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IRELAND: Manuscript draft, unsigned, in the hand of James Bryce, with various corrections, three pages, 4to, n.p. (London), n.d., on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons. Bryce has titled his draft 'The Unionist Association to promote Self Government for Ireland' and states, in part, 'Those who are opposed to the Bill for the Better Government of Ireland are anxious to do two things (1) to monopolise the name of “Unionist” & (2) to brand all those who differ from them as “Separationists”. The supporters of self government for Ireland consider the integrity of the United Kingdom as an essential element of the scheme. In order to emphasize the fact it is proposed to form a “Unionist Association to promote self government for Ireland”' and should include all those who are opposed to Separation and 'are anxious to support the Principle that Ireland should manage all affairs that are specifically and exclusively Irish'. The integral leaf bears the names of over thirty politicians etc., supporters of Bryce's proposal, most of the names in ink or pencil in Bryce's hand, although some signed by the politicians themselves (Foster, Swinburne, Borlase, Reid, Lacaita, Newnes, Strong etc.). Together with an A.L.S., J Bryce, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), 15th July n.y., to Mrs. Evans, on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons Library, politely declining an invitation as he is already engaged to dine in another suburb of London, and also including a second A.L.S., J Bryce, one page, 8vo, Bryanston Square, London, 29th January n.y., to a gentleman, arranging a dinner appointment with his correspondent. The draft very slightly irregularly and neatly trimmed at the edges and with traces of former mounting to the left edge of the first page and verso, not affecting the text or signatures. G to VG, 3 James Bryce (1838-1922) 1st Viscount Bryce. British Academic, Jurist, Historian & Liberal Politician who served as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1905-07. £100-150

CHAVEZ HUGO: (1954-2013) President of Venezuela 1999-2013. Signed manuscript diary, seven pages, folio, Fuerte Guaicaipuro, from 11th to 16th September 1974, in Spanish. Chavez writes his own training camp diary, in Charavalle, state of Miranda. Chavez starts his short period diary on Wednesday 11th stating in part `I was appointed squad commandant, with all the responsibilities attached to the post...Today I learned a lot about engineering military campaign...I have decided to start this short diary during the training camp, it will be a week and a new experience in my life.´ Thursday 12th `With the sound of the rain falling on the tent, breathing the smoke of my cigar, I can´t stop remembering intensively a woman. I take my thoughts back to the last time I saw her, last saturday, in Barinas...´. Friday 13th Chavez refers to his role as Che Guevara `I went later to a camp training activity where I had the role of the commandant Ernesto "Che" Guevara. We were having a guerrilla camp, ambushing the new soldiers, and we were singing protest songs. I enjoyed it a lot, I´m hoarse so much I screamed.... I can´t stop thinking in the same woman. What would she be doing now? I shouldn´t act as I do. She might be happy, and I really hope she is, but I feel "something" inside which put me in fire.´ Saturday 14th, interesting thoughts of Chavez who says knowing very well what he wants and refers once more to Ché `..The new soldiers will be scared tonight, swallowing tear gas, creeping underneath the barbed wires, feeling the machine gun bullets close over their heads. "They will feel dying tonight"....I feel the shock of the rain against the ground and the cold in my feet, and I think in how is this life. Today is Saturday and I wonder what would the young people, same age as me, be doing somewhere else, those who live free, without sacrifices. For sure they will be having fun, in a disco with their girlfriends, at the cinema or anywhere else. If they would know what we are doing they would say we are crazy. But I am not crazy. I know very well what I want and what I do, and why I make this sacrifice. I remember now a thought of "Ché": "The present is of fight, the future belongs to us". Sunday 15th `...he suffered an ugly wound in his hand, he felt on the barbed wires full of despair due to the tear gas.... I don´t want to keep on writing, I am tired, I am going to think in my family and in the same woman. She might be thinking in me...´ Monday 16th, on his lat training camp day Chavez states `I was the whole day shooting the Afag machine gun with war ammunition, when the new soldiers were crossing the area. It was really good shooting. The feeling and sound of the bursts of gunfire excites you and you don´t want to remove your finger from the shutter.´ Further ending with a predicting statement `It was a good week. It was a further step on the present fight which will transform in a victorious future.´ An excellent content diary on which Chavez expresses his thoughts and his future expectations. Boldly written in blue ink, with multiple corrections and side annotations. Small creasing and left border irregularly trimmed as a result of taken them out of the diary book. Also including Herma Marksman´s transcription. VG. £300-400 With provenance from the private collection of Herma Marksman and with her own transcription. Herma Marksman: (1949- ) Born of a peasant woman and a German immigrant she was in her 30s when she met the future Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who was then married and in his twenties. She became his mistress. They both were students of socialism and idealistic and she helped him in his academic studies. After the failed 1992 coup attempt Chavez left both his first wife and mistress. Marksman will later repudiate Chavez, and described his government as imposing a "fascist dictatorship". She has written several essays and a book titled El Otro Chávez, "The other Chavez", describing her relationship with him.

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An interesting contemporary manuscript copy of a letter by Nelson, two pages, 4to, Victory off Martinique, 10th June 1805, to Duncan Campbell. The text, in an unidentified hand, states, in part, 'I was in a thousand fears for Jamaica; for that is a blow which Buonparte would be happy to give us….I flew to the West Indies without any orders, but I think the ministry cannot be displeased. Information at Barbados from St. Lucia told us that the Enemy's Squadron had sailed at 5000 Troops on the 28th May…Tobago, Trinidada or Grenada was supposed their object. I went to those Islands, but now find that the whole was a fabrication, for the enemy did not leave fort Royal till the night of the 5th June, on the 6th they were under Dominica, on the 7th under Guadalupe standing to the Nortward….trying to escape from me….they could have no troops that ought to make my Jamaica friends alarmed. When I am satisfied they are on their return, after sending some of the Spanish ships to the Havannah, I shall push hard to get off the straits before them, and kind Providence may some happy day bless my endeavours to serve the Empire, of which the West India Colonies form so prominent and interesting a part….I was bred, as you know, in the good old school, and taught to appreciate the value of our West India possessions, and neither in the field or in the senate….whilst I have an arm to fight in their defence, or a tongue to launch my voice against the damnable & cursed doctrine of Wilberforce….' and in a postscript a further remark is made, '12th June off Antigua - The combined squadrons passed here on the 8th, and I am after them, Jamaica is safe….' With address panel to the second page and with slight remnants of a seal (small area of paper loss where originally broken). A circular postal cancellation would appear to date the present copy of Nelson's letter to 1806. Some light age wear, G £200-300

