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Boreman (Thomas). A description of three hundred animals, viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents and insects..., 3rd edition, printed for R. Ware, 1736, engraved frontispiece, numerous engravings throughout of animals (including some fictious and some where the author has guessed what they look like), folding engraved plate 'The Greenland Whale Fishery', complete, contemporary manuscript writing to two blanks at end, contemporary speckled calf gilt, 8vo. An unusual but very interesting read

Sauter (Rudolf) 'Erda'; Poem for the Earth - The Trial of Man, a masque for 1972, hand coloured manuscript with inscription to inner cover, a hand written poem by Sauter dated Christmas 1971, a typed poem and a pamphlet 'The Grand Canyon'

Two scrap albums of various etchings and engravings, 17th to 19th century one containing various portrait engravings stuck down on to manuscript or blank sheets, small topographical and other bookplates (including from Excursions Through Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey and Sussex), two small sepia etchings by Dickinson after Bartolozzi, two unframed Baxter prints, an amateur watercolour and an ink drawing of a monk, initialled 'JA 1829', etc. (all loosely inserted); the other album with many interior, topographical, rural and sentimental scenes (all stuck down), the albums a.f.

Walker (R., Pub.) A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders Committed on the Bodies of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer in the Port of Southampton and, Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, of Fordingbridge in Hampshire...., First Book Edition, 7 engraved plates, damage and loss, untidy manuscript annotations, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges splitting, 1749, plus a later edition of the book, with Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventurers of Nicholas Nickleby, engraved frontis., foxed, contemporary half morocco, Chapman & Hall, 1848, with Oyler (A.W.) Annals of Culver House, Winchester 1868-1904, pencil annotation, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed,Winchester P. & G. Wells, n/d plus other vols. vs(Box)

LYRA (Nicholas of) - Postilla Super Totam Bibliam. 2 folio leaves, with the beginning of the Postilla on the Apocalypse of St. John printed in Latin in single column, large gothic initials in manuscript & red ink, Rome, Conrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz, 1471-72, sheet size 37cm. x 25cm., mounted side by side, captioned beneath, framed & glazed.

ORIGINAL ARTWORK - by O' Dowda (? Lady Gay), for an apparently unpublished children's book 'Mr. Puss', a cat living in India. includes 21 signed large illustrations, 50.5cm. x 31.5cm, 3 with manuscript poems on verso, titled 'The Coolie', 'The Mali' and 'The Camel Man', a signed colour cover title, watercolour & ink, 54.5 cm. x 38cm., ink inscription on verso 'Lady Dowda / The Old Coach House / Rye / Sussex', 19 signed proof copy illustrations with typescript poems, 2 longer illustrated poems in the same hand, 45 x 35cm.; n.d. (? mid 20th century) & a photograph (? the illustrator)

Britton (John) & Brayley (Edward) A Topographical and Historical Survey of the County of Southampton, 2 vol., extra illustrated with a total of 2 maps and 158 plates of which 2 arer hand coloured and 6 are folding, plus a 16pp manuscript index, foxed, contemporary half calf, spines and corners rubbed, Sheerwood, Neely & Jones, 1805, with Prosser (G.F.) Select Illustrations of Hampshire, extra illustrated with a total of 78 plates, foxed and toned, gutta percha binding perished, pages loose within contemporary half calf boards, spine splitting, J. & A. Arch, 1833 with Warner (Richard) Collections for the History of Hampshire and the Bishopric of Winchester, 6 vol. in 3, folding map and 60 of 63 engraved plates, foxed, contemporary calf, worn, 2 boards detached, For the Author,1795 with Hampshire, Extracted from Domes-Day Book, foxed, worn contemporary calf, boards detached, Faulder, 1789, 4to. (7)

Lewis (Percival) Historical Inquiries Concerning Forests and Forest Laws, with Topographical Remarks, upon the Ancient and Modern State of the New Forest in the County of Southampton, folding hand coloured map, frontis., foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed and faded, T. Payne, 1811; a second copy, incomplete, but with the author's manuscript annotations, with [Colines (Simon De)] An Abstract of all the Claims on the New Forest, in the County of Southampton, Entered at the Lord Chief Justice in Eyre's Court......., bookplate of Percival Lewis, re-backed contemporary calf, Salisbury, for the author, 1776, 4to and 8vo (3)

Anon A True and Perfect Relation of the Proceedings at the Severall Arraignments of the Late Most Barbarous Traitors, woodcut ornaments and capitals, cropped to top margins, some loss to headlines, contemporary manuscript annotations, slight worming, tipped in cutting to front end paper, re-cased in original boards, later calf spine, Robert Barker, 1606, 8vo.

