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Handel (George Frederic). Six Concertos for the Harpsicord or Organ, published I. Walsh, circa 1750, 48 pp., a little worming to foremargin just touching plate impressions of early leaves, old ownership name at head of title, bound with Six Concerto's for the Organ or Harpsichord with instrumental parts compos'd by Mr William Felton, printed for John Johnson, circa 1750, 45 pp., bound with Eight Suits of early lessons for the Harpsichord by Mr Felton, Opera Terza, published John Johnson, circa 1750, title and 48 pp. engraved music, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards with printed paper label to upper cover captioned in manuscript, worn, plus a similar volume of engraved music with pieces composed by J.L. Dussek (Op. 19 & Op. 28), Muzio Clementi (Op. 22) and Leopold Kozeluch (Op. 43), all published circa 1800, manuscript index to front free endpaper and bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, soiled and worn, both folio (2)

Herwart von Hohenburg (Hans Friedrich). Von der Hochberhmpten, Adelichen vnd Ritterlichen Kunst der Reyterey, 1st edition, Tegernesee, 1581, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, 38 leaves of woodcuts including 7 folding, old manuscript notes in German to 3 blank leaves at rear, some old dampstaining, light browning and spotting throughout, title-page with 2 tiny holes and a little marginal worming not affecting illustrations or text, minor marginal fraying, old limp vellum with flap and leather tie, some soiling and wear, folio A rare work on horsemanship, one of very few books printed by the monastic press at Tegernesee and first issued in 1577. (1)

Austin (Alfred). The Garden that I Love, A & C Black, 1905, colour illustrations, a few light spots, presentation inscription, bookplate of Michael Tomkinson, top edge gilt, original cloth, one or two small bumps to edges, 4to, limited edition, 135/250 signed by the author, together with The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais..., 2 volumes, Navarre Society edition [1921], illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, manuscript annotation at front of volume I, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spines a little darkened, 8vo, with five others including The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club & The Personal History of David Copperfield, circa 1910, both illustrated by Frank Reynolds (9)

Bertius (Petrus). Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri septem..., 7 parts in one volume, published J.Hondius, Amsterdam, 1616, decorative engraved title with additional half titles for each part, 220 uncoloured engraved maps and an engraved plate of a compass rose, maps engraved by Pieter Van den Keere, Salomon Rogier, Joducus Hondius Jnr and others, good margins, later endpapers (possibly 18th century), contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, manuscript title and old label to spine, vellum a little stained, oblong 8vo, binding size 135 x 210 mm (5.25 x 8.25 inches) P. Van der Kroght (Atlantes) 342.01. R.Shirley. Atlases in the British Library. T.Bert 2a. (1)

Norman (Dorothy). Nehru, The First Sixty Years, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, 1965, black and white frontispiece and map, later inscription to front endpapers, original plum cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Souza (George Bryan & Turley, Jeffery S.), The Boxer Codex, Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript, 1st edition, 2016, original illustrated boards, 8vo, and Rungta (Radhe Shyam), The Rise of Business Corporations in India 1851-1900, 1st edition, CUP, 1970, original blue cloth in dust jacket, plus other modern India reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

[Mills, Alfred]. The Elements of Geography, Embellished with Thirteen Beautifully Coloured Engravings, Dean and Munday, circa 1840, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and twelve hand-coloured letterpress engravings with text beneath, printed on one side of the leaf only (facing versos and rectos), modern marbled boards titled on upper cover, slim 8vo, together with Tom Thumb's Alphabet; or, New ABC, J. Fairburn, circa 1838 [cover-title], letterpress engravings, manuscript ownership name at head of first page dated 1838, spotted, and some closed tears at gutter, original printed yellow wrappers, soiled and worn, slim 8vo, plus Holmes (Thomas, publisher), Holmes's Nursery Library, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty-Three Engravings, circa 1852, letterpress engravings throughout, contemporary ownership names on front endpapers, hinges split, original blindstamped green cloth, lightly soiled, gilt lettered spine faded, 8vo, plus fifty other 19th century school books, primers, pamphlets, chapbooks etc., and seventeen copy/drawing books, including Vere Foster and John Jackson (70)

