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Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IINetherlands1852, 5c. blue, just touching at top otherwise very good margins showing portion of neighbouring stamp at base, tied by framed "Franco" to "Telegram" envelope (very small portion of back upper flap missing, mentioned for accuracy only), carried to Woerden from the nearest telegraphic post office at Utrecht, with corresponding dispatch c.d.s. and registration cachet on front, manuscript date of delivery at bottom. Extremely rare, an exhibition item of great significance for the advanced collection. NVPH 1. Photo

Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IISpainTelegraph Stamps1865, 1r. black, colour proof on white wove paper, 4r. black on greenish blue, plate proofs in marginal pair with imprint "Telegraf..." and manuscript annotations on reverse. Very fine and rare duo.

Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IISpanish Colonies MoroccoTelegraph Stamps1920, Aug. 1st. Registered cover from Alcázar to Berlin, censored in Germany, bearing 1917-18 5c. and pair of 30c., with manuscript registration marking at left and stamps tied by corresponding datestamp on dispatch, backstamped on arrival. Rare. Edifil 9, 12. Photo

Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IISwitzerlandTelegraph Stamps1881, 3fr. brown and rose, block of four (upper left corner with one perforation missing), and four pairs, tyed by "Les Avants/Telegr." blue octagonal handstamp on 1885, 19 July folded submission telegram form to New York. Manuscript fee of 36,8 francs, with 80c. franking lacking. Vertical tear as a result of a fold in this fragile paper, as sometimes encountered, dividing the form into two parts (small portion of paper loss at right). An exceedingly scarce multiple franking on, rarely found, telegram form. SBK 18. Photo

Maps. A mixed collection of approximately seventy-five maps, plans and engravings, 17th - 19th century, engraved British and foreign maps, plans, charts, manuscript maps and pages of text and illustrations, many taken from atlases, with examples by Nollin, S.D.U.K., Mortier, D'Anville, Jansson, Dunn, Blome and Homann, various sizes and condition (approx.75)

Wiltshire. Andrews (John & Dury Andrew), A Topographical Map of Wiltshire on a Scale of 2 inches to a mile from an Actual Survey by John Andrews & Andrew Dury in the year 1773, 1st edition, published 1773, large scale engraved map on eighteen sheets (complete) all with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured cartouche, some marginal dust and finger soiling, slight staining and creasing, sheet 18 torn with slight loss to lower margin but not affecting engraved surface, bound with the index map, 'A Map of Wiltshire (Taken from and Actual Survey) being the Index to the large one', the index map has some creasing and dust soiling and is frayed along the lower margin, manuscript ownership to verso of index map of Keary Stokes & Goldney (Chippenham based insurance agents), contemporary half sheep, upper board detached, manuscript dated title to upper siding, heavily worn and frayed, folio Brian Kentish. A Catalogue of County Atlases of England and Wales 1607 - 1864 and large scale maps. Item 89. (1)

Drinkwater (John). A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar. With a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Period, 1st ed., 1785, ten folding engraved maps and plates, a few tears and repairs, additional engraved portrait of General George Eliott, occasional light soiling, two manuscript letters bound-in at front, dated 1823, from William Mandell to a Thomas Harrison, discussing corrections and maps in the book, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, spine and margins faded, edges rubbed, 4to Provenance: Sir Robert Boyd (1710-1794), Lieutenant-General, Governor of Gibraltar from 1776-77 & 1790-94, his signature to title and bookplate. (1)

  [Evans, Lewis Pugh, VC, 1881-1962]. Official History of the Russo-Japanese War. Part II. From the Battle of Ya-Lu to Liao-Yang, Exclusive. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Published HMSO, 1908, numerous pencil marginal notes and underscoring in Evans’s hand to text throughout, folding map in text and 10 (of 11) folding maps in pocket at rear, lacks Strategical map of the Situation on the 22nd August 1904, 3 related folding maps also present, also loosely included are two pencil-written ‘Essays’ by Evans on Ta-Shi-Chiao and Nan-Shan, 20 pp. and 16 pp. respectively, 4to, plus 8 pp. pencil notes on Te-Li-Ssu, small 8vo, the two ‘Essays’ in contemporary Black Watch envelopes, hinges partly cracked, endpapers spotted and slightly browned, original linen-backed printed boards, rubbed and soiled, a little frayed at head of spine, 8vo, together withSadowa, A Study, by General H. Bonnal,   1907,  ownership  signature  of  Captain  L.P.  Evans  to front free endpaper,  pencil  note  and  underscoring,  folding  maps  in pocket at rear, original  cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, plus Brunker (H.M.E.), Notes on  Organisation  and Equipment, 6th edition, 1909, pencil ownership signature of   L.P.  Evans,  The  Black  Watch,  to  front  free  endpaper,  some pencil underscoring,  original  cloth gilt, rubbed, and Callwell (C.E.), Small Wars. Their Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, 1909, ownership pencil signature of  L.P.  Evans,  some pencil underscoring and marginalia throughout including coloured  pencil,  original cloth gilt, rubbed and partly damp stained, plus 4 others with ownership signatures of L.P. Evans, 6 with inscriptions to him and some  related  military  books  including a field service pocketbook 1913 with manuscript  annotations  by  Evans,  his instructions issued to officers for a reconnoitre  of three beaches and cyclostyled map inserted in pocket at front, 3  letters  and  a  telegram to him, to congratulate him on his MBE in January 1945  General  Lewis Pugh Evans served as Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Black  Watch,  1st  Battalion,  Lincolnshire  Regiment,  British  Army. He was awarded  the  Victoria  Cross for his bravery when running at an enemy machine gun  emplacement and capturing it at Zonnebeke, Belgium, on 4 October 1917. He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General and saw service in World War Two. The  books  in  this  and  the following 4 lots all appear to be from a family library.  (26)                              

