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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.

ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James`s, 5th March 1710. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and is a warrant ordering the payment of £1000 to be made to Sir William Fazakerly `towards the relief and Support of Our poor Subjects inhabiting within the Parishes in and about the said City [London] as of Our Charity and Benevolence to them, the same to be disposed and distributed by him pursuant to such directions as he shall receive from the Right Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of London And Our Trusty and Welbeloved Sr. Gilbert Heathcoat Knt. Lord Mayor…` Countersigned at the foot by the Lord High Treasurers John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (1663-1743), Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1663-1743) and Robert Besnon, 1st Baron Bingley (1676-1731). Some light age wear to the edges of the document, otherwise VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Appd. Victoria R I, one page, slim 8vo (a folded 4to sheet, with two red wax seals intact to the verso), Admiralty, 8th May 1860. The manuscript document approves the outcome of a court martial relating to Francis Clarke, a Private in the 5th Company of Royal Marines, in part, `[Clarke] when under punishment for a former offence, struck Corporal Francis Bungay his superior officer then in the execution of his duty, and for outrageous and insubordinate conduct when interrogated by Colonel Edward Rea the Commandant as to why he had done so, and having been sentenced to Penal servitude for a term of seven years`. Signed by Queen Victoria at the foot. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, (a fine, bold signature), as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), large folio, Court at Balmoral, 30th August 1888. The attractive manuscript document is addressed to Henry Edward Stokes, a member of the Madras Civil Service, and provisionally appoints him to succeed to the office of Member of the Council of the Governor of the Presidency of Fort St. George `when a vacancy shall happen therein by the death or resignation of any person holding such Office or on the departure of any such person from India with intent to return to Europe`. Countersigned at the foot by Viscount Cross (1823-1914) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1874-80, 1885-86, Secretary of State for India 1886-92. With attractive dark blue and red ink borders. Some light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Windsor, 25th May 1889. The manuscript document grants the dignity of a Companion of the Order of the Star of India to Henry Edward Stokes of the Madras Civil Service. Countersigned at the conclusion by Viscount Cross (1823-1914) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1874-80, 1885-86, Secretary of State for India 1886-92. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Blank integral leaf. About VG

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Balmoral, 25th May 1892. The manuscript document grants the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India to Henry Edward Stokes of the Madras Civil Service. Countersigned at the conclusion by Viscount Cross (1823-1914) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1874-80, 1885-86, Secretary of State for India 1886-92. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Blank integral leaf. About VG

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, husband of Queen Victoria. L.S., Albert, Acting Grand Master, one page, folio, Buckingham Palace, 30th August 1843, to Lt. Colonel George Hibbert of Her Majesty`s 40th Regiment of Foot. The manuscript letter transmits the Ribband and Badge (no longer present) of a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath to Hibbert, following the commands of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert requests that his correspondent sign and return a receipt for the decoration to the Deputy Registrar, Albert William Woods, at the Heralds College in London. Some light creasing, otherwise VG

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large folio, Court at St. James`s, 10th February 1930. The attractive manuscript document is addressed to Hopetoun Gabriel Stokes and appoints him to be a member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Residency of Madras in place of Sir Thomas Eyebron Moir who is about to vacate the office. Countersigned at the foot by William Wedgwood Benn (1877-1960) British Politician, Secretary of State for India 1929-31, Secretary of State for Air 1945-46. Father of Tony Benn. With attractive dark blue and red ink borders. Some light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. D.S., Napol., as Emperor, at the base, one page, folio, Paris, 28th March 1809. The unusual manuscript document, in Italian, is headed `Extract of the Registry of Deliberations of His Majesty The Emperor and King, Master of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown` and directs the Chancellor of the Order of the Iron Crown to confer on Signor Crescentini, Professor of Music, the honours of that organisation. With blank integral leaf. A document with a very clean, fresh appearance. EX Girolamo Crescentini (1762-1846) Italian Singer castrato (sopranista), teacher and composer. A favourite of Napoleon`s circle, Crescentini was also appointed singing teacher to the Imperial Family by the Emperor

VICTOR EMMANUEL I: (1759-1824) King of Sardinia 1802-21. Good D.S., V Emanuele, as King, at the conclusion, two pages, 4to, Turin, 4th October 1814. The manuscript document states, in part, `In his career as an employee of Court, to which he came in 1806 in the quality of Gentleman at Table, and was then promoted to Second Equerry, the Marquis Pietro Vivalda Chiabo Pasqua has fully justified our choice, with sure examples of special zeal, and by his attention to our Royal service, not least in his loyal attachment to Our Person and the Royal Family. With particular satisfaction, we see united in him precious gifts corresponding to his noble birth, and, when invited to reward such merit, We decided, from the 30 September last, to promote him to the post of Our First Equerry, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber. In accord with the sentiments of esteem and inclination in which we hold him, we are benevolently disposed to give him an honourable public certificate of attestation, which those who meet favour with Us receive for their services. Therefore with this present document, in our certain knowledge and with the authority of the kingdom, we name the aforementioned Marquis Pietro Vivalda Chiabo Pasqua as Our First Equerry and Gentleman of the Bedchamber, with all the honours, privileges, prerogatives, and advantages which follow from it, and with the annual stipend of 950 lire, which we command the treasurer of Our Household to pay at the end of each quarter….` The document is contained in the original plain vellum covers, with original blue thread, and is accompanied by two other related documents signed by Schiavini, a court secretary, stating that the Domestic Council of His Majesty`s Household has seen the Letters Patent and has informed those concerned to respect in full the wishes expressed therein. Some very light, minor overall age wear, VG