MARIE LOUISE DUCHESS OF PALMA: (1791-1847) Austrian Archduchess, the second wife of Napoleon. Empress of the French 1810-14. A good, large D.S., Marie Louise, as Regent Empress on behalf of Napoleon, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Imperial Palace, St. Cloud, 10th July 1813, in French. The partially printed document relates to Jacques Francois Gratiere who has expressed a desire to serve the King of Westphalia and whose request the Emperor has considered and, having also consulted a report given by the Minister of Justice, has decided to authorize, thus allowing Gratiere to enter into the service of the King of Westphalia under the rules given under an Imperial decree of the 16th August 1811. Signed by the Empress at the foot and bearing several countersignatures. The manuscript text is a little light in places, although perfectly legible, and the signature of the Empress is bold. Some light overall wrinkling, otherwise VG- £500-600. Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13 as Jerome I. Youngest brother of Napoleon I.

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A fine D.S., Napoleon, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Elysée, 2nd April 1813, in Italian. The manuscript document is an attractive license patent decree, with heading "Napoleon, by grace of God, Emperor of the French & King of Italy", stating that, having considered the good relationship between the Minister of Justice and the parties, the Emperor accepts that Sign. Rainoldi Gaetano of Milan remains on the service of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Wurzburg as Councilor and Cabinet Secretary. The decree itemize what the 8th February 1812 decree establishes, being all the reasons according to which Rainoldi is obliged to leave the Grand Duke and return to the Emperor´s service. Signed by Napoleon at the foot and countersigned by the Grand Judge and Minister of Justice Giuseppe Luosi (`Il Cons Luosi´), the Secretary of State and Francesco Melzi d´Eril (`Il Duca di Lodi´). To the upper right corner the original gold colored circular medallion is neatly affixed with green ribbon, featuring a relief bust of Napoleon and the words "Napoleon Empereur des Français et Roi D´Italie". Some very light, minor age wear to the extreme edges, otherwise an attractive, clean document with a good example of Napoleon´s full signature. About VG. £800-1200 Ferdinand III (1769-1824) Grand Duke of Tuscany 1790-1801 and Grand Duke of Würzburg 1806-14. After Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig, Ferdinand dissolved his alliance with the First French Empire on 26 October 1813, only six months after this decree was signed. According to the decree, Gaetano Rainoldi should have stopped serving the Grand Duke and returned to the service of the Emperor or be condemned by the French Justice Court. Francesco Melzi d'Eril (1753-1816) Italian Patriot. Vice-President of the Napoleonic Italian Republic 1802-05. When the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1805, Napoleon chose Eugène de Beauharnais as his governor, and Melzi d'Eril was set aside from the new government. As a compensation, he was made Duke of Lodi. Giuseppe Luosi (1755-1830) Minister of Justice and Great Judge of the Kingdom of Italy 1805-14.

AN INDO PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH MINIATURE OF COURTLY FIGURES ON A TERRACE

Montblanc, Johann Sebastian Bach, a limited edition fountain pen, no Montblanc, Johann Sebastian Bach, a limited edition fountain pen, no. 00122/12000, issued in 2001, the brown resin barrel with gilt trim, the orange resin cap with a gilt clip in the shape of a clef, and cap band with the facsimile engraving of notes from the original manuscript of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, with the Montblanc white star emblem to the cap end, the nib stamped 18K, with a piston filler system, in its original box with tribute booklet, service guide and five facsimile sheets of music from the manuscript for Brandenburg Concertos

NORMAN MACCAIG: THREE MANUSCRIPT POEMS, Exeter, The Rougemont Press, 1970 (300) (100) numbered and sigd, orig wraps, d/w + D H LAWRENCE: NETTLES, L, 1930, 1st edn, ownership sig of Desmond Harmsworth (1903-1990), part unopened, orig cl gt + WOLF MANKOWITZ: XII POEMS, Dublin, Ahakista Ltd 1971 (250) out of series, orig cl gt, glassine d/w + SAMUEL BECKETT: AS THE STORY WAS TOLD, L and NY, 1990, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + TED HUGHES: SCAPEGOATS AND RABIES, L, Poets and Printer, 1967, 1st edn, orig wraps (5)

CECIL COLLINS: IN THE SOLITUDE OF THIS LAND, Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1981 (100), out of series, "complimentary copy", autolithograph frontis, ptd wraps + PETER PORTER: MACHINES, ill George Szirtes, Hitchin, The Mandeville Press, 1986 (250), (60), sigd by author and artist, out of series, orig ptd wraps + LAVINIA GREENLAW: LOVE FROM A FOREIGN CITY, Nottingham, Slow Dancer Press, 1992, 1st edn, sigd, orig pict wraps + GODFREY TURTON: THE ART OF COSMETICS A NEW TRANSLATION OF OVID'S POEM, ill George Buday, Kersey Uplands, Suffolk, Bene Books, 1976 (525) orig pict wraps + SIEGFRIED SASSOON: SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF, ill Margaret Adams, Worcester Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1966, orig wraps + NORMAN MACCAIG: THREE MANUSCRIPT POEMS, Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1970 (300), (100) numbered and sigd, orig ptd wraps (6)

CALENDAR OF THE CAREW MANUSCRIPT PRESERVED IN THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL LIBRARY AT LAMBETH 1515 TO 1574, 1603 TO 1624, L, Longman 1867-1873, 2 vols, old blind stpd cl gt worn, splits at spine, vol 1 inner jnts split, ex lib (2)

ISLAMIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, 19th Century or earlier, 40 ms pgs, 10 fl pge illuminations, paper size 10 3/4" x 8", later limp leath wraps

An archive of school text books, manuscript text books and ephemera by schoolmaster W M Dunn of Gosberton Hall Agricultural Commercial School, Lincolnshire + assorted other ephemera W M Dunn and Lincolnshire related, mainly Boston, inc photographs, ppc, etc etc all mainly early 20th Century to mid 20th Century