[Ritson, Joseph & Douce, Francis]. Gammer Gurton's Garland: Or, the Nursery Parnassus, a choice collection of pretty songs and verses, for the amusement of all little good children who can neither read nor run, printed for R. Triphook, 1810, [2], 46 pp., in 4 parts, interleaved copy, the text leaves with brief pen and pencil marks and numerals throughout, mostly 'h'[alliwell] and 'pr', occasional corrections and proof marks, the blanks with numerous alternative versions of some of the verses and additional nursery rhymes written in ink in a neat hand to blanks with an initial for each source (usually L. or M.), some browning and old dampstaining marks throughout, tear with loss to upper inner margin of title, ink ownership name of Henry Cole dated 1832 to title upper margin and pencil name Chas. Halliwell to final leaf verso, front endpapers detached, partial title index to front pastedown and facing endpaper, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some wear and loss, upper cover detached, 8vo A collection of nursery rhymes in four parts, with parts 1 and 2, compiled by Joseph Ritson, originally published in 1784. This edition adds parts 3 and 4, collected by Francis Douce and others. It includes the first appearances in print of Humpty Dumpty and Little Bo-Peep, I Love Sixpence, etc. Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), civil servant, industrialist and Christmas card inventor. The 'h' and accompanying pencilled numerals that appear throughout the text refer to the verses as they appeared in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' 'The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral Tradition' (1844). The additional manuscript verses are in an unidentified hand and would not appear to be that of Henry Cole nor the Shakespearean scholar and nursery rhyme collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889). Presumably the Charles Halliwell whose name appears at the back of the volume is a later relation who seems to have added one or two pencil lines to the interleaved blanks. Facing Little Bo-Peep on the blank is one verse that begins 'Little Johnny went to Town / Upon a little pony / Stuck a feather in his cap / Looked like a Macaroni'. Opposite 'The Song of the Cat and the Fiddle' is written: 'continuation. The basin stood behind the door, / and bid the dishcloth wash the floor, / The spit stood up like an armed man, / And vowed he'd fight the dripping pan, / The gridiron said gentlemen if you can't agree, / I'm the head constable bring 'em to me'. (1)

*Sewing. A leather needlecase belonging to Lydia George, 1786, four red felt leaves, with several old needles inserted, blue endpapers, recto of rear free endpaper with contemporary manuscript inscription ' This Book was the gift of Mr. Todd, to Lydia George, for hemming pocket handf. at the age of four years 1786', original wallet-form crimson morocco with pocket at front and rear, lightly rubbed, spine with repeated gilt dot in quatrefoil tool, covers with border of gilt milled roll between single fillets, inner scrolling floral border, central pointed oval onlay of green morocco with cornucopia tool, surrounded by large dots and flower tools, scrolling floral roll and flower tools repeated on flap, verso of flap lettered in gilt 'Lydia Geoge', 8 x 6cm (3.25 x 2.5ins) (1)

*Harris (John, Publisher). Geographical Recreation, or A Voyage Round the Habitable Globe, Publish'd Octr. 1st 1809, hand-coloured engraving sectionalised on linen, with 116 circular illustrations arranged in five concentric circles, the four larger ones depicting maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, toned and rubbed, 57.5 x 51cm (22.5 x 20ins), without slipcase or printed rule booklet, but with contemporary manuscript rule booklet, printed patterned wrappers, with manuscript title on front cover, some fraying to edges, slim 8vo Whitehouse, pp.36-37. (1)

*Manuscript game. A hand-drawn table game, Continental, circa 1830s, pen & ink, pencil, and watercolour on paper, trimmed and sometime laid down on paper, sixty-two numbered compartments, comprising a large circular illustration of knights jousting within a frame of numerals and skulls, flanked by pikemen, above two rectangles, one showing a gentleman being knighted, and the other with soldiers fighting, surrounded by fifty-nine squares, most with an illustration (castles, knights, ships, bridges, etc.), some pencil annotations apparently in German, several folds, generally dust-soiled, and some closed tears, 43 x 31cm (17 x 12.25ins), early manuscript signature on mount A carefully-drawn game, probably executed by an older child. (1)

*Paper dolls. A head and shoulders portrait of a lady with eight costume overlays, circa 1810-20, pen, ink, and watercolour bust portrait of a young lady, profile to left, blank margins slightly soiled, sheet size 14 x 13cm (5.5 x 5.25ins), and eight small watercolours, all head and shoulder costume illustrations with cut-out face, designed to be superimposed on the portrait, all captioned on verso in contemporary manuscript: 'Russian', 'Gypsey', 'Vandyke', 'Bohemian', 'Polish', 'Turkish', 'Indian', 'Mary Queen of Scots', each 10.5 x 10cm (4.25 x 4ins) (9)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Story of Miss Moppet, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour plates and fourteen leaves of text bound concertina-style, pencil note to first plate, final two plates & two leaves creased, original wallet-form grey cloth, lettered and blocked in dark blue, with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, tab closure slightly worn at pastedown, manuscript name in ink to lower board, 16mo Linder, p.426; Quinby 11. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, Warne, 1909, colour illustrations throughout, one or two faint marks, early manuscript name at head of half-title, pictorial endpapers, original olive green boards, with colour illustration inset to upper cover, spine faded and slightly frayed at ends, three corners showing, 16mo Linder, p.428; Quinby 16. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, 1st edition, Warne, [1922], colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, early manuscript name on front free endpaper, original red boards with pictorial panel inset to upper cover, spine faded and a little frayed at ends, lower joint beginning to split, 16mo Linder, p.430; Quinby 26. (1)

