. (Worthing?), Thursday on the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 14 Edward III (29th June 1340) in Latin. The document is a Quitclaim with Warranty whereby Thomas Bernard of Worthing 'gave granted & quitted claim for him & his heirs for ever' to Richard Rugwick of Heen 'All his right & Claim in one half Acre of Land….lying on the East side of the Town of Heen stretching from the West towards the East chiefly upon the….furlong between the Land of William…..the Tanner on the South and the Land which was Roger de Heen's on the North' Lacking the seal. Accompanied by an English transcript and some additional notes stating that the land referred to in the document was subsequently granted by one Taylor to Knight in a deed dated 1585 and that the land formed part of Heen Farm. Some light overall dust staining and age wear and with a few small, neat splits and minor areas of paper loss, and some slight traces of former mounting to the verso. G

LOUIS PHILIPPE I: (1773-1850) King of France 1830-48. D.S., Louis Philippe D'Orleans, one page, folio, n.p., March 1817, in French. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, grants a patent to Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier. Boldly signed at the conclusion alongside a blind embossed seal and bearing a countersignature. Some extensive dust staining to the edges and with some tears and neat splits to the edges of the folds, G Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1766-1834) French Organist & Composer.

A Persian illuminated manuscript page of a sexual intercourse, framed and glazed, 30 x 22 cm

Original Royal Naval Mid-Shipman's log by H E F Worthington, as kept on board HM Ship Defence 1878-1879 and HM Ship Northumberland 1879-1880, highly detailed and extensive manuscript log, many hand drawn maps and much interesting information concerning the day-to-day running of these vessels

Indo Persian Illuminated Page / Picture comprising six vignettes scenes with manuscript text, 19cms x 28cms, framed and glazed

A 16th century Persian manuscript page from a Koran scribed by Adb al-haq Bin Hassan ibn Ahmed ibn Yahya alIsfahani in Isfahan, dated 1551, with details to verso, set in gilt frame, 15 x 12cm

Sir Alfred Munnings, an interesting archive of sketches, correspondence and ephemera, to include: five pencil sketches of figures and horses, one inscribed and dated 'Kersey, Suffolk, 1931', largest 16.5 x 20.5cm; various autographed manuscript letters, some on headed paper; a further letter from Sandringham House; other contemporary catalogues and related.  

Group of pictures and maps including a map of Asia, architectural prints, illustrated manuscript, naïve landscape with animals and figures, (7).

An incredible rare 19th century Ethiopian prayer book manuscript - hand written in coptic language in red and black, with occasional painted illustrations. Vellum, bound with wooden board covers. 180 leaves, with sparse unpainted illustrations throughout. Bound within its original wooden boards. Condition generally good for age, yellowing and staining of pages, and some suffer from contemporary doodles. Otherwise a rare example. 

A late 19th century Mughal painted manuscript depicting two lovers and an attendant, framed and glazed, 18 x 11.5cm

Early Illustrated Nepalese Divination Manuscript. In Newari on yellow stained paper in various hands and formats. On 11 leaves of paper. Having writing/illustration on each side of manuscript. Unfolded, the total manuscript measures 51 x 11 inches.

Early Nepalese Double-Sided Manuscript Book. In Newari on paper. Unfolded, the manuscript measures 38 x 11 inches.

Early Double-Sided Illustrated Nepalese Manuscript Book. In Newari on paper. Unfolded, the manuscript measures 44 x 11 inches.

Woodstock ukulele, boxed; together with five harmonicas, a kazoo, five Maestro conductors batons and a quantity of Overscore manuscript tape

Letters patent. King George V grant of title appointing Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder as Baron Horder of Ashford in the County of Southampton, 23 January 1923. Manuscript red & black ink on vellum, illuminated capital, Great Seal within red morocco case bearing gilt Royal coat-of-arms, the whole housed in velvet-lined wooden case with red morocco by John Peck & Son, Southwark. Good, clean, bright; case worn with loss to leather. The case includes an empty envelope, blind-stamped House of Lords, inscribed, 'Key of Patent Box, The Lord Horder'. Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder (1871-1955), was an English physician recognised as one of the greatest clinicians and diagnosticians of his day; his patients included Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II, and two prime ministers

Nature Printed Ferns. A sketchbook/album partially filled with nature-printed illustrations of ferns (24 pages of illustrations, most pages featuring several different ferns), finished with watercolour, manuscript titles/descriptions in pencil and ink, most inscribed 'Langley Fernery' and dated throughout 1860. Oblong folio, half crushed green morocco with gilt title and initials to upper board, 'Nature Printed Ferns, H. H.', all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Natural History / Botanical / Horticultural Interest

Collection of Victorian Valentines and greetings cards, predominantly c.1870, including Dobbs and similar paper lace examples (some with watercolour illustrations and manuscript verse, some with embossed/die-cut chromolithographic romantic motifs); a "beehive" (also known as "cobwebs", "flower cages" or "birdcages"); "sachets" (sometimes scented sachets were sent instead of cards); a few embossed/3-D/opening-doors examples. To include an elaborate 3-D Christmas card depicting young boy and girl in garden. 68 in album

English Civil War Interest. Collection of six manuscripts and pamphlets, comprising: 1) Scarce pamphlet recording the Royalist surrender of Lichfield Cathedral Close. Articles for the Delivering up of Lichfield-Close on Thursday the 16 of this instant July, Together with A List of the Commanders, Officers, and Gentlemen of Quality that were in the Close at the Surrender thereof, London: Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honorable House of Commons, 18 July 1646. Small quarto, title within woodcut border, 12 pages. 2) A Sermon Preached before the Kings Majesty, by John Hacket, London: Printed by W. Wilson for John Place, 1660, small quarto pamphlet with woodcut royal cypher for King Charles I, 38 pages. 3) Manuscript letter addressed to Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, requesting a licence to practice medicine for a former soldier who couldn't finish his studies due to the Civil War, 'Mr Thomas Lightwood of Bradley in ye County of Derby, Batchelour of Arts & six years resident in ye University of Cambridge, but by reason of ye late unhappy wars (wherein he took up armes for his late Majesty King Charles ye first) being disappointed of taking any further degree...now desire a licence to practise in physick', Lichfield, 23 July 1677; 4) Manuscript vellum indenture relating to Stafford, 1648; 5) Manuscript vellum indenture relating to 'Wynford', 1455 (King Richard III period); 6) Manuscript Irish document with various signatories confirming their approval for a student at Emanuel College to be considered for the role of Usher at Duke of Ormonde's School in Kilkenny, 1694, on laid paper bearing wax seals (6)

