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[Gentillet, Innocent]. Discours sur les moyens de bien gouverner & maintenir en bonne paix un Royaume, ou autre principaute... contre Nicolas Machiauel... 2nd edition, [Geneva], 1577, title and final leaf verso with woodcut device, final leaf detached, small wormtrack to title, some water stains and light spotting, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title adhered to spine, some light soiling, 8vo, together with Jersey. A Code of Laws for the Island of Jersey, [privately printed, St. Helier}, 1771, 336 pp., title detached, a little light soiling, 19th century ownership inscription at front, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling, 8vo (Qty: 2)

Macintosh (William, or Richard Bradley). A Treatise concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground, raising of Grass-Seeds, and Training of Lint and Hemp, for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen-Manufactories in Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Robert Fleming, 1724, 7 engraved plates of looms and tools, (some folding), marginal paper-flaw to A2, closed marginal tear to final leaf L7, contemporary speckled sheep, rebacked to style, 8vo (18.4 x 11.6 cm), together with: Economist and General Adviser. The Economist and General Adviser, containing Important Papers on the Following Subjects: the Markets, Marketing, Drunkenness, Gardening, Cookery, Travelling, Housekeeping, Management of Income, Distilling, Baking, Brewing, Agriculture, Public Abuses, Shops and Shopping, House Taking, Benefit Societies, Annals of Gulling, Amusements, Useful Recipes, Domestic Medicine, Etc., 2 volumes in 1 [all published], 1st edition, Knight and Lacey, 1824-5, containing 64 weekly numbers, title-page to each volume (both dated 1825), engraved frontispiece to volume 2 only (lacking to volume 1), wood-engraved vignettes in text, outer leaves browned, occasional spotting elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, occasional marginalia, manuscript quotation from the Cook's Oracle to rear blank, contemporary half calf, orange morocco labels to spine, rubbed, 8vo (19.4 x 11.7 cm), and Kennett (White), The Case of Impropriations, and of the Augmentation of Vicarages and Other Insufficient Cures, stated by History and Law, from the First Usurpation of the Popes and Monks, to Her Majesty's Royal Bounty lately extended to the Poorer Clergy of the Church of England, 1st edition, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704, 2A2 torn affecting pagination, variable light browning, intermittent tide-mark in top margins, effaced ownership inscription to title-page, various contemporary ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine-ends consolidated, 8vo (19.1 x 10.8 cm) (Qty: 3)Kress 3560 (Macintosh), C.1235 (Economist).

[Shattuck, Lemuel]. Report of the General Plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health, Devised, Prepared and Recommended by the Commissioners Appointed under a Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to a Sanitary Survey of the State, 1st printing, Boston, 1850, 7 maps and plans including 2 folding, plates spotted or browned, printed label completed in manuscript indicating that this book is the property of the town of Boxford to front pastedown, contemporary calf with leather spine label, heavily rubbed, together with Blackmore, Sir Richard. A Treatise of Consumptions And other Distempers Belonging to the Breast and Lungs, the Second Edition, Corrected, 1725, faint library stamp to title, scattered spotting and light marginal dampstains, presentation label of Birmingham Medical Institute, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, plus Pitt, Robert. The Antidote: Or, the Preservative of Health and Life, and the Restorative of Physick to its Sincerity and Perfection..., 1st edition, 1704, a little mostly fore-edge staining, one front free endpaper excised, contemporary mottled sheep, joints cracked and weak, slight loss at head of spine, all 8vo (Qty: 3)

Footballer caricatures. Album of caricatures, c.1930, 40 leaves of pen-and-ink cartoons and caricatures, of which 9 depicting British footballers from the 1920s, captioned throughout, contemporary ownership inscription 'W Marchant, 94 Garland Rd, Redhill' and stationer's ticket overwritten with manuscript date 1930 to front pastedown, one leaf loose, cloth-bound sketchbook, 8vo (22 x 14 cm) (Qty: 1)The footballers depicted include Percy Whipp (Leeds United), Dave Rollo (Blackburn Rovers), Jock McNab (Liverpool), Harry Nuttall (Bolton Wanderers), Alec Graham (Brentford), and Alec Thom (Swindon Town).

