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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Oxford: printed at the Theater, Sold by Thomas Guy, 1684, eng. general title, Apocrypha present, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear of volume, some spotting and dust-soiling, occasional light dampstaining, initial leaves creased and frayed to margins, manuscript genealogical entries pasted and loosely contained at front, contemp. blind panelled calf, torn at head & foot of spine, some wear to board edges, folio (Herbert 790) , together with The Holy Bible..., Pub. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, c.1870s, b & w illusts. and chromo plts., a.e.g., contemp. diced calf, gilt dec. spine, joints rubbed, thick 4to, plus The Illustrated National Family Bible, with Commentaries of Scott & Henry..., edited by the Revd. John Eadie, c.1870s, chromo addn. title & plts., b & w plts., a.e.g., orig. morocco gilt, brass corner pieces and clasps, thick 4to, plus one other 19th c. Bible. (4)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Oxford: printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1726, eng. port. frontis. and addn. title (both trimmed to image and lined to verso), letterpress general & New Testament titles present, Apocrypha present, fifty-one eng. plts., margins trimmed slightly affecting some printed notes and running titles etc., light browning, occ. spotting and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemp. sheep, rebacked, 4to (Herbert 974), together with New Testament [French], Le Nouveau Testament de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Traduit en Francois sur la Vulgate, avec une explication des noms de Monnoies Poids, Messures..., par M. l’Abbe Valart, Paris: P.D. Brocas, 1789, manuscript ownership to title, contemp. sheep, worn, 12mo. (2)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Olde Testament and the Newe. Authorised and Appointed to be Read in Churches..., Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591, mounted incomplete general title with woodcut dec. border (lower half portion present only, with adhered printed paper label ‘William Ingham and Richard Weles bought this booke’ to lower margin), New Testament title present with dec. woodcut border, woodcut dec. initials throughout, large woodcut illust. of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden (torn with slight loss & repaired), Apocrypha present, black letter text throughout, Almanack/Kalendar leaves torn with some loss (repaired and misbound?), 3pp. of manuscript tables for ‘proper lessons to be read at Morning and Evening Prayers’ bound-in at front, first leaf of Genesis torn with slight loss and repaired, first & last few leaves frayed, few leaves torn with slight loss & occ. closed tears & repairs etc., few leaves affected by worming to inner and lower margins, some dust-soiling, occ. marginal dampstaining and few marks etc., front free-endpaper with manuscript ownership of John Smeeton dated 1675 and entries for other family members, following blank with printed ownership “John Smeeton, In the Savoy: August 20. 1675”, late 18th c. calf, rebacked and board edges repaired, folio (leaf size 368 x 255mm). Herbert 209. This edition is known as the Bishop’s Bible with the preface by Thomas Cranmer. (1)

Cacheranus (Octavianus). Decsisiones Sacri Senatus Pedemontani Prae Clarissimo Ivreconsulto.. 2 parts in one, Venice, 1570, woodcut device to titles and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, index leaves at front, text in double column, occasional annotation and light spots, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, some stains, small 4to, together with Pliny the Younger’s Il Libro de Gli Huomini Illustri, 1562 (lacking second part ‘Espositione Utilissima) . (2)

Catullus, Tibullus & Prope[r]tius. [Opera], 1st issue, Venice: Aldus, January 1502, first issue with misspelling ‘Propetius’ on title (A1r), guide letters in initial spaces, leaves numbered in old manuscript to upper right corners, lacks final leaf after colophon (i8, corrected title with blank verso), title heavily dust soiled, some spotting and marginal browning, minor worming to lower outer corners of first few leaves not affecting text, eng. armorial bookplate of William Morehead to front pastedown, hinges crudely strengthened with archival tape, a.e.g., 18th-c. morocco gilt, with double border fillet, lozenge centrepeice to each cover with central rows, thistle cornerpieces, some edge wear, crude reback, 8vo. Adams C1137. (1)