Derbyshire History & Topography. Collection comprising: 1) Hutton, W. The History of Derby, London: J. Nichols, 1791, all plates present as called for (including engraved prospect frontispiece), contemporary blue paper covered boards with crude calf spine. 2) Bray, William. Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire and Yorkshire, second edition, London: B. White, 1783, all engraved plates as called for, full contemporary calf with remnants of title label. 3) An Act for Dividing and inclosing the several Commons and Waste Grounds, within the Liberty of Buxton, in the Parish of Bakewell and County of Derby, [1772], 17 pages. 4) An Act for Making and Maintaining a Navigable Canal from the River Trent...and for making Rail Ways...all in the County of Derby, [1793], 83 pages. 5) Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888, Minutes of Proceedings before the Hon. T. H. Pelham, London: HMSO, 1893, quarter buckram with marbled boards and manuscript title label (5)

Derbyshire History Interest. Collection of maps and guides comprising: Derby Corporation town planning map, Ordnance Survey, extensively hand-coloured with manuscript key, signed by the surveyor and dated January 1920, sectional, linen-backed; two sectional linen-backed folding maps for Castle Donington Manor (Copyholds in Derby Hills & Ticknall; Copyholds in Castle Donington); linen-backed folding Ordnance Survey map of Darley Abbey, marbled paper ends, slipcase bearing Stanford label; OS map of Derby dated in black ink (16 January 1912); three late-Victorian/Edwardian guides to Buxton; two albums of printed views depicting Buxton and Matlock (10)

Late-Georgian scrapbook, c.1830, 240 pages of mounted engraved portraits, caricatures/cartoons, topographical views, heraldic devices, natural history plates (birds, butterflies, mammals), fashion plates, travel & exploration plates (natives/inhabitants), printed verse and published articles, mounted crests. Printmaking methods include stipple engraving, etching, aquatint. Featuring six pages of trimmed and mounted signatures/autographs (presumably taken from free frank post and correspondence), most appear to be political figures, including Lord John Russell, Palmerston (Prime Minister), Waldo Sibthorp, Thomas Wilde, Melville, Mann-Cornwallis, Christopher Cole, and others (many indistinctly signed). The album includes an original ticket for the trial of Warren Hastings, engraved in red ink on laid/chain-lined paper with wax seal, inscribed 'William Henry'. The album includes a manuscript letter, signed 'G Noel', 1837, requesting a work by Archbishop Leighton if it is 'among your books for sale'. Quarto, contemporary blind-embossed green calf with marbled endpapers, morocco ownership label lettered in gilt to front pastedown, 'Elizabeth Becket, Newark', rebacked with the original spine laid down

Two Victorian "beehive" Valentines (also known as "cobwebs", "flower cages" or "birdcages"), rare mechanical cards in which a secret message is revealed by pulling a piece of thread to lift concentric circles of a web. The first features a watercolour of a rose (lifts to reveal two love hearts in flames), manuscript romantic verse, gilt romantic motifs, Dobbs embossed paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (J Whatman 1827), addressed to Miss Catharine Simpson, Culhorn, Stranraer. The second is paper lace with hand-coloured lithographic flowers and verse, addressed to John Simpson Esquire, Culhorn, Stranraer, postmarked Leith, 22 Feb 1841. Together with five other Victorian Valentines (including a watercolour apple that lifts up to reveal the words, 'Apple Sauce for My Valentine'); a 19th-century passport for John Simpson, 16 July 1855, signed by the Earl of Clarendon, housed in leather wallet by W. Adams of Fleet Street, various stamps including France and Germany (1855-57);  three photographs (family portraits and house); typewritten account of 'A Shetland Holiday, May 1974'; a United Grand Lodge certificate for John Charles Bartram of Dorothy Vernon Lodge in Bakewell, 12 November 1929

Collection of printed material and ephemera relating to Staffordshire and Cheshire (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe), to include a collection of George III Acts relating to Staffordshire (canals, improvements to pavements/lighting, land enclosure, water supply, construction of bridges); a small manuscript inventory of goods at the Bird-in-Hand, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1895; a printed 'List of Paupers' in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1865; collection of prints and photographs (early- to mid-20th century); advertising cards for local companies; programmes and brochures for shows/meetings/events; a small quantity of early-19th century auction posters; a large quantity of business receipts/invoices for local companies (on headed paper, some featuring engraved pictorial trade marks). In eight box files (8)

Collection of 18th & 19th century vellum indentures relating to Staffordshire (predominantly Newcastle-under-Lyme), including wills, probates, admittance, conveyances, marriage settlements, mortgages, surrenders. Names include Hollins, Simpson, Sherwin, Yates, Cooke, Bishton, Hanbury, Stocker, Brain, Blackwall, Preston, Dudson, Roberts, and many others. To include a manuscript map, 'Plan of a Manufactory' in Longton (pottery works), 1857, ink & watercolour, linen-backed, and a vellum indenture relating to James Meakin and Thomas Wedgwood, 1774. Includes a quantity of Victorian auction catalogues for various estate sales. In one box

Collection of ephemera relating to Staffordshire (Potteries, Newcastle, Stoke), including business receipts/invoices (some featuring engraved trade marks); 19th-century deeds/indentures; In Memoriam cards; programmes for shows/events; bus tickets; theatre programmes; invitation cards; menus; advertising cards; industry/trade catalogues and brochures; cheques; documents relating to RSPCA; flyers for clubs/societies; auction/show posters. To include 'County of Stafford Calendar of Prisoners to be tried at the Autumn Assizes', with descriptions of crimes (including attempted miscarriages using poison; rape; murder; attempted suicide; GBH); a detailed typewritten valuation report/inventory for Caverswall Castle, 1932; a detailed manuscript bill addressed to William Challinor, 1794. In five small boxes (5)

Collection of books relating to Staffordshire history/topography, comprising: General View of the Agriculture of Stafford, by William Pitt, London: G. Nicol, 1796, full contemporary calf with oxblood morocco title label; A Topographical History of Staffordshire, by William Pitt, Newcastle-under-Lyme, J. Smith, 1817, half-calf; A Survey of Staffordshire, by Sampson Erdeswicke, London: E. Curll, 1717, rebound; A Copy of the Poll of Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyme, W. H. Hyde, 1833; a manuscript 'Inventory of Plate' for P. Beresford Hope Esq., 1887; Notes and Collections Relating to the Parish of Aldridge in the County of Stafford, by Jeremiah Finch Smith, Leicester: W. H. Lead, 1889; On the Art of Pottery, by Joseph Mayer, Liverpool: D. Marples, 1873; Directory of Staffordshire (as found), Parson & Bradshaw (8)