Accounts Books. A group of 6 unrelated accounts books, 19th/20th century, including one concerning rents in Welton, Northamptonshire, 1823, another of similar date of unidentified location, noting details of wheat sent to the mill plus purchases and sales of numerous sundry items, a pre-printed Gamekeeper's and Game-Preserver's account book and diary, manuscript insertions for payment, correspondence loosely inserted, addressed to the Berkeley family, another unrelated accounts book of similar date, plus two later accounts books, one concerning outlays ordered per general purposes committee, 1911-14, the final accounts book/scrapbook relating to hop picking and production, circa 1890-1950, mostly seeming to relate to hop picking for C.H.C. Partridge, Lambswick, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, various bindings, some wear, folio/4to (6)

*Naval archive. A small collection of papers, photographs and a watercolour relating to Lieutenant Commander William Bruce Thornton Bate, RNVR, DFC, and others, 1920s/1940s, including a watercolour of HMS Minuet by B.L. Moir, dated 1944, 25 x 30cm, framed and glazed, a few related photographs, official printed and manuscript papers, memoranda, a letter sent from prisoner of war camp Stalag XB28, concerning three crew members of Bate's lost overboard on the 29th May 1941 and picked up by German craft, manuscript exercise book, two captain's night order books for HMS Minuet, 1942, a printed 'Most Secret' folder relating to Operation "Avalanche" etc. (a small carton)

*Charles II - Ordnance. Rules, Orders & Instructions for the Future Government of the Office of the Ordnance, [1681], official manuscript copy issued on behalf of King Charles II to George Legge, Lord Dartmouth, 64 unnumbered leaves, a further 16 leaves in the same early 18th-century hand including 'An Establishment of the annual payments upon the Quarter Bookes' and 'Addicional Instructions', the last-reference date in the text being 30 June 1702, neatly written on rectos and versos throughout with calligraphic title and headings, United Services Club bookplate to front pastedown, modern cloth gilt, small 8vo, together with three further unrelated manuscripts, a late 18th-century 'Epitome of Smollet's History of England', 79 unnumbered leaves, written in a large clear hand, remaining leaves mostly blank but beginning with several leaves of arithmetic and the ownership name of Miss Harnick Junior dated 1756, contemporary vellum, stained green, marked, 4to, plus a manuscript(?) copy account of English Counties, circa 1800, 82 pp. in a neat italic hand with calligraphic flourishes, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine defective, folio, plus an 18th-century disbound commonplace book/receipts book fragment, 10 leaves, some rodent damage with loss of text affecting first 5 leaves, 12mo (6)

*Ferns. An album of ferns, mid 19th century, mostly large specimens stitched on to rectos of 38 leaves with manuscript identification lower right but not including locations, together with a further 23 loose leaves pressed ferns of similar size and 14 smaller leaves, some broken, many identified and some giving Lake District locations, but also including tropical and sub-tropical specimens from Madeira, etc., loosely contained in a large old portfolio (1)

*Miscellaneous ephemera, an assorted collection of mostly manuscript paper ephemera, 17th century and later, including letters, invoices, cheques, deeds and other legal documents, notebooks, etc. (a carton)

*Philip II (King of Spain, 1527-98). Great seal of Philip II of Spain, red wax seal on original tag, fragment of manuscript attached beneath, broken in several places with loss, repaired and reconstructed, framed and double glazed, mounted on a desk stand, 11cm (4.25ins) diameter of seal, 25 x 20cm (10 x 8ins) overall Philip II (1527-1598) was King of Spain, Portugual, Naples and Sicily, as well as Duke of Milan. During his marriage to Queen Mary I, he was also King of England and Ireland. He is famous for his devout Catholic beliefs, as well as his vast empire in the New World and the huge naval expedition against Queen Elizabeth I we call the Spanish Armada. (1)

Textiles - Yorkshire. A group of approximately 1,440 invoices made out to Fisher, Firth & Co., 1907/1910, all pre-printed invoices with typed and manuscript insertions, many of the suppliers based in Huddersfield, purchases including wool, dyes, wooden cheeses, dyeing cotton, etc., covering the period June to September 1907 and January to April 1910, numbered chronologically and bound into two albums, contemporary linen-backed boards, one spine repaired with fabric and one cover detached, manuscript paper labels to spines, some wear, 4to (2)

*Victorian Letters Patent. A letters patent given to Rowland Westby Ralph, of Honnington Grange, near Newport, Salop, for certain improvements in or applicable to reaping machines, 7 August 1862, 2 stitched vellum membranes with engraved text and decorative borders, completed in manuscript and with wax Great Seal appended by cords and preserved in original tin skippet, docketed and numbered 2218 (1)

World Zionist Organization. Statement of the Zionist Organisation regarding Palestine, Strictly Confidential, Paris: Paul Dupont, 1919, 14 pp., stitched printed wrappers as issued, manuscript(?) library number to upper wrapper, horizontal crease where folded, final page dust-soiled, slim folio Very rare Zionist Organization Statement on Palestine presented at the Paris Peace Conference on 3 February 1919. The printed names of the signatories to the proposal found at the end of the document include Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Weizmann. WorldCat locates only four copies, one each in UK, France, Germany and Israel. (1)

Barrow (Sir John). An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty, 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece, loose manuscript letter and annotation at front, bookplate, contemporary half calf by Manning, 8vo, together with Miscellanies, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 6 vols., 1883-84, all edges gilt, contemporary half red morocco by Henderson & Bisset, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1920, portrait frontispiece, a few spots, contemporary presentation inscription from Randall Cantaur (Davidson), Archbishop of Canterbury, all edges gilt, contemporary red full morocco by Bumpus, one or two light stains, 8vo, with others leather and vellum bound (17)

