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The manuscript commonplace book of Martha Newman Watton with black leather binding, gilt decoration front and back (spine repaired), lettered on upper cover "Martha Newman Watton 1858", completely filled with various entries. CONDITION REPORT: Approx 60 pages of manuscript.

The Philippine Expeditionary Force Manuscript by Gasei Watari, 20th Century, Group Information Department Publication, 1943. Dimensions: h: 12.25 x w: 9.25 in.Starting Price: $20

* Basire (James, the Younger, 1769-1822). Manuscript Journal kept by the printer/engraver in London, 1813-19, written to both sides of sixty-eight leaves in a legible hand, eighteen leaves blank at rear, beginning with family details concerning parents, wife and children, continuing with sporadic entries with notes on sermons, occasional notices of apprentices including on the first page James Dix (c. 1800-1855), ‘1st May 1813 ... he was bound this afternoon - seems a quiet study boy - I hope he’ll prove a good boy in the best sense of the word - his father is by the same trade and works at the Bank’, lengthy entries for attending a trial at the Old Bailey (2nd June 1813) where he sees many convictions for theft, forgery, etc., ‘The trials being so numerous it would fill almost the book to enter them all ... I attended the day sentence was passed which was most awful & solemn - a scene which I think every youth should once in his life behold - the address of the reader to those sentenced to die was truly excellent. He recommended them in this most impassive manner to comply the remainder of the short time they had to be in this world in seeking the mercy of God ...’, and feeling obliged to see the whole thing through Basire attends the executions on Thursday 29 July 1813, ‘... and at last came Birkett and he looked completely emaciated and not at all like the same man as he did at his trial - the ordinary standing before them could see but better of their countenances and their caps being pulled over their faces directly they were on the scaffold - the ordinary was particular in adjusting the fatal cord for the poor creatures but did not seem to me (in appearance) to take that pain with their souls I would have wished or expected to see - he might have done so before I do not judge him - but he was not five minutes with them before the board dropped from under them and they were launched into eternity - I understand by those around me the fatal signal is given by the ordinary which in his lifting his hand and wiping his mouth with his handkerchief - and this I observed he did and immediately the board fell down under their feet ...’, plus occasional trips and day to day activities, loosely inserted a manuscript three-page memorial of J[ohn] Carter (1748-1817, draughtsman and architect), seemingly written by Basire and read at the funeral, contemp. vellum, sl. rubbed and soiled, small 4to (21 x 16cm). The Basire family of engravers including Isaac (1704-1768), James (1730-1802), James (1769-1822), and James (1796-1809), all four worked as engravers with overlapping periods of productivity, three not only showing the same name, but producing work that is difficult to tell apart. (1)

* Devon. An assorted group of manuscript ephemera, mostly relating to Devon, 17th/19th c., including inventories, legal documents, letters, wills, etc., and a large vellum document being Articles of Agreement made and confirmed by a Friendly Society at Great Bentley at a general meeting held, and to be continued at the house of Thomas C. Thompson at the sign of the Red Lion in Bentley in the County of Essex on Monday 2nd July 1811, some spotting, approx. 80 x 62cm (25)

Disraeli (Coningsby Ralph, 1867-1936). Manuscript catalogue of Disraeli’s Library, Hughenden Manor House, Bucks., c. 1900, a Letts’ ruled catalogue ledger with alphabetical thumb index, completed in manuscript, the details including columns for author, title, and addition, volumes, size, date, place and publisher, cost and remarks, a total of approx. 110 entries, the works, mostly 18th and 19th century, history, literature, natural history, etc., armorial bookplate to front pastedown, orig. half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, 4to. The Conservative politician Disraeli was the son of Ralph Disraeli (1809-1898, younger son of the writer Isaac Disraeli). The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was his uncle. He inherited the Hughenden Manor Estate aquired by his uncle on his father’s death in 1898. (1)

* Documents and Ephemera. An assorted collection of vellum and paper documents, mostly 18th & 19th c., including land deeds, bonds, agreements, etc., parties include the Duke of Fife and the Honourable Matthew Fortescue, with properties in London, Wales and Ireland, plus a bill book ledger (1817-33), some legal paperwork concerning the marriage contracts and deed polls of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise, Duchess of Fife, some earlier documents including a 44-page booklet of religious exercises, 1760s, a small 16-page religious pamphlet in manuscript dated 29 September 1678 by Mr Shore, written in a small and very neat hand, a document of depositions of witnesses taken on a commission between the Queen and Nicholas Upton, 1547, relating to saltwater fishing, 2 pp. with integral blank, somewhat soiled, folio, plus two letters from Peter Morton [ambassador to Charles I], one dated 26th October 1626 and written from Venice to his father beginning ‘After a tediouse and troublesom journey my Lord is at length returned to Venice. The troubles of his new arrivall and the shortnesse of the tyme since his coming will yet give mee noe occasion of assuring you determinately how I find his affection disposed towards mee since the death of Sr. Albertus Morton: though I doubt not but in my next lrs I shall give you better satisfaction in this, 1 p. with integral address leaf and seal tear, soiling, folio, the second dated 20th May 1627 to an unnamed person (docketed ‘Ffor your selfe’) concerning Lord Conway and the delivery of some letters, 2 pp. plus integral blank (docketed), plus other miscellaneous documents and letters, etc., contained in an old solicitor’s tin trunk (a tin trunk)

* Druggist’s Notebook. A manuscript notebook compiled by Robert Bowness, 1838, containing pharmacological receipts, written in a neat hand on approx. 100 pp., ruled leaves, bookplate of R. Bownas, chemist and druggist, Boston Spa [the compiler?] to front pastedown, some soiling, hinges near broken, contemp. green-stained vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, together with a notebook containing manuscript household receipts for rent, etc., partly in pen and pencil, approx. 40 completed leaves, ownership signature of John Collens, dated 1825, contemp. limp leather, worn, 8vo (2)

* Thomas Nelson & Sons. A small archive relating to the publishing firm, 1871-88, including sixteen original letters from Thomas Nelson Junior (1822-92) and his older brother William (1816-87), plus letters from John Lessels, and others, various lengths and largely concerning administrative matters to do with the firm, plus one manuscript memorandum from William Nelson, five receipts, a related printed testimonial and four photocopies relating to the firm, all neatly presented in poly sleeves with full printed transcriptions, arranged in a modern ring binder in chronological order with an index and related paperwork and correspondence at front, 4to, together with Wilson (Daniel), William Nelson, A Memoir, printed for private circulation, T. Nelson and Sons, Edinburgh, 1889, photogravure port. frontis. (sl. offset to title), a.e.g., contemp. blue morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo. Thomas Nelson (1780-1861) was a Scottish publisher born in Edinburgh. The eponymous company was established in 1798. His sons William and Thomas both entered the business, the youngest son establishing an office in London in 1844. (2)