A late Victorian/Edwardian Album containing assorted cuttings, engravings, manuscript prose etc, old full cf v worn + a Victorian Album containing assorted manuscript prose, pen, ink and watercolour sketches, assorted scraps, cuttings and engravings, small qty pressed flowers + small qty engravings and photographs loose, old full cf worn (2)

A late Victorian/Edwardian Scrap Album containing assorted scraps including flowers and plants, animals, children, some greetings cards etc, orig cl gt worn + another album similar containing assorted cuttings and engravings circa early 20th Century including Great War cuttings + a Victorian Manuscript Handwriting Book containing assorted prose, poetry etc, each old full cf gt worn (3)

Ambrose Shardlow (mid 19th Century) - Three manuscript maps: England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland Pen and ink, with watercolour Each signed and inscribed Standard Hill Academy, and dated Midsummer1856 , Christmas 1855 , and Midsummer 1855 , respectively Each c.44.5 x 36.5 cm. (17 1/4 x 14 1/4 in), (3) Provenance: Alastair Sampson Antiques Ltd.; from whom purchased by Mallett, 2006. Lot offered without reserve.

1840 (May 5th) Last Day of Uniform 1d Post: Front of entire with Durham CDS in red, "Paid" & "1" in manuscript, handwritten date also 5th May. Cat £500

Springbett Mr. D - Columbia: 1886 October 2 mourning Registered cover to Colchester (England) franked 10c Nunez with indistinct cancel and 10c registered label with manuscript '15 gramos', large oval 'CARTEGNA' datestamp in violet at centre and red 'Registered London' datestamp on left, attractive and rare

Springbett Mr. D - New South Wales: 1850 Mourning cover London, franked with four margined 1850-51 3d yellow-green (Views), tied by (Sydney?) obliterator and red PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY despatch datestamp with manuscript 8(d) incoming ship letter charge below, GB June 11 arrival backstamp, signed 'AD(iena)', central filing fold and opened out for display. Not listed in B. Palmer's "The Sydney Views"

CANADA - 1851 Laid paper, imperforate 3d red 'Beaver' (SG 1) close to large margins, used with target cancellation and part pen manuscript at left, cat £1,100

EGYPT BRITISH FORCES - Military Telegraph Stamps: 1886 'O.1 P.T.' on 1d lilac and black to 'HUNDRED PIASTRES' on £1 lilac and black (SG MT9/16) plus 1887 'ONE DIME' On 1d lilac and black to 'ONE HUNDRED PIASTRES' on £1 lilac and black (SG MT17/26) also Bechuanaland 1884 1d lilac and black to £1 lilac and black (SG MT1/8), all twenty-six stamps with delicately applied manuscript 'SPECIMEN' in red ink and affixed to part album page with three on reverse, some with colour a little faded and the Bechuanaland 1s badly damaged otherwise fine and a rare group

INDIA - 1854 ½a blue, fifty-one used examples on two stockcards, mostly die I with a few die II and III, a wide range of shades from very pale blue to a rich indigo, generally with small faults or close margins, cancels incl diamond of dots, a few numerals and a couple of manuscript cancels, cat min £1785

An interesting 19th century hand written manuscript book of music

Attributed to Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788) - A pastoral river landscape, with figures and a horse in the foreground, cattle and a town beyond Oil on canvas 102 x 127 cm. (40 x 50 in) Provenance: Ex-collection of Colonel W. Tozer, 1894-1971 (according to manuscript label on reverse) Frost & Reed, London (printed label on reverse numbered 3571) Private collection, UK. The present work has been described as autograph by Dr Frederica Spadotto on the basis of a photograph (private correspondence with present owner, 2014).

Circle of Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529-1592) - Bust portrait of a gentleman Oil on canvas 65 x 52 cm. (25 1/2 x 20 1/2 in) With pen and ink manuscript note on reverse relating to the sitter, who was apparently associated with Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574).

[NEW YORK]: D.S. by G. Tomlinson, an Attorney, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, Albany, New York, 13th August 1803. The manuscript document is a Supreme Court summons issued in the name of Morgan Lewis, commanding that William Hodges (‘if he may be found’) be brought before the Justices of the Supreme Court at the City Hall in New York on 2nd November in order to satisfy Rowland Milliman with the sum of $39.38, awarded to Milliman by the Supreme Court ‘for his expenses & costs in a certain action of “trespass, assault….& false imprisonment” ‘ against Milliman at the hands of Hodges. With small blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some extremely minor, light overall age wear, VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804- 14, 1815. L.S., Np, (a bold example although with a couple of ink splatters), one page, 4to, Paris, 21st February 1812, to the Duc de Feltre, in French. The manuscript letter, the text of which is in the hand of Meneval, states that there are many vacancies for officers in the 11th Light Infantry Regiment and adds 'However, it is very important to promptly appoint officers because this Regiment….is going to enter the military campaign'. With the original oblong 12mo holograph receipt neatly penned to the lower left corner. VG Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon. Later Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24 The present letter illustrates Napoleon's desire to expand his Grand Armee just a few months before the French invasion of Russia in June 1812.

NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A good Autograph Memorandum, unsigned, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., to. Nelson’s memorandum is written in the blank halves of two pages of a draft letter. The manuscript draft, in an unidentified hand, commences, ‘I feel very great reluctance in troubling you with any personal concern of mine; but I am really compelled to….His Majesty was graciously pleased, on account of my services in the Battle of the Nile, to bestow on me the high Honor of a Peerage of Great Britain, and to recommend it to Parliament to enable Him to grant a pension of £2000 a year to me, & eventually for two years after mine’ and continues to discuss the formal wording of the grant, particularly in relevance to his successors (quoting a part of the passage, ‘…and to the two next persons on whom the Title of Baron Nelson & c shall descend, in such manner as shall be thought most effectual for the benefit of the said Ld. Nelson & his family’), further continuing ‘The Grant was made to me & the two next succeeding Heirs Male of my Body, which was probably done without an attentive consideration of the whole of the message, but it was then of no importance to me as the Grant followed the Title. But as His Majesty has since been graciously pleased to confer upon me the Title of a Viscount with Remainder to my brother’s children (failing issue of my own) I must entreat that you will lay me at His Majesty’s Feet & that you will have the goodness to express to him….my humble hope that as I have not had the good fortune to acquire sufficient wealth to put it in my power to enable my Nephew to support in any Degree the Rank of a Peer….His Majesty will be graciously pleased to take such measures as he shall think necessary for continuing the Pension in the manner it appears to have been His Majesty’s gracious intention…’ and concluding that ‘Ld. Saint Vincent is in the same situation I believe with myself, but I know of no other case at all similar, as Ld. Duncan has mail issue’ Nelson continues to add his own holograph remarks to the draft, ‘and I also beg leave to state that both Lord St. Vt. & Ld. Dn. had a grant from the Irish Parliament of 1000 £ pr. annum which from not havg. been recommended by Governmt. here was not bestw’d upon me. I presume to make only one remark, was it the intention or not of His Majesty’s Governmt. to place my rewards for services lower than Ld. St. Vt. or Ld. Dn. I had the happiness to be a sharer of the Glory of the 14th Febry. I had the honour to command the fleet who found the victory of the Nile [which] was I believe the most compleat one ever obtained…till that off Copenhagen’. An interesting and unusual document. Some very light, minor age wear at the edges and a couple of very neat splits to the edges of some folds, otherwise VG John Jervis (1735-1823) 1st Earl of St. Vincent. British Admiral of the Fleet. Known for his victory at the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent on 14th February 1797 (which Nelson refers to in the present document). Adam Duncan (1731-1804) 1st Viscount Duncan. British Admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in Naval history.

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. ELLIOT HUGH (1752-1830) British Diplomat & Colonial Governor. An excellent L.S., H Elliot, eight pages, folio, Naples, 3rd August 1805, to Sir Richard Bickerton. The manuscript despatch states, in part, ‘You have, without doubt, been made acquainted by Lord Nelson, with all the circumstances which had induced His Lordship, with the approbation of the British Government, to station a ship of the line in this bay for the protection of their Sicilian Majesties, and for the purpose of affording them a secure mode of conveyance to Sicily, in case they should be forced either by the violence of the French, or by the treachery of their own subjects, to abandon their capital. At the time Lord Nelson left the Mediterranean, Capt. F. Sotheran, of His Majesty’s ship Excellent, remained here upon the above mentioned service. A few days previous….I had of my own accord, taken an opportunity of stating personally, to the King of Naples, the expediency there might be, under the present circumstances, that His Majesty should be pleased to dispense with the services of the Excellent at Naples, until the British Fleet in the Mediterranean should have received a reinforcement. His Sicilian Majesty, however, entered into so full an explanation of the concurrence of many critical circumstances, which rendered His present situation, & that of His family, more perilous than if ever had been since the entrance of the French into His dominions, that it became impossible for me to insist further upon His Majesty’s voluntary consent to the departure of the Excellent. Without troubling you with a minute detail of all the arguments the King made….I must not omit to state the general grounds….as a confidential communication. For the course of nearly two years, a secret negotiation has been carried on between the Courts of London & Petersbourg, for the purpose of assembling, conjointly, a sufficient military force in this part of Europe, to secure the South of Italy against the farther encroachments of French ambition. In the mean time, the court of Naples, with the consent & even by the advice of the friendly powers, has been induced to temporize with France, and to conceal from Bonaparte, as much as possible, the knowledge of the efforts which were secretly making in order to defeat His unjustifiable views – One part of the plan consisted in gaining sufficient time for the Russians to assemble a considerable force in the Ionian Islands. This force is, however, still incomplete & the Russians cannot proceed to the Continent of Italy until they shall have received a reinforcement of 10,000 men, which are daily expected at Corfu, from the Black Sea. Bonaparte, whose eyes are now opened to the proceedings which have been concerted between Great Britain & Russia, has increased every demonstration of insolence & ill-humour towards this Government, and it is expected that he will not fail to order his army to march towards this capital, as soon as he shall have heard of the Emperor Alexander’s resolution to recal Mons. de Novosiltzow, who had proceeded as far as Berlin, on his way to Paris, with the view of opening a negotiation there for a general peace. From the contents of M de Novosiltzow ‘s note to the Prussian Minister….you will perceive that all hopes of such a negotiation now taking place, are entirely done away. As many weeks must still elapse before the Russian troops can land in Italy, the King of Naples is, therefore, in the meantime exposed to the most imminent & pressing danger.  OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION

Raising troops for an invasion of France ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. A good D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Windsor, 10th July 1706. The manuscript document is a warrant addressed to Henry Lumley, Governor of Jersey, Christopher Hatton, Governor of Guernsey and Brigadier Harry Mordaunt, and states that additional officers are required to embark with the Royal Fleet 'in this Summers Expedition under the Command of our Right Trusty & right well beloved Cousin Richard, Earl Rivers', further instructing 'We have therefore upon this occasion thought fitt that Two hundred private soldiers be drawn out of the Several Companies of our Regiment of Foot Commanded by....Brigadier Harry Mourdant in our Islands of Jersey and Guernsey proportionally for filling up and compleating the sd. Regiment going to sea....' and adding that the soldiers should be transported by boat to the Isle of Wight in preparation for sailing. The document also states that the sum of three pounds per man be paid to the regiments 'for such of their Cloaths....the said soldiers shall take along with them'. Countersigned at the conclusion by Henry St. John (1678-1751) 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. English Politician & Political Philosopher, Secretary at War 1704-08. Some light age wear and a few small worm holes to the final page, not affecting the text or signatures. About VG Henry Lumley (c.1658-1722) British Soldier, Governor of Jersey 1704-22. Christopher Hatton (1632-1706) 1st Viscount Hatton. English Aristocrat & Diplomat, Governor of Guernsey 1670-1706. Harry Mordaunt (1663-1720) English Soldier. Richard Savage (c.1654-1712) 4th Earl Rivers. English Soldier & Admiral. Rivers served under the Duke of Marlborough, who formed a high opinion of his military capacity, and it was Marlborough who recommended that Rivers take command of a force (evidently the one referred to in the present document) for an invasion of France in 1706.