Beattie (James). Dissertations Moral and Critical. On Memory and Imagination, On Dreaming, The Theory of Language, On Fable and Romance, On the Attachments of Kindred, Illustrations of Sublimity, 1st edition, 1783, half-title discarded, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 4to, together with Essays on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism; on Poetry and Music, as they affect the mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; and on the Utility of Classical Learning, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1776, manuscript annotation to title, hinges repaired, Hopetoun House armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, recent morocco title label, 4to, with Justinian I, D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor. The four books of Justinian's Institutions, translated into English, with notes, by George Harris, 1756, one engraved plate, later marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled calf, rebacked, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, board corners worn, 4to, plus Warton (Thomas), The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century..., 3 vols., 1774-1781, volume 3 is prefixed with a third dissertation "On the Gesta Romanorum", hinges repaired, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 4to, plus one other (7)

*Bible [Manuscript fragment]. A vellum Manuscript fragment from a folio Bible leaf, probably (North-) East France, or West Germany, 1st half 12th century, comprising approximately seven lines of Latin text in double-column to both sides, written in brown ink with few letters heightened or underlined in red (indicating commencement of each verse), one column to each side with slight loss to edge of text, dust-soiling and slight dampstain, few small holes where previously sewn into binding, approximately 5 x 30.5cm Recto of the fragment comprises text from Book of Acts chapter 5. Of cathedral or monastic provenance. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testament. Newly translated out of the Originall tongues and with former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall command..., [Amsterdam]: Printed in the Year 1672, additional engraved title (detached & frayed to edges), four double page engraved maps including double hemisphere map of the world showing California as an island (the map is sometimes attributed to Cornelius Danckerts or Jacob Savry and bears similarities to various maps issued by Visscher) and maps of the Holy Land, Extra Illustrated with 113 contemporary double-page engraved plates by Visscher after Bloemaert, d'Hondecoeter, de Vos, Rubens, van Heemskerck, de Brun, de Bruyn, van Winghe etc. (few torn mostly to central fold), engraved plate of Christ on the cross to upper pastedown (wormed & some manuscript inscription, each leaf of text neatly guarded to extended gutter margin, some closed tears and marginal fraying, some browning & spotting, few worm holes, near contemporary blind stamped calf, decorative brass corner pieces, lacking clasps, rebacked, boards rubbed and scuffed, folio Herbert 708 & Darlow & Moule 557, which calls for map of the World and two other maps (by Jacob Savry). (1)

Binding. Campbell (Thomas), Gertrude of Wyoming and Other Poems, 7th edition, printed for Longman et al, 1819, additional engraved title, two engraved plates, contemporary manuscript annotation to initial blank, ownership inscriptions in ink to initial blank and dedication leaf, yellow silk free endpapers, all edges gilt, purple full morocco, blind tooled panel to each board, filled with concentric diamonds, gilt ruled border filled with elaborate gilt tools, gilt and blind decorated spine, turn-ins and pastedowns in full morocco, saltire cross in gilt and blind rule, describing four triangular panels, each elaborately filled with gilt tools, a little rubbed to joints, few minor marks, contained within purpose made slipcase, slim 8vo (1)

Binding. Aeschylus, Prometheus Vinctus ad fidem manuscriptorum emendavit Notas et Glossarium adjecit Carolus Javobus Blomfield, Cambridge: J. Smith, 1810, half-title, title and text in Greek and Latin, some scattered spotting, half-title torn along gutter margin and partly loose, bookplate of Charles Yonge to front free endpaper with manuscript presentation inscription in ink, moire silk endpapers with gilt tool border, leather hinges cracked, all edges gilt, near contemporary straight-grained morocco, elaborate gilt and blind decoration, five raised bands to spine, gilt rule to board edges, gilt decorated turn-ins, a little rubbed and scuffed with some slight loss to corners and head and foot of spine, contained within slipcase, 8vo (1)

Eobanus (Helius, edit.). Psalterium Davidis carmine redditum per Eobanum Hessum. Annotationes Viti Theodori. Ecclesiastes Salomonis eodem genere carminis ab eodem redditus, Paris: Joannem Roigny, 1550, 430pp., early manuscript to title excised to upper margin and torn to lower outer blank corner, occasional light dampstaining, mostly to margins of first few leaves, C5 torn to lower margin, light worming to fore-edge blank margins of final seven leaves, late 19th century vellum, covers near detached, adhesive tape to upper joint, 16mo in 8s Not in Adams. Only two UK location found, Bodleian, Oxford and Glasgow University. (1)

Gouge (Thomas). The Young Man's Guide, through the Wilderness of this World to Heavenly Canaan. Shewing him how to carry him-self Christian-like, in the whole course of his Life, 3rd edition, London: Printed by S. and B.G. for Nevil Simmons, 1676, [14],159,[1]pp., (lacking initial blank?), early manuscript to verso of title, final leaf of contents and final leaf of text, sewing weak and partially broken with few leaves loose (particularly at front of volume), bound with [A Word to Sinners and a Word to Saints..., 5th edition, 1677], [6],167,[1]pp., last few leaves frayed to margins and a little loose (early manuscript to final leaf), dust-soiling and occasional marks, contemporary sheep, covers detached, light wear to extremities, 8vo Wing G1387 & G1381A, ESTC R32454 (only one UK institutional location, Natinal Library of Wales) & R40501 (no UK location found). (1)

Mackintosh (Alexander). The Driffield Angler; in Two Parts: Containing Descriptions of the different kinds of Fresh Water Fish, and the best methods of taking them in rivers, lakes and fish-ponds; with full directions for Baits, and the manner of making Artificial Flies for every month in the season. To which are added Instructions for Shooting: with rules for the breeding, breaking, and management of Pointers and Spaniels; and the choice of guns for Game and Wild Fowl, 1st ed., Gainsborough, [1806], half title, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved plate of birds, light waterstain at front, some spotting and soiling, modern green half calf, red label to spine, 8vo (Westwood & Satchell pp. 137-138), together with Isaac Walton and Charles Cotton's The Complete Angler, 2 volumes, Chiswick, 1824, plus Hunter (Alexander). Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: Or, Receipts in Modern Cookery; with a Medical Commentary, Written by Ignotus, 2nd edition, York, 1805, engraved frontispiece (close-trimmed at outer margin just affecting headline), light offsetting to title, manuscript note inserted between pp. 234 & 235, 2 pp. manuscript receipt at end, scattered spotting, later crimson half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 12mo (4)

