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Mothe (M. de la) Airs Détachés manuscript, 99pp., music, large stationer`s label on front paste-down `Au Griffon, Rue des Deux-Ponts, Isle Saint Louis...a Paris`, contemporary green vellum, large brown morocco label on front cover gilt with `Ce livre appartient a S.A.S. Madame la Princesse de Lamballe` in gilt border, rubbed, joints cracking, g.e., oblong 8vo, [eighteenth century]. ***Marie Therese Louise de Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), confidante (and, according to anti-monarchist propaganda, lover) of Marie Antoinette, savagely murdered in the massacres of September 1792..

Philosophia in nomine sanctissimae manuscript in Latin, 438pp., 10 engraved plates and portraits (8 folding), slightly browned, original speckled calf, extensively rubbed, corners worn, 8vo, [eighteenth century].

Louis XV (King of France, 1710-74) D.s. "Louis" in a secretarial hand, printed on vellum with manuscript insertions, 1p., 325 x 485mm., 18th July 1784; and 20 other documents, 7 issued by Louis XV, XVI & XVIII and 13 others French Republic documents, military appointments, v.s., v.d.(21)

Cookery.- Recipe book manuscript in French, in several hands, c. 300pp., ruled in red, browned, loose or working loose, some other inserts including a manuscript in German, original boards, worn, sm. 4to, [late eighteenth/nineteenth centuries]. ***Recipes include: "Opiat liquide"; "Eau de Vanille"; "Moiel d`angleterre"; "Poudre Vegital Aromatique"; "Pastille Fumante au Cedre" etc..

Zola (Emile, novelist, 1840 1p., 8vo, with faded manuscript note stating that this is a draft from the novel, folds, slightly browned, framed and glazed, 8vo, 1890.

France (Anatole, novelist autograph manuscript notes, 6pp., browned, folds, v.s., [c. 1890s]. ***Preparatory notes for France`s L`Histoire Contemporaine with alterations, published in four volumes 1897-1901..

France (Anatole, novelist and poet, 1844-24) autograph manuscript draft signed by the author, 14pp., loose, 8vo, [Paris, c. 1898]. ***Published in 1899 and formed part of volume 3 of the series L`Histoire Contemporaine..

Mauriac (François, author, 1885-1970) autograph manuscript with revisions, 6pp., marked for press, browned, folds, n.d. [c. 1950]. ***In this article Mauriac criticises General de Gaulle for making certain remarks in a speech at Rennes in which the general had admitted France`s impotence in world affairs after her defeat in the war..

Cocteau (Jean, poet, playwright 2pp., 8vo, St. Jean, Cap-Ferrat, 14th April & 15th October 1956, asking after some drawings and sending the draft of Cocteau`s preface to the English edition of La Machine Infernale; Autograph draft to the English edition of "La Machine Infernale", autograph manuscript, 4pp. signature at end cut away for use as a facsimile in the printed edition, n.d., folds; and a copy of La Machine Infernale, 1957, v.s., v.d.(4)

John (King of England, 1199-1216) with the witnesses named in the document as the Bishops of Ely, Bath, Bayeux and Lisieux, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Roger de Thoen and Richard Humez, manuscript charter in Latin, written in a fine early gothic documentary cursive hand with elaborately flourished ascenders and descenders, on vellum, in dark brown ink, single membrane, 14 lines, c. 195 x 192mm, irregularly cut at head and clipping of the heads of the text for indenting (indenture enabling the two copies of the document to be fitted together as proof of authenticity), small inverted V cut from foot where seal was suspended (thus showing it to be the original), small easily repaired tear in blank area at foot, fine fresh condition, formerly folded into a small packet, evidence of creasing, contemporary endorsement "Regis John...", given at Caen, France, 6 July 1 John [1199] ***Twelfth-century royal charters in fine condition are becoming increasingly rare. Authorised within three months of John`s accession to the throne. Having been crowned King of England at the end of May 1199, King John arrived in Normandy in late June with a considerable army to enforce his claims to the French part of his inheritance and shortly afterwards secured the first of a series of unsteady truces with King Philip of France. The monastic foundation whose rights are the subject of the present charter is probably the Cistercian Abbey at le Valassse or le Voeu near Bolbec in the diocese of Rouen, whose church had been consecrated in 1811 by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, one of the witnesses to this charter. A possible alternative foundation is the Augustinian Abbey at Cherbourg, founded in the mid twelfth century, which was also known as Notre-Dame du Voeu. Hubert Walter (d. 1205),justiciar, chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury, named herein as Chancellor, had been appointed to that office on 27 May 1199, five weeks before the date of this document. Walter had been a faithful servant of Richard I in the Holy Land (as bishop of Salisbury) and was the first to find him in captivity. A key player in the negotiations for Richard`s release Walter was made Archbishop of Canterbury at Richard`s behest, helped to end John`s rebellion and vigorously re-established the royal authority by the use of judicial visitations throughout the country. In 1198 Walter resigned as justiciar and after the king`s death was a prominent advocate of John`s acceeding to the throne. Walter crowned John king on 27 May 1199 and was appointed chancellor on the same day. William Marshal (c. 1146-1219), fourth earl of Pembroke; called the "Marshal"; a close collaborator of Hubert Walter and probably the best known knight in English medieval history..

