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[MANUSCRIPT INDENTURES] A KING CHARLES II INDENTURE ON VELLUM, COUNTIES OF LINCOLN AND NOTTINGHAM, 1671 and another, William III 1695 county of Nottingham; 11 other 18th/19th century vellum documents; and various documents on paper, mainly Notts related (a quantity)

SOUVENIR ALBUM ENTITLED 'WILD FLOWERS OF THE HOLY LAND', late 19th / early 20th century, large 8vo, containing 40 leaves of elaborate designs made entirely of flowers, mounted on card, each leaf with a manuscript title eg Gardens of Herod, Mount of Olives, Bethesda, Tombs of the Judges, etc, cards with loose tissue guards, another initial leaf at the beginning with the initials of the recipient 'A W' [A. Whitlaw] made of flowers, in an attractive binding with a red morocco spine gilt with raised bands, gilt title lettering, gilt flower devices in 3 compartments with Hebrew lettering for 'Jerusalem' in another, polished olive wood boards with panels and inlays of contrasting wood, upper board with Hebrew lettering for 'Jerusalem', gilt edges to card leaves. Contained in a modern solander box. This album would have been especially commissioned by the donor for the recipient - the first leaf has a manuscript inscription 'To A Whitlaw from P Southby, Jerusalem, March 20th'. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham++Internally and externally in near-fine condition, the wooden boards are complex and beautiful, as are the flower designs inside. The lower board has a very slight sign of warping where it meets the spine, but this is insignificant

[A FINE MANUSCRIPT ALBUM] KEDDLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH - GATHERED SPRING FLOWERS 4to, manuscript on paper, 20 leaves, calligraphic script in red and black, title and 17 pages with fine colour illustrations by hand of wild flowers, 6 initials in gold with marginal decoration in red, original purple cloth, some fading, gilt lettering to upper cover

[BINDINGS] - BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER London, John Ottridge, 1816. Royal 8vo, bound in full plum morocco leather, gilt borders and spine; CALLCOTT, MARIA - A SCRIPTURE HERBAL. London, Longman, 1842. First edition, thick 8vo, woodcut illustrations of plants, full morocco (rubbed); and 3 others, 19thC (5)++COMMON PRAYER - manuscript prayer to front free end-paper, some spotting/toning internally, binding lghtly rubbed CALLCOTT - internally okay, binding rubbed with some light wear to extremities Others w.a.f.

[NOTTINGHAM INTEREST] - WILLIAMS, FREDERICK S - NOTTINGHAM PAST AND PRESENT ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHY Nottingham, R Allen & Son, no date [1877]. First edition, 4to, 28 fine mounted albumen photographs of views and buildings in Nottingham (as called for), publisher's gilt-embossed cloth, external binding good but the gutta-percha of the spine has perished and all leaves/plates are now loose, sold as a collection of early photographs, w.a.f.; HICKLIN, JOHN - THE HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE From the Danish Invasion to its Destruction by Rioters in 1831. London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1836. First edition, 8vo, additional engraved title, 5 engraved plates, folding plan of the castle, and folding facsimile manuscript (as called for), original cloth, upper joint cracked and inner hinge weak, some loss of cloth to head and tail of spine; BRISCOE, JOHN POTTER - OLD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1884. Second series, 8vo, original cloth; and 11 others all relating to Nottingham (14)++As described, condition varies

[POST-INCUNABLE] HORAPOLLO, THE GRAMMARIAN - DE HIEROGLYPHICIS NOTIS a Bernardino Trebatio Vincentino latinitate donatus. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1530. Slim 8vo, title with the pre-1539 Estienne family woodcut device of an olive tree with the words 'Noli altum sapere, sed time' (from Romans 11:20, meaning 'Be not high-minded, but fear'), title strengthened in inner margin, bound in 18th century calf, boards with central gilt armorial devices bearing the name 'Herbert Norman Evans M.D.', blank leaves bound in at the rear with manuscript provenance and other information relating to the book. Sold at the Sotheby's sale 16th Feb 1971, and purchased by Kenneth Tomkinson. Comes with a loose letter from Penelope Hardy of Eton College regarding her rebacking of the book in July 1971. A nice and beautifully printed copy of this early work concerning the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics ++Title strengthened in inner margin, occasional very faint spotting, calf rubbed

HAWNEY, WILLIAM - THE DOCTRINE OF PLAIN AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY: with its Application and Use in the following parts of Mathematics; viz. I. Navigation in all its kinds; as Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude, and Parallel Sailing. II. Astronomy; wherein all the Problems relating to the Doctrine of the Sphere are solved. III. Projection of the Sphere in Plano. IV. Geography. V. Fortification. VI. Mensuration of Heights and Distances, both accessible and inaccessible. VII. Dialling, Arithmetical and Instrumental, on all Sorts of Planes. London, R Ware, 1750. Second edition, 8vo, folding plates, numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text, full contemporary calf. ESTC T126599. First published in 1725, this second edition is much rarer, with the British Library listing just 3 locations in Britain and 2 in N America++18th century manuscript inscriptions to front free end-paper, occasional faint damp stain to lower right hand corner and bottom of some leaves, but overall a good fresh clean copy, calf rubbed, short 1-inch crack to upper and lower joints, lower edge of text-block with manuscript inscription 'Hawn Trigono:'.