Browning, Robert. Pan and Luna, illustrated by R. Wheatcroft, manuscript in black ink (presumably written by the illustrator), in folder bearing watercolour title to upper cover, 13 pages of handwritten verse and four original watercolour plates (each one signed & dated l.l., 1907), silk ties

* [Dickens, Charles]. Ticket for Charles Dickens's Final Readings, 1870, printed in black on pink card, giving the purchaser entry to a public reading by Dickens at St. James's Hall on Tuesday February 1st in 1870, in the Sofa Stall, Row 14, No. 23, priced 7s, used (i.e. with left hand portion torn off on entry to event), 7 x 5.5cm (2.75 x 2.25ins), housed in a W.H. Smith envelope embossed on flap '34 & 35 New Bond Street, London, W.1.' and with 'WHS' monogram, note in early manuscript on front pertaining to contents (Qty: 1)NOTESCharles Dickens, renowned for his powerful theatrical public readings of his own novels, embarked on a series of twelve "farewell" performances at St. James's Hall, from 11th January to 15th March 1870. The readings, given despite Dickens's fragile state of health, included episodes from Pickwick Papers , Oliver Twist and the perennial favourite A Christmas Carol . The tickets for these Final Readings were hugely sought after and on 15th March Dickens faced an audience of some two thousand people, with many more having been turned away. After the final performance Dickens made an emotional speech which ended: ''... from these garish lights I vanish now for evermore... '', words which were inscribed on his funeral card distributed at Westminster Abbey three months later. A rare and significant piece of Dickensiana in excellent condition.

* Paper dolls. Our Favorite Dolls, New York: A. T. Co.'s Paper Doll Series, circa 1890s, a large chromolithographed paper doll, comprising a cut-out thick cardboard figure of a young girl in lace petticoat and bloomers, creased at neck (archival tape repair to verso), 42 x 20cm (16.5 x 8ins), five card dresses with tabs (tabs creased), and four slotted hats, each verso with blue printed dress or hat description with company information below (two hat descriptions with slight surface loss), two dresses with tiny underarm tears, plus four card dresses with tabs (creased), and three slotted hats, each verso with pencil manuscript dress or hat description, some with basic company information in addition, three dresses with tiny underarm tears, one dress with crease to lower corner and one with crease to right cuff, contained in original pictorial card envelope (one fold splitting, adhesive tape repairs to tabs, and some edge-wear), together with Our Favorite Dolls, New York: Amlico Publishing Company, circa 1890s, a large chromolithographed paper doll, comprising a cut-out thick cardboard figure of a young boy wearing under garments, with stand strengthened on verso, 43.5 x 18cm (7ins), five card outfits with tabs (tabs creased), and five slotted hats (two with small adhesive tape repairs to slots), each verso except one hat with blue printed description and company information (A.T. Co.'s Paper Doll Series) below, one hat with pencil manuscript description and company information on verso, contained in original pictorial card envelope (adhesive tape repairs to tabs, some edge-wear and closed tears) (Qty: 2)NOTESThe pencil manuscript descriptions on the verso of some girl's dresses and hats possibly indicate a proof copy, as they state for example 'Green instead of pink' or 'Blue jacket instead of Pink', the dresses or hats themselves being mostly identical to the previous versions except in colouring. Perhaps they suggest a re-issue of this handsome paper dolls series, which saw life under various publishers including Selchow & Righter, in addition to the two companies represented here. A rare set with these colour variants appearing together.

* Toy Theatre. Urania Theatre, late 19th century, a toy theatre of wooden construction, with colour lithographed front facade featuring a pediment lettered 'Urania' supported by decorative panels (some surface wear), colour lithographed backdrop and double-sided rotating wings (giving an interior and exterior scene), side-supports to wings renewed, later electric footlights, red curtain, overall size 62.5 x 52 x 34 cm (24.5 x 20.5 x 13.5 ins), together with 12 colour lithographed cardboard figures on wires with wooden bases, including an elephant with howdah, some with printed labels on verso, including 'Pedrillo', 'Vouda', 'Guzman', 'Stuart', and some with early manuscript names in ink or pencil, occasional damage, and slight losses, approximately 15 cm (6 ins) high (Qty: 1)

* Erotica. A trinket box, circa 1810-1820, circular brass coaster, with pierced rim, top inset with gathered and twisted leather forming a closure (rubbed), base inset with hand-coloured circular etching of six erotic scenes and a mythological deity in the form of a faun (possibly Pan?), toned and some water-staining to edge, small hole in blank margin, diameter 8 cm (3.25 ins), together with An early Victorian Valentine, circa 1840, hand-coloured lithographed sheet, with a romantic allegorical verse in which a cottage 'To be Let with immediate possession' is symbolic of the heart, surrounded by an illustration of cupid beside a young lady seated on a bench next to a fountain, and a winding road 'Love Lane' leading to 'Hearts' Cottage', within border of flowers, lyres, and love birds, several folds, toned, and some show-through from contemporary manuscript on verso, 24.5 x 19.5 cm (9.75 x 7.75 ins), framed and glazed, plus Matrimony Thermometer, Germany, circa 1880s, glass thermometer mounted on card printed with six increments each illustrated by a colour lithographed figure of a man or woman: 'Indifferent', 'Flirting', 'in love', 'Jealous', 'Angry', Furious', toned, extreme tip of lower left corner missing, length 19 cm (7.5 ins), housed in original cardboard box, worn, titled on pull-off lid in early manuscript, and a large heart-shaped Boer War pincushion with label on front 'Granadier Guards' and Edward VII's cypher, 19 x 18 cm (7.5 x 7 ins) (Qty: 4)NOTESAn unusual collection of objects pertaining to love and marriage. The first item is particularly curious; we have been unable to trace anything similar. We can only speculate what it was used for; perhaps holding accoutrements of a gentleman's dress (collar studs etc.), for storing dice, or maybe for holding sugared almonds or similar comfits. Whatever its ostensible use, its true purpose is clearly to amuse and titilate. The second item might appeal to anyone involved in the sale or management of property: "I have a little heart to let,/Depicted just above,/The fixtures are unvarying truth,/The Rent is - Constant Love...".

Manuscript . Merry Elves, circa 1870, story booklet containing eight pen & ink drawings, with traces of pencil, on card rectos, with accompanying ink manuscript on facing versos, some minor toning and marks, gilt upper and lower edges, fore-edges and spine bound with stitched purple silk ribbon, first and final pages forming covers (dust-soiled and lightly spotted), with manuscript title on front cover, oblong 8vo (11 x 15 cm/4.5 x 6ins), together with a seven early 20th century pen, ink, and watercolour drawings on wove paper (six in pairs on rectos of conjoined leaves, the other with adjoining leaf cut away), each illustrating a different nursery rhyme (By Baby Bunting; I Had a Little Nut Tree; Three Blind Mice; Jack Sprat; Doctor Foster; Little Miss Muppet; Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son), sheet size 19.5 x 25cm (7.5 x 10ins), loosely contained in buff boards, with pictorial title on upper cover in pen, ink, and watercolour 'A Book of Nursery Rhymes', front pastedown with ink inscription 'Written and illustrated by Frances Lindesay', oblong 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESA charming hand-made little booklet relating the story of Dandelion and Bindweed, two mischievous elves who get their comeuppance after teasing a toad.

