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1- A concise abstract of all the public Acts passed in the two last sessions of Parliament, from Jan 26 to Oct. 27, 1785; ... By a gentleman of the Inner Temple. For J. Fielding, 1785; PP: (vii), (i), 240; cont. leather worn; some worm holes to margins; 2- The Honour and Advantage of Agriculture. Dodsley, 1760; PP: iv, 79; Bound with: Whiston, T: A political discourse upon the different kinds of militia, whether national, mercenary, or auxiliary. 1757, (price two Shillings). PP: viii, 116. The two are bound together; lacking back cover, spine and endpapers; last page dust soiled; 3- The lives of ten excellent men. For Mark Pardoe ..., 1677; PP: 164. Lacking front cover & endpapers; title dust soiled; 4- The Acts Of The Days Of The Son Of Man. M. Lewis, 1771; PP: 256, + table & Errata; covers rubbed and chipped; hinges cracked; 5- Duncan, Andrew: Heads of Lectures on the Institutions of Medicine. Edinburgh, 1801, 5th. edn; PP: xv, 199; interleafed copy with blank pages, few with con. Manuscript notes; covers worn and lacking the marbled paper; pages trimmed very close to text; 6- Hugo Grotius : De Veritate Religionis Christianae; libri duo. Hagae, 1724; PP: 384; covers worn and dust soiled; 7- Arbitrium Redivivum: or, the Law of Arbitration. R & E Atkins, 1694; PP: (x), 93; covers worn, soiled & detached; manuscript notes to endpapers. (7)

A William Moorcroft Eventide Landscape pattern baluster vase in muted evening colours, the underside with impressed marks "94"," Moorcroft", "Made in England" and blue manuscript initials, circa 1928. Ht. 15.5cm. In very good condition, no crazing, chips or cracks noted.

Anson, George - Baron Anson - A Voyage Round the World, quarto, calf with repaired hinges and spine, replaced endpapers, 42 folding maps, plates and charts, numerous annotations in pencil and additions in a knowledgeable hand, together with later charts inserted:- Chart on tracing paper of "Rough Outline of SE Portion of Tierra del Fuego", inserted at p.76. Plate 20 neatly remounted, 1835 Chart of Anna Pink Bay by The Officers of HMS Beagle inserted at p.142, chart on tracing paper "To illustrate the position of the Wager May 14th 1741 and her wreck on the following day" inserted at p.144, "Approximate [manuscript] Mister Roll of HMS Wager", slip in at p.148, Chart on tracing paper of "Coast of Peru and Equador - Port Payton", inserted at p.188, London 1748While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions. Returning to Britain in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a circumnavigation, the voyage was notable for the capture of an Acapulco galleon but also horrific losses to disease with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving.

London 1825 EL-Lombard Street.XXX in black and Manuscript 2 and '7night'

BRITISH POLITICS: A good selection of signed clipped pieces, fragments removed from documents etc., by various British political figures of the 17th century, many of them Lord Treasurers, including James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough & Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (referring to the income of the bishopric of Ely, 1627), Robert Long (2; one a manuscript statement of account of rents due, 1670), Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, Earl of Pembroke, Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, Robert Howard, Heneage Finch, Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, William Cowper, Thomas Clifford etc. Some are neatly laid down and with light age wear, G to about VG, 12

A 15th/16th century Persian manuscript written in Arabic; 33cm x 23cm.

A collection of printed ephemera, including a 1951 South Bank Festival of Britain Guide, a similar Battersea Park Guide, a 'Souvenir of Banquet held at the Fleetway House Thursday November 7th, 1912', printed by Amalgamated Press for private circulation, full vellum, a hand-written copy manuscript, 'Electric Lighting: Its State and Progress', dated 1879, by Edward Bird (probably from John T. Sprague's 1878 publication), 1953 Coronation ephemera, etc.

Jaipur School 'Male and Female Couple seated' on a Jaipur Government Manuscript, in a glazed frame, painting size 11 x 15cm

19th-early 20th century AD. A group of twenty manuscript pages with Arabic script in black ink, some with annotated notes in red ink. 51 grams total, 11-22cm (4 1/4 - 8 3/4"). Property of an Canadian lady; acquired 1970s-1990s. [20, No Reserve] Fine condition.