WARREN, F E - THE ANTIPHONARY OF BANGOR AN EARLY IRISH MANUSCRIPT IN THE AMBROSIAN LIBRARY AT MILAN London, Harrison & Sons, 1893 & 1895. First edition, two volumes, folio, contains a complete facsimile of the manuscript in black and white full-page photographs, black cloth with gilt armorials to boards, top edge of vol 2 uncut, very good and a rare set; DAVIDSON, DAVID - THE COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY BIBLE London, Blackie & Son, 1860. Folio, engravings, full black diced calf, spine gilt, minor wear to extremities but good; AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE Stafford, Nicholas Boden, 1772. Folio, title with long tear, engravings, original boards with old re-back, a scarce imprint; and three other 19th century Bibles (7)

DIGBY, SIR KENELM - A LATE DISCOURSE MADE IN A SOLEMNE ASSEMBLY OF NOBLES AND LEARNED MEN AT MONTPELLIER IN FRANCE Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder; whereby many other Secrets of Nature are unfolded. London, R Lownes, 1658. First edition, 12mo, lacking A1 blank as often (title is A2), collation as per the British Library copy, final advert leaf, title repaired to outer margin and cropped a little close at the head, 19th century half calf re-backed retaining the spine, surface wear to boards. Digby had a strong interest in astrology and alchemy which he studied in the 1630's with Van Dyck. His 'Powder of Sympathy' in the title referred to the manufacture of a powder using astrological techniques which was then applied, not to the injury of the body, but to whatever had caused the injury - for example the point of a sword. ESTC R27859++As described, pages lightly browned/toned, early 18th century manuscript annotation to rear blank end-paper, faint early signature to title, new endpapers

[GENEVA BIBLE] - THE BIBLE: TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO THE EBREW AND GREEKE, AND CONFERRED WITH THE BEST TRANSLATIONS IN DIUERS LANGUAGES London, Robert Barker, 1611 [bound with] THE NEW TESTAMENT London, Robert Barker, 1610 [bound with] HERREY, ROBERT F - TWO RIGHT PROFITABLE AND FRUITFULL CONCORDANCES London, Robert Barker, 1611. 4to, extensive manuscript entries on endpapers and elsewhere recording details of births and deaths of members of the Prior and Parkin families, a few leaves with archival tape repairs, rebound in modern brown calf, edges cropped close in parts occasionally affecting page headings and marginal notes, w.a.f. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham++as described, w.a.f.

[BINDINGS - THE CLASSICS AND POETRY] - APOLLONIUS OF RHODES - THE ARGONAUTICS OF APOLLONIUS Translated ...by W Preston. Four volumes (complete) bound in two, small 8vo, engraved frontispieces, half calf; COWPER, WILLIAM - POEMS In Two Volumes. New Edition. London, J Johnson, 1799. Two vols, 12mo, tree-calf, spines gilt with red and green double labels; PLATO - OPERA OMNIA Lipsiae, O Holtze, 1886. 8 vols bound in 10, 24mo, text in Greek, interleaved with blank leaves with contemporary manuscript notes, half calf; STRABO - RERUM GEOGRAPHICARUM Lipsiae, 1829. 3 vols, complete, text in Greek, calf with gilt spines; POLYBIUS - HISTORIARUM Lipsiae, 1816. 4 vols bound in 2, Greek text, attractively bound in full vellum with contrasting red and green double labels; and 15 other volumes of Greek classics (34)

LUTHER, MARTIN - A COMMENTARY ON ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIONS London, M Lewis, 1760. Folio, contemporary calf, extensive 18th century manuscript annotations to the front blank end-papers and the verso of the title; CAVE, WILLIAM - ANTIQUITATES APOSTOLICAE Or The History of the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Saviour And the Two Evangelists, SS. Mark and Luke. London, R Norton, 1676. First separate edition, folio, frontispiece, double page 'Tree of Faith' plate, numerous other engravings in the text, contemporary calf with some loss to spine and joints weak; TAYLOR, JEREMY - THE GREAT EXEMPLAR, London, James Flesher for Richard Royston, 1653. Second edition, folio, additional engraved title, folding engraved plates, contemporary calf with buckram over the spine. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham (3)++LUTHER - 18thc manuscript annotations to front blank endpapers and verso of title, occasional internal light spotting but good internally, full calf, joints cracked but firm, some wear but good overall CAVE - occasional light browning, few leaves with small marginal stain, lower portion of spine missing, joints cracked and upper board holding by 3 cords TAYLOR - internal occasional marks and light browning, folding plates, full contemporary calf but with buckram added over the spine, black leather title label with gilt lettering

[GREAT 'HE' BIBLE, THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE OF THE KING JAMES 1611 FOLIO BIBLE] - THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues & with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised by His Maiesties Speciall Commandement, Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Royal folio (15.75 x 10.25 in.; 40 x 26 cms). Lacks the first title and 6 prelim leaves as well as K3-K4 in the N.T., and the final leaf Z6, this copy issued without the genealogical tables and map (inserted before Genesis in some copies), some damp-staining and soiling in parts, lower right-hand corner of leaves are generally thinned/creased and sometimes torn or repaired, occasionally with loss of some text, title page to the New Testament present and within a woodcut compartment, spine has gone and stitching broken with some signatures now loose, boards detached and all leather now missing. A substantially complete copy, the main body of text lacking just the 3 leaves in the New Testament. [Full condition report available on request]. The editio princeps of the King James, or Royal, version of the Bible, "the only literary masterpiece ever to have been produced by a committee". It was royally commissioned, in the hopes of reconciling conflicts between the Bishops' Bible, officially read in services, and the Geneva Bible, much more popular among the laity, but mistrusted within much of the Church hierarchy as being aggressively radical, especially in its annotations. Two editions or impressions of the lectern-size King James Bible were printed close together, and their relative priorities were long disputed. They are most easily distinguished as the "He" Bible and "She" Bible, according to their readings at Ruth 3:15. The first edition/first impression, as here, ends "and he went into the citie", whilst the later version reads "and she went". The following errors are also present in our copy, conforming to other known 'He' Bibles (see Darlow and Moule/Herbert: Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of the English Bible, ref 309): Exodus xiv. 10 has three lines repeated; Genesis x. 16 has 'Emorite' for 'Amorite'; Exodus xxxviii. 11 has 'hoopes' for 'hookes'; Lev. xiii. 56 has 'plaine' for 'plague'; headline on Gggg2 b has 'Joel' for 'Micah' (with old manuscript correction); Xxxx3 b has 'Ecclesiasticus' for 'Baruch'; headline on Iiii6 a has 'Anocrynha' for 'Apocrypha'. Provenance: from the library of St John's College, Nottingham (founded as the London College of Divinity in 1863, and with their 19th century bookplate to front board)

[PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR] WYCLIFFE, JOHN & LEWIS, JOHN - THE NEW TESTAMENT....Translated out of the Latin Vulgat by John Wiclif... To which is Præfixt a History of the several translations of the H. Bible and N. Testament, &c. into English. London Thomas Page and William Mount, 1731. First edition, folio, two parts bound in one, both parts with separate titles and pagination, engraved portrait frontispiece to first part, folding engraved plate depicting the frontispiece of Cranmer's Bible, portrait of Wycliffe as frontispiece to second part, full panelled calf with buckram added over the spine. ESTC T95000, scarce. "The earliest printed edition of Wycliffe's version of the New Testament, only 160 copies .. were issued" (Darlow & Moule). Our copy has the added interest of having been presented by the author John Lewis - the front free end-paper has a manuscript note within a ruled square as follows: "The Gift of the Author to his Worthy Friend Mr Edward Steel of BROMLEY, Painter 1731". Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham++some light internal spotting

BEDE, THE VENERABLE & STAPLETON, THOMAS - THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDE compiled by Venerable Bede Englishman Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Stapleton. Shakespeare Head Press/Basil Blackwell, 1930. Limited edition of 475 copies of which 450 were for sale, 4to, wood engravings by John Farleigh after the original edition of 1565, map by W F Colley, printed on Batchelor handmade paper, the majority of gatherings with top edge unopened, bound in quarter-beige calf over marbled boards, the calf spine by G W Russell of Hitchin. A superb publication from the Bernard Newdigate / Basil Blackwell era of the Shakespeare Head Press; FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER signed by Convocation December 20th 1661, and attached to the Act of Uniformity 1662. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1891. Folio, the original manuscript reproduced in litho facsimile, printed in red and black throughout, top edge uncut, publisher's embossed cloth with wear to head and tail of spine. This copy comes with the rare loose 4-page 'Advance Circular' prospectus, describing the book, and stating "The issue will be limited to 750 copies", as well as a manuscript letter dated Nov 1 1898 with the Eyre and Spottiswoode printed and engraved letterhead, also concerning the book; Plus another folio book in German, circa 1902, with 15 superb full-page facsimile woodcuts after Albrecht Durer. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham (3)++BEDE - internally and externally very good FACSIMILE MANUSCRIPT COMMON PRAYER - internally very good, spine with wear to top and bottom, upper joint with a 4-inch crack at top of spine, cloth rubbed, worn at edge DURER FACSIMILE WOODCUTS - spine missing, upper board near detached

EARLY VICTORIAN GLEANING ALBUM with manuscript prose and inset watercolours of maritime and topographical interest

Two George III manuscript Scottish legal documents, Instrument of Sasine, 14th May, 1751, J. Clark Notary & another, 1762. Each framed.

POSTERS. Colour poster for Candy Week, 22" x 14", Saturday Mother's Day October 2nd (1926?), 3 Dig For Victory posters (c.1941), 14½" x 10" & a Merrinite poster, 12½" x 8½". With a manuscript note from Mary Tunbridge who designed & won prizes for these posters & a few other unrelated items of her works.

MANUSCRIPT BOOK. A thick 8vo vol. in limp vellum with many blank leaves interspersed with manuscript entries in a readable hand of Anglo-Indian military & medical interest incl. Parts of a Musket (3pp), Diseases incident to horses in Bengal (3pp), The Measure of Heat (3pp), Short list of casualties in the army in the field, Military events in Bengal 1770 (10pp), Few paragraphs in French, Short poem in Praise of Tobacco, Medical diagnoses & remedies 1799 (16pp), Recipe for Aqua Cosmetica (2pp), Account of diseases that commonly occur in India (6pp), Remedies of Dr Percival (2pp), Bazar (sic) medicines (4pp), followed by Remedy for the gout & others; also a loose sheet with recipes for strengthening pills, etc. Late 18th cent.

POSTCARDS. 2 albums containing various Edwardian & later cards, some foreign travel, a few local, sentimental, etc.; also an autograph album, c.1912, containing manuscript drawings & cartoons. (3).

A George III tortoiseshell and gilt-metal pair case pocket watch case, decorated in brass pinwork with bands of stylized floral clusters intersected with beads, pink silk 'paper' and inscribed manuscript watch paper noting its purchase in 1828 by a clergyman, 5cm diam, c. 1800

A collection of Tibetan manuscript pages, each painted with a figure in meditation and inscribed, 11cm x 28cm, 19th century or earlier (8)

A late Medieval manuscript page, picked out in red, blue and gilt, 13cm x 9cm, c.15th century, framed

Photography - Royal Interest, George V, George VI and WW2, b/w, various (9); London and City architectural edifices and institutions, sepia mounted on leaves, (8); European Grand Tour, various views, mounted on card leaves and annotated in ink manuscript (qty)

An Edwardian country house green straight-grained morocco album, Game & Fishing Book, bound by A. Webster & Co., 60, Piccadilly, W. [London], chronicling Lost Westmorland bagging 254 shots of game on December 23rd 1905; partially-filled in ink manuscript entries 1902 - 1939, including one inserted leaf of embossed notepaper: Glencloy House, Brodick, [Isle of] Arran, detailing the shoots for the 1935 - 36 season; another, Eastington Hall, Upton-on-Severn, [Gloucestershire], 1933 - 34 season; further inserted accounts and accounts of shoots & shooting parties during the first quarter of the 20th century marbled endpapers, recto endpapers and prelims applied with tipped-in plates of pheasants, oblong 4to