Felix Annuals. The Felix Annual: Picture Stories of the Famous Film Cat, 3 volumes, 1924, 1926, and 1928, each with four colour plates, central 14 pages printed in red & black, some spotting and marks, mainly to margins, 1924 page 2 with faint crayon colouring,1926 frontispiece laid down with mounted manuscript label, 1928 with closed fore edge tear to one leaf, 1924 rear pastedown edges dampstained (lightly affecting rear cover), 1928 front free endpaper blank verso with contemporary prize plate, stitching showing in places, original cloth-backed boards, 1924 and 1926 rubbed with some wear and marks, 1928 extremities rubbed, rear cover dust-soiled, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: 1926 volume with mounted manuscript label stating 'From the 14,000 volume book collection of Vincent A. Baxendale, 4, Kirkstone Drive, Norbreck... Nr Blackpool, Lancs 1974'.

* [Andersen, Hans Christian]. The Nightingale, 1924, watercolour on wove paper, depicting a scene from The Nightingale, showing Death being dissuaded from taking the Emperor of China's life, by the nightingale singing outside the window, title and date in contemporary pencil manuscript on verso, 33.5 x 24 cm (13.25 x 9.5 ins), window mounted and with loose back mount (Qty: 1)NOTESIt is possible that this apparently unpublished original illustration is by Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957). It was evidently executed to accompany the Hans Andersen story ‘The Nightingale’, first published in Nye Eventyr ( New Fairy Tales ) in 1844. Detmold apparently produced a set of colour plates for a Hodder & Stoughton edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales which were never used. It is said that, being such a meticulous worker, Detmold took too long over the work, and the publisher, having already issued editions of the same work illustrated by Edmund Dulac, William Heath Robinson and Kay Nielsen (the latter in 1924), clearly decided to forgo producing a further edition and Detmold's plates remained unused. It is not inconceivable, then, that this watercolour is one of the paintings Detmold produced for Hodder, showing as it does similarities in palette and technique to other illustrative work by the artist.

Cox (Morris). March Demon, A Collage Novel, author's original 'manuscript' copy, London, 1938, [12], 232 leaves, the title-page and text a collage cut up from ten 19th-century works, the composite text pasted centrally to recto of each hand-numbered leaf, occasional use of whitener, versos blank, original canvas-covered boards with two screwed spine pegs, the two covers hand-coloured by Cox in a magic square design, small typed label to upper cover, 4to (26 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Alan Tucker, from the author. From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. A typed note on the leaf following the title-page explains: 'This collage is altogether made up of the following short and (most likely) forgotten works'. The following eight leaves have the title-pages of the eight works from which Cox composed this work: 1) The Maiden Monarch; Or, Island Queen , vol. 1, R. Hastings, 1840; 2) The Tell-Tale: An Original Collection of Moral and Amusing Stories , Harris and Son, 1823; 3) Louisa Featherington, and Other Tales , Religious Tract Society, [1866]; 4) The Child's Guide to Knowledge; Being a Collection of Useful and Familiar Questions and Answers on Every-Day Subjects... , by a Lady, 48th edition, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1874 5) The Girls' Reading-Book or Chapters on Home Work and Duties by Mrs Henry Sandford, W. & R. Chambers, 1877; 6) A Guide to the Knowledge of Life, Vegetable and Animal... , by Robert James Mann, 3rd edition, Jarrold & Sons, circa 1860s; 7) The World's Birthday. A Book for the Young by Professor L. Gaussen, T. Nelson, 1865; 8) Model Lessons for Infant School Teachers and Nursery Governesses, Prepared for the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, by the Author of 'Lessons on Objects' , R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838. According to Alan Tucker all the books were bought for a few pence on Faringdon Road or at chapel fetes. 'Note the seventh title devoted to the Sabbath, the 8th to objects. Why eight books? Maybe an arbitrary number, though the first title is out of character with the rest, and probably indicates Victoria, eight letters to her name, still a maiden in Vol. 1. Solomon of course was born (and buried) on a Monday. On the last page the hero gets married and imagines he's arrived in heaven.' Cox's inspiration for collage came from Kurt Schwitters and Max Ernst and was submitted to Faber who rejected it 'just as they were about to publish (with some misgivings) Finnegans Wake . Cox used to say Faber turned him down from a natural reaction to [James] Joyce: Enough already. They have taken one chance and were not in the mood to promote another uncommercial book, particularly from a totally unknown writer' (Alan Tucker, 'Finnegans Wake and March Demon: A collage text by Morris Cox', flashpointmag.com, 28 July 2009. Cox gave this book to Alan Tucker and later borrowed it back to issue in his Gogmagog Photocopy Library (1984), Franklin 46.

Cox (Morris). Magogmagog. Being Random Examples of the Innumerable, Incredible Ideas & Guises of Gog, Ma, Gogma & Magog, Gogmagog Press, 1973, 9 reverse/offset linocuts printed in black on blue backgrounds, prospectus, all edges yellow, original vellum-backed pictorial boards, acetate wrapper (cut down), 4to, limited signed edition 4/75, together with a suite of 13 proof linocuts (including a few duplicates), for Magogmagog loosely contained in original wrapper with a short manuscript note from Morris Cox to Alan Tucker enclosing the work (Qty: 2)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 23.

George (Stefan). Das Jahr der Seele, 1st edition, Berlin: Blaetter fuer die Kunst, 1897, [ 52] pp. comprising initial blank, title-page designed by Melchior Lechter printed in red and black, and [48] pp. text typographically arranged by Lechter after George's manuscript, headings and initials printed in red and blue, toning, a few faint spots, faint tide-mark to fore margin of last 2 leaves, final page (with colophon) browned, original wrappers bound in (short closed tear to rear wrapper), edges untrimmed, near-contemporary green vellum, front cover lettered in gilt, covers sprung, 4to (18.7 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Landmann 82. One of 200 copies (there were also three copies on van Gelder paper, and three on japon). The author's sixth book.