Civil War. An Historicall Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester from the beginning of the Civil Warre Betweene King and Parliament to the removall of Colonell Massie from the Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces, by John Corbet Preacher of Gods Word, 1645, pp.[6], 140 [i.e. 138, page numbers 115-6 omitted in pagination], addn. close-trimmed eng. port. of Edward Massey adherred to front free endpaper facing title, ink ownership signatures to title, addn. folding manuscript plan survey of the fortifications of the City of Gloucester on 17th c. paper bound-in, hand-col. in outline & pricked through & some ink burn through (opening to approx. 415 x 520mm), with two closed-tears, bound with A true Relation of a wicked Plot Intended and still on foot against the City of Gloucester, to betray the same into the hands of Cavaliers. Discovered by Captaine Backhouse who was wrought upon to have betrayed the same by the sollicitation of one Edward Stanford Esquire..., 1644, 31pp., bound with Gloucester’s Triumph at the Solemn Proclamation of King Charles the Second; Tuesday the 15th day of May 1660, pub. 1660, pp.[2], 6, some dust-soiling and few marks throughout volume, 18th c. qtr. calf, joints cracked and slight wear, 4to (Wing C6252B, B265 and G884B), together with four other antiquarian volumes including Fableln und Erzahlungen von C.F. Gellert, 2 parts in one, Leipzig, 1763, and Lettres et Autres Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voiture..., 2 vols., Amsterdam, 1709. (5)

Giannone (Pietro). Dell Istoria Civile del Regno di Napoli Libri XL, 4 vols., 1st ed., Naples, 1723, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait to vol. I, some spotting and browning, a few small wormtracks, library stamps, previous owner inscription to titles and front pastedowns, contemporary vellum, manuscript titles to spines (vol. III chipped at foot), some stains, 4to . (4)

Hale (Sir Matthew). The Primitive Origination of Mankind, considered and examined according to the Light of Nature, printed by William Godbid for William Shrowsbery, 1st ed., 1677, eng. port. frontis. (frontis. and title sl. dusty), pencilled underlinings and symbols in margins, hinges repaired, marbled edges, contemp. mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, folio. Wing H258. A manuscript note on the front free endpaper reads: ‘Pencilled notes copied from Samuel Johnson’s copy used as citations for dictionary’, and another on the rear free endpaper adds: ‘p.9 S:J’s copy has “subsidiary supposition, that” Pencil glosses copied by me from Dr. Johnson’s own copy. His hand not copied minutely but position of all marks is accurate so that conclusions re method may be drawn from this as well as from the original.’. (1)

Illuminated leaves. A manuscript bifolium from a Book of Hours, 15th c., written in Latin in double-column on rectos and versos, brown ink with rubrication in red, on laid paper, thirty-eight lines to each page, numerous initials in blue and red, with two large decorative initials and one smaller one, margins water-stained, leaf size 296 x 217mm (11.75 x 8.5ins), together with a bifolium and a single leaf both from a Book of Hours, prob. French, 15th c., the bifolium bearing a portion of calendar with saints feast days for September and October, both bifolium and single leaf written in Latin in black ink on vellum, rubricated in red ink, with blue and red initial letters and line fillers, leaf size 183 x 130mm (7.25 x 5ins). (3)

Swift (Jonathan & Pope, Alexander). Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, vol. 1 only (of two), 2nd ed., London printed, and reprinted in Dublin, 1728, upper blank margin of leaf A1 excised, occ. light marginal dampstaining, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and some wear at head & foot, 12mo (Teerinck pp.5 & 6), together with Demosthenes, Demosthenous hoi logoi Philippikoi hapantes: Accedunt interpretatio et notae, Dublin: ex aedibus academicis, 1754, first five words transliterated from the Greek and with eng. illust. to title of each, manuscript annotations, contemp. calf, 8vo, and Whitaker (John), The Genuine History of the Britons Asserted in a Full and Candid Refutation of Mr. Macpherson’s Introduction to the History of Great-Britain and Ireland, Dublin: David Hay, 1773, some light dampstaining, contemp. calf, 12mo, with De Lolme (J.L.), The Constitution of England, or an Account of the English Government; in which it is compared with the Republican form of Government..., 4th ed., Dublin, 1776, front blank excised, contemp. mottled calf, joints slightly cracked, 8vo, with Seneca (Lucius Annaeus), Tragoediae cum notis integris Johannis Frederici Gronovii..., Delft, 1728, eng. frontis., blind library stamp to title, contemp. calf, joints cracked and some wear, 4to, plus nine others including Dublin publications, mostly 18th /early 19th c. (15)

