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Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). The Game of Logic, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1887, diagrammatic frontispiece and illustrations to text, 2 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, old presentation inscription to half-title, upper hinges slightly cracked, original red cloth gilt, spine faded and bruised with some splitting along lower joint, together with the original printed envelope containing board loosely inserted, some soiling, envelope damp stained and split along one edge, plus an 1887 edition of the envelope and board, some spotting and soiling, board browned and lower outer corner near detached, ballpoint pen inscription to envelope verso, both envelopes lacking their nine counters, together with Doublets, A Word-Puzzle, 2nd & 3rd editions, Macmillan, 1880, a little spotting, contemporary ownership names of W.S. Flower and E. Venables to half-titles, manuscript additions to page 38 of 3rd edition, both original red cloth lettered in gilt, rubbed and soiled, both a little frayed at spine ends, plus Curiosa Mathematica. Part I. A New Theory of Parallels, 2 copies, 4th edition, Macmillan, 1895, diagrammatic illustrations including frontispiece, advert page at rear, contemporary ownership name of A.B. Manning to first copy (offset to following leaf, browned), second copy with front free endpaper detached and a little frayed, upper hinges broken, original light grey cloth and brown flexible cloth, second copy soiled and stained with a little wear to extremities, plus Part II. Pillow-Problems thought out during Wakeful Hours, 3rd edition, Macmillan, 1894, diagrammatic illustrations including frontispiece, advert leaf at rear, old ownership name and address inscription to front pastedown, original brown flexible cloth lettered in black, rubbed and soiled, lower cover largely bleached, all 8vo Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 196, 137, 138, 210c (2 copies) & 247a. (6)

*[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll', 1832-1898]. A caged canary singing to the young Lilian Morgan, painted by her mother Alice Havers (1850-1890), circa 1885, pen and pencil and watercolour on wove paper, signed with artist's monogram lower right, 25 x 14 cm (10 x 5.5 ins), framed and glazed It has been established that this watercolour hung on the walls of Dodgson's rooms at Christ Church College, Oxford. Dodgson first met the artist Alice Mary Havers (Mrs Frederick Morgan) on 30 December 1885 and 'found her pleasant'. Shortly thereafter he helped arrange for the publication of 'Bumble-Bee Bogo's Budget' with illustrations by Havers. Dodgson clearly liked her work and owned the original artwork for this book, as well as a set of proofs of drawings and several of her illustrated volumes. Provenance: Manuscript inscriptions on labels to frame verso: 1) 'To Mr Dodgson from Lilian' [presumably in her hand]; 2) [In Lewis Carroll's hand:] 'Given me by Lilian Morgan. Painted, (from her), by her mother Mrs Morgan (alias "Alice Havers")'; In unidentified hands: 3) [In pencil:] 'Mrs Morgan painted under the name of Alice Havers'; 4) 'Bought at Lewis Carrol's [sic] sale /98'. His writing on the other paper'; 5) 'W.O. 764a 18/1/18'. (1)

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll', 1832-1898]. The Epping Hunt, by Thomas Hood, Illustrated with Six Engravings on Wood..., after the Designs by George Cruikshank, published Charles Tilt, 1829, six wood-engraved plates, advert leaf at rear, some spotting, endpapers browned, old bookseller's printed description pasted to front endpaper indicating this was Lewis Carroll's copy, pencil note beneath repeating this claim and old pencil note in Dodgson's hand at rear, 'priced at 15/- in W. Hutt's Catalogue 1890', original card wrappers, slightly creased, rubbed and soiled, plain paper reback, old manuscript circular library label '378/4' to upper wrapper, small 8vo Lovett, Lewis Carroll Among His Books 977. (1)

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Tour in 1867. From the Original Manuscript in the Collection of M.L. Parrish, Esq., Pine Valley, New Jersey, 1st edition, Philadelphia: privately printed, 1928, original red limp morocco gilt in glassine dust jacket, chipped with slight loss, contained in original red card box, slightly rubbed and marked, one small split, 8vo One of 66 copies. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 299. (1)

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Symbolic Logic. Part I. Elementary, [all published], second thousand, 3rd edition, Macmillan, 1896, addendum slip tipped in before page 1, wood-engraved diagrams, 3 pp. advert leaves at rear, blind stamp of The Linen Hall, Belfast Library to title and large label to front flyleaf with manuscript class number E.1125, additionally inscribed (by the publisher) in blue ink to half-title, 'Presented by the Author for the use of The Linen Hall Library Belfast' and Linen Hall Library printed presentation bookplate to front pastedown noting that this was presented by the author of 1 October 1896, upper inner hinges slightly cracked, endpapers slightly browned, original brown cloth lettered in black, rubbed and soiled, a little edge wear, 8vo See David Lansley, 'A Presentation Copy of Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic' in The Carrollian, Issue 2, Autumn 1998, pp. 62-63. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 270B. (1)

Bates (H.E.). The Hessian Prisoner, original typescript, circa 1929, 31 A4 sheets, typed on rectos, comprising title, three sheets of Edward Garnett's introduction, 25 sheets of text and two sheets of the typist's address at end, each sheet with the author's manuscript extensive corrections, the title inscribed "Dear Garnett, This is the original copy, but please return it. I'm so glad you like Alexander. Excuse the haste, but the novel drives me, - on, indeed, on! You will hurry if you can, won't you?", with a later inscription by Bates on the same sheet "Probably David is still catching up - on this, a cold December day in the year of our Lord & Lydia, 1952 - with Christmas greetings a la Caprice, H.E. Bates, Dec. 16/52" (presumably referencing David Garnett, Edward's son, horizontally folded with some spotting, small chips and tears, with a label stating the book belonged to Charles Pick (1917-2000), publisher, together with Mrs. Esmond's Life, 1931, proof sheets, comprising 14 sheets in total, some printed leaves and manuscript notes and a letter discussing layouts, printing details and costs, fonts, paper and binding, and three suggestions for titles, including 'Charlotte Esmond', horizontal fold, some light spotting, a few paperclip marks, plus six others including signed pamphlets Song For December, Christmas 1928, and Christmas 1930, The Last Bread, 1926, inscribed to John Williams (lower wrapper detached) and Holly and Sallow, Blue Moon Poem for Christmas 1931 (signed limited edition 53/100) (8)

*Kelmscott Press. A pair of proof borders for William Morris's Kelmscott Chaucer, circa 1896, two printed proofs on paper, one depicting vine leaves and pomegranates, the other depicting grapes and vine leaves, both borders with entwining tendrils, toned, numbered to blank upper margin in contemporary manuscript 'No. 4' and 'No. 10' respectively, overall size of borders approximately 15 x 19.5cm (6 x 7.75ins), sheet size 22 x 28.5cm (8.75 x 11.25ins), each in glazed mount (2)

*Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll', 1832-1898). Autograph letter signed, 'C.L. Dodgson', 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, 10 July 1892, to Alice Ottley, asking whether she might need any help in teaching at her High School, 'If so, I have a very dear friend, "Edith Rix" by name, whom I would strongly recommend. She is about 25. You would find yourself in full sympathy with her, and would, I believe, like her very much', manuscript note on behalf of the recipient at foot, 'I have said you are ill and away but will answer if you should need anyone - not otherwise', written in blue ink, one page, small 8vo, together with "White & Blue", The Alice Ottley School Magazine No. 71, December 1913, original stapled printed wrappers, a little soiling, slim 8vo Alice Ottley was headmistress of her eponymous school in Worcester, and which Carroll visited. Edith Rix (1866-1918) was a close friend of Carroll from when they first met in 1885 until his death. (2)