PERON JUAN: (1895-1974) President of Argentina 1946-55 & 1973-74. D.S., Juan Peron, one page, folio, Buenos Aires, 25th April 1955. The neat calligraphic manuscript document, in Spanish, is a form of certificate honouring the visit of Peron to the Director General of Taxation. Signed by Peron at the foot and bearing three countersignatures of officials who accompanied the President on his visit, including Pedro Jose Bonanni (1906-1986) Argentine Minister of Finance. With an attractive printed border. Together with an accompanying title page to the certificate. Both neatly trimmed and with some light age wear, the title page with some tape stains and scuffing. FR to G, 2

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of Westside Story. An early Autograph Manuscript Signed, Leonard Bernstein, (and again L Bernstein at the head of the final page), three pages, 8vo, n.p., (Boston, Massachusetts), 31st December 1934. The manuscript is Bernstein’s literary essay, with the opening statement ‘Stevenson says that we read stories more for action than for character. Discuss this remark in the light of the novel you are reporting on’. Bernstein continues to give his thoughts in relation to Thomas Hardy’s novel Jude the Obscure, writing that it ‘is not an action story. Of course, there is necessarily a good deal of movement and melodrama which makes the book fiction, but much of the book can be read as a treatise. Hardy follows the life thread of Jude, certainly emphasising more strongly his attitude at various stages of his life than the action itself. While on this subject of action, may I parenthetically add that the action aspect of the story is quite poor. It is an oft-told tale re-told. The scene is constantly changing, but never outside a small radius. It makes me think of a ceaseless merry-go-round on which Jude sits, seeing new faces and people and each time he goes around, until, exhausted and dizzy, he fades from the picture’. Bernstein concludes by challenging Stevenson’s remark, explaining that Hardy’s work has a redeeming feature in its characterisation, ‘Hardy has the power to paint a clear character, and make him live up to his role. Of course, I tested Stevenson’s remark by my own reaction. He said “….we read….” etc. Whom he means by “we” I do not know; if he includes himself, he certainly shows it in his works’. With several corrections in Bernstein’s hand and a number of annotations in another hand in the margins. Two files holes to the left edge of each page, not affecting the text or signatures. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG At the time of the present manuscript Bernstein was studying at the Boston Latin School, the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States. Bernstein graduated in 1935, the year after the present manuscript, and attended Harvard University where he studied music.

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. Bold red fountain pen ink signature ('Arturo Toscanini') on a slim 8vo piece of manuscript paper, dated 1st October 1952 in his hand. VG

PIANISTS: Selection of signed pieces, album pages etc., by various pianists comprising Ferruccio Busoni, Teresa Carreno, Alexander Brailowsky, Paul Badura-Skoda, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Artur Rubinstein (on a piece of manuscript paper, dated London, 20th June 1954 in his hand) and Claudio Arrau. G to generally VG, 7

PIPER JOHN: (1903-1992) English Painter. Typed Manuscript Signed, John Piper, one page, 4to, Henley-on-Thames, 16th June 1975. The manuscript, with several holograph corrections, is Piper’s foreword to Stained Glass in England 1150-1550 by Brian Coe, and states, in part, ‘I welcome this enlightened and well-informed book. When I was nineteen or twenty I began to try to study the art of English medieval stained glass. Books about the craft existed all right….Otherwise, one could scuffle through Methuen’s Little Guides to individual counties, or Murray’s Handbooks, or the few volumes of the Victoria County History then existing. Adequate illustrations were extremely rare. Much less has happened since the early 1920s to alter this situation than one might think. Herbert Read’s book of 1926 showed - almost for the first time in Great Britain - that stained glass was art, or could be so; not just craft. Baker and Lammer’s book of 1960 has fine coloured illustrations….But there is plenty of room for this book, and I find myself delighted by the splendour of the colour photography, by the care of the author’s topographical research….I hope this work will stimulate deans of cathedrals and incumbents of churches in the production of more and better reproductions, posters, books and postcards of English stained glass….’ Signed and dated at the foot. Together with an A.L.S., John Piper, two pages, 8vo, Henley-on-Thames, 16th June 1975, to Mr. Mills. Piper states that he hopes his correspondent will find the foreword adequate, and explains ‘I mention Baker and Lammer’s book, because this is how I know it, rather than Baker & Herbert Read, as Mr. Coe calls it in his Bibliog. Would you be kind enough to check this with him - and call it anything he fancies?’, concluding by remarking that he looks forward to the production. Also including a contemporary photocopy of Piper’s manuscript with several additional ink corrections in an unidentified hand. VG, 3

[BARRIE J. M.]: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. An interesting Typed Manuscript, unsigned, by Hazel Collister Hutchison, eighteen pages, 4to, n.p. (Cleveland, Ohio), n.d. (1940s-1950s?). The manuscript is entitled Satire and Sentiment in Barrie and is a fascinating well-written work, comprising three chapters, discussing the novelist and his works. Chapter III, entitled Two Words, is of particular interest and states, in part, ‘The Scotchman was as self-conscious as any other Thrums man before the words, beauty and love. The genius found ways of saying them without “lowerin’” himself, and by doing so made us all a bit more articulate….For enlightenment as to the techniques employed, it is rewarding to examine the handwriting…. Handwriting is rooted in two of the deepest desires of humankind, the longings to defeat time and to conquer space…..So it is with respect and compassion that one should dare the analysis of any script….Barrie was not unique in claiming to have two handwritings with their accompanying characteristics. In twenty-five years of work in this field, I’ve rarely encountered a person who did not claim to have two or more. Of course the writer and the examiner are thinking of very different things…..We shall never know whether Barrie was playing a little game or whether he actually came in time to believe it. We do know that in 1919 he had to use the left hand because of what he called “writer’s cramp”. But he had always been ambidextrous, and loved to show his skill in slight-of-hand performances…..The pressure particularly the vertical pressure in specimens one and two are identical as are also the letter alignment and word spacing. The same heart-breakingly lonely little capital letter I, the same exquisite letter d, high-flung I dots and amazing margin profiles…..Those margins and the sturdy, broad-legged little capital H belong to the weaver’s son, but the beauty of that letter d is Tinkerbell herself. It indicates taste that is only given by the gods and then but rarely. The entire script finds integration through it. All the homely, painful little letters can catch fire from it…..Fortunately this script is emotionally stable and deeply rooted in reality. There are no vague forms and fuzzy outlines. Concise thinking, fine powers of concentration and exceptionally good judgment keep the centrifugal emotions and the centripetal imagination nicely balanced…..The complete absence of flamboyance and affectation together with a fine sense of form and great respect for orderly thought all suggest the individual who has achieved skill in some art medium.’ Accompanied by two 8vo sheets of tracing paper featuring copies of the handwriting of Barrie, being the two specimens referred to by Hutchison in her manuscript, the traced pencil copies (presumably prepared by Hutchison) illustrating Barrie’s handwriting with both his right and left hands, the first example entitled Mr. Barrie in the Chair (right hand) and the second example taken from a letter by Barrie to Maurice Walsh, headed A Notable Tribute for Sir James M. Barrie…to Maurice Walsh (left hand). Both of the specimens are inlaid (a little crudely with thin tape at each corner, causing slight staining) into 4to sheets with the printed heading Hutchison - Examiner of Questioned Documents, Cleveland, Ohio. The manuscript is clasp bound within plain paper wrappers. An unusual grouping. G to VG, 3 Hazel Collister Hutchison (1893-1977) American Poet, Teacher and Professional Handwriting Analyst.

MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. A good D.S., A. A. Milne, three pages, folio, n.p. (London), 31st December 1927. The typed document is a Memorandum of Agreement between Milne and Horace Watson of the Haymarket Theatre in which Watson secures the sole and exclusive license to perform Milne's play The Fourth Wall (referred to as a manuscript ['A.M.S.'] in the document) throughout the British Isles for a period of five years, the document comprising eighteen clauses covering royalty payments (5% of the gross weekly receipts up to £1200 and 15% thereafter), agreeing that Milne shall be at liberty to attend all rehearsals, that the cast 'shall be chosen by agreement between author and manager' and that Milne shall retain the film and amateur rights etc. Signed by Milne at the conclusion and also signed by him with his initials ('A. A. M.') at the foot of the first two pages. Four file holes to the left edge of each page and some minor pinholes to the upper left corners of each page and minor age wear to the edges of the pages, none of which affect the text or signature. Together with a small selection of related Ds.S. and T.Ls.S. by various individuals (not Milne) concerning the touring rights of The Fourth Wall, including a D.S. by Lionel Bute, a T.L.S. by Miss. E. Patching of Curtis Brown Ltd (Milne's agents) agreeing to a reduction in the percentage of Milne's royalties, etc. Some file holes and light age wear to the additional documents and letters, generally VG, 7 The Fourth Wall is a mystery play by Milne and was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1928. It was later adapted for the film Birds of Prey (1930) directed by Basil Dean.

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., John Betjeman, one page, 4to, Radnor Walk, London, 20th March 1975, to Mr. Mills. Betjeman announces 'I cannot undertake to read your manuscript, Stained Glass in England 1150-1550 because I am not a medieval scholar' and continues to express his regret that all books on stained glass have stopped short at the 17th century, except one by Herbert Read. Betjeman does provide his correspondent with some advice however, 'Might I suggest that when you come to reproducing the glorious transparencies of which you have sent me a copy, you do so on transparent paper. There is much transparent paper that will take half-tone. And with white paper behind the effect of stained glass is obtained. I tried this myself successfully years ago in the Architectural Review.' EX

STUART JAMES EDWARD FRANCIS: (1688-1766) Prince of Wales, son of the deposed King James II and VII. Known as The Old Pretender. L.S., Votre bon Amy, Jacques R, one page, 4to, Rome, 29th December 1742, to the Archbishop d’Iconie, in French. The elegantly penned manuscript letter expresses the Old Pretender’s pleasure at having received his correspondent’s letter sending greetings for the Christmas festivities, further reciprocating the testimony of their friendship. Stuart has added a holograph postscript, signed with his initials G[iacomo] R[e], in Italian, comprising six lines, reasserting his gratitude towards the Archbishop for their continued support and expressing a desire to meet him as soon as he returns to Italy. With integral address leaf bearing a small red wax seal (minor area of paper loss where originally opened). VG Camille-Merlini Paulucci - Archbishop d’Iconie and Papal Nuncio in Vienna.

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1689-1702. A good L.S., Prince d'Orange, as Prince of Orange, one page, folio, Aalst, 12th June 1676, to Honourable Gentlemen, in old Dutch. The manuscript letter is the Prince of Orange's response to a letter received from his correspondents and dated 7th June in which they express 'concerns about an enemy incursion in the quarters of Flanders', the Prince stating that orders have been sent to the Lord of the Leck to leave Sas van Gendt with the garrison of Moerspenij and Axel and a company and also remarking 'please consider furthermore that as long as the army of the State is present here, the quarters of Flanders will be adequately protected against and prepared for a possible invasion. We will, in case of departure of said army, not fail to send multiple numbers of militias there for protection, because we will at all times, as far as we are able to, always bear all possible care…'. With blank integral leaf. VG

ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK: (1844-1925) Queen of the United Kingdom 1901-10, consort of King Edward VII. Autograph Telegram Signed, Alexandra, one page, folio, n.p., n.d., to Captain Patterson. On the partially printed Post Office Telegraphs form the Queen writes, in bold pencil, 'Just received yr. letter. Quite understand. Strongly advise you first to go to the Klinik you mention & after your twenty days come over with a nurse to the Hospital in Bloomsbury Square....' Together with a contemporary manuscript copy of a letter from Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708) Duke of Cumberland, husband of Queen Anne, one page, folio, n.p., circa 22nd December 1707, being an extract of a letter concerning an allowance of bounty to be made to Priscilla Masterman, the widow of Thomas Masterman who was killed by the enemy whilst serving on board HMS Crowne off the coast of Hispaniola on 17th September 1706. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and minor creasing, G to VG, 2

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. Typed Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 11th April 1919. The manuscript is of a speech delivered by the Prince of Wales and bears a number of holograph corrections, in pencil, and reads, in part (the holograph corrections marked in bold), 'I am very glad It has given me great pleasure to have been present tonight, and I wish to express say how much my appreciation of the splendid display of sportsmanship, shown alike by the teams and the schools they represent, both inside and outside the ring during the various bouts. In the Navy, the Army, and at Oxford, I have made many friends from Public Schools. From them I have learnt the value of that great national asset, the Public School spirit, which has proved its worth time after time during these last grim years of grim war. Boxing Tournaments foster this spirit….I am especially glad to hear that the Amateur Boxing Association has worked so well with the Services, to keep alive a our great British inheritance. In offering my hearty congratulations to the winners and organisers of these competitions, I cannot must also refrain from extending to the good losers the earnest hope that they may have better luck next time.' One single file hole to the upper left corner of each page, tied with the original treasury tag. About VG

