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NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. D.S., Nikolai, as Emperor, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, St. Petersburg, 2nd January 1832, in Cyrillic. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a decree addressed to the Chapter of the Orders of Russia and appoints Van Lennep, the Dutch Consul-General at Smyrna, to be a 'Knight of the Order of St. Anne 2nd Class, decorated with the Imperial Crown' and commands the Chapter to deliver to him the insignia of the Order with the prescribed certificate. Countersigned at the foot by Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862, Russian Foreign Minister 1814-56) as Vice Chancellor, 4th January 1832. About EX Jacob Van Lennep (1769-1855) Turkish Merchant who served as Consul-General of the Netherlands at Smyrna. Emperor Nicholas I also reigned as King of Poland (1825-30, 1831-55) and Grand Duke of Finland (1825-55) and is remembered as political conservative whose reign was marked by geographical expansion, repression of dissent and frequent wars that culminated in Russia's disastrous defeat in the Crimean War (1853-56). On the eve of the Emperor's death the Russian Empire reached its geographical zenith.  

ADAMS MARCUS: (1875-1959) British Society Photographer, noted for his portraits of children. An interesting archive of letters, personal papers, original photographs and drawings etc., previously belonging to Adams, featuring correspondence between Adams and his sitters, most notably the young Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and quite possibly including the earliest signature of the monarch (aged 3 years) to have ever appeared at auction. The archive includes – (i)                 An extremely early, bold pencil signature (‘Elizabeth’) by Princess Elizabeth, at just 3 years of age and most likely executed with the assistance of her nurse, Clara Knight (1879-1946), known as ‘Allah’ within the Royal household, at the foot of an A.L.S. C Knight, by Knight, one page, 8vo, Piccadilly, 18th December 1929, to Marcus Adams, announcing ‘Your beautiful holly has made us look like Xmas already! The Princess says I am to say “Thank you very much for your lovely holly”. I don’t think I have ever seen such wonderful berries’.(ii)               A remarkable and charming series of three folio sheets of paper removed from Marcus Adams’ sketchbook and featuring a series of bold pencil sketches and doodles accomplished by the three year old Princess Elizabeth, with the assistance of the photographer, the first image is open to interpretation and depicts the head and neck of what could either be described as a somewhat fierce looking animal with cat like features, or a human with a rather angry stare, annotated by Adams ‘Drawn by Marcus Adams July 31st 1929 with the aid of Princess Lillybet (sic) in the children’s studio, London’, the outline of the drawing, including the ears, most likely in the hand of the Princess and the facial features, in particular the eyes, most likely in the hand of Adams. A long arched line appears above the drawing, again annotated by Adams, ‘This line was drawn by Princess Lillybet (sic) July 31st 1929’, the page also featuring the surname ‘Adams’ written in capital letters, evidently by the photographer himself. The second page features a pencil list in the hand of Adams (including ‘Bulbs, Seeds, Roses, Sweetpeas’ and other garden and household items) over which appear a series of drawings of animal heads, most resembling cats, again evidently drawn principally by Adams in an attempt to teach the young Princess how to draw, but also with some less well accomplished drawings of animal heads, undoubtedly the efforts of the Princess. The third page features a pencil drawing by Adams of a large country house and gardens, with a sole figure walking across the lawn and with a large tree in the foreground, the page featuring a series of somewhat random and bolder pencil lines, scribbles and circles etc., obviously the work of the young Princess. The name Lilybet appears at the base of the page, in the hand of Adams, and is heavily crossed through in pencil, presumably by the Princess.(iii)             A rare, early A.L.S., Elizabeth, one page, 8vo, Piccadilly, 18th December 1933, to Marcus Adams (‘Dear Mr. Adams’), stating, in full, ‘Ever so many thanks for the lovely holly you sent me today, and the Xmas cards. Wishing you a very happy xmas, from Elizabeth’. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Princess. Some light overall staining and soiling, slightly affecting the text and signature.(iv)              A fascinating autograph manuscript signed (‘Marcus Adams’) by Adams entitled ‘Notes’ on my contacts with the Royal Family from 1928 to present day, nine pages, 4to, n.p., 1958, stating, in part, ‘…the curtain is completely raised to reveal the understanding of prophecy. The world will be awakened to realise the importance of this age and how vital the birth of Princess Elizabeth is in the fulfilment of things come…For this reason I appreciate… and feel highly honoured to have had the opportunity of making exclusive portrait records of the early life of this important personality……I have produced a series of portraits that convey the dignity of Royalty combined with a standard that justify my efforts, they are not just mere snapshots taken in a careless and casual fashion that may be news today and forgotten soon after… but never reach the standard of dignity that the Royal family deserve…Events can be recalled at the time of the Coronation of King George, when in one day over 200 called at the studio for press copies… to say nothing for the telephone calls… It was estimated that one particular group was produced… to some thousand million imprints. Besides the actual press there was always a constant request for right to reproduce… on mugs, jigsaw puzzles, handkerchiefs… babies rattles, almanacs, these all had be considered on their own merits, if any doubt was involved it was always referred to the Controllers of the Palace …I well remember on one occasion at Windsor the leading cable got so warmed up it showed signs of burning…I recall an incident that happened during the sitting my assistant whispered to me that the focussing screen had smashed. I met the circumstance calmly by taking two stamps from my wallet and sticking it together. The King who was always alert, remarked What’s the trouble Adams, Oh only the screen is broken and I am mending the bits with two of your fathers portraits, they acted in a perfect fashion and we can proceed with all speed….I was working with the late Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth, she was in a great hurry, so I lost no time… After I had finished my part Her Majesty turned to Mr. [Bertram] Park and said, As Marcus Adams has been so quick I can spare you time to make some pictures of me, which dress would you like best… Thus Mr. Parks made some interesting studies, whilst I acted as his assistant. She [Elizabeth] was a child and I treated her as a child… a sitting would last about an hour. During one sitting complete with baby Margaret and the parents: my son tells me I exposed about 300 plates, it was probably the most difficult task I had encountered…’ Stapled within stiff card wrappers bearing the ink title and signature of Adams to the front cover.(v)                A.L.S., Marcus Adams “Gollywog”, one page, 4to, Swallowfield, Berkshire, Christmas 1931, to ‘H.R. Princess Elizabeth’, stating, in full, ‘A sprig of Holly and a big wish for a very Happy jolly & Bright Xmas from the Hills of Oxfordshire and the sender’.(vi)              A collection of ten folio pages removed from a scrapbook belonging to Adams and with various A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., autograph notes, a few pencil drawings, some original photographs by Adams, Bertram Park and Howard Coster (some loose and most neatly laid down to pages) etc., all relating to the photographer’s work with the British Royal family and others, 1929-34,(vii)            A collection of correspondence comprising around 60 A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few telegrams etc., from various individuals, most ladies-in-waiting to various members of the British Royal family but also including some other notable individuals, all to Marcus Adams or his son Gilbert Adams, late 1920s-1990, most on the subject of photographs, thanking Adams for prints or arranging appointments etc.,An exceptional archive of material containing several extremely rare examples of the autograph of the young Queen Elizabeth II in various forms. Some age wear, generally G to VG, Qty. Owing to restrictions imposed by the-saleroom the complete catalogue description can not be shown here. Please contact the auctioneers for further details.  

