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Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclides Elements of Geometry: The First VI Books: In a Compendious Form Contracted and Demonstrated, by Captain Thomas Rudd, Chief Engineer to His Late Majesty. Whereunto is Added, the Mathematical Preface of Mr. John Dee, title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams, Q2 small piece of corn torn away slightly affecting catchword, some slight staining in a few places, browned, 8pp. of 18th century manuscript translations of several propositions from the first six Books of Euclid with pen and ink illustrations at beginning and end, ?possibly in the hand of Bern Dickinson one of the owners of this vol., 3 18th century ink ownership signatures on fly-leaf, fly-leaf half torn away, later endpapers, 19th century bookplate of Robert Goff on front pastedown, contemporary calf, creased, corners and edges worn, lower cover detached, lacks spine, [Wing E3396], sm. 4to, Richard Tomlins and Robert Boydell, the Sun & Bible neer Pie-Corner, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1651.⁂ The first Rudd edition, reprinted from Henry Billingsley's first English translation of 1570, with John Dee's mathematical preface, the "most influential of all Dee's published works" - Oxford DNB. Ink ownership inscriptions, comprising: (1). Bern Dickinson (2). Sampson Parkyns (c. 1686-1713), inscribed as a student of St. John's College, Cambridge; son of Sir Thomas Parkyns (1664-1741), writer on wrestling; of Bunny, Nottinghamshire (3). "liber John Bennet Emptus sum Auction Anno 1714/5"; an early instance of an English book auction.

Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound after Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury (The), 16pp., by K.P. for C.R., 1679 and [Blount (Charles)], "Junius Brutus". An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion, 8pp., caption title, [1679] and Clarendon (Earl of) Two Letters...to His Royal Highness the Duke of York...[&] the Dutchess, occasion'd by Her embracing the Roman Catholick Religion, 4pp. caption title, [?1680] and D. (J.) A Word without Doors Concerning the Bill for Succession, 4pp., caption title, [1679] and [Smith (Francis)], "Tom. Tickle-foot the Taborer". Some Observations upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, 11pp., for A.Brewster, 1679 and Impartial Account (An) of Divers Remarkable Proceedings...of Parliament relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, &c., [2], 26pp., 1679 and Smith (John) The Narrative...containing a further Discovery of the late Horrid and Popish-plot, [8], 35pp., with initial imprimatur leaf and errata to p.35, by Robert Boulter, 1679 and Sarpi (Paolo) A Treatise of Matters Beneficiary, [8], 48, 59-84, [2] pp., with final blank, by Thomas Hodgkin..., 1680 and Cotton (Sir Robert) The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments, [2], 13pp., 1679, together 10 works in 1 vol., the first item bound last, contemporary ink manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and receipts at beginning and end (upside down), some light soiling, a few minor stains, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, ink note and calculations to upper cover, [Wing L229, C883, B3300AB, C4421, D48, S4540, I63, S4127, S701 & C6481], folio⁂ The first item is scarce, with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC and a further 5 elsewhere. This copy contains an initial blank and 20pp. text with the final leaf p.19 headed "To his Highness the Lord Protector..." and catchword on previous page "To" (but verso paginated "12"). ESTC calls for 18pp. and a final blank, plus a second section of 4pp. with caption title "A Post-script", stating "In this edition, the colophon does not include the bookseller's name William Hope. Wing reports edition with 'to be sold by William Hope' in colophon", as in the present copy. Evidently there are 2 variants and this edition appears to be complete.

Africa.- [Lobo (Jeronimo)] A short Relation of the River Nile, of its Sourse and Current; of its Overflowing the Campagna of Aegypt..., translated by Sir Peter Wyche, second edition in English, initial imprimatur leaf with contemporary ink inscription at head, imprimatur leaf and title lightly soiled and stained, other ink inscriptions to endpapers, engraved bookplate of Everard Home, R.N., contemporary mottled calf, covers with double gilt fillet & blind-stamped border and central gilt arms, rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Wing L2734], small 8vo, for John Martin, 1673.⁂ Account of a Jesuit missionary's travels in Ethiopia from 1625 to 1633; originally written in Portuguese it was translated from the manuscript by Sir Peter Wyche for the Royal Society. It includes descriptions of Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, Arab shipping, Prester John and "the famous Unicorne".

Catlin (George, 1796-1872) La-wáh-he-coots-la-sháw-no, Brave Chief, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee, graphite on ivory laid paper with partial armorial watermark, inscribed 'By George Catlin' in the lower right corner, and further inscribed in pencil 'No. 110. Catalogue' in the lower edge, sheet 180 x 140 mm. (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in), unframed, [circa 1852-1868]Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1840s or slightly later;Captain William Henry Shippard;Then by descent to the present ownersLiterature:cf. Catlin, George, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery', 1840, no. 110⁂ A delicate drawing probably produced for a "Souvenir album". The portrait is after Catlin's painting of the Brave Chief now held in the Smithsonian Museum (see object no. 1985.66.110).Catlin produced eleven souvenir albums between 1852 and 1868, which he began following his financial problems and the sale of his collection in 1852. Most of these albums are now held in public collections in America and the UK (see: British Museum, London; the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California; the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York; and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, among others). The present drawing closely relates to the eight studies from the Duke of Portland Album Unique, which were sold through Christie's in 2001 (see 'Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Forbes Collection', New York, 29th November 2001, lot 114).