Breviarium Monasticum, Secundum Ritum Monachorum Ordinis S. Benedicti de observantia Congregationis Casinensis, alias sancte Justinae de Padua. Exdecreto Capituli Genereralis. Millesimo, quingetesimo, octuagesimo quarto reformatum, & per S.D.N. D. Gregorium xiii. Pont. Max. confirmatum, Venice: apud Juntas, 1586, title in red & black with woodcut illust. (some marks and minor worming), double column text in red & black, woodcut dec. initials and few small illusts., some worming mostly affecting leaves at front & rear and also to lower margins throughout volume (occ. affecting some words), some leaves with loss to lower margins with old repairs using old manuscript, some waterstaining throughout (becoming heavier towards end of vol.), ink library stamp to title and verso of 3M7, final leaf 3M8 wormed, badly damaged with extensive loss of text (leaf incorrectly bound), later endpapers incorporating near contemp. manuscript verse pasted to front blank, 19th c. morocco gilt, upper joint split, slight wear to extrems., folio. No UK institutional location found. (1)

Eusebius (Pamphilius, Bishop of Caesarea). Autores Historiae Ecclesiasticae. Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis libri nouem, Ruffino interprete. Ruffini presbyteri Aquileiensis, libri duo..., Basel: [In officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolam Episcopium], 1535, printer’s woodcut device to title and final leaf, few woodcut initials, initial leaves detached and worn, title torn to margins and with library bookplate, some dampstaining mostly to margins, manuscript vellum leaf adhered to pastedowns, contemp. calf over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration to boards, spine torn with some loss of leather, lacks clasps, folio, together with Huserus (Joannes), Index Omnium quae Insigniter dicta sunt a Divo Ioanne Chrysostomo, Iuxta ordinem Literarum per Ioannem Husermin digestus, Basel: in officina Frobeniana, 1530, printer’s woodcut device to title, woodcut dec. initials, bound with Chrysostom (John), D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opera, quae hactenus uersa sunt omnia, ad Graecorum codicum collationem multis in locis per utriusque linguae peritos emendata. Accessere non pauca hactenus non uulgata..., vol. 1 (of five), Basel: Officina Frobeniana, 1530, printer’s woodcut device, woodcut dec. initials, lacks final leaf, some dust-soiling and dampstaining throughout, near contemp. calf, upper joint split and worn, lower joint cracked, rubbed and worn, folio. (2)

Liturgies. Directorium Benedictinum perpetuum: sive ordo Celebrandi divina officia, diuna, nocturna, missas, alia: Secundum Ritus Breviarii Benedictinia Pavlo Quinto..., 5 parts in one, Rorschachii: Joannem Schroterum, 1621, title in red & black, fraying to margins at front and rear, some dampstaining, ink linbrary stamp to title, contemp. blind dec. pigskin over wooden boards, brass corner pieces, lacking one clasp, 8vo, together with another similar volume of the same work, with (Blois, Louis de), Hludowici Blosii.. Opera omnia. Recusa, 2 vols., [Campidoni]: Ex typographia ducalis monasterii Campidonensis per Rudolphum Dreher, 1672, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, some dampstaining, contemp. blind dec. sheep over wooden boards, upper board to vol. 1 detached, vol. 2 lacks clasps, worn, 4to, and Herrgott (Marquard), Vetus Disiplina Monastica, seu Collectio Auctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti maximam partem Ineditorum..., Paris: Caroli Osmont, 1726, eng. vignette to title (with manuscript annotations), eng. port., contemp. pigskin over wooden boards with blind decoration, clasps intact, 4to, plus two others similar. (7)

New Testament [Greek]. Novum Testamentum Graece cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Graeci contextus lineis inserra..., in margine libri est collocata: atque alia, Ben. Ariae Montani Hispalensis opera e verbo reddita..., [Heidelberg]: Ex officina Commeliniana, 1599, woodcut device to title, manuscript date to lower margin and with clipped ownership signature to title (lined to verso), dust-soiling and some dampstaining, 19th c. half calf, joints split, 8vo, together with Novum Testamentum Graeco-Latinum. Vulgata Interpretatione Latina a Theologis Louaniensibus quam diligentissime reconita & emendata..., Cologne, 1692, ink library stamp & small hole to title, some dirt-soiling and dampstaining, 19th c. vellum, marked, 8vo, with New Testament [Latin], Novum Testamentum, cum Versione Latina Ariae Montani..., Amsterdam: J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1741, addn. eng. title with ownership signature to upper margin, one folding eng. map, contemp. calf gilt, joints split and some wear, 12mo, plus three others related. (6)