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Symbolic Logic. Part I. Elementary, [all published], second thousand, 3rd edition, Macmillan, 1896, addendum slip tipped in before page 1, embossed library stamp of Wigan Free Public Library to lower corners of half-title, frontispiece, title-page and first leaf of main text, additional purple ink library stamp to title verso, Library bookplate to front pastedown and 'Withdrawn' stamp to front flyleaf, contemporary librarian cataloguing note at head of flyleaf and blue ink presentation inscription (by the publisher) to half-title, 'Presented by the Author for the use of the Free Public Library Wigan', original brown cloth lettered in black, rubbed and soiled, spine darkened, a little edge wear, small manuscript library label to upper cover, 8vo Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 270. The presentation inscription in this copy and the one above to the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, is identical. (1)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st edition, 1937, monochrome frontispiece, nine uncoloured illustrations by the author, single leaf advertisement at rear, small tear and loss to margin at foot of p. 79, a few minor spots, map endpapers, top edge stained green, original green cloth with wraparound illustration of Smaug and mountains, light residue from clear tape at head and foot, unclipped dust jacket, lower flap with misprint 'Dodg[e]son' and publisher's manuscript correction, spine with chips and losses at ends, clear tape marks and toning to spine, extremities and folds, small chips to folds, a few spots to flaps, clear tape marks to jacket verso, Hammond A3(a). 1500 copies printed. (1)

Manuscript. (AMENDMENT: Not a contemporary manuscript copy, but later, almost certainly 20th century, and possibly 1930s).The Frisking, Barking, Lady's Lap-Dog. A New Game of Questions and Commands. 1818. 1808, fifteen manuscript leaves, including vignette title-page, neatly hand-written in ink to one side only (facing versos and rectos), frontispiece and twelve leaves with pen, ink, and watercolour illustration to upper half of page, with text below (final text leaf unillustrated), pastedowns spotted, original blue painted card covers, sometime neatly resewn and rebacked with painted paper to match, pen, ink, and watercolour title label mounted on upper cover, slim 8vo Provenance: The family of American cookery writer Eliza Leslie (1787-1858); by descent to Thomas L. Twidell (1899-1994), great grandson of Charles Robert Leslie, brother of Eliza; bequeathed to Robin Hamlyn (1947-2016), curator at Tate Britian. A highly accomplished and meticulous contemporary manuscript copy of a printed book, published by John Marshall, which itself is rare. This manuscript is believed to be by cookery writer Eliza Leslie, executed for the benefit of her four younger siblings, two of whom, Charles Robert and Anna, became artists. Although best known for her books on cookery and etiquette, Eliza was also a prolific writer of fiction and non fiction for children and adults. Great nephew of Eliza, Thomas L. Twidell, was an authority on the Leslie family, and he came to know Robin Hamlyn when the latter embarked on a PhD thesis on C.R. Leslie. The exact date of the first printing of 'The Frisking, Barking Lady's Lap-Dog' is uncertain, and curiously our manuscript version lists two dates on the title-page, 1808 and 1818. Gumuchian lists the earliest known copy of 1817 (3557). We sold a copy with an 1818 watermark in 2014; it is the only copy we have seen at auction, and included an additional leaf of directions for play, not reproduced in the manuscript. The Osborne Collection has no listing for this title, COPAC records just a single copy of the 1822 edition only (Opie Collection), OCLC locates one 1819 copy (Indiana University and College of William & Mary), and the Pierpont Morgan Library has a copy watermarked 1830, printed (by assignment of E. Marshall) by D. Carvalho. A game of memory in the form of an accumulative rhyme, similar to 'The House That Jack Built' (1)

Bates (H.E.). The Seekers, 1st edition, 1926, original boards, glassine wrapper (small chips and tears), 8vo, signed by the author to half title and inscribed to Bryan Forbes, his bookplate, 8vo, together with Mrs. Esmond's Life, 1931, top edge gilt, original green cloth, spine and part of lower cover faded, 4to, signed limited edition 31/50 with an original manuscript leaf bound-in, plus The Spring Song and in View of the Fact That, E. Archer, March 1927, a few light stains, original wrappers, wear to spine, some fading, 4to, limited edition of 25 (this copy unumbered), inscribed to Marjorie Helen Cox, Autumn 1927, with seven others including Charlotte's Row 1931 (signed limited edition 41/107), A German Idyll, Golden Cockerel Press, 1932 (signed limited edition 70/307, additionally inscribed to his wife), The Hessian Prisoner, 1930 (signed limited edition 393/550), The Tinkers of Elstow, 1946 (signed limited edition 170/300, also signed by illustrator Randolph Schwabe), The Country of White Clover, 1952 (signed limited edition 46/100) and The Great House, 1984 (Limited edition of 25) (10)

Faraday (May, 20th century). A Rural Calendar For the Year 1907. Words by Thomas Kay. Music by Henry Watson, thirteen thick card leaves with pen & ink illustrations and calligraphic text on rectos, comprising an illustrated title-page and twelve calendar leaves, each month with a large head-piece above appropriate verse, photostats of corresponding manuscript music tipped-in on facing versos, artist's signature and date in pencil to some versos (partially obscured by the music in one or two places), tissue guards, some areas stopped out with white body colour, some toning and marks, sheet size 31 x 26.5cm (12.25 x 10.5ins), foliate endpapers, original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, rubbed and a trifle worn to extremities, large 4to Apparently unpublished; the British Library lists several verse works by Thomas Kay, some privately printed. Henry Watson (1846-1911) was a renowned composer and teacher born in Accrington. He gifted the contents of his vast private library (some 16,700 volumes) to Manchester County Council in 1902. The Henry Watson Music Library has since grown into one of the largest collections of music in any public library, containing 380,000 books and individual items of music. The work of the artist is competent and has an Arts & Crafts flavour to it, but we have been unable to trace any information about her. (1)

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep, 1st edition, printed for John Murray, 1816, half-title and part-titles present, without 4 pages advertisements sometimes found at end, scattered spotting, final few leaves with light crease to lower outer corner, front free endpaper with early manuscript signature 'Lillias Craig, 6 Carlton Street, Edinr.', bookplate of Richard Adams, hinges splitting, some soiling to fore-edges, late nineteenth century cloth-backed limp boards, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo, housed in a cloth folder in a quarter calf bookform slipcase, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, spine and part of lower return faded Hayward 207. Tinker 693. Miss Lillias Craig (1811-1883) was an early and energetic member of the Edinburgh Women's Suffrage Society. (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and New Testament: Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1598, general and New Testament titles with head pieces and printer's device (general title lined to verso, NT title dated 1597), Apocrypha present, with Junius' Revelation (1594) inserted after text & before tables, double-column roman text, several woodcut illustrations, decorative initials, head & tailpieces, wanting leaf before title (as in Herbert and Darlow & Moule), leaf AA1 of Old Testament (list of Second Part of the Bible) torn to lower blank margin and repaired, some cropping to running titles, includes four leaves of genealogical manuscript entries at front of volume commencing with the children of Thomas Estcourt 1728, general toning and dust-soiling throughout, occasional marks and spotting, endpapers replaced with cream laid paper, bookplate of Richard Adams, late 17th/early 18th century panelled calf, neatly rebacked, morocco labels to spine, 19th century plain brass clasps, 4to Herbert 244. Darlow & Moule 185. STC 2172. (1)