Ge'ez manuscript. Manuscript on vellum, Ethiopia, c.1900, Ge'ez manuscript in red and black ink on vellum, 43 leaves + 1 blank, soiled, sewn on 4 cords 'Coptic'-style in wooden boards, 13.5 x 11 cm

Manuscript Journal. Reminiscences of My Summer Vacation 1873, numerous aquatint and line-engraved vignettes, two aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring, numerous leaves with manuscript journal entries describing travels through central Europe, mainly Germany and Switzerland, eight mounted vignette billhead clippings from various hotels, a mounted first class ticket for a cross-Atlantic Cunard Line Mail Steamer journey, first 2 leaves detached and lightly edge-frayed, first leaf with small stain at foot, lacking front free endpaper, original limp red morocco, extremities worn, 8vo, together with French Devotional Manuscript , Manuscript Prayer Book, 1772, 426 pages of manuscript devotions and prayers, manuscript contents leaf at front (lightly spotted), front pastedown with armorial bookplate of George Oakes Miller (Royal Chaplain at Genoa, d.1840), all edges gilt, contemporary marbled calf gilt (worn), front cover detached, 8vo, plus Forster (Theodor) , Stempel-Sammlung, 1883 [manuscript cover-title], numerous mounted small official labels, from banks, railways, consulates, tax offices, municipalities, the military etc., most circular or oval and embossed, generally 30 or less to a page, most German, a few from other European countries, especially Austria-Hungary, six leaves of manuscript contents, leaves generally toned, some edge-fraying, stitching broken, contemporary boards, in uniform portfolio wrapper, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, large 8vo, with The Antient Usage in Bearing of such Ensigns of Honour as are Commonly call'd Arms..., by Sir William Dugdale, Oxford, 1682 , and 15 others, mainly 18th and 19th century, English and French publishers, some defective (Qty: 19)

Vallisnieri, (Antonio, 1661-1730) . Lettre critique par monsr. Valisniery docteur en medecine à l'auteur du livre intitulé "La generation des vers dans le corps de l'homme," circa 1720s, 46 pp., (paginated 61-106), drop title, neatly written on both sides of each leaf, a further 14 pp. manuscript (paginated 107-[120] in another contemporary smaller hand bound at rear, all leaves somewhat spotted and slightly browned, several marginal circular ink stamps of Bibliotheque de Monsieur L. Dufruit, all leaves re-guarded, book library ticket of Pierre Lambert and stamp of Docteur Auvard to front endpapers, early 20th-century marbled boards with chipped title label to spine "Vallesniere contre Andry MSS. 1726", some edge wear, 4to (22.5 x 17.5 cm) (Qty: 1)This manuscript appears to be written before the published edition of the letter by Vergis in 1727 and translated from the original Italian. Antonio Vallisnieri (or Vallisneri) was an Italian medical scientist, physician and naturalist. He was one of the first medical researchers to abandon the Aristotelian theories based on scientific principles and knowledge acquired through experience and reasoning. He therefore found himself at the centre of heated controversy, many of his contemporaries being unable to abandon prevailing medieval theories in spite of experimental evidence. The Andry-Vallisnieri dispute concerned biological generation. Letters critical of Vallisnieri would have been circulating in manuscripts such as this at the time.

Album. An album of original watercolours and pencil sketches, 1830s, three watercolours, including one on a varnished leaf, four pencil sketches, one pencil and watercolour, mostly direct on album leaves, including landscapes, ruins, harbours, and figures, most signed or initialled, and dated, plus manuscript prose and verse, in various hands, a number of blank leaves, some watercolours offsetting, front free endpaper (and attached preliminary blank) loosely held, front hinge cracked, all edges gilt, original blindstamped maroon morocco, a trifle rubbed, some wear to extremities, spine faded, 4to (Qty: 1)

Pollen (François P. L., & D. C. van Dam). [Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar, Relation du voyage, part 1 of 5 only, 1st edition, Leiden: J. K. Steenhoff, 1867-8], 44 tinted lithographic plates (of 48) by J. G. Keulemans and others, several hand-coloured as issued, 1 map (of 2), 1 folding manuscript facsimile, lacking title-page and possibly other preliminary text leaves, disbound, housed in a modern button-folder with a photocopy of the title-page mounted to front, folio (Qty: 1)Nissen ZBI 3215.1. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Algae. Treasures of the Deep; or, Specimens of Scottish Sea-Weeds. Natural Order Algae, David Bryce, Glasgow, 1847, 46 specimens mounted singularly, as a pair or three to one sheet to rectos and versos, each with printed or manuscript captions, one specimen lacking (fifth), a little light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed with small split, 4to (Qty: 1)