SAVOY PRINCE EUGENE OF: (1663-1736) Austrian Military Leader, remembered for his partnership with the Duke of Marlborough, securing victories at Blenheim (1704), Woodenware (1708) and Malplaquet (1709). L.S., Eugenio von Savoy, (a particularly bold, large signature), one page, folio, n.p., 1st September 1709, to an unidentified Baron, in German. The manuscript letter states, in full, `Having received your gift from August 14th, I am happy to note that a most gracious decision has been made regarding your pension. I take great interest in everything that concerns you and it will be a pleasure for me to be of service to you`. Some very light, minor age toning, otherwise VG

NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Fine D.S., Nelson & Bronte, two pages, folio, on board HMS Victory, off Toulon, 1st August 1803. The handsomely penned manuscript warrant appoints Captain Richard Hussey Mowbray to be captain of HMS Active, `requiring you forthwith to go onboard and take upon you the charge and command of Captain in her accordingly; strictly charging and commanding all the officers and company belonging to the said ship, to behave themselves jointly and severally in their respective employments with all due respect and obedience unto you their said Captain....` Boldly signed by Nelson at the conclusion and countersigned by John Scott (d.1805) Royal Navy warrant officer, a friend and confidant of Lord Nelson who served as his secretary on HMS Victory. Scott was present at the Battle of Trafalgar during which he was killed in the opening exchanges. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining, largely to the integral leaf, although only very slightly affecting a small part of the text and not the signatures. About VG HMS Active was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate launched on 14th December 1799. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing numerous enemy vessels. In August 1804, the date of the present document, Active was placed under the command of Captain Richard Mowbray for the blockade of Toulon.

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. L.S., Wellington, one page, 4to, Horse Guards, 31st December 1842, to Lt. Col. George Hibbert of the 40th Regiment of Foot. The manuscript letter states `I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, that the Secretary of State has, upon my recommendation, submitted to The Queen, your appointment to be Companion of The Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, of which Her Majesty has been most graciously pleased to approve.` With blank integral leaf. Some very light creasing, and a few extremely minor spots of foxing, otherwise VG

[BAYONNE BATTLE OF]: HAY ANDREW (1762-1814) British Major General, mortally wounded at the Battle of Bayonne on 14th April 1814 during the Peninsular War. A fine D.S., A. Hay, Lt. Colonel, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1780-90). The manuscript document is addressed to Sir George Yonge and is Hay`s offer to raise a Corps of Highlanders which he intends to command, in part, `The Battalion to be completed in three months to consist of Ten Companys of one hundred men each, with the usewall establishment of commissioned & non-commissioned officers, drummers &c. The Levy money to be allowed Five Guineas per man nomination of officers to belong to the Commandant, who is to give no more than one step higher rank than the Gentlemen appointed hold in the Army.` With blank integral leaf. VG

JOUBERT PIET: (1834-1900) Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880-1900 during the Boer War. L.S., P J Joubert, one page, folio, Pretoria, 21st September 1898, to a gentleman. The manuscript letter, in Afrikaans (untranslated), states that he will provide a list of burghers in government as soon as possible, and at least by June. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG.

EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. A good D.S., Edward R, as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James`s, 11th October 1902. The manuscript document is addressed to Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal and Sir Frederick Darley and appoints them to be members of the South African War Commission of Inquiry alongside the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine and Viscount Esher, who had been previously appointed, `to inquire into the military preparations for the War in South Africa, and into the supply of men, ammunition, equipment and transport by sea and land in connection with the campaign, and into the military operations up to the occupation of Pretoria.` Countersigned at the conclusion by Aretas Akers-Douglas (1851-1926) 1st Viscount Chilston. British Statesman, Home Secretary 1902-05. With two blind embossed seals. VG.

PELHAM HENRY: (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54. D.S., H: Pelham, one page, small 4to, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 7th September 1743. The manuscript document is a warrant addressed to Lord Robert Walpole (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42, and requires him to pay the sum of £385 to Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset as part of his annuity of £1540 per annum. A couple of neat, minor splits to the folds at the right edge, only very slightly affecting the text, and a small area of paper loss in the lower right corner, just affecting the very conclusion of Pelham`s signature. G Lionel Cranfield Sackville (1688-1765) 1st Duke of Dorset. English Political Leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1731-37 and 1751-55.

HISTORICAL: Selection of signed pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various historical figures, most associated with the military, including Louis Battenberg, Garnet Wolseley (interesting A.L.S. thanking his correspondent for obtaining an autograph letter for him, most likely of Hudson Lowe), Francis Lloyd, Frederick Treves, Earl of Albemarle, Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, interesting A.L.S. concerning a sheriff`s appointment of a gaoler 1838, a manuscript D.S. agreeing to pay $6 per month for a slave named Caroline, Johnson Beharry VC (signed hardback edition of Barefoot Soldier) etc. G to VG, 11

HISTORICAL: Miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces (most laid down together to a page removed from an autograph album), documents, manuscript and printed ephemera etc., including Duke of Wellington (2 signed Free Front envelopes, both with his initial W, one matted alongside several strands of Wellington`s hair), Washington Irving, Samuel Rogers, Caroline Norton, Francis Chantrey, Thomas Moore, Benjamin Haydon, Anna Jameson, Dalai Lama etc. Most are individually framed and glazed, some alongside photographs, to various sizes. Generally VG, 8

FARMING. Good 44 page manuscript account of near daily event, possibly Rich family nr Tetbury.

