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Bible [English]. The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1608, general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut borders (NT title torn at head with loss & early manuscript notes to verso), Apocrypha present (final leaf torn at foot with loss to woodcut tailpiece & with old repair), double-column black letter text, some running titles shaved & close trimmed throughout, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer lacking title, and bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, London: Robert Barker, 1608, and an incomplete Books of Psalms, heavily annotated throughout volume with early manuscript marginalia throughout volume, cropped to margins with some loss throughout, dust-soiling, some fraying to margins, stains, spotting, and few tears etc., initial leaves detached, disbound, remnants of calf spine, , 4to Herbert 294, Genesis I, 3 "Then sayd God". Darlow & Moule 226, STC 2203. Manuscript entries in the volume include "Mary Spark borne September the 19 at 6 o'clock at night in the year of our lord 1686 anno Domini", and includes related entry "1744 dyed in the year". Ancestry records indicate a Mary Spark being baptised on 22 Aug 1686 at Shrivenham, Berkshire, which would appear to link with the entry in this volume. (1)

Porta (Giovanni Battista della). Magiae Naturalis Libri Viginti, in quibus scientiarum naturalium divitiae, & deliciae demonstrantur..., Hanau: Wechel, 1619, title with early ink ownership name, woodcut illustrations to text, generally toned, few annotations to text, some pale dampstaining to title and fore-margins, front pastedown with book ticket of Danielis Wilhelmi Nebelii, contemporary vellum, manuscript paper label to spine (chipped), front joint with short split at head, 8vo Wellcome I, 5188. (1)

Severn (Walter, 1830-1904). Good Night & Good Morning, words by R.M. Milnes Esq[ui]re M.P., with illuminations and etchings by Walter Severn, circa 1855, original illuminated calligraphic manuscript on rectos of 8 stiff card leaves, including title and colophon, the 6 text leaves each with initialled pen and ink drawing and calligraphic text embellished with calligraphic and floral designs in gold and colours, some spotting, later bookplate of the Oliver Collection, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated blindstamped morocco with silk doubleurs by Ackerman, contents shaken, covers heavily rubbed and worn on spine, 4to The book was published by Crocker in 1859. (1)

Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). The Second World War, 6 volumes written out in manuscript longhand into 2 large day books and a ledger, by an unidentified hand, circa 1950s, a right-sloping neat hand in mostly blue or black fountain pen inks with occasional red highlights, etc., seemingly an unabridged and full transcription (except some quoted sources typed up on separate loose sheets in a folder), written on both sides of approximately 800 leaves of 3 ledgers/day books, volumes 1 and 2 of the magnum opus written into one day book, volume 3 into a ledger (damp-frayed at lower margins), volumes 4-6 written into a second day book matching the first (with printed columns for rooms, wines, accounts, etc.), this final volume following straight on with full-length transcriptions of 4 other of Churchill's works in the same hand, 'My Early Life', 'Thoughts and Adventures', 'Great Contemporaries' and 'Step by Step', approximately 150 blank leaves at rear of volume 3, contemporary quarter leather, some soiling and wear, volumes 1 & 3 with printed stationer's labels of Arthur Wrigley, Leeds, at front, large 4to (49 x 41 cm), volume 2 folio (47 x 30 cm), together with a folder of related typed leaves supplying many of the quoted sources for which coded references are left in the manuscript A truly bizarre Churchill archive, this three-volume manuscript raises unanswerable questions of authorship and appropriation. The Second World War alone totals over 1.5 million words and what person would voluntarily, (or otherwise), attempt to rewrite all this verbatim in longhand defies all logic and explanation. The handwriting is not Churchill's, nor any of his known secretaries, according to the Churchill Archives, Cambridge. Besides which Churchill's modus operandi for writing was dictation to typists in the first instance, which was then hand corrected by Churchill, retyped and corrected once more. Even with the large team of researchers involved in the preparation of The Second World War there would have been no call for such a manuscript. The inclusion of full transcriptions of four further and earlier works by Churchill adds to the bafflement. The ledgers were acquired around 20 years ago from a large house clearance near York. There are two clues as to who the author may be, both possibly in the same hand as the manuscript itself: The name 'Philip H. [?]Richings' appears on the front free endpaper of the second day book, and a three-page manuscript poem ('An Ode to Sir Barnes [Wallis]'), included with the folder of typed quoted sources, is initialled 'P.H.R.' at the end. (3 ledgers & a folder)

Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map to volume 1 (strengthened to folds at verso and reguarded), engraved vignette title to each volume, 73 engraved plates & plans (including two engraved dedication leaves, lacking three plates & one with repaired closed tear), numerous engraved illustrations to text and 18 folding pedigrees, 13 engraved leaves of Domesday Book, includes Supplement at rear of volume 2, one or two paper repairs, ink stamps to lowere outer corners of titles and manuscript number to verso, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked preserving original contrasting morocco labels, corners repaired, folio Upcott p.1330. (2)

Randall (Lilian M.C.). Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, 2 volumes (in 3), USA, 1989, numerous monochrome illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, large 8vo, together with Westlake (N.H.J.), A History of Design in Painted Glass, 4 volumes in 1, 1881-94, numerous monochrome illustrations, some toning and marks, contemporary half vellum, boards slightly rubbed, spine rubbed and folding at edges, folio, and Van Der Horst (Koest), Illuminated and Decorated Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1989, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, ex library stamps to verso of title page, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, plus other illuminated manuscript, stained and decorative glass reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

*Motoring History. An archive of the correspondence of Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910, motor car promoter and aviator), with F. Howard Mercer, pioneering motorist and motoring photographer, principally dated 1900, comprising a series of seventeen Autograph Letters Signed (15 pages 8vo, 9 on correspondence cards), a few signed with initials, with four envelopes, all from South Lodge, Rutland Gate, London, November 1899 to October 1901, with two signed receipts, five carbon copy letters and three secretarially-signed letters, a group of five photographs (including three of Rolls driving three different cars, mounted on card, two annotated in pencil on reverse by Mercer; two others of Chauffeur driving 'An old Panhard / Property of Hon. C.S. Rolls'), and further related material including a facsimile letter from Lord & Lady Llangattock, Rolls's parents, thanking Mercer for condolences on the death of their son, 23 July 1910 (he died 12 July, the first Briton to be killed in a powered aircraft); two long letters and two cards from C[harles] R[oberts] D'Esterre (c. 1876-1943) an associated of Rolls, discussing problems with his (Peugeot) car; receipt for a #1 8s 6d speeding find incurred by Mercer ('exceeding 10 mile limit in Richmond Road'), April 1906; long Typewritten Letter Signed with manuscript insertions and corrections to Mercer from C[laude] Johnson, 1½ pages folio, The Automobile Club, 18 April 1900, giving detailed instruction for marshalling Section 2, Classes A, B and C (private owners) at the start of the 1,000 Mile Trial from Grosvenor Place, together with a (blank) 'Joint Report of Timekeepers', headed 'Red Flag Control', 6 pages, and two further 'Red Flag' instruction sheets, one giving directions for stopping vehicles and the other (blank) to be completed by the marshal(s) The correspondence, written before Rolls formed his motor company, C.S. Rolls & Co. in 1903, and before he met Henry Royce (on 4 May 1904), is largely concerned with Mercer's purchase of a Peugeot car, Rolls being an enthusiast for the French manufacturer, having imported a 3.75-hp Peugeot into England in 1896, becoming one of the first English motorists. The letters show that Rolls was on friendly terms with Mercer, and frequently invited him dinner, he also made much use of him as a photographer, asking for copies of prints, of motor cars and on one occasion of a picture taken at the funeral of Queen Victoria. The purchase of Mercer's Peugeot was quite long drawn out affair, with frequent references to the preferred ignition system (hot tube or electric) and to other technical matters including the deliberate frangibility of a key component designed to fail in some circumstances 'when car going astern'), although Rolls appears to have forgotten Mercer's preferences on the ignition front from time to time. On one occasion he invites Mercer to visit him and adds that 'an inner tube and oil' would await him. Also under discussion were the usual matters of the size and type of tyres to be fitted or prepared for, and the inevitable question of the colour. It is also evident that Rolls was acting as agent for the sale of the model, and there are various references to the financial aspect, and receipts signed by Rolls for various sums. Rolls also tells his friend of his own activities, notably his intention to take part in the Paris-Toulouse race 'on the new Napier', and invites Mercer and a friend to view his stables (horses still being an important part of his life, as was yachting, which also gets a mention). The 1,000 Mile Trial lasted from 23 to 12 May, starting and finishing in London and taking in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, and Nottingham en route. There were speed tests and hill-climbs included in the competition. Sixty-five competitors started the race, of whom 35 returned to London. Overall the most successful entrant was C.S. Rolls in his 12-hp Panhard (he also entered a Daimler driven by J.A. Hodder). The Panhard was awarded the gold medal for the best car in any class. (a folder)

Attributed to John Downman/Gentleman Seated Beneath a Tree/half-length portrait, reading manuscript music/gum arabic over watercolour, 28cm x 24cm Condition Report: The surface of this picture has a good deal of paint loss, what is left appears to be of fine quality and unrestored. It appears to be gum arabic over watercolour (not oil as originally catalogued). the canvas is glued on to an oak board

WELCH (Stuart Cary), A Kings Book of Kings: an album of miniatures from Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of The Shahnameh.