Lincolnshire, Cabourne.- Charter on the road to Caistor, near "hykedod hil", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 8 lines, folds, a little creased, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, witnesses: Gilbert de Thurl, Thomas de Thurl, Robert de Wyckam, Humphrey de Bella aga de Stalingbra. [Stallingborough] and others, 85 x 225mm., [thirteenth century].

Essex, Hempstead.- Grant of a rent William de Watevile to John de Vallibus, his wife Alice and his heirs by her: grant of four shillings rent in Hempstead to be taken from a half-virgate of land in Hempstead which William de Estone held of Watevile, and quitclaim of two shillings rent from the tenement in Hempstead of Alan Lovesone, to hold of Watevile for a pound of pepper on 25 December for all services, in return for a release by John and Alice of an annual payment of a buck and a doe and ten cartloads of wood which he is bound to make to them and their heirs from his park of Hempstead, witnesses: Sir Nicholas Peche, Sir Andrew de Helyun Hugh de Sanford and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 16 lines, green wax seal appended showing a mounted knight with raised sword leaping a star with the legend "Sigill` Willelmi de [Watevi]le", some wear, chipped, docket on verso: "this is a dede of honnor to rattewell", folds, a little creased and planet, 102 x 178mm., [c. 1260].

Essex, Wix.- Copy of a forged charter of their properties in Wix, Frating, Tolleshunt (Essex), Chattisham, Hintlesham (Surrfolk), assart up to 100 acres in Essex, the right to keep two greyhounds (leporarios) and four brachets (bractatos) for hunting hares with permission to hunt in the king`s forests in Essex etc., witnesses including, Roger, Bishop of York, Richard, Bishop of London, Reginald, Earl of Cornwall and Thomas, chancellor (i.e. Thomas Becket), manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 33 lines, stab holes at head and tail where stitched to two other sheets, small tear at head with small loss of two words on first line, folds, slightly browned, some creasing at head, Phillipps manuscript 31943 with number on dorse, 338 x 250mm., [purporting to be Northampton, c. 1155-58, originally forged c. 1196-99 but c. 1280s]. ***A copy of a forged charter by an impecunious Essex priory. "Wix was a comparatively poor and humble religious house; but in spurious documents its archives are singularly rich." - C.N.L. Brooke, Episcopal charters of Wix, Pipe Roll Society, 36, p. 45, 1962. The most likely circumstance for the production of this list would be a judicial visitation such as an eyre, at which anyone who claimed liberties such as those granted by this charter would have to produce documentary evidence of their entitlement. By the 1280s the fact that the original charter (see TNA PRO E40/14901) of which this is a copy was a forgery would probably have been forgotten, and it was copied in all innocence. There were eyres of Essex in 1272 (TNA PRO JUST 1/238) and 1285 (TNA PRO JUST 1/242-249), either of which provides a possible context for the creation of this document. .

Devon.- Sale by Thomas Luer manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 8 lines, fine red wax seal appended, folds, slightly creased and browned, 119 x 275mm., 8th March 1437/8.