* Trial of Captain T.N. Harward. A collection of printed and manuscript letters and documents relating to the trial and memorial of Captain T.N. Harward, Royal Artillery, Bengal, c. 1866-70, the printed items including the trial of Captain T.N. Harward and Moonshee Mujlis Rai for a criminal breach of trust, in the court of the justice of the peace, Agra, printed at the Pioneer Press, Allahabad, [1866], title and 32 pp., double column, some pen and pencil annotations, some soiling, stitched as issued, slim folio, plus Public Opinion in India on the Trial of Captain T.N. Harward, 2 copies, printed for private circulation, 1866, 56 pp., stitched as issued, plus two copies of the memorial of Captain T.N. Harward, 1866, 16 pp., both stitched as issued, one copy signed by Harward at foot of final page, all slim 8vo, the manuscript items including Captain Harward’s own narrative of the chief incidents in the case in chronological order, 7 pp., a little frayed, folio, Case for the opinion of counsel, draft letter to secretary of state for India, a small quantity of related legal documents and drafts, plus a group of thirteen autograph letters signed from T.N. Harward (1868), and ten autograph letters signed from J. Thom (1869), various lengths, all 8vo, plus a few sundry letters and newscuttings, etc. Captain, later Lieutenant-General, Thomas Netherton Harward (1829-1908) entered the army in 1848, serving with Havelock’s force from its first advance from Allahabad to Lucknow, including the defeat of the rebels at Cawnpore and the relief of Lucknow. For these services he was mentioned in dispatches, and in connection with the defeat of the Gwalior contingent at Cawnpore he received a medal with clasp. The papers here relate to a charge of criminal breach of trust, section 409, penal code, where Harward was accused of dishonestly disposing of gun barrels and stocks. The papers here found concern Harward’s successful attempts to clear his name and seek compensation. (a box file)

* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Document signed, St. James, 8th March 1866, pre-printed document on vellum with wafer seal to left margin, completed in manuscript and appointing Robert Charles Clipperton to be consul at Nantes and the ports and places in the departments of the lower Loire and of La Vendee, signed ‘Victoria R’ upper left, countersigned Clarendon lower right, minor marks, 32 x 40cm. See also Grover Cleveland document above. (1)

* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Document signed, St. James, 1st June 1886, pre-printed document on vellum with wafer seal to left margin, completed in manuscript and appointing Robert Charles Clipperton to be consul for the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan to reside at Philadelphia, signed ‘Victoria RI’ to upper margin and countersigned by Rosebery to lower margin, minor marks, 33 x 40cm (1)

Webley-Hope (Rear-Admiral Charles, 1829-1880). Six manuscript journals, 1852-76, ‘Journal of HMS Prince Regent-90-Bearing the flag of Rear Adml Lowry Corry. Commanding the Western Squadron’, 1 January 1852 to 27 May 1853, written from both ends, c.240 pages; ‘Private Journal of ... HMS Prometheus Volume 1st’, departing Britain for a patrol of the West African coast primarily to prevent slave traders, calling at ports including Sierra Leone, Porto Novo, and Lagos, describing a meeting with Rev. Samuel Crowther, the Yoruba scholar, and the King (Oba), written from both ends, some stubs from excised pages, 26 January to 25 December 1856, c.250 pages; ‘Private Journal of ... HMS Prometheus Volume 2nd [also when commanding the Flying Fish and the Brisk]’, the first portion continuing the West African patrol, including the capture of an American slave ship (“Adams Gray”) carrying 300 in gold, and negotiations (conducted under the village “council tree”) leading to a treaty with the King of Quicembo, Angola (“...an individual (evidently leader of the opposition) harangued the crowd to the effect that the King was selling his country and that they would lose it all piece by piece. This he illustrated by feigning to cut his staff into pieces with his knife...”), continuing with later voyages on the Flying Fish then in 1864-65 on the Brisk to New Zealand, including an account of the punitive expedition against the Whakatohea tribe of Opitiki, c.260 pages, written from both ends, 26 December 1856 to 7 October 1865; ‘Private Journal ... Volume 3. HMS Flying Fish in 1860 and HMS Brisk from Oct. 7th 1865 to Jan. 19th 1869 also HMS Resistance from Feb. 9 1875 to May 15. 1876’, the first voyage as part of the Squadron accompanying the Prince of Wales on a visit to Canada, 1860, then continuing his account of service in the South Pacific from the previous volume, including further travel around New Zealand, the Samoan Islands, Wallis Island, and Fiji (“...intelligence of a missionary Mr Daku & seven native teachers having been killed and eaten in the interior of Viti Levu...”), finally his record of patrolling the Mediterranean, written from both ends, c.260 pages, 1 July 1860 to 15 May 1876; ‘Private Journal ... HMS Resistance’, Mediterranean patrol, 15 May 1876 to 16 May 1877, notes on fortifications written from the reverse, c.55 pages, plus blanks; notebook containing miscellaneous notes and drafts, 61 pages, plus blanks, c.1878; all written in a clear hand, the first four in half roan over marbled boards, the last two items in limp wrappers, bindings rubbed and one partly split along upper joint, all 4to (23 x 20cm). Included with this lot are three modern spiral-bound typed summaries and partial transcriptions of the highlights of the first four journals. (9)

Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, London: printed by John Baskett, 1735, bound with A Companion to the Alter: shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, In order to our Worthy Receiving the Holy Communion..., 14th ed., 1735, eng. frontis., closed tear to title, attractive contemporary manuscript ownership to front blank “The Right Honourable The Lady Katharine Gordon, Her Book of Common Prayer” within decorative border, inner joint of first title strengthened with archival tissue, few running titles slightly close-trimmed, dutch gilt endpapers, a.e.g., contemporary elaborately gilt decorated morocco Scottish binding, rebacked preserving original spine, board corners worn, 8vo (1)

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, London: printed by John Baskett, 1713/12, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts. (lacking plts. 4, 30 & 55), red ruled borders throughout, slight dust-soiling, a.e.g., with gauffered edges, contemp. gilt & blind dec. panelled morocco, slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with The New Testament or New Covenant of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., with Notes and References..., by the late Mr. John Worsley, 1770, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, joints cracked and extrems. rubbed, 8vo, with The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New..., Oxford, 1769, front blank with manuscript ownership “Ann Cook’s, November 7th 1770, Given by her Godmother M. Butter”, some worming, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. panelled morocco, some wear to extrems. and vertical split to spine, 8vo (3)

Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage). Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera, recognita & illustrata per Joannem Oxoniensem episcopum..., pub. Oxonii, 1682, addn. eng. frontis., eng. vign. title, manuscript notes to front blanks, some worm damage affecting first few leaves, some annotations to margins, contemp. calf, rebacked, some wear to extrems., folio, together with New Testament [Greek & Latin], Novum testamentum Graecum, cum lectionibus variantibus mss. exemplarium, versionum, editionum, ss. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum; et in easdem notis. Accedunt loca scripturae parallela, aliaque exegetica. Praemittitur dissertatio de libris N.T. canonis constitutione, et s. textus n. foederis ad nostra usque tempora historia, Studio et labore Joannis Millii..., pub. Lipsig, 1723, eng. vignette title, contemp. speckled calf gilt, rubbed, folio (2)

Heber (Mrs. Amelia). The Life of Reginald Heber, D. D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta, with selections from his correspondence, unpublished poems and private papers; together with a journal of his tour in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Germany, and a History of the Cossaks, 2 vols., pub. John Murray, 1830, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, two eng. plts., folding map (relined), contemp. calf, rebacked, gilt lib. blindstamp to covers, rubbed, 4to, together with Sidney (Algernon), Discourses Concerning Government..., 1751, eng. port. frontis., manuscript text to front free endpaper and head of eng. port. frontis., contemp. speckled calf, rebacked, rubbed, small folio, plus Canning (George & others), Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, 4th ed., 1801, some occ. spotting, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed and some wear, 4to, plus Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Written by Himself..., 1806 (5)

Pamphlets. A bound volume of thirty pamphlets and similar, mostly squibs and satires against King George IV, c. 1820, including Horrida Bella. Pains and Penalties versus Truth and Justice, printed W. Bembow, pub. G. Humphrey, 1820, twelve leaves of alphabet plts. engraved on both sides, some offsetting to text, bound with A Political Lecture on Heads, Alias Blockheads!! By Don Juan Asmodeus [pseud.], printed for the author, [1818?], folding etched frontis., offset to title, figures identified in pencil, sl. browning and old adhesion marks to final page affecting a few letters, bound with Jack and the Queen Killers, or, The Giant of the Island, A Tale for the Times, 1820, half-title, eng. port. frontis., large etched vign. to title, publisher’s ad leaf at rear, bound with Dropt Clauses out of the Bill Against the Queen, for Mr. Attorney General to Peruse and Settle, with a Refresher, W. Hone, [1820], 4 pp. folded sheets with endorsed title, bound with others related, manuscript index leaf pasted at front, contemp. tree calf gilt, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, some wear and inner hinges broken, 8vo (1)

Persian manuscript, approx. 100 loose folios, 18th c., each leaf in four columns on rectos and versos within red, blue and gold borders, with chapter headings in red blocked in blue and gold, occasional small wormholes and light soiling, sheet size 305 x 185mm (approx 100)

Prayer Book [Ethiopic]. Ethiopian manuscript prayer book on vellum, late 18th or early 19th century, 152 vellum leaves of handwritten manuscript in Ge’ez language, written in black and orange-red ink, single decorative head-piece and tail-piece at front and towards rear of vol., some soiling and marginal marks and discolouration throughout, occ. minor defects and crudely stitched repairs, contemp. wooden boards, backstrip def., small square 4to (180 x 165mm), with original leather carrying case (worn). From the library of Robert O. Lenkiewicz. (1)

Warner (Ferdinando). An Illustration of the Book of the Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England....., pub. John Allan & James Hodges, 1754, printed title and dedication, slight fraying to foredge on first few leaves, two b & w engraved plates, slight worming to foredge on pps. Oooo - Xxxx, two verses of poetry in near contemp. ink manuscript to front end paper, book plate of Herbert Fitzroy Eaton, near contemp. calf with gilt dec. spine, bumped and rubbed at extrems., folio, together with Taylor (Jeremy & Cave William),Antiquitates Christianae: Or the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of his Apostles, in two Parts, 10th ed., 1742,eng. frontis., title page printed in red & black, three addn. half titles, seventy-three uncoloured engraved plts., later end papers, 20th century calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, folio (2)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxoniensis. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500, to the Author’s Death in November 1695... The Second Edition, very much Corrected and Enlarged; with the Addition of above 500 new Lives from the Author’s Original Manuscript, 2 vols., 1721, titles printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, occasional light spotting and browning, neat manuscript note to vol. I front endpaper, bookplates, t.e.g., later half vellum, upper covers stamped with gilt arms of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne, vol. II lower cover with water stain, a few marks, folio (2)

[Fitzherbert, John]. Surveyinge, [Londini: In aedibus Thom[a]e Bertheleti typis impress.], 1539, ff.[4],60, title within dec. woodcut border and few dec. initials, leaf H7 torn to fore-edge margin & lower outer corner with loss, repaired with few words of text proved in manuscript, final leaf torn with significant loss and text provided in manuscript to facing lower free endpaper, few other leaves slightly torn & frayed to fore-edge margins, some slight dampstaining and toning, later endpapers, 18th c. calf with gilt dec. borders to boards, rebacked, board corners worn, small 8vo. STC 11008. Includes a chapter on the laws and tenures relating to angling, entitled “Of mylnes, severall fishyng, and commen fyshyng, what they be worth in the yere.” (1)

Gouffe (Jules). Le Livre de Cuisine..., Comprenant la Cuisine de Menage et la Grande Cuisine..., 3rd ed., Paris, 1874, twenty-five chromo plts. (inc. frontis.), wood eng. illusts., plt. list strengthened to fore-edge margin, dampstaining and spotting, manuscript ownership to front free endpaper and blank, contemp. half morocco gilt by Carter Bros. of Brighton, spine and extrems. rubbed, 8vo, together with Dubois (Urbain & Bernard, Emile), La Cuisine Classique Etudes Pratiques, Raisonnees et Demonstratives de l’Ecole Francaise Appliquee au Service a la Russe, 2 vols., 7th ed., Paris, 1876, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, sixty-two eng. plts., some tissue guards with pencil tracing, author’s autograph ink stamp to verso of titles, occasional spotting and few leaves with light marginal dampstaining, hinges cracked, contemp. dark green half sheep gilt, rubbed and slight wear to extrems., 4to (3)