Arabian Peninsula.- Wyld the Younger (James, cartographer and geographical publisher, 1812-1887) [Three-part manuscript map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf], large set of three sheets of outline maps of the South West, South East, and North East quadrants of the Arabian Peninsula, including modern day Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain, with part of the south west coast of Iran, also with major cities and trunk roads highlighted including Mecca, pen and ink with watercolour wash over pencil underdrawing, on cream wove paper without watermark, one sheet inscribed 'Drawn by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East', three sheets each approx. 680 x 830 mm. (26 3/4 x 32 3/4 in), some surface dirt, minor nicks and tears to extremities, [circa 1840 and later].⁂ An early three-part manuscript map of Arabia, from one of the most renowned London-based map, chart and globe manufacturers of the 19th century.

Turkish Grammar.- Seaman (William) Grammatica Lingue Turcicae, first edition, woodcut device on title (with motto supplied in ink manuscript below), woodcut initials and ornaments, inscription "Höck" in red to front free endpaper and some contemporary ink annotations at beginning, light foxing, contemporary ?German sheep-backed parchment boards painted red, splendid embossed gilt endpapers (rather worn), rubbed, a little worn at corners and edges, [Blackmer 1518; Madan III 2863*; Wing S2179; Not in Atabey], 4to, Oxford, by Henry Hall...for Edward Millington, 1670.⁂ The first Turkish grammar printed in England, by the Arabic scholar and chaplain to the English ambassador in Constantinople. Seaman also printed the first New Testament in Turkish, in 1688; both works were produced with the financial assistance of Robert Boyle, to whom this work is dedicated. There are two issues of the book, this one contains the advertisement in Latin at end containing the author's address.

World.- [Photograph Albums], 4 vol., approximately 183 mounted albumen and silver gelatin photographs including one panorama (split into two), faint spotting to one or two photographs, many with titles in manuscript to mount, occasional spotting to mounts, all but 1 in original cloth binding, the fourth contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, each print approximately c.20.5 x 27.5 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in) or c.7.5 x 13 cm (3 x 5 in), 4to & oblong 4to, [c.1903-14].⁂ Comprising: c.12 photographs of Milan; 11 of Cairo; 6 of Athens; 6 of Malta; c.28 of Swiss mountains; and c.37 of Royal Navy ships including H.M. Yacht V&A, H.M.S. Terrible; H.M.S. Formidable and the sinking of H.M.S Audacious in the Irish Sea in 1914.

Restoration Binding.- [Allestree (Richard)] The Ladies Calling, fifth impression, additional engraved title, engraved title-vignette with weather-cock pointing left, final contents leaf, titles lightly soiled, contemporary ink manuscript notes of births & deaths etc. relating to the Dymoke family on front free endpaper, handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-panelled black morocco, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, corners bumped and slightly worn, [Wing A1145; Madan III 3134], Oxford, At the Theater, 1677.

Nostradamus (Michel) Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties, contemporary ink signature "Lourtau" at head of title, browned, small paper flaw tear to lower edge of L2 just touching text, old book-label of George Stokes, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, corners repaired, upper joint split, spine worn at head, Cologne, Jean Volcker, 1689; Les Veritables Propheties, with initial blank and half-title, woodcut decorations and initials, lightly browned, original boards, spine lettered in manuscript, a little rubbed and browned, Turin, Reycends & Guibert, 1720 § [Chavigny (Jean-Aimé)] La Vie et le Testament de Michel Nostradamus, half-title, B7 & 8 defective at outer margin where badly opened, old manuscript note to rear free endpaper, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, uncut, Paris, Gattey, 1789, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ Two scarce editions of the prophecies and a life of Nostradamus. A pencil note at the end of the first reads, "Cost 6/- Bought from Georges, 1922. Mr George himself attended to me. J.S.Cox".⁂ Early Cologne edition