Cornwall.- Indenture of confirmation parson [i.e. rector] of the church of Thornbury, John Cleverdon and William Molton, a messuage in Esledownerewe, Wesledownerewe and Noryscomb, Hilton in Cornwall and other property in Stratton, witnesses including Sir John Sapcote, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 17 lines, docket on verso, small hole, folds, lacks seal, slightly creased and browned, 172 x 310mm., 20th October 1500/01.

Henry VIII (king of England from sondaye the xix th daye of December unto sondaye xxiii daye of January. [&] Working. upon. off all the kings lodgings [Oxfordshire], 2 manuscript accounts, in two different hands, together 15&no.189;pp. only, modern pencil inscription: "Oxfordshire" on second document, some loss to text due to dampstaining, edges torn also causing some loss, folds, some browning and soiling, working loose, folio, "xxvii. henr viii", 1535/6. ***A fascinating insight into the maintenance of one of Henry VIII`s favourite properties. First mentioned: "Item for an payr of hokes for a casement wtin my lady of wilshirs [Elizabeth, Countess of Wiltshire, d. 1538, mother of Anne Boleyn] chamber." Second document: "caryng off tymbr To John Sharpe off burford [Oxfordshire] for caryng off viii loads off the sayd tymbr ffrome Spencers Wood [then Wiltshire, now Berkshire] to the sayd manr at vii d the load caryng iiii d." Perhaps contemporary copies of accounts of expenditure and revenues from the king`s estates for clerks in his establishment. Payments for labour on working on maintaining and repairing buildings in the king`s ownership, including employing stone masons, plasterers and cutting and carriage of timber and oak plank boards in the parks of Henry VIII`s properties etc. .

Seal of Battle Abbey.- Essex, Great Sampford. and the convent, patrons of the vicarage of Great Sampford and the vicarage of Hempstead as a chapel annexed to it, to Robert Mordaunt of Hempstead, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 16 lines, large ornate wax seal of Battle Abbey appended in very good condition, legend: "Sigillum Ecclesie Sancti Martini de Bello" and legend and seal of Abbot Hammond, later docket on verso, folds, creased and browned, 162 x 250mm., 10th March 1536.

Edward VI (King of England and Ireland Whiteston, Evesham, Malvern, Pershore, Cokehill and Bordesley in Worcestershire, of St. Peter Llanthony, Hayles, Winchcombe and Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, of Bath in Somerset, of Eynsham in Oxfordshire, of Lillieshall in Shropshire, of Maiden Bradley in Wiltshire, of Biddlesden in Buckinghamshire, of Sheen in Surrey and others, D.s., manuscript on vellum, a few marginal notes in another hand, folds, slightly soiled and creased, some wear in folds, Great seal appended, chipped, 365 x 740mm., 31st May 1547. ***Drawn up four months after the death of Henry VIII. Apparently unrecorded; not in Calendar of Patent Rolls..

Northamptonshire.- Indenture agreement D.s., manuscript on vellum, folds, lacks seal, 295 x 502mm., 13th May 1586/7; and 12 others, including 8 documents relating to Northamptonshire (most relating to Bozeat and 2 relating to George Hodges, shoemaker of Earls Barton), all but 1 on vellum, [sixteenth and seventeenth centuries], and others in Leicestershire, Berkshire and 1 in Hampshire, most on vellum, v.s., v.d.(21)

Dinton, Buckinghamshire.- Indenture D.s. "John Duncombe", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 18 lines, good wax seal of a bird in profile, 152 x 464mm., 18th September 1593; and 17 other documents, most relating to Dinton, a few chancery documents etc., v.s., v.d.(18)

City of London.- The Maidenhead Ds., manuscript on vellum, a few slits, no loss, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, 410 x 520mm., 21st November 1595/6; and 9 others, documents, another agreement of Thomas Powell, 21st December 1595, 3 17th century (including 1 to Richard Doolittle) and 4 18th century, all relating to premises in Cannon Street, v.s., v.d.(10)

Abingdon, Berkshire.- Indenture Oxfordshire (then Berkshire), D.s. "Edward Martyn", manuscript on vellum, remains of one red wax seal only of 2, slightly creased and yellowed, 262 x 342mm., 28th May 1599; and 3 other documents, 1 Bristol, v.s., v.d.(4)