Blyton (Enid). The O'Sullivan Twins, 1942; Summer Term at St. Clare's, 1943; Claudine at St. Clare's, 1944; The Second Form at St. Clare's, 1944; Fifth Formers at St. Clare's, 1945, all 1st editions, Methuen, full-page illustrations, Summer Term with one opening reinforced with fabric tape at gutter, 1st and 3rd volumes with manuscript inscription on front free endpaper, Summer Term with front free endpaper torn out, all original cloth in dustjacket, dustjackets with some rubbing, spotting and edge-fraying, dustjackets to first two volumes with slight loss (O'Sullivan Twins with some staining to front panel), 8vo, together with first editions of The Twins at St. Clare's, 1941, and The O'Sullivan Twins, 1942, both original cloth (soiled) and with all but one free endpaper torn out (7)

Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World, new edition, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882, illustrations to text, armorial bookplate of Michael Tomkinson, Franche Hall, Worcestershire to upper pastedown, original cloth in bright condition, 8vo, together with Sharpe (R. Bowdler), Allen's Naturalist's Library, A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1894, numerous coloured plates, original quarter cloth, 8vo, with Senior (William), Pike and Perch, 1900, black & white plates, top edge gilt, original dark green half roan gilt, 8vo, and Loudon (J.C.), An Encyclopaedia of Gardening..., 4th edition, 1826, few illustrations to text, 7 pages of copious manuscript notes at rear, contemporary straight grain calf gilt, recent leather labels to spine, 8vo, plus a defective copy of New Improvements of Planting and Gardening by Richard Bradley (6)

Greenaway (Kate). Birthday Book for Children, verses by Mrs. Sale Barker, 1st edition, [1880], twelve colour plates (faintly offset to text), black & white illustrations to text, some manuscript entries, and inscription to presentation leaf dated 1881, blue endpapers, yellow edges, original pictorial beige cloth, mottled, and slightly lifting on upper side, in original Book Post wrapper with printed lettering on front panel 'BOOK POST for the United Kingdom, Threehalfpence' and title below, with dotted lines for adddress, some minor edge-chipping, and split into two at lower joint, 10 x 10cm (4 x 4ins) Schuster & Engen 39(1a). In the extremely rare pre-paid wrapper designed to send the book through the post. (1)

Embury (Emma C.). American Wild Flowers in their Native Haunts.... from Drawings on the spot by E.Whitfield, published New York and Philadelphia, 1845, additonal decorative half title 'Nature's gems' and nineteen (complete as list) lithographic plates with contemporary hand colouring, each with tissue guard, very occasional marginal finger soiling, contemporary manuscript presentation inscription to front endpaper, all edges gilt, publisher's black morocco with elaborate gilt decoration to boards and spine of flower covered trellises, urns of flowers, birds and squirrels, worn and rubbed at extremities, 8vo The book combines hand-colouring with full colour-printing. This was the period of transition to mass produced chromolithographic technology away from hand coloured lithography. The plates are signed by Lewis & Brown & Co. Lewis and Brown were one of the first firms in the United States to produce chromolithographic illustrations for books. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, 1st edition, Frederick Warne, [1917], full-page colour illustrations, original green boards lettered in red, head of spine a trifle bumped, upper cover with inset colour illustration, 16mo, together with The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1st edition, Frederick Warne, 1910, full-page colour illustrations, manuscript names on front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper, original cream boards, slightly rubbed and dusty, head of spine a little frayed, inset colour illustration on upper cover, 16mo, plus seven other Beatrix Potter titles, mostly defective or reprints (9)

Manuscript. Black Bess, 2 volumes, late 19th century, calligraphic title-pages, forty pencil drawings in a juvenile hand, some heightened with bodycolour and traces of colour, mounted singly on rectos, each with neat manuscript caption below, tissue guards, second album with a number of blank leaves at rear, 19 x 16cm (7.5 x 6.25ins) and slightly smaller, original cloth albums, soiled, gilt lettered 'Scrap Book' on front covers, 4to Two carefully drawn picture storybooks, telling of the various exploits of Dick Turpin and his gallant steed, including the sad demise of both. (2)

Ashendene Press. The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Translated out of the Spanish by Thomas Skelton MDCXII, 2 volumes, Ashendene Press, 1927-28, woodcut initials and borders by W.M. Quick and George H. Ford after Louise Powell, text printed in black and red in Ptolemy type, designed by Emery Walker, double column, booklabels of Ken Tomkinson, original green full morocco, spines with raised bands and titled in gilt, contained in original thick card boxes, with manuscript titles (losses at head and foot of flaps), folio, limited edition, one of 225 copies on paper Tompkinson p.8. Provenance: Geoffrey Tomkinson, two purchase receipts from the Press, dated 1927-29 and signed by Charles Harry St. John Hornby, founder of the Ashendene Press, and a note thanking him for his order of the above work, dated January 1926, plus with a 2 pp. autograph letter signed from Hornby to Tomkinson, thanking him for sending details of his printing exhibition. An excellent set of the Ashendene Press's largest single work. (2)