Boswell (James). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson..., 1st edition, printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1785, half-title with contemporary manuscript name at head (and top outer corner excised above), second state of leaves I5r ('in-duced'), Q7r ('Kings and subjects') and of U6r ('nor Mrs. Thrale...' after 'Beauclerk'), errata & notice of Boswell's Life of Johnson leaf at rear, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Richard Adams, three 19th century ownership names on front free endpaper, contemporary quarter calf, with red morocco title label, rubbed, spine with slight loss at ends, vellum corners, 8vo Pottle 57. Rothschild 456. Tinker 333. (1)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed by W. Strahan et al, 1755, title-pages printed in red and black, printed in double-column, woodcut tail-pieces, gathering 19H in volume 2 in duplicate, occasional light spotting and toning, some unexceptionable staining and marks to a few leaves, pencilled marginalia in a couple of places, several corners slightly creased, gathering 5G in first volume with vertical crease, volume 2 with 19Uii carelessly opened at upper blank corner and lower blank corner of 21Oi torn away, 24Tii and 25Hii in volume 2 each with a closed marginal tear (former affecting several lines of text, latter just clipping text), endpapers sometime renewed, hinges strengthened, bookplate of Richard Adams on front pastedowns, volume 1 with contemporary manuscript shelfmark to front free endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, sometime rebacked, preserving original gilt decorated contrasting leather labels, generally rubbed (with some minor surface wear), covers with gilt flower and bead roll border, and inner scalloped pelmet roll border in blind, folio Courtney & Smith, page 54. Printing and the Mind of Man 201. Rothschild 1237. Samuel Johnson's 'Dictionary', which had taken nine years to complete, was finally published on 15th April 1755 in an edition of 2,000 copies. Containing 40,000 entries and over 116,000 quotations this monumental work remains "the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). (2)

Clare (John). The Shepherd's Calendar; with Village Stories, and Other Poems, 1st edition, published for John Taylor, 1827, half-title present, advertisement leaf at rear, endpapers partially toned and with hinges splitting, bookplate of Richard Adams, and book ticket bearing initials 'AHA', front free endpaper with ink inscription dated 1831, and later manuscript note below dated 1869, untrimmed, original boards with printed paper spine label (latter toned), spine extremities rubbed, 8vo in 12s, housed in a cloth folder, in a brown quarter morocco slipcase, raised bands, gilt lettered in second and fourth compartments and at foot Tinker 638. A wonderful association copy in the publisher's original binding. Inscribed by Eliza Emmerson (1782-1854), John Clare's friend, patron and editor, to distinguished scholar and author Derwent Coleridge (1800-1883), the third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: 'To The Revd. Derwent Coleridge. with the perfect esteem & regard of the Author's Lady friend Eliza L. Emmerson. January 17th 1831'. The manuscript note below reads 'Bequeathed to Tom Lallison Decr. 1869'. Eliza Emmerson was a key figure in the life of John Clare, and she was also a patron of Derwent Coleridge, amongst others. She corresponded and socialised with both writers, and circulated their works, thereby contributing to the proliferation of new literary ideas. The British Library holds approximately 1200 letters received by John Clare, 300 of them from Eliza; the two of them corresponded over a period of seventeen years (although the whereabouts of Clare's letters to Eliza is sadly unknown, if indeed they are still extant). She was an important mediator between John Clare and his patron Lord Radstock, frequently having to navigate her way through the latter's demands on the poet to avoid radicalism and uphold social mores (or what Clare referred to as "false delicasy" [sic]), and often giving a woman's perspective on Clare's verse. She was also heavily involved in the various disputes between Clare's publisher, John Taylor, and Radstock, whose association was characterised by a mutual dislike for one another. Eliza's relationship with the poet was not just on a professional level; it became a personal friendship, so much so that Clare and his wife named their daughter after her, and appointed her the child's godmother. Eliza probably began corresponding with Derwent Coleridge after hearing he that he was ill, having previously already moved in the same circles as the Coleridge family. She is known to have given Derwent Coleridge at least one other volume of Clare's poetry, when he visited her at her home in Oxford Street in June 1823. Eliza boasted to Clare about her relationship with Derwent, and this led to some jealousy on Clare's part. However, under Eliza's influence, Derwent did help to introduce Clare's work to a new generation of readers. Eliza wrote poetry herself, some of it on the subject of John Clare: 'Lines on receiving the Bust of the Northamptonshire Poet, executed by Henry Behne, Esq.' (Morning Post, 14th April 1829), and 'Lines to the Northamptonshire Poet' (Morning Post, 5th May 1830). In later years, when John Clare's mental health declined, Eliza Emmerson became increasingly reclusive. Whilst her poet friend lived out his final years in an asylum in Northampton, she shut herself away, receiving few visitors, and immersing herself in writing poetry and studying Dante. (1)

Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 volumes, a new edition, printed for W. Allason et al, 1820, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, two large folding engraved maps (one with short handling tear paper-repaired on verso), occasional minor spotting, neat manuscript name at head of title-pages dated 1823, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Richard Adams, contemporary tan calf, rubbed, and some wear to extremities, gilt decorated spines lacking the majority of labels, 8vo A reissue of the 1818 edition, in which the number of maps appears to vary between two and three. (12)

Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; With Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, 1st separate edition, printed for C. Bathurst et al, 1781, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds (spotted), volume 3 with terminal blank present, volume 4 without advertisements, intermittent light spotting and toning to text, first volume with bookplate of Richard Adams on front free endpaper, contemporary bookplate with crest and motto 'Animum Rege' on front pastedowns, volume 1 with manuscript ownership signature dated 1830 on front free endpaper, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, and extremities a trifle worn in places, spine divided by gilt metope and pentaglyph rolls, oval red leather labels in second and fourth compartments, remainder with alternating gilt urn and urn within foliate frame tools, 8vo Rothschild 1265. Tinker 1365. (4)

Ashton (John). Real Sailor-Songs Collected and Edited by John Ashton, Leadenhall Press, 1891, title printed in red and black with decorative device, numerous black & white illustrations, decorative initials, head and tail-pieces, edges rough trimmed, original half vellum printed boards, some slight dust-soiling, light rubbing to extremities, folio, together with Rollins (Hyder Edward), The Pepys Ballads, 7 volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1929, a few black and white plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly faded to spines, 8vo, with Child (Francis James, edited), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 10 volumes, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1882-1894, interleaved with blanks some with manuscript notes, occasional dampstaining to margins, bookplate of Milton Waldman, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to (limited edition 579/1000), and Auden (W.H. & Kallman, Chester, editors), An Elizabethan Songbook, Lute Songs, Madrigals and Rounds, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1957, decorative vignette to title, musical notation throughout, occasional black and white illustrations, original cloth in somewhat worn dust jacket, 4to, and Karpeles (Maud, editor), Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1974, musical notation and verse throughout, original green cloth gilt, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, and Humphreys (Arthur L.), The Berkshire Book of Song, Rhyme & Steeple Chime, Methuen and Company, 1935, edges rough trimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, slightly rubbed, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, plus others similar mostly relating to British and American folk songs and traditional tunes, etc. (38)