CROMWELL OLIVER: (1599-1658) Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1653-58.Portion of a D.S., Oliver P, as Protector, at the base, one page (vellum), 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. (1657), to [the Commissioners]. The portion is the left half of a manuscript Warrant instructing the Commissioners to make a payment out of the first moneys received 'by vertue of a certaine Act made in the Parliament… past in the year one thousand Six hundred fiftie & si[x]… in and about the Suburbs of London and within tenn mil[es thereof…to our]… welbeloved Sr. John Wollaston Knight and Alderman ... fyve thousand pounds to our ... Generalls at Sea' and 'foure thousand pounds to William Smithyer'. Lacking the seal and the right half of each line of text. Some overall staining and age wear, largely to the left edge and only slightly affecting a few words of text, Cromwell's signature largely unaffected and perfectly legible. About GThe Parliamentary Act (passed on 26th June 1657) referred to in the present document was created in order to prevent the multiplicity of buildings in and about the Suburbs of London and within ten miles of the same, and commenced 'Whereas the great and excessive number of Houses, Edifices, Out-houses and Cotages erected and new built in and about the Suburbs of the City of London, and the parts thereunto adjoyning, is found to be very mischievous and inconvenient, and a great Annoyance and Nusance to the Common-wealth', It was in effect a barely concealed device to raise money.  A Commission was to collect, starting with one half on 29th September 1657, one year's rent of the 'full improved value' of all properties of less than four acres built since 1620, with many interesting exceptions, such as for the Hospitals and for the developments in Covent Garden and Lincoln's Inn Fields. Sir John Wollaston (d. 1658) English Merchant, Lord Mayor of London 1643. He was elected Alderman for Bridge Without ward in 1657. Provenance: The present partial document is accompanied by an 8vo page removed from an album, featuring an image of Cromwell and with a manuscript annotation in the hand of a collector stating, in part, 'This parchment document was sent to me by Rev. Hy Thos Scott M.D. Oxford, England.  He obtained it from the famous collection of John Walker, London.  Vide Certificate [no longer present] J B Westley.'Oliver Cromwell entered the English Civil War (1642-51) on the side of the 'Roundheads' and quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army, playing an important role in the defeat of the royalist forces, is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the British Isles, considered by some a regicidal dictator (he was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649), thought of as a military dictator by Winston Churchill, but a hero of liberty by John Milton and Thomas Carlyle, and a class revolutionary by Leon Trotsky. Cromwell was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time in a 2002 BBC poll. 

ELIZABETH PETROVNA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. D.S., Elisavet, as Tsesarevna, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, St. Petersburg, 14th November 1737, in Cyrillic. The boldly penned manuscript document is a decree stating 'On this date there has been transferred from our patrimonial office to Our room the sum of 200 roubles: of which you are to take account'. Annotated at the foot in another hand with instructions to record the transaction and to 'inform the expenditure department of Her Highness' decree'. Some extremely minor, very light age wear at the edges of the document, VG The daughter of Peter the Great, Empress Elizabeth led her country into the two major European conflicts of her reign, the War of Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years' War (1756-63) but is also recognised for the exorbitant sums of money she spent on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, particularly in Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo, and the Winter Palace and the Smolny Cathedral in Saint Petersburg are among the chief monuments of her reign. Elizabeth remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs due to her strong opposition to Prussian policies and her decision not to execute a single person during her reign.

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An extremely rare D.S., Nap, one page, oblong 8vo, Longwood, Saint Helena, 30th July 1817, to the Great Marshal [Henri Gatien, Comte Bertrand], in French. The manuscript document (the text of which is in the hand of his valet, Louis Marchand) is a short list of three expenses which Napoleon gives his approval to pay, stating, in full, `Instruction to pay 1st August next: 1. July´s Clothes & Dressing 1000 Fr - 2. Wages 1.700 Fr - 3. July House needs 4500 Fr - 7200 Fr´. Two very small pinholes to the upper and lower left corners, not affecting the text or signature, VG An extremely rare example of a document signed by Napoleon whilst exiled at Saint Helena. The present document was signed at Longwood House, Napoleon's residence on the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the British exiled Napoleon to the island where he was to spend the last years of his life, dying there in 1821. Napoleon refused to send and sign letters from Saint Helena because he considered that, as an Emperor, he should not be subject to censure by the King of Great Britain and although Napoleon dictated his memoirs whilst at Saint Helena, and various other manuscripts were written, documents signed by the fallen Emperor originating from Longwood very rarely appear for sale at auction. Henri Gatien (1773-1844) Comte Bertrand. French General. Gatien had accompanied Napoleon to Elba in 1814, and returned with him in 1815, holding a command in the Waterloo campaign. Following the French defeat, Gatien accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and did not return to France until after Napoleon's death. In 1840 he was chosen to accompany the Prince of Joinville to Saint Helena to retrieve and bring Napoleon's remains to France, in what became known as the retour des cendres. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military and political leader, rose to prominence during the French Revolution and, as Napoleon I, served as Emperor of the French from 1804-14, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He was victorious in most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, Napoleon's political and cultural legacy has ensured his status as one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in history.  

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838) French Statesman. D.S., Ch. Maur. Talleyrand, one page, 4to, Paris, 8th January 1797, in French. The manuscript document was issued at the Ministry of External Affairs and Talleyrand, in his capacity as the Minister of External Affairs, confirms the content of a general receipt issued by the cashier of the Treasury, relating in particular to a man named Palomba who 'is included for the sum of thirty francs, total of one twentieth retained for the aforementioned four month period, on the basis if eighteen hundred francs annual salary, counting from the first of Vendemiaire (September) last.' Signed by Talleyrand with a typically small signature at the conclusion and countersigned by Paganel, the Secretary General. Some light age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the left margin. A small, neat tear at the centre of the head of the page has been repaired to the verso. About VG Talleyrand worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, usually as Foreign Minister or in some other diplomatic capacity. His career spanned the regimes of King Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon I, King Louis XVIII and King Louis-Philippe I. Those he served often distrusted Talleyrand but, like Napoleon, found him extremely useful.  

JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and significant manuscript notebook, unsigned, the tall 8vo bound volume compiled by Jenner, comprising over 100 pages of holograph text (and some original illustrations and diagrams), n.p., n.d. (c.1822/23), being Jenner's transcripts of contemporary scientific texts relating to meteorology. Jenner's notes explore the various aspects of contemporary meteorology, including the observations and discoveries of leading academics including William Falconer, Luke Howard and Thomas Forster and cover a wide variety of meteorological subjects from instrumentation ('a complete apparatus of meteorological instruments should include the Barometer, Thermometer, Hydrometer, Photometer, Athrioscope, Cynometer') through to the influence of flora and fauna ('Animal effluvia as well as vegetable are capable of being mixed with the air, and suspended in it. These are now generally esteemed to be the cause or source of fevers of the malignant or contagious kind'). The comprehensive notebook includes texts from various publications, essays and papers, a few extracts of which include - 'The analysis of the atmosphere is one of the finest discoveries of modern Chemistry. It appears to consist of two distinct expansible fluids contained in different proportions, a single portion of oxygen gas being united to three parts by weight, or four parts by bulk, of azote. There is also a very slight admixture of carbonic acid gas, accounting perhaps to a thousandth part of the whole', from the Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Sir John Leslie between 1815-24, 'It is the frequent observation of the countenance of the sky, and of its connection with the present and ensuing phaenomena, that constitutes the antient and popular meteorology. The want of this branch of knowledge renders the predictions of the philosopher, who is attending only to his instruments less generally successful than those of the weather-wise mariner or husbandman', from the Philosophical Magazine, (Vol. XVI, London, 1803. Article XVIII), 'On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of their Production, Suspension and Destruction'; being the substance of an Essay read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802-3, by Luke Howard, 'One of the principle uses of meteorology is, that it enables us to predict, in some measure, the ensuing changes of the weather. To do this accurately, a familiar acquaintance with the modification of the clouds, and indeed with all the operations which are going on above, appears necessary. When two or more contrary indications appear, the result must be deduced from those which ultimately prevail; & that when several agreeable signs appear, the event may be predicted with additional certainty…some animals express signs of uneasiness previous to an alteration of the weather long before there are any visible signs of a change. Dogs for instance become very drowsy & stupid before rain & their ears are sometimes found considerably inflamed….cats though in a less degree are affected in the same manner - and a leech, confined in a glass of water, has been found, by its rapid motions…to indicate fair or wet weather. Peculiarities in the electric state of the atmosphere may…affect the constitution of animals in the same manner as they appear to do ours, & thereby excite pleasurable or uneasy sensations', from the 'Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena etc.' by Thomas Forster (London, 1813), 'The sound of bells heard form a great distance is a sign of wind, or a change of weather. When sea fowl and other aquatic birds return to the sea shore or marshes it indicates a change of weather and a sudden storm. When frogs croak much, toad crawl out in the evening, when earth worm come forth, ants remove their eggs, moles throw up earth, asses frequently shake and agitate their ears', from the 'Monthly Magazine or British Register' (Vol. 35, London, 1813) and 'An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political' by Edward Wakefield,On two pages at the centre of the journal there can be found Jenner's grey & black water colour depictions of cloud types, faithfully rendered in the style of the originals as they appear in Luke Howard's On the Modification of Clouds (1803).A third original illustration has been neatly excised from its page. Bound in the original, plain dark cloth boards (some light staining and age wear) and with a pencil ownership signature and address to the front free endpaper of a Miss Perkins & Dr Perry of 3 Priory Street, Everton. Some light staining and age wear throughout, the text however completely legible and not significantly affected in any way. Generally G  A fascinating and remarkable meteorological record compiled by Jenner for his personal reference. Jenner's interest in meteorology is not well documented, however, it would undoubtedly have been a subject of great importance to him in association with his experimentation with ballooning and his studies of bird migration. The present notebook offers a unique insight into the aspects of meteorology he most desired to understand.It was in 1784 that Jenner was to make his first tentative steps at being a balloonist. Influenced by his close friend, the surgeon William F. Shrapnell, Jenner carried out his first aeronautical experiment based on a balloon deign supplied by boyhood friend Dr. Caleb Parry. Jenner wrote 'your directions respecting the Balloon are so clear and explicit, 'tis impossible for me to blunder; but to make it quite a certainty, I intend first to fill it and see if it will float in the Castle-Hall, before the public exhibition. Should it prove unwilling to mount and turn shy before a large assembly, don't you think I may make my escape under the cover of three or four dozen Squibs and Crackers?' Subsequently, Jenner became known for his studies on the migrating Cuckoo, which were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1788) and later in the posthumously published, Some Observations on the Migration of Birds (1824). It was not until the 18th century that significant progress occurred in the study of meteorology, so whilst little is known of Jenner's attraction to this interdisciplinary branch of science we can be sure that in these early days, Jenner was there to appreciate its importance. His forays into ballooning and the serious study of migration were undoubtedly made more pleasurable to his scientific mind by the knowledge he had gained in the study of meteorology. Jenner is frequently referred to as the 'father of immunology' and his work is said to have saved more lives than the work of any other human. A member of the Royal Society, in the field of zoology he was the first person to describe the brood parasitism of the cuckoo. In 2002 Jenner was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.We are indebted to Mark Beswick, Archive Information Officer of the Met Office National Meteorological Archive and to Owen Gower, Manager of Dr. Jenner's House, Museum & Garden in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, for their assistance with the present lot. 

 MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1922-43. 'He was one of the best among us…'Autograph Manuscript signed, Mussolini, three pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (February 1930), in Italian. The manuscript is the text for a speech Mussolini made on the death of Michele Bianchi and states, in part, 'Black Shirts of Italy! Michele Bianchi, Quadrumvir of the Republic, has died. With profound sadness, I announce this to you. He was one of the best among us….[he] was among the founders of the Fasci di Combattimento in 1919; secretary of the party in 1922; Quadrumvir during the decisive days of the March on Rome; honoured corporal of the Voluntary Militia for National Security; State Councillor; Fascist Minister; he tirelessly served the cause of the Fatherland and of Fascism for fifteen years….he took from his native land of Calabria his intelligence, his silent perseverance, his active faith….Faithful to his orders, he died fulfilling his duty until his last moments. Black Shirts of Italy, raise your flag to half mast, and honour the memory of this comrade of our first epic vigil, faithful warrior - ready at any time and in any event - of our Revolution'. Signed by Mussolini at the conclusion. Written to the verso of pages of a printed proof of an Italian book entitled Il Dramma di Cannes Mussolini has made a number of corrections to his text. A good, historic manuscript. A few small pinholes to the edges and corners of each page and a couple of small areas of paper loss to the first page, not affecting the text or signature, about VG Michele Bianchi (1883-1930) Italian Revolutionary Leader, one of the founding members of the Fascist movement. As referred to in Mussolini's manuscript, Bianchi was one of the four leaders (Quadrumvirs) that led Mussolini's March on Rome in October 1922.  Known as Il Duce, Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism and leader of the National Fascist Party. He ruled Italy as Prime Minister constitutionally from 1922 until 1925 at which point he abandoned all pretence of democracy and formed a legal dictatorship. Mussolini's National Fascist Party was outlawed by the post war Constitution of Italy in 1947.