MANUSCRIPT. "A Merchant Man`s Signal Book 1813." 20 pages compiled Thomas Hays 1813, orig wps, 8vo.

LAWRENCE D.H. (1885-1930). A Collection of Four Novels. Sons and Lovers. New York: The Modern Library, 1922. With an introduction by John Macy. 183 x 124 x 25mm. Dust jacket with moderate wear and loss to edges. Green cloth cover. Overall fair condition. The Virgin and the Gypsy. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1930. Posthumous Novel, published November, 1930; First and second printings before publication; third printing November 1930. 196 x 133 x 26mm. Dust jacket with moderate wearing, loses along edges. Light brown cloth cover. Women in Love. New York: Modern Library, [1922]. 182 x 125 x 28mm. Dust jacket in fair condition with minor loss to edges and fading over brown cloth cover. Overall good condition. Lady Chatterly`s Lover. New York: Grove Press Inc., [1928-1959]. This edition is the third manuscript version, first published by Giuseppe Orioli, Florence, 1928. 206 x 142 x 37mm. Dust jacket with some sunning and wear over cloth boards. Overall good condition. Minimum shipping costs apply, please request quote before bidding.

A Group of 5 Books on the Artists Degas, Gauguin, Matisse, Michelangelo and Van Gogh. DUNCAN, David Douglas. Sunflowers for Van Gogh. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1986. First Edition First Printing. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. Colored illustrations. Gilt lettering to cover. Contents clean and tight. DUNLOP, Ian. Degas. New York and Evanston: Harper and Row Publishers, 2000. Stated First American Edition. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. Illustrated with 45 color reproductions and more than 160 black and white pictures. Contents clean and tight. GAUGUIN, Paul. Noa Noa Voyage to Tahiti. New York: Reynal and Company. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Cloth. Illustrated with color reproductions of Gauguin`s work. Translated into English from the original manuscript by Jonathan Griffin. Postscript by Jean Loize. Dustjacket states this to be the first US publication in its entirety. GOLDSCHNEIDER, Ludwig. Michelangelo: Painting, Sculptures, Architecture. New York and Evanston: Phaidon Pubs. Inc., 1963. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. 400 illustrations. Contents clean and tight. MANNERING, Douglas. Art of Matisse. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bookthrift, 1982. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. ISBN: 0896731235. Both color and black and white illustrations. Contents clean and tight. SCHAPIRO, Meyer. Vincent Van Gogh. New York and Evanston: Harry N Abrams Inc, 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. Illustrations with fifty reproductions in full color. Gilt lettering to spine. Contents clean and tight. UHDE, W.. Van Gogh. New York: Phaidon Pubs. Inc, 1972. 4to - over 9.75 - 12 in. tall. Hard cover. Forty eight color plates. Contents clean and tight. Minimum shipping costs apply, please request quote before bidding.

Four Indian hand-painted miniature manuscript pages, elephant hunting scenes, in gilt strip frames

William Conor OBE RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) PORTRAIT OF A RED HAIRED GIRL WEARING A GREEN BLOUSE oil on canvas 59.69 by 48.895cm., 23.5 by 19.25in. P "Collection of the artist, by whom bequeathed to the Linen Hall Library, Belfast; Sold on their behalf by the Bell Gallery, Belfast, to Mr. Courtenay Thompson, Belfast, prior to May 1978 (Certificate of Provenance from the Bell Gallery, dated 30 June 1989); Whyte`s, 21 September 2004, lot 56; Whence purchased by the present owner "Accompanied by a signed manuscript letter from the artist`s biographer, Judith C. Wilson, who researched the history of the painting on behalf of Mr. Courtenay Thompson, in January 1991. Also with numerous photocopied newspaper clippings and photographs. The sitter in this portrait has been variously identified as `Red-Haired Kitty`, `Lily`, ‘Miss Y’, and ‘Mrs T. Walker’. It seems likely that she is actually all of the above. A photograph exists in Conor’s papers (now in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), that would appear to be the basis of the present portrait. It is squared up in preparation for transfer to a larger composition, and on the reverse is written: “To Billy with best love from Lily”. The same woman appears in a crayon drawing, in exact mirror image to the present work (see Young Woman in Yellow Dress, catalogue no. 78 in the Conor exhibition, `Children of Ulster`, held at the McClelland Galleries, Belfast, in 1969, illustrated on p.9 of the catalogue). Judith Wilson traced two further portraits of the same sitter. The first known, simply titled Kitty, was exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London, 1930, and was illustrated on the front cover of Colour magazine (Vol. III, No. 2, December 1930). This work is now in the collection of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. A second portrait of the same woman, this time leaning against a table, was painted circa 1930, and reproduced in The Daily Express, 10 December 1930, where it titled as Mrs T. Walker. It was used to illustrate an article by R. Stephen Williams, for part of a series by him on “Beauty in Ulster”. Conor was asked to select the representative beauties and paint their portraits, after which Williams interviewed them. The portrait was later exhibited as Red-Haired Kitty at the Royal Academy in London, 1931, and was illustrated in the accompanying catalogue. The following year it appeared on the front of G.F.S. Magazine, along with a short ‘puff’ by journalist May Cunningham, eulogising the sitter’s “charming and racy” looks. Conor evidently liked the work too, for he showed it again, this time in Dublin at the 1936 RHA, where it was enigmatically titled “Miss Y” and illustrated in a review of the exhibition. The present work was presumably a favourite of the artist’s, as gallery owner Nelson Bell recollects that it formerly hung over the fireplace in Conor’s dining room in his home on Salisbury Avenue, Belfast.