Psalter [Latin]. Psalterium Chorale Sacri Ordinis Praedictorum, pub. H. Mainardi, Rome, 1756, engraved title, printed in red and black throughout, musical staves, leather tabs to foredges, contemporary blind pigskin over boards, paper manuscript label to spine, metal clasps (one lacking), a little rubbed and dust-solied, folio . (1)

Salo (Alessio Segala de). Le Chemin asseuré de Paradis, enseigné par nostre Seigneur Jesus-Christ..., Douay: Baltazar Bellere, 1627, woodcut device & ink stamp to title, slight dampstaining and toning, contemp. limp vellum lacking ties, dust-soiled, 12mo, together with Nieremberg (Juan Eusebio), Chemin Royal Pour Arriver Bientost a la Perfection, par la Conformite’ a la volonte de dieu avec la vie du Venerable pere P. Pierre Canisius de la Compagnie de Jesus..., Douay: Jean Serrurier, 1642, some browning, contemp. limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo, with Salo (Alexis de), Practique Singuliere et tres-utile pour conduire avec une Grande Facilite l’homme a la uraye perfection..., Rouen: Thomas Dare, 1620, manuscript inscription to title and free endpapers, limp vellum, ties broken, 12mo, plus six other 17th c. vellum bound volumes. (9)

Surius (Laurentius). Thesaurus Homiliarum seu Concionum ex Probatissimorum Patrum, et SS. Ecclesiae Catholicae tam Graecorum..., Cologne: Gosuini Cholini, 1604, woodcut device and early manuscript annotations title, woodcut dec. initials, occ. marginalia to few leaves, ink library stamp to title and verso of final leaf, some dampstaining, spotting and dust-soiling, 20th c. dark brown qtr. morocco, adhesive tape stain and library classification number at foot of spine, rubbed, folio in 6s, together with Haeften (Benedictus van), Venatio sacra, sive De arte quaerendi Deum Libri XII, Antwerp: Jacobus Meursius, 1650, eng. title, library stamps to initial three leaves, woodcut tailpieces throughout and device to final leaf, contemp. calf, blind rollwork dec., spine with insect damage, torn with some loss, worn, folio. (2)

Whiston (Joseph). Infant-Baptism from Heaven, and not of Men. Or, A moderate Discourse concerning the Baptism of the Infant-seed of Believers..., 1670, pp.[48],156,177-319,[1], with continuous text despite pagination, initial blank present, bound with Infant-Baptism from Heaven and not of Men, the Second Part: or an Answer to Mr Danvers his Treatise of Baptism..., 1676, pp.[16],152, numerous errors in pagination, bound with An Essay to Revive the Primitive Doctrine and Practice of Infant-Baptism..., 1676, pp.[15],254,[1], half-title present, bound with Infant-Baptism Plainly Proved. A Discourse wherein Certain select Arguments for Infant-Baptism, formerly syllogistically handled, are now reviewed, abbreviated, and reduced to a plain Method, for the benefit of the Unlearned, and Persons of weaker Capacity, 1678, pp.[8],128, some occ. light browning & spotting, lacks front free endpaper, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, text-block split in two parts, frayed at head & foot of spine, rubbed, 8vo, together with [Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of]. Animadversions Upon a Book, Intituled, Fanaticism Fanatically Imputed to the Catholick Church, by Dr. Stillingfleet, and the Imputation Refuted and Retorted by S.C., 2nd ed., 1674, [6],262,[2]pp., manuscript annotation to title (A2), advertisement leaf at rear, lacks A1 as often (blank?), contemp. sheep, spine worn with loss of leather at head, 8vo. Wing C4415. This volume is reply to the work by Serenus Cressy, which in turn replies to Edward Stillingfleet`s "Discourse concerning the idolatry practised in the Church of Rome and the hazard of salvation in the communion of it"., and Sclater (Edward). Consensus Veterum, or, The Reasons of Edward Sclater Minister of Putney, for His Conversion to the Catholic Faith and Communion, 1st ed., 1686, [8],100pp., bound with [Gee, Edward], Veteres Vindicati, in an Expostulatory Letter to Mr. Sclater of Putney upon his Consensus Veterum, &c. Wherein the Absurdity of his Method, The Weakness of his Reasons are shewn..., 1st ed., Henry Mortlock, 1687, [4],107pp., erratic pagination, contemp. calf, slight wear to spine at head & foot, joints & extrems. rubbed, 4to Wing S910 and G462. Wing W1691, W1693, W1690 and W1694.