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Robinson (Bryan) A Short Essay on Coin, 22p., first edition, with final blank but not 8pp. Appendix, [Goldsmiths' 7528], 1737 bound after Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, second edition, contemporary ink signature to fore-margin of title (cropped), title and final leaf soiled, light water-staining, by M.Rhames for Richard Gunne [& others], 1735 and Laurence (Edward) The Duty and Office of a Land-Steward, third edition, by and for Samuel Fuller, 1731 and [Ellis (William)] The London and Country Brewer, first Dublin edition (comprising Part I of the first English edition), small hole to title affecting a couple of letters, by M.Rhames for R.Gunne, 1735 and Royal Dublin Society. Instructions for Planting and Managing Hops, and for Raising Hop-Poles, first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, a little browned, by A.Rhames, 1733, together 5 works in 1 vol., the first mentioned bound last, all but the first with titles and final leaves soiled (especially the last), slightly cropped, manuscript list of contents and engraved bookplate of Theobald Woolfe of Blackhall, Co.Kildare on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, label "Tracts on Husbandry" on spine, trace of name stamp to upper cover, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, 8vo, Dublin⁂ Interesting group of mostly agricultural pamphlets, the first including three letters on coinage by Newton as Master of the Mint (pp.3-14); ESTC lists 3 copies in England, 4 in Ireland and 7 in America.

Fairfax (Brian, the younger, antiquary and scholar, Commissioner of Customs, 1676-1749) A Theoretick Treatise of Ship-Building Translated from the French of P: Paul Host Professor of the Mathematicks..., manuscript, 7½pp., folds, small tear along folds, browned, Ipswich, folio, 1st December 1733.⁂ A sample translation of the first chapter of Hoste's work, "L'Art des Armées Navales, ou Traité des Evolutions Navales", Lyon, 1697. The last page is a letter from Ipswich, dated 1733, "By this Specimen of the work of Father Hoste may be seen how usefull a teacher of the Mathematicks would be in His Maj.tys dock-yards... ."Paul Hoste (1652-1700), King's Professor of Mathematics at Toulon.

Gardening.- Hot-Houses.- Tod (George) Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories &c., half-title, 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one double-page, some light marginal soiling but generally a good, clean copy, contemporary manuscript note with dimensions for "Wm.Cambridge's Hott House" loosely inserted, original boards, uncut, contemporary ink inscription "Mr.Megram Saul Lodge 1840" at head of upper cover, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked, [Tooley 491; cf. Abbey Life 77, first edition of 1807], 4to, 1823.

Torricelli (Evangelista) Lezioni Accademiche..., edited by Tommaso Bonaventuri, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait after Pietro Anichini, title with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca, 3 woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, lacking imprimatur leaf (c10 but often bound at end), old ink manuscript note praising the author on rear free endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, a little staining to upper edge of a few leaves, later vellum, gilt-stamped morocco label, yapp edges, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Norman II, 2088], 4to, Florence, Jacopo Guiducci, 1715.⁂ Twelve posthumously published lectures by Torricelli, Galileo's successor as Professor of mathematics at Florence, delivered to the Accademia della Crusca, the Studio Fiorentino, and the Academy of Drawing. The lectures relate mainly to physics, and include discussions on impact, wind and military architecture. Bonaventuri's preface contains a biography of Torricelli and a good overview of his work; it also reprints Torricelli's letters on the barometric experiment.

Americas.- West Indies.- Martyr d'Anghiera (Peter) The Historie of the West-Indies, containing the Actes and Adventures of the Spaniards, which have conquered and peopled those Countries, inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the Manners, Ceremonies, Lawes, Governments, and Warres of the Indians, Published in Latin by Mr. Hakluyt, and translated into English by M.Lok. Gent., woodcut initials, title very lightly soiled but generally clean, small paper flaw holes to I1 & O1 affecting one or two letters, S1 & 8 soiled at upper edge, loose in binding, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript at head, rubbed a little soiled and stained, lacking ties, [STC 651; Sabin 45011], 4to, [by Thomas Dawson] for Andrew Hebb, [?1625].⁂ An excellent clean copy in a contemporary binding of this scarce history of the Spanish conquest in the New World by Peter Martyr, King Ferdinand's councillor for Spain's affairs in the New World. The work is a translation of Richard Hakluyt's 1577 edition of De orbe novo, originally published in 1530 and the first work to describe contact between Europeans and Native Americans and containing the first European reference to india rubber. This is generally believed to be a reissue of the 1612 edition with the first gathering cancelled and a new title-page.ESTC lists only 7 copies of this edition in the UK and only 3 copies have appeared at auction, most defective or in later bindings. The most recent copy was part of the De Orbe Novo Collection, sold by Bloomsbury Auctions New York in 2009 for $3500, but with a soiled and repaired title and bound in modern goatskin.

China.- Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China, translated by John Ogilby, second edition, additional engraved pictorial title by Hollar, title in red and black, folding engraved map, folding plan of Canton and 16 plates only (of 17, lacking ?portrait of Ogilby), numerous engraved illustrations in text, wide margins, lacking list of plates, title lightly soiled, folding map browned at fold, occasional offsetting to or from illustrations, a few small rust-spots (one causing tiny hole to illustration on 3D1, with early 19th century manuscript presentation note tipped to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, [Cordier Sinica 2347; Wing N1153], folio, by the Author, 1673.

