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A late 19th/early 20th century watercolour armorial, painted with the coat of arms of Simmonds, picked out in gilt, 20cm x 15cm, the verso with an enveloped manuscript letter being an Expilanation of the Arms of Simmonds (sic), Birmingham postmark July 1947

A Fine German Renaissance gilt brass and iron hexagonal table clock Stamped... A Fine German Renaissance gilt brass and iron hexagonal table clock Stamped with initials M L , mid to late 16th century The posted twin fusee movement with pinned iron-capped brass spring barrels concealed between two horizontal plates in the base beneath posted frame with four fine slender double baluster turned uprights, the going train now with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum swinging to the rear, the strike train set behind the going train incorporating twin-arbor warned release and sounding the hours via a vertically pivoted hammer on a bell mounted on top of the clock, the exterior with moulded cornice and geometric panel decorated frieze over twenty-four hour dial with stylised bird and fruiting foliage engraved centre within punch-stamped Arabic numeral chapter ring with touch pieces to the moulded outer margin, set over a shaped scribed panel enclosing further scrolling foliate and centred with a winding square, the sides with twin panel doors engraved with standing figures of Adam and Eve to the right and a pair of allegorical females to the left, the angles with conforming vertical geometric bands and the rear engraved after Hans Sebald Beham with Christ standing on a globe and holding the standard of the crucifixion beneath dove emblematic of the Holy Spirit, the lower margin with small panel decorated with a reclining female, the plinth base with complex moulded dado over foliate engraved panels centred with roundels featuring four profile busts to the sides and indistinct armorial crest to the front incorporating the stamped initials M L , on conforming moulded skirt incorporating leaf engraved ogee moulded foot, (alarm mechanism removed), 22cm (8.625ins) high. Provenance: The beneficiaries of the Estate of an Italian connoisseur collector of horological artefacts and works of art. The current lot can be compared to an example illustrated in Tardy LA PENDULE FRANCAIS, 3'me Partie: Provinces et Etranger on page 314. The hexagonal form echoes that of contemporary French examples however differs in the that trains are laid out with the strike behind the going rather than the usual French system of having one above the other. The use of iron for the wheelwork would indicate a date prior to 1580 although the inclusion of brass for the walls of the spring barrels would suggest that the clock was made closer to 1580 than 1550. The strike train also incorporates twin-arbor warning which although is known to have been in use by around 1480 (see Leopold, J. H. The Almanus Manuscript ) seems to have been rarely adopted until the introduction of the English lantern clock in its fully developed form in around 1600. The rear of the clock incorporates an engraved view of Christ standing on a globe holding the standard of crucifixion with a dove emblematic of the Holy Spirit above. Typically such decoration was often copied from a contemporary engraved source - in this case an engraving executed by Hans Sebald Beham in 1546. The panels to the sides of the case are probably also copied from similar sources however these have yet to be identified. The base also incorporates an armorial crest to the front panel, unfortunately wear and degradation to the surface now renders this crest indistinct however closer examination and specialist research may result in the family for whom the clock was made to be identified.

CHARLES KINGSLEY. 56 page manuscript sermon by Dean Stanley. titled in gilt on cover " M.S. sermon on Canon Kingsley by Dean Stanley, 1/2 mor worn and stained, sm 4to nd (this is the first draft of a subsequently published work)

dating: last quarter of the 17th Century provenance: Tuscany Two-stage, octagonal and round, 18.5 mm cal. barrel, with frames at the girdle, signed "Domenico Lorilli di Pistoia" (CLP and crowned monogram "FM"), broad sight and silver foresight; snaphaunce flintlock, signed "Francesco Capineri" and engraved with floral motifs; Tuscan-like walnut stock sculpted with 17th Century style motifs; brass mounts featuring remains of original gilding, solid counter-plate engraved with a hunting scene, original iron-tipped wooden ramrod (repaired at the centre).Lock published by Nolfo di Carpegna in "A Summery of Notes on Central Italian Firearms of the Eighteenth Century" and in "Art, Arms and Armour - An International Anthology" di Robert Held, pages 321 fig. 14. Provenance: Antique Private Collection from Bologna. Bibliography: Carlo de Vita, "Il trattato di Archibuseria" (di Antonio Tozzi), manuscript kept in the Vatican Apostolic Library, published by Czerny's International Auction House srl, Sarzana, 2000. Bruno Barbiroli, "Repertorio storico degli archibugieri, CLUEB, Bologna, 1012. dimensions: length 172.5 cm.

GRAND TOUR - Manuscript Journal : 'Narrative of a Journal &c from Middlethorpe Hall commencing the first of January 1814. By M. Todd.' [Mathew Todd], Manuscript journal of over 400 pages, with several watercolour illustrations, inc. an original crayon portrait of Mathew Joseph Todd, dated Geneva 1815, half calf worn, 4to. * Notes A detailed account of a Grand Tour, beginning with a vivid description of a supernatural haunting at Grimstone Lodge. Middlethorpe Hall is a 17th century country house near York. It is now owned by the National Trust, and run as a four-star hotel.

MANUSCRIPT VOLUME - Notes of a Tour in the Lake District May 1863,: cloth, 8vo, the volume is interspersed with prints of Lake District landmarks.