[Auction catalogue]. Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, collected by Horace Walpole, 1st edition, Smith and Robins, 1842, mounted lithographic portrait frontispiece, etched title-page, advertisement for commission-bidding services (of G. Forster) tipped to front free endpaper, prices realised added in manuscript to pp. 150-60 (the fifteenth day of the sale), original cloth-backed green card printed wrappers, 4to (Qty: 1)

A Medieval illuminated manuscript page "Virgin of Wisdom", 6 1/4" x 4 5/8", with shields verso (rubbed), unframed

A manuscript description and single sheet of readings on headed paper for the Humberdolt Current:; together with a blueprint chart (The Humberdolt Current or 'Peru' current is a low-salinity ocean current that flows North along the western coast of South America).

HMS Foudroyant, an early 19th century commission for Mr James Long on his appointment to be ship's surgeon dated 16th June 1803:, 'By the Commission for taking Care of Sick and Wounded Seamen etc' printed copperplate text with manuscript, signed by J Harvey, W Gibbons and two others, in a later glazed frame, 32x19cm

Of Slavery and West Africa Squadron Interest. An unidentified ship's log book detailing Anti-slavery patrols from Sunday 16th November 1845 to Monday March 22nd 1847:, containing several accounts of chasing, firing upon and boarding slavery Brigantines, also an account of men receiving lashes for 'grievances' as well as daily ship duties, the unknown vessel patrolling the Atlantic West Coast of Africa around Bengula (Angloa), also notes on help from other West Africa Squadron nations in pursuit of slave ships and of deaths on board, manuscript pages with some water staining and later newspaper article remains stuck to pages, black leather three quarter binding with marbled boards.*Notes- Britain abolished slavery with the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and the following year, the Royal Navy established the West Africa Station in order to suppress the Atlantic slave trade. After the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna committed other European nations to abolish slavery and undertake patrols on the Atlantic coast. The West Africa Squadron was considered the most dangerous in the Royal Navy due to the high number of deaths due to Tropical disease, though it was extremely useful for Royal navy surgeons who learnt a great deal about such diseases.

Manuscript lecture on Discovery Exhibition headed notepaper:, one entitled 'Early Antarctic Exploration', the other 'Particulars of slides', also a letter of condolences from the Officers Club circa 1932 in regard to the cancellation of a lecture.

A framed letter from Sir John Moore to Captain William Young RN, HMS Foudroyant:, handwritten manuscript, undated.'My dearest. Lord Keith told me that a boat went daily from the Foudroyant to the shore. I therefore took the liberty to send the enclosed.....to give it to the officers when ever...'Later inscription to verso 'An original letter of Sir John Moore written in Egypt. in a gilt frame, 23 x 16.8cm.*Notes- Lieutenant-General Sir John More (1761-1801) is best known for his military training and his death at the Battle of Corunna during the Peninsular wars. During the French campaign in Egypt and Syria he took part in both the Battle of Abukir and the Battle of Alexandria.* Biography- Captain William Young (1761-1847) was a Royal Navy Officer who rose through the ranks during the American War of Independence. In 1800 he was appointed by Lord Keith to serve aboard HMS Foudroyant. As Captain of the Fleet he was responsible for the vessels assembled at Port Mahon for the Egyptian Expeditionary Force but due to repeated illness returned to England in 1801.

George Murray Levick (1876-1956):, a two page manuscript letter addressed from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, June 8th 1914 to Davies referring to sending copies of his photographs.

Discovery II, a portrait print of the ship after the engraving by A W B Powell 1932:, with a two page manuscript letter on Discovery headed notepaper, 26th January 1940, by George Rayner to Davies.