A Persian illuminated double-sided manuscript: decorated with an over-painted single tulip, 21 x 14.5cm.

A late 19th / early 20th Century student's manuscript note book, the leather binding gilt-embossed COOPERS HILL, [The Royal Indian Engineering College (or RIEC) was a British college of Civil Engineering run by the India Office to train civil engineers for service in the Indian Public Works Department. It was located on the Cooper's Hill estate, near Egham, Surrey]

A Great War watercolour study entitled Gotha Bombing Squadron flying over Essex Coast, with related autograph manuscript notes verso, (a/f), 27 cm x 37 cm

[Great War related autographs] An autographed typewritten letter from Wing Commander Guy Gilbert RFC (who survived being shot down by Manfred von Richthofen during the Great War), together with an autograph manuscript letter of Cecil Lewis RFC, author of Sagittarius Rising, and a signed typewritten letter of Robert Cedric Sherriff, FSA, FRSL English writer best known for his play Journey's End

GB 1840 1d Penny Black (G-I) identified as likely Plate 8, 4 margins, tied with red MX on complete written entire to Letheringsett Norfolk solicitor, manuscript Missent to Beccles (Suffolk), stamp has no apparent tears thins or creases.

Papua New Guinea extensive & valuable postal history collection, mainly covers, inc 1948 cover to GB franked by Australia ½d, 1d (2) with manuscript "Trobrana Islands" & Losuia date stamps, Abau, Bainings, Banz, Finschafen, Madang 1957 cover to NZ franked by Stamp Duty 1d-on-6½d (5), Namatanai, Rigo, instructional marks, good range of registered mail etc. Includes many photos of post offices, unusual small colln matchbox labels advertising the "Steamship Trading Co" most depicting native artefacts, etc groups of trade cards, etc (8 albums, approx 432 items)

19TH CENTURY HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ON PALM LEAVES, reputed to have been "presented by Dr J H Robertson, Singapore", together with four 19th century face screens, one reputed to have been painted "by a 7 year old boy 1821" (5)

Torres Saldamando, Enrique Libro primero de Cabildos de Lima. Paris: Paul Dupont, 1900. 3 vols., folio, portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, and with manuscript facsimiles, genealogical trees, coloured plates of coats of arms, contemporary half tan calf, buckram boards, original printed paper wrappers bound in each vol., some wormholes in vols. 1 & 2, with the book plates of Charles Crofton-Atkins [3]

A COLOUR PRINT OF A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT DEPICTING VARIOUS SCENES OF COURT LIFE TOGETHER WITH A VINTAGE STYLE PEARS ADVERTISING PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL. (2)

Spanish School (mid-18th century) The Crucifixion of Jesus Christoil on canvas, 74cm x 46.5cm, numbered 483 in manuscript to verso

Leonard Francis Wyburd RA (1865 - 1958)La Tristesse, bust-length portrait signed, dated 1895, pastel and watercolour, 51cm x 37cm, inscribed manuscript label to verso

French Old Master (17th/18th century)St. Jerome at Studythe margin inscribed in ink manuscript Le Mercier fecit à Angers, red chalk on brown paper, 27.5cm x 22.5cm

French School (19th century)The Dilettante oil on mahogany panel, 16cm x 10.5cm, ink manuscript label to verso

George Barret Junior (Irish, 1767-1842)Under the Shade of the Great Treeswatercolour, 35.5cm x 29.5cm, collection label to verso, Colle: R.E.S. Wilson, No. 30, and inscribed in ink manuscript: from Coll. of Canon Smythe

A 19th century Continental ivory and paper nineteen-stick lady's fan, the reticulated sticks painted with three portraits of society beauties, half-length, within oval reserves, amongst pierced and picked-out leafy scrolls and foliage, the whole surmounted by a concertina panorama decorated with Watteausque scenes of peasants at play in stylized landscapes, bouquets of country flowers and gilt leafy scrolls, 51cm wide (open), glazed display case, collector's manuscript label to verso, the fan, c.1860