Essex House Press. Alexander's Feast; Or, the Power of Music, by John Dryden, Essex House Press, 1904, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispece by Reginald Savage, printed in red and black, manuscript initials supplied in gold, red, green and blue, original blind-embossed vellum, one or two light marks, 8vo, limited edition 140 copies on vellum, this copy 'a retre' signed by C.R. Ashbee, with a presentation inscription at front: "Francis Langham, from her brother C.R. Ashbee" Tomkinson 51. (1)

Essex House Press. Tam O'Shanter, by Robert Burns, Essex House Press, 1902, wood-engraved frontispiece by William Strang, hand-coloured historiated initial, manuscript verse initials in blue, green and gold, a few minor spots, original blind-embossed vellum, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, limited edition, 87/150 copies on vellum Tomkinson 30. (1)

Haberly (Loyd). John Apostate. An Idyl of the Quays, Seven Acres Press, Long Crendon, 1927, woodcut title, initials and illustrations, opening leaf printed in red and black, original tan morocco, a little bowed, dust jacket, chip and small loss at head of spine, manuscript name of the press to spine, small 4to, limited edition, 5/125, together with Farewells, Seven Acres Press, 1927, woodcut title, booklabel of Ken Tomkinson, original vellum-backed boards, covers a little bowed, small 4to, limited edition, 12/300 (2)

Shakespeare Head Press. The Ballad of Agincourt and the Ode to the Virginian Voyage, by Michael Drayton, Shakespeare Head Press, 1926, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, residue to front endpaper from bookplate, original pigskin-backed boards, torn plain wrapper, slipcase titled in manuscript, small 4to, limited edition, one of 30 copies With a pencil presentation inscription at front: "G.S. Tomkinson from B.H. Newdigate, 2 April 1926". B.H. Newdigate was printer at the Shakespeare Head Press and also wrote the introduction for Tomkinson's A Select Bibliography of Modern Presses. (1)

Rossetti (Christina). Poems chosed by Walter de la Mare, published The Gregynog Press, 1930, additional half title, wood engraved portrait by R.A.Maynard from a drawing by D.G.Rossetti above the introduction, printed on Japanese vellum, partially uncut, limited edition 203/300, publisher's quarter pigskin gilt with marbled boards, 8vo, together with The Nonesuch Press, publishers, Love Poems of John Donne, with some account of his life taken from the writings in 1639 of Izaak Walton, 1923, portrait frontispiece, limited edition 242/1250 on hand-made Vidalon paper, partially untrimmed, paper with extensive watermarks, contemporary manuscript note to first front blank 'Herbert Simon from the Nonesuch Press, 1923', printed endpapers, quarter vellum with printed boards, 8vo, with Wright (John Buckland, illustrator), The Collected Sonnets of John Keats, published The Halcyon Press. A.A.M.Stols, Maastricht, 1930, woodcut portrait frontispiece, additional half title, woodcut illustrations throughout, limited edition 92/376, partially untrimmed, endpapers a little browned, publisher's blue cloth with gilt design to upper board, spin a little faded, 8vo, plus Bell (George, publisher), Poems by John Keats, Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, 1898, additional decorative half title, numerous illustrations throughout, printed on Japanese vellum, some pencil marginalia, limited edition 5/125, publisher's canvas boards, spine sunned, 8vo, and The Nonesuch Press, (publisher), X Sermons preached by that late learned and Rev. divine John Donne, Doctor in Divinity, once Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Pauls..., chosen by Geoffrey Keynes, 1923, title printed in red & black, additional half title, uncut and partially untrimmed, limited edition 701/725, publiser's quarter canvas with paper label to spine, spine sunned, large 8vo (5)

*Blunt (Wilfrid Scawen & Cockerell, Sydney). A large archive of several hundred letters, notecards, etc., circa 1898-1948, largely comprising large bundles of autograph letters to Sydney Cockerell ,or Blunt including those from Hon. Neville Stephen Lytton, Edith, Countess of Lytton, Christopher Draper, Lady Anne Blunt, Dorothy Carlton and E.A. Chandler, other correspondents include Anthony, Lord Lytton, Katie Webb, Sydney Cockerell himself, Charlot Geoffroy Dechaume and others, also including a holograph manuscript of Blunt's poem 'From the Arabic', a little spotting, 2 pp., 4to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922) was an English poet and writer, his wife being Lady Anne Blunt. Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) was an English museum curator and collector. From 1908 to 1937 he was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. He also acted a private secretary to William Morris, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and was Thomas Hardy's executor. The content of the letters is varied from personal and family matters to literary and scholarly themes. (a carton)

Burroughs (William S.). The Soft Machine, 1st edition, second state, Olympia Press, Paris, 1961, original green wrappers (light spots to spine), second state dust jacket with price 'New Francs 15' crossed through on front flap and sticker with manuscript price '18-' to lower green wrapper, dust jacket spine a little toned and edges rubbed, 8vo (1)