Bededictus Preuotius (printer) Horae in Lavdem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, ad vsum Romanae Curiae, Greco & Latino Idiomate, red and black title and text, 6 woodcuts, minor worming, manuscript annotation to end papers, contemporary blind stamped calf, rubbed, custom case, Paris, 1559, 16mo. Illustrated

Box; Alfred Swaine Taylor manuscript lecture notes, introductory lectures 1832, 18pp, approx A3 size; On Heat, approx 100pp, 4to

TAYLOR, Alfred S, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, London 1836, 1st edition, 8vo, ¼ cloth paper on boards, titled Vol1 but only one volume published. Author's signature and notes on front endpapers, 511pp interspersed with blank leaves, most with manuscript notes by Taylor

Archive Box; Alfred Swaine Taylor manuscript lecture notes, undated, Chemistry Introductory Lectures, 16 parts, approx 400pp; Air and Gases, 26 parts over 500pp; General Properties of Metals, Salts etc, in 40 parts, approx 1000pp, all 4to size

Archive Box; Alfred Swaine Taylor manuscript lecture notes on Medical Jurisprudence, 36 parts on large paper, approx 700pp, 22 parts (not complete) on 4to paper, approx 400pp, and a quantity of loose notes approx 200pp

Box; large quantity of Taylor's manuscript writing on aspects of medical jurisprudence, in numbered parts presumably for publication, but not all parts are present

Box; large quantity of Taylor's manuscript writing on physics and natural philosophy

TAYLOR, Alfred S, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, London 1844, small 8vo leather. Author's signature on title page dated Nov. 28 1843, his signature and notes also on front endpapers. Author's marginal notes and corrections in text, 679pp with additional 23pp of manuscript notes in authors hand at the back

Box; Alfred Swaine Taylor, containing four tied bundles and a quantity of loose sheets of manuscript chemistry notes, approx 8vo size, circa 1850s/60s

Box; Alfred Swaine Taylor bundle of manuscript notes on metals, approx 8vo size, this bundle containing a few notes on photography and includes two photographs dated 1861, which appear to be part of an experiment in different processing methods

TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine, Manuscript notes on Photography, approx 11 x 18cm, 77pp, entries dated from 1861 to 1871, two photographs loosely enclosed

Alfred Swaine Taylor, manuscript notes on travels in Europe in 1828, two parts on large paper, over 100pp

Alfred Swaine Taylor, manuscript notes, An Account of the Grotto de Cane with remarks on Suffocation by Carbonic acid, 4pp on large paper

Alfred Swaine Taylor, Osservazione Geologiche ecc. Regno di Napoli, manuscript, 15 x 21cm approx 27 close written pages including one ½ page ink illustration

Box; Taylor's diaries for the years 1860, 1861, 1863 - 1868, and 1871, all are Lett's Diary or Bills Due Book and Almanack Week to view diaries, filled with manuscript entries (9)

A folder of Alfred Swaine Taylor's loose manuscript notes, including a long list of books that probably formed his library at some time

An eight page manuscript biography of Alfred Swaine Taylor by his brother Silas, dated June 1880, and another seven page one undated, in his daughter Edith's hand. A sympathy letter to Edith (Mrs Methold) dated 1 June 1880 from W. White Cooper, and one from Silas to Edith dated 1896 mentioning his brother. Also some brief mss obituary notes.

1870 3d Foreign Bill, very fine master die proof printed in black on white glazed card (90 x 60mm), endorsed in manuscript at top "Oct. 1870", scarce

Albums. A group of five early 19th century and Victorian manuscript and scrap albums, including: an album filled with manuscript writings in prose and verse, in various neat hands, including the work of poet Bernard Barton, Washington Irving, Charles Lamb, John Milton, William Cowper, and others, some dated 1820s/30s, with a few mounted original drawings and engravings, paper watermarked 'J Budgen 1823', stitching partially broken, and some leaves detached, original calf, spine crudely strengthened with fabric tape, 4to; a late 19th/early 20th century album of cuttings, photographs, original drawings and watercolours, printed souvenirs, etc., relating to the Hawkshaw family, including drawings and photographs of places in Norway, Baden, Baltic Sea, Cologne, Folkestone, Herefordshire, Ewelme, Kildare, Chester, disbound (but rear board extant), folio, plus another from the Hawkshaw family, filled with newspaper cuttings; and an album of engravings, including armorial and large format topographical and botanical engravings, with some newspapers laid in at rear, including The Malta Observer, 1859, and The Kelso Mail, 1860, original half vellum, worn, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (5)