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY PICTURES OF EASTERN MANUSCRIPT PAGES TO INCLUDE AN INDIAN MINIATURE OF FIGURES IN A CARRIAGE.

Early European Horology - twelve volumes: Leopold, J.H. THE ALMANUS MANUSCRIPT Hutchison and Company, London 1971, dj; Maurice, Klaus and Mayr, Otto THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE German Clocks and Automata 1550-1650 Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1980, dj; Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst Von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES translated from the German by H. Alan Lloyd, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London 1964, gilt titled red cloth; Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham 1965, dj; Lloyd, H. Alan SOME OUTSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS 1250-1950 Leonard Hill, London 1958 dj; A. JUANELO TURRIANO, CHARLES V S CLOCKMAKER, The man and his legend Antiquarian Horological Society and Editorial Castalia, Ticehurst and Madrid 1986, softbound; Baillie, G.H., Lloyd, H. Alan and Ward F.A.B. THE PLANETARIUM OF GIOVANNI DE DONDI Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1974, dj; Coole, P.G. and Neumann, E. THE ORPHEUS CLOCKS Hutchinson, London 1972, dj; Guye, Samuel and Michel, Henri TIME & SPACE, Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century Pall Mall Press, London 1971, dj; Turner, Anthony The Clockwork of the Heavens exhibition catalogue, Asprey, London 1973, softbound; King, Henry C. Geared to the Stars, THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARIUMS, ORRERIES AND ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS Adam Hilger Limited, Bristol 1978, dj; Willsberger, Johann CLOCKS & WATCHES The Dial Press, New York 1975; with copies of Price, Derek J. (editor) THE EQUITORIE OF THE PLANETS The University Press, Cambridge 1955, dj; Needham, J., Ling, W. and Price, D.J. De Solla HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK great astronomical clocks of medieval China Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; and a small bundle of related sundry publications, (qty). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.

Early European clocks and clockmaking - ten volumes Leopold, J.H. THE ALMANUS MANUSCRIPT Hutchinson, London 1971, dj; Lloyd, Alan H. SOME OUTSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS 1250-1950 Leonard Hill, London 1958, dj; Beeson, C.F.C. PERPIGNAN 1356 The Making of a Tower Clock and Bell for the King s Castle Antiquarian Horological Society, London 1982, dj; Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham 1965, dj; Garcia-Diego, Jose A. JUANELO TURRIANO, CHARLES V S CLOCKMAKER, The man and his legend Antiquarian Horological Society and Editorial Castalia, Ticehurst and Madrid 1986, softbound; Cipolla, Carlo M. CLOCKS & CULTURE 1300-1700 Collins, London 1967, dj; Baillie, G.H., Lloyd, H. Alan and Ward F.A.B. THE PLANETARIUM OF GIOVANNI DE DONDI Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1974, dj; Coole, P.G. and Neumann, E. THE ORPHEUS CLOCKS Hutchinson, London 1972, dj; Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst Von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES translated from the German by H. Alan Lloyd, George Allen and Unwin Limited, London 1964, dj; Guye, Samuel and Michel, Henri TIME & SPACE, Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century Pall Mall Press, London 1971, dj, with copies of Needham, J., Ling, W. and Price, D.J. De Solla HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK great astronomical clocks of medieval China Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; Needham J., Gwei-Djen, L., Combridge J.H. and Major J.S. THE HALL OF HEAVENLY RECORDS Korean astronomical instruments and clocks 1380-1780 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; Mody, N.H.N. JAPANESE CLOCKS Charles E. Tuttle and Company, Rutland VT and Tokyo 1977, dj and two sundry publications, (15).