*Larkin (Philip, 1922-1985). Typed letter signed, 'Philip', University of Hull letterhead, 18 September 1973, to Arthur Burgess, 'I was even more surprised than you anticipated to find your letter this morning (I got back from holiday only last night), as I had dreamed of you recently, and this seemed to constitute a remarkable case of ESP. There is, however, a possible explanation: I have recently been asked to write something - anything - for the Old Coventrians' number of the school magazine, and I have been turning over my memories of 1930-40, and all sorts of recollections have been cropping up', thanking him for asking him to write in his copy of the 'Oxford Book' and though it hasn't pleased as many people as it ought to please it is selling well, noting a second impression is due shortly and that 'it was a fearful labour of some six years, and I am glad it is over', mentioning various mutual former acquaintances and friends and wondering what has happened to them, names include K.H.S. Mr Walker, Roe, Bish, Noel Hughes, Buck, Temple, Colin Gunner, and saying that Burgess's articles in 'The Coventrian' were always funnier than his, apologising for the dictated letter, and with a manuscript footnote that the names Buck and Temple after whom he asked were probably unknown to Burgess as these are St John's chemists, minor mark to left margin, 1 page, folio, together with a printed Order of Service for Larkin at Westminster Abbey on 14 February 1986, an entrance ticket, and a copy of Chambers (Harry, editor), An Enormous Yes, In Memoriam Philip Larkin (1922-1985), 1st edition, Peterloo Poets, 1986, a few illustrations, original printed wrappers, 8vo (4)

A Persian papier mâché mirror, with lift out panel decorated scenes of animals and foliage, heightened in gilt, 36.5cm x 24cm; a Persian framed and glazed manuscript, 35cm x 43.5cm overall; a Persian painting on mica, miniature picture depicting village life in inlaid frame; an Arabic symbol picture; and a Persian print etc.

A cased D. Leonardt & Co Manuscript pen with a complete set of nibs together with three various hip flasks

Education, early 20th century, five 'Log Books' for New Bushey (Evening) School, with manuscript notes of pupils and teachers, with dated entries (5)

A collection of twelve manuscript letters, early 19th century, written to Joshua Norminton of Halifax, liquor merchant, and including four from Benjamin Flower, (1755–1829), publisher and printer, of Harlow, English radical journalist and political writer, he writes mainly concerning requested books, with political and other comments, also one long letter expressing his strong views and religious beliefs (tear to fold), and also seven family letters to Norminton, two with 1D red (one torn) with Maltese Cross 1841 cancel, and a further letter from Richard Holden of Liverpool (12)

WAUGH (Arthur), Tradition and Change, Chapman and Hall 1919, 8vo, original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, spine a little sunned, inscribed by Arthur Waugh to his secretary Muriel Silk "For Muriel Silk, who endured so much of it first in manuscript, this tired old fashioned book. April ii 1919", with a printed memorial card from Arthur Waugh's funeral (June 26th 1943) loosely inserted.

Two manuscript notebooks with verses, amusing tales, clippings, jokes, etc., circa early 20th century (2)

Art and Architecture. Love's House, manuscript book of mounted photographs of room settings at no. 12 Cliveden Place, Chelsea, 1928, by Enid Lambart, each with descriptive text, half calf (cracked with clasp); D'ANVERS (N), Great Buildings of London, 1879, photographic plates, cloth gilt; SHEPHARD (Rupert), Passing Scene, Stourton Press 1966, colour plates, no. 85 of 200, signed by the artist, folio, GUADET (J) Elements de l'Architecture, three volumes only, illustrated, etc. (8)

BELLOC (Hilaire), The Girondin, Thomas Nelson 1911, 8vo, original cloth, first edition inscribed by Belloc to his very close friend Charlotte Balfour "For Charlotte Balfour from the author January 1915", also with manuscript notes by Belloc on the front endpapers forming the draft of a poem.

Duelling. Sworn statement in manuscript by witness Captain Richard Cobham signed by Justice of the Peace Rodney Ffane, of a fatal sword duel in Hyde Park in December 1700, when Captain Robert Swift killed Colonel Edward Dutton Colt; one page, now framed

Livesay after Hogarth, The Monument of a Spanish Embasador, Monument of the Lord Shorland, The Town of Queenborough, The Embarcation, four aquatints published 1781 (from the set of 9); with accompanying 'Hogarth's Tour' in manuscript, a circa late 18th century copy on Whatman laid paper of the account that was published in 1782 (being an account of Hogarth's peregrination in 1732); with a few other items, in a fodler

Ephemera. Liverpool interest. Including a stage coach ticket, lithograph, manuscript inventory, John Wilkes certificates, Tontine certificate, subscription to Botanical book.

A George III rent book 1784, covering Killinghall, Knaresbro Ferrensby, Wiston, Stillingfleet, Cawood, Bell Hall and Caburne in the County of York, manuscript, vellum bound, together with an assessment of the lands, tenements and hereditaments held in the same for the years 1813/14, manuscript, half calf.