Bible in shorthand, English. manuscript, title in English, text numerous pp. in shorthand, title with ink decoration, text ruled in red, 1f. and some others working loose, later manuscript notes laid down on front endpapers, original red velvet, worn and faded, original silver metal with chased decoration of biblical scenes, symbolism, foliage etc., 2 clasps, g.e., thick 8vo, [?mid seventeenth century]. ***"This Bible was written by Joseph Alston of Chelsea merchant, younger brother of Sir Edward Alston the great physician Created Bart. 20 Jan. 1682. Buried at Chelsea. 31 May. 1688. . The system of shorthand in which the book is written is Thomas Skeltons Tachygraphy. Joseph Alston leaves by his will to his eldest son Joseph 2d Bart the `Character Bible writt with myne owne hand.` Augustus J.C. Have"..

Commonplace Book, Philosophicas anecdotes of law courts, Charles I, Charles II, Judge Jefferies etc. and biographical entries for various Roman emperors etc., manuscript in Latin and English, in at least two hands, "inscribed: "Wilk: May me juis additit 1676.", c. 125pp., all other pp. with manuscript headings, later manuscript entries overwritten on pp. with headings only, 1f. loose, some browning, original calf, rubbed, part of lower joint splitting, sm. 8vo, after 1686 & later. ***Heads include: Aequalitas, Amor, Bona fortunae, Dissimulatio, Pietas etc. "Jefferies being in Court Counsel on one side, & Serjeant Maynard on 1 other, ye latter was mentioning a Law Case in favor z Client, @ wch he blunder`d having almost forgot it, or at least 1 being aready at it as he should have been Quoth Jefferies, Bro: Maynard, you have forgot yor Law; Yes, replyed he I have forgot more Law ye ever you read.".

London, Threadneedle Street.- [docket title]... "over against Marchant Taylors` hall ... called or knowne by the name or Signe of the Kings head...", D.s., manuscript on vellum, engraved with Royal coat of arms at head, ruled in red, 3 red wax seals, cracked, folds, yellowed, c. 510 x 700mm., 23rd October 1695; and 5 other pieces, including 3 other indentures (1 relating to Bow Lane, Holborn, 1736), 1 Court of Remembrances, 1619, and a poem celebrating Queen Victoria`s coronation, manuscripts, v.s., v.d.(6 pieces)

House of Lords.- Remembrances for Order when his Majesty is not there leaving the Solemnity belonging to his Majesties coming to be Marshalled by those Lords to whom it more properly appertains, manuscript, 87pp. & 5pp. index excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, a few marks, original gilt panelled red morocco, gilt coat of arms of George II on both covers, edges and corners slightly rubbed, rebacked with the original spine laid down, 8vo, 1726. ***Standing Orders of the House of Lords between 1626 and 1726..

Northumberland.- Adams (Benjamin manuscript, 132pp., several pp. stitched together, first 4ff. stuck together as 2ff with 1p. faded, some blank ff. excised at end, 3pp. with tears, slightly browned, original calf, rubbed, upper flap working loose but binding strong, 8vo, 5th January 1727 - 20th May 1738. ****** Detailed information on the life of a prosperous farmer and businessman in Northumberland in the early eighteenth century. Accounts include sales of wool and wheat, the buying of coal and limestone for a limekiln to produce lime for use in farming and more personal items, including loans to family members such as Thomas Adams, solicitor of Alnwick, Barbary Adams etc. There are also accounts with Thomas Gleghorn, Robert Bradford, Samuel Hall the vicar of Longhoughton etc. "Decr 7 1730. Then Rec.d of Mr Ben: Adams for his wool & Lamb. for four farms & all acc.ts the sum of two pd. Seven sh. & four pence by me Sam.l Hall Vic.r of Longhoughton - 2:7:4." "May 16th 1737 I gott Limestones from John Hall ye first week to ye old kiln - 25 loads to ye other kiln 24. Jan ye 19 payd John Hall for Lime stones three pounds four shilling in full of all accounts. May 28th 1737 I gott coals from Shilbottle pitts ye first week to ye kilns - 20 loads." .