Clare (John). Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd edition, printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820, half-title present, 4 pages publisher's advertisements at rear, spotted and toned, F2 with 3" closed tear to lower margin (sometime repaired with adhesive tape on both sides), front free endpaper lacking, rear pastedown renewed, bookplate of Richard Adams, untrimmed, contemporary green half cloth, slightly rubbed and marked in places, spine lightly faded, and with chipped manuscript paper label, 8vo, together with Crabbe (Rev. George) Poems, 1st collected edition, printed for J. Hatchard, 1807, half-title present (with contemporary inscription crossed through), early ownership signature at head of title-page, toned throughout, untrimmed, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Richard Adams, original boards, rebacked (preserving original paper spine label) and recornered, 8vo See: Hayward 236. Tinker 636 & 786. (2)

 'Because it isn't a book, no copy of it will ever be signed by me'   LAWRENCE T. E.: (1888-1935) British Lieutenant-Colonel, renowned for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt 1916-18. Known as Lawrence of Arabia. An interesting Autograph Statement Signed, T E Shaw, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1926/27). Lawrence's boldly penned statement reads, in full, '“Revolt in the Desert” is not a book, on its own, but slices of a longer book, roughly bridged together with the minimum of new words. It was made at Cadet College, Cranwell, in April, 1926, after work, in two evenings, by me; my right arm had been broken two days before, so I got A/C Miller and A/A Knowles to act secretaries for me, in the Hut. Because it isn't a book, no copy of it will ever be signed by me. Every copy of the longer text (Seven Pillars of Wisdom) was signed. The author's foreword to “Revolt” (initialed T.E.S.) was written by Mr. Bernard Shaw: he had no other part in the book'. Signed at the conclusion by Lawrence. An interesting manuscript relating to Lawrence's works, significantly his major publication Seven Pillars of Wisdom (completed in 1922 and published in 1926). With blank integral leaf and a couple of very small pin holes and rust stains at the head of each page, not affecting the text or signature, VG   Revolt in the Desert was indeed an abridged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which Lawrence began in 1926 with the work being published in both limited and trade editions in March 1927. He reluctantly undertook a publicity exercise which helped the work become a best seller, thus enabling Lawrence to pay off the debts he had incurred with the publication of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.  

CAVOUR COUNT OF: (1810-1861) Camillo Benso. First Prime Minister of Italy March-June 1861. D.S., C. Cavour, one page, folio, Turin, 19th May 1861. The largely manuscript document, in Italian, states, in full, 'In response to the paper of the current 14 No 1735, this Ministry informs the Consulate that today it's cancelled the Register of the maritime inscription of the registered Pietro Vincenzo Angelo Aquarone class 1841, who resigned the benefit of the above-mentioned inscription by act of this office.' Signed at the conclusion by Cavour in his capacity as Marine Consulate. With blank integral leaf. With light age toning to the upper left edge, and minor age wear. G

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. D.S., Nikolai, as Emperor, in Cyrillic, three pages, folio, St. Petersburg, 5th July 1839, in Cyrillic. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a letter to Fernando II, King of the Two Sicilies, bearing news that Nicholas' daughter Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna has married Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg. Countersigned at the foot by Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862, Russian Foreign Minister 1814-56). Accompanied by the original envelope addressed in Cyrillic and bearing the remnants of a large wax seal to the verso. With two light imprints to the letter, evidently caused by the wax seal, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG Ferdinand II (1810-1859) Italian King of the Two Sicilies 1830-59. Maximilian de Beauharnais (1817-1852) German Nobleman, the grandson of Napoleon I's first wife, the Empress Josephine, by her prior marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais.  

NORTH LORD: (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82. North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. D.S., North, one page, folio, n.p. (London), 13th May 1771. The manuscript document relates to Richard Stevenson ('One of the Messengers of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer') in which he requests an allowance for his travel and expenses during March and April 1771 'to Deliver several Bundles of Process issued out of the Treasurers Remembrancer's Office….Directed to the Sheriffs of the Several Counties and Cities underwritten…', the twelve counties and five cities listed in three columns and including Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, Monmouthshire, Salop, Chester, Lancaster, Coventry, Litchfield etc., further stating that the service has been performed 'as appears by the receipts or returns of the respective Sheriffs' and seeking that the bill be approved by the Duke of Newcastle, auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer. Signed by North at the foot beneath a further brief manuscript request for the Duke of Newcastle to 'rate and pay this Bill' and also bearing several countersignatures. Also signed by Stevenson to the verso, acknowledging receipt of the full payment on 24th May 1771. With a single ink line running diagonally through the text of the document and only very slightly affecting North's signature. VG 

[EDWARD II]: (1284-1327) King of England 1307-27. Manuscript document issued during the reign of King Edward II, one page (vellum), oblong 4to (9.5 x 6.5), n.p. (Yorkshire?), 13th July 1312, in Latin. The attractive and boldly penned document is a Grant in tail by Roger de Somervyle, Lord of Burton Annays (Burton Agnes) to Walter de Kelk and Margery his wife, relating to a plot of turbary and marsh in Burton Annays called Thornholmker, between the field of Grauncemor (Gransmoor) and Thornholm and the head of Milnebergh N, and between the territory of Milnebergh and the fields of Great and Little Kelk, as well as a plot of meadow called Whithull next to the field of Grauncemor called Thornholm W, to be held of Roger de Somervyle, the rent being 20s. The document allows Walter de Kelk and his wife to spread, dry and turn the dug turves on Roger de Somervyle's territory of Milnebergh, and Walter de Kelk grants the right of distraint for rent on three bovates of land in the territory of Great Kelk which he holds of John de Creppyng, Knight. The witnesses are identified as John de Hasselarton, Geoffrey de St Quintin and Robert de Boynton, Knights, William de Schirburn, John de Schirburn, Theobald de Brigham, Robert de Sywardby, William Maheu of Langtoft, Richard de Lascy, John Hirnyng, Norman de Kernetby and John de Gernelyng. With two seal tags affixed at the base, although lacking the seals. A couple of very small, light stains just affect a couple of words of text and with some light dust staining to the extreme edges. Neatly and professionally mounted and framed and glazed in a plain wooden frame to an overall size of 15 x 11.5. VG Roger de Somerville (1285-1337) Lord of Burton Agnes. In 1315 he appears as one of the Knights summoned by Archbishop Greenfield to a Council of War at Doncaster and in 1323 he served as Sheriff of Yorkshire. The village of Burton Agnes is situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire and included amongst the local landmarks is a Norman manor house built in c. 1170-75. Provenance: Acquired from the noted English autograph and manuscript dealer Winifred A. Myers by the present vendor in 1972. 

SHAKUR TUPAC: (1971-1996) American Rapper and Actor. An extremely rare autograph poem signed, Tupac A Shakur, one page, 4to, n.p. (Clinton Correctional Facility, New York), 17th August 1995. The manuscript poem is entitled Thinkin’ of U in bold red ink at the head of the page, alongside an inscription (‘Exclusively 4 Simi by 2PAC’) and the date in his hand, and comprises five numbered stanzas, commencing ‘I lay awake 2night with a head full of dreamz/ and a heart full of desires/ My chest ablaze with fantasiez engulfed in passionate fires’ and concluding ‘Tonight, while u slept, I stayed awake/ and watched over u in the dark/ 4 there is no space that can separate/ this place 4 u in my heart’. The poem is penned in blue ink and signed by Shakur in red ink at the conclusion. Autographs of Shakur are extremely rare in any form as a result of his murder at the young age of 25, and any original manuscript material illustrating his creative output is particularly desirable. Three file holes to the left edge and one extremely small, minor tear to the right edge, none of which affect the text or signature, VG The present poem was written for Simi Chouhan of Los Angeles, a friend and love interest of the rapper. Shakur had begun a prison sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility following sexual-assault charges on 14th February 1995. During his imprisonment he became the first artist to have a number one album whilst serving a prison sentence. The rapper claimed to have written only one song during his sentence, however the present manuscript poem shows that he was still producing some creative output.