English School (18th century), a portrait miniature, of a gentleman, bust-length, fully-turned to sinister, his hair dressed, wearing a white cravat and a black coat, oval, watercolour with gouache heightening on ivory, 6.3cm x 5cm, red morocco case with card indistinctly attributed in ink manuscript

(MANUSCRIPT) SURVEY and TERRIER of the PARISH of ALVELEY in the County of Salop, and calculation of a new Poor-Rate or Amendment from the same taken in the year 1809. 82 hand-written pages. Contains details of owners, tenants and acreages, including the holdings of the Lee family. Some juvenile writing on early pages, mainly in pencil, binding disintegrating

MANUSCRIPT. Field, G T. A Practical course of Artillery. Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, December 1842. Student's notebook. Small 4to, 299 pages with many illustrations

MANUSCRIPT. Expenditure Book of the barque Chatham (?) on a voyage to the West Indies, 31st January 1851. With lists of expenditure of line stock and daily expenditure of preserved milk, porter, claret, pale ale, etc, including a few pages of prose and poetry

Fire Screen with painted manuscript centre

After Van Dyck, portrait of Inigo Jones, shoulder length, possibly 19th Century but could be earlier and restored, oil on board in frame, bearing old manuscript inscription verso: "Inigo Jones the Celebrated Architect 1641 painted by William [unable to decipher] called the English [unable to decipher]" plus Frost and Reed framing/restoration label, 31 cms by 26 cms

19th Century quantity lot of five mogul illustration manuscript leaves, handpainted

Edwardian manuscript diary of a voyage to Egypt, November 4 1904 to April 22 1905, written by the valet of Evelyn Baring, agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907. Signed 'H.G.C.' and bound in black leather (worn) bearing gilt initials and date to upper board, 'H.G.C. 1904-05'. The diary opens with a train journey from Glasgow to London, describes the voyage to Egypt, daily entries recording conditions and culture of the country, and closes with Paris, London, Glasgow. December 24 1904: 'The young prince, H. H. Prince Leopold of Battenburg arrived at the Hotel today. I met his valet in the evening & went for a donkey ride with him & at night we all went in the Stewards bar room & spent a jolly evening till 12pm'

Doré, Gustave (Illus.). Dante's Divine Comedy, the three parts bound as one, New Edition, London: Cassell [no date], illustrated plates throughout, half-leather binding. Together with Tam O'Shanter, A Tale by Robert Burns, reduced facsimile of the original manuscript, Isabella K. Gough, Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1908 (2)

Folder containing manuscript maps of England, Scotland and Europe, ink & watercolour, dated 1850; manuscript verse with pictorial borders after well-known authors (R. L. Stevenson, John Masefield, John Oxenham); botanical illustrations and still lifes in pastel & watercolour; a manuscript geology chart with cross-section of landscape and others

Edwardian manuscript children's book, The Pawky Pawk's Book of Beasts, illustrated with surreal ink drawings throughout. The book features 32 illustrations of fantastical creatures, each accompanied by a brief satirical description and a page of comic verse. There is, for example, a creature who 'is so inflated with the sense of his own importance, that his feet only touch the ground when he condescends'. The work is housed in an exercise book, inscribed 'Unnatural History', belonging to Joyce Mary Williams. The main title page records the illustrator as 'Jimmy Smite' (the final illustration in the book depicts this figure), and the work is 'Dedicated by kind permission to Joyce and Denis by The Author and The Illustrator, 1905, Swanage and London'. The book includes two additional illustrations of beasts, loosely inserted, one being a watercolour, the other with accompanying verse. Contents generally good and bright throughout, the outer paper covers worn as found. Together with an archive of letters/drafts/photographs/ephemera (including photographs of Joyce), some of it relating to the Williams & Norgate publishing firm (Joyce was the daughter of one of the owners); Edwardian letters and drawings by children; genealogical research/correspondence, and a curious late-Victorian photograph of a "ghost" (lady in Georgian dress)

A 19th century manuscript map of Ireland in pen with colour outlines, signed Nathaniel Lees Fysh, June 12th 1874, 18" x 15" overall

A Middle Eastern manuscript

Plymouth, Devon.- [Downing (Elisabeth, of Plymouth, 1802-67) Diary and account book, manuscript, 254pp., browned, slightly stained, original vellum, slightly soiled, brass clasp, 8vo, 18th December 1848 - 9th June 1851.