ROYALTY : Queen Elizabeth,the Queen Mother [1900-2002], three manuscript letters in the hand of and signed 'Elizabeth R', to Bryan Basset, two on Clarence House headed notepaper, 1975, 1975, 1982. (3)

THE KORAN: Illuminated manuscript, over 300 pp. contemporary leather flipover (detached), gilt painted page edges, 175 x 110mm, written mainly in black, red and gilt with illuminated margin pieces, 19th century. With a bookplate of Boston Congressional Library.

LISKEARD ... LAUNCESTON : an album containing 16 manuscript documents, letters, etc mainly 17th century, some relating to East Cornwall, and some fragments of illuminated manuscripts, folio, diced calf. * one document relates to a murder case

ALBUM Notitia Topographica : or, Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery of the Isle of Wight :and also of the Southern Coast of England ... in the years 1826 and 1828 - 2 volumes in manuscript with illustrations inc. watercolours of Cornish mining scenes, half calf, oblong 4to, 19th cent. (2)

ELIOT, T. S - The Elder Statesman : cloth torn d/w, 8vo, 1959. With 3 other works signed by the authors. (4) * The Eliot incs. A manuscript poem.

BOTALLACK : Manuscript indenture on paper, 4 folio pages, granting the right to 'search for Tin, Tin Ore, and Tin Stuff', at Wheal Hazard, on land owned by one Frances Boscawan, dated 1777. * mining sett document

LEACH, Bernard : [book in Japanese] - illust, 4to, in org. signed box, 1966, with a signed manuscript poem, and sketch of a pot by Bernard Leach. With other Leach pottery catalogues, and books relating to the Penwith artists. (a lot)

LORD HORATIO NELSON, 1st Viscount Nelson : (1758-1805) - a nine line manuscript note/letter in the hand of, and signed [Nelson Bronte], addressed to Capt. [James?] Dunbar, from Amerydon Downs, dated Oct. 4th, 1801. * Notes In Nelson's shaky left hand. Nelson is known in correspondence to have excused himself for not writing longer letters due to not being naturally left handed. Nelson lost his right arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797. *Provenance : Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Autograph Letters, 10th November, 1893, lot 21.

ENGLISH SCHOOL (19th Century), Half length portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, of the composer Robert Schuman, wearing a white stock and black coat, holding a manuscript and standing in landscape, watercolour, 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" (framed and glazed)

1811 June, Entire letter to London, bearing very fine framed "GIBRALTAR" arc in red, rated 5/4 in manuscript, reverse bears fine London "FOREIGN" cds for Au 7 1811, light filing crease but very clean

Royal Navy Interest: A collection of 24 manuscript warrants and letters, and a salary abstract dating from 1601-1833; many of the warrants from dockyard commissioners to the Clerk of the Cheque regarding provisioning and allowances; others relating to the control of abuses including restrictions on the usage of timber (1692), discharge of a shipwright (1699), the destruction of game by officers when in harbour at Portsmouth (1698) and '...Notorious abuses and frauds...committed...amongst the Sawyers...' (25)

Sir Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) Auf Wiedersehen, autographed manuscript of the version for piano quintet, four pages large 4to, signed at the head, together with proofs for this version (Novello 1909), neatly corrected in red ink by the composer, seven pages on separate leaves; proofs for individual instruments, violins, viola and cellos, and several orchestral instruments, relating to the version for small orchestra, circa thirty-three pages, annotated and corrected throughout by the composer; a complete proof score of the original version for violin and piano (dedicated to Elgar's friend W H (Billy) Reid, Novello 1908) with annotations probably in a different hand, and a separate violin part; the autograph manuscript of Dan Godfrey's version as a 'Morceau for Military Band', nine pages with title page, signed at the head by Godfrey/Note: This is one of Brewer's most popular works, which exists also in a version for organ Condition Report: These seem to have there indexes and are in good condition

Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919-2014) "Thomas Street, Auckland Park (Wash Day)" signed; with labels verso oil on board 20 x 36cms; 8 x 14 1/4in; Sold together with a manuscript letter from the Artist describing the scene. See illustration