Melbourne Inman (World Billiards Champion 1912-1919), signed Tom Webster cartoon dated 1933, and two further manuscript letters, together with signed photographs of Paul Anka, Deb (Gladiators) and Cathy Secker (6)

Lancashire – Lake District – Coniston fine and extensive manuscript ledger dated 1800 providing detailed accounts of the church of Coniston (called ‘Conistone’ in the book) with details of the receipts and disbursements of the churchwardens, the overseers of the poor, the constable and the surveyor of the highways of the town and a copy of the gifts in the 17th c of Roger Fleming of Coniston Hall. Calf binding, approx 400pp folio. A particularly informative ledger which deals with brief records of events prior to 1850 and then continues on to 1881. Together with a group of ephemera, letters etc all relating to Coniston.

America – Louisiana manuscript minute book of the Louisiana Plantation Syndicate, dated 1883, neatly written on 39pp folio in a ledger with title on a gilt leather label affixed to upper cover. Inside contents fresh and clear. The ledger sets out the estimate of capital required to develop 100, 000 acres of Louisiana’s former plantations, with estimates of returns in various years, costs and earnings of various aspects of the venture, together with transcripts of important correspondence relating to the development of the project. The Louisiana Plantations Syndicate was a London based operation aimed at taking over defunct plantations which had been abandoned as a result of the American Civil War. An important primary source of information on the aftermath of the War and its economic effects

Science – perpetual motion remarkable manuscript discussion in the hand of the Earl of Stanhope, dated Chevening House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, October 15th 1815 : ‘....perpetual motions are of two distinct kinds; the one is physical, the other is mechanical. The first sort depends on such alterations in our atmosphere &c as are capable of being measured by he barometer thermometer, hygrometer, pyrometer, electrometer &c &c...the second sort or the mechanical has been repeatedly demonstrated to be impossible and for the following reason. This second sort is founded on the power of gravity...’ Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope, was both a politician and a scientist, and is best known for his inventions of the printing press and the lens which both bear his name.

English Civil War – Charles I manuscript on 4 leaves large legal folio paper dated 1646, setting out Ordinances of the Speakers of the House of Lords and the House of Commons to investigate abuses in the High Court of Chancery of Charles I, and listing 11 orders to investigate the abuses which are alleged to have occurred. Written in English in a neat secretarial hand, in good condition throughout

English Civil War – Charles I manuscript petition to the House of Commons of Trustees of Bishop’s Lands [1649]. Written in English in a neat secretarial hand on three leaves large legal folio paper, in good condition. A total of 24 trustees had been named in an ordinance of the House of Commons which abolished the sale of these lands and ordered the Trustees to meet a Committee of the House at Goldsmiths Hall on November 10th of that year.

James II – St Paul’s Cathedral An Act for Rebuilding, Finishing and Adorning of the Cathedral church of St Paul’s, London, Printed Act of Parliament dated May 19th 1685. Folio 21pp plus title, some slight scuffing to title page but otherwise good. With considerable contemporaneous manuscript notation to margins throughout. Work on rebuilding the Cathedral, which had been totally destroyed in the Great Fire of London (referred to in this Act), had already begun by 1685 but revenue had been slight and the whole project was in danger of grinding to a halt through lack of finance. This Act gave the whole process major priority and ensured that the work would be completed. Together with a group of three further Acts of Parliament from the reign of James II

India – Punjab large collection of Punjab, India, China and European ephemera – includes a rare engraving of the Baba Atal tower in Amritsar (1858). The tower originally a samadhi, or cenotaph, enshrining the remains of Baba Atal Rai, a son of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs, it was transformed, with the passage of time, into a gurdwara, a small Indian manuscript in sanskrit, book on the Punjab and India by Jacquemont in French 1933 edition, a large 19th Century Lithograph of a Indian Scene, the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, an English indenture, a collection of articles of the China British War of 1857-1858 with many views of Hong Kong and Canton, engraving of the Golden temple in Amritsar, early photograph (possibly a salt print) with an inscription verso, Evans and Ruffy Farmers Journal and other European ephemera.

Colton (J.H. & Co., publishers). The Western Tourist and Emigrant`s Guide through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and the Territories of Minesota, Missouri and Nebraska....., pub. New York, 1854, large folding engraved map with original hand colouring, detached, occ. spotting, pubs. dec. gilt cloth, rubbed and frayed at extrems., 12mo., together with Hennepin (P.Louis), Description de la Louisiane, Nouvellement Decouverte au Sud Ouest de la Nouvelle France....., Paris, 1683, lacking map, a.e.g., contemp. speckled calf with gilt dec. spine, bumped at extrems., 8vo, plus Graham (Lt. Col. P.D. U.S. Engineers), Chicago Harbour & Bar, Illinois, From Survey made in April 1857, pub. U.S.Government [1858], large folding uncoloured litho. map (made before the Great Fire), map torn along old folds with slight loss, with the printed label of Lt. Col. Graham attached to verso, with manuscript address of the Duke of Northumberland, 790 x 1240 mm, and Koch (F.K.), Die Deutschen Colonien der nahe des Saginaw-flusses, Braunschweig, 1851, folding b & w litho. map, orig. pubs. blue paper wrappers, rear wrapper detached, 8vo, plus Thevenot (J. de), Recueil de Voyages, Paris, 1681, numerous b & w engraved plts., lacking maps, disbound, text block broken, 8vo. (5)