*Bernhardt (Sarah, 1844-1923). Photograph signed, 1889, albumen print, three-quarter length as Princess Fedora, signed and dated vertically to right margin in ink with inscription at upper margin for Jocelyn Brandon, a few flecks of bodycolour, the image generally faded, 30 x 18cm, contemporary frame, glazed, manuscript label to verso noting that the recipient occasionally played a small part with Bernhardt in this production at the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, in 1883, together with a cabinet card-size albumen print of Bernhardt in near-identical pose from the same sitting, 14 x 9.5cm, mounted with a signed presentation inscription dated 1889 beneath, framed and glazed (2)

*Cockburn (Sir James, 1728 or 1729-1804, M.P., from 1745 8th Baronet of Langton, Commissary General to the Army in Germany, 1762-1763). Archive of autograph letters signed and documents addressed to him (13) or his father-in-law the West India merchant Henry Douglas (1), from Baron August Friedrich Von Spoercken, 1698-1776, the Hanoverian General, Henry Douglas, Sir George Colebrooke, M.P., General George Howard, Walter Scott, W.S. (father of Sir Walter), and John Haddow, about Sir James' enquiry into overcharging by German contractors during the Seven Years' War, bequeathing and purchasing estates, and Sir James' election expenses, MS list inside front cover, 36 sides folio or quarto plus conjugate blanks or address leaves, Schweinsberg in Hesse, London, Mnster, Edinburgh and Lanark, 1761 - 1774, neatly stitched in mid-19th century paper covers with decorative manuscript title, generally in good condition, a few pieces neatly secured or mended with gauze The first 7 items refer to the war of 1756-1763; the other 7 items are from Walter Scott, 1729-1799. A detailed list is available on request. (14)

*Cockburn (Sir James, 1728 or 1729-1804, M.P., from 1745 8th Baronet of Langton, Commissary General to the Army in Germany, 1762-1763). Archive of autograph letters signed and one ticket addressed to him (16) or Lady Cockburn (1), beginning with the ticket to the great Earl of Chatham's funeral, and continuing with letters from Thomas Pitt, the latter's nephew, (1737-1794, M.P. for Old Sarum, from 1784 1st Lord Camelford, Sir James's second wife Anne was his cousin), from Lady Camelford to Lady Cockburn, and from George Fulke Lyttelton (1763-1828, from 1808 2nd Baron of the 1794 creation), 17 items out of originally 21 (the letters from William Pitt the younger, about the lack of a post in the excise for Cockburn, and discontinuing Lady Cockburn's pension, apparently being removed some time about 1900), together 1 ticket and 36 sides 4to plus conjugate blanks or address leaves, with a Checklist, London, Petersham, Ham Common, LiŠge, Aix-la-Chapelle, Le Vigan, Boconnoc and Oxford, 1778 and 1782 - 1790, neatly stitched in a mid-19th century paper cover with decorative manuscript title and list of items, generally in good condition, a few pieces neatly secured or mended with gauze, closed tear in blank part of upper cover, touching the old list of contents on verso without loss A detailed list is available on request. (17)

Dalton (Joseph Grinnell). Lyra Bicyclica: Forty Poets on the Wheel, 1st edition, Boston: Published for the Author, 1880, author's ink signed presentation inscription to Winthrop U. Praed to front free endpaper, additionally author's address '32 Bromfield St' added in ink above imprint, plus four pages of neat ink manuscript poetry in the author's hand to final two blanks, titled 'Rota et Rotula, by Abel Elder', 'The Wheelman (olden style)', 'To the author of Lyra Bicyclica' (by Sidney), 'Equites Rotarum', 'Wheel vs. Horse' and 'Currente Bicyclo', inner hinges partly split, original cloth over boards, some slight fraying and damp bleaching, rubbed and spine partly faded, 8vo Rare. The printed poems are largely parodies of New England poets. (1)