Outstanding Military Cross group court mounted as worn to 25035034 Sgt Trevor (Speedie) Coult Royal Irish Regt - Military Cross (25035034 Cpl T R Coult R. Irish 2006), CSM QE2 for Northern Ireland (25035034 RGR T R Coult R. Irish), Iraq Medal 2004 with 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 clasp (25035034 RGR T R Coult R. Irish), Operational Service Medal 2000 with Afghanistan clasp (25035034 Cpl T R Coult R. Irish), NATO Services Medal with ISAF clasp, 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal, 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal, Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (silver hallmarked) (25035034 Cpl T R Coult R. Irish), and Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 (25035034 Sgt T R Coult 1.R. Irish). Plus two loose Rosettes. Served 1994 - Feb 2015, Cyprus, NI, Canada, Oman, Brunei, Kenya, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan, 10 operational tours, over 100 engagements, in 2006 Cpl Coult was involved in Operation Mountain Thurst, on July 16th 200 British Paratroopers were airlifted to take the town (Sangin) and lift the siege, part of the operation was a handpicked platoon from the 1st Bn R.Irish Regt. The lot also includes his Citation 6th November 2005, congratulatory letters from Major R E R Morphew 2006, and Major General G R Coward OBE Commander Joint Helicopter Command, from Peter D. Robinson MP MLA East Belfast, Lieut C Clark RN Equerry to The Duke of York, from Brigadier R L Scott-Bowden MBE ADC (Director of Infantry), from Lieut General J N R Houghton CBE Chief of Joint Operations, and from Colonel W M Campbell OBE Regimental Colonel The Royal Irish Regiment. A photo of Sgt Coult meeting President Bush at the White House (signed by Bush), plus a photo of Bush having just given Sgt Coult the Seal of the President of the United States Medallion on 17 March 2008 (St Patrick's Day) (this also with lot). 3x photos of The Queen presenting Sgt Coult the Military Cross. Plus several photos, his original Map that he carried near the Iraq/Kuwait boarder, two original Diaries kept by Coult for Afghanistan 2008 and Helmand. End of Emergency Tour/Attachment/Detachment Report Mar 06 to Oct 06 Operation Herrick 4. Five large scrapbooks of newspaper cutting kept by his family. Plus Trevor Coult's book 'First into Sangin' published by Xlibris "A very real and gutsy military memoir from a modern day British hero..has to be read" Bob Shepherd. His original manuscript, case for the MC, and his Uniform. His Citation Reads as follows.. Lance Corporal Coult has been employed as a Team Commander in the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment throughout his Iraq tour. He was a member of the UK Protection Force based in Baghdad, providing security for and escorting the Senior British Military Representatives - Iraq and Senior UK Service personnel. At the time of his tour, Baghdad was the scene for very numerous lethal insurgent attacks against Coalition Forces on a daily basis. On the 6th November 2005 Lance Corporal Coult was a member of an escort task, travelling along Route IRISH form Baghdad International Airport to the Green Zone, assessed to be the most dangerous road in the world. The task consisted of 3 Snatch Land Rovers providing protection for 2 heavy logistic vehicles. Lance Corporal Coult was top cover sentry in the rear vehicle, a role he was conducting for the first time. Approaching Check Point 540 the lead Snatch stopped due to a suspicious vehicle parked at the road side. With a specific and substantial threat form suicide vehicle bomb explosive devices, the top cover sentries in the lead Snatch tried to move the suspicious vehicle, but instead it moved towards the convoy. With a clear and unambiguous immediate threat to life, three warning shots were fired. Despite this activity Lance Cpl Coult steadfastly observed his arcs, not being drawn to the activity at the front of the convoy. With all attention focussed to the front, 3 gunmen opened fire from a flank with extensive automatic gunfire aimed at the stationary vehicles. Lance Cpl Coult immediately realised the complex and dual nature of this lethal ambush. He scanned his arcs and quickly identified the gunmen. Amidst considerable incoming small arms fire, with tracer striking the ground beside the logistic vehicles, he calmly controlled the other top cover sentries, gave precise target information over his personal radio, returned fire and controlled the movement of his vehicle. His accurate and effective fire suppressed the gunmen and enabled the 2 logistic vehicles to extract from the killing zone, thereby undoubtedly saving the lives of the logistic vehicle crews. Lance Corporal Coult’s Snatch remained in the killing zone covering the extraction of the other vehicles, one of which stalled. He ordered his vehicle to be driven alongside the stalled vehicle attracting considerable additional incoming fire. This selfless act saved the stalled vehicle from being immobilised and the crew from becoming casualties. Throughout this complex and well prepared insurgent ambush, Lance Cpl Coult returned proportional, justified and accurate fire, remaining totally focussed, and acted in a considerable, professional and courageous manner. Lance Corporal Coult’s actions undoubtedly save the lives of the logistic soldiers. On his first day as top cover in Baghdad, he showed outstanding judgement, bravery and restraint in returning fire against the enemy. His life saving actions, personal and tactical control, with total disregard to his own safety, are an indictment of the highest qualities of a British JNCO in the face of the enemy and are richly deserving of official recognition'. An excellent lot worthy of inspection.

An Edwardian mahogany music cabinet, mirror to back, having a glazed door enclosing fitted shelves, with a manuscript compartment section below

'RECEIPTS' - Medicinal & Cookery, vellum bound octavo notebook of approx. 90 leaves, (somewhat distressed), in closely-written manuscript. ( mid to later 18th cent.)

MISCELLANY - 'Odds and Ends': a manuscript magazine (180pp. text & a coloured illus., illuminated title claims this to be the hundreth issue; Notebook - pencil text of Barnard Castle holiday (1910); 1817 letter - purchase of bronzes; Building Age (magazine, 9 issues, 1912-14); & miscellaneous others of interest, including some newspapers

[STORIES FROM THE RECTORY] - and presumably for the rectory children (? by the rector or his wife), in 4 small manuscript vols. (approx. 9 x 6cms.), some 900pp. in total with 16 delightful original coloured illus., 'home bindings of variously decorated cloth. 1861-63. * apparently written from Hewish Rectory (Somerset) and titled 'Millie & Hermie' (1861), 'Herbert & Millie' (1861); 'Millie Vernon' (1862) & Archie Melville (1863); charming literary excursions, redolent of Victorian rainy days, or autumnal afternoons when dusk fell early. Illustrated