Illinois. Mitchell (S.Augustus, pub.), Illinois in 1837; A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country, Prominent Districts, Prairies, Rivers, Minerals, Animals, Agricultural Productions, Public Lands, Plans of Internal Improvement, Manufactures &c.......also Suggestions to Emigrants....., to which are Annexed the Letters from a Rambler in the West, pub. Philadelphia, 1837, engraved folding map with contemp. outline colouring tipped on to front pastedown, some spotting and staining throughout, orig. pubs, printed boards, lacking spine, worn and frayed, 8vo, together with another copy but lacking rear board, plus Curtiss (Daniel S.), Western Portraiture and Emigrants Guide: A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa with remarks on Minnesota and other Territories, pub. J.H.Colton, New York, 1852, engraved folding map tipped on to rear pastedown, library label to front pastedown, manuscript ownership signature to first free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, faded and worn at extrems., 8vo. (3)

Aubrey (John). Manuscript volume entitled ÒAn Essay towards the Description of the North Division of WiltshireÓ. [edited by Thomas Phillips Esq], early 19th c., ff.[1], 224, manuscript transcript throughout with numerous pen and ink drawings, pedigrees and armorial bearings etc. within the manuscript text, edges untrimmed, contemporary cloth, covers detached, folio (Phillips Manuscript no.10490), together with Memoires of Naturall Remarques in the County of Wilts, To which are annexed Observations of the same kind in the County of Surrey and Flynt-Shire, by Mr. John Aubrey..., 2 vols., early 19th c., vol. 1 comprising 236pp. and vol. 2 comprising 203pp. of neatly written manuscript and forming transcripts of the original manuscript by John Aubrey, vol. 1 bound in contemp. qtr. calf, worn to spine and vol. 2 bound in contemp. boards with some wear and loss to spine, non-matching folio (Phillips Manuscript 10489), with an autograph letter signed W.G. Maton, 7 New Street, Spring Gardens, London, to Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart., Middle Hill, Broadway, Worcestershire, November 2nd, 1832, plus Memoirs of Natural Remarques in the County of Wilts, To which are annexed Observations of the same kind in the County of Surrey and Flyntshire, by Mr. John Aubrey, R.S.S. 1685, [ed. Sir Thomas Phillips], pub. Medio-Montanis [Middle Hill], 1838, pp.[iv], 124, edges untrimmed, original boards, neatly rebacked with printed paper label to spine, 4to, together with an additional volume of plates, containing fifteen lithograph plates., original boards, spine deficient, 4to, plus Memoirs of Natural Remarques in the County of Wilts, To which are annexed Observations of the same kind in the County of Surrey and Flyntshire, by Mr. John Aubrey, R.S.S. 1685, [ed. Sir Thomas Phillips], pub. Medio-Montanis [Middle Hill], 1838, pp.1-12 printed pages only [all published], loosely sewn, slim folio. (5). Provenance: The John Buchanan-Brown Collection. In 1660 Aubrey commenced writing a work on the antiquities of North Wiltshire in the style of Dugdale`s ÔWarwickshire`. The information for the work was gathered over a period of ten years and was deposited at the Ashmolean Museum, under the title of ÔHypomnemata antiquaria` in two volumes, Ôliber A` and Ôliber B`. The second volume Ôliber B` was borrowed by Aubrey`s brother William in 1703 and never returned. The lot above comprises three volumes of manuscript transcripts and two printed works relating to John Aubrey`s ÔCollections for Wilts` and ÔMemoires of Natural Remarques in the County of Wilts`, edited by Sir Thomas Phillips and published between 1821 and 1838. The first volume listed forms a manuscript transcript of John Aubrey`s original manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., Ms Aubrey 3, liber A). It formed part of the Phillips collection (no. 10490) and would have been used during the publication of Aubrey`s Collections for Wilts, published in two parts in 1821 & 1838. The Aubrey`s Collection for Wilts, Part 2, in this lot [edited by Sir T. Phillips] forms the 2nd revised printed proof of the work, containing numerous editing manuscript marks and annotations, which were corrected for the final printing. The letter addressed to Sir Thomas Phillips from William George Maton reads, ÒSir, Having, at present, in my possession Aubrey`s MS. History of Wiltshire (from the Library of the Royal Society), I have been made acquainted by Mr. Hudson, the Librarian, with the request contain`d in a letter from you to him, respecting a leaf which has been found wanting in the volume, and I have undertaken to communicate to you, myself the particulars necessary to guide you in your search for the detach`d part of the MS. The leaf missing is that of pages 67 and 68. The last line of page 66 is as follows... Ôbridge the Isle of Ely and other places, provided by nature to the`, the first line of page 69 is Ôfor a plain reason and therefore a dearth succeeds the yeare following`. The length of the folio is rather more than 14 inches, - the breadth about 10. I have the honor to be, Sir, your very obedient servant W.G. Maton. P.S. As I shall return the book to the Royal Society`s Library very shortly, you will perhaps be so good as to send the leaf that is missing (should you be successful in your search) to Mr. HudsonÓ. The physician William George Maton (1774-1835) was educated at Salisbury`s Free Grammar School and Queen`s College, Oxford. He undertook medical studies at Westminster Hospital and became a Fellow of the College of Surgeons in 1802. He was a physician at the Westminster Hospital, 1800-1808; Physician-Extraordinary to Queen Charlotte, 1816 and Physician-in-Ordinary to the Duchess of Kent and to the infant Princess Victoria, 1820. His writings included a catalogue of the plant and animal life around Salisbury, Wiltshire, which was published posthumously in 1843.