*Documents & Photographs. A collection of approximately 40 manuscript deeds relating to the West Country, circa 1713-1890s, including 35 on vellum, many relating to inhabitants of Cullompton, Devon, Dawlish, also Callington, Cornwall (1718), and Milverton (1724), various sizes, one Latin manuscript document on vellum, probably 15th century, somewhat soiled and a little loss to centre of upper margin, affecting two or three words, the sheet measuring 35 x 9.7 cm, together with a small quantity of 19th century photographs, including 17 views of Benares, Calcutta and Bombay, a view from Fitzgerald Point looking towards Mount Malcolm, etc., an 18th century engraved map of Graecia Homerica, an etching by Luigi Rossini entitled Veduta dei Grandiosissimi avenzi del Tempio di Giove, Rome, 1820 (some spotting and soiling), and a folio album of English pressed flowers and plants, circa 1886-92, each with ink caption, locations including Cambridge, Chetton, Isle of Wight, and elsewhere, original black half morocco, rubbed and a little wear to edges, folio (a carton)

*East India Company. Printed document signed by William Bentinck as governor of Madras appointing James Annesley as surgeon, Fort St George, Madras, 24 September 1805, printed document on vellum, completed in manuscript, signed 'W Bentinck' with signatures of additional witnesses, wax and paper seal intact, slightly soiled, 3 longitudinal creases from folding, 20 x 33 cm, together with Printed document signed by John Elphinstone as governor of Madras, appointing John Francis Erskine second lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Native Infantry, Fort St George, Madras, 29 June 1841, printed document on vellum, completed in manuscript, signed 'Elphinstone' with signatures of additional witnesses, embossed paper seal, 2 creases from folding, very slightly soiled, 25.5 x 30 cm James Annesley (1780-1847) became a pioneer of tropical medicine: his Researches into the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of the most prevalent Diseases of India, published in 1828, the most complete account of diseases in India to date. Bentinck was recalled as governor of Madras in 1807 following the Vellore rebellion, but went on to become governor-general of India (1828-35). Provenance: Early American History Auctions, 22 April 2000, lot 1590 (first item); Maggs Bros, July 1966 (second item). (2)

Estate plans. Small booklet containing manuscript plans of land holdings in Corley, Coundon and Barkeswell areas of Warwickshire and West Midlands, circa 1834-1841, comprising eight leaves with six pen, ink and watercolour plans, one leaf with watercolour of farmhouse and manuscript table for rotation of crops for the years 1834-1841, majority of leaves with central vertical fold, few repairs at foot, some soiling and marks, within contemporary marbled wrappers, approximately 22 x 18cm (1)

Fire Insurance. Record of the Constitutional Deed of the Kent Fire Insurance Co. with the List of the Governor, Deputy Governors Trustees, Directors Officers and General Proprieters. December 7th 1802, title and 56 leaves in neat manuscript in different hands to rectos and versos, entry span 1805-09, commencing with the indenture followed by records of meetings, auditors, details of bills paid and unpaid, stocks and share transactions, balance sheets etc, some overall light soiling, blank leaves at end, small book label of Charles Benson, modern half calf over original boards (a little rubbed and soiled), red label to upper cover, folio, with five loose manuscript letters relating to customs matters (1)

*Fisher (Paul Hawkins, 1779-1873). Author's original manuscript for 'Notes and Recollections of Stroud, Gloucestershire', mid 19th century, written on 467 leaves mainly to one side only, leaves either pinned or sewn at one corner, contained as two bundles in worn and torn paper wrappers, one titled "This cover contains the MS from which the 1st vol of Notes & Recollections of Stroud Gloucestershire' was printed except that some corrections were made in the proof slips which do not always appear here", together with Reminiscences of Stroud. Being a Series of Papers by P.H. Fisher Esq., of the Castle, taken from the Stroud Journal, 1860, a collection of articles pasted onto loose quarto sheets, with many manuscript amendments by the author (who presumably used this as the basis for his later work), plus other related manuscript material and pamphlets etc., including a manuscript volume entitled 'The Book of Gleanings & Odd Things' being a diary and anecdotes 1820-1865 by Mrs. P.H. Fisher (nee Anne Colbourne), 121 pages of manuscript, contemporary boards (loose), lacking spine, slim 4to 'Notes and Recollections of Stroud, Gloucestershire' was first published in 1871. (a carton)