Collection of sheet music & manuscript

Account Book for 'Slops, Cloaths, Beds etc', issued on board HMS Monarch (Commander Captain Adam Duncan) between December 1779 and September 1780, vellum bound folio, approx 350pp manuscript pages dealing with issues to each seaman, together with appropriate pay deductions. Duncan was later promoted to Admiral, became a public hero and was raised to the peerage. HMS Monarch participated in 13 recorded battles including Cape St Vincent (1)

A possibly Greek Orthodox religious panel depicting the Madonna and Child with disciples and angels, gilt painted on a wooden board, 32cm and a French gilt embroidered manuscript, framed, 16cm by 12cm

English School (19th Century) Studies of Napoleon Bonaparte, in profile, one of Napoleon seated on a cannon, wearing his green Chasseurs coat, braided in red inscribed with title pen, ink and watercolour, unframed, 21 x 17cm and 16 x 13cm (2) A similar study of Napoleon standing at the canon can be found in the journal of John R. Glover, Secretary to Admiral Cockburn, which is after an original watercolour by Denzil Ibbetson, depicting Napoleon leaning against a cannon onboard the ship taking him to the island of St. Helena in 1815 following his second abdication. A manuscript of Glover's journal was sold at Bonhams, November 2009. Both unframed - the smaller one has a torn and missing upper right-hand corner and has a black spot along the bottom edge. The cannon one has creased paper.

Early 19th Century French School, Paris 1820 Taxidermy: "The Paper Factory," An exceptionally fine, rare and interesting early 19th Century Diorama in two sections of a working factory, staffed by mice, busily preparing, and making paper of all types and colours, for the Government, for private use, marbled papers for the book binders, etc. Both parts filled with all kinds of equipment, book press,metal stove, water tanks, stools, ladders, buckets, clocks, and varied tools, together with manuscript signs in French,bundles of paper etc, approx. 52cms x 42cms (20 1/2" x 16 1/2"), dated Paris 1820. In a wooden case, with glazed front. An important and unique item. (1)

Wine - Port: 1922 Vintage Wames? 1 Bottle, with printed label "Made in Portugal," and manuscript label identifying vintage. (1)

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. A good, large D.S., William R, as King, at the head, two pages, large folio, n.p., n.d. (1690). The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney or Solicitor General and is a warrant for the preparation of 'a bill fr. our Royall Signature to passe the Great Seale of England containing a Grant from us and our Dearest Consort the Queene to Our Right Trusty and Intirely beloved Cousin and Councellour Thomas Marquesse of Carmarthon President of our Privy Councell (in consideraron of the good faithfull and particular services wch. he hath performed unto us and for other good causes.....) of the....yearly Rent, payment or summe of Three thousand five hundred poundes of lawfull English money....' and further stating that the funds be raised by the Postmaster General from the Post Office revenue for 'Postage or carriage of Letters Pacquetts or other things wthin. our Kingdome of England or elsewhere.....'. The two pages of the document are neatly tied together at the head. Some small tears to the edges, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG Thomas Osborne (1632-1712) 1st Duke of Leeds and 1st Marquess of Carmarthen. English Statesman who served in a variety of offices under King Charles II and King William III, including Lord High Treasurer 1673-79 and Lord President of the Council 1689-99.

FEODOROVNA ALEXANDRA: (1798-1860) Empress Consort of Russia 1825-55, wife of Emperor Nicholas I and mother of Emperor Alexander II. An unusual and intriguing manuscript poem, in an elegant but unidentified hand, in Cyrillic, with the holograph addition 'Name to be spoken' in the Empress Consort's hand at the foot, also in Cyrillic, above what appears to be a monogram, possibly incorporating the initial A, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. The fair copy comprises eighteen lines and is the text of a poem by Vasily Zhukovsky dedicated to Prince Orlov, in part, 'There lives a Count Orlov in the Russian Kingdom, He is kind, clever, good-looking and healthy, But the bad thing is that for a whole year, He has had a good time, In his white peak cap....His Excellency Count Orlov, He has no money to buy a new one, But a charitable soul, Bought a new peak cap, And gave it to the Count'. With blank integral leaf. With a couple of contemporary pencil annotations and some very minor, extremely light staining, otherwise VG Provenance: the present poem originates from the archives of the Orlov family including Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1787-1862) Russian Diplomat and one of the most trusted agents of Tsar Nicholas I, to whom the poem is dedicated. Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852) Russian Poet, a leading figure in Russian literature during the first half of the 19th century. Zhukovsky held a high position in the Romanov court as tutor to Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna, and later to her son, the future Tsar Alexander II.

MARY II: (1662-1694) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-94, reigned alongside her husband King William III. D.S., Marie R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 22nd April 1692. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and is a warrant for the payment of Four Thousand Pounds to be made to John Braguiere, and instructing that the money is 'to be distributed by him amongst the distressed French Protestants as Our Charity and Benevolence to them for and towards their Reliefe and Subsistance'. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin. British Politician, First Lord of the Treasury 1684-85, 1690-99 & 1700-01, Richard Hampden (1631-1695) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690-94, Stephen Fox (1627-1716) English Politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80, Edward Seymour (1632/33-1708) British Nobleman, Speaker of the House of Commons 1673-78, 1678-79, Treasurer of the Navy 1673-81 and Charles Montagu (1661-1715) 1st Earl of Halifax. English Poet & Statesman, Commissioner of the Treasury 1692-94, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1694-99 and First Lord of the Treasury 1697-99, 1714-15. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and neat splitting at the folds, only slightly affecting one word of text and not the signatures, otherwise VG Provenance: The present document is accompanied by the original sales receipt of noted dealer Paul C. Richards, dated 22nd March 1966, and indicating that the document appeared in his Catalogue 19 as item number 319 at a price of $100. The receipt is made out to the well known autograph collector Dr. Herbert E. Klingelhofer (1915-2015) who served as President of the Manuscript Society and co-edited Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual (1978).