War of 1812.- Commission appointing James Ross Commander of the sloop Dart of Saint John, New Brunswick, with autograph note signed by Ross announcing the capture of the schooner Rambler of Portland bound for East Port, printed document with autograph manuscript signed by James Commander, folds, small tear in margin, slightly browned, 380 x 480mm., 15th July & 4th October 1813; and 2 other similar commissions by Ross recording the capture of American ships, 380 x 480mm. (3).⁂ "Whereas in consequence of the repeated insults and provocations which we have received from the Government of the United States of America... [printed preamble]. This is to certify that by the viurtue of my Commission I have Captured the Schooner Caled the Rambler of Portland Bound for East Port Jo Rich Gordon Master - Mr Turner... has opointid Prize master to Prosed for St John N[ew] Brunswick. Given from on Bord the Dart of Black Island Oct th 4 1813 James Ross Commander."

ƟJulian Barnes, Works, first and limited editions, most signed by the author [most London, 1980-2016]a group of 30 volumes, comprising: Metroland (1980, price clipped), Before She Met Me (1982), Flaubert's Parrot (1984), Staring at the Sun (1986), A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters (1989), Talking it over (1991), Letters from London (1995, original printed wrappers), The Porcupine (1992), Cross Channel (1996), The Truth About Dogs (1998, introduction by Julian Barnes), England, England (1998), Love, etc (2000), In the Land of Pain (2002), Something to Declare (2002, original printed wrappers), The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003, dust-jacket spine faded), The Lemon Table (2004), Arthur & George (2005, decorated cloth, publisher's wraparound lower cover), Arthur & George (2005, number 52 of 125 specially bound copied, slip-case), Nothing to be Frightened of (2008, number 81 of 100 copies in quarter morocco, slip-case), Nothing to be Frightened Of (2008, number xxiv of xxv copies in full leather, drop-box), Pulse (2011), The Sense of an Ending (2011, number ix of xxv limited edition copies in full leather, top edges stained green, slip-case), A Life with Books (2012, unsigned, original printed wrappers), Levels of Life (2013, number ix of xxv copies in full leather, slip-case), The Noise of Time (2016), The Noise of Our Time (2016, number xx of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Noise of Time (2016, number 16 of 75 copies in quarter, together with a portfolio containing one facsimile proof, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number xv of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number xix of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number 20 of 75 copies in quarter morocco, together with portfolio containing a facsimile proof, slip-case), all but one signed, original cloth, dust-jackets present where applicable, exceptionally clean, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

(LONSDALE DOCTOR HENRY).  Carlisle Diary & Calendar for 1870, probably the property of the Late Doctor Henry Lonsdale of Rosehill & with many manuscript entries re. appointments, contacts, etc. Limp dark morocco, lower part of title page cropped; also The Edinburgh Diaries, The Business Diary & Calendar for 1872, this one neatly written in manuscript with many entries relative to the weather, politics, railway accident, local events, etc., author unidentified, limp morocco.  (2).

Documents & Ephemera - Adstock - Buckinghamshire.  1797. The archive of the commissioners for the Adstock Inclosure Awards, including seven printed acts for the dividing & inclosing of the lands & manors of Adstock, each 27pp. On handmade crown/GR/1795 watermarked paper. A large manuscript list of property & owners, Adstock minute book calf bound with a 1797 act, bound inside but blank pages. Two small pocket books with much detail & lists & names, fields, farms, owners, etc. Loose papers, correspondence & related documents. The archive has been affected by damp, with staining to various degrees & a few items very delicate.

WILLIS THOMAS.  A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) those that are Well from the Infection of the Plague. 74pp. W. Crook, 1691; bound in calf, neatly rebacked, with Orders Thought Meet by His Majestie and His Privy Council to bee (sic) executed … in Such Townes, Villages and other places, as are, or may bee hereafter, infected with the Plague, Norton & Bill, 1625. A blank endpaper has copious cont. manuscript notes on each side. No frontis.

HERON-ALLEN E. (Trans).  Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam. Frontis. Orig. dec. green cloth gilt, worn. Short tipped in manuscript dedicatory note "From the translator". Quaritch, 1899; also E. W. Lane, The Thousand and One Nights, 3 vols.,many illus., half morocco, 1883.  (4).

BORGHI LUIGI.  Six Divertimentos for Two Violins (one for each violin & each vol. bound with other music). Quarto. Qtr. dark morocco, marbled brds., morocco label of J. Clerk; also 2 similar vols., one incl. a manuscript Romanze by Halevy.  (4).

TURNBULL R.  Summary of the Scripture in Historical Order. Manuscript throughout. Old worn calf. Inscribed 10th December 1846.

BALFOUR A. J.  A Defence Of Philosophic Doubt. Orig. cloth. 1879; also J. W. Mackail, The Odyssey Translated In Verse, in d.w. with manuscript letter from Mackail, Oxford, 1932 & 5 other vols.  (7).