De Walden Library. Banners, Standards and Badges from a Tudor Manuscript in the College of Arms; Two Tudor Books of Arms, Being Harleian Manuscripts 2169 & 6163, Blasoned by Joseph Foster; Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals 1301, with an Introduction by Lord Howard De Walden, 1904, together 3 vols., numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to. (3)

Palladio (Andrea). The First Book of Architecture..., Translated out of Italian, with an Appendix touching Doors and Windows, by Pr. Le Muet Architect to the French King, Translated into English by Godfrey Richards..., 10th ed., 1724, seventy eng. plts. (including addn. eng. title and four folding plts.), dampstaining and dust-soiling, worming mostly to upper and lower margins (occasionally within plate mark and touching image), 18th c. ownership manuscript of ‘John Eaton 1727’ and ‘Sus. Stedman 1754’ to endpapers, contemp. sheep, joints cracked and boards slightly loose, worn, 4to. (1)

Richard de Bury. Philobiblion, the Text and Translation of E.C. Thomas, Edited Michael Maclagan, pub. Oxford, 1960, orig. cloth in d.j. (one of 500 copies printed on Wolvercote antique laid paper), tall 8vo, together with An Illuminated Manuscript of La Somme Le Roy Attributed to the Parisian Miniaturist Honoré, introduction by Eric George Millar, printed for the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, 1953, col. frontis. heightened with gold, thirty-four half-tone plts., t.e.g., orig. quarter morocco, spine lettered in gilt, 4to, with other miscellaneous books, mostly history and biographies etc. (6 shelves)

* Die Pflanze. Kunst und Gewerbe, pub. Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna, 1887, approx. sixty monotone litho. and colour chromolitho. plts. (only), some crayon numbers added in manuscript to margins, occ. spotting and staining, each approx. 430 x 280 mm, contained in pubs. orig. printed folio, boards chipped, worn and stained, spine crudely repaired, folio, together with Kolb (Gustav & Gmelich Karl), Von Der Pflanze zum Ornament, pub. Göppingen, c.1905, twenty colour litho. plts. (only), each approx. 490 x 310 mm, loose in orig. printed boards, lacking spine, boards detached, folio, plus seventeen col. litho. plts. from the second described item, each approx. 490 x 310 mm, mounted. (approx.97)

* Fashion. Three watercolour designs for Worth, ‘Pomme D’Apie’, ‘Gamine’ and one untitled, c.1940, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, each with the ‘Worth’ name in manuscript in the lower left, titled in upper right, each approx. 305 x 205 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (3)

* Raphael (Sanzio d’Urbino). Le Pitture di Raffaelle Sanzio, Esistenti nelle Stanze del Vaticano, Di Nuovo Incise in Undici Rami, Rome 1813, dec. eng. title page with near contemp. ink manuscript signature, eleven etched plts by Antonio Banzo, slight staining and dust soiling largely confined to margins, contemp. paper wrappers, frayed and stained, oblong folio. (1)

AN EARLY ENGLISH STUDDED LEATHER BOOK BOX with printed interior and manuscript book list, the box of dome form with hinged rising lid, 17" wide x 10" deep

AN MS. ETHIOPIC PSALTER, with painted illustrations to endpp. ms. on vellum. 4to. bound in dec. leather covered wooden boards. Colophon translates that the manuscript belonged to the Lady Zenash Bezu, wife of Master Desta, written during the reign of Menelik (1889-1913) (see illustration)

MANUSCRIPT LETTERS. 1745. 2 handwritten letters from Charles Edward Stuart to his father James Stuart relating to The Jacobite Rebellion. 1st Letter: Perth 10th Sept. 1745. "Sir, Since my landing every thing has succeeded..." signed Charles. 2nd. Letter: Pinkey House, Sept. 21st 1745. "Sir, Since my last from Perth.." not signed. The letters are not in the handwriting of Charles Edward Stuart. Both letters in hinged wooden case. (see illustration)

GAETANO CROCCO (1877-1968) Italian Scientist and Aeronautic Pioneer and Founder of The Italian Rocket Society, a rare folio of designs for a Transatlantic Passenger Flying Boat with drawings by Crocco, associated typed and manuscript correspondence dated 1930 and associated literature including Patent Application