[TUDOR MARY]: (1496-1533) English Princess, Queen consort of France 1514-15. Younger sister of King Henry VIII. An extremely rare lock of approximately twenty strands of long, brown hair cut from the head of Mary Tudor, the strands approximately 3” plus each in length, neatly tied together and mounted at the head of an 8vo page bearing an attractive calligraphic ink note of provenance in the hand of a 19th century collector, titled A Lock of the Hair of Mary, Queen of France and stating, in part, ‘….She died in the year 1553 at the Manor House of Westhorpe in Suffolk, and was buried in the great church of the Monastery of St. Edmund at Bury. At the dissolution of that Monastery a few years afterwards her corpse was removed into St. Mary’s church in the same town where it was deposited in a plain tomb….on opening which in the year 1731 (sic; 1784) by Sir Jn. Cullum, her remains were discovered, in a coffin of lead of the shape of her body….this lock of hair was taken out of her coffin at the time before mentioned….’ Matted in green and framed and glazed in a later wooden frame to an overall size of 6 x 9. Some very light, extremely minor foxing and age wear, otherwise VGProvenance: The present lock of hair was acquired by the vendor at an auction of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Photography held by Bonhams at their New Bond Street salerooms on 13th November 2007 (Lot 453). Locks of Mary Tudor’s hair very rarely appear at auction, however the documentation which exists relating to the sale of a similar lock by Messrs. Christie and Manson in their auction of the contents of Stowe House near Buckingham, which was conducted over 37 days in 1848, provides an interesting insight into the circumstances under which the present lot was also originally acquired. The Stowe Catalogue states that the Queen’s coffin was opened on the 6th September 1784 (it had indeed been previously moved in 1731 when St. Mary’s church was remodelled, although not opened or disturbed at this time, which explains the incorrect date quoted by the collector in the present lot) and the antiquary Sir John Cullum (1733-1785) was present at the exhumation. Cullum recorded his observations of the event in a manuscript, writing that the Queen’s ‘hair was perfectly sound, retaining the original strength, and adhering very closely to the skull. It was of considerable length, some perhaps near two feet long, and of a beauteous golden colour’. The Stowe Catalogue further explains that Cullum presented the lock to Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785) Duchess of Portland, British Aristocrat who was the richest woman in Great Britain of her time. Her extensive collection was sold in 1786, the year following her death, and the lock was purchased by James Brydges (1731-1789) 3rd Duke of Chandos, British Peer and Politician who himself was descended from Mary Tudor by her marriage to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, for the sum of six pounds and ten shillings. From the Duke of Chandos it passed to his only daughter’s husband, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (1776-1839) 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, British Landowner and Politician, and following his death it was sold by Messrs Christie and Manson (the lot is reported to have ‘excited considerable interest’ amongst bidders) to a Mr. Owen of New Bond Street. It is not known what became of the lock following Owen’s acquisition in 1848.

JAMAICA: A culturally historic D.S., Theobald Jaffe, one page, folio, n.p. (London), 30th November 1769. The manuscript document being an indenture for a land transaction between Theobald Jaaffe and Joseph Gasgoine at al for, 'a plantation commonly called or known by the name of Seven Plantations… lying and being in the parish of Clarendon in the Island of Jamaica… the whole containing by estimation five thousand acres and all ways, waters & watercourses…any person or persons in trust for their situate and being in the said parishes… and all houses, negroed outhouses, mill houses, boiling houses…' further annotated to verso, 'Memorandum that on this 21st day of March in the year of our Lord 1770 before me William Beckford Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of London appeared personally Theobald Taaffe and George Chandler Esq., in the within written Indenture named and did acknowledge before me that the same Indenture was their Act and Deed and the said Theobald Taaffe and George Chandler being both of full age and competent understanding all which I attest under my hand'. Signed by Beckford to the conclusion. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and red wax seal to the foot of the document. A document of good association. With age wear and light creasing. G Theobald Taffe (1708-1780) British Politician. Taffee had been described as 'an extraordinary adventurer' who once tried to offer three seats in two Cornish boroughs, Helston and Grampound, for £7,000, the fourth seat to be reserved for himself 'for his trouble in the management'. In the end the negotiations were broken off owing to Taaffe's insistence on receiving the money at once, instead of after the elections, and to his inability to furnish satisfactory security, his estates in Jamaica, worth about £3,000 a year, being vested for the payment of his debts in trustees, who allowed him £500 a year. William Beckford (1709 - 1770) British Politician, Lord Mayor of London, 1762 and 1769. Beckford's vast wealth came largely from his plantations in Jamaica and the large numbers of slaves working on these plantations.  

MALTHUS THOMAS ROBERT: (1766-1834) English Cleric & Scholar, influential in the field of political economy. A portion of holograph text, unsigned, on a slim oblong 8vo piece evidently neatly clipped from a larger letter or manuscript, n.p., n.d. The recto comprises five lines of text in the hand of Malthus which states, in part, 'If at one time such a given product would make an effectual demand for certain commodities the conditions of the supply of which are supposed to remain the same, it would immediately cease to make such effectual…..', and the verso features two further partial lines of holograph text relating to supply and demand. Neatly annotated ('Malthus') in ink in the hand of a contemporary collector to the lower right corner of the recto. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG

LUMLEY RICHARD: (1650-1721) 1st Earl of Scarborough. English Soldier and Statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution. D.S., Scarborough, one page, oblong folio (vellum), n.p., 8th September 1702. The manuscript document appoints John Hilton as deputy Lieutenant for and in the County of Durham. Signed by Lumley in black ink to the conclusion. With dust toning to the edges and verso, and light age wear. G Provenance: The present document was previously contained in the Rawlins Collection and is illustrated in the collector's reference book Four Hundred Years of British Autographs (1970). The document was sold, as part of a lot containing other documents signed by 17th & 18th century British historical figures, by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection 2nd, 3rd, & 4th June 1980 (Lot 16)  

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The only King of France to have been executed. D.S., Louis, as King, one page, folio, Versailles, 19th December 1786, in French. The manuscript document authorises the payment of 197,535 livres and 18 sols by the Royal Council of Finance. Signed by Louis to the conclusion and countersigned by the Count of Vergennes (1719-1787) French Statesman and Diplomat, Charles de Calonne (1734-1802) French Statesman, and Muree (?-?). Matted in cream cloth board, which features a colour decoupage to the foot depicting 'Veue du Thuilleries. A Prospect of the Royal Palace of Thuilleries'. Printed by Bowles & Carver, London. Framed and glazed in an ornate gold coloured frame to an overall size of 21 x 25. With minor age wear, otherwise about VGCharles de Calonne appears to have been a man with notable business abilities. In the crisis preceding the French Revolution, Calonne was summoned as Controller-General of Finances, a position he owed to the Comte de Vergennes. Calonne immediately set about remedying the fiscal crisis, and he found in Louis XVI enough support to create a vast and ambitious plan of revenue-raising whilst maintaining public confidence through building projects and spending. De Calonne presented the king with his plan on 20th August 1786. The present document may well have been drawn as part of that process.