Art History - Ruskin (John), The Seven Lamps of Architecture, With Illustrations Drawn by the Author, third edition in small form, George Allen, London 1891, contemporary full maroon morocco, soft 12mo; Ruskin (John), Modern Painters, six-volume set bound as three, George Allen, London 1904, contemporary vellum spines with gilt sinuous foliage, maroon morocco title labels, green cloth boards, 12mo; Collingwood (W.G.), The Art of Teaching John Ruskin, Rivingtons, London 1900, contemporary full black pebble morocco, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate: Lt Colonel John Acton Brooke, 12mo; Townsend's System of Foliage, bound collection of early 19th century lithographic plates, embossed buckram, oblong 4to, [sold as a collection of plates and not subject to return];Wright (Thomas), A History of Caricature & Grotesque In Literature and Art [...], Virtue Brothers & Co., London 1864, Pictorial bookplate by William Bell Scott (1811 - 1890), monogrammed and dated 1881: Ex Libris Joseph Knight and further inscribed in MS purple ink to endpaper: Joseph Knight (1829 - 1907, the book collector and theatre critic), inserted manuscript note detailing the purchase of the book from the third portion of Knight's 'Poor old [...] Book Sale' by Frederick Vernon, Lot 1576, 23rd June 1905, square 8vo; The Works of Mr Hogarth, Moralized, J. Goodwin, London [early 19th century], full-page engraved plates and vignettes, contemporary quarter-leather and marbled boards, armorial bookplate: William Thomas Latham, 4to; another edition of Hogarth's works; Crowe (J.A.) and Cavalcaselle (G.B.), The Early Flemish Painters: Notices of Their Lives and Works, second edition, John Murray, London 1872, full contemporary blue leather binding, marbled endpapers, 12mo; Conway (William Martin), Dawn of Art in the Ancient World: An Archaeological Sketch, Percival and Co., London 1891, contemporary maroon buckram, early 20th century Pictorial bookplate, 12mo; Waterhouse Hawkins (B.), The Artistic Anatomy of Cattle and Sheep, With Twenty Illustrations Drawn on Wood by the Author, and Engraved by H. Orrin Smith, second edition, Winsor and Newton, London 1869, pamphlet, 12mo; Country Life, Great Houses of France, folio; etc, [18]

Miscellaneous - Johnson (T.B.), The Sportsman's Cyclopædia [...], Henry G. Bohn, London 1848, full-page plates, contemporary tree calf, the front boards with a border of gilt anthemions, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate: Edward Augustus Bullmore, 8vo; A New General Englifh (sic) Dictionary; Peculiarly calculated for the Use and Improvement Of fuch (sic) are unacquainted with the Learned Languages [...], by the late Reverend Mr. Thomas Dyche, [...] And finifhed (sic) by the late William Pardon, fourteenth edition, C. and R. Ware [...], London 1771, contemporary calf boards (disbound), traces to spine, 8vo; Vice-Admiral L-ft-k's (sic) Account of the Late Engagement Near Toulon, Between His Majefty's (sic) Fleet, and the Fleets of France and Spain; As prefented (sic) by Him the 12th of March 1744-5, Also, Letters to and from [...], With Notes, M. Cooper, London 1745, disbound, 12mo; Trimmer (Mrs. [Sarah]), The Oeconomy of Charity; or, An Address to Ladies; Adapted to the Present State of Charitable Institutions in England [...], two-volume set, J. Johnson and F. & C. Rivington, London 1801, contemporary speckled calf, 12mo; Bloomfield (Robert), The Farmer's Boy; A Rural Poem, Vernor and Hood, London 1800, xvi, 102pp, contemporary boards as issued (disbound), 4to; Hone (William), The Every-Day Book; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements [...], two-volume set, William Hone, London 1826 - 1827, illustrated with engravings, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, 8vo; Pratt's Gleanings, various volumes and 18th century bindings; Critical Observations on Books, Antient (sic) and Modern, two-volume set, B. White London 1776 - 1783, original boards as issued, the spines titled in contemporary manuscript, Law Society bookplate, 8vo; Anon [More (Hannah)], Hints Towards Forming the Character of a Young Princess, two-volume set, T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1805, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, 12mo; Harlech (Emily, Lady [Baroness of]), The Early Naval Career of Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Seymour, K.C.B., Printed for Private Circulation, London 1915, bound by Hatchards in floppy red pig, stamped, 12mo (faults); Le Chapitre des Accidents, Par Maurice Alhoy, Illustré d'après les dessins de Victor Adam, Soulié, Paris [c. 1860], illustrated with full-page caricatural etchings and lithographs, contemporary blue buckram, oblong 16mo; 18th century bindings; literature; etc

Theology - The Book of Common Prayer, And Adminiftration (sic) of the Sacraments [...], Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David [...], Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb (sic) deceas'd, Printer to the Kings (sic) Moft (sic) Majefty (sic), London 1695, plates lacking and apparently never bound in), contemporary black morocco embossed with foliate fillet, devices and motifs (front board lacking but wrap present, loose with spine), raised banding to spine, verso with contemporary marbled endpapers (front lacking), 12mo; Royal Association Copy, The Book of Common Prayer [...], Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's Moft (sic) Excellent Majefty (sic), Univerfity (sic) of Oxford, 1716, later Regency full straight-grained black morocco binding with gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, title-page with contemporary ink ownership inscription: Elizabeth P******, pastedown with Golden Age Armorial bookplate by William Phillips Barrett (1861-1938), dated 1906: Fritz Ponsonby of the Grenadier Guards ~ Reading Maketh (sic) A Full Man and inserted visiting-card of Mrs. Fritz Ponsonby, Saxton Tower, Windsor Castle and Ambassadors Court, St. James's Palace, later further Calligraphic bookplate:George M. Rainbird His Book, recto and verso prelims and endpapers with early 19th century manuscript notes and marginalia of a religious nature, 8vo, [2] Provenance: Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby, GCB, GCVO (1867 - 1935), British soldier and courtier: Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign1895-1914, Keeper of the Privy Purse 1914-1935, Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle 1928-1935; his wife, Lady Ponsonby (Victoria, née Kennard) (1874 - 1955), cookbook author.