Basilius Besler (1561-1629), Amaranthus Cristatus & Amarantus Spicatus, a hand coloured engraving of two species of Amaranthus flowers, one titled Amaranthus Cristatus, the other Amarantus Spicatus, and each further inscribed with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption in brown ink, [published Eichstatt and Nuremburg 1613], 51cm high x 39cm wide, later mounted, framed, and glazed, 89 high x 75cm wide overall Originally published in Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt) Provenance: Private Collection, London

A Burmese palm leaf manuscript, early 20th Century Numbered in the Burmese manner ka to ghe, enclosed within red painted blocks, length 45cm, complete with original letter from the British Museum dated 1969.

Aston Martin DB2-4 Mk II Saloon. A 4pp brochure with good interior images and specifications; A 4pp colour brochure for the Aston Martin Volante; and a double-fold colour card brochure for the Aston Martin Virage. Some creasing, scuffing and manuscript pen. (3)

1929 Bugatti Touring & Sporting Models to include Grand Prix models. 12pp, large 8vo. Starting on page 3 with a photo/image of the Type 40 'Grand Sport'; Type 44 'Weymann Saloon' ; Type 43 'Supercharged Grand Sport' and the 'Four-Seat Tourer' and the 'Grand Prix Standard' with wire wheels and another line drawing of the car with pressed aluminium wheels, all with specifications, dimensions and equipment options. A cord-tied brown cover with a red logo, a short split to the spine top and base, the front lower corner creased with use, the fore-edge a little soiled but probably cleanable, pen manuscript to the top of the title page.

1937 Jaguar A cream-coloured folder holding three body style cards, with specifications, including the SS 100. The outer cover soiled, with pen and pencil manuscript prices and a rubber stamp for British Motors Ltd, Ritz Tower, New York. Also, The Jaguar Mk VII Saloon, a 12pp large format colour brochure, with good images of components, etcetera. The cover sun-stained on the edges and with rubbing, and The New 1955 Jaguar, an 8pp brochure, featuring the XK 140 and the Type-M Mk VII. The latter in fine condition. (3)

Motor Cycling Volume 7 No 169 (4th Feb 1913) to No 182 (6th May 1913) and Volume 8 No 183 to No 194 (29th July 1913). The two volumes with indexes, but bound without covers, in green bindings, with gilt titles and manuscript on the spines. In good, clean condition. (2)

A Cycling Travelogue - Through England & Scotland 1888 A delightful description entitled 'An imperfect account of a 'Safety' Cycling Tour taken During My Summer's Holiday, August - September 1888'. A five-volume manuscript of the tour written by Dr Horace Mansell Maybury, who practised in Islington, London. The route took him from London to Land's End, and then to John o Groats, taking 16-days and travelling 911½-miles. The five leather-bound books, each 8½ x 7-inches, have a stylised title page, and the narrative then starts with a date followed by tightly-written text in black ink; the pages are gilt-edged. There are two photographs of Dr Maybury with his solid-tyred Safety Bicycle, (geared to 60-inch) with a hub lamp fitted to the off-side foot rest, travel bag strapped to the front rack, a saddle bag, and a copy of a CTC handbook. There are 906 pages in all, and on the last page Dr Maybury has listed his expenses, amounting to £11.13.10p, equivalent to about £1100 today. The books are housed in a purpose-made, black leather-covered slipcase, and the ensemble is in good condition save for a little rubbing to the spines and heavily rubbed edges to the slipcase. This fascinating travelogue will reward further research. Historic note: The British Medical Journal archives tell us that Dr Horace Mansell Maybury was born in London in 1848, the son of a surgeon, and died, aged 66 in 1914 as a result of a cycling accident, Unfortunately the archives provide no details about the calamity which led to his death. Maybury was said to be a man of a 'very genial and kind disposition'. His obituary also recorded him as an 'adept cyclist' and that 'his devotion to the wheel dated back to the old boneshaker (Velocipède) machine'. He had 'twice ridden from Land's End to John o' Groats and other journey's with his family in 1877 and 1881, and had often gone 100 to 150 miles in a day, even in the years up to his death'. He is buried at Frimley church, Surrey.DOCTOR’S DEATH. Dr. Horace Mansell Maybury. M.D., 56, Islington, was cycling on Sunday when he ran over a ball a child was playing with. He was thrown from his cycle on to his head and died half an hour later from fracture of the skull. At the inquest to-day verdict of Accidental death” was returned.(information offered by Mr G. Thursfield.) 