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. D.S., R Walpole, one page, folio, n.p. (London), February 1723. The manuscript document relates to Jane, Countess of Rochester, and is a warrant to make a payment of £1000 without account to her, being one half of the annual amount due to her as granted by His Majesty 'in consideration of the loss sustained by that Family from the Fire which burnt their House at Petersham near Richmond in Surrey'. Signed by Walpole in the right margin and countersigned by Henry Pelham (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54 and George Baillie (1664-1738) Scottish Politician, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. Signed by the Countess of Rochester and her witness individually to the verso beneath a brief manuscript note acknowledging receipt of the full payment. With a single ink line running diagonally through the text of the document. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and some minor creasing and a few small tears to the right border, only very slightly affecting the signatures, about VG Jane Leveson-Gower (1672-1725) Countess of Clarendon and Rochester, wife of Henry Hyde (1672-1753) 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester. English Nobleman and Politician.   

RUSSIA: An autograph album containing three individual ink signatures by various Russian political leaders comprising Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1953-64; bold blue ink signature and date, 27th April 1956, in his hand), Georgy Malenkov (1901-1988, Soviet Politician & Communist Party Leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1953-55; dark fountain pen ink signature and date, 30th March 1956, in his hand) and Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975, Soviet Politician who served as Premier of the Soviet Union 1955-58 under Khrushchev; bold ink signature). Accompanied by a T.L.S. by a Secretary at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in London, one page, 4to, Kensington Palace Gardens, to Sydney Giles, acknowledging receipt of his letter and adding that it will be brought to the attention of Khrushchev and Bulganin's secretary when they come to London, and also including a fascinating manuscript account, unsigned, in the hand of Sydney Giles, three pages, folio, n.p. (Brighton), n.d. (March 1956), recounting in detail the experiences he had in meeting Malenkov and obtaining his signature in the present album, summarising 'I never want to go through that again, one of the worst times I've had as an autographer'. A small area of the lower right corner of the first page of the manuscript is torn away, with some loss of text, and with a few other small tears and light age wear (G), the album VG, 3 

LOUIS XV: (1710-1774) King of France 1715-74. D.S., Louis, as King, at the foot, one page, folio, Versailles, 8th April 1745, in French. The manuscript document is addressed to Monsieur de la Marche in Dijon and is a warrant for him to appoint various inspectors and controllers to a council, including officers to be affiliated to the water and forestry commission. With a few neat slits to both edges, only very slightly affecting the text, but not the King’s signature, otherwise VG

HENRIETTA MARIA: (1609-1669) Queen Consort of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. Wife of King Charles I. A good, large D.S., Henriette Marie R, as Queen Consort, at the head, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, n.p., 7th December 1640. The manuscript document being an indenture for the lease of the manor of Rosedale, Yorkshire, to Matthew Harrowe. Countersigned at the foot by Lord Finch (1584-1660) English Judge, Speaker of the House of Commons 1628-29, Earl of Holland (1590-1649) English Courtier, Earl of Dorset (1591-1652) English Courtier, Richard Wynn (1588-1649) English Courtier, Thomas Hatton (c.1583-1658) English Politician. With fragmentary remnants from the three remaining seals, and lacking the Queen's seal. With slight traces of former mounting and a very small hole in the vellum to the upper right corner of the verso. With minor age wear. G Provenance: The present document bears the small circular label of the Rawlins Collection neatly affixed to the verso and was previously sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection 2nd, 3rd, & 4th June 1980 (Lot 88, estimate £100-150, hammer price £110, purchased by Maggs Bros.) 

FREDERICK II: (1712-1786) King of Prussia 1740-86. Known as Frederick the Great and remembered for his military victories. D.S., Fr, with a flourish, three pages, folio, Berlin, 14th March 1786. The untranslated manuscript document grants a patent to the Company of the Romberg Regiment under the command of Captain Carl Friderich von Hamberger. Signed by Frederick at the conclusion. The document has undergone extensive professional restoration and is now neatly inlaid to a large folio sheet and with irregular edges to the surving parts of the original document, slightly affecting the conclusions of some words of text, but not the signature, FR

MONTAGU CHARLES: (1661-1715) 1st Earl of Halifax. English Statesman & Poet, First Lord of the Treasury 1714-15. Established the Bank of England. D.S., Halifax, one page, slim 4to, Exchequer, 9th April 1714. The manuscript document states, in part, 'These are to certifie that the Rt. Hon. Thomas Earl of Wharton late & Chief Justice in Eyre Trent South was paid on his fees of One Hundred Pounds... upon which said fees there is due One Hundred & Sixty Six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence to Cmas 1710 the time of the commencement of the same fees to Rt. Hon. The Earl of Abington who succeeded the said Chief of Justice.' Signed by Montagu in brown ink to the conclusion. With very minor signs of mounting to the verso, with a small tear to the top edge and slight age wear. G  

RICHELIEU CARDINAL: (1585-1642) Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac. French Clergyman, Nobleman and Statesman who was appointed as King Louis XIII's First Minister of State in 1624 where he remained in office until his death in 1642. D.S., Armand Card De Richelieu, as Cardinal, at the foot, one page, small 4to, n.p., n.d. (1628?), in French. The untranslated manuscript document comprises some eighteen lines of text and also bears several countersignatures at the foot. Some very light, minor age wear at the extreme edges of the document and some slight traces of former mounting, not affecting the text or Richelieu's signature, otherwise VG

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Ink signature ('R Walpole') on an 8vo portion removed from a document, Court of St. James's, 1740. The manuscript document bears several partial lines of text. Signed by Walpole at the foot and countersigned by Thomas Winnington (1696-1746) English Politician and George Treby (c. 1684-1742) English Politician, Secretary at War from 1718-24. Signs of former mounting to the verso, with dust toning and minor age wear. G

CROMWELL OLIVER: (1599-1658) Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1653-58. A good D.S., Oliver P, a fine, bold example as Lord Protector, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Whitehall, 28th May 1655. The manuscript document is addressed to William Clare and appoints him to be a Cornet in a Troop of Horses Captained by Peter Backhouse in the county of Stafford, and requiring him to enlist one hundred 'well afforded Persons as shall voluntarily Lift themselves' whom Clare will have charge over and diligently exercise 'good order and discipline, Commanding the inferior officers and Soulders of the said Troope to obey you as their Cornett'. With a blind embossed paper seal at the foot. Some very light overall wrinkling, two very small holes at folds in the centre of the document and a small, neat tear to a fold at the head, none of which affect the text or signature. Overall, a clean and handsome document, VG

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, husband of Queen Victoria. D.S., Albert, as Steward for his son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, two pages, folio, n.p., 6th May 1842. The manuscript document appoints George Freeth of Lincolns Inn Fields to be a Deputy Steward for the Duchy of Cornwall and authorises and empowers him 'to do all things belonging and appertaining to the Office of Steward....in as full and ample a manner as I myself could do if personally present at the doing thereof.....' Boldly signed by Prince Albert at the conclusion alongside a small red wax seal. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear and some slight splitting at the folds (neatly and professionally strengthened in a few places). About VG Queen Victoria had given birth to Prince Albert Edward on 9th November 1841. Being her first son, he became the Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony and Duke of Cornwall. His father, Prince Albert, as illustrated by the present document, was Steward of the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall until his son became of age. The young Prince would have only been six months old when his father signed the present document.  