French Astronomy Manuscript. Cours de Cosmographie, 1838, a bound French manuscript volume containing 436 pages of neat manuscript text in brown ink, plus two pages of index at end, divided into 40 lessons, without indication of author or ownership (except spine with gilt initials at head V.L.G.), and titled Cours de Cosmographie in gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary olive green stained quarter calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed to joints and edges, small 4to, 23 x 17 cm (9 x 6.75 ins) Provenance: Sold Christie's London, 7 September 1984, Lot 140, for #35 to Desmond Burgess. Thence by descent (original lot ticket loosely inserted). (1)

Scottish Journal. A Tour in Scotland, by James Macandrew, 1841 [cover-title], pp.56, written in neat manuscript to rectos and versos, upper hinge partially splitting, original red half morocco, with gilt lettered morocco label on upper cover, marked and scuffed, with slight loss at spine ends, slim 4to James Macandrew (1819-1887) was a prominent New Zealand ship owner and politician. He was born in Scotland, probably in Aberdeen, and settled in Otago in New Zealand in 1851. He served as a Member of Parliament there from 1853 until his death, and was the last Superintendent of Otago Province. (1)

St Helena. Local Laws of the Island of St. Helena, comprising the various Ordinances, Orders in Council, and Proclamations, remaining in force on the 31st December, 1845, compiled in the secretarial department, by authority, St Helena: printed at the Government Office, by Geo. Gibb, [1845], title page, 3 pp. contents, 33 ordinances dated 1837-45, 13 orders in council dated 1835-45, and 2 proclamations dated 1840 and 1844 (of 3; lacking the proclamation concerning transportation of convicts), various paginations, contemporary half calf, manuscript paper label mounted to front board, spine defective, front board detached, several leaves loose, a few slightly chipped or frayed, folio (32 x 20.5 cm), together with 'Ordinances, 1862-1900' [cover title], St Helena: printed at the Governnment Printing Department by John Elliott [... by Edward Watson ... at the Government Printing Office by Charles Bruce], 1862-1900, 144 ordinances dated 1862-1900, 2 orders in council dated 1863 and 1873, various paginations, mainly printed on blue paper, mounted on paper guards, annotated throughout by a 20th-century hand mainly in red ink or pencil with details of repeals and amendments, many of the repealed ordinances crossed through once, contents shaken, many leaves loose, some spotting and staining, a few with chips or closed tears, one (1870 ordinance no. 1) torn with loss of text, contemporary quarter cloth, marbled boards, sheep tips, printed paper labels to spine and front board, worn, spine-label largely perished, folio (33 x 20 cm) Two volumes containing nearly 200 St Helena-printed colonial ordinances, orders in council and proclamations concerning all conceivable aspects of life on the island, including commerce, agriculture, fishing and whaling, public health, law and order, constitutional matters, and public finances. The ordinances are dated from 1837, shortly after its establishment as a crown colony in 1834, to 1900, when it was called upon to accommodate thousands of Boer prisoners of war. Notable ordinances include 1834 ordinance number 29, concerning the abolition of slavery on the island, and 1900 number 2, remitting all duty on gifts given to the Boer prisoners. The second volume in particular appears to have originally been retained for the records of the colonial government. (2)

*Suffragettes. Autograph letter from 'An Old Married Woman' regarding the question 'Shall Women Vote?', October 21st 1868, holograph manuscript in black ink on laid paper, an early pro-Suffragette letter arguing the case for women to vote, based on the practice for voting in India where a woman who holds shares in the East India Company has the right to vote for the election of Directors of the Company - effectively voting for those who will govern India, the anonymous writer states that women are not ignorant of politics and would "discuss the chief arguments of the day with an amount of national common sense that would astonish those who suppose them to be all ignorant fools", in a footnote, the lady says that she sends her name and address, to be withheld from publication, but sadly this information is not present, 4 pages, 8vo (1)

*Garibaldi (Giuseppe, 1807-1882). Letter signed, 'G. Garibaldi', Caprera, 14 March 1864, complying with an autograph request in English from Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Chambers, blue stationery, one page, 8vo, together with a brief manuscript pass signed 'G. Garibaldi', 2 November, no year, official inkstamp, a little creased and soiled, one page, 8vo, plus a carte de visite of Garibaldi (3)