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

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

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 24th August 1960, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier states that she has been invited to watch her correspondent unveil the Long Stone at Four Turnings ('Or rather, unveil the plaque that has recently been placed there for all the world to see - the Guardsman [her husband, Frederick Browning] and I have been wondering how many accidents will occur, when approaching motorists suddenly stop and stare….') and confirming that she will be present, 'bearing in my pocket a flask of brandy - knowing your fluttering heart on these occasions'. Du Maurier continues to write of the guests and nannies currently in her home, explaining that the children are as quiet as mice and commenting 'Nevertheless I notice the Guardsman has developed your father's good old strategy of murmuring something about matches and leaving the drawing-room for periods of time. It is an excellent dodge, but I myself mutter words about "catching the post" which stands in equal stead. (Also, I seem to think, a trick of your father's, but working even better for him because he could actually take a package down to the Post Office, whereas we have no such excuse but must wait for the Mail van to call.)' She also sends news of her current work, 'Branwell is safely at the printers, and I am having a quiet moment (when I can snatch it) going through Castle Dor and roughing down snatches of dialogue between Dr. Carfax and Monsieur Ledru where slight elaboration seems to be necessary (I feel it is taken to much for granted at present that the reader knows his Tristan) and I must say I enjoy myself seeing how I can keep the pair in character…..Still feel the 1914 war is an error, and would much prefer to set the story about 1860 (just after the railway line was finished between Plymouth and Penzance) and keep it there. Your father's fashion of telling the tale, and his dialogue, suits that period so much better….' A small tape stain appears to the head of the first and final pages, only very slightly affecting two words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. The work which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter is Castle Dor, a historical novel based around the legend of Tristan and Iseult, but set in 19th century Cornwall. The main characters are a Breton onion seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly wed Linnet Lewarne. Published in 1961, Du Maurier 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.

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

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. D.S., Daphne du Maurier, one page, 4to, n.p. (Cornwall?), 7th April 1961. The typed document is an agreement made between Du Maurier and her friend, Foy Quiller-Couch, whom it states is 'sole owner of the unencumbered copyright of a novel begun by her father, the late Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch of Fowey, Cornwall, but uncompleted by him, and to be called "Castle Dor". The document states that Quiller-Couch requested Du Maurier to complete the novel, which she has now done, and continues with five clauses in which it is agreed that the novel shall appear as by "Q" and Daphne du Maurier, that du Maurier may sell or lease the rights in the novel at her own discretion, that the publication rights shall be first offered to J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., publishers of Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch's works, that the royalties will be paid to the agents Curtis Brown Ltd. and that, after a deduction for standard commission, two-thirds of the net money received will be paid to Foy Quiller-Couch and the remaining one-third to Du Maurier, and finally that Du Maurier is to ensure that the novel will be copyrighted in her name. Signed by Du Maurier in blue ink at the conclusion. A small paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner of the page and some overall creasing, G Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. 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.

ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 19th February 1712. The manuscript document is a License of Absence granted to John Moore of Kentwell Hall, High Sheriff of Suffolk, and states, in part, 'Whereas humble suit hath been made unto us on your behalfe that during your Sheriffalty of Our County of Suffolk, you may have Our Lycense to remain or live out of Our said County, in regard of several pressing affairs which require your presence elsewhere; We are graciously pleased to gratify you in that your Request, And We do accordingly hereby give and grant you full Lycense and permission to remain or dwell out of Our said County when and as often as your occasions shall require, during your said office of Sheriff, so as you take all fitting care that such your absence prove not prejudiciall to Our Service, and that you return and remain in Our said County upon any signification of Our Pleasure to you for that purpose by Our Privy Councill....' Countersigned at the foot by Henry St John (1678-1751) 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. English Politician and Political Philosopher, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1710-13 and for the Southern Department 1713-14. With integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a blind embossed paper seal. A light, small circular stain at the head of the document only very slightly affects the Queen's signature, otherwise VG

LITERATURE: Small miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, poets and novelists etc., including Eugene Ionesco, Richard Eberhart (signed typed souvenir copy of his poem Spite Fence), Aleksandr Chakovsky (two pages of typed and holograph manuscript, in cyrillic, from The Unfinished Portrait, accompanied by an A.L.S. sending the manuscript and commenting that it is from his novel about the life and death of Franklin Roosevelt, published in 1985), Havelock Ellis (3 x 4.5 photograph, signed to the verso), John Galsworthy, George MacDonald Fraser etc. G to VG, 10