Hall, Joseph, Meditations and Vowes Devine and Moral, printed London 1643, accompanied by a single sheet manuscript hand written in copper plate script with a biography of the author Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich

MASTY, Stephen; Manuscripts: 1. The life and works of Roy Campbell. The original hand-written manuscript of his thesis at St. Andrews University, Fife, Scotland. Some 200 pages, A4; 2. Typed Manuscript of: Test of the Magi. Dated 2003, and published under the pseudonym of ‘Johannes Bergmann’. 192 numbered pages, with many corrections by hand and a drawing in felt to front cover; 3. Typed Manuscript: Public awareness,- who is the Public; title page plus 35 A4 pages with original hand drawn cartoon by Masty on every page; 4. Notepad, with c20 pages of hand written notes, etc. by Masty; 5. Typed script for a play: ‘Detour at Magus Muir’ 15 A4 pages with few pencil notes; plus various other typed pieces, and various original artworks etc

Small circular porthole mirror, gilded frame, 27 cm diameter, together with a circular framed stipple engraving of two ladies with music manuscript, 27 cm diameter (2)

JUXON WILLIAM: (1582-1663) Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-63, previously Bishop of London 1633-49. Juxon attended King Charles I at his execution in 1649 and offered the monarch his last rites. D.S., Guil: London, as Bishop of London, one page, oblong 4to, n.p. (London), June 1636. The manuscript document is a warrant for a payment of twenty pounds to be made to Abraham Parrott in reward for services rendered to the King. Boldly signed by Juxon to the right border and countersigned by Francis Cottington (c.1579-1652, 1st Baron Cottington, English Lord Treasurer, leader of the pro-Spanish pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of King Charles I) and Robert Pye (1585-1662, English Courtier and Politician, Auditor of the Exchequer 1620-42, 1660-62; with several additional words in his hand). Neatly laid down and with several faint pencil annotations and a very small, thin printed caption neatly mounted to the lower edge. About VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Appd. Victoria R I, one page, slim 8vo (a folded 4to sheet, with two red wax seals intact to the verso), Admiralty, 11th September 1862. The manuscript document approves the outcome of a General Court Martial relating to Charles Du Cane Williams, a Second Lieutenant, who was tried for insubordination and disorderly conduct and sentenced to be cashiered. Signed by the Queen at the foot. With overall dust staining and minor age wear. G

PARKER MATTHEW: (1504-1575) Archbishop of Canterbury 1559-75. Rare D.S., Mattheus Cantuar, as Archbishop of Canterbury, one page (vellum), small oblong 8vo, Lambeth, 11th July 1561 (?), in Latin. The manuscript document, which is accompanied by a partial transcript, relates to the Parish of St. Mary Aldermary in the city of London. Signed by Parker at the foot. Lacking the seal and with some very light overall staining and minor age wear, otherwise VG

MELIES GEORGES: (1861-1939) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, one page, 4to, Paris, 25th October 1912, being a receipt issued on Melies' attractive printed stationery. The manuscript receipt, in French, is for the sum of 370 Francs, being the payment of royalties due from the sales, in New York, of Melies' film, which is detailed on a separate sheet, Judgement of the Sea.  Three file holes to the left edge of both documents, not affecting the text or signature. VG, 2 

 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer. A fine pair of A.M.Qs.S., N. Rimsky-Korsakov, one page, manuscript paper, small oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. In black ink the composer has neatly penned four bars of music which he identifies as being from his opera La Nuit de Noel (‘Christmas Eve’, 1894-95) and immediately beneath penned a further quotation of six bars of music which he identifies as being from his opera Snegourotchka (‘The Snow Maiden’, 1880-81). Signed by Rimsky-Korsakov at the base of the page and with an inscription in his hand to the upper edge. An unusual and rare pair of signed quotations. VG The Snow Maiden was Rimsky-Korsakov’s own favourite work. Provenance: The present quotations were formerly part of the inventory of the noted American autograph dealer Robert Batchelder (1927-2007) and are accompanied by his original catalogue description. 

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James’s, 11th May 1731. The manuscript document, penned in a large, bold hand, states, in part, ‘Our Will and Pleasure is that the establishment of Our Guards Garrisons and Land Forces in Great Britain…do Commence and take place…a[nd] that no new charge be added thereunto without being first Communicated to Our High Treasurer or Commissioners of Our Treasury…’ Countersigned at the foot by George Oxenden (1694-1775) English Politician, William Clayton (1671-1752) 1st Baron Sundon, British Politician and William Yonge (c.1693-1755) English Politician. Neatly trimmed to the right edge, very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signatures, and with a few neat splits to the edges of the folds, G