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. [Markou Antoninou tou autokratoros ton eis heauton biblia 12], Marci Antonini imperatoris de rebus suis, sive de eis q ad se pertinere censebat, libri XII..., Studio operaqe Thomae Gatakeri Londinatis, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1652, engraved portrait frontispiece, first line of title transliterated from Greek, text in Greek & Latin throughout, contemporary blind panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, upper joint cracked at head, 4to, together with Virgil (Polydore), Historiae Anglicae, Libri XXVI. Autore Polydoro Virgilio Urbinate, Accessit praeter alia nonnulla series regum Angliae … primis initiis usque ad hanc aetatem; ex nova Editione Antonii Thysii, J.C., Leiden: Joannis Maire, 1651, with additional title in red & black dated 1649 bound before 1651 title, leaf of text following 1651 title discarded, colophon dated 1649, two blank leaves with early manuscript annotations, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 8vo (2)

More (Thomas). Utopia: Written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England: Translated into English, [2nd edition of Gilbert Burnet's translation], London: Richard Chiswell, and to be sold by George Powell, 1685, [22], 206pp., lacking first & last blanks (A1 & P4), manuscript ownership signatures to title (one cropped at head), verso of title, A3 & A4 strengthened to inner margin, fraying to blank margins (mostly affecting lower margins & lower outer corners), dampstaining and dust-soiling throughout, early 19th century marbled sheep, upper joint cracked and worn at foot of spine, 8vo ESTC R232304 & Wing M2692. The first English translation was published by Richard Chiswell in 1684. (1)

Sanderson (Robert). Twenty Sermons viz. XVI. AD. Aulam. III. AD. Magistratum. I. AD. Populum, 2nd impression, revised, 1660, title in red & black, near contemporary speckled panelled calf, joints cracked, folio, together with Holland (Philip), A Sermon Delivered at Pudsey in Yorkshire, Sept. 25, 1782..., and a Charge, by the Rev. William Turner, sen. Published at the Request of the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters, in Hanover Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Wakefield: Printed by Thomas Waller, for Joseph Johnson, 1782, 118pp., errata slip pasted to final leaf, armorial bookplate of Fenton Scott to verso of initial blank, 19th century half calf, upper joint cracked, slim 8vo, with Davis (Joseph), A Digest of Legislative Enactments, Relating to the Society of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers, in England; with Occasional Observations, Bristol: Printed by Wansbrough and Saunders, 1820, contemporary ownership signature of Joseph Foster, Bramley, Middlesex to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original boards, lacking spine and paper to boards torn, 8vo, with Coleridge (James Duke, vicar of Kenwyn and Kea, Cornwall), Observations of a Parish Priest, on Scenes of Sickness and Death, Published with a View to the Temporal as well as Spiritual Comfort of his Parishioners in such Seasons, Truro: Printed and sold by E. Heard, [1825], some spotting, book stamp to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked with original printed label relaid, 12mo in 6s, plus other 18th/19th century theology related, including Some Account of the Life, and Religious Labours of Samuel Neale, Dublin: Printed by Robert Napper for John Gough, 1805, and The Three Witnesses, and The Threefold Cord..., by Edward Greswell, 1862, with loosely inserted two page manuscript letter from the author dated 22 April 1863 (17)

Virgil. Publii Virgilii Maronis, Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, 2 volumes, J. & P. Knapton, 1750, vignette titles, 58 engraved plates, occasional light spotting, bookplates to upper endpapers, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, 8vo, together with Horace, Cum erudito Laevini Torrentii commentario..., Antwerp: J. Moretum, 1608, vignette title, engraved portraits, decorative initials (some with later hand colouring), ownership inscription to title, bookplate to upper pastedown, near contemporary vellum, blind ruled and gilt, manuscript title to spine, lacking ties, large 8vo, plus other vellum bound antiquarian classics, mostly large 4to, many with blind stamped arabesques to boards (10)

Kettilby (Mary). A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses by Several Hands, The Second Edition, To Which is Added, A Second Part, Containing a Great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c., 1719, additonal half title and general title-page, and separate title to second part, woodcut head and tail-pieces and initial letters, very slight spotting, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary calf, worn and rubbed with later manuscript 'Cookery' to upper siding, 8vo Bitting p.258; Cagle 791. In her preface the author is scathing about the fantastical dishes conjured up by the great Masters and writes, 'But so it is, that a Poor Woman must be laugh'd at, for only sugaring a Mess of Beans; whilst a Great Name must be had in Admiration, for Contriving Relishes a Thousand Times more Distasteful to the Palate, provided they are but at the same time more Expensive to the Purse.' (1)