LOUIS XIV: (1638-1715) King of France 1643-1715.LargeD.S., Louis, as King, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Versailles, 20th July 1714, in French. The manuscript document names the Marquis de Lignovac as bailiff  of the Upper Auvergne. Signed by Louis to the conclusion and further containing several other annotations by officials to the peripheries. With a quarter remnant of the original wax seal retained. With creasing to the right and left edges, age toning and age wear. G   

[EDWARD I]: (1239-1307) King of England 1272-1307. Manuscript document issued during the reign of King Edward I, one page (vellum), slim oblong 4to (9 x 2), n.p. (Norfolk?), n.d. (c.1280), in Latin. The boldly penned document comprises eight lines of neat and attractive text and is a Grant of Land stating that Richard Prewett of Flitcham has given to Alan Milus and Millicent his wife, for a certain sum of money, one piece of land with trees upon it in the town of Flitcham near the land of Robert of Fransam and the messuage of Alan Milus, described as being eight perches and six feet in width and seven perches in length. The witnesses to the transaction are named as John, son of Alan, John Prewett, John and Roger Smith, Henry Neve and others. Professionally matted in burgundy and framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 13 x 5.5. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG The village of Flitcham is located in Norfolk and its existence can be traced back to the period of Roman occupation. Flitcham also has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 where its population and land ownership were extensively detailed, including three acres of meadow and woodland. Today the village forms part of the Royal Sandringham Estate along with West Newton, Shernborne and Anmer. Provenance: Acquired from the noted English autograph and manuscript dealer Winifred A. Myers by the present vendor in 1972.  

PITT WILLIAM: (1708-1778) The Elder. British Prime Minister 1766-68. A.N.S., Mr. Pitt, in the third person, one page, small 4to, n.p. (London?), 31st January 1761, to Lord Anson. Pitt's note is penned beneath a manuscript note addressed to Pitt, forwarding the draft of an order 'intended to be sent to Sir Edward Hawke this evening, if Mr. Secretary Pitt does not disapprove of it'. Pitt responds by sending his compliments to Lord Anson and remarking that he 'defers entirely to His Lordship & the other Lords of the Cabinet who have had the inclosed Drat. with the motives for the same under their consideration'. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a contemporary sheet, causing some light staining, and with a contemporary annotation in the hand of a collector to the left margin. Some light overall age wear and dust staining, G Pitt served as a member of the British Cabinet and was regarded as its informal leader during the Seven Years' War and demonstrated a single-minded devotion to victory over France. George Anson (1697-1762) 1st Baron Anson. British Admiral of the Fleet who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1757-62 during the Seven Years' War. Anson oversaw Britain's naval defences, repelling the threat of a French invasion in 1759. As well as securing home defence, Anson coordinated with Pitt on a series of British attacks on French Colonies around the world.  Edward Hawke (1705-1781) 1st Baron Hawke. British Admiral of the Fleet who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1766-71.  

JOHNSON, W.M AND T. EXLEY, THE IMPERIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OR DICTIONARY OF THE SCIENCES AND ARTS, LATE 18TH C MANUSCRIPT FARMERS ACCOUNT BOOK, W. COLES ADAM IN EDEN OR NATURES PARADISE; THE HISTORY OF PLANTS... 1657 AND SEVERAL OTHERS, ALL W.A.F

[Trade catalogues] Gems. [Edwin William] Streeter & Co Ltd., 18 New Bond Street, London, [1898], 64 pages catalogue including 3 pages of press opinions at rear, pages 17-44 chromo-illuminated and including illustrations of jewellery, watches, chains, cigarette cases and related, original gilt-decorated cloth with stitched spine (stitching a little weak), small manuscript paper label near foot of upper cover, 8vo (1)

Sokolowski (Stanislaw). De verae et falsae ecclesiae discrimine, ad serenissimum Stephanum I. Poloniae Regem, Stanislai Socolovii libri tres: ex sacris scripturis ... patrum sententiis collecti ac concinnati..., Ingolstadt: Wolfgang Eder, 1586, printer's woodcut device to title, with early 17th century inscription to upper blank margin, decorative initials, head & tailpieces, short worm trail & small holes to initial leaves at lower inner blank margins (not affecting text), bound with Ad Wirtembergensium theologorum invectivam, quam actis et scriptis suis, cum Hieremia patriarcha Constantinopolitano, de Augustana Confessione, per eos Graece et Latine editis, praefixerunt, brevis responsio..., Ingolstadt: Wolfgang Eder, 1586, printer's woodcut device to title, decorative initials, head & tailpieces, later label to upper pastedown, near contemporary vellum, grey paint applied to spine and manuscript title overwritten, lacking ties, 4to Not in Adams. (1)

Boyvin (Jean). Le Siege de la ville de Dole, Capitale de la Franche-Comt‚, et son heureuse deliverance, Antwerp: Imprimerie Plantinienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1638, engraved decorative title depicting King Philip IV seated on a throne after Rubens, and folding plan, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, bound with appendix, Relation de tout ce qui s'est pass‚ au siŠge et prise de Breme, par les armes du roy Catholique Philippe IV..., Antwerp: L'Imprimerie Plantinienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1638, engraved armorial to title, one folding plan, woodcut printer's devices to verso of final leaf, closed tear to B1, bookplate of Leonard Holgate Almond Memorial LIbrary, contemporary speckled calf, manuscript paper title label at head of spine, a little rubbed to extremities, 4to, together with Baskerville Press, C. Crispus Sallustius; et L. Annaeus Florus, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1773, half-title, initial leaves dampstained at gutter margin, later marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of W.H. Battie-Wrightson of Cusworth, Yorkshire, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 4to (Gaskell 51), with Orsini (Fulvio), Virgilius collatione Scriptorum Graecorvm illustratus..., Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1567, printer's woodcut device to title, some light toning, bookplate of Leonard Holgate Almond Memorial LIbrary, 19th century marbled boards, 8vo, and Elezevir Press, D. Justiniani. Sacratissimi Principis Institutionum sive Elementorum, libri quatuor, notis perpetuis multo... diligentius illustrati, cura & studio Arnoldi Vinnii..., Amsterdam, 1669, additional engraved title with imprint dated 1663 (slightly shaved at fore-edge), printer's woodcut device to letterpress title, late 18th/early 19th century vellum, gilt crest to upper board, later manuscript to spine, 12mo, plus other 17th-early 19th century antiquarian volumes, including two Elzevir Press titles and an English Bible, published 1682, near contemporary morocco, lacking upper board, 12mo (9)

India. A collection of 'Patna School' watercolours of trades and professions, mid 19th century, 45 watercolours, each trimmed to the image and laid on near contemporary paper, each captioned in a contemporary manuscript hand, later paper wrappers, slim folio These watercolours would appear to have been part of a larger scrap album, because to the verso of some images are European lithographs and engravings of topographical and genre scenes. (1)

Vorrillong (Guillelmus de). Super quattuor libris sententiarum noviter correctus & apostillatus, Venice: Boneto Locatelli, 1502, 308, [3] leaves, double column, woodcut initials, light rubrication to side-note margins, printer's woodcut device at end, old paper repairs to title and blank margins of first two leaves and last leaf, old manuscript vellum leaves used as pastedowns, upper hinges cracked, later blind-stamped calf, some wear and loss to head of spine, remains of clasps, 4to (210 x 155mm) Adams V1018. (1)