An early 20th century manuscript log of the Christian Salveson whaling ship 'New Sevila':, unknown author, dating from 31st August 1927 sailing from Leith, detailing the events of the journey listing the number of whales caught and barrels sent down, also notable for the remarks on fellow crew members. 'Wed, 21st Sept (1927) ..One of crew (Hans Johansen) mad. Going about ship with shotgun (unloaded) Thinks his brother is coming to kill him'. The following week 'Sat 1st Oct...Another of crew gone mad. Threw wedding ring overboard and tried to jump in after it. Thinks someone is putting poison in his coffee. Lovely myself'..

A handwritten manuscript biography of Francis Davies circa 1950:, detailing his early apprenticeship with the Royal Navy and his service up to the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, together with one other handwritten manuscript circa 1950 'Rue of the Antarctic, Voyage of the Amphipodean' by Rudette (pseudonym of B Davies, Francis Davies' daughter) together with eighteen hand drawn sketches of 'Snoope' and the Amphipodean (based upon the William Scoresby) for illustrating the text.

MANUSCRIPT LEGAL OPINIONS. 4 cases written up by L. Kenyon, Lincoln's Inn, 1780-1783.

TRELOWETH TIN MINE. good manuscript ledger re accounts for 1785-1788. this ledger exhibited 7 Oct 1788 under a commision of Bankruptcy against Hugh Edwards Tin Merchant, St Ives, orig vellum, well filled, good condition.

NO RESERVE Blank paper.- binding.- An album of c.84 sheets of plain, light blue and buff paper, plus c.15 sheets previously used, several with manuscript notes, each f. c.280 x 376mm., occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Hon. Russell Barrington, contemporary richly gilt vellum, soiled and rubbed, oblong 4to, [c.1830].

Pope (Alexander, poet, 1688-1744) Messiah and Other Poems, manuscript in a minuscule hand, elaborate pen and ink decorated title and 11pp., written on rectos only, all within pen and ink decorated borders, slightly browned, original straight-grained morocco, gilt, g.e., sm. 8vo (160 x 106mm.), 1821.

Scotland.- Mure [Muir] (Sir John) Order to Jas. Loch Treasurer to pay Two Hundred Marks for the repair of North Berwick Harbour, manuscript, 1p., folds, creased, slightly browned, folio, 1633; and 5 others, Scottish documents, variously dated, 1633, 1636, 1638 & 1644, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).

Quakerism.- Fox (George) A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry..., title loose and with words 'The First Volume' excised, contents separating a little, signature 3X2 with closed tear, a few ff. with marginal loss, not affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked in cloth, the whole covered in thick paper, title in ink manuscript to spine, [Wing F1854], for Thomas Northcott, 1694 § Penn (William) A Collection of the Works..., 2 vol., printer's catalogues, divisional title, ink ownership inscriptions, some browning and soiling, vol.II a little damp-stained, hinges split, contemporary calf, boards tooled in blind, worn, joints split, loss at spine ends, the assigns of J.Sowle, 1726 § Leadbeater (Mary) Memoirs and Letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton..., second edition, ink ownership inscription to title, others to front free endpaper, original boards, uncut, spine split and with loss at head and foot, 1823; and 4 others, one with ownership inscription of Caleb Richardson of West Lodge in Bishopwearmouth, v.s. (8)⁂Fox's discrete 1698 work A Collection of Many Select and Christian Epistles, Letters, and Testimonies was issued as the second volume of the first mentioned.

NO RESERVE Positivism.- Harrison (Frederic) Sundays and Festivals. A Lecture, 1867, bound with The Political Function of the Working Classes, 1868, and Science and Humanity: A Lay Sermon, [1879], and Politics and a Human Religion, [1885], and Mr. Gladstone! -Or Anarchy!, [1886], and The Positivist Library of Auguste Comte, 1886, and 30 other papers, addresses, or lectures by Harrison, some annual reports of Newton Hall, contents and general title in ink manuscript to front endpapers, contents separating a little, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., a little worn, 8vo, v.d. Frederic Harrison (1831-1923) jurist and historian, disciple of Comte, active public intellectual; advocate for radical and progressive causes.

Spain & Italy.- Libro de las Cositas q:e emos Visto y pasado des de la llegada de Valencia, manuscript in Spanish, 45pp. excluding blanks, 1f. with large ink stain, original vellum, slightly yellowed and soiled, sm. 8vo, 1814.⁂ A tour of Italy, visiting Rome, Milan, Modena etc. Book of the things we have seen and passed since our arrival from Valencia.