A commemorative book plaque in the form of an ecclesiastical manuscript

Harris, Walter. The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin, from the Earliest Accounts: Compiled from Authentic Memoirs, Offices of Record, Manuscript Collections, and Other Unexceptional Vouchers. Published by Flinn & Williams., Dublin, 1766, 8vo, 509pp, folding map, folding table and two folding illustrations, quarter morocco gilt.

A 24pp. autograph manuscript dating 1695-1717, A Minute Book possibly for Fife and Kinross, locations mentioned include Craigow, Kinross, Craigow Hill, Arlie and Strathmiglow, amongst others, predominantly to do with land; together with a 17thc Indenture with two wax seals (losses)

Period Autograph Album. Typically sized cloth bound album with floral decoration, aeg. The album was the property of Corporal Fred Maitland, D Coy., 9th. Gloucester Reg. who saw saw service in WWI between Sept.1915 & Sept.1918. The initial contributions in this album mainly feature manuscript verse & quotations clearly related to his experiences during this period.The latter part of the album features a range of autographs obtained in the 1950s ( many with varying dedications to 'Fred' ) mainly from contemporary performers in live entertainment, including : Judy Garland, Tommy Trinder, Arthur Askey, Florence Desmond, Dorothy Marino, Sally Howe, Hazel Scott, Eddie King, Randy Turpin (Boxer), Ronnie Ronalde, 'Little Beaver' , Bernie Winters, Horace Mashford, Roy Holland, Leon Cortez (Dad's Army), Reg Dixon, Sammy Ray, Lee Lawrence & Eddie Reindeer. There are a number of other autographs from this period which have not yet been identified. A charming and nostalgic collection.

Mickey Mouse Original Water Colour illustration featuring autograph attributed to Walt Disney dated 1936. Manuscript annotation detailing 'Studio 4,Scene 2, 1936' and a stamped Studio monogram. Framed and glazed. CONDITION REPORT: No additional documentary provenance.

Qur'an : A 19th.C ( possibly late 18th.C ) 8vo sized manuscript copy of the Qur'an, in a binding composed of brown glazed paper over card boards. The hand written text is positioned centrally on each rice paper page leaving a wide margin towards the upper, lower and fore-edges. The precise and compact Arabic script features the occasional heading or annotation in red ink. CONDITION REPORT: The binding is basically sound although has seen frequent use. The spine has been re-backed with leather at some point. The text block is generally clean and tight although two pages are loose but not completely detached at the rear and a few others have the fore-edges re-inforced without affecting the text. The text block may have been cropped at some point but not in a manner that noticeably reduces the margins ( as noted ).

A small 19th.C folio-sized leather bound manuscript religious text ( possibly a prayer book ) featuring a hand written text in Arabic and Farsi. Each rice paper page has the text centrally positioned with wide margins and occasional minor annotation. CONDITION REPORT: The leather binding is quite worn at the extremities through use but remains sound. The text block is generally clean and tight.

Two small leather bound notebook or 12mo booklets featuring manuscript text. One features decoratively transcribed hand written Farsi religious and poetic texts placed at different different angles on the page. The other a straightforwardly arranged Farsi and Arabic religious text ( possibly translations of one or the other ) placed centrally on the page. Together with a collection of variously sized sheets with manuscript text possibly formal documents or notes. CONDITION REPORT: The bindings of the notes books are quite worn with some pages loose.

NO RESERVE Erasmus Desiderius Roterodamus. Hyperaspistes diatribae adversus Servum Arbitrium Martini Lutheri. Basilea, Johann Froben, 1526. (Legato con:) Id. De libero arbitrio. Basilea, Johann Froben, settembre 1524. Due opere in un volume in-8° (mm 159x107). I. Carte [156]. Iniziali xilografiche ornate alle carte a2r e a3r; marca tipografica del Froben al frontespizio, ripetuta al verso dell'ultima carta. II. Carte [48]. Iniziale xilografica ornata alla carta a2r; marca del Froben al frontespizio e al verso dell'ultima carta. Legatura moderna in marocchino nero, titolo in oro al dorso. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, lievi gore. Timbri al frontespizio della seconda opera, alcune note manoscritte di mano coeva nel testo. Prima edizione di due importanti opere di Erasmo, che si inseriscono nella diatriba teologica con Martin Lutero. Infatti Erasmo aveva pubblicato quest'opera sul libero arbitrio, un attacco a Lutero, alla quale quest'ultimo replicò nello stesso anno con l'edizione del De servo arbitrio, basa- to sul terzo capitolo delle Epistole ai romani e in cui si dichiara l'assoluta incapacità dell'uomo, nella sua condizione di creatura caduta, di compiere atti morali. Erasmo replicò prontamente con l'Hyperaspistes, ma senza ottenere risultato alcuno. Ufficialmente Lutero ignorò la sua risposta, sebbene la sua corrispondenza privata rechi numerose testimonianze della sua irritazione. I. Adams E, 673. II. Vander Haeghen I, 20; Kossmann 178; Bezzel 1263; De Reuck 152; Adams E, 595. Two works in one volume in-8° (159x107 mm). i: 156 unnumbered leaves. Woodcut decorated initial on leaves a2r and a3r; Froben's woodcut device on title-page repeated on the verso of last leaf. ii: 48 unnumbered leaves. Woodcut decorated initial on a2r; Froben's woodcut device on title-page repeated on the verso of last leaf. Modern dark morocco, gilt title on spine. Very good copy some minor dampastains. On the second work: Library marks on the title-page, and some contemporary manuscript notes throughout.First edition of this two important works by Erasmus to be inscribed in his theological diatribe with Martin Luther. In fact Erasmus wrote, therefore, in defence of the freedom on the will, an attack on Luther, entitled: Diatribae de libero arbitrio. The work, it may be said, was couched in a calm and dignified style. Though by no means sufficiently profound in its theological reasoning, the proofs are drawn with skill from the Bible and from reason. Luther's reply was the De servo arbitrio (1524), henceforth the official programme of the new movement. Starting from the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, it teaches the absolute incompetency of man in his fallen state to perform moral acts; no franker antithesis to the humanistic ideal could be imagined. Erasmus replied in a work entitled Hyperaspistes, but without effect. Luther ignored this reply, except in private letters in which he showed much irritation.I: Adams E, 673. II: Vander Haeghen I, 20; Kossmann 178; Bezzel 1263; De Reuck 152; Adams E, 595; BMC VIII.927(948)