A Guildhall Menu for a Dinner given by The Law Society to the Members of House of Delegates of American Bar Association, 31st July 1957, containing menu, wines, seating plan, various manuscript notes, signed on Cover by Winston Churchill, A Seating Plan of a Dinner/Function held at 10 Downing Street, 15th February 1909, Churchill attended as President of Board of Trade, a Steel Engraving of Sir Winston Churchill and a silver Ashtray commemorating Churchill`s Life and CHURCHILL, W., Richard Carvel

PARTRIDGE, John, Merlinus Liberatus: being an Almanack for the year 1785, with printed text and quantity manuscript pages and notes (1)

ELEAZAR ALBIN: A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS …… AND CAREFULLY COLOUR’D BY HIS DAUGHTER AND SELF ……, 1731-34, 1st edn, 2 vols, 89 copies and 118 copies only, 205 hand col’d plts acf, subscribers lists include that of Sir Robert Eyre (1666-1735), ttl pges with ownership stamps of P Gell of Hopton Hall, vol 1 plt 50 letterpress “The Redstart” with manuscript “Seen on the first standard rose ….. June 18th 1883 Teresa C Chandos Pole Gell”, vol 2 plt 59 letterpress “The Green Wren” with manuscript “Seen in conservatory Hopton August 12th and 13th 1890 Teresa C Chandos Pole Gell”, the 1st bird book to be issued with col’d plts, a 3rd and final vol was completed in 1738, 4to, rebnd (not recent) hf cf marb bds, spines gt in compartments (2)

A 19th Century Manuscript Cookery Book dtd January 19th 1832, containing assorted recipes and tips etc, old hf cf worn and soiled

A Packet: Sale Particulars, The Estates of the late Snelling Drosier Roper Highly Eligible Freehold and Small Part Copy Hold Estates in Colby, Banningham and Erpingham, to be sold by auction by Mr Butcher at the Blackboys Inn Aylsham on 15th May 1849 …., four part hand col’d litho plans including 2 dbl pge manuscript purchasers names and prices realised

A Packet: early Victorian Manuscript Sale Particulars of Estates in Blakeney and Wiveton for Sale by Auction by Mr John Waller on 6th December 1839 at The Kings Head in Holt, 1- manuscript pges with manuscript of purchaser; together with Sale Particulars for Freehold and Copy Hold Estates at Potter Heigham and Catfield to be sold by auction by Thomas H Keith on 24th August 1895 at The Royal Hotel Norwich, 8pp with lge fdg plan; together with Sale Particulars of a Most Valuable Estate Situate at Alpington and Yelverton to be sold by Mr Burt on 5th August 1820 Norwich; together with Sale Particulars of Valuable Lands and Buildings at Gymingham, Knapton and Trunch to be sold by auction by Mr Boulter at the Kings Arms in North Walsham on 30th July 1846, dbl pge litho plan, part hand col’d, manuscript of purchaser (4)

A Packet: approximately 17 manuscript leaves of Panjabi translation of the Asvamedha-Parvan (Conto XIV) of the Mahabhrata circa 1748, thought to have been written in Kashmir

A Packet: assorted Ephemera including Rev William Nelson (1757-1835) part of an autographed letter sigd + free front dtd 1834 + assorted clippings, free fronts, letters etc, mainly 19th Century + a few assorted manuscript leaves, various texts mainly 17th Century

[E CRAIG]: MACBETH, 1960 shooting script with some manuscript notes and sketches, 4to wraps

COLIN WELLAND: A DRY WHITE SEASON, circa 1989, screenplay, sigd with numerous manuscript annotations and amendments, 4to wraps + WILLIAM ATTAWAY AND HERBERT KLINE: MARK TWAIN’S DIARY OF ADAM AND EVE THE FIRST LOVE STORY OF MANKIND, nd, screenplay, 4to wraps (2)

A German bronze relief plaque of a philosopher probably 19th century, of rectangular form, depicting a bearded figure shown in profile reading a manuscript, 7¾ x 6¾in. (19.5 x 17cm.).

ALLAINE, Jos. A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism, old calf, 8vo, slightly shaved, manuscript additions some contemporary, 1674.

GRAY, Todd & ROWE, Margery ... editors. Travels in Georgian Devon the illustrated journals of Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols, cloth in d/w in slipcase, 4to, limited editions, Devon Books, 1997-2000. With ... Devon Maps and Map-Makers: Manuscript Maps Before 1840, 2 vols, illustrated, original card covers in slipcase, 4to, D & C R S, 2002.