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27. Bold, dark ink signature ('George R') as King on a small oblong 12mo piece of vellum, evidently neatly clipped from the head of a document, with a slightly irregularly trimmed lower edge. Together with a larger irregularly trimmed portion of a vellum document, possibly that from which the signature was excised, featuring a blind embossed paper seal and several partial lines of manuscript text. G to about VG, 2

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. D.S, George R, as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th April 1802. The manuscript document grants Isabella Frances Master, widow of Richard Master, former Consul at Algiers and Governor of Tobago 'who fell a sacrifice to the unhealthiness of the climate', a yearly pension of £200 and further grants Sir Abraham Hume a yearly pension of £100 in trust for the children of Master. Countersigned by Henry Addington (1757-1844, Viscount Sidmouth, British Prime Minister 1801-4) and several others. Extensive splitting to folds of third page and some minor splitting to other folds. G  Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838) Politician and one of the Founders of the Geological Society. Hume amassed a famous collection of minerals and precious stones and was a large purchaser of pictures by the old masters. 

[CHARLES V]: (1338-1380) King of France 1364-80. An unsigned 19th century autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. The manuscript page, in an unidentified hand, and most likely part of  a larger work charting the history of the Kings of France, is entitled 'Ordon: des Rois de Fr: C6. p.54'  and states, in full, 'Here we see the terms by which King Charles 5 has put in order the provision for maintenance of his second son and the dowry of his two daughters. The Prince must have lands for the value of 12 thousand francs as an income with securities and forty thousand francs in cash for his outfit and carriage. Marie, the eldest daughter will have 100 thousand francs for the dowry and a trousseau that would suit the daughter of a King of France. Isabelle, the second daughter will have 60 thousand francs and the trousseau as her sister. And for the titles that some or others could claim from the estate of the King which are dependent upon inheritance to the crown.' Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the left edge, otherwise VGCharles VI (1368-1422) King of France 1380-1422, Son of Charles V.Marie (1370-1377) French Princess, Daughter of Charles V Isabella (1373-1377) French Princess, Daughter of Charles V

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. Dark ink signature ('George R', as King) on an oblong piece neatly clipped from the head of a document. One minor ink smudge only very slightly affects one letter of the signature. Together with a second ink signature ('George P R', as Prince Regent) on an oblong piece removed from the head of a document with several lines of printed and manuscript text relating to Mary Weston, widow of the late Major Richard Weston. Some very light dust staining and minor age wear, about VG, 2

ABBOT GEORGE: (1562-1633) Archbishop of Canterbury 1611-33. Large portion of a D.S., G: Cant:, as Archbishop of Canterbury, two pages, small folio (the upper third portion of the document no longer present), Whitehall, 13th November 1616. The manuscript document, featuring over ten lines of text, is a Treasury Warrant authorising a payment to William Skippon for the transport of around thirty soldiers levied in Devon from the port of Bristol to Ireland. Signed by Abbot at the foot and countersigned by a number of other leading statesman from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I including Thomas Howard (1561-1626, 1st Earl of Suffolk, English Admiral who commanded the Golden Lion in the attack on the Spanish Armada, Lord High Treasurer 1614-18), Ludovic Stewart (1574-1624, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish Nobleman, Lord High Commissioner 1607-09), William Knollys (1544-1632, 1st Earl of Banbury and Viscount Wallingford, English Nobleman, Treasurer of the Household 1601-16), John Digby (1580-1653, 1st Earl of Bristol, English Diplomat, Ambassador to Spain 1610-24), Ralph Winwood (c.1563-1617, English Diplomat and Statesman, Secretary of State 1614-17), Julius Caesar (1557/58-1636, English Lawyer, Judge & Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1606-14, Master of the Rolls 1614-36), Thomas Lake (1561-1630, English Politician, Secretary of State 1616-19) and Fulke Greville (1554-1628, 1st Baron Brooke, English Poet, Dramatist & Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1614-21). With a partial integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a blind embossed paper seal. Very slightly irregularly torn to three edges and with traces of guard to the left edge and with some light overall staining and age wear, only very slightly affecting a few of the signatures, most of which remain bold and legible, G Provenance: The present document was previously included in the Enys collection and is accompanied by a holograph note identifying most of the signatories and stating 'This autograph was given me by John Bullock in 1866'. 