NO RESERVE Manoscritto. Siena. Libro di contratti diversi. Siena: 1519-1582Manoscritto membranaceo (mm 238x167). Carte 58, con numerazione posteriore vergata in inchiostro bruno all'angolo superiore esterno. Scrittura corsiva umanistica ascrivibile a differenti mani su una colonna, dalla c. 18v di 26 linee. Rigatura a colore. Signa dei notai disegnati in inchiostro. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Pregevole legatura coeva probabilmente senese in vitello biondo su cartone decorato a secco. Piatti inquadrati da cornice a cordoncini delimitata da fasci di filetti. Lo spazio centrale del piatto anteriore è suddiviso in due rettangoli inquadrati da cornice a barrette curve intrecciate, al centro dei quali sono impressi due ferri romboidali. I medesimi ferri sono impiegati al piatto posteriore, dove lo specchio centrale è suddiviso in due quadrati entro i quali è impresso un ferro romboidale. Dorso a tre nervi, scomparti decorati da intreccio di filetti. Fori per bindelle, due ai lati lunghi dei piatti, uno ai lati corti. Piccoli interventi di restauro in corrispondenza delle estremità del dorso e dei piatti, qualche macchia di inchiostro. Al contropiatto anteriore titolo e datazione manoscritti su due tasselli membranacei, ex libris 'Carlo Chiassa'. Pregevole manoscritto su pergamena che raccoglie 18 contratti relativi alla famiglia senese De Rocchi, impreziosito da una bella legatura coeva, probabilmente senese, decorata a secco.Manuscript. Siena. Book of different contracts. Siena: 1519-1582 Membranous manuscript (238x167 mm). 58 fols, with back numbering in brown ink at the upper outer corner. 13th century italic writing ascribable to different hands on a column, from c. 18v of 26 lines. Notaries annotations ink drawn. Excellent condition. Contemporary blond calf on dry decorated cardboard, probably manufactured in Siena. Framed covers bordered by bundles of fillets. The central space of the front cover is divided into two rectangles framed with intertwined curved bars, with two rhomboid tooled in the middle. Rear cover tooled as well, where the central mirror is divided into two squares with a rhomboidal engraving within. Spine with three raised bands, decorated with intertwining fillets. Small restoration work at the ends of the spine and covers, some ink stains. At the front pastedown, title and date handwritten on two labels, ex libris 'Carlo Chiassa'. Valuable manuscript on parchment including 18 contracts relating to the Senese family De Rocchi, embellished with a beautiful contemporary, probably Senese as above depicted, tooled and decorated binding.

NO RESERVE Sallustius Crispus Gaius. C. Sallustii Crispi Operum, quae exstant, noua editio. Edente et recensente Ludovico Carrione. Antverpiae: ex officina Christophori Plantini architypographi regij, 1579.Tre opere in un volume in-8° (mm 163x106). Pagine 236, [4]; 249, [15]; 53, [3, di cui ultima carta bianca]. Segnatura: A-P⁸; a-q⁸r⁴; A-C⁸D⁴. Lievi aloni diffusi, uniformemente ingiallita. Legatura in piena pelle coeva con impressioni floreali e motivi naturalistici a secco ai piatti. Dorso a quattro nervi. Tracce di colla al dorso e in prossimità delle cerniere. Lievi mancanze alle cerniere e al dorso. Tagli dorati e goffrati. Restauro al contropiatto posteriore. I: C. Sallustii Crispi Operum, quae exstant, Nova editio. Edente et recensente Ludouico Carrione. Marca editoriale al frontespizio (Mano con compasso che esce da una nuvola iscritta in ovale. Motto: "Labore et constantia"), iniziali xilografate. Ex libris ('Michaelis Fabri...') e nota di possesso al frontespizio, timbro coperto al contropiatto anteriore.II: In C. Sallustij Crispi Catilinam, et Iugurtham castigationum lib. II. Aldi Manutii Paulli F. Scholia. Cypriani a Popma Emendationes. In historiarum Lib. VI. A Ludouico Carrione collectos, auctos, & restitutos. Eiusdem Lvd. Carrionis Scholia. Marca editoriale al frontespizio (Mano con compasso che esce da una nuvola iscritta in ovale. Motto: "Labore et constantia"), iniziali xilografate.III: Iani Douzae Nordouicis Ad C. Sallustij Crispi historiarum libros, notae: cum luculenta fragmentorum aliquot accessione hactenus non editorum. Marca editoriale al frontespizio (Mano con compasso che esce da una nuvola iscritta in ovale. Motto: "Labore et constantia"), iniziali xilografate. Note manoscritte al recto di c. D4: 'Labore & constantia. Omnia uincit solers industria iure Praemia solertes quippe referre solent'. Il lotto è provvisto di attestato di libera circolazione.Three works in one volume, 8° (163x106 mm). 236, [4]; 249, [15]; 53, [3, of which the last blank] pages. Collation: A-P⁸; a-q⁸r⁴; A-C⁸D⁴. Slightly spotted throughout; uniformly toned. Contemporary blind-tooled leather over pasteboards. Spine with four raised bands. Edges gauffered and gilt .Traces of glue, and minor losses to spine and joints. Rear pastedown restored.I: C. Sallustii Crispi Operum, quae exstant... Ex libris ('Michaelis Fabri...'), and ownership inscription on the title-page; stamp on the front pastedown covered with paper. II: In C. Sallustij Crispi Catilinam, et Iugurtham castigationum... III: Iani Douzae Nordouicis Ad C. Sallustij Crispi historiarum libros... Printer's device on the title-page. Manuscript annotation on fol. D4. 'Labore & constantia. Omnia uincit solers industria iure Praemia solertes quippe referre solent'. Sold with a valid export licence.