Property from the Estate of the Late G. N. (Nick) Georgano.A box of interesting material to include: a large collection of modern factory promotional colour prints of vehicles, some large transparencies, photographs taken at the 2005 Sharpe Sale and some small glass plate negatives. Also, a large file of correspondence detailing the progress of books, typed manuscripts, including details about 'Road to the Car' and 'Home James'; several magazines and three small diaries dated 1944, 1947 and 1948, with manuscript notes in Nick Georgano's handwriting, detailing observations of motor-car and commercial vehicles viewed. An interesting lot. (Qty)

Simmons of Mayfair Two large volumes of monochrome photographs depicting the rolling stock of this significant pre-used retail company. Both books containing approximately 140 photographs of Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars, most about 8 x 4-inches, and tipped-in, most with either typed and manuscript captions, to include the name of the coachbuilder and model type. The company was founded by a Mr Simmons circa 1950, their first advertisements appearing in Motor Sport from April 1950, and The Times in October 1954. Operating from 12 Rex Place and other venues, the company was deregistered in 1980. A typed biography of the company is pasted to the fly leaf in each book. The bindings now a little loose and frayed, but generally sound. (2)

AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTED IN AROUND 1923 BY MR HERBERT TABB AND MRS LYDIA TABB WORKING ON BEHALF OF BARNODOS FUND RAISING AT VARIOUS EVENTS, Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), a signed manuscript andante score dated Thurs 24 1924

THOMAS EVANS & ARTHUR EVANS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS 1755 and later, bound in leather with metal clasp engraved 'TE', containing Welsh and English religious text together with text relating to medical procedures and remedies, several pages of hymn music and other themes, together with smaller bound texts from the same family and a religious book inscribed with Arthur Evans' name Provenance: by descent. Various letters to accompany. It is believed that Arthur Evans was related to Williams Pantycelyn. The Evans family descend from Parc y Bocs, KidwellyLate related addition to this lot by the vendor - an 1883 Indenture manuscript for 'Parcybox' between Charles Evans Davies Morgan Richardson and Richard David Jenkins

CERI RICHARDS mixed media - abstract with torn music manuscript, signed and dated 1962, 13 x 18cms (framed and glazed)

WW2 British Propaganda posters by "KEM" (Kimon E Marengo.) A set of 5 propaganda posters depicting adaptations of Shahnameh scenes, in Farsi, printed posters on paper [London (for the Ministry of Information), 1942] Each measures 341mm x 229mm. Marengo was an Egyptian, who worked in Paris as a satirical cartoonist. At the outbreak of war, he was studying at Exeter College, Oxford and turned his talents to aiding the Ministry of Information in London, producing over 3000 images on behalf of the British war effort. The Germans were increasingly using propaganda in Iran, so Marengo was tasked with devising counter-measures. He drew on that nation's rich manuscript heritage, and repainted six images from the Shahnameh, replacing key figures with likenesses of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin overseeing the downfall of Hitler. These were initially produced as posters, and then as booklets of postcards and dispersed during the Tehran conference when the Allied powers signed a declaration that committed them to Iran's independence. As mundane objects, produced to be pasted to walls and billboards they very rarely survive in good or even presentable condition, and despite their printing in the UK, the British Library have only the postcards.

England and Wales.- Ortelius (Abraham) Angliae Regni Florentissimi Nova Descriptio, Auctore Humfredo Lhuyd Denbygiense, map of England and Wales compiled from Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles and Lhuyd's manuscript map of 1568, with large decorative title cartouche in the upper left, many sailings ships and sea creatures in the surrounding waters, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of an indistinct armorial device, platemark 382 x 468 mm. (15 1/8 x 18 3/5 in), sheet 445 x 555 mm. (17 1/2 x 21 7/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold, unframed [1601].Literature:VdB 19

London.- Trench (Capt. the Hon. W. Le Poer) Hyde Park from Sheet VI.11.12.15.16 of the Ordnance Survey of London, showing the area from Bayswater Road in the north to Rutland Gate in the south, lithograph with hand-colouring, 665 x 760 mm. (26 1/4 x 29 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt and light staining, foldling with marbled ends into brown cloth boards, upper cover missing, manuscript ink inscription to folded end section that reads: 'George Russell/ Feb: 1865', 8vo, 1865.

India.- Faden (William) The Southern Countries of India from Madrass to Cape Comorin, Describing the Routes of the Armies Commanded by Colonels Fullarton and Humberston during the Campaigns of 1782, 1783, & 1784, Surveyed by Col. Kelly & Capt. Wersebe and Others, showing south from Mangalore, including the northern part of Ceylon, engraving with outline hand-colouring, 905 x 1040 mm. (35 5/8 x 41 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some minor spotting and surface dirt, folding into contemporary marbled slipcase, with ink manuscript label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1791.

Persian School, a manuscript page together with other Persian, Indian and Asian works (qty).