*Freemasonry - Bermuda. A manuscript document on parchment, Free Mason's Hall, Bermudas, 24 April 1840, a testimonial of good character for George Woods on parchment, papered seal of St George's Lodge Bermuda appended to blue and purple markers lower left, four signatories lower right including Joseph Stuart Hunter, Joseph Labour(?), Thomas B. Tucker MD and John Roxburgh, some spotting and dust-soiling, old marginal damp stains, folio (38 x 32 cm) Lodge St George is the oldest continuously working Lodge in Bermuda, the members having met regularly every year since 1796. (1)

Scott (Peter). The Eye of the Wind, An Autobiography, 1st edition, 1961, colour and monochrome plates, signed by the author to title, in blue ink, a few light spots to title, original blue cloth gilt in slightly rubbed dust wrapper, with minor fraying to extremities, together with De La Mare (Walter), The Traveller, with drawings by John Piper, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1956, four lithographed plates, original cloth in frayed and chipped dust wrapper, with presentation inscription by the author to front endpaper 'Walter De La Mare for A.E. Jones with all good wishes, 1947', plus Sitwell (Osbert), Two Generations, reprinted November 1940, monochrome illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, with presentation inscription to front endpaper by Ivor Novello, dated 1945, and other inscribed volumes, including Shane Leslie, The Greek Anthology, 1929, with signed manuscript poem in a blank envelope, tipped-on to front endpaper, and a souvenir programme for the tribute to Miss Ellen Terry, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, June 12, 1906, bound in original cloth-backed pictorial boards, with presentation inscription by Ellen Terry in pencil to front endpaper, dated 17th November 1922, mostly 8vo (6)

Trollope (Anthony). Hunting Sketches, 1st edition, 1865, publisher's 32 page catalogue at end, contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, W.H. Smith blindstamp to front endpaper, some spotting, bookplate, original red cloth, upper joint splitting, some edge wear and soiling, 8vo, together with Clergymen of the Church of England, 1st edition in book form, 1866, 24 pages of advertisements at end (one corner torn away), contemporary ownership inscription to title, original red cloth, spine rubbed and faded with small splits, light mottled stains, 8vo, plus The Duke's Children, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1880 half-titles, that to volume I with later manuscript inscription, previous owner signatures to titles of volumes I & III, bound without advertisements at end of volume III, stitching weak, some leaves detaching,original blue green cloth, circulating library stickers removed from upper covers, a little rubbed and frayed, 8vo, with others by Trollope including Belton Estate, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1866, He Knew He Was Right, 2 volumes, 1869, Harry Heathcote of Cangoil. A Tale of Australian Bush Life, '1st illustrated edition', 1874 (rebacked with original spine relaid), Lord Palmerston, English Political Leaders series, 1882 and The Noble Jilt. A Comedy, edited by Michael Sadleir, 1923 (limited edition of 500) (apprx 40)

Masefield (John and Seago, Edward). The Country Scene, 1st edition, Collins, 1937, additional half-title, 42 colour plates after Edward Seago, each with tissue guard, slight spotting to rear endpapers, top edge gilt, the remainder rough trimmed, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, together with Edwards (Lionel), My Hunting Sketch Book, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1928, additional half-title, 15 colour plates after Lionel Edwards, manuscript ownership signature to front endpaper, some spotting to pastedowns, publisher's cloth, spine sunned, 4to, with Richardson (John Maunsell & Finch Mason), Gentlemen Riders Past and Present, published Vinton & Company Ltd., 1909, additional half title, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, ownership signature to front blank, top edge gilt, remainder rough trimmed, publisher's half morocco over vellum, rubbed at extremities, spine faded, 4to, plus Butler (Arthur G.), Birds' Eggs of the British Isles, Ilustrated by F. W. Frohawk, London: Brumby & Clarke, circa 1900, additional half- title, 24 chromolithograph plates, slight spotting to endpapers, ownership signature to front endpaper, hinges weak, contemporary half cloth gilt, frayed and worn, 4to, and Rickman (Philip), Sketches & Notes from a Bird Painter's Journal, published Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949, additional half title, colour frontispiece, numerous black & white plates, ownership signature to front endpaper, publisher's cloth, dust jacket price clipped and with some fraying and tears, 4to, with another eight similar volumes relating to natural history and field sports, including examples by Ogilvie, Edwards, Bennett, McTaggart and Fothergill, various condition, all 4to (13)

Mathesius (Johannes ). Syrach Mathesii das ist Christliche, lehrhaffte, trostreiche und lustige Erklerung und Ausslegung des schonen Haussbuchs, so der weyse Mann Syrach zusammengebracht und geschrieben..., 3 volumes in one, Leipzig: Bartholomaei Voigt, 1597-1598, general title in red & black (manuscript notes to upper & lower blank margins, German gothic text throughout, decorative initials, volume 2 title in black with woodcut device, large printer's woodcut device of Haeredum Beyeri to final leaf (colophon dated 1598), continuous pagination, occasional marginalia, lacks B1 from volume 1 and 3G1 (title) from volume 3, some dust-soiling, browning and spotting throughout, occasional wear to margins, inscriptions to front endpaper (free endpaper detached), rear free endpaper discarded, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind roll work decoration incorporating blind embossed central portrait of Martin Luther to upper board and Lutheran reformer Philip Melanchthon to lower board, brass corner bosses, one clasp intact, few small worm holes to upper board, heavy dirt soiling and darkening, slight wear at head of spine, folio (1)

*Afghanistan. Original draft manuscript transcriptions by Major James Outram (1803-1860) for his book Rough Notes on the Campaign in Sinde and Affghanistan in 1838-39: being Extracts from a Personal Journal kept while on the Staff of the Army of the Indus, circa 1840, a corrected manuscript version of Outram's notes on the political background to the outbreak of the First Afghan War in 1838, being 19 leaves of handwritten text, many arranged in double column, one loose sheet of manuscript text (frayed to edges), and one further loosely inserted partial sheet, bound in contemporary half calf, upper cover with handwritten label Afghanistan I (with the I crossed out and 'Material' handwritten beside), 4to (285 x 220 mm) The present manuscript work appears to be a transcript of texts taken from Elphinstone's Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first published in 1815, but reissued in its third edition in 1838, and John William Kaye's History of the War in Afghanistan, first published in 2 volumes in 1851. Whether or not the present work is in the hand of Major Outram is open to debate. Outram was appointed as aide-de-camp to Sir John Keane in 1838 on the outbreak of the First Afghan War, where he displayed gallantry at Ghuznee. He was promoted to Major in 1839, became political agent in Lower Scinde, and subsequently Upper Scinde, and heroically defended the Hyderabad residents against 8000 Beluchis. His Rough Notes of the Campaign in Sinde and Afghanistan in 1838-39, was first published in Bombay in 1840. (1)

Homann (Johann Baptiste and Heirs of). Untitled atlas, circa 1790, lacking title and index, manuscript index tipped in after front endpaper, 58 engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, and one engraved triangular table of distance, some maps toned overall, front endpaper with later manuscript annotations, contemporary sheep, upper joint weak, worn, stained and bumped, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Legal Manuscript. Precedents and Cases, circa 1770s, a total of approximately 600 pages written in a neat hand, unidentified author but with many references to Chichester, Sussex, a few leaves blank and several leaves inverted at rear, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, 'Main' or 'Mann' indistinctly stamped to upper cover, cracked on joints and spine with some loss, 8vo (1)