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), untitled, small girl in white smock dress, looking left, with hands raised to right, ink manuscript titled recto 'From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron', possibly of Florence Anson, circa 1866, with card mount tight to image and text, framed and glazed, visible image 10in. x 13in., arched top, some foxing, fading and negative blemishes

A Quarto Family Album of Photographs, red morocco gilt, clasp, with elaborate manuscript gilt title to flyleaf 'Ellen Fawkes', comprising albumen prints and laid-down unmounted cartes de visite, including 'Group at Thorpe Green', Yorkshire, members of the Fawkes family, Sawley Hall, North Yorkshire, Farnley Hall, members of other family, and actors including Silvy of Adelina Patti, apx. pp 30 completed, F

Manuscript of a Curious Victorian TaleAnomoymous: "Mokeanna or The White Witness. A Tale of the Times." Oblong 8vo album, 31 ff + 5 hand drawn illustrations.A short story burlesquing the creepy tales beloved of Victorians, in which an alien invader lands from the sea at Rutland (in reality a landlocked county) steals a farmer's donkey (the "moke Anna"), kidnaps the wife of the local squire, and is then pursued by a mob of angry peasants who seem more intent on recovering the donkey than rescuing the lady. If Flann O'Brien had written Dracula..."Mokeanna" was the brainchild of the comic writer F.C. Burnand, who wrote the story as a parody of the popular tales published in Reynold's Miscellany and persuaded five well-known illustrators to provide each of the drawings: John Gilbert of the Illustrated London News, Hablot K. Browne (Dicken's "Phiz"), Charles Keene, George du Maurier and John Everett Millais. "Mokeanna" was serialised in Punch during February and March 1863 and proved a great hit with the readers. This appears to be a contemporary transcript, neatly written and with the five illustrations meticulously copied. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (1)

"Babe" Ruth and the G.A.A.G.A.A. & Baseball: A unique and early Sporting Association. An original Spalding B12 Baseball Bat, the handle grip end stamped, 35" (89cms), given by "Babe" Ruth to Mr. Frank McGrath, Manager of Tipperary team on their visit to America in 1926; also a 10k gold shield shaped on enamel inset Medal to Commemorate Ireland V. America, Polo Grounds May 30th, 1926, inscribed on reverse. (2)Provenance: Manuscript Provenance Letter from the Family.

Singed by the Author with Manuscript NoteGreene (Graham) Our Man In Havana, 8vo, L. (Heinemann) 1958, First Edition, inscribed on f.e.p. For James (Currie) who has rescued me so much in San Paolo, with grateful affection .. from Graham, San Paolo, July 29, 1960, Bookplate of James Currie, cloth & d.j., clean copy. (1)

Walter Kavanagh - The MagistrateCo. Carlow: [Kavanagh (Walter)] Borris House, An important and interesting large File of manuscript and signed printed documents, letters and notes dating from the period 1800 - 1818, mostly of Statements, recognizance, bonds and other legalistive documentation, signed by the Magistrate Walter Kavanagh of Borris House. The contents pertains to crimes such as horse-stealing, cattle rustling, arson, assault, rape, to name but a few. The papers record the names and address of the accused. An important interesting file of documents giving insight to the operation of local a magistrate in Ireland at the beginning of the 19th Century. As an archive, w.a.f. (1)

Lease of Lands, c. 1806, with Original MapCo. Meath: An indenture on vellum dated 5th February 1806 between the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, and Simon Mc Ardle of Ratheady, Co. Meath, farmer.Lease of part of Ratheady formerly in the possession of Patrick Nugent and lately of Mary Nugent, known as the Reclaimed Farm, containing 11.1.0 A.R.P. to hold for 31 years at a rent of £14.17.6 with bounds outlined. With large manuscript annexed, surveyed by Owen Mc Eneaney, November 1803. With the blind stamp of the Society, signed by Charles [Agar Archbishop of] Dublin, Vice- President, and also with Simon Mc Ardle's seal. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Good. (1)

Co. Carlow Interest - [Turnpike Road] A large folio double sided Manuscript Document relating to the undertaking of creating a "Turnpike Road," leading from the Town of Carlow aforesaid to Kilcullen Green, County Kildare, in the sum of one thousand pounds sterling, also listing various trustees, guarantors etc., signed and sealed, as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