RICHELIEU CARDINAL DE: (1585-1642) Armand Jean du Plessis. French Clergyman and Statesman, Chief Minister of King Louis XIII 1624-42. A fine D.S., Le Card de Richelieu, one page (vellum), slim oblong folio, Garonne(?), 2nd April 1636, in old French. The attractively penned manuscript document appoints Baron D´allemagne to be Chief Commander of the Squadron of Provence, Naval Army of the West, and states, in part, `His Majesty having instructed to put at our disposal His very powerful naval army, including numerous war vessels and those of His subjects to fight against his enemies, we have judged that it was most important in order to serve His Majesty that the appointment of the Head Commander of the Provence squadron would be granted to an individual with long experience and whose proven capacity and bravery would be known to us.....We have therefore, by His Majesty orders and power, granted instructions to bestow upon you the honour, authority and privileges for such duty, instructing, ordering and signing the present document with the seal of our coat of arms...´ Signed at the foot by Cardinal Richelieu in his capacity as Naval Superintendent of the Navigation and Commerce of France. With Richelieu's (largely intact) red wax seal affixed by the original pendent strip. The seal, as mentioned, bears Richelieu's coat of arms and features a good impression of the three chevrons de gueules. A small area to the lower left corner of the document has been neatly clipped, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG Baron Jean Louis D´allemagne had previously served as a General under the Duke of Savoy and returned to Provence and to the French Royal Court in 1635 at which time Cardinal de Richelieu appointed him Naval Commander of the Fleet, created specifically for the Lerins Islands conflict. Richelieu was consecrated as a Bishop in 1607 and appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616, soon rising in both the Catholic Church and French Government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622. He served as King Louis XIII's Chief Minister from 1624, remaining in office until his death in 1642. Ricelieu's tenure oversaw a crucial period of reform for France and his policies of consolidating royal power, crushing domestic factions and restraining the power of the nobility led to the transformation of France into a strong, centralised state. Notable for his authoritarian measures employed to maintain power, Richelieu censored the press, established a large network of internal spies and forbade the discussion of political matters in public assemblies; those who dared to conspire against him were prosecuted and executed. His legacy is also important for the world at large; his ideas of a strong nation-state and aggressive foreign policy helped create the modern system of international politics. The notions of national sovereignty and international law can be traced, at least in part, to Richelieu's policies and theories. The Cardinal is one of the leading characters in Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece The Three Musketeers, in which he is portrayed as a self-serving and ruthless de facto ruler of France. 

A poignant Crimean War manuscript letter headed 1st Batt Royal Regt, 3rd Division before Sebastopol, from 3195 C F Simons to the widow of a fallen comrade who enlisted under the name William Swain and died of disease at Scutari hospital

Persian Script, a manuscript page, with central oval scene showing kneeling and standing figures on a ground cover and beside a fountain, all amongst buildings and a landscape, painted floral spandrels and borders in vivid watercolour, gouache and ink, the text mostly in black ink within and outside the borders, framed under glass, 20.5 x 11.5cms.

Papyrus Manuscript

Egyptology and Flinders Petrie a rope net from Gurob, Egypt, 12th dynasty, together with a bronze pin and two lace bobbins and a clump of tying grass, each contained in a cigarette tin with old manuscript labels.

A HIGHLY RARE AND IMPORTANT ENGLISH JACK OF PLATE, CIRCA 1580-90 formed of small overlapping square plates of iron with cropped corners, secured by lines of diagonal, vertical, or in some cases horizontal stitches of crossbow twine through holes at their centres between the inner and outer layers of a fabric doublet of 'peascod' fashion with a frontal opening situated slightly to the right of centre and originally closed by laces passing through pairs of reinforced holes, an upstanding collar devoid, like the edges of the arm-openings, of plates, and a short skirt, the whole enclosed between two outer layers of fine linen canvas overlying felted woven wool on the outside and a coarser canvas on the inside of the garment, and decorated with green (perhaps originally white) woollen tufts at the intersections of the stitches (the outer fabric discoloured, worn through at points and split at the shoulders and some points of the waist and the base of the collar) 75.5 cm; 29¾ in Provenance Sir William ffarindon, Worden Hall, Lancashire (sold by auction 1948) A private English collection Literature Alexander de Cosson & William Burgess, 'Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail', Archaeological Journal, Vol. XXXVII, 1881, p. 591 Ian Eaves, 'On the Remains of a Jack of Plate Excavated from Beeston Castle in Cheshire', Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vo. XIII, no. 2, September 1989, p. 137, n. 29) The jack of plate - sometimes referred to in contemporary documents as a 'steel coat', a 'plate coat' or a 'coat of plate' - was a uniquely British defence first recognisably mentioned in English and Scottish records of the second quarter of the 16th century (Eaves 1989, pp. 85-6 & 144, n. 48), p. 145, n. 52). The inventory of the holdings of the Office of the Armouries taken on the death of Henry VIII in 1547 mentions 'a Northerne Jack covered with lynnen' and three 'Northern Jackes made of Canvas and plate' (Harold A. Dillon, 'Arms and Armour at Westminster, the Tower and Greenwich', Archaeologia, Vol. LI, 1888, pp. 52 & 57). Although defences of this kind ceased to be manufactured towards the end of the 16th century (Eaves 1989, p.86 & 148, n. 60), their use persisted into the early years of the following century. In 1622 some forty examples were issued from the Armouries of the Tower of London for use in America by the Virginia Company (Eaves 1986, p. 86 & 148, n. 61). William Harrison in his description of England first published in 1577, observed that 'Our armour …consisteth of corselets, almaine riverets, shirtes of mayle, Jacke quilted over wyth leather, fustian or canuas ouer thicke plates of yron that are sewed into the same, and of which there is no towne or village that hath not hir conuenient furniture (in Ralph Holinshead, The First Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, London, 1557, f. 86v). Today, however, only sixteen more or less complete jacks of plate are preserved worldwide. Aside from this and the following lot, eight (only five of which are complete) can be recorded in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, one in the British Museum, London, one in the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, one in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, one in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, and one in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich (Eaves 1989, pp. 135-7, n. 22-6 & 29). Only the last two and one of those in Leeds has its frontal opening offset to one side of centre as on this and the following lot. These lots and the Leeds example formed part of a collection assembled at Worden Hall, Lancashire, by Sir William ffarington (c. 1704-81) sometime after 1765. They are unlikely to have formed part of the Hall's indigenous armoury which was sequestered by Parliament in 1643 (Susan Maria ffarington, The ffarington Papers, Chetham Society, 1856, p. 93), although it was said that one of the three did service, together with a helmet and other pieces, as part of a funeral achievement eventually removed from the ffarington Chapel in Leyland Church in 1816 (De Cosson & Burgess 1881, p. 591). The collection was in due course added to by Miss Susan ffarington in the 19th century. An 18th century inventory of it is preserved in New Zealand while three 19th century ones, dating from 1846 to circa 1870 are privately preserved in England, and refer to '3 Brigandine Jackets (for Bowmen. (Elizn'. A drawing of what is almost certainly one of these jacks is preserved in a manuscript catalogue prepared by the late 18th century Manchester antiquary Thomas Barritt and now preserved in the Manchester City Library (Ancient Armour and Weapons in the Possession of Thos Barrit 1793). The catalogue shows objects both in his own collection and of others that he visited in the north of England. He describes the jack as 'A Bigantine jacket quilted within with square pieces of iron about an inch in diameter and sliding over each other like the scales of fishes, and covered over with strong linen'. One of the Worden jacks (probably that now in the Royal Armouries Museum, inv. No. III.1884) was lent by Miss ffarington to the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail held in the rooms of the British Archaeological Association in 1881 (De Cosson & Burgess 1881, cat. no. 49, p.591) The collection was sold by a local auctioneer in 1948. The purchaser of the three jacks subsequently lent them to Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire. One of them in due course passed to a private collection in the USA but was in 1982 acquired by the Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London, while those forming the present and following lots had from some time before 1981 been sent for conservation to the North Western Museum and Art Gallery Service at Blackburn, Lancashire.