[CHARLES I]: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. An oblong 8vo portion of a manuscript document, bearing six lines of text and the date 5th April 1649, signed at the foot by five individuals, some of them Regicides of King Charles I, including Nicholas Love (1608-1682, English Lawyer and one of the judges at the trial of King Charles I), Cornelius Holland (1599-c.1671, Member of the Council of State who is alleged to have been the chief hand in drawing up the charges against King Charles I), Gregory Norton (1603-1652, English Politician and Regicide, one of the signatories of the death warrant of King Charles I), John Lisle (1610-1664, English Lawyer and Politician, one of the Regicides of King Charles I. Assassinated in Switzerland by an Irish Royalist) and one other. Some uniform browning and staining, slightly affecting the text and signatures (which remain legible) and neatly inlaid. G

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. An excellent T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 3rd June 1959, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'This slightly shilling little response (no longer present) to my screed is not much help' and continues to explain 'I would have liked a bit of guidance from a publisher's point of view, as to whether he felt, as I do, that there was some straying aside in Book II, because it is helpful to have the opinion of an expert. (Which I presume he is). You could be biased by family pride and feeling, and I could be reading thought into it your father did not have. Still, he, Mr. Bozman no doubt will bide his time and await more from us. This M.S. is not a thing that should be hurried into production. Having waited so long it can wait longer' and further writes 'I also looked again at the M.S. Stray memories recur. Did you not as a child go on an errand to Lantyan and have a peculiar feeling "I have been here before" and come over queer? And did not your father also have this experience? I'm sure you told me this riding once through Golant. Who lived at Lantyan in those days? And what do you think is the point of the bird-man Tregentil at Penquite? Could he be taken from life? Your father must have intended him to take some part in the story, but in the chapters we have he rather fades from view, in fact he is interesting only in so far as he is a lovely target for Dr. Carfax's prescriptions. I adored the suggestion of Tregentil walking for his health, and watching rooks…..This is genuine "father" vintage. But could echoes of your Doctor Cann have slipped into Carfax? It is always helpful to trace the "pegs" in a novel. When I say "pegs" it is my expression for characters - fictitious - in a tale who now and again become pegs on whom we hang remembrances of real people. The attributes of the living become mingled with the people we create. And then you project on to these "pegs" attributes that are imaginary, so that the living person, when encountered, is no longer the character he or she once was, but becomes invested with the fictitious attributes of the story. This can be vexing and sometimes a bit frightening! I would have loved to have discussed "pegging" with your father', continuing to explain 'For instance, Charlotte Bronte had a childhood and girlhood passion for the Duke of Wellington (as children today have for film stars) She wrote story after story in the Juvenilia about an imaginary son of the Duke of Wellington, who then became very Byronic (she got a passion for Byron) and finally this Duke of Zamorna so filled her imagination she could think of no one else. When she went to Brussels she pegged, in a sense, all these imaginary attributes on to Professor Heger, and finally Zamorna-Heger-Master-pupil relationship worked itself into a beautiful frenzy of imagination with Jane Eyre'. A letter of good literary content. About EX Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. The work which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter is Castle Dor, a historical novel based around the legend of Tristan and Iseult, but set in 19th century Cornwall. The main characters are a Breton onion seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly wed Linnet Lewarne. Published in 1961, Du Maurier 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.

ART & LITERATURE: Selection of signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, poets, artists and critics etc., including John Ruskin (2), Reginald Heber, Thomas Hughes, John Masefield (briefly referring to working with a manuscript), William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Emily Tennyson, George Frederic Watts etc. Generally VG, 12

ALBERT VII: (1559-1621) Archduke of Austria March - October 1619. Governor of the Spanish Netherlands 1596-98. D.S., Alberto, one page, folio, Brussels, 8th December 1603. The manuscript document, in Spanish, is a licence issued to Sergeant Mateo Ferace allowing him to travel to Italy on private business. Boldly signed at the conclusion and with a blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and uniform overall browning, G

MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY: Small selection of A.Ls.S. and Ds.S. etc., by various military and naval leaders etc., comprising an Order from the Admiralty Commissioners regarding the protection of fishermen at Rochester, Stroud, and stating that some individuals 'were before either imprested, or warned in to be imployed as Riggers for fitting out their Ma[jes]t[ie]s ships at Chatham' and now ordering that all persons 'be obliged to attend the said service', signed by John Lowther, Richard Onslow, Henry Priestman and James Sotherne, 26th November 1690, portion of a Treasury Document signed by John Lowther, Richard Hampden and Stephen Fox, 1690, final page of an A.L.S. (with initials) by Field Marshal John Ligonier, an A.L.S. by James Bramham, a military engineer, to John Manners, Marquis of Granby, May 1766, and a contemporary manuscript copy of a Warrant issued by Queen Anne to the Attorney General, ordering that a Pardon be issued to John Sinclair who had previously been sentenced to death by a Court Martial for the murder of Alexander Shaw, Windsor Castle, 26th October 1712. G to VG, 5

DEVONSHIRE DUKE OF: (1720-1764) British Prime Minister 1756-57. An extremely rare L.S., Devonshire, one page, folio, n.p. (London), 22nd February 1759, to Mrs. Jane Heine, Housekeeper at Kensington Palace. The elegantly penned manuscript letter is a warrant in which Devonshire instructs the housekeeper to permit Mr. Philip Dawes, Painter, to 'take a Copy of the Picture of King William and to allow him a Room to paint in'. With blank integral leaf. About EX The present letter most likely relates to Philip Dawe (d.1832) English Mezzotint Engraver & Artist who worked under William Hogarth for a period of his career.