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort to Queen Victoria 1840-61. L.S., Albert, President, one page, folio, Adelphi, London, 5th July 1853, to Professor J. F. Royle, on the printed stationery of the Society of Arts. The manuscript letter is written on behalf of the Council of the Society of Arts and sends thanks to Royle for 'the kind and courteous manner in which you responded' to a request to deliver a lecture 'on some of the results of the Great Exhibition' and further adds 'as a slight mark of acknowledgement they request your acceptance of the accompanying Volumes (no longer present) containing the series of Lectures thus delivered'. With some very light, minor age wear, VG         John Forbes Royle (1798-1858) British Botanist, Professor of materia medica at Kings College, London from 1836-56. Royle had superintended the Indian department at the Great Exhibition in 1851. 

Deed of Release from Mr Peter Wright and Mr William Pitt to Mr Charles John Drew - Large document in manuscript written on vellum and dated 23rd March 1710

DANCING WITH JANEby Michelle Heron1450 mm long x 920 mm high x 700 mm deep, 36 kgThis design was inspired by regency dancing and the balls that Jane and characters in her novels attended, with a backdrop of a manuscript from her last fully completed novel, 'Persuasion'.Michelle HeronMichelle is an artist who specialises in painting cityscapes and was recently shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers prize, The John Ruskin Prize and The National Open Art Competition. Michelle has painted for several Wild in Art trails including Birmingham's The Big Hoot, London's Books About Town and Transport for London's Year of the Bus.

Nine Victorian and later manuscript record books for W.H. Hammond, late Toogood Chemist, 1 Caroline Street, Hull comprising five prescription books 1844-1922, Cash Book 1888-1891 two Housekeeping ledgers 1905-1920 and Stock Book 1943-1946, various sizes and bindings (9)

A quantity of ephemera and photographs relating to Hull Trinity House Navigation School, including certificates, menus etc and a manuscript copy of "Yarn Ends" of Hull Trinity House collected by Arthur Storey

A disbound late 19th century prayer and psalm book, with Afrikaan text and contemporary manuscript note "Boer Prayer and Book of Psalms found on the Veldt in South Africa by Sergeant Fred Bullock E.Y. Regt. South African War 1899-1900", a WW2 gas mask in carrying case, a child's sailor's outfit for HMS Rodney, two brass button sticks, scout belt etc

Two copies of an unpublished manuscript entitled "The Ocean Sentinel", by the Reverend Charles L. Tweedale, Vicar of Weston, Otley, Yorkshire, both with roughly bound typed pages containing numerous manuscript alterations (2)

Two leaves from a large illuminated Qajar manuscript, in Persian, on paper [Persia, second half of nineteenth century] two leaves from dispersed manuscript (not consecutive), single column, 13 lines of elegant black nasta'liq, text block with interlinear colouring in gold, leaves ruled in green blue and gold with intricately decorated floral borders (in varying patterns), gold-speckled paper, some light finger-soiling else excellent condition, 324 by 200 mm (written space 215 by 114mm), in modern card mount

Two early 19th century manuscript volumes of sheet music with libretto, to/w two similar volumes with engraved sheet music plates, labelled for 'Shaw Club', to/w six early 20th century sheet music albums and bound volumes of Everybody's Weekly, 1946 (11)

Manuscript (circa 1817), The Lady of the Lake, a Poem by Walter Scott A manuscript copy of the Arthurian poem by Walter Scott; and Birthday Book, (circa 1890s) Words From the Book of Life, manuscript, lettered in black, red and gilt, including a daily calendar with quotes/excerpts from The Old Testament, green half calf. (2) Provenance: The former, from Ellen Parkhurst to Miss Radie, 1817, (later printed label which claims that the original covers were inscribed and dated by Parkhurst to Radie). The latter: Helen Pitcairn (signature).

A quantity of pictures including a Pencil study of a nude, Watercolour of a stormy landscape and a hand-painted picture of a Peacock over Indian manuscript stamped with Non-judicial stamp of India, etc.

1856. Slavery, Cuba. Receipt for two slaves. A one-page manuscript document in Spanish.

The Quiet Man, shooting script. Mimeographed manuscript, shooting script by Frank Nugent from a story by Maurice Walsh, 146 pp, legal folio, April 30, 1951. Acquired from a cast member by the current owner.