Borlase (William). The Natural History of Cornwall. The Air, Climate, Waters, Rivers, Lakes, Sea and Tides; Of the Stones, Semimetals, Metals, Tin and the Manner of Mining... 1st ed., Oxford, 1758, folding engraved map, 28 engraved plates, one or two marginal tears, manuscript notes to rear endpaper, previous owner signature, contemporary boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio. (1)

Gloucester manuscript. Survey and Valuation of a Portion of the Estates belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Gloucester, Clutton, 9 Whitehall Place, 1856, pp.[iv](title and Index leaf)+69, written throughout in a neat copperplate hand, twenty-seven plts. of pen & ink plans, with hand-coloured outlines, on draughtsman`s paper backed with linen, marbled endpapers, orig. straight-grained black morocco, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover gilt lettered with title and ÔOffice Copy`, folio. (1)

Manuscript Atlas. Untitled English county atlas, n.d., c.1820, forty mauscript county maps in pen and bright original watercolour, each map with tissue guard, occ. spotting and staining, near contemp. qtr. morocco, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. (1)

Repton (Humphry). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. Collected from Designs and Observations Now in the Possession of the Different Noblemen and Gentlemen, for whose use they were Originally made. The Whole Tending to Establish Fixed Principles in the Art of Laying Out Ground, pub. W. Bulmer, [1794], half title, 16 aquatint plates, of which 10 hand-coloured and 14 with hinged overslips, a few minor spots, modern green half morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, oblong folio. WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OF WELBECK ABBEY, Nottinghamshire (reproduced in the book as plate IV) by Humphry Repton, with overlay, mounted to front endpaper. One of 250 copies. A good copy of the first of Humphry Repton`s three books on landscape gardening. Considered the successor to Lancelot ÔCapability` Brown, and noted for his ÔRed Books`, produced for clients to improve their properties, made up of a manuscript description and watercolour of the grounds, with the proposed renovations illustrated beneath the overlays. The book contains extracts from some of the 57 houses he was engaged to improve, with folding plate XI of Welbeck apparently showing Repton and colleagues at work surveying the estate. Abbey Scenery 388. (1)

Americas. Gortley (T.), Western Hemisphere, Croker`s Academy Newton Denbury, December 1843, circular manuscript map of North & South America, the Pacific ocean and New Zealand, slight fraying in the corners, slight staining and dust soiling to margins, size overall 430 x 360 mm. A well drawn map of North & South America, probably completed by a pupil at the Academy as a school project. (1)

Greenwood (C. & J., publishers). A boxed set of British county maps, 1829 - 34, forty-six (complete) engraved maps with bright original hand colouring, each map sectionalised and laid on linen, each with a calligraphic title and uncoloured engraved topgraphical vignette, contemp. marbled end papers, map of Rutland cut down and pasted on the verso of Leicestershire, map of Essex would appear to be from another set, very occ. offsetting, ownership labels of J.W.Woollgar Esq. Lewes, Sussex on verso of maps, each map approx. 635 x 735 mm, all contained in four contemp. cloth map boxes with contemp. manuscript labels on spine, rubbed and frayed at extrems. Uncommon to find a complete folding set. (46)

North America. Cartwright (Geoff), A Map of the Late Jackson Estate in the Corporation of Sing Sing laid out in Town Lots, May 1829, manuscript map in ink and sparse outline watercolour, some marginal fraying and chipping with slight loss, replaced in facsimile, some cracking and splitting to image, occ. later pencil annotations, laid on later linen, 575 x 785 mm, mounted (1)

*Saddlers. Le Moniteur de la Bourrellerie et de la Selleriie, 10 Rue Beaurepaire, Paris, Diplome de Fondateur, Offert a Monsieur Albert Cornuault, Le Pay Notre-Dame, pub. Lemercier, Paris, n.d., c.1860, tinted lithograph with manuscript enhancement, very slight creasing and dust soiling, 380 x 530 mm, framed and glazed (1)

Tomkins (Peltro William). The Birth and Triumph of Cupid, In Her Majesty`s Collection from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, Jan. 17th 1795, dec. title page with near contemp. manuscript ownership signature, twenty-four (of 26) uncoloured mixed method engravings, occ. fraying to margins, some spotting and marginal finger soiling throughout, contemp. half calf with gilt morocco ownership label to upper board, boards detached, worn rubbed and frayed, slim 4to. (1)

Lever (Charles, 1806-1872). An original manuscript bound in two volumes for the novel The Bramleighs of Bishop`s Folly, c.1868, approx. 600 leaves, written in Charles Lever`s small neat hand, and with his alterations and corrections, on rectos only, some finger-soiling and marks, occn. marginal repairs, one leaf partially excised, some pencillings in a later hand (mostly numbers), early 20th c. green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, signed on front turn-ins, extrems. sl. rubbed in places, dotted line dec. raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second, third, and fourth compartments, remainder gilt panelled, with shamrock tool on black onlay within gilt oval border, and volute cornerpieces, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt double fillet and single fillet border, with oval shamrock onlay repeated at corners surrounded by volute tools, double fillet on edges, turn-ins with gilt border of flower and seedhead roll, bead roll between single fillets, and scalloped tulip roll, 8vo. Probably a late draft of Lever`s sixty-nine chapter novel, which appears to be largely complete but without chapters twenty-eight to thirty inclusive, and possibly with one or two other pages lacking. (2)