Surveying. - Two note books containing drawings and manuscript notes relating to surveying and surveying methods, bound in vellum, (2).

With Manuscript Poem Heaney (Seamus) Night Drive, (Richard Gilbertson) n.d. [1970] Poems from Heaney's first two collections. Copy No 27 , with the Author's manuscript of Night Drive. Signed by author and dated 9th July 1970. V.g. in lightly soiled, stitched wrappers. From the total Edn. of 100 copies this is one of only 25 signed and dated by the author and with a poem in the author's manuscript, the poem here being ''Undine''. Of the other 75 copies, 45 had no manuscript poem, three had all the poems in manuscript, seventeen had ''The Dream'' in manuscript and ten had ''Night Drive''. Very scarce item. (1)

A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SALE CATALOGUES for book and manuscript sales including Sothebys, Phillips, Bonhams etc

[DOWDING HUGH]: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. An original manuscript prepared by historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) while writing and researching his book Dowding and the Battle of Britain (1969). The lengthy manuscript, entitled First Draft Outline consists of 4to pages, divided into ten sections, with various neatly arranged holograph notes and observations by Wright regarding the structure of his book. VG

GUSTAV III: (1746-1792) King of Sweden 1771-92. The last absolute ruler of Sweden, the King was assassinated at a Masked Ball at the Opera House in Stockholm. D.S., Gustav, as King, two pages, folio, Stockholm, 11th December 1776. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Baron Hermann Flemming to be a Second Adjutant of the Life Dragoon Royal Regiment. Signed by the King at the conclusion immediately above a blind embossed paper seal. With blank integral leaf. A light circular stain appears to the first page, evidently caused by the seal, only very slightly affecting the text (which remains perfectly legible), otherwise VG

DUCKWORTH JOHN: (1748-1817) British Admiral who served during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. L.S., J T Duckworth, three pages, folio, Newfoundland, 20th October 1810, to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The manuscript letter is marked Duplicate, and Duckworth writes to inform his correspondents of some Bills which have been drawn for the purpose of paying the salaries due to the Officers of the Supreme Court and Surrogates of Newfoundland, continuing to list thirteen individuals and the amounts that they have received. Duckworth also states that he has drawn a Bill in favour of James Macbraine, Captain Commandant of the Loyal Volunteers of St. John's, in payment of rations for the corps and another to John Bland, High Sheriff of Newfoundland. Some small tears to the edges and a few long, neat splits at the folds, and some light, minor staining, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature, G Duckworth served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland from 1810-12.

ARNOLD THOMAS: (1795-1842) English Educator & Historian, headmaster of Rugby School from 1828-41. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.late 1830s). The page comprises various holograph notes, in Latin, in three sections headed A.U.C. 547, A.U.C. 548 and A.U.C. 549, and are research notes made by Arnold in preparation for his History of Rome. Accompanied by Arthur Stanley (1815-1881) English Churchman, Dean of Westminster. A.L.S., The Dean of Westminster, in the third person (although also signed with his initials A.P.S. at the conclusion), two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London?), 22nd July 1872, to Mrs. Griffin, apologising for the long delay in replying to his correspondent's letter and explaining 'He put it aside to look for an autograph of Dr. Arnold - & not finding one at the moment overlooked Mrs. Griffin's application' and continuing 'He encloses the only autograph which he can lay his hand. It is part of Dr. Arnold's notes for his Roman History'. Some light age wear, a few small tears to the edge of Arnold's manuscript and slight traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG, 2 Arnold's unfinished History of Rome was published in three volumes 1838-42.

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Large portion of a D.S., R Walpole (a good, bold example), one page, 8vo, Court at [Saint Ja]mes's, 18th March 1740. The portion of the Treasury warrant bears four partial lines of manuscript text and relates to a sum of £84.19.00. Signed by Walpole at the foot and countersigned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury William Clayton (1671-1752) 1st Baron Sundon, British Politician and George Treby (c.1684-1742) British Politician. Very slightly irregularly torn to two edges, VG

ABERCROMBY RALPH: (1734-1801) Scottish Lieutenant General, noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1798. D.S., Ra: Abercromby, one page, large oblong folio, Barbados, 28th March 1796. The manuscript document is addressed to Louis Druault and is a military commission appointing him to be a Major Commandant of the Principal Corps of Guadaloupe Rangers and Captain of a Company in the same Corps. Signed by Abercromby at the foot alongside a plain red wax seal. Some very slight age wear and a few minor stains and a few small tears to the edges of folds, about VG