Physick.- Copy of the Decree signed and confirmed by C. Talbot, William Smith & Thomas Cremer, manuscript, 44pp., some corners creased, slightly browned, unbound, 11th June 1734. ***"... he [Sherard] had donated £500 towards the cost of enlarging the conservatory at the Oxford Physic Garden, along with many duplicate specimens and rare books for its library. In his will he further underlined his debt to his alma mater by bequeathing it his herbarium of some 12,000 sheets, his library of more than 600 volumes, his paintings, drawings, and the manuscript of the Pinax. However, a series of conditions was attached: a new chair of botany was to be established at the botanic garden (for which £3000 was offered as its endowment), Dillenius was to be its occupant for life, and the university was to pay £150 annually towards the upkeep of the garden and its library. Seven years of wrangling over the details followed before his intentions were eventually realized and Dillenius took office as the first Sherardian professor. By thus inserting into this key position one of Europe`s ablest botanists, Sherard arguably achieved more for the study posthumously than all he accomplished during his lifetime." - Oxford DNB. .

Physick.- Memoranda regarding With the Additions made by Rev. John Gutch, Editor of Wood`s History & Annals, manuscript, title and 43pp., original wrappers, manuscript title on upper cover, corner water-stained, edges frayed, sm. 4to, [1790s], ***Covers the years 1535 to 1792 and includes a reference to Sir William Petty..

Chandos (Mary, duchess of), Essex and documents relating to Essex (including a 1618 manuscript relating to Stebbing) and Berkshire & a few elsewhere, most manuscripts on vellum, folds, some yellowing and browning, v.s., v.d. [eighteenth century](17 pieces)

Religion .- Some Collections of Controversy manuscript, 95pp. excluding blanks, browned, acerbic comment in a 20th century hand at end, ink stamp of Lowe House, St. Helens" at beginning, hinges weak, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints splitting, 8vo, n.p., [eighteenth century]. ***A Catholic work. "What ye bloody Hell is the use of this stuffy kind of writing. It gives you ye bloody willies, for sure it does. No wonder we can`t convert ye bloody country." - Note at end..

Cookery/Medical.- Edwards (M.E. manuscript recipe book in several hands, cookery 259pp., medical 74pp., excluding blanks, ruled in red, some pp. loose or working loose, foxed and browned, broken in two, later endpapers, nineteenth century calf, rubbed, upper joint broken, spine creased, sm. 4to, 26th September 1751 & later. ***Recipes include: "Artificial Asses Milk"; "To make Green Pease Soop"; "Northampton Pudding"; "Orange Posset"; "To pot Lobsters"; "Mince Pyes"; "To make mackeroons"; "Italian Cheese"; "A Venison Pasty"; "Fryer`s Balsam"; "Lemon Draughts"; "For a Hooping Cough"; "For the Jaundice"; "For the Piles"; "Sperma ceti Draughts"; "To make Syrup of Poppys"; "For the Bite of a Mad Dog"; "For Children`s sore Mouths or the Thrush" etc..

George III (King of the United Kingdom D.s., "George R" and "Holdernesse", printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, lacks seal, folds, a little browned, 310 x 400mm., 11th February 1761. ***A commission from first year of the reign of George III..

Wilkinson (Angel) Poems & Sentiments manuscript, title and 89pp., manuscript note by Dorcas Exshaw with her last married name Exshaw crossed out and Wilkinson inserted at end, slightly browned, hinges breaking, original green vellum, worn, spine defective, folio, [1767] - 1776. ***"Mr Whitelaw [?James Whitelaw (Irish benefactor and writer, 1749-1813)] presents his compts to Mrs Exshaw & with them the inclosed trifle [a poem], as he is far from having the vanity of thinking himself a poet he knows it has nothing to recommend it but is simplicity and truth, qualities not unacceptable to the Lady to whom it is address`d - she may call it a congratulatory Epistly - an Epithalamium - anything in short but compliment or flattery. May 1776." John Exshaw senior a bookseller in Dublin, married Faith Walker in 1748, they had at least two sons, Thomas, the elder son, and John, the second son who was born in 1751. Faith Exshaw died in 1764 and John senior married again in 1769, a Miss Swiney of Caple Street, but she died the following August. John was married for the third time in 1772, to Mrs Dorcas Wilkinson, a widow. John senior died on 9 March 1776 and John the younger who had been apprenticed to his father took over the thriving family business. John married in May 1776: "John Exshaw, an eminent bookseller to Miss Wilkinson, a most amiable young lady with a considerable fortune". Angel Wilkinson, was the daughter of his father`s third wife, Dorcas. In October 1787 Angel Wilkinson, died aged 32 years. John`s career was long and distinguished, he remained in business in Dame Street and later in Grafton Street until 1822. He died on 6 January 1827, at his seat in Roebuck, aged 76 years, and is buried at St John`s Cemetery, Clondalkin, with his first wife Angel and her two daughters. The Gentleman`s Magazine printed an obituary in which his career was outlined and praise lavished on him for his command of the Stephen`s Green yeomanry "during the disturbances of 1797 and 1798". The Exshaw family bookselling business, which began in 1732 ended with John`s retirement about 1822..