George Butcher - A Facsimile Book of Flies 1875, cloth bound facsimile of a manuscript diary with real flies inserted, inscribed 'This book and flies are facsimile copies of a book and flies give in February 1875 by the late George Butcher of Curbar near Stoney Middleton Derbyshire to Mr Henry Hutchinson of The Derwent Fly Fishing Club..' Late Victorian copy of the 1875 original, published by Loxleg Brothers of Sheffield

After Louis Julien (Jules) Franceschi (1825-1893) Egyptian revival patinated and gilded bronze figure of The Goddess Isis seated on a sphinx holding the Ankh, the Egyptian key to truth, her left hand holding flowers representing the growth of life. The statue comes with typed manuscript explaining its symbolism (H 63.5x W32x max depth 22cm).

Churchill, Winston Spencer; 'The Second World War' six volumes written in manuscript longhand, circa 1950 in two large day books and a ledger by an unidentified hand.

8th-9th century AD. A flat-section lozenge plate brooch with lateral piercings and hooked catchplate to the lower angle; the face with a repeated pattern of tight rectangular scrolls in a 4x4 grid; two rivets to the upper angle, perhaps to attach a replacement for the absent pin. Cf. examples in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, items 1.1.6-a-d. 9.09 grams, 78mm (3"). Found Cambridgeshire, UK. In the Book of Kells on folio 7v, Mary is shown nursing the infant Jesus, wearing a red robe pinned by a lozenge plate brooch with grid design: see Hammond (2010) fig.1.1.6. This is believed to be the earliest depiction of Mary in a western European manuscript. . Fair condition. Rare.

18th-19th century AD. A silver tubular pendant with openwork foliage, manuscript prayer rolled within. 3.37 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.

Stanbrook Abbey Press1.Robertson (Alec) Contrasts: the arts and religion, copy no. 38 of a run of 70 (out of 350) bound in quarter leather with Japanese paper sides. 3 colour plates. Slipcase.Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1980 2.Stanbrook Abbey Press, Christmas Lyrics, one of 400 copies of the second printing. Calligraphic manuscript initials by Margaret Adams in gilt, red, blue and green at the beginning of each Christmas poem. Full limp vellum with red silk ties threaded round the binding, gilt lettering on spine. Slipcase. Stanbrook Abbey Press, 19573.Craighead (Meinrad) The mother's birds, copy no. 84 of 240 bound in De Wint paper covers, signed by Craighead and the printer Sr. Hildelith Cumming OSB. Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1976

A rare Tibetan illuminated manuscript with two columns of text and a central miniature of Hevjara.

A Staffordshire Pottery figure of Captain James Cook, seated beside a table with manuscript, decorated in colours and gilt, 7in (18cm) high. Pugh ref. figures C4. Provenance: The Hugh Thomas Appleton Collection of Staffordshire Pottery figures.

A vellum manuscript leaf from an antiphoner probably second half of the 15th century and perhaps Florence, 60 x 44cm Provenance: Formerly Henry Payne RWS (1868-1939), renowned stained glass artist, watercolourist and painter of frescoes Accompanied by a letter dated 24 July 2008

[Pierre Soulé], 6 manuscripts incl. excerpts of letter to Farragut, c. 1862, 2 sheets, 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.; manuscript account sheets of Pierre Soulé, July 3, 1854, 2 sheets, 12 in. x 8 in.; partial printed document signed Pierre Soulé, July 22, 1855, "Legation of the United States at Paris and Madrid", 18 in. x 11 in.; autographed document signed Franklin Pierce, Mar. 28, 1854, regarding Pierre Soulé diplomatic relations with Cuba, 17 in. x 11 in.; autographed document signed William L. Macy, regarding Pierre Soulé and diplomatic relations with Spain, July 11, 1853, 17 in. x 22 in.; manuscript account sheet for Pierre Soulé, minister to Spain, c. 1855, 16 in. x 20 in. (6 pcs.) Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).

Louisiana Herbarium, 19th c. or earlier, 3 vols., blue boards with leather spines, manuscript title "Herbal of Louisiana", 13 in. x 8 in., 92 pages, mounted with pressed plants, most labeled in Latin and with origin (Red River area, New Orleans swamp, etc.) Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).

[Ursuline Nuns], manuscript, dated May 26, 1740, testimony of Ursuline Nuns of New Orleans that Sr. Marie Jeanne St. Marc is still a living member of their community and should receive her annuity, signed Salmon, 7 in. x 8 in. Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).

[Battle of New Orleans], incl. manuscript requisition for stationery for General David B. Morgan, Jan. 1815, 13 1/2 in. x 8 1/4 in.; autographed document signed Capt. David C. Hatch, Jan. 14, 1815, request for provisions at Camp Morgan, 6 1/2 in. x 8 in.; manuscript report of Captain Debucht, Jan. 16, 1815, 4 1/4 in. x 8 1/2 in.; printed broadside, "Head Quarters, Division of the South, General Orders", July 3, 1815, 13 1/4 in. x 8 in. (4 pcs.) Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).

[Louisiana Governor Signed Documents], incl. autograph letter signed Antonio de Ulloa, regarding a book of observations made near the equator, Apr. 13, 1749, 11 1/2 in. x 8 in.; autograph letter signed Estevan Miro, application for purchase of "Isle a Cayou", Oct. 4, 1787, 12 in. x 8 in.; autograph letter signed Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet, petition requesting grant of Timballier Island, June 26, 1793, 12 in. x 8 in.; autograph letter signed Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie, regarding grant of land at Atakapas, June 12, 1764, 2 sheets, 12 in. x 7 1/2 in.; partial printed document signed James Villere, certification of signature, Dec. 29, 1817, 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.; together with manuscript signed Juan Jos. de Loyola, 1767. (6 pcs.) Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).