Textiles.- Koch & Te Kock. Fünfzig Jahre [1880-1930], colour plates and illustrations, light spotting to title, original cloth-backed boards tied with gold cord, upper boards covered with woven patterned carpet incorporating logo and dates, Oelsnitz, [1930] § Tiffany Studios. The...Collection of Notable Antique Oriental Rugs, 3 vol., vol.1 & 2 each one of 500 copies, vol.3 one of 1000, printed in green and black, titles with decorative borders (no title in vol.3 but apparently complete), colour frontispieces, plates, browned, vol.1 & 2 original boards, vol.3 original cloth, all t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, New York, [1906-08] § Daubenton (L.J.M.) Mémoire sur le Premier Drap de Laine superfine du Crû de la France, first edition, 16pp., stitched in old wrappers, title in manuscript on upper wrapper, small stain to foot of spine, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1784, oblong folio & 8vo (5) ⁂ The first is a trade catalogue to celebrate the jubilee of one of Germany's leading carpet manufacturers; the last concerns the author's experiments on how to improve the quality of French wool.

Catharinus (Ambrosius, Bishop of Gonza) Annotationes in excerpta quaedem de commentariis, collation: a-b8 A-Z8 &4, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut criblé initial, water-stained, remains of early manuscript used in binding, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, leather lifting away from lower cover, 8vo 167 x 107mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1535.⁂ Literature: Adams C1080.

Medical.- H. (M.) [Medical recipe book], manuscript, 35pp. including 1p. index, a few small engravings laid down, browned throughout, original straight-grain morocco, gilt floral borders, g.e., 8vo, [c. 1820].⁂ Recipes include: "Agus"; "Asthma"; "Bites Venomous"; "The Chicken Pock &c"; "Ear-ach"; "Scarlet Fever"; "Measles"; "Poisons taken internally"; "To stew a Basilisk" etc.

NO RESERVE Irish Parliament. Acts and Statutes..., black letter, foxed and browned, some edges frayed and chipped, some damp-staining affecting margins, some repaired at end, ex-library copy with ink stamps on title and fly-leaf, manuscript index on fly-leaf, repaired, ink inscription on front free endpaper to the effect that this collection was compiled from Sir John Magill of Gill Hall, Dromore, Co. Down, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, folio, 1692-97.⁂ 28 separate Acts, including: "An Act for the Confirmation of Articles, Made at the Surrender of the City of Limerick"; "An Act for Granting an Additional Duty on Tobacco" etc.

Somerset Sea Wall.- Kingston Seymour (village between Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare on the North Somerset Levels) [Report on the repair of the sea wall at Kingston Seymour], manuscript, 9pp., stitched in plain wrappers, folds, very slight traces of damp at head, not affecting text, 27th October 1773.⁂ "A true and perfect account and list of all and singular the Sea Wall work belonging to the Parish of Kingston Seymour in the County of Somerset made by Order of the Commissioners of Sewers and signed by them at a Session of Sewers held at Wrington on Wednesday the 27th day of October 1773... ."

NO RESERVE Choirbook leaves, manuscript on vellum, 3 leaves (6pp.), red and blue initials, slightly soiled at edges, some edges a little creased, lge. folio, [c. 1650].

NO RESERVE Thetford Bank.- Bank note for Three Pence, engraved note with manuscript insertions, folds, slightly browned and foxed, 128 x 206mm., 21st April 1792.

French commonplace book.- Voison (Captain, 18th Regiment of the line, French army) Vade mecum, manuscript in French, title and 131pp., pen and ink diagram, 9 drawings and watercolours tipped-in, title-page torn and repaired at head, browned, modern roan, morocco label gilt on spine, 8vo, [c. 1820].⁂ Includes, the arts, botany, domestic economy, natural history, medical etc.

America.- Porter (Joshua, of Kaighnton, New Jersey) Receipt Book, manuscript, title and 66pp. excluding blanks and juvenile scribbling, 14pp. of notes at end in a later hand, a few ff. torn, slightly browned, original reverse calf-backed boards, rubbed, sm. 8vo, 1821 & later.

18th century sermon.- De Gols (Gerard, rector of St. Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, fl. 1713-37) The Spiritual Watch: A Sermon, manuscript, title and 22pp., title foxed and marked, a few small chips to edges slightly affecting a few words of text, browned, unbound, stitched with green ribbon, 8vo, 1719. ⁂ Unpublished.