Sung Requiem.- Mainati (Joseph, vicar) Collectio Omnium que canuntur in Missa Officio et Exequiis Defunctorum, manuscript music, red ink title and 38pp., in red and black ink, 1 page of manuscript music in another hand tipped-in at end, 19th century wrappers, 4to, 1829.

NO RESERVE Sudan.- Fairbairn (P.E.) & Tarrant Dickie Guernsey, geologist. Report of a Reconnaisance in the Sudan, manuscript, 41pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original printed wrappers, sm. 4to, February - March 1948.

Manuscript documents etc.- Collection, including: Receipt signed by Anthony Elcock for £3 on £50 lent to His Majesty, 1667; cut Treasury document signed by the Duke of Grafton, Earl of Lincoln (Fiennes-Clinton) and Lord Townshend, 1767, manuscripts, most on paper, 2 indentures on vellum appointments of vicars, folds, creased and browned, v.s., v.d, 17th - 18th centuries (7 pieces).

NO RESERVE Calligraphic manuscript.- [Examples of calligraphic writing], manuscript in Italic, cut down from a larger sheet, removed from an album, folds, browned, sm. 4to, [c. 1790].

Photography.- Nilsson (Lennart) Life, 2006 § Bown (Jane) Exposures, Guardian Books, 2009 § Giloy-Hirtz (Petra) Julian Schnabel Polaroids, 2010 § Crewdson (Gregory) Cathedral of the Pines, New York, 2016 § Greenfield (Lauren) Generation Wealth, New York, 2017 § Whelan (Robert) This is War!: Robert Capa at Work, New York, 2007, first editions, all but last signed presentation copies, third also with Schnabel's ink manuscript correction to printed quotation on front endpaper, plates or illustrations, most colour, original cloth or boards, first two dust-jackets; and 11 others, 4to & oblong 4to (17)

Common Place Book Formed Generally Upon the Principles Recommended and Practised by John Locke, Esq., manuscript of prose and poetry, 99pp. excluding blanks, printed title and introduction, slightly browned, original roan-backed printed wrappers, slightly creased and soiled, spine torn at tail, 8vo, 1800 - [c. 1820].⁂ Includes: An unpublished poem "To Mrs M - on the 31st Anniversary of her Wedding Day 21st Decr. 1806"; "Washing Day" by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and "The Batchelor's Thermometer".

Britain.- Bawdwen (William) [A Translation of a record called Domesday ... Buckingham], lacking title, index in manuscript tipped-in, heavily annotated in various hands, edges a little tender and chipped, printed index at end, torn and repaired, final leaf trimmed and laid down, later morocco backed limp boards, rubbed, [?1812] § Willis (Browne) Notitia Parliamentaria: or, an History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales ..., vol. 1 only (of 2), corrections inserted by hand, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, later calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, for Robert Gosling, 1715 § Knight (Charles) London, 6 vol. in 3, frontispiece, illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed, 1851; and 6 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (11)

Commerce & Shipping.- [Vaughan (William)] A Collection of Tracts on Wet Docks for the Port of London..., author's presentation copy to R.L. Edgeworth, 4 engraved folding plates, 3 with hand-colouring, 2 with docket title to reverse, letterpress tables, a few ff. unopened, a little soiling, most marginal, original boards, rebacked, a little worn and damp-stained, [Goldsmiths' 10792], 8vo, 1793-9.⁂Title of first without hyphen in "wet docks". Index with ink manuscript title of an additional eighth title bound-in: viz. a second edition of A Comparative Statement of the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Docks in Wapping and the Docks in the Isle of Dogs.... William Vaughan (1752-1850) merchant and author; advocated for many years for the construction of docks in the Port of London.Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817) politician, engineer, and inventor.

Congregational Sermons.- Melvill (Elizabeth) Sermon book, manuscript, 147pp., original vellum, yellowed and soiled, lettered direct on upper cover "Elizabeth Melvill 1821", sm. 4to, 1821. ⁂ Mentions Claremont Chapel, a Congregational chapel.