One Box: assorted ephemera, mainly East Anglia interest including hand coloured architectural plans for Theatre Royal, Norwich, circa 1945 plus small quantity East Anglia newspapers circa 1887-1906 plus five manuscript clippings 1758-1765 of a maid servant's wages, each signed Mary Turpin, housed in glazed display etc

Two Boxes: large quantity mainly 19th century manuscript letters and correspondence, Spottiswoode family, content mainly relating to estate matters, Spottiswoode estate, Kelso, plus various other manuscript items including various accounts plus typed inventory and valuation of silver etc, some names on letters include John Spottiswoode, D. Robertson, Earl of Lauderdale, Major Arthur Spottiswoode etc etc (2)

(DIRIGIBLES, PULHAM PIGS, R101), collection early 20th century airship ephemera, RNAS Pulham interest including manuscript account book 1916-1918 containing good quantity orders for the Royal Navy Air Service at Pulham, the account with Aldrich & Bryant Grocers, Drapers and Outfitters, Pulham Market, invoices to Petty Officer Robert J Chalmers who was in charge of the mess, 380+ manuscript pages, original ledger format cloth worn, manuscript label to top board, + real photographic postcard depicting Chalmers in uniform, signed and inscribed verso + another photograph of Petty Officer Chalmers in uniform, approx size 125 x 45mm + 3 original brass and steel fittings, one with "Broad Arrow" British Military markings, another marked "Aid", the three tied together with piece of string and contemporaneous tag marked "R22", probably from the airship R22 that flew from Cardington to Pulham aerodrome April 2nd 1925 to undergo special tests having been locked up for four years + 250+ circa early 20th century mounted photographs of early and later airships including No 4, P6, C1, C4, C6, C9, the ill-fated NS11, R33 (various views in its damaged state), landing of R34 from American 1919, R36 etc + good quantity views of Pulham Air Station including aftermath of explosion of gas plant April 1917 + some aerial views of the Air Station etc, some images captioned, the images mounted on 40+ leaves of card, images various sizes, approx 40 x 60mm - 150 x 200mm + good quantity other related photographs and ephemera loose including photo of canteen RNAS Pulham, approx size 165 x 250mm, aerial photographs from airship of Croydon Aerodrome, Windsor Castle, Trafalgar Square + large folding photograph depicting R101 approx size 215 x 400mm + real photographic postcard depicting German Zeppelin over Harleston, view from clock tower + large mounted photograph "Luncheon given in honour of the officers and crew of the Clyde built airship R34 by Sir William Beardmore, Chairman of Royal Aeronautical Society in the Grosvenor Restaurant, Glasgow, 21st September 1919, the whole approx size 225 x 360mm (mount worn at corners), plus a few other real photographic postcards and photographs + ROYAL AIRSHIP WORKS SPORTS CLUB 1925-26 PRINTED RULES BOOKLETS (2) with manuscript ownership signatures J Wallinshaw and C Bail to top wraps, each original wraps + 2 others similar, all Shortstown Club, Shortstown, Bedford + printed Order of Service "The Order for the burial of those lost in the airship R101 - Cardington Cemetery - Saturday 11th October 1930", original stitched wraps + printed Memorial Service booklet "St Paul's Cathedral, Friday October 10th 1930 at 12noon, Memorial Service for those who were lost in airship R101 on Sunday October 5th, 1930", original printed wraps + REPORT OF THE R101 ENQUIRY PRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR TO PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, MARCH 1931, London, HMSO, 1931, 129pp, original printed wraps etc etc, all housed in oak case

Folder: assorted East Anglia interest ephemera including an old album containing mounted photographs and cuttings tipped in, programmes etc, including circa late 19th century albumen photograph of Ely Cathedral, oval mounted with manuscript pencil, decorative border + Downham Market interest including Downham Amateur Dramatic Club programme November 1920, Downham Amateur Dramatic Society performance of "Ann" programme, Town Hall, Downham Market, 15th May 1919, mounted photograph of stage performance Downham April 11th 1917 + another mounted photograph "Nothing but the truth", Downham & Lynn November and December 1922 + other local interest cuttings etc, old morocco gilt + small quantity late 19th century vellum and other documents and certificates etc etc

COLLECTION of ephemera relating to Hilda Froud of London and later of Worthing, Sussex, song writer including six examples of printed sheet music, words written by Hilda Froud, circa 1930s including JOY FOXTROT SONG, music by Julian Wright, words by H Froud, 3 copies of which one plain printed wraps stamped "Professional Copy" + NICOLETTE SONG WALTZ, 1934, music by Julian Wright, words by H Froud, 2 copies, each original pictorial printed wraps + I LOVED HER ALWAYS, 1935, + an early 20th century manuscript book with original pen and ink song-writing entries by Hilda Froud including "Joy", "Nicolette" etc + good quantity other manuscript song writing by Hilda Froud in exercise book, old album Collins manuscript music book etc + good quantity loose on pieces of paper etc

GEORGE FORMBY (1904-1961): autograph on paper, blue ink, dated in his hand 1949 with manuscript note at top "signed at Palladium Southport 30/7/49" loosely inserted in a small circa early 20th century commonplace album with small number of entries including an original pen, ink and watercolour sketch captioned beneath "Zeppelin raid on London as seen from a Chelsea roof 8th September 1915" + small number of other Great War related entries etc

A commonplace album circa 1912 - 1922 with 50+ pages of manuscript pen and ink poetry and prose and pen, ink and watercolour sketches, several of a humorous nature, old calf gilt, very worn, lacks backstrip, top board detached but present

Collection 90+ early 20th century glass photograph lantern slides circa 1900 depicting China, probably mainly Peking (Beijing) and environs, the majority of slides with manuscript numbers/letters, images include manuscript text slide simply "Peking" with Chinese characters above and below (1A), section of Great Wall of China (2B), river scene with large wooden junk and other boats (5A), large Christian church, riverside location (7A), outdoor sculpture/temple/shrine? of steel globular design supported by traditional carved dragons etc (?D), rural peasants, another section of large fortified wall (presumably Great Wall) incorporating large building (10B), city/settlement (1E), temple (8E), Chinese Empress (?), another manuscript text slide, hand coloured "Peking and the Pekingese", "Temple of Heaven" (Beijing), Archers (4G) faded, Westerner on horse-drawn cart (11F), Chinese gate Great Wall possibly, Shanhaiguan? etc, housed in two contemporaneous wooden cases, manuscript ownership signature T Child, Chelsfield, Kent + another wooden box containing approximately 70 similar glass photographic lantern slides circa early 20th century depicting mainly UK churches and cathedrals (3)