West (William). Mathematics. With Eleven Copper-Plates, Revised by John Roe, Printed by J. Kippax and Sold, for the Benefit of the Author’s Widow, 1762, subscribers list, publisher’s ad leaf and eleven folding eng. plts. at rear, additional manuscript footnote to p. 77 initialled by Roe, some spotting or browning, bound with Gregory, A Treatise of Practical Geometry, 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1751, five folding eng. plts., some spotting, lacks final blank(?), bound with a defective copy of ‘The Arenarius of Archimedes’, 1784, lacking all up to page 48, i.e. pp. 49-63 plus folding plt., contemp. half calf, worn, upper cover detached and lower cover deficient, 8vo (1)

Auction Catalogues. A collection of approx. 240 catalogues for sales of engravings, sold by auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, 1896-1905, 1907-1911, majority with prices realised in manuscript to blank margins, bound together in 12 volumes (some loosely contained), with limp paper covers, manuscript title to upper boards, extrems. rubbed, 8vo (12)

The British Bookmaker. Devoted to the Interests of the Book Printer, The Book Illustrator, The Book-cover Designer, The Book Binder- Librarians, and Lovers of Books generally, edited by Robert Hilton and E. Gowing Scopes, vols. 4-7, 1890-94, chromo and b & w plts. (few folding), b & w illusts. and advertisements, uniform contemp. brown half straight grain morocco, gilt dec. spines with morocco title labels, 4to, together with Nicholson (James B.), A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding..., 1887, b & w frontis., plts. & illusts., seven leaves of orig. marbled paper samples, hinges cracked, lower free endpaper with manuscript insructions to make Bookbinder Varnish, orig. cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot of spine and upper board slightly marked, 8vo, plus Catalogue of the Celebrated Library, the Property of Major J.R. Abbey, parts 1-10, 1965-78, col. and b & w plts., parts 1-4 bound in modern gilt dec. morocco, remaining vols. in orig. printed boards, 4to, plus one other related (16)

Dahl (Roald). James and the Giant Peach, 1st UK ed., 1967, illustrations by Michael Simeon, original pictorial boards (laminate a little chipped at spine ends), 8vo, with three loose typed one page autograph letters, 1982-85 from the author to Rayner Unwin discussing various books, “I read the book myself before I gave it to him and what really struck me most forcibly was that just about all the writers in it who had written a classic children’s book have not come up with much else in that field. They all seem to have been ‘one-off’ merchants.”, together with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 9th UK impression, 1984, illustrations by Faith Jaques, original boards, 8vo, with two autograph letters to Rayner Unwin, 1987, one typescript from Roald Dahl requesting the publisher send him some of his books to sign for a charity event, the other manuscript letter from the illustrator Faith Jaques regarding a new edition of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, plus Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 7th UK impression, 1984, illustrations by Faith Jaques, original boards, 8vo, with two TLS from Dahl to Rayner Unwin, 1982, “I myself have never been really happy with the illustrations in your Charlie books and it would be a pretty exciting thing to see what Quentin Blake would do with them. Have a look, for example at my new one “The BFG” which came out last week where I think he has done a lovely job.”, with eight others by Roald Dahl including Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1st US ed., 1970, and a Tribute to Roald Dahl, 29 November 1990, with a charming thank you letter to Rayner Unwin from Roald Dahl’s wife Liccy, January 1991 (12)

* Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). Typed introduction [to Selected Papers, New York: Modern Library, 1927], 11 pp. typed to rectos only, one ink correction of page 1 and three manuscript insertions to pp. 3-4, all in the author’s holograph, rusted staple to upper left corner, 4to, together with a torn blank page with signature of Bertrand Russell, plus two pamphlets and one syllabus relating to Russell (Political Ideals [1916], Why Thinking People Vote Labour [1922], Can Industrialism Be Civilized? [1922]), plus nine letters signed addressed to Stanley Unwin, September/October 1926, all concerning Unwin’s book ‘The Truth About Publishing’ and similar, including three typed letters signed from Arnold Bennett, one brief typed note from Leonard Woolf, plus letters from Oliver Simon, G.B. Bowes, a typed note from Bernard Shaw signed by his secretary Blanche Patch, Gerard T. Meynell and Michael Joseph plus a few letters and cuttings relating to Rayner Unwin’s ‘The Rural Muse’, 1954, the ten letters including two from Edmund Blunden and one brief note from Harold Nicolson. The three additional notes to Russell’s introduction and which were not printed concern his grandfather being twice prime minister, his view against the sole guilt of the Central Powers at the outbreak of the War and his dismissal from Cambridge and sentencing to six months’ imprisonment for pacifist writing. (a folder)

Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). The Problem of China, 1st ed., 1922, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., a little edge wear, spine browned, 8vo, one-page typed blurb for the book approved by Russell with his initials at foot (for the 1966 edition), 4to, together with Why Men Fight, A Method of Abolishing the International Duel, 1st American ed., New York, 1917, file copy stamps to title and front f.e.p., orig. cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, orig. printed wrapper inner flap, plus two notes (not in Russell’s hand) loosely inserted, the notes being publisher’s questions and answers concerning a possible reprint of the work, plus Conway Memorial Lecture. Free Thought and Official Propaganda, 1st ed., 1922, signed by author to title, orig. cloth gilt, spine rubbed, small 8vo, and Russell (Bertrand & Dora), The Prospects of Industrial Civilization, 1st ed., 1923, orig. cloth in d.j., spine browned, upper wrapper split and separated along joint, 8vo, plus a loosely inserted typed letter signed from Dora Russell, 14th January 1982, to Rayner Unwin, concerning the rejection of her ‘machine age’ book, ‘I was very much interested in it and thought I would write to tell you why I think you are wrong to suppose that there is not a sale for the book. Also why, in a sense, I feel that your firm have some responsibility towards it... if it had not been for my insights about industrialism in 1920, the book “Prospects of Industrial Civilization” would not have been written. It was very much my book, we issued it as joint and I left the actual writing to Bertie. Incidentally, for years after the divorce, he did me out of my half of the royalties... ‘, 2 pp. on two leaves with a few manuscript corrections, 4to, plus an autograph letter signed from Bertrand Russell, Telegraph House, Chichester, c. 1927, to Stanley Unwin and thanking him for the cheque, ‘I hope I was not unreasonable? The question of a commission had not occurred to me, though I suppose it ought to have’, one page, 4to. Dora Russell’s book ‘Religion of the Machine Age’ was published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1983. (10)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 1937, b & w illustrations by the author, single leaf advert. leaf at end, map endpapers, publisher’s ‘File Copy’ ink stamps to front map endpaper and front free endpaper, top edge stained green, original green cloth with blue wraparound illustration of Smaug and mountains, spine a trifle rubbed, 8vo. J.R.R. Tolkien’s award-winning fantasy novel was published on 21 September 1937, 1500 copies were printed and sold out by 15 December. Originally conceived in the late 1920’s-early 1930’s to entertain his three sons, Tolkien recalled in a letter to W.H. Auden in 1955: ‘All I can remember about the start of The Hobbit is sitting correcting School Certificate papers in the everlasting weariness of that annual task forced on impecunious academics with children. On a blank leaf I scrawled: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” I did not and do not know why. I did nothing about it, for a long time, and for some years I got no further than the production of Thror’s Map. But it became The Hobbit in the early 1930’s...’. The book has gone on to sell an estimated 100 million copies worldwide since first publication and has never been out of print. Hammond A3. Believing that the best judge of children’s literature were children themselves it was the habit of Sir Stanley to pay the young Rayner a shilling (five pence) for each reader’s report. Teh ten-year-old Rayner was given the manuscript of The Hobbit by his father in 1936 and for which he wrote this positive report, the original of which is held at the University of Reading: “Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who lied in a hobbit-hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf the wizard and his dwarves perswaded him to go. He had a very exciting time fighting goblins and wrags, at alst they got to the lonley mountain; Smaug, the dragon who gareds it is killed and after a terrific battle with the goblins he returned home - rich! This book, with the help of maps, does not need any illustrations it is good and should appeal to all children between the ages of 5 and 9.” Sir Stanley duly went ahead and published the book in autumn of 1937. In honour of his services to Tolkien publishing the Tolkien Society presented Rayner with a 1936 King George V one shilling piece at the Tolkien centenary celebrations Oxford in 1992. The shilling is offered here with this lot. It is suspended in perspex set in a small wooden desk frame (13 x 15 x 6 cm) with a gilt plaque from the Tolkien Society front and back. Sadly, this is not the original shilling, Rayner admitting on receipt of this gift that the original had long since been spent on sweets. (2)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 1937, ten b & w illustrations by the author, single leaf advert. at rear, light spots to first few leaves, map endpapers, top edge stained green, original green cloth with wraparound illustration of Smaug and mountains, d.j., lower flap with misprint ‘Dodg[e]son’ and publisher’s manuscript correction, approx. 1cm loss at spine head, chips to foot of spine and corners, spine a trifle toned, 8vo, contained in a custom-made green morocco-backed solander box. Hammond A3(a). 1500 copies printed. (1)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 1954; The Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, 1st eds., Return of the King second state (with signature ‘4’ and six(?) lines of text), folding map at end of each, tipped-in leaf before half title to volume 1 with stylised presentation inscription, ‘C.J.R. Tolkien from J.R.R. T., November 1954’ the inscription neatly struck through with manuscript side-note ‘copy found damaged on p. 163-4’ and large J.R.R. Tolkien ‘signature’ beneath, the aforementioned pages with light diagonal crease to upper corner, a.e.g., modern red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo. A handsome set. (3)

Hamilton (Sir William). Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Edited the Rev. H.L. Mansel and John Veitch, 4 vols., 1877, some minor scattered spotting and occ. pencil marks, orig. cloth gilt, a little frayed at head and foot of spines (vols. 2 & 3 ex-lib. copies with white classification number at foot of spines), 8vo, together with Mill (John Stuart), An Examination of Sir Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in His Writings, 2nd ed., 1865, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, some wear to spine, and Mill (W.H.), Observations on the Attempted Application of Pantheistic Principles to the Theory and Historic Criticism of the Gospel, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1861, author’s manuscript presentation note pasted to flyleaf, orig. cloth, spine faded and a little frayed at head and foot, with other philosophy and religion, mostly late 19th/early 20th-c. hardback publications, some in d.j. From the Library of Emeritus Professor David A. Pailin (University of Manchester). (3 shelves)

Bible (Latin). Testimenti Veteris Biblia Sacra, sive Libri Canonici Priscae Judaeorum Ecclesiae a deo Traditi, Latini recens ex Hebraeo sacti, bruibusq..., Sancti Geruasii: Sumptibus Caldorianae Societatis, 1607, woodcut device to general and New Testament titles, damp and mould staining at fore-edge throughout volume with some page adhesion, general title detached, armorial bookplate of Edward Bayly to upper pastedown, contemp. calf, joints split, extrems. worn, folio, together with Petau (Denis), Dionysii Petauii Aurelianensis e Societate Jesu Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus..., 6 vols. in five, new ed., Antwerp, 1700, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles in red & black, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked and slight wear to extrems., folio, with an 18th century manuscript book of Catholic statutes, loss to upper margins not affecting text, contemp. calf, worn, 4to, plus other antiquarian. Provenance: Earl of Oxford and Asquith. (6 shelves)

Kippis (Andrew). The Life of Captain James Cook, 1st ed., 1788, engraved portrait frontispiece (dust stains to verso), title with repaired tears with the letter ‘e’ in ‘The’ restored in manuscript, bound without half title, scattered light spotting, one or two small marginal repairs, modern red half morocco, 4to. The first English biography of Captain James Cook. Beddie 32; Sabin 37954. (1)

Oliphant (Thomas, 1799-1873). Views on the Continent &c from Sketches by Thomas Oliphant. A.D. 1821-1838 [so titled on upper cover], sixty-one full-page finished pencil drawings of topographical views, mostly oval format and depicting buildings with scenery and occasional small figures, drawn to album leaf rectos only with neat manuscript titles beneath, tissue-guards, signature of William S. Oliphant to front free endpaper, a.e.g., contemp. green half morocco gilt with leather title label to upper cover, rubbed, folio (365 x 260mm). A fine unpublished and unrecorded collection of drawings, possibly Oliphant’s earliest collection. Views include Paris, Brussels, Waterloo, Antwerp, The Hague, Hamburg, Edinburgh, Dublin, villages in Wiltshire, etc. ‘Between 1852 and 1860 Oliphant completed three (known) volumes of sketches. The first is a visual record of pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings as he journeyed through Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire and Perthshire, 1852. The second is a series of sketches of landscapes mainly around Strathearn and the Isle of Man and the last is a collection of sketches of Crystal Palace between 1855 and 1860’ (DNB). (1)