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P. R., (a good example), as Prince Regent, on behalf of King George III, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 11th March 1811. The manuscript document is addressed to the Bishop of London and is a warrant for a Collection for the Poor, stating, in part, 'Being informed that the Poorer sort of Our Subjects in & about Our City of London do suffer great Hardships at this time, and being graciously disposed to do all that lies in us for their relief & support; We have thought fit heartily to recommend it to you & hereby expressly require you to take care that Publication be made in all Parish churches within Our said City….that the Church Wardens or Overseers of the Poor do the week following collect the Benevolence of Charitable & well disposed people at their respective Dwellings within each Parish for and towards the support & relief of Our said Poor Subjects….the several sums so collected to be paid immediately into the Chamber of London to be distributed to the several Parishes as the Lord Mayor….& you shall think fit & direct. And that Our own example may not be wanting, Our further Pleasure is, that you call upon Our Commissioners of Our Treasury for such sum of money as We have directed & appointed to be paid….' Countersigned at the conclusion by Richard Ryder (1766-1832) British Politician, Home Secretary 1809-12. With integral address leaf. VG John Randolph (1749-1813) British Scholar & Cleric, Bishop of London 1809-13

PAUL I: (1754-1801) Emperor of Russia 1796-1801. L.S., Pavel, in Cyrillic, one page, 4to, 1796, to Lieutenant General Svechin, Commandant of Saint Petersburg, in Cyrillic. The manuscript letter states, in full, 'Your diligent and firm fulfilment of the duty has drawn Our attention, and as a sign of Our Monarchal benevolence We most graciously appoint you holder of the second class order of Saint Anna, and forward the insignia which We order you to carry'. With blank integral leaf. VG

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Typed Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. The manuscript, which features a few small holograph corrections by Du Maurier, is entitled Doctor Carfax discusses the Long Stone with the Notary from Brittany, Monsieur Ledru and was evidently used by Du Maurier in preparation Castle Dor. The manuscript states, in part, 'Why, man, I pass that long Stone (as we call it) almost every day of my life : have examined it many times with the aid of a ladder - for it has been planted upright since its removal from its original site, a rood or two distant, and was a funeral slab carved to lie horizontally - in which position it was found. You have seen it. I helped your fingers trace the Cunomori or Cunowori filius. The jacet can be deciphered by aid of faith. The full inscription begins at the top of the up-ended stone and is actually undecipherable. I have tried it with a magnifying glass, under various altitudes of the sun. I have taken rubbings. But the granite is so eroded that nobody can faithfully report of that part of the inscription. Knowing what I do of granite I avow that the erosion has been considerable even in my lifetime……' Two paperclip rust stains to the right edge of the first page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, and with some light creasing. Together with an A.L.S., Syb, by an unidentified friend of Du Maurier, four pages, 4to, Garrick Avenue, London, 14th March 1940, to Du Maurier ('Dearest Daph'). The lady writes a largely social letter to Du Maurier, referring to a payment for a statuette and the illness of a mutual acquaintance, 'You know, Daph, it sounds to me like delayed concussion, which is bad….Angela says if I go down, it might frighten her, which is such rot - people must know when they are ill, I never do believe in hiding facts….I know Mo is a bad patient, very irritable, bless her heart, but to say it may make trouble with the servants if I go is silly….The Dr. says she must be kept cheerful - that's a tall order these days of this foul war. The papers don't help one to be very cheerful, do they?' Some light age wear, G to about VG, 2 Castle Dor is a historical novel by Daphne Du Maurier, published in 1961 after she had completed the unfinished manuscript of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's last novel. Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy, had given her blessing for Du Maurier to complete the work.

PETER I: (1672-1725) Peter the Great. Emperor of Russia 1721-25. A fine D.S., Peter, in Cyrillic, as Emperor, one page, small 4to, Saint Petersburg, 10th May 1723. The boldly penned manuscript document, in Cyrillic, is an Edict to the College of War (numbered 41) and is an order to pay the salary of General Prince Golitsyn who is appointed to the campaign, instructing that the salary is 'to be paid according to the ordinance, without deducting a quarter, for his campaign'. With blank integral leaf. VG Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1675-1730) Russian Prince and Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the occupation forces in Finland during the Great Northern War 1714-21.

DAVIDSON JOHN: (1857-1909) Scottish Poet, known for his ballads. Autograph Poem Signed, John Davidson, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1896/7). The manuscript poem is entitled Sunset and is a sestet of four stanzas of six lines each, beginning 'By down and shore the Southwest bore/ The scent of hay, an airy load:/ As if at fault it seemed to halt/ Then, softly whispering, took the road/ To haunt the evening like a ghost/ Or some belated pilgrim lost' and concluding 'Where shadow fell in glade and dell/ Uncovered shoulders nestled deep/ And here and there the braided hair/ Of rosy goddesses asleep:/ For in a moment clouds may be/ Dead, and instinct with deity'. Signed by Davidson at the foot. Autograph manuscripts of Davidson are scarce, not least due to his suicide at the age of 50. The page has at one stage been torn horizontally at the centre (not affecting the text) and is repaired to the verso. Some light creasing, age wear and a few minor tears at the edges, not affecting the text or signature, about G The present manuscript poem differs very slightly to the version in New Ballads (published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1897), a photocopy of which is included in the lot.