Commonplace book including medical recipes and personal reflections, manuscript, 71pp. excluding blanks, damp-staining affecting lower half of pp., a few pp. working loose, slightly browned, hinges weak, original green vellum, covers splayed, horn watermark, sm. 4to, [late eighteenth century]. ***With a reference to a Revd. Wesley. Includes: "A Fresh cold... Revd: Wesley"; "Mr Goulard`s extracs of Lead Made by himself ..."; "Pomatum of saturn against Setters and other Cutaneous disorders Golard"; "To prevent chilblains"; "The Gravel"; "Cards"; "Notes on Milton`s Paradise Lost" etc..

Arithmetic.- Jones (Thomas manuscript, 104pp., numerous pen and ink diagrams, ruled throughout, 3ff. at beginning excised, browned, original vellum-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, sm. 4to, [eighteenth century].

Australia.- Group including: Flinders (Matthew, of Conington, Lincolnshire, father of the Australian surveyor of the same name) Release of Lands in Donington, Linc., manuscript indenture, on vellum, slightly soiled, 1788; and 2 others, comprising, a Printed Act of Parliament 1819, "For staying procedures against any Governor imposing duties in New South Wales and allowing him to levy duty on spirits in the said Colony", and a copy of the Daily Telegraph of June 30th 1880, reporting that the gang of Bushrangers led by Ned Kelly had been ambushed and three shot including Kelly being mortally wounded, v.s., v.d.(3)

Cookery/Medical.- Recipe Book manuscript , in several hands, 68pp., reverse entries, some pp. laid down, browned, new endpapers, original roan, rubbed, sm. 4to, [late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries]. ***Recipes include: "Extract of Malt"; "For a Ague"; "To make Breakfast Rolls"; "To Pickle the East India Way"; "Asparagus Soup Mrs O"; "To bake Salmon from Mrs Shelton"; "To make Sponge Cake Mrs Oliver"; "Pink Tincture Mrs Rooke"; "For the Dropsy"; "For the Piles" etc. .

Cunningham (James, Lieut. Col. manuscript, 2pp., folds, edges slightly vreased and with small tears, 27th March 1790; and a copy of Cunningham`s letter relating to the petition, folio & 4to(2)

Smith (Charlotte, poet and novelist manuscript comprising title-page with two quotations from Collins and Shenstone opposite, and 32pp. text, original marbled wrappers, small 8vo. ***Elegiac Sonnets was the first book by Charlotte Smith, written during the time she spent with her husband in the debtors` prison, and published in 1784. The manuscript contains ten poems and is described on the title-page as "copied from a M.S." with CS monogram below, but it is not clear whether it is a fair copy by the author or by an admirer..

Starke (Mariana, playwright, writer autograph manuscript, 103pp., comprising 51pp. diary entries, some entries in shorthand, 52pp. accounts, engraved frontispiece and folding plate, a few printed pages excised or partly cut, original roan wallet, gilt, rubbed, lacks clasp, 121 x 84mm., 3rd January - 31st December 1791. ***An interesting diary written by a close relation of Mariana Starke. There are several references to visits to see Starke`s play, The Widow of Malabar and numerous references to Starke and her sister Louisa, with whom she travels to Italy in 1791. Mrs. Starke and her family spend much of their time in London social circles and her husband is a member of the military establishment; there are also references to the family home at Epsom. "W[ednesday] 12 January. Miss Starke`s Play The Widow of Malabar came out - it went off extremely well - but Lady Salisbury took my box which caused us all confusion." "M[onday] 21 February. Starke & I tiff much too often, it affects our happiness - but I still believe have a great regard for each other notwithstanding." "T[uesday] 22 February. Starke went on guard - & went to the Opera with the king." "W[ednesday] 24 August. Had a cricket match in the morning & had a dance at night - Miss Martin went home." .