GFS, a late 19th century album containing 22 mounted humorous pen and ink sketches on linen, mainly captioned in the artist's hand beneath, the first six illustrations forming a story with the manuscript text beneath in the artist's hand, manuscript pen and ink title "All Fool's Day" in middle of album with the following 10 illustrations related, signed in initials and inscribed to front paste down "Alfred Wild, a little remembrance from G F S 1899", original cloth gilt worn

19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT BOOK, circa 1834-1840 containing manuscript entries of poetries, prose and thoughts etc with approx 17 pages of manuscript preliminary pencil sketches of plants at rear, old half calf very worn

(COLLECTION EX JOHN FOWLES'S LIBRARY), DENISE LEVERTOV: SANDS OF THE WELL, New York, 1996, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Fowles, 2 lengthy autograph letter signed to him loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-wrapper plus EDITH SITWELL: GOLD COAST CUSTOMS, London, Duckworth, 1929, 1st edition, ex John Fowles's library with his bookplate on front end paper and signed by him above, original cloth, dust-wrapper plus J M MARCH: THE WILD PARTY, privately printed, 1929, limited edition (1000) numbered, John Fowles' bookplate, original cloth gilt, plus PETER KANTIE: LOVE AND DEATH, no publisher, no date, manuscript title and signed to top wrap, John Fowles' bookplate, original printed wraps plus HAROLD PINTER: COLLECTED POEMS AND PROSE, Methuen, 1st collected edition, 1986, signed and inscribed to title page "To John from Harold", John Fowles' bookplate, original wraps, plus NEIL ADAMS: THE COBB AND OTHER POEMS, Wintanton, 1991, 1st edition, signed verso of top wrap, Fowles' blind stamp, two typed letter signed from the author to Fowles loosely inserted, original wraps plus ANDREW MOTION: LOVE IN A LIFE, 1991, 1st paperback edition, Fowles' blind stamp, original wraps, plus MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS: HER MAKER'S MAKER, Nimes, Phoenix Poetry Pamphlets, 2002, (250) (150) numbered and signed, Fowles' blind stamp, original printed wraps plus JOHN FULLER: SOMETHING MORE THAN SHADOW, Nimes, Phoenix Poetry Pamphlets, 2004, limited edition (250) (230) numbered, Fowles' blind stamp, original printed wraps plus FRED KLINE: I, DO DO A POEM CYCLE, San Francisco, 1986, limited edition, (2000), signed and inscribed to John Fowles with Fowles' blind stamp, original printed wraps plus ROGER GARFITT: SELECTED POEMS, 2000, 1st edition, John Fowles' ownership signature and inscription and bookplate, original wraps plus NASOS VIYENAS: [THE FALL OF THE WINGED II], 1907, 1st edition, in Greek, signed and inscribed to John Fowles (12)

[THOMAS HUGHES]: EARLY MEMORIES FOR THE CHILDREN, London, Thomas Burleigh, 1899, 1st edition, for private circulation only, tipped in autograph letter signed from author's daughter Caroline Cornish [1864-1908], "... would you kindly send this to the son of Sir George ... who was Papa's godson ...", original cloth backed printed board worn, spits at spine plus MY GREATEST TREASURE, (cover title), 6 page manuscript poetry in ink and pencil inscribed "Dedicated to his godfather Thomas Hughes Esq ..." dated August 15th 1886, pictorial paper wraps (2)

[HOUSE OF COMMONS PAPERS]: INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND DRUNKNESS RETURNS FOR 1851-1871, Statistical Branch Home Office, bound together in one volume, contemporary cloth worn, calf labels to spines; REPORTS OF THE INSPECTORS OF CONSTABULARY 1868-1871, bound together in one volume, 4pp manuscript index at front, contemporary disintegrated half calf (2)

SIR ROGER TWISDEN: AN HISTORICAL VINDICATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN POINT OF SCHISM, AS IT STANDS SEPARATED FROM THE ROMAN, London, Robert Pawlet, 1675, [3rd edition], 198pp + [2]pp catalogue adverts at end, leaves toned, title page with contemporary manuscript signatures, title in red and black with engraved vignette, lacks all before title, rebound, plain cloth

J I MINCHIN (EDITED): LONDON INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 1883, (cover title), London, J A S Wade, 1883, 1st edition, original decorative cloth gilt, neat manuscript "index to openings" inserted at rear, + PHILIP W SARGENT (?): CHAROUSEK'S GAME OF CHESS, London, 1919, 1st edition, rebound half morocco gilt, + FRANK J MARSHALL: MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS, New York, 1942, original cloth (3)

PORPHYRIUS: PORPHYRII PHILOSOPHI OPUS INEDITUM AD MARCELLAM, edited Angelus Maius, Mediolani [Milan], Regiis typis 1816, 2 parts in one volume, large paper copy from the Furstenberg Library at Donaueschingen, original white paper wraps (worn), with manuscript title to spine and inscription of Joseph von Lassberg to top wrap

GERVASE BABINGTON: COMFORTABLE NOTES UPON THE BOOKES OF NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY WITH AN EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH, OR THE TWELVE ARTICLES OF THE APOSTLES CREED NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED, London, George Eld for Henry Fetherstone, 1615, [i] [1], 2-48; 1-157; [1-22]; [i-ii]; 49-95; separate title pages CERTAINE PLAINE BRIEFE AND COMFORTABLE NOTES UPON EVERY CHAPTER OF GENESIS..., THE LIKE NOTES UPON EVERY CHAPTER OF THE BOOKES OF EXODUS AND LEVITICUS, A SERMON PREACHED AT PAULES CROSSE..., A SERMON PREACHED AT THE COURT AT GREENWICH...MAY 1591, A FUNERALL SERMON..., rebound, recent cloth, leather label to spine with title in gilt, manuscript notes in Latin to blank verso final page

JOHANN LUDWIG HARTMANN: B JO LUDOVICI HARTMANNI... PASTORALE EVANGELICUM, SEU INSTRUCTIO PLENIOR MINISTRORUM VERBI..., Norimbergae [Nuremberg], Wolfgangi Mauritti Endteri, 1722, 1595pp plus index at rear, engraved tailpiece, title in red and black, contemporary vellum, worn, manuscript title to spine

JOHN HAIGHTON: A SYLLABUS OF THE LECTURES OF MIDWIFERY, DELIVERED AT GUYS HOSPITAL, London, Cox, 1811, 88 printed pages, syllabus interleaved with copious manuscript notes of the lectures relating to conception, the pelvis, the foetal cranium, internal organs of generation, umbilical bond, placenta, diseases of pregnancy, labour etc, bookplate of R H Tootill to front pastedown, contemporary half roan gilt worn, boards detached but present, lacks piece of backstrip

THE YACHTSMAN, January 1 1903 - July 2 1908, volume 25 number 611 - volume 35 number 898, rebound in 7 volumes, profusely illustrated throughout, rebound plain cloth, manuscript labels to spines (7)