Commercial Investigator's Journal [?Hughes, Augustus]Journal of an investigation into the abuses of the Porto Wine Trade, manuscript, 1829. 8vo, half leather over marbled boards; pp. 67 pages MSS.The unknown author was sent by 'Mr Lancaster' to investigate fraud committed against him by the Porto wine trade. The author appears to be writing to M'rs Horton and Peter Garton with his information. This journal is principally a record of the agent's findings, with digressions for sight-seeing and a letter home to his family. After this letter is the name Augustus Hughes, which may be the signature of the author. By this time the British monopoly, symbolised by the British Factory building, had been broken by the Portugese regulatory powers granted to the Douro Wine Company. The long and detailed breakdown of the operations of the farmers, Douro Wine Company and the English Factory covers the erratic approval process, the dubious storage mechanisms and the mixing of bad wine with good (the 1818 and 1825 vintages being especially poor) which led to the buyer not being sure about the vintage they were buying. The agent describes the splitting of the production into three: home consumption, lucrative export to Brazil, and the remaining third for the British market - all at different prices. There are several pages of probing questions and the answers he received and more on wine-growing districts and the controllers of the Company. The whole has an air of cloak and dagger - he writes about sending letters via a local agent who can get them unintercepted by the packet agent and about being advised not to go into the farming country because of the danger - but still has time to record the sights and experiences of travel. The author appears to have preferred the clean Porto to Lisbon's beggars, though he seems to have enjoyed the trip between them. By the end, he is clearly seeking an exit, writing about his fatigue, before recounting a harrowing triple hanging he saw from his window. A fascinating record of the corruption of the wine trade in Portugal of the 19th century.. Binding worn, some foxing, marking etc to pages, very good.

Catherine of Wickham [Catherine Gladstone Stewart] Two unpublished manuscript fairy tales. The Fairy Tale of the Ugly King, 1863, pp. 225 and Princess Liliola, 1865, pp. 403. 8vo, similarly bound in panelled calf, blind roll-tooled board edges, red edges, marbled endpapers. From the nineteenth-century school of such tales, replete with fey knights, glittering Courts and a very clean faux-medieval chivalry. The Ugly King bears a dedication to 'My dear sister'. A brief pencil note at the front of the volumes records that the author died of cholera in Italy in 1869. The names of characters certainly bear a Continental style ('Fidelio' and 'King Benvenuto I') though this may simply be the Victorian style of setting strange tales in semi-fictionalised European settings.. Bindings scuffed and bumped but tight, internally generally clean.

A bone crucifix carving on paper manuscript page. 17cm x 22cm

GILT-BRONZE MINIATURE FIGURE OF HANUMANthe monkey god and devotee of Lord Rama shown seated on a tall lotus plinth, the right hand held in abhaya mudra, the left hand holding a manuscript3.2cm high

CLARKE. The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke Marquis and Earl of Wellington (3 vols.), London (n.d.), fold out maps and engravings, half russia; together with LAS CASES, Journal de la Vie Privée et des Conversations de l'Empereur Napoléon a Sainte Hélène (4 vols.), London 1823, fold out plans and map, half black embossed russia, binder's tickets of R. White, Parsonstown and manuscript Venu de Ste. Hélène, 6th edition, London 1817, half crimson morocco. (8)Provenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Iremonger

DOUGLAS HYDE Sgealuide fior na seactmaine, Gill & Son 1909, with manuscript dedication to Sarah Purser

SIGNED BY GEORGES BRAQUE Georges Braque, Pierre Reverdy. La Liberte des Mers. Maeght 1959, folio, h.m. paper, sheets loose in printed paper covers, no. 27 of 50 copies on special paper from a total edition of 250, the justification page SIGNED by Braque and Reverdy. Text of Reverdy’s poems in reproduced manuscript, monochrome lithographs throughout by Braque, one lithograph only (of seven called for) in colours with tissue guard. Cover with a few light marks, o.w. clean. Lacks the original box. INCOMPLETE. Of the seven coloured lithographs called for, only one is present.Provenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Iremonger

A. HARRIS 11/12/70 (1870). A manuscript map of England and Wales and a map of Ireland, 1 volume, pencil pen and ink. 23 x 19cmProvenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Iremonger

Book: Richard Doyle, Jack The Giant Killer (1888 facsimile of the artist's manuscript, original, hence 1888 is the first printing)

Repton, H: The Red Books of Humphry Repton. (Antony House, Cornwall ; Attingham Park, Shropshire ; Sheringham Hall, Norfolk); Plus an Explanatory Volume by Edward Malins. The Basilisk Press, 1976, Limited facsimile edition. No. 339 of 515 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Quarter red morocco with marbled boards, gilt, housed in individual slipcases within a brown box. The paper has been specially made to match the Whatman paper Repton used in the original books. Illustrated throughout in collotype, using up to 10 colours, reproducing Repton's text and water colour designs for the improvement of each estate. Folio & 4to. 4 volumes, set. Excellent facsimile reprints of three of the manuscript Red Books prepared by the architect and landscape designer Humphry Repton (1752-1818) for submission to his clients, incorporating reproductions in exact colour facsimile of the design drawings, with attached flaps showing before-and-after views of each landscape, that he provided. The set is preserved in its original large folio custom-built cloth slipcase. VG+