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of St. James, 30th August 1948. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G. T. MacEwan to be the Consul General in London for the Republic of San Marino. Countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) English Politician, Foreign Secretary 1945-51. With blind embossed seal. The manuscript text and signatures are just a touch faded, although perfectly legible. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG

CHARLES IX: (1550-1574) King of France 1560-74. D.S., Charles, as King, at the foot, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Angers, 31st January 1570, in French. The manuscript document is a warrant for the King's officials to arrange for Master Berard, Treasurer General of Munitions, to pay back 'expenses generated in the province and division of Brittany, and brought to the city of Nantes, the sum of two thousand, eight hundred, thirty two pounds, seventeen shillings' which were intended for '20 sacks of Linen and construction of twenty boats to defend bridges, which we have ordered to be made in the city of Nantes….which We have subsequently revoked, and Remit the whole to another time more convenient for our affairs…..the decree itself of our friends & also faithful counsellors, the Lords de Boisregnault, Treasurer of France and General of our finances in the country, and de la Fontaine, Master Franceois Gaudart, Master Ordinary in our Chamber of Accounts at Paris….' Some light overall age wear and some staining to the right side of the text and with a large portion of vellum neatly cut away at the base of the right side, and with a fine, bold example of the signature of King Charles IX, who was to die at the young age of 23. With the former ownership signatures of the librarian, antiquary and manuscript collector William Upcott (1779-1845) and John Temple (dated February 1818) at the foot. G

DE MEDICI MARIE: (1575-1642) Queen of France 1600-10, a member of the House of Medici. Second wife of King Henry IV of France. Following the assassination of her husband in 1610, which occurred the day after her coronation, she acted as Regent for her son, King Louis XIII, until he came of age. L.S., Marie, one page, folio, Paris, 12th September 1613, to Monsieur de Matignon, in French. The elegantly penned manuscript letter relates to a mandate issued by the late King inviting de Matignon to sit on the regional assembly of the Duchy of Normandy, again inviting him to sit on the assembly this month and, with other members, in a plenary assembly, 'to render justice in consideration of what the King expected and desired, which is the object of this mandate'. With address panel to the verso. A few neat slits to the left margin and with slight traces of former mounting to the verso, VG

LOUIS XIV: (1638-1715) King of France 1643-1715. L.S., Louis, one page, small 4to, Marly, 2nd June 1707, to Francis II Rakoczi ('Mon Cousin'), in French. The elegantly penned manuscript letter thanks the Prince of Transylvania for their 'new demonstration of your affection' following the news of the birth of the Duke of Brittany, remarking 'As I am utterly convinced of your sincerity in expressing your joy at such an important event, you must believe me when I say that I am, likewise, very interested in all matters affecting you'. Boldly signed at the foot by the King and countersigned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. With integral address leaf. Four neat slits to the left and right margins, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature, and a couple of small, light stains at the foot, one only very slightly touching the King's signature. About VG Francis II Rakoczi (1676-1735) Hungarian Nobleman, Prince of Transylvania 1704-11. Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707-1712) Dauphin of France. Great Grandson of King Louis XIV Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1665-1746) Marquis de Torcy. French Diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1696-1715.

GALVEZ JOSE DE: (1720-1787) Marques de Sonora. Spanish Lawyer, one of the prime figures behind the Bourbon Reforms. Inspector General of New Spain (Mexico) 1764-72. Galvez ordered that Mexico's northern states together with California, New Mexico, and Texas be placed under the control of a commandant general of the Provincias Internas, independent of the viceroy in Mexico City and directly responsible to the King. L.S., Jph de Galvez, one page, folio, San Ildefonso, 17th September 1777, to the Governor of Paraguay, in Spanish. The manuscript letter is an order to provide that 'Sealed Paper should begin to be used as in the rest of the Americas and that by now you will be provided with as much paper as necessary, until the moment when the annualisation comes and the impression and change for these realms can be arranged for the next biennium's as it is practise for all the America's territories'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light overall foxing and with a long, neat split to the central vertical fold adjoining the integral leaf. About VG Agustin Fernando de Pinedo (d.1780) Governor of Paraguay 1772-78.

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. D.S., R Walpole, one page, folio, n.p. (Treasury Chambers), 11th August 1730. The manuscript document is a warrant for the payment of two hundred and seventy three pounds to be made to Francis Colman, His Majesty's resident at Florence, in payment for his 'ordinary entertainment of three pounds a day'. Boldly signed by Walpole in the right margin and countersigned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury George Dodington (1691-1762) 1st Baron Melcombe. English Politician and Nobleman; William Clayton (1671-1752) 1st Baron Sundon. British Politician; and Sir William Yonge (c.1693-1755) English Politician. A dark ink stroke, in the form of a cancellation, runs across the text, only very partially obscuring a few words, and not touching the signatures. A couple of minor tears at the edges and some very light age wear, only very slightly affecting Dodington's signature, otherwise VG