*Mazzini (Giuseppe, 1805-1872). Printed document signed, 'Joseph Mazzini', 15 Radnor Street, King's Road, Chelsea, London, 30 October 1853, issued by the Italian National Party, a printed five-line plea for funds to secure the release of political prisoners, Mazzini has signed and written his address, added the day ('30'), and underlined 'to the slow death of the Italian dungeons', additional manuscript side note in another hand, 'Alas! for the noble poerio! etc', minor spotting and creasing, one page, oblong 8vo Carlo Poerio, together with other political prisoners, was incarcerated in appalling conditions in a labour camp on the island of Nisida. He had been given a sentence of 19 years, and was not released until 1858, due in part to Gladstone's 1851 report on the inhumane conditions in Neopolitan prisons. (1)

*Mazzini (Giuseppe, 1805-1872). Autograph letter signed, 'Gius. Mazzini', no place, 1 December 1853, to (?)Venenni, in Italian, a little spotting, one page with integral blank, album guard remains, together with two other similar autograph letters signed from Mazzini in Italian, one dated 1851, one to Mr Potter and one to Mazzoleni, all 16mo, plus an autograph note of jottings in English, beginning 'A grave is a sacred thing, but it is not a cradle. It is a landmark for the traveller...', signed and dated December 1865, one page, oblong 8vo, laid on card, plus a clipped sentiment and signature pasted beneath a carte-de-visite portrait of Mazzini and a brief autograph declaration concerning the authenticity of a document, clipped and pasted on to an old paper sheet with manuscript biographical notes on Mazzini written beneath, oblong 8vo (6)

Nerli (Filippo de'). Commentari delle cose di Firenze dal 1215 al 1537, divisi in XII. libri, circa 1728, Italian manuscript, black ink on laid paper, title page + 635 pp., 27 lines to the page written in a neat cursive hand, catch-words, calligraphic title page and headings, decorative tailpieces, occasional spotting and tanning, worming to endpapers and to lower margin of title page and first few text leaves, headings to books 8 and 11 left blank (the copyist's draft text on a laid-in slip), contemporary sheep, worn, loss to spine ends, folio (34 x 22 cm) Kristeller, Iter Italicum, p. 34. Neat 18th-century manuscript copy of the chronicle of Florence by Florentine patrician and man of letters Filippo de'Nerli (1485-1556), first published in Augsburg in 1728 as Commentari de' fatti civili occorsi dentro la citta di Firenze dall'anno 1215 al 1537. Provenance: Cecil H. Clough FSA (1930-2017), with a laid-in photocopied letter from Clough in Italian suggesting that the manuscript was probably made from a copy of the 1728 edition. (1)

*Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Document signed, 'Victoria RI', St James's, 22 April 1880, printed commission completed in manuscript, appointing John Robert Howard-McLean Second Lieutenant, Voluntary Forces, signed by the Queen upper left with wafer seal below, a few spots, original folds, 30 x 40cm (1)

*Natural History. A group of approximately 175 glass plate negatives, early 20th century, mostly birds of the world, plus some mammals, etc., approximately 8 x 11cm and similar sizes, contained in paper packets with manuscript identification of subject (approx. 175)

*Russian Ethnic Woman. Half-plate daguerreotype of a seated young woman in long dress, 1849, brooch highlighted in gilt, stationery set and table visible in the background, double elliptical passe-partout with gilt border, desk frame support with photographer studio details in Cyrillic pasted to verso, (Brothers Tsverner of St Petersburg), the label with manuscript date 22 August 1849, 13 x 11cm (1)

*Shakespearean Actor. Head and shoulders profile portrait of an actor with friendly mutton chops, 1844, half-plate daguerreotype in arched top passe-partout, manuscript quotation from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 1, lines 77-79) as spoken by Antonio to paper backing label, 'I treat the world but as the world - where ev'ry man must play a part, and mine's a sad one', dated 13 September 1844 and initialled JDF, seal edges renewed, 14 x 11cm (1)

China, India, etc. An album containing approximately 100 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, early 20th century, including people, scenes and views in China (39), India (34), Burma (12), Japan (10), Hong Kong (3) and Russia (2), some sepia-toned, approximately 18 x 24cm and similar sizes, tipped on to rectos of album leaves with neat ink manuscript captions to mounts, contemporary plain brown cloth, a little rubbed, 4to (1)

India, Burma, Straits, China. An album containing approximately 540 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, 1913, including people, scenes and views in China (250), Hong Kong (25), India (140), Burma (96), Malaysia (13) and Singapore (13), mostly 9.5 x 7.5cm and similar small-format sizes but including some slightly larger and two panoramic photographs of Hong Kong harbour (16 x 40cm), neatly organised and arranged on rectos and versos of 44 stiff card leaves, mostly with neat manuscript headings to each page, ink borders and occasional individual ink captions, contemporary blue half morocco gilt with photographer's initials, title and date in gilt to upper cover, a little rubbed, oblong folio (32 x 48cm), contemporary cloth book box (1)