George (Stefan). Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke. Endgültige Fassung, 18 volumes in 15, 1st edition, deluxe issue, Berlin: Georg Bondi, 1928-34, 5 engraved portrait plates with tissue-guards, colour plate to volume 2, manuscript facsimile in text, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original full parchment gilt, light dust-soiling in places, a bright set, 8vo (Qty: 15)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Landmann 534. Number 28 of 80 sets, printed on japon and bound in full parchment gilt. There was also a trade issue, printed on paper and bound in blue cloth.

Gilchrist (Alexander). Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus." With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1863, all plates as called for, occasional spotting, contemporary ownership inscriptions effaced from half-titles, original pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded and rolled, headcaps frayed, tips slightly bumped and worn, 8vo, together with: Nonesuch Press, Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, complete in one volume, London: Nonesuch Press, 1927, original limp orange vellum, spine faded, 8vo, ibid., The Note-Book of William Blake called the Rossetti Manuscript. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes, London: Nonesuch Press, 1935, original blue cloth, spine faded, 4to, number 158 of 650 copies, ibid., The Life of William Blake by Mona Wilson, London: Nonesuch Press, 1927, 23 plates (of 24: lacking plate 17), top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter vellum, folio, number 388 of 1480 copies, and 3 others, all on William Blake (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian.

Gill (Eric, illustrator). Autumn Midnight, by Frances Cornford, [Printed at S. Dominic's Press, Ditchling, for] The Poetry Bookshop, 1923, wood-engraved frontispiece, initials and decorations, inside front cover with book ticket to lower corner, edges untrimmed, original pink wrappers, front wrapper printed in black, with a decorative initial and a device by Gill, each cover with a short closed fore-edge tear, slim 8vo, together with Gill (Eric) , Drawings from Life, London: Hague & Gill, 1940, 36 full-page illustrations from drawings, variable spotting throughout, original blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, silver blocked device on front cover, extremities rubbed, some minor marks, 8vo, plus The Lord's Song, a Sermon, London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, one full-page wood-engraved illustration, one decorative initial, original cream cloth gilt, spine a little darkened, slim 8vo (limited edition, 36/500 copies, ink manuscript edition number appears to have been altered) (Qty: 3)NOTESGill 273, 48 & 26 respectively. Autumn Midnight: various states of the wrappers are recorded. Here the author's name is enclosed within rules, there is no hyphen in "Midnight", and "Sixpence" is spelled incorrectly as "Sxipence".

Gill (Eric, illustrator). The Devil's Devices or Control versus Service, by Douglas Pepler, 1st edition 'proof' copy, London: Hampshire House Workshops, 1915, limitation page (partly toned) with ink manuscript authorial inscription 'To my dear friend Edward Grubb, 6.4.16, Douglas Pepler', wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, front free endpaper with tipped-in notice printed in red 'I have been grieved to learn... Douglas Pepler', original cloth-backed boards (rubbed), front cover with wood-engraved illustration, spine slightly frayed at head, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition, 44/200 'proof' copies, signed by both author and illustrator. Gill 259.

Connolly (Cyril). The Unquiet Grave, a word cycle by Palinurus, 1st edition, Horizon, 1944, 4 monochrome plates, text with several manuscript corrections by the author, additionally inscribed to half title by Connolly 'Elizabeth from Palinurus. 'on est ce qu'on est', etc.', and dated Nov 1944, original printed wrappers, rubbed and a little frayed to foot spine, some minor marks and discolouration, upper inner hinge detached, 8vo, with an original telegram from Cyril Connolly to 'Lordon Gleconner, Corfu', undated but referring to the author's recovery from illness (written in a partly surrealist manner with deliberate misspellings), together with Enemies of Promise, 1st edition, 1938, original dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, with worn dust wrapper, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'Elisabeth from Cyril.', dated The Mansion, May 21, 47, and quoting 10 lines of verse by Tennyson and a quotation from Brillat-Savarin 'Proposer a des obeses de se lever matin, c'est leur percer le coeur', plus 5 other works by Cyril Connolly: The Rockpool, new edition, 1947, inscribed 'Elizabeth from Cyril - 'nor was, when vice is so allowed of virtue or ashamed or proud Stephen's sister, Toby's mother, Powell ere though breed such another time shall kick a peg at thee', dated The glenn, Bei Reebles, Aug. 1950, in somewhat worn dust wrapper, Ideas and Places, 1st edition, 1953, inscribed 'to dearest Elizabeth with love from Cyril' blessed are the botanists for they shall inherit a rich fibrous loam', with worn dust wrapper, Previous Convictions, 1st edition, 1963, similarly inscribed by Connolly and dated 1963, in frayed dust wrapper, and 2 others, unsigned, all 8vo (Qty: 7)NOTESBy descent, from the library of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner (1899-1983) and his second wife Lady Elizabeth (née Powell), who were friends with various writers including Cyril Connolly, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell. They were parents to the author Emma Tennant and Lord Glenconner's siblings included Edward Wyndham Tennant and Stephen Tennant. See also lots 866 & 892.

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886, half title (with titles listed to verso), single leaf at end advertising A Child's Garden of Verses, inside front wrapper with tipped-in pictorial bookplate 'Munson Aldrich Havens, Hetty Ganson Havens', original wrappers (soiled), printed in red and blue, front cover detached, with short closed tear to lower right corner and a couple of small pale stains, spine worn with losses at head and foot, with associated manuscript letter on printed notepaper, from James F. Drake of the Association Book Company of New York, dated 1910, to Munson A. Havens, contained together in portfolio wrapper, with label 'The Library of the University of Texas, Rare Book Collections' inside front flap, and pictorial bookplate (as above) on outside of front flap, within matching slipcase, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESPrideaux 17; Swearingen pp.98-102. Scarce first issue, with the date hand-corrected in ink to the upper wrapper. Originally scheduled to be published in December 1885, the publisher, concerned that "the bookstalls were already full of Christmas numbers", postponed its release to the following January. The wrapper was already printed, therefore the printed date was changed by hand from 1885 to 1886.