JOHNSON, Theo. Illustrations of Exotic Conchology, 37 original watercolours, with manuscript title page and descriptions, contemporary half morocco, 4to, 1881.

ALBUM ... manuscript letters, cut signatures, envelopes, notes from worthies of the day, etc, 8vo, cont. flexible morocco, many addressed to Rev. J. B. Bloxam, signatures noted, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Charlotte Yonge, Sir Samuel Baker, Wilberforce, F. O. Morris, and a signed letter with postally franked envelope front all in the hand of G. Garibaldi.

BRIDPORT ... "New Wesleyan Methodist Chapel" ... 1838 ( Arts Centre ), an archival collection consisting of nineteen original architect`s drawings, with a large collection of manuscript estimates, specifications, contracts, etc, etc. The majority of the correspondence is from the Bridport builder Charles Galpin. Some of the drawings of interior drawings are particularly fine in watercolours.

COOKERY RECEIPTS .... Early 18th cent manuscript cookery book in a neat legible hand, cont. vellum, 4to, bearing the signatures and dates, " A. Brooke, 1705", & "Sam Burleigh, 1772". 144 pages of cookery recipes; 102 pages medicinal recipes + index.

EXCURSIONS ... 4 manuscript books, being accounts of excursions in the South of England, marbled wrappers, & calf, 8vo, 1813, 1821, 1822, 1841. (4)

GEORGE III manuscript indenture ... on vellum relating to the Dorsey and Patten families, Martock, Somerset, 5th May, 1796.

GREEK TRANSLATIONS ... 18th cent scholars manuscript book with the accompanying printed text, old calf boards detached, 4to.

LEDGER ... late 19th cent. manuscript ledger book, morocco, 8vo, Hartlepool interest. morocco.

MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL ..."Holiday Rambles. Jersey, North Devon, North Wales," contemporary morocco title in gilt on the upper cover, 4to, 1873-75. * Neatly written on 256 pages and Illustrated with pen sketches, this fine example of penmanship covers three separate tours, very much in the vain of "Three Men in a Boat".

MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK ... belonging to Elizabeth Cross, contemporary reverse calf, 4to, 1803-1850.

SCRAP ALBUM ... belonging to Susan Barbara Pocock, containing manuscript verse, pencil sketches, watercolour sketches, prints, etc, cont. half morocco rubbed with metal clasp, 4to, early 19th century.

SCRAP ALBUM ... watercolours, pencil sketches, manuscript verse, morocco, 4to, early 19th cent.

MARY HICKLEY (PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA), "Gold Glitter and Gloom, A Rush Across Russia, recollections of the Coronation of Czar Nicholas II and later travels in Russia", original typed manuscript dated 1903, together with a limited edition illustrated copy dated 1997 (No 8 of 100) and another bound copy. Sold with various artifacts featured in the book of Russian origins collected by the Author:- 1) Russian Brass or Bronze Bear vesta case with hinged cover and glass eyes. 60mm high. 2) Russian Orthodox silver cross. 67mm high. 3) Russian poker work box in the form of a two headed animal with inscription "Laura from The Princess, June 1906", chip carved boxwood. 86mm wide. 4) Small Russian carved boxwood triptych featuring the Virgin Mary holding infant Jesus, Saint Serga and Saint Nicholas, left panel glazed with relic hairs. 87mm high. 5) Russian cloisonne spoon, makers marks B.A assayer V.N, 84 zolotniks, purity mark, 1896-1908. 183mm. 6) Russian Neillo silver spoon, makers marks B.C assayer N.A, 1858, 84 zolotniks purity mark Moscow George Dragon mark. 185mm. 7) Russian lacquered and painted tea caddy, the cover painted with figures at a cottage door. 100mm wide. 8) Russian lacquered wooden letter knife with painted troika in the snow scene. 285mm. 9) 19th century Moscow porcelain bachelors tea pot by Alexy Popov, painted and relief decorated with trailing vines and underglaze blue mark to base. 170mm wide. (Restored). 10) Tiny boxwood stamp box with painted bird, probably Russian. 30mm wide. 11) Russian embroided cotton band with silk, satin velvet and gold thread. 60" Long approx. 12) Small painted envelope "Cossacks camping" addressed to Miss M. Hickley" Dinder House, Wells. 13) Three brass Orthodox crosses, a small brass bell and a Chinese silver cigarette case. 14) Turkish or South Russian copper kettle or wine pot. 60mm. 15) Pottery beaker bearing the arms of his Imperial Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russians, 1896. 115mm high. (chipped)