[CHURCHILL WINSTON S.]: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. MARSH EDWARD (1872-1953) British Polymath & Civil Servant, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill for many years. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, three pages, 8vo, The Palace, Khartoum, 24th December 1907. Marsh's manuscript recounts the funeral of Scrivings, which had taken place earlier that evening, in part 'The funeral procession left the Civil Hospital at 5.30. It was headed by the band of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; then followed a detachment of the men; and after the coffin, which was placed on the gun carriage and covered with the colours, then walked Mr. Churchill, Col. Wilson, Mr. Marsh, Capt. Dickinson, an officer who had accompanied Mr. Churchill through Uganda and down the Nile…..Mr Churchill had put a cross of white chrysanthemums & other flowers on the coffin. The cemetery is about half a mile from the hospital & the procession went at a foot's pace, the band playing Chopin's Funeral March….the coffin was placed on the shoulders of six men of the Royal Dublins, who carried it to the grave. Mr. Gwynne proceeded to read the burial service, during which the sun set and darkness came gradually on. At the end, the Last Post was sounded on the bugles, and three volleys of blank cartridges were fired into the air'.  Some light age wear and a few neat splits at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Together with three A.Ls.S. by Marsh ('E Marsh'), five pages (total), 8vo, [Khartoum] & Whitehall, 1st February (1908) - 19th May 1911, all to Mrs. Scrivings, on the printed stationery of the Colonial Office and the Home Office. Marsh writes on behalf of Winston Churchill, sending his correspondent some photographs and a letter (none present), stating that Churchill has carefully considered her request and writing 'He thinks there would be a great deal of risk in committing the annual pension by a lump sum now. You might invest it in a business which wd not prosper & you wd then be left without any support at all….Mr Churchill knows that you are a very good cook, & he cannot understand why, with the testimonials you have received & the recommendations which he is quite prepared to renew, you cannot keep a good situation….' and in another letter sending a cheque (no longer present) for £25 on behalf of Churchill. Further including an interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed by Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward, a barrister and the Recorder of Hythe, two pages, folio, 24th June 1909, being an Opinion on Churchill and stating, in part, 'This is a case which naturally arouses in any one who reads the papers relating to it the greatest possible sympathy for Mrs. Scrivings in her unfortunate position. There can be no doubt at all but that Mr Churchill and some of his relations made definite promises to provide for the widow of his former valet and the only question for consideration is whether or not such promises are valid in law - Being promises made otherwise than by deed they are not binding unless there is sufficient consideration to support them - if the first proposal made by Mr Churchillcame after his servants death I fear that there is no consideration at all for his promise and that it is only morally binding in the court of conscience alone. If on the other hand it should be that Mr Churchill induced Scrivings to accompany him to Africa by a promise to provide for his wife and children in case anything should happen to him while away from England - then I think that the subsequent promise would be supported by the consideration of Mr Scrivings undertaking OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION  

Autograph album kept by Mary Marston, daughter of Edward Marston Autograph album kept by Mary Marston, daughter of Edward Marston, editor and publisher at Sampson Low, Marston & Company, comprising signatures, annotations, sketches and quotes by various contributors. Includes autograph manuscript of Marie Corelli's poem 'Pauvre Petite Fleurs!' (later revised for the 1925 posthumous publication of her works Poems, but unpublished in this form), signed ("Minnie Mackay") , 3 November 1874; autograph quote by Fletcher Harper (signed "Fletcher Harper of N.Y.") of Harper & Brothers (now Harper Collins) Torquay, 13 January 1874; Longfellow's 'The Secret of the Sea' copied out by Edward Marston and signed ("Edward P. Marston" 1871) below; autograph poem entitled 'Thoughts for Time and for Eternity' signed by Sampson Low ("S.L."), "Christmas", 1874; signature believed to be by Kalulu, the African boy who served as Henry Morton Stanley's butler from around 1872 when he returned to England having found Dr. David Livingstone in Africa and reportedly uttered the now famous line "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?", faint pencil guidelines, dated 1873; contemporary calf on boards, gilt lettering and border on upper cover, covers detached, 8vo, c. 1870-1874 This charming scrapbook includes a signature attributed to Kalulu, the African boy servent of Henry Stanley, who took him from Dr. Livingtone's care and brought him to England in the 1870's. There is only one other record of a Kalulu signature, held at Harvard University's Houghton Library. This example is dated 1873, making Kalulu approximately 8 years old at the time. Kalulu became a favourite of Stanley's and would often accompany him to events, even going in Stanley's place on a few occasions. Kalulu tragically died in 1877 in an accident on the Lualaba river. Stanley is said to have been distraught at his passing and successfully managed to rename the place of his death, the former Livingstone Falls, to its present name Kalulu Falls in his honour. Edward Marston was the editor of Stanley's book of 1872 How I Found Livingstone and it is said that Kalulu was friends with Marston's son.

A scratch built wooden model, of the galleon "Mayflower", the oblong wooden base with manuscript label "Thomas Alvin Prince Street Hull", mid 20th Century, 51cm long

A framed Medieval English Bible manuscript leaf on vellum probably mid-13th century AD, possibly southern England, from a Biblia Latina, executed in Gothic bookhand script in black, blue and red ink, laid out in two columns with versal 'A' and green vertical scrollwork decoration, the visible leaf 7 03-Aug x 5 1/8in.

Missal - a bifolium decorated manuscript probably thirteenth century, in Latin, on vellum, the black ink augmented with blue and red chapter and sentence capitals, mensural notated hymn to one page, 8½ x 6½in. (21.5 x 16.5cm.); together with another fragment and a quaint and humorous typed single leaf letter from when it was given as a gift. -3

HAZIF (1325/6- 1389/96) PERSIAN POET. Bound volume of Manuscript Persian Poetry. Probably the Works of Hafiz. The oblong leaves with illuminated manuscript poetry laid onto the recto and verso of each leaf. Coming loose. eighteenth or nineteenth century (?). Cont. Binding (1)

TWO MANUSCRIPT BOOKS. One 'Notes on S.A. and The Western Desert 1942-3' and 'The Scribes Diary for 1944'. compiled by ....... Webster R.A.F. 1943. Including cuttings, photographs and plant specimens etc. (2)

An 18th Century hand written manuscript relating to Col Adam Williamson, with written history together with copies of correspondents between himself and Lord Lonsdale, also includes dated entries from 1727 to 1746, approx. 131 written pages total, bounded with vellum covers, with very faded writing to front.

GREAT BRITAIN, WELLINGTON BANK, FOX BROTHERS, FOWLER & CO. Five pounds, 1st March 1921, serial no. 26983, black and white, monogram on left, between "established 1787", blue FIVE in underprint, manuscript signature of J.Howard Fox, perforated CANCELLED, outing 2306c, some damage along the top edge due to being fixed in mount and fading around edges, and an Japanese Occupational bank note (two bank notes)

CHOIR BOOK : manuscript on vellum on both sides, twelve lines on each side of music and text in black and red ink, 360 x 250 mm, Mid-European? c15th cent ?

SCRAP ALBUM: - A 19th century album containing manuscript verses, prints, watercolours and photographs, front cover detached..

STANNARY MILITIA : manuscript folio ledger recording the minutes, etc. calf, begins 1852.

THE SIKANDAR NAMA : (History of Alexander the Great in Persian poetry) manuscript volume written in Kashmiri, cf. s.-c. *Notes Bears the bookplate of James Henry Stone, Birmingham. Sone was the brother of John Benjamin Stone who was an M.P. and noted amateur photographer.