Wallace (Edgar, 1875-1932). Autograph poem signed, 'Edgar Wallace', Babbacombe, [Devon], 1 April 1918, an untitled manuscript poem of four 4-line verses relating to the war and Babbacombe, written in a contemporary autograph album, the majority of remaining leaves blank, except three leaves with contemporary inscription and drawings, all edges gilt, original limp cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong 8vo (Qty: 1)

Jersey law interest - three 18th / early 19th century handwritten manuscript volumes one titled 'Du Droit', on laid paper, 138p., in old half calf with marbled boards, gilt title label to spine, 8vo.; the second with sections titled 'Ordres de Justice', 'Remontrances', 'Billes', 'Billets', 'Taxationdu froment & autres rentes' and 'Contrats', some with English translations, on ruled paper, 157p., the first and last dated 1798 and 1851, with contents to front, orig. vellum, 4to; plus one other. (3)

Camden (William). [ Britain , or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Ilands Adioyning, out of the Depth of Antiquitie: Beautified with Mappes of the Severall Shires of England..., 1610], lacking title page and preliminaries, later erroneous manuscript title crediting the atlas to John Speed bound in after front endpaper, long closed tear to title, eight engraved plates of coins, fifty-five (only of fifty-seven) uncoloured, mostly folding engraved maps after C. Saxton, by W. Kip and G. Hole, lacking Carmarthen & the Heptarchy of the British Isles, sparse near contemporary ink marginalia to text, Hampshire bound upside down, a few maps with frayed margins and slight loss of printed image, Derbyshire with closed tear affecting image, North Riding of Yorkshire torn with loss and crudely repaired, slight worming to margins of last few leaves, occasional spotting, index bound at rear, last leaf backed with later paper, maps re-guarded, eight loosely inserted genealogical tables, hinges and joints split and weak, early 19th century half calf, worn and rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. Chubb XIX.

Cary (John). Cary's Travellers's Companion; or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom, 1819, engraved title, 43 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, including folding map of Yorkshire contained in map pocket, 4pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, one preliminary blank detached, stitching showing at front, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco wallet binding, darkened and rubbed with some splitting to map pocket, with notebook loosely inserted, 11 pages with contemporary ink or pencil manuscript travelling notes, all edges gilt, matching marbled wrappers, 8vo (Qty: 1)

Eaton - Cheshire. The Eaton Tourist: or a "colloquial description" of the Hall, Grounds, Gardens, &c. at Eaton, the Seat of the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor, Chester: J. Seacome, 1825, etched frontispiece, folding map and 4 plates, manuscript note to fore-margin of title, some offsetting from plates, bound with Bath , The Original Bath Guide: containing an Essay on the Bath Waters; with a Description of the City; and a variety of miscellaneous information, Bath: M. Meyler , [1824?], folding engraved frontispiece, decorative vignette title, 2 folding maps, 2 plates and 1 wood engraved illustration, bound with Kenilworth , A Guide to Kenilworth, containing a brief historical account of the Castle, Priory, and Church..., Coventry: Merridew & Son, circa 1824, engraved frontispiece, 5 plates and single-page plan, manuscript note to fore-margin of title, bound with Coventry , The Coventry Guide, containing a concise account of the ancient history of the City, and particular descriptions of the Churches, St. Mary Hall and other public buildings, Coventry: Merridew & Son, 1824, engraved frontispiece, 6 plates, some offsetting, manuscript note to fore-margin of title, 20th century half calf, small 8vo, together with Butcher (Edmund) , An Excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the Summer of 1803. In a series of letters to a Lady. Including sketches of the principal towns and villages, 2 parts in one, London: C. Whittingham for H.D. Symonds, 1805, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, red morocco title label, 12mo in 6s, plus [Gibbs, Samuel] , Gibb's Illustrated Bath Visitant; or, New Guide to Bath, Bath: Samuel Gibbs, [1855?], engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 2 folding engraved maps and 3 plates, wood engraved illustrations, adverts at rear, all edges gilt, late 19th century dark brown half morocco gilt by Riviere, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo in 6s, and Oldfield (Henry George & Dyson, R.R.) , The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham High-Cross, in the County of Middlesex..., London: Printed for the authors, 1790, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, folding pedigree, light scattered spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, black morocco title label, upper joint cracked, large 12mo, plus [Bristol Hot-Wells] , Important Considerations, respectfully addressed to a distinguished Female Invalid; and Published with a view to the benefit of other Patients at the Bristol Hot-Wells, Bristol: Printed by J. Mills & Co., circa 1808, upper blank margin of title excised, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, small slim 8vo (Qty: 5)

Jefferys (Thomas, & Thomas Kitchin). The Small English Atlas. being a new and Accurate Sett of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales, printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, John Bowles and Carington Bowles, circa 1775 decorative double page title with later ink manuscript date in margin, preface and two general maps of England and Wales, forty-eight (complete) uncoloured engraved double page maps, some offsetting and slight spotting, later endpapers, modern quarter morocco, 4to (Qty: 1)

[Metroland] . 'The Regional Survey of Gerrards Cross based on the Six Inch O. S. Map No. 48 S. E.', Easter 1940, manuscript title-page, 1 printed and 10 manuscript maps all hand-coloured (30 x 46 cm), 20 matt gelatin silver print photographs (mainly 8.5 x 13 cm), all mounted rectos only on 15 cloth-hinged thick card leaves with manuscript captions on mounted slips, 1 additional leaf with inset sheet of translucent paper captioned by hand providing key to photographs on subsequent leaf, printed label 'F. Whillock' to front pastedown, post-bound in contemporary cloth album (bottom post loose), title gilt to front cover, oblong folio (60.5 x 37.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA detailed cartographic survey of the Buckinghamshire town compiled in the midst of the Phoney War. The maps are headed: Land Utilisation; Relief and Drainage; Towns and Communications; Relief; Sections; Geology; Public Conveyances; Communications; Populatio; Public Buildings, Spaces etc.; and Civil Administration.

Foà (Edouard). After Big Game in Central Africa..., translated from the French, with an Introduction by Frederic Lees, 1st edition, Adam & Charles Black, 1899, additional half title, portrait frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, single page map of Africa and half-tone illustrations and advertisement at rear, one plate detached and crudely taped in, slight spotting to title, manuscript presentation inscription to verso of front endpaper, top edge gilt, publisher's blue cloth with gilt elephant motif to upper siding, spine a little faded, worn and rubbed at extremities, 8vo, together with Macintyre (Major-General Donald, V.C.), Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas, new edition 1891, additional half title, frontispiece of a collection of big game trophies with key plate, numerous illustrations throughout, two manuscript ownership inscriptions to first front blank, publisher's blue cloth gilt, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, with Arbuthnot (Thomas S.). Grand Safari, William Kimber, 1854, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket worn and frayed, torn with some loss and stained with old sellotape marks, 8vo, plus Manners (Harry). Kambaku!, 1st English edition, Frederick Muller, 1981, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, map of Mozambique endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket price clipped, 8vo, and Sanches-Ariño (Tony). On the Trail of the African Elephant, 1st edition, Rowland Ward, 1988, additional half title, colour portrait frontispiece, title signed by author numerous colour and black & white illustrations, 'zebra-pattern' endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo with ' Doctari'. Nyati a guide to Hunting Zimbabwe's most dangerous big game, The Southern Buffalo, Mag-set publications 1996, additional half title, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's leatherette gilt, dust jacket, slim 8vo (Qty: 6)