1850 McMillan, J, Three Days from Home, manuscript account of a trip to Dublin. A 12mo notebook with a 34-page manuscript account, in a clear hand, of a trip from Birmingham to Holyhead, to view the SS Great Eastern and onward to Dublin, illustrated with engraved vignettes of Welsh life and Dublin views tipped in; also a short manuscript account of a brother and sister gone to drink in Birmingham.

Manuscript volumes by Daniel O'Connell's daughter and grandson. O'Connell-FitzSimon, Ellen. 'A Book of Verses, Original and Translated including 'Lays of the Lion and the Lily', dedicated to my sister Kate O'Connell'. 1876, a manuscript of 130 poems and verses, 8vo; together with a manuscript notebook by Thomas O'Connell-FitzSimon. Liege, 1846, with 34 playbills from operas and plays staged in Liege in the late 1840s. (2) Ellen Fitzsimon (1805-1883), eldest daughter of Daniel O'Connell, is listed in 'The Poets of Ireland' by David O'Donohue. London 1892. She published Derrynane Abbey in Eighteen Ninety-Two and Other Poems, Dublin, 1863. Over the signature 'L.N.F.' she published poems in 'The Citizen', 'The Nation' and 'Duffy's Fireside Magazine'.

Provincial Bank of Ireland One Pound, 1st August 1883 and Cancelled Three Pounds, 3rd March 1879. Both are two halves rejoined by tape and with altered serial number in manuscript; the Three Pounds stamped CANCELLED and SKIBBEREEN.

18th/Early 19th Century collection of verse and prose on Quakers, Slavery, Death of Princess Charlotte etc. The Powers Of Britain, York,1813, pp32 inscribed "Joseph Jacob to Mary Leadbeater, Juno 14 1814"; Exhibition of Miss Linwood's Pictures in Worsteds At The Rotunda, Cavendish Row, Dublin 1806, pp24; A Poetical Epistle To The Enslaved Africans In The Character Of An Ancient Negro Born A Slave In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1790, pp24; Counsel To Friends Children By Anthony Purver, The Sixth Edition, pp8; The Monkey And The Hounds, pp8; The Life And Actions Of W_M S_N Written By Himself, Whitehaven, 1773, pp16; manuscript A Hymn To Camdeo Translated From The Hindi Language Into Persian Retranslated Into English By Sir William Jones, 1784, pp10; Ellen, An Irish Tale, inscribed "Mary Leadbeater from the author, George Donne", pp8; Lines On The Death Of Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Of Wales. Dublin 1818, pp24. All bound into one volume, octavo, early 19th century plain boards and tape.

McClintock, Capt. Francis Leopold. The voyage of 'The Fox' in the Artic Seas, presentation copy. A Narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions. Boston, 1860, 8vo, embossed brown cloth gilt, wood engravings with 4 folding maps, 13 plates and one facsimile manuscript. Inscription to the flyleaf, 'Presented to the Ladies College. Victoria Vancouver Island by Jane Franklin 1861'.

LACAITA, Sir James 1813-1895, Anglo-Italian politician who accompanied Lord Minto to Italy 1856-57, 6 signed letters to "Elliot" (assumed Sir Henry), dated 1887-1888, totalling 15 pages 8vo, and 4 signed letters from Henry Elliot to Hon. George Elliot dated 1888-1894, 19 pages 8vo, relating to Italian politics and Lord Mintos papers, also a manuscript copies of 2 letters from Lord Minto to Hon. P Campbell Scarlett, written Florence 1854 and 3 others pertaining to events there (15)

Bibliotheca Farmeriana, A Catalogue of the Curious, Valuable and Extensive Library, in Print and Manuscript of the late Rev'd Richard Farmer D. D... which will be fold by Auction, (By Order of the Executer), by Mr King, at His Great Room, King Street, Covenant Garden, on Monday, May 7th, 1798, and the thirty-five following days (Sundays excepted), to begin at twelve o'clock - rebound, with the realised prices written in on the margins

A 19th century carved ivory and bone miniature pianola cabinet and chair, French or Indian, the pianola on four inswept concave legs with cloven hoof feet, the panels finely carved with open fern and scroll decoration, the front opening to reveal a single shelf and fabric lined back board, painted black keys and manuscript, two mounted candlesticks, together with carved and pierced chair, 4½in. (10.8cm.) high. (2)

MONKHOUSE JOHN. Day Book for the Year 1774. Neat manuscript pocket book containing details of financial transactions. Contents refer to Stockdalewath, Sowerby Row, Raughton Head, Cockermouth, etc., Monkhouse was probably resident somewhere in the Caldew Valley, his wife was named Sarah, (his son possibly John).