[DOCUMENTS]. WILLITON (SOMERSET) Stuckey's Banking Co. Williton Signature Book, containing manuscript entries of the usual signature, name, address and occupation of customers circa 1883-1910, full leather, folio; together with Saunders, Philip. Stuckey's Bank, Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton, 1928, dark grey cloth, frontispiece and a further eighteen plate illustrations, subscribers list, octavo, (2).

3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Officer’s Busby. A fine black sable example by Hamburger Rogers & Co, Covent Garden. Dark green bag traced with gold Russia braid, gold gimp boss, triple gold basket cord round cap and fine corded gilt chin-chain with dark green velvet lining. White ostrich feather plume with gilt ring and white vulture feather base, in gilt ball socket. 9-tongue pale roan leather headband and crimson silk lining tooled with maker’s name, the leather inscribed in manuscript “A Hamilton, SS”. Plume has tubular metal case. Busby plume holder slightly loose, otherwise near VGC. A Lieut. James Archibald Gordon Hamilton was serving in the Sharpshooters in 1903. The regimental plume colour was changed to all-white in 1909.

*Silhouettes. A collection of twenty-five large silhouette portraits, 1875, together twenty-five larger than life scissor cuts, with the outline cut from cream paper and backed with blue paper (latter creased and frayed at edges), a few leaves with portraits mounted on versos as well as rectos, comprising bust portraits of gentleman, ladies, and children, most identified in pencil to lower edge of silhouette, several of the Barclay, Sheppard, Gurney, and Buxton families, one sheet with manuscript label 'Portraits taken in 1875', occasional marks, sheet size approximately 48 x 37cm (19 x 14.5ins), together with a large painted head and shoulders silhouette of a boy entitled in pencil beneath 'A little Black Boy', early 19th century, two folds, slightly edge-frayed, sheet size 64 x 53.5cm (25.25 x 21ins), and two other large painted silhouettes on paper, dated 1820s Provenance: from the collection of the late Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Most of the portraits are of members of several Quaker families, who became linked through marriage - the Barclays, Gurneys and Buxtons - who, together in several country house estates, made their home in south west Essex. The sitters include: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1837-1915), who was the 13th Governor of South Australia; Mrs. Henry Ford [Richenda] Barclay (1827-1888), from the Gurney family of Norfolk wool merchants turned bankers; Lady Victoria Buxton (1839-1916), who was a British philanthropist principally known for her work with the Mothers' Union and Young Women's Christian Association; Charles Theodore Barclay (1867-1921), fifth son of Henry and Richenda Barclay, who was a rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta; and Sir George Head Barclay KCMG KCSI CVO (1862-1921) who was a British diplomat. (22)

Cathcart Family. A manuscript journal kept by John E. Cathcart, [Fife], September - November 1844, containing information on trapping and rabbit hunting, fishing and boating, etc., continued onto loose leaves, a total of 46 pp., contemporary marbled wrappers, small 4to, together with a printed Letts' diary kept by Robert Cathcart in 1850 giving details of letters written for business and personal matters, original cloth, 8vo (2)

*Hampshire - Household inventory. A manuscript household inventory of goods of John Butler in his house in Alton, Hampshire, taken by Luke Leishame, now dwelling in the house, 20 Dec. 1601, giving details for each room, 'in the hall... all the windows glaced about the hall sufficientlie wanting two paens... planked underfoote', 'Best Parlour ... windscotted rounde sufficient two benches of windscote... one fayre table... two great andyrons... ', Kitchen: '... two Cubbardes annexed to the post in the kitchen. Item one cotterell... ', Mealhouse: 'thre shelfs and one stande', also including little parlour, best chamber, chamber over the hall, copplofts, well house ('One table One Coope One Plumpe & thre shilves'), milkhouse ('... one cheespress One Stande & one shilfe... '), and stables: 'Two mangers two racks & one Hullcoope: Item One Hogg troughe Item xii Locks & eight keyes', signed by Leisham and witnessed by Thomas Mathew and John Sweete, a little old staining, 53 x 13.5cm (1)

Heraldry. A mid 19th-century heraldry manuscript, paper watermarked 1844, comprising numerous stencilled crests and names, occasional additional watercolour including some armorials, some crests with mottos, names include Thomas Wythe, John Cary Marriott, Joseph Wakeford, Charles Sloccock, Charles Dibley, Alexander Higginson, Mrs Campbell Colquhoun, Reverend John Yardley, etc., several Portuguese names and ambassadors, final leaf with specimens of oval stencil stamps of Lisbon traders, a total of 157 leaves with multiple specimens arranged neatly and centrally to versos and rectos throughout, some dust-soiling and occasional light offsetting, scattered old dampstaining, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain calf with gilt clasp, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed, oblong 8vo (10 x 17.5cm) It is not clear who prepared this notebook or for what purpose. The crests and names are not arranged in alphabetical or any other discernible order, though there is possibly a Lisbon connection. (1)