(COLLECTION BEE-KEEPING/APICULTURE), DOROTHY HODGES: THE POLLEN LOADS OF THE HONEYBEE A GUIDE TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION BY COLOUR AND FORM, 1974, "facsimile of full original edition with addenda", original cloth, dust wrapper plus FRANK R CHESHIRE: BEES AND BEEKEEPING; SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL, London, The Bazaar Exchange and Mart [nd], vol 1 scientific, original cloth gilt plus ROBERT COUSTON: PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING, Kilmarnock, 1972, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus MARTIN LINDAUER: COMMUNICATION AMONG SOCIAL BEES, 1971, 3rd printing, original cloth silvered plus COLIN G BUTLER: THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE, 1954, 1st edition, New Naturalist Series No 29, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper plus J G DIGGES: THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE A MANUAL OF MODERN BEEKEEPING, 1947, 14th edition, original printed wraps plus HERBERT MACE: A BOOK ABOUT THE BEE, London, Hutchinson [nd] original cloth plus C N BUZZARD: SHINING HOURS, Collins, 1946, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus TED HOOPER: GUIDE TO BEES AND HONEY, 1976, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus E B WEDMORE: A MANUAL OF BEEKEEPING FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING BEEKEEPERS, 1975, 2nd edition revised, reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper plus E L ATKINS AND OTHERS: THE HIVE AND THE HONEYBEE, Dadant & Sons 1976, extensively revised edition 3rd printing, original cloth plus HERBERT MACE: THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BEEKEEPING, 1976, fully revised edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus quantity NORFOLK BEEKEEPING YEAR BOOKS, PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE, MANUSCRIPT NOTES etc, housed in box file (13)

BABU: MEMOIRS OF A "WHENWE..." COLONIAL EXPERIENCES IN TANGANYIKA, 2000, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, dust-wrapper + JULIET CLOUGH & OTHERS: MALAWI, THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA, 1989, 2nd edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper + IAN KAZEMBE: DISCOVERING ZAMBIA, 1972, original pictorial boards, + M LEGUINECHE & GRACE S IBINGIRA: UGANDA WELLSPRING OF AFRICA, translated Louis Bourne, illustrated J LG Grande, 1991, 2nd edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper + PETER HILL BEARD: THE END OF THE GAME, London, Hamlyn [1965] 1st edition, signed and inscribed presentation copy, "To Sam (Weller) with warm regards and memories of the bad old days salaam from the ark; as ever, Peter Beard, May 11-12, 1982", the inscription within original pen and ink sketch covering front paste down and front end paper by the author depicting lions and volcano in distance, with the author's book plate attached to front paste down and manuscript inscription "Box 4191 Nairobi, Tel 338888" with original colour photograph pasted in at foot of "author's note" page, depicting the author and others dining and drinking with caption beneath by the author and further captions to half title by the author, original cloth gilt worn, dust-wrapper (very tatty with part losses) + NORMAN MACLEAN: AFRICA IN TRANSFORMATION, 1913, 1st edition, original cloth gilt + A MATHESON: STATES OF EMERGENCY, REPORTING AFRICA FOR HALF A CENTURY, Nairobi, circa 1992, original printed wraps + W T C BERRY: BEFORE THE WIND OF CHANGE, 1983, original cloth, dust-wrapper + DAVID READ: BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH, TALES FROM TANGANYIKA, 2000, original wraps + CHARLES MILLER: BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU, THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN EAST AFRICA, 1974, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper + 4 others similar (14)

A Royal Doulton 'The Dickens Jug', designed by C.J. Noke, limited edition No. 932 of 1000, the body moulded in relief with a continuous scene of Dickens characters, flanked by a mask spout and manuscript and bookbinding handle, above 'Lord Keep My Memory Green', printed factory mark to base, height approx 27cm.

POETRY - in manuscript, pages 5-213 (with a few blanks) of an earlier 19th century halfbound notebook; with a few original sketches added * appears to be copies of known poets, with some original compositions.

BENEDICTINE - Beatiss. Virg. Mariae ab Impruneta sub potenti Patrocnio Sacerdotu Florent Centuria. Et in Priorali Ecclesesiae S. Benedicti . . . printed title (within decorated borders) & 37 vellum pages of illuminated & decorated latin manuscript - the text in red & black, illuminated initials in gold & colour, with rococo style coloured tailpiece decorations; the main text followed by a 5pp. 'Scriptural Litany' ( in another hand); decoratively gilt-tooled morocco, panelled spine, 8vo. (mid 20th cent.) * apparently a commissioned copy of the arrangements/regulations for the 1712 procession carrying the miraculous statue of the BVM. from the Basilica of Santa Maria, Impruneta, to nearby Florence; and evidently as a gift from colleagues at (of all places) the 'Postal & Telegraph Censorship Department', letters of thanks (1945) from the recipient & colleagues are loosely inserted - the calligrapher being Beryl de Vere Gibson.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND - Three Manuscript Accounts, viz. a biographical account of Hugh Willoughby Jermyn (Bishop of Brechin & Primus of Scotland, d. 1903) by his son, Rev. Edmund Jermyn; 51pp. of the Life (mounted on leaves of an old album) & approx. 100pp. of letters, photographs (etc.), upon some of which the account is based. * a parish priest in England & the West Indies, later Bp. of Colombo; a worthy but dull offering - little is mentioned of the subject's life outside the round of diocesan meetings, synods, etc. apart from his penchant for photography - and the biographer watching Wm. Bell Scott painting his murals at Wallington (then the home of a Trevelyan aunt); also included in the lot is an interesting earlier Victorian journal of Frederic Wilson (at Leeds Grammar School,later in holy orders), and a Churchwarden's letter-book (Lt. Woolstone, Newport Pagnell), 1839-73

MANUSCRIPT MUSIC - in oblong music notebook; a miscellany including folk songs & hymns, words added where relevant, 98pp. used; by an unknown hand. (1840s ?)1898

A 19th century manuscript copy book / wet letter book containing 1000 pages with copies of correspondence from 'Barker & Morris' (John H Barker & Edward H Morris) probably solicitors ca 1879, the book originally supplied by Waterlow Bros & Layton of Birchin Lane, Cornhill, London, half-bound calf, 1000 leaves, quarto - Est £100 - £200

An antique framed Persian manuscript page. Painted in gouache with figures and with text to the front and back, 24.5cm x 16cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Discolouration and some tears.

A gilt framed antique Persian manuscript page with text and gouache illustrations along with a similar loose Indian gouache painting. Page 25cm x 11cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Page worn at the edges.

A gilt framed antique Persian manuscript page showing both sides. With gouache illustration depicting a courting couple and with text front and back, 18cm x 11cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Good condition.

COOKERY: two 20th century manuscript cookery receipt books, together with a small quantity of manufacturers brochures and related, including a 1962 brochure advertising Shipphams of Chichester. (Small quantity)