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, to the lower half of the second page of an original typed manuscript prepared by Shaw, two pages, 4to, Adelphi Terrace, 2nd August 1926, to Leonard Woolf ('My dear Woolf'). Shaw writes, in full, 'Here is my expansion of your questionnaire. Many of the original questions were ambiguous. I don't think any of these can be answered by a double entendre. I am just starting for Italy, dead beat'. The typescript is entitled Suggested Amendment of The Nation Questionnaire on Religious Belief by Bernard Shaw and comprises seventeen numbered questions including '1. Do you believe in an anthropomorphic God, external to his creatures?....3. Do you believe in personal immortality? 4. Do you desire personal immortality; and if so, is it for your own sake or for the sake of some beloved deceased whom you wish to meet again?....7. Are you an active member of a Church?....9. Do you believe that the Universe is a product of accidental physical and chemical action, cold, indifferent and meaningless? If so, to what do you attribute the difference between a dead body and a living one? 10. Do you believe in heaven or hell as actual spatial localities in the Universe in which immortal souls spend eternity?.....12. Do you believe in any form of evolution?.....14. Do you accept the first chapter of Genesis as historical?.....' An interesting letter and manuscript. A slight paperclip rust stain appears to the upper left corner of each page, not affecting the text or signature, and with some slight creasing, otherwise about VG Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) English Political Theorist & Author, husband of Virginia Woolf. The Nation was a political weekly newspaper formed in 1921. Woolf served as literary editor from 1923-30.

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, (a bold example), as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 21st May 1822. The manuscript document is addressed to the Chairman, Justices of the Peace and High Sheriff for the County of Stafford and is a warrant granting a remission of a sentence to William James ('tried and convicted of stealing fowls') who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, stating, in part, '…in consideration of some favourable circumstances humbly represented unto us…[we]…Remit unto him such part of his said sentence as remains yet to be undergone and performed. Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you cause him…to be forthwith discharged out of Custody'. Countersigned at the conclusion by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30 and Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some very slight age wear and a couple of minor, neat splits at the edges of the folds. Some slight staining caused by the seal only very slightly affects Peel's signature. About VG

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, husband of Queen Victoria. D.S., Albert, two pages, folio, Buckingham Palace, 5th May 1840. The manuscript document grants Sir John Kirkland of Pall Mall, Westminster, power of attorney to act as the Prince's lawful agent and attorney in respect of pay, allowances and clothing relating to Her Majesty's Land Forces. Signed by Prince Albert at the conclusion alongside a red wax seal. With integral leaf bearing contemporary docket. Some light age wear, VG

LOPOKOVA LYDIA: (1892-1981) Russian Ballerina, wife of the economist John Maynard Keynes. An interesting autograph M.S., Lydia Lopokova, three pages, 4to, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 1929). The manuscript is a review of The Ball, a Russian Ballet at Covent Garden, which Lopokova prepared for publication in The Nation, and states, in part, 'After the throbbing "Prodigal Son" M. Diaghileff has presented us again with a sort of patisserie in a lighter vein; This time I find the a new ballet whose form it is difficult to understand, because it is so modern or perhaps because there is not much in it. The ingenuity of Balanchin's poses and movements is over-startling; there are so many different elements in his composition, steps and positions movements coming once and never repeated or developed, that they seem, sometimes, to lose significance'. Lopokova further expresses her views on the choreography ('lively, muscular and pretty - but not inspiring'), praises the dancing of Dolin and Danilova and criticises the music of Rieti ('too thin for the occasion') and also writes of the set design, 'The joy and beauty of this ballet is to be found in Chirico's décor. One could foresee that his talent would be suited to the stage, but the effects surpassed expectations. The vision to the eye is fascinating, chic and beautiful at the same time. This is the smartest ballet we have seen for many seasons'. She concludes with her thoughts of Boris Kochno, 'The public is getting used to seeing Mr. Kochno's name on the programme, but they may not appreciate how much the new ballets owe to him. He has played a much greater part in devising and putting on these ballets than used to belong to the writers of the scenarios. Though I do not like "The Ball" so well, I think that in "The Prodigal Son" M. Kochno has brought very important touches to the ballet, and one hopes he will continue along these lines, and perhaps, join with Balanchine to bring back some kind of new classical ballet which shall absorb the inspiration of the new technique in the same sort of way that the painters to-day have absorbed the lessons of Cubism'. With several light pencil annotations in an unidentified hand and also with various ink alterations (marked in bold in the above description), most likely in the hand of John Maynard Keynes. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG The Ball is a ballet written by librettist Boris Kochno to music by Vittorio Reiti and choreographed by Georges Balanchine. It was first performed at the Monte Carlo Opera on 7th May 1929 and was performed eight times during July 1929 at Covent Garden. Boris Kochno (1904-1990) Russian Poet, Dancer & Librettist. In 1920 Kochno became Sergei Diaghilev's secretary, librettist and eventually main collaborator.