Bracton (Henry de). De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae libri quin[que], 1st edition, London: Richard Tottell, 1569, roman type, woodcut initials (several on criblé ground), shallow tide-mark to head of gutter in first 10 or so quires, closed tear in leaf 3G4 extending into bottom 10 lines of text, light marginal worming from leaf 5K1 to end, contemporary ink annotations to initial blank and head of title-page, near-contemporary blind-ruled calf, manuscript spine-title, worm-tracks to foot of spine, wear to foot of front joint, a little surface-wear to covers, folio (28.9 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Sir Daniel Dun (or Donne, c.1545-1617), ecclesiastical lawyer, with his ownership inscription 'Daniel Dun, prec [i.e. price] xi[?]6' (scored through) to the head of the title-page. 2) Private Collection, Shropshire. Dun was admitted a fellow of All Souls, Oxford, in 1567 and became principal of New Inn Hall in 1580. He rose rapidly through the ecclesiastical courts and from 1598 began also to receive instruction to 'inquire into delicate and complicated maritime matters' (ODNB), travelling to Bremen in 1602 to treat with Danish sailors on the Muscovy trade and other matters. He was later a justice of assize in north Wales. 'Historians habitually assess the importance of members of learned professions by what they wrote ... A moment's reflection, however, shows how inadequate a test of a lawyer's importance it is. Most lawyers do not write treatises: they act ... Dun never published a treatise, yet he was responsible for real accomplishments at a critical moment in the history of ecclesiastical law in England. He rose to high office, and he influenced the course of affairs in Church and state' (Helmholz, 'Sir Daniel Dun ( c 1545-1617)', Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2014), 16(2), p. 205). For another example of Dun's signature see Lambeth Palace Library MS 1748 ('Statutes of the Court of the Arches'), folio i recto. Beale T323; ESTC S122159; PMM 89; STC 3475; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 51.6. The foundational work of English common law and 'the most ambitious English legal work of the middle ages, apparently conceived on a grand scale as an overall survey and discussion of the whole of the common law as it was being applied in the king's courts in England, with supporting citations of actual decided cases, and the reproduction of writ and enrolment formulas currently in use' (ODNB).

Brydall (John). Non Compos Mentis: or, the Law relating to Natural Fools, Mad-Folks, and Lunatic Persons, inquisited, and explained, for Common Benefit, 1st edition, London: printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Isaac Cleave, 1700, browning, worm-track to upper inner corners of quire A touching a few letters, gradually expanding worm-track in lower margins never affecting text, a few pinprick-size tracks in fore margins, closed tear in leaf G2, contemporary sheep decoratively ruled in blind, manuscript spine-title, front joint cracked at foot, 8vo (18.1 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC R19885; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 356.3; Wing B5265. 'Generally, the works ascribed to [Brydall] reflect a very wide range of jurisprudential expertise, covering such topics as the laws and customs of London, the rights and privileges of the nobility and gentry, conveyancing, bastardy, and lunacy. They also indicate a strongly conservative and pro-monarchical frame of mind' (ODNB).

Brydall (John). Lex Spuriorum: or, the Law relating to Bastardy. Collected from the Common, Civil, and Ecclesiastical Laws, 1st edition, London: printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Thomas Osborne, 1703, moderately browned, ink-stain to p. 26 partially obscuring a word, small worm-track to lower margins of leaves C6-D4, small interlinear hole in I1, contemporary calf decoratively ruled in blind, manuscript spine-title, 8vo (17 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC S122159 (ten copies world-wide); Sweet & Maxwell I p. 498.3. 'Generally, the works ascribed to [Brydall] reflect a very wide range of jurisprudential expertise, covering such topics as the laws and customs of London, the rights and privileges of the nobility and gentry, conveyancing, bastardy, and lunacy. They also indicate a strongly conservative and pro-monarchical frame of mind' (ODNB).

Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 3 parts in 1 volume [of 2], 1st edition, London: for John Hunne, 1577, general title-page and 2 section-titles each with woodcut border, woodcuts throughout the text, text mainly in black letter and in double column, worming to first title-page and first few quires, reducing to a couple of small holes by quire E, and one by quire N, a few holes reappearing in part 3, very occasional sliver of damp-staining in margins, general title-page with repaired closed tears and marginal restoration, next 2 leaves (Epistle Dedicatory) with fraying and closed tears at fore edges, spill-burns in k6 affecting woodcut verso and l7 affecting a word either side, early annotations to r5 recto, part 2 with loss to section-title, retaining blank *b*6, B6 torn at upper outer corner to loss of pagination, closed tear in O7 extending into text, spill-burns in S5 and x6 affecting a word either side, part 3 with signatures [fleuron]1-2 (section-title and dedication leaf) misbound after quire D, leaves E6-8 cancelled as usual, marginal damp-staining to quire H, 15 pp. of manuscript continuation in a contemporary hand bound in at rear (final leaf laid down), modern calf over wooden boards, folio in 8s (29.2 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Bound with an extensive manuscript continuation written in a contemporary hand and chronicling events in Ireland during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth from 1546 to the time of Sir Henry Sydney (1529-1586), lord deputy in 1565-71 and later in 1575-8; this appears to be at least in part a transcription from the second volume of Holinshed's work. 2) Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC S3985; Pforzheimer 494; STC 13568b. First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.

[Law]. Registrum omnium brevium tam originalium quam judicialium, noviter impressum et quam exacte correctum et emendatum, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Richard Tottel, 1553, title-page with woodcut border (McKerrow 40), woodcut initials, italic type, second part lacking leaves M3-4 (replaced by duplicates of leaves M1 and M6) and final colophon leaf P4, water-staining to initial quires 1-2 with shallow marginal loss to title-page and more substantial loss to 4 other leaves (1[superscript 6]-2 [superscript 3]), 2 [superscript 3] laid down, variable generally light damp-staining thereafter, small hole in 2d4 affecting a few letters, small worm-track through text in final 40 or so leaves (quires I-P), inner hinges guarded with a leaf of contemporary vellum manuscript, 17th-century blind-ruled calf, folio in 6s (26.1 x 17 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Joh[ann]es Lock me possidet' (contemporary ownership inscription to title-page). 2) 'Thomas Mytton, 15 May 1692' (ownership inscription to vellum manuscript guarding inner hinges). 3) Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale T310; ESTC S116150; STC 20837. A compilation of writs edited by William Rastell, nephew of Sir Thomas More, and sometimes attributed to Ralph de Hengham (c.1235-1311). This second edition is largely a re-issue of the 1531 first edition, with a new title-page and the tables reprinted; the main text, which ends at folio 321 verso, retains the date 1531. Six copies traced in UK libraries.