Manuscript recipe book. An Old Receipt Book which was Mrs. Lansdown's, the wife of Coll. Lansdown of Woodborough, late 17th century to mid 18th century, approximately 80pp. (including a few blank leaves), written in ink on laid paper, mostly to one side of the leaf only, in more than one hand, filled with culinary recipes and a few medical/household receipts, with index at the front (early manuscript name of Anne Jones on reverse), fleur-de-lys watermark (late 17th century?), some staining, insect damage throughout, with some loss, original boards, heavily worn, with manuscript title on upper cover, 39 x 15.5cm (15.5 x 6ins) An early manuscript recipe book in an unusal format, containing such recipes as: 'To make Jelly of Pippins'; 'To Pickle Pidgeons'; 'To Pot Hare'; 'To make Ebolum'; 'To make Shipcoate Cheek'; 'To make Syrrup of Gillyflowers'; 'To make March paine'; 'To smooth Candy Oringes Lemmons, ellicumpane roots, or any other Suckets whatever'; 'To make Harts horn Jelly the Lady Mordants way'; 'To pickle Indian Cresse buds'; 'To take Gross'y Spots, pitch, Tarr, or paint out of silk, cloth, or stuff', and with such intriguing recipes as 'To make white Gambells': "Take a peny worth of Gum Dragon, and steep it in Orrange flower water, or rose water, as much as it will take to make it thick: an ounce of Almonds blanched as much Ambergreese or Musk as you please, and as much double refined sugar as will make it a Paste: Pound all this in a Mortar an hour, it is the pounding makes or spoyles them...". (1)

Manuscript recipe book. An 18th century manuscript recipe book, approximately 60pp. filled with culinary recipes and medical receipts in several hands, with a large number of blank leaves, some staining, particularly at front of volume, first leaf torn with loss, hinges split, original Cambridge pane calf, rubbed and slightly worn to extremities, with joints splitting, lacking clasp, 4to Recipes include: 'Sr. Thomas Millington for A Cough' - Sir Thomas (1628-1703/4) was physician to William III, Mary II, and Queen Anne, was President of the Royal College of Physicians, and took part in the autopsy of William III; 'An exelent medicine for Asthmatek Coughs by Dr. Lowar' - Richard Lower (1631-1691) was a pioneer of blood transfusions; 'For a child that has the worms, Doctor Hollins 1729' - John Hollins (1683-1739) was physician-general to the army and physician to George III. (1)

Manuscript Recipe Book. A collection of four small recipe books, early to mid 19th century, each containing a number of culinary and medical receipts, in various hands, some with ownership marks and dates, original boards/wrappers, rubbed, small 8vo (4)

Medical manuscript. A short manuscript diary kept by William Hands of the Birmingham district, 1838-1850, initially completing his medical studies and with involvement in the study of phrenology, but also punishment in cases of insanity, morality, his involvement as a superintendent at a Sunday school, plus leisure activities and family matters, a total of 38 leaves, contemporary half roan gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, an unrelated manuscript druggists's notebook kept by John Torr of Doncaster, 8 leaves with details of drugs and weights, interleaved with blotting leaves, contemporary card wrappers, some soiling and wear, 16mo, plus a contemporary manuscript copy of John Torr's will, dated 1833 (3)

India. Manuscript Plan of the Position of the Confederate Armies under the Direction of Earl Cornwallis before Shrerungputtun. From the Fifth to the Twenty-fourth of February when the Cessation of Hostilities took place. Likewise the Position of the Enemy's Army Commanded by Tippoo Sultan in person previous to the Action of the Night of February 1792, pen, ink and watercolour plan with a large decorative cartouche and 'scrolled' key, one closed tear, old folds, tipped on to later blue paper, 355 x 220 mm A highly unusual and accurate plan of Srirangapatna during the war with Tipu Sultan. Srirangapatna was the scene of the last and decisive battle fought between Tipu Sultan and a combined force of 50,000 men provided equally by the Nizam of Hyderabad and the East India Company under the overall command of General George Harris. This battle was the last engagement of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. The Battle of Seringapatam, 1799, was truly momentous in its historic effects. At the battle's climax, Tipu Sultan was killed within the fort of Seringapatam, betrayed by one of his own confidants; the spot where he ultimately fell is marked by a memorial. Apart from the usual gold and cash, innumerable valuables, objets d'art and many of the personal effects of Tipu Sultan, were shipped to England; including the famous automaton 'Tipu's Tiger' which is on display at The Victoria and Albert Museum. Much of the site of the Battle is still intact including the ramparts, the Water Gate, the place where the Tipu Sultan's body was found, the area where the British prisoners were held and the site of the destroyed palace. (1)

[Reynolds, Sir Joshua]. A Discourse, Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769, by the President, London: Printed by W. Bunce, Printer, and Soild by T. Davies, Bookseller, To the Royal Academy, 1769, bound with A Discourse, Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 11, 1769, by the President, 1769, bound with four other Discourses by Reynolds published 1785, 1786, 1790 & 1791, each of which are inscribed from the author, two to Lord Lewisham (later the Earl of Dartmouth), ownership pencil manuscript to front free endpaper 'William Rees-Mogg, 1961', contemporary half calf, modern reback, board corners worn, 4to, together with Malone (Edmond), The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, KNT. Late President of the Royal Academy..., to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 2 vols., 1797, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, 4to, with Northcote (James), Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds..., 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 4to, plus Pilkington (Matthew), The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters..., 1770, contemporary calf gilt, morocco title label, worn at head of spine, 4to The first volume comprises Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses 1, 2, 13, 12, 15 & 14 respectively, of which the final four are inscribed by the author himself. Sir Joshua Reynolds painted the portrait of William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) and members of his family a number of times. (5)

*India. A watercolour view of a West Bengal Hill Station with the Himalayas beyond, 19th century, watercolour on paper, pencil sketch of the same view to verso, captioned in brown ink identifying some of the key buildings including 'home of Padre Sharpe - clergyman', 'unknown neighbour', 'back of servants house' and the 'coach house', also captioned 'Mjr. Chas. Smith', 18 x 25cm (7 x 10ins), together with four similar watercolours, probably in the same hand, including another watercolour of the same view, a view of a rope bridge over a river gorge, a watercolour of a buildings under a telegraph line with figures and carts (manuscript note to verso 'Bengal, Kate', and a view of figures sitting in front of a native house, all 18 x 25cm (7 x 10ins), all tipped onto album leaves (1)