Wilkinson (Robert, publisher). A General Atlas Consisting of the World and Quarters. Empires, Kingdoms, States and Rebublicks with all the New Discoveries & Territorial Arrangements &c. &c. &c. n.d., c.1810, disbound decorative calligraphic title, creased and torn with loss, f.e.p. with near contemp. manuscript contents list, eighteen (only) engraved maps by Wilkinson, Laurie & Whittle and Cary, all with contemp. hand colouring, maps with closed tears and occ. loss, all repaired and strengthened on verso, some dust and finger soiling, lacking boards, folio. This appears to be the remnants of an early 19th century composite atlas. The title page is from a Wilkinson atlas but it is a different size from the majority of the maps. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (1)

Camden (William). Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjoyning, out of the depth of Antiquities....., pub. F.K.R.Y. and J.L., 1637, dec. eng. frontis. stregthened and repaired on verso, eng. title, pps. 219 - 278 only, two (only) b & w double page engraved maps (Heptarchy and Wiltshire), Wiltshire with near contemp. manuscript notes on verso causing slight ‘show through’, book plate of William Ellice, modern qtr. morocco, slim 4to (1)

Camden (William). Britannia sive florentiss Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae Insularumq Adjacentium ex Intima Antiquitate Descriptio, pub. G.Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1639, title page with near contemp. ink manuscript ownership signature, nineteen uncoloured engraved folding maps, a few maps trimmed to neat line, hinges weak, contemp. blind stamped calf, rebacked, 12mo. Chubb LV. (1)

Manuscript Atlas. A County Atlas of England and Wales, by H.M. Bradford, Wolston, June 20th, 1834, 43 colour manuscript maps of England, North and South Wales and the counties, each with accompanying two-page description of boundaries, extent, principal towns, products, manufactures and rivers, one or two minor spots, original green half morocco, label to upper cover, light edge wear, 4to (267 x 210mm) (1)

Risdon (Tristram). The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon, Printed from a Genuine Copy of the Original Manuscript; With Considerable Additions, 1st. ed., pub. Rees and Curtis, Plymouth, 1811, title page and dedication, large paper copy limited to fifty copies, near contemp. manuscript owners signature to first end paper, book plate of Walter Harold Wilkin to front paste down, later half calf but retaining orig. gilt dec. spine, 4to, together with Jenkins (Alexander), The History and Description of the City of Exeter and its Environs, Ancient and Modern, Civil and Ecclesiastical....., pub. P.Hedgeland, Exeter, 1806,etched topographical frontis., title page with some offsetting, double page map of Exeter by Baker, eight uncoloured eng. plts. and two eng. maps, slight spotting throughout, large paper copy, a.e.g., contemp. diced calf with skillfully rebacked gilt dec. spine, 4to, with Prince (John), Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or The Worthies of Devon....., pub. Rees and Curtis, Plymouth, 1810,portrait frontis. and title page toned and spotted, five further eng. portraits and five eng. plts. of coats of arms, some spotting and slight offsetting throughout, new end papers, later half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, 4to (3)

Westcote (Thomas). A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a Pedigree of most of its Gentry, pub. Exeter, 1845, double-page pedigree, modern green half calf, gilt dec. spine with morocco title label, 4to, together with Adams (John), Index Villaris: or, an Alphabetical Table of all the Cities, Market-Towns, Parishes, Villages, and Private Seats, in England and Wales, 1680,title in red & black with early manuscript ownership ‘Henry Negus his Book’, contemp. calf, joints slightly cracked, slight loss of leather at foot of spine, folio, with Spargo (Thomas), The Mines of Cornwall and Devon: Statistics and Obsevations..., 1865, twenty-three litho plans & maps, three tables, 20th c. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with A Description of the County of Devonshire, Exeter: W. Spreat, c.1842, litho frontis. & title, folding eng. map, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 12mo, and The Hand-Book to South Devon, 2nd ed., Devonport: W. Wood, [1855], folding eng. map, twelve eng. plts., orig. cloth, rebacked, 12mo, plus other Devon handbooks and reference etc. (17)

Hogg (Robert and Bull, Henry Graves). The Herefordshire Pomona, Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the most Esteemed Kinds of Apples and Pears. With Illustrations Drawn and Coloured from Nature by Miss Ellis and Miss Bull, 2 vols., pub. Hereford & London, 1876 - 85, title pages with discreet manuscript library number and cancellation stamp on verso, seventy-seven col. chromolitho. plts. (complete) each with tissue guard, numerous b & w wood engs. to text throughout, slight spotting throughout, largely confined to guards, library labels to front paste downs, old adhesion scars to f.e.p., later blue half morocco with gilt dec. spines, spines a little faded with libary number at foot, rubbed at extrems., large 4to. Nissen 294 (2)

Abbe H Breuil, 400 Centuries Of Cave Art 1952. A collection of letter press blocks together with copper and zinc plates used in the production of the book, together with original text and collections, original manuscript and hard copy book with correspondance.

A rare 18th century leather bound first edition; A Survey of Dorsetshire containing the antiquities and natural history of that county published from an original manuscript by the Reverend Mr Coker of Mapowder, publ. London for J Wilcox at the Green Dragon, MDCCXXXII (1732), with rare original map by John Wilcox in situ.

Atlases and maps - Bartholomew, JohnA descriptive hand atlas of the world. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, 1871. 4to, 27 double-page coloured maps, half morocco, lacking part of spine; Chamber`s parlour atlas. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1856. 37 coloured double-page or folding maps, folding maps laid down on linen, later cloth retaining original spine; Arrowsmith, Aaron An atlas of modern geography. London: J. Arrowsmith, 1824. 8vo, engraved title and 29 (of 30) erratically numbered maps hand-coloured in outline, [30 maps are called for, but index list does not tally correctly with maps present], contemporary half morocco, paper label on upper cover; Wettstein, H. Schul-atlas. Zurich, 1880. 4to, double-page coloured maps, contemporary half cloth; Chambers, W. & R. Atlas of modern and ancient geography. London, [1846]. 4to, 34 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, with manuscript note by John Bartholomew on endpaper noting that various plates were engraved by J. Bartholomew, original cloth, rubbed; Geikie, Sir Archibald. Geological map of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Bartholomew, John, & Son Ltd, 1897. Hand-coloured engraved map, folding into original green cloth gilt folder; Johnston, A. Keith General map of Europe. 1873. Large coloured engraved map, dissected and backed on linen, 1060 x 1270mm. , folding into red morocco covers, upper cover detached; Andriveau-Goujon, E. Plan geometral de Paris. Paris, 1866. Folding hand-coloured engraved map, dissected and backed on linen; and a small quantity of other map and atlas related volumes (quantity)Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh

Shetland - James Grant InterestGrant, James Thoughts on the origin and descent of the Gael... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. 8vo, signatures of James Grant and John Grant on slip of paper pasted opposite title page, bookplate of Francis James Grant and small signature of John Grant to first free-endpaper, contemporary blue half calf, spine and corners a little rubbed, upper joint slightly split; [Idem] Biographical sketches of famous inventors and manufacturers. London: Cassells... 1881. 8vo, pages removed from original work and pasted into this notebook, manuscript title page and index, nameplate of C. and F. Grant, some pages possibly lacking, a couple stained, notebook cover and spine rubbed; Edmondston, Thomas An etymological glossary of the Shetland & Orkney dialect. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1866. 8vo, inscribed to F.J.[?] Grant from the author, original cloth gilt with traditional Shetland or Orcadian motifs to covers, bookplate of Francis James Grant; Edmondston, Eliza Sketches and tales of the Shetland Islands. Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1856. 8vo, map, orange cloth, bookplate of Francis J. Grant; Edmondston, Thomas The young Shetlander... Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1868. 8vo, inscribed to a Grant child from his father, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, spiled, some spotting, hinges weak; [Grant, James] Novels. London: Routeledge, [n.d.]. Aide-de-camp edition, 8vo, 14 volumes, red cloth gilt, bookplates of Francis James Grant, spines a little faded; [Idem] Novels. London: Routeledge, 1859-1887. 8vo, 8 volumes, bookplates of Francis James Grant; And 3 other books with bookplates of Francis James Grant (30)

Shipping signals and flagsManuscript guide to shipping signals and flags, ca.1800. 8vo, 56 pages ruled in red including a directory-style index and many hand-drawn and -coloured images of flags, contemporary calf with gilt tooling, bookplate, a little rubbed, some slight dust-soiling to page extremitiesProvenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton

St. Andrews, ephemeraincluding manuscript letter book, letters and manuscripts relating to the Woodcock family of St. Andrews, and M John Ballantyne of Anstruther, 4 offprints on crustacea by Henry D.S. Goodsir, surgeon of Anstruther, Fife, presentation copies; a large Victorian scrapbook, several small posters, 3 mounted photographs, &c.

Evelyn, JohnNumismata, a discourse of medals... London: Benjamin Tooke, 1697. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, title in red and black, later manuscript copy of an excerpt of Evelyn`s diary from 6th June 1687 attached to page 151, lacks portrait, small closed tear to page 257, spine and covers rubbed, occasional dust-soiling, first and last few pages slightly darkened, neat signatures of two previous owners on title page [Wing E3505] [ESTC R21821]; [Idem] Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees... London: Royal Society, 1670. Second edition, 4to, includes Pomona and Kalendarium Hortense sections, 5 engravings, contemporary calf, covers and spine rubbed, joints split and upper cover detaching, some darkening and soiling to margins and endpapers, small hole to pp.215-6 with loss of a couple of letters, a couple of marginal tears to title and endpapers [Wing E3517] [ESTC R586]; and one other (3)

[Walton, Isaac]The life of Mr. Rich. Hooker. London: Rich. Marriott, 1665. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, signature of He. Carrington on title and ?later inscription "Tanquam Explo. Charles Cotton " at end on p. 209, covers detached, spotting and soiling, lacks frontispiece portrait, [Wing W670; ESTC R10749]; [Charles, Leslie] Cassandra. (But I hope not). London, 1705. 4to, disbound; Pliny An address of thanks to a good prince. London: T. Fickus & W. Hart, 1686. 8vo, translated by William Kennett, lacking dedication (supplied in manuscript) and portrait, lacks spine, spotting; [Castera, J.H.] The life of Catharine II, Empress of Russia. London, 1799. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf` Fortescue, Sir John The difference between an absolute and limited monarchy. London, 1714. 8vo, ruled in red throughout, title printed in red and black, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; [Paxton, P.] Civil polity. A treatise concerning the nature of government. London, 1703. 8vo, recent half calf, slightly browned, title with library stamp & repaired in inner margin; Forsyth, J.S. The antiquary`s portfolio. London, 1825. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, black half morocco, t.e.g.; [Williamson, John] A treatise on military finance. London, 1800. 12mo, [Copac, only 1 copy of this edition], contemporary sheep, rubbed; [Mancini, F.] Hydaspes. An opera. London, 1712. 8vo, disbound; [Hailes, Lord] The address of Q. Sept. Tertullian to Scapula Tertullus. Edinburgh, 1790. 12mo, original boards, uncut; boards slightly soiled; Fordyce, William Memoirs concerning Herculaneum. London, 1750. 8vo, disbound; and 8 others (21)

Bucer, MartinLa première partie de l`union de plusierus passaiges de le scripture saincte. Livre tres utile a tous amateurs de paix. Extraict des auteticques docteurs de leglise Chrestiene, par venerable docteur Herman Bodium. [Geneva: John Michel], 1539, 8vo, pp. 394 only, lacking 395-749 + 51, contemporary blind stamped calf, rebacked, vellum endpapers with manuscript notes, a5 - d1 with slight worm damage, slightly dampstained; sold not subject to returnNote: USTC 9594, recording 3 copies: Cambridge, Geneva: Bibliothèque de Genève and Vienna: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

JapanA set of 5 albums containing over 570 silver? prints showing various aspects of life in Japan in the 1920s, first book contains manuscript title in yellow paint reading, B.H. Winder, Kamakura, Japan, 3rd April 1920, Camera = Carbine (plate attachment), Lens= Cooke, photographs include images of adults and children at work, silk manufacture, children, Geisha or dancing girls and young trainees, and religious ceremonies, a few of the photographs appear to be copies, large number of images captioned, a few slightly silvered or faded, albums covered in green silk, faded and worn several covers detached (5)

Qajar illuminated manuscript leaf with lady rider and an Indian miniature of figures in a pavilion