18th century commonplace book, manuscript in metalpoint and ink, 11pp., on paper and thick card prepared for metal point, later signature of John Maynard at beginning, printed almanack for 1705 tipped-in on upper and lower endpapers, original early 18th century gilt panelled black morocco, rubbed, lacks metalpoint, g.e., 128 x 77mm., 1717 - [19th century].⁂ Includes list of books, accounts, members of the family etc.

Royal Hospital Chelsea,.- Instructions to Mr James Hopson Sculleryman of Chelsea Hospital, D.s. "H Fox", "C Townshend", "Ilchester", "James Cresset", "R Rich", manuscript, 2pp. & conjugate blank with docket, folds, slightly foxed and browned, folio, 25th May 1762.

NO RESERVE Herefordshire.- Lucton School (near Leominster).- Lucton Review, manuscript, 92pp., pen and ink illustrations throughout, slightly browned, some creasing, a few edges chipped, loose, loosely inserted in cloth covers, 1891-92; and another, a vol. of newspaper cuttings, folio & 4to (2).

NO RESERVE Satirical poem.- Retaliation imitated from Goldsmith, manuscript, 3pp., monochrome watercolour of friends sitting around a fireplace, torn into two pieces, tears along folds, slightly browned, folio, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 31st March 1831.

Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, 1819-1901) Appointment of Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson of the Bengal Civil Service a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, D.s. "Victoria RI" at head, blind seal, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folds, slightly browned, folio, 1st January 1889.

NO RESERVE Ephemera.- Times (The), 6 vol., spines strengthened with tape, folds, occasional staining, 1862-90 § The London Gazette, article about the Siege of Buda, 2pp., Tho. Newcomb, 1686 § The York Herald and General Advertiser, with details of the State Lottery, folds, 4pp., 14 August 1813 § The Scotsman, article on the Stockton and Darlington railway, folds, loss to final leaf, neatly repaired, 8pp., December 30 1826; and a small collection of ephemera including; several eighteenth century Inn Keeper's receipts, manuscript letters to Eleanor Guggenheim from her mother, several telegrams, and others similar, v.s. (sm. qty)

Juxon (William, Archbishop of Canterbury, bap. 1582, d. 1663) Order to Sir Robert Pye to pay one hundred and fifty pounds to Richard Erwyne as "the arrears due upon his father's Pention of three hundred pounds", Document signed: "Guil: London" as Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer, manuscript, 1p., browned, folds, tipped-in on album leaf, 105 x 150mm., 1st June 1636.⁂ Sir Robert Pye (bap. 1585, d. 1662), exchequer official and politician.

Irish Nationalist.- Davitt (Michael, Irish nationalist, 1846-1906) Autograph Letter signed to The Authors Syndicate London, 4pp., 8vo, St. Justin's, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, 9th July 1903, concerning the publication of his book Within the Pale. The true story of anti-Semitic persecutions in Russia, published by Hurst & Blackett in 1903, "I despatched by today's American mail the final instalment of manuscript for the book which I undertook to prepare for publication for Messrs. O.S. Barnes & Co. of New York, & Messrs Hurst and Blackett of London", tipped-in on an album leaf, ink received stamp at head of first page, folds.

France.- Henry III (as Duke of Anjou, later King of France, 1551-89) ?Order to Seigneur de ?Crusol, D.s. "Henry", manuscript in French, on vellum, 12 lines, torn with loss affecting text, lacks seal, folds, creased and yellowed, 245 x 400mm., ?Troyes, January 1568; and 2 others, including a late medieval French deed, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).

Westminster School.- Captain's Book, manuscript entries, including E.J. Webb, R.W.S. Vidal, H.S. Rawson, H.P. Robinson, accounts of tickets sold for various school plays etc., reverse entries, some ff. loose and others working loose, browned, original cloth, cloth faded and soiled, 8vo, 1870-80.⁂ "Short Half 1870 The new governors being at last in full swing, it was doubtful whether 1871 would see the walls of College still standing." - E.J. Webb.