Lang (Oliver). Improvements in Naval Architecture, Woolwich, 1848, 28 pp., nine plates, some folding and coloured with neat manuscript annotation, some spotting and soiling, one or two frayed and chipped foredges, contents detached, original blindstamped morocco, rubbed and scuffed with tear at head of spine, 8vo (1)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Cinderella, retold by C.S. Evans, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1919, tipped-in colour frontispiece, tissue guard offset to title-page and frontispiece, three double-page colour illustrations, black & white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, early manuscript name on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners showing, in dustjacket, torn, with some loss, 4to, together with Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, Translated by Margaret Armour, 1st edition, 1912, thirty tipped-in colour plates, one or two corners creased, some spotting, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers toned, original gilt decorated brown cloth, some faint marks, joints split and spine extremities frayed, 4to, plus a 3rd impression of The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, May 1912, in similar condition, plus Fun and Frolic, by Louis Wain and Clifton Bingham, lacking front free endpaper, and with adhesive tape repairs to binding (1)

Walker (George). The Battle of Waterloo. A Poem, 1st edition, G. Walker, 1815, 77pp., adverts to final leaf verso, title and final leaf chipped at edges with loss not affecting text, some browning and finger soiling throughout, lacks final advert leaf, modern marbled boards with manuscript paper label to spine, small 8vo (A rare copy of a poem written soon after the event, to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo, and preceded by a short description of the battle itself. WorldCat locates 7 copies, 3 in the UK and 4 in the USA), together with Houssaye (Henry), 1815 Waterloo, Translated... by Arthur Emile Mann and edited by A. Euan-Smith, A. & C. Black, 1900, extra-illustrated with 23 early 19th-century prints and engravings and one hand-coloured battlefield map, including a finely hand-coloured frontispiece of Napoleon plus folding print of Duke of Wellington, etc., top edge gilt, modern three-quarter brown morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo (2)

Catalogues. A collection of auction catalogues, mostly relating to Japanese prints and works of art, including Christie's, Sotheby's, etc., 1960s-90s, most with realised prices added in manuscript, original wrappers (2 cartons)

Fosbrooke (Thomas Dudley). The Economy of Monastic Life, (as it Existed in England), A Poem, with Philosophical, and Archaeological Illustrations from Lyndwood, Dugdale, Selden, Wilkins, Willis, Spelman, Warton, &c. and Copious Extracts from Original MSS. by T.D. Fosbrooke, M.A. Curate of Horsley, Glocestershire [sic.], Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes, [1795], half-title, dedication to Edward Jenner, subscribers list, errata slip present, 20th century cloth backed boards, 4to, together with Cawthorn (James), Poems, 1771, manuscript ownership to upper outer corner of title, some spotting, contemporary quarter calf with vellum board corners, lacking title label, upper board near detached, lower joint cracked, 4to, with Pindar (Peter, i.e. John Wolcot), The Poetical Works..., A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes. To which are Prefixed, Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Author, Dublin: Printed by William Porter, for L. White, P. Byrne..., 1791, contemporary ownership signature of John Boyd to upper margin of title and with his bookplate to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, including The Young Woman's Companion: or, Frugal Housewife..., Manchester, 1811, six engraved plates (complete, some torn), first & last leaves creased and frayed, dust-soiling throughout contemporary calf, lacking lower board, worn 8vo (a carton)

Foster (Birkett, illustrator). Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, W. Kent & Co., 1859, title and text printed in red, black and white illustrations to text throughout, original publisher's cloth, blind and gilt decorated, 4to, together with Moore (James Carrick), The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, 2 volumes, John Murray, 1833, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (captioned in ink A Miserable Print from a Bad Picture), some scattered spotting, manuscript annotation to title from Mrs Carrick Moore - a woman of too much sense and spirit to like this pitiful production so unworthy of the great man, autograph of Sir John Moore pasted onto upper pastedown, modern red straight-grain morocco (by Bayntun Riviere), gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus Ballantyne (R.M.), Up in the Clouds, or Balloon Voyages, James Nisbet & Co., 1880, black and white frontispiece, additional engraved title, original publisher's cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed at extremities, small 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century titles, including illustrated literature, biography, air travel and exploration (6 shelves)

Thomson (James). The Works of James Thomson with his last Corrections and Improvements, to which is prefixed an Account of his Life and Writings, 2 volumes, printed for A. Millar, 1747, two engraved portrait frontispieces, few engraved plates, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Farneworth (Ellis), The History of the Civil Wars of France... a new translation from the Italian of Henrico Caterino Davila, 2 volumes, printed for D. Browne et al, 1758, some light dust-soiling, few minor marks, bookplate for Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park to upper pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and scuffed, upper bopard of volume one detached, 4to, plus another related, plus Maldonatus (Joannes), Commentarii in Quattuor Evangelistas, 2 parts in one, Venice, 1597, titles printed in red and black with large engraved devices, (first title torn without loss at gutter), text mostly in double column, occasional spotting and waterstains, previous owner inscriptions to title, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, rubbed and stained, folio, with other 19th-century literature and historical reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, volumes 1-12 (complete), 1820, Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain... , by Thomas Johnes, vols. 1-12, 2nd edition, 1805, some odd volumes, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