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. Collection of five A.Ls.S. (each to the verso of picture postcards) and one T.L.S. (oblong 8vo), John Betjeman and one with his initials JB, Cornwall and London, 12th April 1960 - 22nd June 1969, all to Iris Langley at King Alfred's Kitchen in Wantage, Buckinghamshire. Betjeman writes a series of social letters, in part, 'You can see how beautiful this Cornish Coast is here! I'm going to stay on here if this rail strike materialises' (12th April 1960), 'What a pity you are not all here in your bathing dresses. The sun shines. There's no snow….This is the Cornish Lass's nature land.' (14th February 1961), 'I am so glad the new job starts on the 28th and that you are up there in Cheshire instead of horrible old London. This address will find me while I am in Aussie-land as I tour about….Mrs. Betjeman is obviously loving Spain…' (24th October 1961), 'Just a line to remind you all of how beautiful Cornwall can be in summer. Thank goodness it's quiet here now & empty & golden weather.' (27th October 1963), 'I expect Mrs. Betjeman will go to the Palace as always entirely dressed by Aubery's of Wantage!' (22nd June 1969), together with four A.Ls.S. and one T.Ls.S. by Penelope Betjeman, on various postcards, correspondence cards etc., some signed with initials, 12th April 1961 - 11th September 1968, also to Iris Langley, with largely social content, in part, 'You must know John well enough to know that he NEVER remembers to give me a message!' (11th September 1968), another a glowing letter of testimonial of Langley and one a memorandum list, in part, 'Have asked Celia to bring John's letters along for you to forward…..Hear that Mr. Betjeman is OUT & the Vicar is IN' (n.d.) and a signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card by Penelope Betjeman, also including three T.Ls.S. by Betjeman's secretaries Harold Farrington (2) and Gerald Amos, four pages (total), 8vo, Cloth Fair, London, 4th May 1960 - 27th April 1961, also to Iris Langley, one with amusing content detailing the virtues of Betjeman's secretary, and further including a small selection of photographs and printed ephemera relating to Betjeman and an unrelated T.L.S. by John Betjeman, one page, oblong 8vo, Radnor Walk, London, 22nd November 1977, to Mrs. Bryce, in part, 'I think you ought to send your manuscript to a good literary agent. I suggest my own. He is Graham Watson of Curtis Brown….Enclose this letter with your letter to him. You write such a good letter that I bet you have written a good book.' Generally VG, 24

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 27th December 1960, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier informs her friend 'Christmas was nice but exhausting. The children moderately in hand, but the dogs - I need hardly say that Tessa's eldest pug, Flossie, due to have puppies in January, began to show signs of strain on Christmas Eve - the vet was summoned, and said she might have to have a Cesarian operation on Christmas Day!….I vowed that never again would I allow visitors to bring their dogs. But its one of those things that one can't prevent these days, because nobody ever has a staff with whom to leave animals! Like children not being brought up in a nursery. I think we shall take a soap-vox between us and make a speech at Marble Arch together.' She continues to refer to her husband, 'Guardsman has survived, but only just - a little out of temper - and when Tod, brewing a cold, asked him what he considered the best treatment for a sore throat, he replied instantly "Cut it...", and also mentions a manuscript, 'She [Mrs. Smith] and the M.S.S. have most certainly been swept down the Exe long ago. If I do not hear by mid-Jan, which will be 2 months (and a M.S. generally takes about 4 days to type, especially at an Agency) I will do a Mother Calls Again, and write to enquire. It could be that she dare not trust the Agency with it, after all, and is doing a fearful little labour of a page a day.' Two small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. A fine L.S., Paulus P. P. VI, two pages, folio, Rome, 20th December 1965. The attractively penned manuscript letter, in Italian (untranslated) is an official letter of state addressed to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, acknowledging and congratulating him on his re-election as President of the Portuguese Republic for a further term until 1972. Boldly signed in blue fountain pen ink by the Pope at the conclusion. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing the Pope’s blind embossed paper seal to the verso. About EX

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance, 10th June 1716. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Erle, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Ordnance, and nominates Thomas Cox to be one of fifty appointed Sword Cutlers following 'Good Testimony & Assurance which I have received of Loyalty, Integrity & Ability'. Signed by Marlborough at the foot. Countersigned by Thomas Frankland (c.1685-1747) English Member of Parliament, Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1715-22, Lord of the Admiralty 1730-42. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (some damp staining). A large area of paper loss to the right side is repaired, although with loss of text. With some tears and age wear to the edges, just affecting the text and the conclusion of Marlborough's signature. Only FR

LIGONIER JOHN: (1680-1770) British Field Marshal. D.S., J L Ligonier, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 14th October 1757. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including paper cartridges, ladles & spunges, tackle hooks and aprons of lead, to be issued from His Majesty's stores and sent to Woolwich where they have been requested by the officers for supply of Naval stores. Signed by Ligonier at the foot and countersigned by Charles Frederick (1709-1785, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1750-82). Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp to the verso. One small area of paper loss in the lower left corner, not affecting the text or signatures. Together with George Wade (1673-1748) British Military Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1745. D.S., George Wade, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 16th September 1742. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including oyle and beeswax, to be supplied to the Gunners Stores on board His Majesty's Ship Royal Caroline commanded by Captain Charles Molloy. Signed at the foot by Wade and countersigned by Thomas Lascelles (1670-1751, Colonel) and one other. With blank integral leaf. Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp in the upper right corner. Some slight splitting at the folds, also including George Beauclerk (1704-1768) British General, Governor of Gibraltar. Son of the 1st Duke of St. Albans and grandson of King Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwynne. A.L.S., G Beauclerk, two pages, 4to, Edinburgh, 5th January 1764, to a gentleman. Beauclerk writes to his correspondent on military matters, referring to various individuals and officers and giving his reasons for not agreeing to allow Lieutenant Gordon to retire on full pay. With blank integral leaf. Some light foxing, otherwise VG, 3

BLAND HUMPHREY: (1686-1763) British Army General, commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Culloden, 1746. D.S., Hum: Bland, one page, 4to, London, 3rd August 1751, to the Board of Ordnance. The attractively penned manuscript document reads, in full, 'This is to certify that the last Allowance of Ammunition for Lieut. General Bland's Regiment of Dragoons is all expended in the Service and Discipline of the said Regiment, and that the said Regiment is now in want'. Signed by Bland at the conclusion and with several ink annotations beneath indicating that Bland was subsequently provided with three and a half barrels of Corn'd Powder. Very slight age wear and small tear to the edge. Together with Willem Van Keppel (1702-1754) 2nd Earl of Albemarle, British Diplomat and American Colonist, Crown Governor of Virginia, 1737-54. Fought in the Battle of Culloden, 1746. A.L.S., Albemarle, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. ('Monday night', December 1736), to Adair. Albemarle writes to his correspondent regarding several individuals and asks his correspondent to remember to mention Jones to Lord Anson if the commissions for a Second Lieutenant in the Marines are likely to be made immediately, also asking him to order a warrant to be made out for William Hawkes appointing him Surgeons Mate in the King's Own Regiment. Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins. Some small areas of paper loss, just affecting the text, and slight, neat splitting to the edges of the folds. About G to VG, 2