LOCKETT JOSEPH. Patent for Improvement in Apparatus for Preparing to be Engraved or Turned such Copper or Other Metal Cylinders or Rollers as are to be Used for Printing or Embossing or Calendarizing Calico or other Fabrics. Manuscript patent mainly in Latin with fine large red wax Great Seal of Scotland attached. (Some repairs to seal, in orig. tin box). Edinburgh, 26th December 1844.

1pth CENTURY ENGLISH WATERCOLOUR SCHOOL. Red Sea & Bay of Salamis. Pair of well executed SMALL ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, each with manuscript caption, in gilt frame. 5½" x 7".

HEREFORD. The Charter of Hereford in English. Manuscript translated transcript of the Charter of Hereford Granted by James I. Closely written in a neat legible 17th cent. hand. Approx. 40pp., 7" x 6" (occasional close cropping) & followed with a further transcript of the Confirmation of the Charter by William III. The original Charter was in Latin & is in the public archives, this is presumably a translated transcript probably for legal use.

A LEAF FROM A PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, 16.5CM X 11CM, FRAMED

Seyer, Samuel. Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and It's Neighbourhood, 2 volumes. Sold with this lot is a later manuscript index for the work.(3)

Staffordshire Group Reading War Manuscript

SPRING HEAD MILL, HAWORTH, 2 large quarto registers re 'fitness of employment', 1881 for children and young persons; pre-printed books, worn quarter roan bindings with gilt lettering to upper cover. Completed in manuscript with names and details of employees, signed off by a surgeon in accordance with the 1878 Factory Act (2) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

THE 4 ½ LITRE BENTLEY INSTRUCTION BOOK, 1929, Bentley Motors, grubby green wallet-style binding, title page accomplished in manuscript with number of book and chassis number of the car it accompanied WITH 13 other similar motor maintenance including MG Midget etc (14) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

MAGIC - STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DIVERSIONS including Trick Photography. Ed. A H Hopkins. Photographic frontis. and plates N.Y. 1911. Pub. pic. cloth, together with a manuscript book of Commonplace "To My niece Isabel Rebecca Lamberton, 3/4 clf. (2)

Zander (Adolf). The Ophthalmoscope: its Varieties and its Use, Translated from the German by Robert Brudenell Carter, with Notes and Additions by the Translator, 1st English edition, 1864, 3 colour plates (spotted), wood-engraved illustrations to text, modern half calf, large 4to, together with Donders (Frans Cornelis), Astigmatismus und Cylindrische Glaeser, Berlin, 1862, some spotting, untrimmed, original linen-backed printed yellow boards, rubbed and dust-soiled, 8vo, plus On the Anomalies of Accomodation and Refraction of the Eye, with a Preliminary Essay on Physiological Dioptrics, Translated from the Author's Manuscript by William Daniel Moore, New Sydenham Society, 1864, diagrams to text, a little spotting, recent cloth with spine label, thick 8vo, plus other ophthalmology including 20th-century books and pamphlets, etc. (32)

Crookshank (Edgar M.). History and Pathology of Vaccination, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1889, portrait frontispiece and 23 colour lithograph plates, bookplate of Royal Museum Library, Peel Park to volume 1, original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, rebacked with original spines relaid, large 8vo, together with Macintosh (John), Elements of Pathology, and Practice of Physic, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1828-30, some spotting and a little browning at front of volumes, upper outer corner of title to volume 1 torn away not affecting text, modern blue quarter morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Virchow (Rudolf), Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begrundung auf Physiologische und Pathologische Gewebelehre, 2nd revised edition, Berlin, 1859, wood-engraved illustrations to text, ink library stamps to title verso, publisher's catalogue at rear, old ink manuscript notes to front pastedown, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus others similar (12)