*Magic. An archive of magic tricks, printed matter, and ephemera, belonging to Gordon Woodcock, 1930s and later, a large number of magic tricks, including playing cards, silk handkerchiefs, multiplying billiard balls, wooden boxes, feather bouquets, Chinese rings, a clay pipe, rope, giant dice, and other props such as a collapsible rabbit, conjuring wands, fans, screens, etc., and various books and journals, including The Magic Wand, The Journal Official Organ of the Magical Society, The Magician Monthly, The Magical World, The B.M.S. Journal, The Sphinx, plus conjuring trade catalogues, and various printed, typed, and manuscript ephemera relating to magic tricks, illusions, and ventriloquism, including letters, e.g. a typed letter signed from Henri De'Seevah "The Friendly Magician", and a manuscript postcard from Professor Whyley relating to the procurement of a dummy, flyers advertising George Smallwood's Mystic Parade at which Gordon Woodcock performed in 1940, and three brown manilla folders containing a typed illustrated correspondence course by Rupert Howard from The St. James School of Magic, 1930s, all contained in a metal trunk and a suitcase, each with the owner's name and address stencilled on lid, with additional material in a cardboard box Provenance: Owned by the vendor's uncle, Gordon Woodcock (1921-2005), who was one of the youngest members of the British Magical Society, and performed at family parties. (3 boxes)

*Bean (Heather, 20th century). Nursery Rhymes, circa 1989, 3 finely-executed pen and ink and watercolour circular illustrations, each with numerous figures and details including Humpty Dumpty, Little Jack Horner, Father Christmas, etc., all signed in the image and one dated 1989, each 25cm (10ins) diameter, framed and glazed, one with Burford Gallery printed label and manuscript title to verso (3)

*Boyd (Emma Minnie, 1858-1936). Tableau: Eleven Nursery Rhymes, pen, ink, and watercolour, showing a tableau of nursery rhyme figures, including Little Bo Peep, Simple Simon, The Queen of Hearts, and Little Boy Blue, signed lower right, 15 x 50.5cm (6 x 20ins), mounted, framed and glazed, titled in recent manuscript on backboard (1)

*Nielsen (Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957). 'The Nightingale - and when I go back, I hear the nightingale, sing - ', 1923, watercolour on artist's board, with traces of pencil, showing a Chinese maiden standing entranced at the foot of a willow tree beside a river, listening to the song of a nightingale, within a decorative foliate border in pencil, signed and dated in pencil to lower right border, board size 37 x 27cm (14.5 x 10.75ins), mounted, together with backboard from original frame bearing large manuscript title label in Nielsen's hand (rubbed but entirely legible), and other labels denoting provenance, including Leicester Gallery and Gillian Jason Gallery labels Provenance: Purchased by Lady Headley from the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1924 (Exhibition of Kay Nielsen Drawings, February-March 1924, No.5); in the possession of Beryl Fiona Roberts in 1977; purchased by Benny Lee from the Gillian Jason Gallery, London, in 1987; from thence by descent to his niece, the current vendor. Danish artist Kay Nielsen is one of the greatest illustrators of the golden age of book design and illustration in the first half of the twentieth century. Nielsen produced this original watercolour as an illustration for 'The Nightingale', one of the stories in an edition of "Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1924. The delicate and luminous qualities of his best work is arguably nowhere better seen than in this exquisitely drawn picture. 'Nattergalen', first published in 1843, tells of the Emperor of China's preference for the tinkling of a bejewelled mechanical bird over the song of a real nightingale, which flies away and is banished from the land. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale returns, and his song restores the Emperor to health. Well received upon its publication, the tale is believed to have been inspired by the author's unrequited love for opera singer Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887), better known as Jenny Lind, and in turn was the inspiration for her nickname, the 'Swedish Nightingale'. The story has been adapted for opera, ballet, musicals, television dramas and films. Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton, Lady Headley (1857-1929) was an Australian writer, most noted for her short stories 'Bush Studies'. She married three times and her second husband left his entire estate to her, enabling her to invest in the stock and art market, buy and sell antiques, and collect black opals. During World War I Mrs. Baynton was living in England and in 1921 she married her third husband Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (1855-1935). Baron Headley, an Irish peer and prominent convert to Islam, was also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. He was one of the leading members of the Woking Muslim Mission, and presided for a time over the British Muslim Society. In 1921 he married Barbara Baynton, becoming bankrupt the following year. He was offered the throne of Albania in 1925, along with $500,000 and $50,000 per year, an offer he refused, upon which Lady Headley returned to Melbourne, where she died in 1929. Benny Lee was a prominent film lighting engineer who worked with, amongst others, director, producer and screenwriter Sir Alan Parker, whose credits include 'Bugsy Malone', 'Evita' and 'Fame'. In 1961 he established Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd with his brother John Lee. In 1987 Lee International PLC, as it had become, announced that it had made an offer of $100 million for Panavision, the Hollywood manufacturer and rental company for motion picture cameras and lenses. A highly desirable piece by Kay Nielsen, with a fascinating provenance which starts with the work's first owner the year following its creation. (1) Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.  

Roberts (Robert). Diary of a Voyage to Australia, New Zealand and other Lands, Covering the Twelve Months Lying Between 21st August, 1895, and 19th August, 1896, 1st edition, Birmingham, 1896, [4], 202 pp, title-page and text-block edges dust-soiled, modern plain wrappers with manuscript title, remains of original wrappers retained, the upper pictorial wrapper (with ownership signature of V.W. Reynolds) partly chipped, trimmed and laid down, the lower wrapper chipped at corners and somewhat dust-soiled, 8vo, together with Mines and Minerals. Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the Year 1879, 2 volumes, text/maps, Sydney, 1880, folding maps and plates, a little light spotting, original wrapper and cloth-backed boards, inkstamps and light soiling, 4to, plus New South Wales in 1881: Being a Brief Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Colony up to the End of the Year Extracted from Official Records, Thomas Richards, 2nd issue, Sydney, 1882, folding colour map, folding tables, inkstamp at foot of title, original wrappers, a few chips and tears, 8vo, and three others including two Imperial Institute monographs: Coal, by J.H. Ronaldson, 1920 and Petroleum, 1921, and House of Commons Acts and Reports. A group of printed government reports and acts relating to Australia, circa 1834-77, including Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence Between the Secretary of State and the Governor of Van Diemen's Land on the Subject of Convict Discipline, HMSO, 1845; Report from Select Committee on the Colonial Military Expenditure: With the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index, Ordered to be Printed 7 August 1834; Report from the Select Committee on Colonial Military Expenditure; together with Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix and Index, 4 August 1835; Report from the Select Committee on the Accounts of Colonial Receipt and Expenditures, with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index, 13 July 1837; Thirteenth Report of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines in the Colony of Victoria, [1877], plus one further report, a printed letter (Islanders of the Pacific) and a bill concerning convict prisons (1859), plus 27 extracted Acts of Parliament relating to Australia with no duplicates (George III x 1, George IV x 12 and Queen Victoria x 27), all disbound, folio (a carton)