Lincolnshire Constabulary - Grimsby Division. General Order Books, 2 vols., 24 June 1873 - 30 March 1892 & 16 April 1892 - 7 June 1906, 339 & 323pp., original manuscript, each with indexed at front with date, subject and page number, subjects including promotions (usually for good detection or courageous acts) and dismissals (usually for drunkeness or neglect of duty), pay sheets and contingent accounts, annual drill, old clothing to be sent in, officers commended, election expenses, subscriptions, pensions, memos from Chief Constables regarding administration of various Acts, general instructions etc., entries including ÒThe Secretay of State demands that female prisoners shall be attended by a female, accordingly this duty must be performed for the purposeÓ (1897), ÒArrangement have been made with the War Department that, as far as practicable all deserters or absentees shall be handed over to a military escort after appearing before a magistrate...Ó (1902), and ÒSpeed of Motor Cars... Superts. will use a wide discretion as to ÒUnlawful speedÓ... 20 miles an hour may be perfectly safe on unfrequented roads, whereas even 12 miles an hour might be dangerous if passing through a village or hamlet...Ó, (1903), original calf-backed boards, Lincolnshire Constabulary label to upper covers, some wear to spines and edges, 4to, together with County of Renfrew Police Authority pay books, 2 vols., 1924-40 & 1940-60, folio. (4) Please Note: The 2 vols. of the Renfrew Police Authority Pay Books have been withdrawn from this lot

Poll Book - Buckinghamshire. Arranged Alphabetically according to names for resident voters for the Borough and Hundreds of Aylesbury, 1818, 140pp. of manuscript names of voters alphabetically arranged, orig. vellum with title applied in manuscript to upper board, covers dust-soiled and stained, 8vo, contained in a modern drop-back box (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages... Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1610, New Testament title printed within dec. woodcut border (18th & early 19th c. genealogical entries to verso of title & to following leaf), Apocrypha present, black letter text throughout, lacks general title & following two leaves, bound with Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1608, early 18th c. ownership manuscript inscription to final leaf, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes, collected into English Meeter..., London: printed by R.W. for the Company of Stationers, 1658, close-trimmed at foot affecting some text, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front of volume, with initial leaves torn and frayed, some dust-soiling and marks etc., early 19th c. sheep, boards detached, worn at head & foot of spine, rubbed, 4to. Herbert 303. (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible . Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589, general and New Testament title within dec. woodcut borders (NT title with manuscript to upper margin & verso), Apocrypha present, black letter text throughout, leaf after general title (ÔTo the Christian Reader`) and leaf 3I1 provided in good quality facsimile, some small worm holes to initial seventy-five leaves at front of volume, final leaf of Apocrypha (3I2) with holes & some text loss and with faint manuscript to verso, bound with the Concordance and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear, some browning & dust-soiling (mostly light), occ. spotting & marks etc., light marginal fraying to first & last few leaves, good quality modern panelled calf, 4to. Herbert 200. (1)

Gregory (of Nazianzus, Saint). Opera, ? graeco sermone in latinum versa: quorum cataogum reperies in proxima pagella, [Leipzig, 1522?], woodcut printer`s device to title (with old owner`s name in ink), bound with Smeling (Tillman), D. Tilmanni Segebergen. De septem Sacramentis Liber vnus, q in totidem capita iuxta Sacramentorum numerum digestus..., Cologne: ex officina Melchioris Nouesiani, 1546, contemp. three-quarter calf over wooden boards, clasps intact, 8vo. BM assign the first work`s location and date based on the dedicatory epistle which ends: ÒLipsiae idibus Iunij anno M. D. XXIIÓ. In between the two works are eight pages of contemporary ink manuscript text relating to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus. (1)

*Illuminated leaf. Illuminated manuscript vellum leaf from a Bible, possibly French, early 15th c., a passage from Psalm 41, written in Latin in gothic script, to leaf recto and verso, brown ink with some rubrication in red, fifteen lines to each page, recto with one two-line initial and three single-line initials and a line-filler, and verso with five single-line initials and three line-fillers, all painted in blue and pink and heightened with burnished gold, verso with archive tape repair to gutter margin, leaf size 10 x 7.5cm (4 x 3ins), window-mounted and double-glazed (1)

*Illuminated leaves. Three illuminated manuscript vellum leaves from a missal or similar, possibly French, mid 15th c., written in Latin in gothic script, to leaf rectos and versos, brown ink with some rubrication in red, fifteen lines to each page, and various decorative blue and pink painted initials and line-fillers heightened with burnished gold, three pages with two and three-line foliated initials, leaf size approx. 18 x 12cm (7 x 4.75ins), window-mounted and double-glazed (3)

Missal. A manuscript volume containing Missal Propers for Easter, with chants and responses, early 18th c., including Feria Quinta in Coena D[omi]ni ad Matutinum (Maundy Thursday), Feria Sexta in Parasceve (Good Friday), Sabbato Sancto Ad Matutinum (Holy Saturday) and Complainte a la Ste. Vierge, with musical notation and text written in red & black throughout volume, occ. light dust-soiling, contemp. vellum, spine torn and near detached, board edges worn, lacks clasp, small 8vo (approx. 14 x 9cm), together with an incomplete and defective copy of Davids sling against great Goliah: Containing divers notable treatises, the names whereof follow next after the epistle to the reader, by Edward Hutchins, [London]: Printed by Peter Short, 1601, contemp. limp vellum, worn, 12mo. (2)