*Indian Court Record. A manuscript court record book kept for Jhelum District cases, 1924-25, recording statements of crimes with places, dates, names of the deceased and accused given, details of trial outcomes, etc., covering Muslims and Sikhs in Punjab, 277 numbered pages including some blank, written mostly in ink in good legible hands, most pages ticked in blue pencil, contemporary half cloth, soiling and wear, folio Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. During British rule Jhelum was a district of Rawalpindi Division. (1)

Perfumery. A late Victorian manuscript perfume and cosmetics receipt book, including recipes for pommade divine, Peruvian balm, panic bouquet, Persian water, Portugal essence, pearl powder, Persian cream, poudre unique, Prince of Wales' bouquet, Princess Alice, pillar hair oil, quinine, tooth powder, rosemary cream, city soap, honey soap, juniper tar soap, toilet vinegar, Victoria bouquet, milk of roses, musk extract, horse guards bouquet, hair wash, eau de cologne, etc., a total of approximately 30 pp. neatly written in double columns and alphabetised in a printed thumb index notebook with numerous blanks, ownership name of Walter Hughes of Shepherd's Bush to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original limp black leather, together with 2 further Victorian receipt books, one including recipes for pomade, scent balls, cement marble, furniture paste, artificial musk, pudding spice, putty, etc., approximately 73 pp., contemporary limp cloth, a little wear to extremities, the third receipt book dated 1856 and containing manuscript recipes for Scotch cake, buns, breast pudding, rock cakes, snow cream, cabinet pudding, etc., 21 pp. including some pasted in printed recipe cuttings, remaining leaves blank, contemporary wrappers, worn with much spine loss, all 8vo (3)

Prestwich (John, 1745-1795). Manuscript collection of heraldic, genealogical and biographical Notes, late 18th century, with numerous blazons of arms, crests, quarterings and impalements, tricked drawings, and records of contemporary marriages and deaths, all in the holograph of Prestwich and covering the dates 1768/80, a total of approximately 63 pp. plus blanks, manuscript thumb index, contemporary limp vellum, 8vo (160 x 100mm) John Prestwich, antiquary and author of Prestwich's Respublica (1787) and Dissertation on Mineral, Animal and Vegetable Poisons (1775). This notebook contains over 80 blazons of arms and crests, including one red wax seal, often tricked, together with numerous contemporary details:- 'Died 26 Sept 1769 of a fresh cold occasioned by the Inaundation of the Sea that happend between the Hours of 9 & ten in the Night of the 23 of Septemr afsd.'. There are notes of some household accounts - 'Paid Mr Mathw. Saister (? or Lawler) for infeasting(?) & plasterg. ye house £6.14.6'. There are also many references to his other manuscripts including 'Black Book' and manuscripts coded with diamond and heart symbols. This notebook appears to have been written partly during his stay in Ireland (he died in Dublin in 1795). A scarce survival of Prestwich's manuscript which gives an insight into the extent of his research in heraldry and geneaology, noting contemporary events. There appear to be no examples of his manuscript work in institutional holdings. (1)

Scrap albums. Three scrap albums, mid 19th century, one album containing eight Chinese rice paper watercolours, some cracking and splitting to some images, heavily excised, one album with contemporary manuscript text, a pencil drawing and two watercolours, heavily excised, and one album with engravings, newspaper cuttings, lithographs, etchings, post cards and twelve watercolours of Alpine views, heavily excised, mixed bindings, 4to (3)

*Wiltshire. A Map of the South Part of the Parishes of Great Chiverell and Little Chiverell in the County of Wilts, by William Tubb, Salisbury, circa 1797, manuscript on vellum, conjoined along lower edge with A Map of the North Part of the Parishes of Great Chiverell and Little Chiverell in the County of Wilts, by William Tubb, Salisbury, circa 1797, together two manuscript plans on vellum with entries for field areas and landowners etc., first map torn with slight loss, dimensions approximately 68 x 55cm and 54 x 56.5cm respectively, attached to 29 leaves of neatly written manuscript relating to the division and enclosure of the area, rolled, plus other Wiltshire related ephemera, mostly 19th century, including printed reports for the Income & Expenditure of the Kennet and Avon Canal, 1820s-40s, and early 19th century probate documents etc. (a carton)

Canon Law. [Commentaria in Decretalium libros], pp. 9-193 only, lacking title, initial leaves, final leaves and colophon, text in two columns with printed commentaries in margins, occasional manuscript underlining or annotation, one or two small holes (rarely affecting text), modern vellum, folio, together with another similar heavily defective volume, probably of the same work Understood to be Niccolo de' Tudeschi's commentary on the Decretales of Pope Gregory IX. See Goff P28ff. (2)

Cundall (Joseph, publisher). The Good-Natured Bear. A Story for Children of all Ages, 1846, black & white frontispiece and three plates, 4 pages of publisher's book list at rear, manuscript provenance Alderley Park to upper pastedown, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original dark blue cloth, blind blocked decoration, gilt title to upper board & spine, 8vo (1)

*German Heraldic Document. Illuminated manuscript with royal armorial, 1800, signed Christian Ludwig von Schaumberg and Johann Georg Sattler, Wurtemberg, 1 May 1800, brown ink on lined paper, heightened with gold and watercolour, decorative initial showing Diania the huntress, armorial bearing, wax seal, sheet size 51.5 x 73cm (20 x 28.75ins), laid down onto later card (1)