[Law]. Sammelband of English legal tracts, [c.1590]-1610, comprising: 1. Salter[e]n (George), Of the Antient Lawes of Great Britaine, 1st edition, London: for John Jaggard, 1605, retaining initial blank [A1] with manuscript list of contents in a contemporary hand recto, 2. Smith (Sir Thomas), The Common-Wealth of England, and the Maner of Governement thereof ... Newly corrected and amended, London: for John Smethwicke, 1609, with final blank, 3. Clerke (William), The Triall of Bastardie: that Part of the Second Part of Policie, or maner of Governement of the Realme of England: so termed, Spirituall, or Ecclesiasticall. Annexed at the end of this Treatise, touching the Prohibition of Marriage, a Table of the Levitical, English, and Positive Canon Catalogues, their Concordance and Difference, 1st edition, London: Adam Islip, 1594, woodcut tables, small spill-burn in H1 affecting a letter either side, 4. [Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere], The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Eschequer Chamber, touching the Post-nati, 2nd edition, London: for the Societie of Stationers, 1609, with the initial and final leaves (blank but for box-rules) 5. [Selden, John], The Duello or Single Combat: from Antiquitie derived into this Kingdome of England, with severall kindes, and ceremonious formes thereof from good authority described, 1st edition, London: by G. E. for J. Helme, 1610, title-page with early ink annotations verso (including date 1683), 6. [Morice, James], A Brief Treatise of Oathes exacted by Ordinaries and Ecclesiasticall Judges, to answere generallie to all such Articles or Interrogatories, as pleaseth them to propound. And of their forced and constrained Oathes ex officio, wherein is proved that the same are Unlawfull, 1st edition, [Middleburg: Richard Schilders, c.1590], with final blank, manuscript list of contents in contemporary hand to initial blank of first work, with ownership inscriptions 'Jackson' and 'Mr Jumper', 17th-century blind-ruled calf, small section of wear on front joint, 4to (19.2 x 13.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale T327 (Clerke), T261 (Morice); ESTC S116514 (Salteren), S117647 (Smith), S108078 (Clerke), S100270 (Egerton), S117105 (Selden), S112894 (Morice); Pforzheimer 951 (Smith); STC 21635 (Salteren), 22862 (Smith), 5411 (Clerke), 7540.5 (Egerton), 22171 (Selden), 18106 (Morice); Sweet & Maxwell I pp. 41.29 (Salteren), 475.8 (Clerke), 156.19 (Egerton, erroneously calling for a portrait), 44.14 (Selden), 568.4 (Morice). These are the only editions of the works by Salteren, Clerke and Morice. Sir Thomas Smith's Common-wealth of England was first printed in 1583 as De republica Anglorum .

[Law]. The Tradesman's Lawyer and Countrey-Man's Friend. 1 Directing them in Contracts, Bargains and Agreements ... 2. Concerning borrowing, lending and restoring ... 3. Setting forth several other adjudged Cases relating to Tradesmen, etc. 4. Cases relating to Farmers, and concerning stoppage of Ways ... 5. Concerning scandalous Words purposely spoken to prejucide and abuse Tradesmen, etc. 6. Concerning Leases; Mortgages; Corn, Waste, Distresses etc. ... 7. Concerning discharging and ending of Actions, Suits, and Controversies ... 8. Certain Statute Laws, concerning, Labourers, Tradesmen, Artificers, Apprentices, Servants, Petty Chapmen, etc., Collected from the Antient and Modern Law Books, and confirmed by several Authorities ... 1st edition, London: printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Tho[mas] Bever, 1703, contemporary annotations to pp. 10 and 34 and rear free endpaper, worming to fore margins of final quire, contemporary calf decoratively ruled in blind, manuscript spine-title, 8vo (16.6 x 10.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC T111090; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 528.97. Rare: ESTC traces seven copies in libraries world-wide. Two later editions appeared in 1709 and 1720 with the altered title The Gentleman’s Assistant, Tradesman’s L awyer , and Country-man’s Friend .

Matrimonial Law. Baron and Feme . A Treatise of the Common Law Concerning Husbands and Wives... , 1st edition, London: the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires, for John Walthoe, 1700, publisher's advert leaf before title (recto blank), a second advert leaf (a8) before main text, some black letter, occasional contemporary ink marginalia and additional note to rear endpaper, a few light scattered damp patches to lower margins, several vertical brown streaks to pp. 27-32, contemporary blind-ruled polished calf with raised bands and manuscript ink short title to one compartment, minor rubbing, 8vo (19.2 x 11.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC R6177 (noting four final numbered advertisement leaves, not present in this copy); Wing B899. This is a good copy of this first edition of the first known legal treatise to focus exclusively on the laws concerning husbands and wives. Second and third editions were published in 1719 and 1738.

Plowden (Edmund). 1578. Les Commentaries, ou Reportes de divers cases esteants matters en ley, et de les Arguments sur yceux, en les temps des Raygnes le Roye Edwarde le size, le Roigne Mary, le Roy et Roigne Phillip et Mary, et le Roigne Elizabeth [part 2: ... Cy ensuont certeyne Cases Reportes], 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Richard Tottel, 1578 [part 2: 1584], title-page with woodcut border to each part, woodcut initials throughout (most on criblé ground), full-page woodcut table of consanguinity to folio 451 verso, text mainly in blackletter, first title-page closedly trimmed at foot, minor worm-track to foot of first few quires, quickly diminishing, small spill-burn in part 1 leaf 5H2 touching side-note verso, section of rear free endpaper torn away, light silverfish damage to lower margin of last 2 leaves, a few other trivial marks, retaining blank leaves 5H6 in part 1, 2T6 and [superscript 2]A6 in part 2, and A1 in 'Un report fait per un uncertaine authour ...' (all apparently original), occasional marginalia (in a later hand, at one point referring to Blackstone), later Italian manuscript leaves used as pastedowns, 17th-century blind-ruled calf, loss to foot of spine, folio (27.6 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Jan 28 1668 I doo warrant this Book perfect, Willm [?]Plaids' (inscription to front free endpaper). 2) 'H Mitton 1675' (inscription to front free endpaper). 3) 'E Locke' (inscription to rear pastedown). 4) Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale R485, R486a; ESTC S115947, S115951; STC 20041, 20046.7; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 306.95-6. Second editions of both parts: the first originally appeared in 1571, and the second in 1579. Plowden's Commentaries 'decisively broke out of the older year-book tradition' (ODNB). This second edition of the first part contains additional cases and an analytical index by Recorder William Fleetwood.