RODGERS RICHARD: (1902-1979) American Composer, famous for his collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein on various Broadway musicals. An interesting T.L.S., Richard Rodgers, one page, 4to, Sixth Avenue, New York, 28th March 1947, to Richard Miles. Rodgers thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues to answer their questions in three numbered paragraphs, in part, `I do not use any of the Schillinger devices and have found any mathematical approach to composition extremely stultifying...Almost without exception the music for the songs I did with Larry Hart was written first and the lyrics followed....I do not make my own piano parts for print. These are made by Dr. Sirmay at Chappells from my original manuscript which is an extremely full and complicated one and is devised primarily as a structure for orchestration.` VG

LEO XIII: (1810-1903) Pope of the Catholic Church 1878-1903. L.S., Leo P.P. XIII, with paraph, one page, 4to, Vatican, 10th August 1896, in Italian. The manuscript letter states, in full, `Following special recommendation of the Cardinal Arch Priest of the Liberian Basilica, we grant Fr. Giovanni Biasotti the position that has become vacant at the said Basilica, caused by the death of Fr. Attilio Leva, and desire that the said appointment be active forthwith.` With blank integral leaf. About EX

[AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING]: JOLINE ADRIAN H. (1850-1912) Lawyer and Philographer, author of Meditations of an Autograph Collector (1902) and Rambles in Autograph Land (1913). Autograph M.S., Adrian H. Joline, eighteen pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. Joline`s manuscript, with some corrections in his hand, is entitled Concerning Autographs and states, in part, `Fortunately all people do not find pleasure in the same things, and sometimes a man`s fancies are regarded with scornful contempt by other men who doubtless have hobbies of their own. It has been my lot to elicit sneers, particularly from the intellectual giants....and to receive some acrid criticism from people nearer home because I like to write and to chat about what are called "autographs"....` Joline continues to express his views on many aspects of autograph collecting, referring to several collectors and authors, facsimiles and forgeries etc. Some light overall staining and age wear, and a number of inky fingerprints to the edges of most pages. About G

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. A hardback edition of Moments of Love-Poems to Emma by Thomas Hardy, published by The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1997, being an attractive manuscript facsimile and printed text of poems written by Hardy inspired by his first wife. With an original printed limitations page signed (`Thomas Hardy`) by Hardy with his name alone in bold black ink lightly tipped in. Limited Edition number 126 of 157. Green leather quarter binding with green cloth covers and contained in a matching slipcase. Together with Florence Hardy (1879-1937) English Writer of Children`s stories, second wife of Thomas Hardy. An interesting A.L.S., Florence Hardy, one page, 8vo, Max Gate, Dorchester, 12th July 1918, to a lady. Hardy informs her correspondent that she cannot induce her husband into providing the required autograph, explaining `He has been asked to autograph so many books etc. for the Red Cross & similar good causes, & now he absolutely refuses to give another. I have asked him several times but with no success.` About EX, 2

LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, letterheads, a few A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S., some signed photographs of various sizes etc., by various writers and novelists including Hammond Innes (two pages of typed manuscript, unsigned, although with extensive holograph corrections, from Solomons Seal), Ursula Bloom, Beverley Nichols, Jean Plaidy, Emlyn Williams, John Mortimer, John Le Carre, John Osborne, Edna O`Brien, Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Sillitoe, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Miller, Stephen King, Alan Bennett, John Betjeman, Alistair Cooke (signed self caricature), Germaine Greer, Jackie Collins, Neil Simon, Edward Albee etc. G to generally VG, 47

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1689-1702. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Camp at Eppegem, 1st August 1693. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing William Cormack to be an Ensign in the Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel John Sidcomb. Countersigned at the foot by William Blathwayt (1649?-1717) British Civil Servant and Politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government, serving as Secretary at War 1683-92. Blathwayt also played an important role in administering the Thirteen Colonies of North America. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear, about VG The present document was signed just days after The Battle of Landen (or Neerwinden), fought in present-day Belgium during the Nine Years` War on 29 July 1693 between the French army of Marshal Luxembourg and the Allied army of King William III. The French assaulted the Allied position three times beforethe French Cavalry finally penetrated the allied defences and drove William`s army from the field in a rout. The battle was, however, quite costly for both sides, the French losing 9,000 men to the Allies` 19,000, the French failed to follow up on their victory, allowing William to escape.