S.D.U.K. Maps of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 2 volumes, published Chapman & Hall, 1844, 161 engraved maps, including some folding and double page, the map of Africa with later ink manuscript annotations one comparison plate of the rivers of the world, forty-seven town plans and six celestial star charts, complete as lists, occasional marginal fraying, very slight spotting, a.e.g., contemporary half morocco gilt, folio (2)

Cust (Lionel). Catalogue of the Collection of Fans and Fan-leaves presented to the Trustees of the British Musuem by the Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Longmans & Co., 1893, half-title, original cloth, few minor marks, a little scuffed to extremities, 8vo, together with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the Cabinet of Old Fans, the property of Mr. Robert Walker..., illustrated edition, 1882, fifty-two black and white plates, occasional scattered spotting, one or two realised prices added in pencil, manuscript list of realised prices tipped into front free endpaper, later quarter morocco with original printed boards inlaid, a little rubbed and minor scuffs, 8vo (2)

Gibbs (May). Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Their Adventures Wonderful, 1st edition, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, [1918], colour frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, some full-page, contemporary manuscript inscription on half-title, pictorial endpapers, hinges previously strengthened with adhesive tape and with consequent staining, original cloth-backed pictorial boards with illustration mounted on upper cover, 4to A good copy. (1)

Nister (Ernest, pub.). The Book of Gnomes, Written by Fred. E. Weatherly, Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy, circa 1895, eight chromolithographed plates, letterpress illustrations throughout, some full-page, title-page toned, one or two short edge-tears, pictorial endpapers (those at front spotted), front pastedown with early inscription, original cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, some slight rubbing to extremities and marks to lower cover, but generally a bright copy, oblong folio, together with Something New for Little Folk, circa 1899, seven circular revolving chromolithographs, each with original cord to transform the picture, one with small piece missing at edge, letterpress illustrations, page block brittle and chipped at edges, patterned endpapers, hinges strengthened, manuscript verse in a juvenile hand on front pastedown, contemporary inscription on verso of front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, some rubbing and marks, large 4to (2)

Wain (Louis). Louis Wain's Merry Mascot, Postcard Painting Book, Father Tuck's "Little Artists" Series, [cover-title], circa 1910, eight leaves each with three perforated postcards to colour in and detach (each illustration coloured in a juvenile hand), with corresponding colour illustrations on facing versos (including pastedowns), tissue guards (some fraying), contemporary manuscript inscription at head of front pastedown, original pictorial card wrappers, front cover slightly dusty, small slim folio Dale 136. Extremely rare Louis Wain item, with all the postcards still intact. (1)

Nonesuch Press. La divina commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri... translated by H. F. Cary, 1928, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, manuscript note on Nonesuch Press headed paper loosely inserted, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original vellum stained orange, gilt, spine faded, dust-soiled and rubbed, folio Numbered 615 from an edition of 1475. (1)

Chatwin (Bruce, 1940-1989). In Patagonia, unbound proof copy with author's manuscript corrections, Jonathan Cape, 1977, 13 loose octavo quires, Chatwin's correction and amendments in brown ink and pencil throughout, mostly minor typos, punctuation amendments and notes to check spellings, but also occasional sentence rewrites, deletions and word substitutions, a note about libellous comments concerning Archie at the end of Chapter 46, etc., half-title (with numerous brown ink manuscript notes in Chatwin's hand) and final page (204) slightly toned and dusty, 8vo A rare Chatwin association item and the author's first book. (1)

Bell (James). A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 8 vols., Glasgow, 1838, folding coloured map of England and Wales, 44 folding engraved county maps, many with topographical vignettes, manuscript list at front of first volume, some light spotting and offsetting, small previous owner inkstamps to front pastedowns, original cloth, brown labels to spines, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo (1)

*Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Sea Monster, 1998, pen, brown ink and wash on handmade paper, by Reg Lloyd, signed and dated lower right, 130 x 100 mm (5.1 x 4 ins), together with the autograph manuscript poem Sea Monster by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on similar handmade paper, signed at foot, 230 x 106 mm (9 x 4.2 ins), mounted together, framed and glazed The original preliminary drawing by Reg Lloyd (1946-) together with the holograph poem by Ted Hughes for page 11 of The Mermaid's Purse, published by the Sunstone Press in May 1993, in an edition of 100 copies. With printed label for the R. J. Lloyd and Ted Hughes exhibition at Shellhouse Gallery, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 1997 to verso. (1)

*Williamson (Henry, 1895-1977 ). The Fight with Orca Gladiator, unpublished typescript short story, circa 1930s, 18 leaves of single-sided cyclostyled typewritten text, tear with some text loss to left margin of page 4, final leaf chipped and frayed without loss of text but with some toning and lightening of two lines of text, two small manuscript corrections (? by Williamson) to last page, 4to, together with On Foot in Devon or Guidance and Gossip, Being a Monologue in Two Reels, 1st edition, 1933, 8 photographic plates, map endpapers, author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, inscribed for Betty Radford and dated at Lydford, 18 September 1933, written on cloth in dust jacket, spine browned and split at foot of upper joint, 8vo The climax of this short story concerns a dramatic sea battle between a killer whale and four sea lions named Princess, Berserk, Daggoo and Ra. (2)