NORFOLK: Gardiner, Richard: The History of Pudica, a lady of N-rf-olk With an Account of Her Five Lovers; Viz Dick Merryfellow, Jack Shadwell of the Lodge, Count Antiquary, Young 'Squire Fog, of Dumplin-hall and Miles Dinglebob of Popgun-ball, Esq. M Cooper, 1754. Recently rebound in half leather. A poor copy of a rare Norfolk book - perhaps one of the best of the county's satirical works, quoted at considerable length by R W Ketton-Cremer in 'Norfolk Portraits'. The missing four pages at the rear are supplied in manuscript to collate with a full copy. That in ink is on paper watermarked 1798.

[Wishart, George]: A Complete History Of the Wars in Scotland; Under the Conduct of the Illustrious James Marquis of Montrose, in two parts. Printed in the year 1720. PP: Frontis portrait, (xvi), 200, lvi, 24; Plus 28 page manuscript note bound in at the front, dated 5 Nov. 1791, & signed by John Marsh (whose bookplate the book bears). The note relates family traditions about Montrose’s final period of hiding & capture, passed down via the writer’s grandmother who, according to her grandfather, John Milbourne, hid the marquis in “an old Useless Trough ..Etc. Cont. full calf; rebacked preserving the original spine.

ILLUMINATED: Rubaiyat of OMAR KHAYYAM, Translated By Edward Fitzgerald. Siegle, Hill & Co, 1910, 1st. edn. thus. From a manuscript written and illuminated by F Sangorski & G Sutcliffe with an introduction by A C Benson, Limited edition, No. 434 of 550, SIGNED BY BOTH SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Publisher's original full vellum with gilt Peacock decoration, teg and lettered in red and black. Colour illumination and illustration. Covers darkened; and dust staining mainly to reverse of illustrations

Raffald, Elizabeth. The Experienced English Housekeeper, thirteenth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, torn, 3 folding plates, creased, spotted and stained, contemporary calf, worn, boards detached, 8vo, London: R. Baldwin, 1806; a manuscript recipe book, 152pp., original boards, [c.1851]; and one other, cookery (3)

Churchill, Sir Winston Spencer. Marlborough, His Life and Times, 4 volumes, first editions, volume 1 for Canada, volumes 2-4 for the United Kingdom, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, plates, maps and charts, original cloth, top edges gilt, volume 1 rebacked preserving most of the original spine, bookplate of Alan Lascelles, 8vo, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1933-1938 PRESENTATION COPY. Volume One inscribed on the front free-endpaper, 'A.F. Lascelles CMG MVO &c With high esteem, (?)regard, the best of wishes for the New Year - [signature] R. B. Bennett, Christmas 33', the front paste-down with a manuscript family tree in Alan Lascelles hand, from John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough through Joan Thesiger, Alan Lascelles' wife, to their son, John Frederick Lascelles, ' to whom devolves this book, the work of his kinsman' and thence SIGNED BY Winston S. Churchill.

[Anon] Mabel Lee. A manuscript ballad recounting the story of a young girl, from rags to riches, on 7 sheets, including title page dated 1850 with a pen and ink drawing of a country cottage, and a further 5 sheets, each with a watercolour scene of the protagonist in various stages of progress, each sharing Mabel's movable head, 167mm x 207mm, 1850

Inventory. A mid 17th century manuscript inventory for William Freeman in the County of Cambridge, listing his house contents, and providing values, totalling £138.14.08., 140mm x 615mm, [1660], framed and glazed

Telford, Thomas. Three manuscript documents concerning a dispute over water levels at Woodchester Mills, Gloucester, comprising a map titled 'Plan of Grigshott and Premises belonging situated in the Parishes of Rodborough and Woodchester in the County of Glocester the property of Sir S. Wathen, Knt.', folded, torn along central fold, a copy of the nisi prius, dated March 31st 1824, between Wathen and Haigh, 4pp. folded, and the award, dated 24th September, signed by Thomas Telford, 3pp., folded, torn (3) Disputes over water levels between mills were not infrequent. Gloucester Assizes found in favour of Joseph Wathen and Obediah Paul Wathen of Woodchester Mills and against Joseph Haigh of Rooksmoor Mills, awarding £500 damages and 40 shillings costs, but subject to the arbitration of William Montague (a local iron founder) and Thomas Telford. Montague and Telford confirmed the judgement in favour of the plaintiffs, but reduced the damages from £500 to £5. Furthermore, they directed that Haigh should construct a substantial weir at the 'north east angle of the Mill Pond' and a clear passage of water through or under the mill.

Wales. An illustrated manuscript describing a journey through Wales by Slatey Hughes, c.1862, in red and black ink, five pen and ink drawings, mounted photograph, 28 leaves, contemporary morocco gilt, gauffered edges gilt, 4to