India, etc. A group of three albums containing 134 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, early 20th century, including people, scenes and views in India (105), Japan (12), China (4), etc., some sepia-toned, approximately 16 x 21cm and similar sizes, tipped on to album leaf rectos with neat ink manuscript captions to mounts beneath, contemporary two-tone brown cloth in slipcases, 4to (3)

India, etc. An album containing 89 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, early 20th century, including people, scenes and views in India (59), Zanzibar (5), Japan (5), Kenya (6), China (2), Russia (2) and a few others, some sepia-toned, approximately 16 x 21cm and similar sizes, tipped on to album leaf rectos with neat ink manuscript captions to mounts beneath, contemporary plain brown cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to (1)

India etc. An album containing 92 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, early 20th century, including people, scenes and views in India (53), Kenya (10), Japan (5), Zanzibar (5), South Africa (2), etc., some sepia-toned, 16 x 21cm and similar sizes, tipped on to album leaf rectos with neat ink manuscript captions to mounts, contemporary plain cloth, 4to (1)

India etc. An album containing 82 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, early 20th century, including people, scenes and views in India (61), Kenya (7), Zanzibar (6), Japan (2), China (2), Burma (2), some sepia-toned, 21 x 16cm and similar sizes, tipped on to album leaf rectos with neat ink manuscript captions to most mounts, contemporary plain brown cloth, small oblong folio (1)

India. An album containing approximately 590 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, 1907-13, mostly views, scenes and people in India including Simla, Calcutta, Delhi (including scenes at the Coronation Durbar, 1912), plus some family portraits, photographs largely 9.5 x 7.5cm and similar small-format sizes, mounted as multiples and back to back on 41 stiff card leaves, neat manuscript pages headings and occasional individual photograph captions, contemporary half morocco, photographer's initials, album title and dates gilt-stamped to upper cover, slightly rubbed and some corner wear, oblong folio (1)

India. An album containing 520 gelatin silver bromide prints by Godfrey Dickson Tanner, 1907-13, photographs of people, scenes and views in and around Simla, Naldera, Agra, Benares, Cawnpore, Jeypore, Lahore, etc., mostly 6 x 9.5cm and other small-format sizes mounted as multiples and back to back on 39 stiff card leaves, neat manuscript page titles and occasional individual photograph captions, contemporary half morocco with photographer's initials, titles and dates gilt stamps to upper cover, slightly rubbed, oblong folio, contained in cloth book box (1)

*Bell (John, circa 1920-1964 ). A group of 24 vintage gum bichromate prints, circa 1951-62, mostly pictorial scenes and subjects in Lancashire, plus two gelatin silver prints by the same photographer, various sizes, all on mounts, many with photographer's manuscript details to versos and some with Royal Photographic Society and other exhibition labels John Bell, who died tragically young, was a member of Blackburn Camera Club, Accrington, and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. (26)

*Edis (Olive, 1876-1955). Two portraits of the novelist John Galsworthy, c. 1930, sepia-toned platinum prints, the first showing the novelist seated and correcting a manuscript on his lap, signed 'Olive Edis Galsworthy FRPS' to lower mount, image 30 x 40 cm (12 x 15.75 ins), the second of the novelist seated and looking to camera with lit cigarette, 40 x 30 cm (15.75 x 12 ins), signed in pencil 'Olive Edis FRPS' to lower mount, both on original mounts with ink inscriptions to versos, the first seemingly in Edis's hand (2)

*Karsh (Yousuf, 1908-2002). Portrait of Dr D.A. Spencer FRPS, circa 1950, vintage gelatin silver print, signed in pencil by the photographer to lower margin left, 34 x 27cm, old adhesion marks to verso, loosely contained in contemporary Karsch Studio card folder with manuscript annotations, together with Jean Sibelius, 1948, platinum print, a little corner creasing and short split to right margin, 30.5 x 20.4cm Dr D.A. Spencer was author of 'Colour Photography in Practice', published by Pittman, 1948. This photograph, according to the inscription on the folder, was loaned by Pittman for the exhibition Hobbies and Reading, one of the National Book League touring exhibitions from the Festival of Britain, 1951. (2)