Empedocles. Empedokleous Sphaira, e Demetriou tou Trikliniou. Empedoclis Sphaera, vel Demetrii Triclinii, senariis versibus, ab eruditiss. viris castigatis, descripta ... nunc primum in lucem edita, e Bibliotheca ornatissimi ac prudentiss. viri Jo. a S. Andrea, Paris, Federicum Morellum, 1587, ten leaves, text in Greek and Latin with separate title page for the latin text, some marks and sl. spotting to margins, several small wormholes to upper outer corners and lower inner margins, not affecting text, later marbled boards, slim 4to. Adams E157. The second edition, second issue of Empedocles poem On the Sphere, edited and translated by Florent Chrestien from the manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. Empedocles was described by Galen as the founder of the Sicilian School of Medicine. (1)

Burrows (Montagu). The Family of Brocas of Beaurepaire and Roche Court, Hereditary Masters of the Royal Buckhounds, with Some Account of English Rule in Acuitaine, 1st ed., 1886, b & w illusts., folding pedigree at rear (somewhat soiled and a little torn), extensive manuscript chronicle index of the Masters of the Royal Buckhounds from King Edward III to Queen Victoria on both sides of half-title, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. quarter morocco gilt, rubbed, thick 8vo, together with Jolliffe (Hylton George H.), The Jolliffes of Staffordshire and their Descendants, Down to the Year 1835, privately printed, 1892, eight collotype plts., folding pedigree at rear, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. quarter morocco gilt, rubbed, both covers somewhat dampstained, 4to, plus Bigg-Wither (Rev. Reginald F.), Materials for a History of the Wither Family, pub. Winchester, 1907, b & w illusts. from photos, single-page pedigrees, folding facsimile document, single col. plt. of the Wither arms and crest, orig. cloth gilt, faded, rubbed and marked, 4to (limited edition 51/200), and others of genealogical and heraldic interest, including Burke`s Landed Gentry, 2 vols., 1892 & 1886, The Complete Peerage, vol. 1 only, 1910, Ruvigny, The Plantagenet Role of the Blood Royal - The Clarence Volume, 1905, etc. (18)

Manuscript Captain`s Log kept by Captain Edward Windsor on various voyages between 1706 and 1708. The log is written on 71 leaves of a folio album, in a neat, legible hand in black ink, the leaves having been ruled and sectioned in red ink. Contemporary full sheep binding, rubbed and worn with some losses, the covers loose, the spine cracked, but the boards holding. * The log contains daily records of weather conditions, speed, etc., with daily comments and other observations. The first voyage is aboard H. M. S. Poole, to Lisbon and return, with Sir Cloudesley Shovell, from October 3rd to December 28th, 1706. The following year Windsor joined H. M. S. Expedition at Chatham on the 7th January, where the ship had undergone some repairs; " I took command of her at the moorings above the dock at Chatham yard, ...topmasts ... but noe sails ... carpenters and joyners work not completed ..." The Expedition sailed for Jamaica, arriving in June 1707. Windsor left the Expedition and on the 4th August was made Captain of the Portland. His first voyage in the Portland took him to Hispaniola and Cuba, after which returning to Jamaica the vessel spent most of the month of November "Rideing at Port Royall Keys," thence to Bastimentos Island and various other locations before joining, in May, 1708, a reconnaissance mission under the command of Commodore Wager. Wager, now in H. M. S. Expedition, together with the Portland, H. M. S. Kingston, captained by Simon Bridges, and the fire-ship Vulcan, took part in the battle of Cartegena. On July 23rd 1708, Captain`s Bridge and Windsor were court-martialled and expelled from the Navy for their failure in this mission; the last entry in the log records this; "I was dismissd from my command for want of judgement & having to great a regard to superiority."

Whitehorne, A. C. The History of the Welch Regiment. 4to., Cardiff, 1932. Numerous text illustrations and maps (some folding); together with 8 folding maps in the pocket inside the back cover. Original cloth binding, covers slightly faded and rubbed. * Lieut. Col. R. J. Toke`s copy with his visiting card pasted inside the front cover and with some marginal notes by him and a few manuscript notes loosely inserted.

Storer (James Sargant). Views in North Britain, illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, [1805], engraved title, frontis. and eighteen engraved Scottish views after Storer and John Greig, light foxing, orig. boards, crude reback, 4to, together with [Peabody, Ephraim], Slavery in the United States: its Evils, Allevations, and Remedies, pub. Boston, 1851, 36 pp., remains of orig. printed wrappers, together with two other copies of the same pamphlet, plus Rowlandson (Thomas), The Guards and Lessons of the Highland Broadsword, pub. 20 Jan, 1799, orginal etching showing various positions for holding a sword, light foxing and one or two short edge tears, 30 x 36 cm, plus Bacon (G.W. & Co.), Bacon`s Gem Map of London and Suburbs, c.1900, folding colour printed map with 32 pp. index, orig. red cloth covers, together with a large collection of other books and ephemera including printed and manuscript music, six volumes of Scots Musical Museum, political posters, 19th century corresponence, newspapers, passports, pamphlets, greetings cards, etc. (a carton)