NO RESERVE Medicine.- Simpson (Sir James Young, first Baronet, physician and obstetrician, popularised the use of chloroform, 1811-70) [?Page of notes for an archaeological book], autograph manuscript, 2pp., small tears repaired at head, slightly browned, tipped-in on card, [c. 1860s]; and another, an ALs from Eve Blantyre Simpson (1855-1920), daughter of Professor James Young Simpson, biographer of her father and of Robert Louis Stevenson, v.s., v.d. (2).

Scrap book, watercolours and manuscript poems, together 49pp. excluding blanks, original morocco-backed laquer floral and gilt boards decorated with mother of pearl inlay, cracks, 1857-61; and another scrap book, 8vo & 4to (2).

Verlaine (Paul) Recull Poètic, Prologat per Josep Millàs Raurell, letter B of only 2 manuscript copies on Fil Verjurat with an original drawing and an additional suite of proofs in black, text in Catalan hand-written in black ink with title, headings, initials, pagination etc. in colours by Josep Brun under the supervision of the artist, signed by Raurell at end of prologue, 14 monotypes with dry-point and brush-coloured over the plate by Pere Riu, with original unpublished watercolour by Riu signed and dated (very lightly spotted) and additional proofs of dry-points with delicate plate-tone, all loose as issued in original pink wrappers, uncut, board folder and slip-case (both rubbed, spine of folder crudely reinforced with tape, split to edge of slip-case), folio, Barcelona, Collecció la Bella Imatge, 1948.⁂ An extraordinary production, beautifully executed and containing Pere Riu's illustrations printed by an unusual process, with each plate individually coloured and stamped on a rolling press by himself in his own studio.

NO RESERVE Wilberforce (William).- Abolition of the Slave Trade.- Proposals for Publishing by Subscription, an Appropriate Medal, In Commemoration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1f. broadside, notes that the obverse will bear a portrait of Wilberforce by Rouw commissioned for the purpose, the medal to be made to a design by Robert Smirke, ink manuscript astronomical notes to reverse, central horizontal fold, some creasing, a little faint browning, 8vo, [1807].

NAPIER FRANCIS, LORD.  Charter of Confirmation Containing Precept of Clare Constat. 2 manuscript folio leaves signed by Napier. 1792; also 2 pamphlets relative to the Case of the Earl of Newburgh & Lord Viscount Kinnaird, 1783 & c.1785 & Narrative & Extracts of the Proceedings Relative to the Election of a Member of Parliament for the City of Edinburgh on 16th September 1780.  (4).

(HUTCHESON FRANCIS).  Synopsis Metaphysicae Ontologiam et Pneumatologiam Complectens. 12mo. Old calf & old manuscript annotations & scribblings, ownership inscription of Thomas Forrest. 3rd. ed., Foulis, Glasgow, 1749.

SKENE DAVID.  Instructions for the Overseers Upon the Military Roads in North Britain, anno 1787. Original manuscript. Fldg. folio leaf closely written on three sides with 22 numbered orders & instructions. Inscribed "Copy" but contemporary & "Signed David Skene, Inspector of the Military Roads".

CARLISLE SCIENTIFIC & LITERARY SOCIETY.  3 lectures by James Walter Brown, bound together, 2 inscribed from the author. Blue cloth. 1904-1910; with a manuscript letter from J. W. Brown & a press cutting of his funeral.

GERMAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), Books and manuscript, coloured etching, indistinctly signed and dated 1906 in pencil to lower right margin, 29 x 36cm, mounted but unframed

Hand Written Manuscript (G. Parkin of Rolls Royce Derby), 30 pages from one end: Rolls-Royce, Derby, Experimental Department, 1929; AND 31 pages from the other end: "Notes on items of interest, Automobile & Aeronautic engineering, 1929. All neatly handwritten in ink and with many drawings and tipped-in cuttings ; PLUS: A number of MISCELLANEOUS BROCHURES, CUTTINGS ETC.

Manuscript volume, 1727: A collection of Witt and ingenious sayings.. out of several ancient & modern authors for the pleasurable entertainment of gentlemen & ladies, in alphabetical order. 64 pages Plus remembrances which are expired daily, 87 pages. 151pp in all. Cont. full leather; lacking upper cover.

1840 (Jan 10th) First Day of Uniform Penny Post: Entire letter from Inverary to Ollerton, bearing red manuscript "1d", London Paid mark, with faint "JA 10" datestamp on flap. Cat £850