Scientific. HELMHOLTZ (H) Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects. 1873, 8vo, tan morocco; BROWN (T) The Marine Steam-Engine, 2nd edition 1852; WALKER (A) The New Lavater, 1839, rebound; GONVOT. Legislation Militaire, 1847, half calf; a manuscript note book of chemical or pharmaceutical notes c.1870; a German text 1786 on European statistics; one other on bookbinding by Zaehnsdorf (7)

Bible in latin. Lyon: in officina Jacobi Mareschal [1524?], 8vo, title page in old manuscript, double column, figural capitals, age toned, final leaf with printer's woodcut device, contemporary pigskin with embossed front board with nativity scene to centre, lacking clasps

Incunabula. LOMBARDUS (Petrus). Glossa magistralis Psalterii. [Nuremberg : Johann Sensenschmidt and Andreas Frisner, 1475-76], folio, some slight worming, 411 (of 415) leaves, lacking initial blank & ff. 31, 40 & 414, which are supplied in near-contemporary manuscript, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, worm holes, clasp missing. References: Goff P.476, Hain 12002, Proctor 2202; BMC II 408; ISTC No.ip00476000.

SEDDON, (John) Penman's Paradis, c.1695, sold by John Stuart, oblong folio, engraved title, and 24 ff only, (incomplete), corners rounded, stained and worn, wrapper; and a small 19th century manuscript 'Cyphering' book dated 1839 (2)

A group of Elizabethan and Carolean manuscript documents including a four-page manuscript indenture dated 14th July in the fourteenth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1571) between George Symons and George Corkoram, both of Colompton, Devon, drafted at the Inner Temple in London, retaining one red wax impressed seal, together with a contemporary four-page copy of the same, both on vellum; together with a Charles I period manuscript document, written in Latin, with impressed wax Royal Seal of the enthroned monarch, on vellum; A manuscript indenture dated 20th August 1629 being a counterpart lease of a tenement granted by Lady Elizabeth Griffin of Yardley to William Hanams, attested by Edward Symons, on paper; A manuscript document dated 22nd April 1669 from the Manor of Sandon, 'Suffnall e Cromer' (Herts), with references to a James Willymott and Baroness Elizabeth Nicholas, on vellum (4)

Arabic poetry, Quran, a Sura, verse 27, 17 x 11.5cm, 12pp manuscript verses heightened with gilt, on laid paper, limp morocco covers

Heraldry - PORNY (M) A manuscript folio copy or partial copy of Porny's Heraldry, on paper watermarked 1799, in pen and ink with some hand colour, index and 55 leaves, in modern morocco

BOYER (A) The History of Queen Anne, 1735, folio, 2 engraved portraits, 2 folding plans, 3 plates, some toning, skilfully rebacked panel calf;CHAMBERLEN (Paul) An Impartial History of the Life and Reign of Queen Anne. 1738,folio, portrait frontispiece, 7 folding plates of naval scenes (laid down, some restoration in manuscript to text below, one plate damaged and incomplete), old staining, later morocco (2)

Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up The Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson ..., with a Description of the Battle of the Nile ...., White, 1802, quarto, engraved dedication, double-page aquatint map, forty-one aquatint plates as called for, additional plate and mounted portrait, manuscript leaf loosely inserted, contemporary diced calf (re-backed)

Lashly (W.) The Diary of W. Lashly, A Record of the Return Journey of the Last Supporting Party with Capt. Scott to the South Pole, University of Reading, 1938-39, numbered limited edition of 75, Nautical College Bookplate and accession stamp, original linen-backed printed paper boards (manuscript title to backstrip), modern slipcase

Key (Astley Cooper) A Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon, (Charles Hotham, Esq., Captain) Stranded in the Bay of Monte Video, May 10th, 1844, Smith, Elder, 1847, presentation copy from the author, folding litho frontis, two folding charts and fifteen other plates (four folding) as called for, two page manuscript letter bound in, original cloth (re-cased with new endpapers)

Wild (Frank, Cdr.) - Manuscript A seven page signed autograph account by Frank Wild, describing his experiences in the Antarctic, written in the commonplace book of Miss Kathleen M. Blocksidge of Surrey at the request of her grandfather [c1917], with a signed photograph of Wild tipped in. Wild describes icebergs, their shape and dimensions; the problems of food supply, discussing the taste of seal and penguin meat -'the penguins are really nice, the legs taste like mutton and the breast very like hare'; the cycle of the sun, its effect on temperature and frostbite; wildlife and the seasons - petrels, penguins, skuas, sea leopards, close escapes from killer whales; his affection for the sledge dogs and how sad he was when they had to be shot! Also signed by Raymond Priestley, one leaf loose, original cloth