[MacDonagh (Thomas), 1916 signatory] A receipt on Irish Volunteers paper, printed form with manuscript details, completed and signed by [Mícheál] Ua Rathghaille, Hon. Treasurer, numbered 48, dated 4.4.1914, acknowledging receipt from MacDonagh (whose name is given in Irish, Tomás MacDonnchadha) of the sum of £1-5-9d., with a note at foot saying a separate receipt has issued to Éamonn Ó Tuathail for 5/- sub.Presumably the sum received from MacDonagh represented the proceeds of an event or collection. MacDonagh, from Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, was a published poet and critic, a UCD graduate and assistant, and formerly a teacher at Pearse's St Enda's school. He joined the Irish Volunteers on their formation, and quickly became a most enthusiastic soldier. He joined the IRB in 1915, and became a member of the military council which planned the Rising. He signed the Proclamation, and took his place as Volunteer commander in Jacob's factory in Bishop Street, leaving behind his young wife and their two small children. He was executed on 3 May 1916.Michael O'Rahilly, a successful businessman, was a founder and Treasurer of the Volunteers, and the main organiser of the Howth Gun-running. He thought the Rising was premature, but took part anyway, reportedly saying 'I have helped to wind the clock, I may as well hear it strike.' He died in action, leading a sortie from the GPO on the Friday of Easter week.Original documents linking the prime movers in the 1916 Rising are now very scarce. (1)

The Author's British PassportO'Flaherty (Liam) His British Passport, issued 'in lieu of Irish Free State Passport D 110907, September 27th 1927' identifying him as a British subject by birth and a novelist by profession, also listing his wife Margaret (nee Barrington) and their child Margaret, born 1926.With photographs and copious endorsements, mostly 1930 - 32, including Russian, German and American, one mentioning his Remington Portable. Rear pages have various interesting manuscript notes, names, addresses etc on several continents.A most interesting document, recording the adventures of a well-travelled man. (1)

Signed by P.H. PearsePearse (Padraig) A two page Manuscript Letter in Irish on Scoil Eanna (Rathmines) notepaper address to "A Cara" dated 10th February 1909, referring to Eoghan O'Riain (John Ryan), agus Riobaird Og, and attending the "Scoil" 2pps, (folded)., signed "Padraic Mac Piarsais" as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Plan: Valence assiegee par l'Armee du Roi de Sardaigne du 22 Avril 1746. A coloured hand drawn battle plan, approx. 27cms x 37.5cms (10 1/2" x 14 1/2"), single sheet. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

With Manuscript Letters from Lady GregoryGregory (Lady Augusta) Hugh Lane's Life and Achievements with Some Account of the Dublin Galleries, 8vo, L. 1921, First, hf. title portrait frontis, inscribed on f.e.p. with 8 line note to"Mr. Fred Harris, where she states that it was under his roof she decided to write the book," signed and dated Sept. 16th 1921, together with a 4pps and 2pp m/ss letter on Coole Park headed paper dated August 21st & 30th 1919, both to Mr. Fred J. Harris, Sandycove, Dublin with stamped address envelope.An interesting correspondence, as m/ss, w.a.f.

'Vigour and Vivacity'[Yeats, Jack] Phil May [1864-1903]. An impressive Drawing, pen and ink, 23cms x 36cms (9" x 14"), signed upper left and dated '91', mounted, titled in manuscript 'Players out of work: A sketch at a dramatic agent's office', showing about fifteen various 'characters', all individually modelled and no doubt recognisable to theatre-goers of the day. Inscribed rear of mount 'Phil May', possibly in Jack Yeats' hand.Phil May, one of the leading illustrators of the day, was a precursor of JBY on 'Punch' and other illustrated papers. 'A rapid cartoonist of vigour and vivacity' [D.N.B.]. Yeats admired his work, and may have modelled his early graphic style on it.Provenance: The Yeats Family

Natural History Specimens from JerseyJersey Islands: Westacton [Mrs Acton] Collection of 53 original dried examples of Seaweed collected in Jersey, c. 1860. Each specimen mounted separately in a 4to notebook, and each with manuscript Latin description underneath. Presentation inscription on front loose blank, dated 1860. Orig. mor. backed green boards, decorated with ferns. In fine condition. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Psalters & Chanters: Birch (Walter de Gray) The History, Art and Palaeography of the Manuscript styled The Utrecht Psalter, roy 8vo L. 1876, illus., cloth; Stewart (Sir R.P.) Chants Ancient and Modern, Responses etc, D. 1883; Chants and Responses, 4to D. 1914; Stainer (Sir J.) The Church Hymnary, 4to Edin. 1898, a.e.g., full mor.; & 3 others, as a lot, w.a.f. (7)

Poetry in Manuscript - Bouchiez (Jonathan) Aftermath of English Lyrical Poetry, Being a Supplement to Francis Turner Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury' thick 4to n.p. [Replay] 1889. Orig. M/ss of 730pp plus Index 22pp Presentation inscription on first leaf 'To Florence Lee: from her friend the Compiler,' cont. hf. crimson mor. with gilt letters 'F.L.' As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Very Early Dublin Almanacks, 1742 - 54Almanacks: Watson (John) The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack, (By John Watson, Bookseller,) For the Year of Our Lord 1742, orig. wrappers; for 1747, orig. marble wrappers; & do. 1752, [109]pp with manuscript notes, in orig. calf; do. 1753, [109]pp, bound with The English Registry, 92pp, cont. calf, worn; & do. 1754 [111]pp & interleaved, bound with The English Registry, 92pp, in cont. full calf. together 5 vols. D. 1742 - 1754, very good. As almanacks, w.a.f. Extremely Scarce. (4)Provenance: From the Collection of the late Mr. Fred Dixon

With Manuscript Account of Weather for the Full YearAlmanack: Wilson Stewart - The Treble Almanack for the Year 1810, 8vo D. 1811. Engd. frontis, fold. map (loose), one gathering loose, cont. full mor. worn. (1)* With a m/ss account of the weather for each day of the year, & some other m/ss notes. Scarce. (1)Provenance: From the Collection of the late Mr. Fred Dixon

LOVETT, Caroline, The Excursion Ticket, manuscript account of a tour through Ireland in 1858, with pencil drawings. 4to, red morocco gilt

THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT HUSSAR, DEVONPORT DOCKYARD, JULY 3RD, 1894, carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¬ x 13ó x 9óin. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch. (3), One of five ~Dryad~ class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged ~Alarm~ class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30«ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¬kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy~s Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.