Cornwall.- Indenture agreement "all Tin Tolls Tin and Tin Works" on the estate, D.s., manuscript on vellum, folds, browned and slightly creased, 550 x 690mm., 21st November 1797-98; and another, 17th century indenture relating to property to Thomas Neale and Wiltshire, v.s., v.d.(2)

Ephemera.- Collection of printed including: [Admiralty]. Memorial of Margaret Robson, widow of George Robson, pilot who "was lost in the... sloop in the North seas on the 30th October 1796" and is left destitute, and ordering the case to be referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, manuscript, 1p., tears along folds, folio, 1st August 1798 § Fugitive`s OATH. I... Upon my corporal Oath... solemnly swear... That I was actually on the First Day of January... 1772, beyond the Seas in Foreign Parts..., printed form not filled in, cut at head, tears repaired (partly stitched), folds, tipped-in on stub and a page of engraved portraits, [not in ESTC], C. Hood, 1772 § [British Army]. Rates of Pay, To be issued to the Field Officers and Captains of the Dragoon Guards... 25th December 1797, printed broadside, on a stub, [ESTC copy issued with "Circular. War Office... 1798"; ESTC lists 1 copy only, fold, W. Windham, 25th January 1798 § Sir Peter Laurie, "By the Mayor To the Aldermen of the Ward of}... Woodthorpe" [regarding law and order on the day of the Lord Mayor`s Procession], printed broadside not filled in, fold, pristine condition, fold, Printed by Arthur Taylor, Printer to the Honourable City of London, 29th September 1832; and a quantity of other material, including a 18th century account for men and women`s gloves, letters from Lord Curzon, Austen Chamberlain, printed pages from works on Heraldry, v.s., v.d.(qty)

Phillipps (Sir Thomas, collector of books comprising: Lee (Professor John) List of Oriental Manuscripts Purchased in Turkey, n.d. (2); Price (W.) A Dissertation upon the Antiquities of Persepolis, n.d.; Guise (Samuel) A Catalogue and Detailed Account of a... Collection of Manuscripts Collected in Hindostan, 1800; A Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts on Sale by Howell and Co., 1833; A Catalogue of Oriental and Miscellaneous Literature, Oriental Manuscripts... on Sale by William Straker, 1834-5; Straker`s Catalogue of a Collection of Oriental Manuscripts, 1836; Chambers (Sir Robert) Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, 1838; Ouseley (Sir William) Catalogue of Several Hundred Manuscript Works in Various Oriental Languages, 1831, all but 3 vol. catalogues, rest with inscriptions, 4 vol. inscribed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 3 vol. inscribed to Phillipps (and 1 signed and inscribed by Leigh Sotheby to Dawson Turner), wrappers and boards, 3 vol. in Middle Hill boards, 2 vol. in Middle Hill wrappers, v.s., v.d.(8)

Music.- [Volume of songs] manuscript music and verse, 168pp., 1&no.189;pp. on front endpapers, slightly browned, inner hinges broken, original paper covered sheep, extensively rubbed, oblong 4to, 1803. ***Extracts from Handel, Dr. Watts, John Ross, Miss Hervey, "Sung by Mrs Jordan" etc..

Irish Commonplace book of poetry (some original), songs and prose, manuscript, 144pp., reverse entries, small naive drawing made up of coloured onlays entitled: "Lieutenant O`Flannaghan" at beginning, later pencil notes on front pastedown: "Irish Commonplace Book...", slightly browned, hinges a little weak, original half sheep, worn, joints splitting, sm. 4to, [?Enniskillen, early nineteenth century]. ***Original poems and songs include: "A Father`s soliloquy of the dead body of an infant son"; "O doleful to tell you the Time is now near"; "On the Wings of the Wind" etc; and extracts from Shakespeare, James Montgomery, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. Heads include: "Christ expiring on the Cross"; "Respect due to the Old Men" etc..

Gilbert (Ashurst Turner, bishop autograph manuscript signed: "Ashhurst Turner Gilbert B.A. Fellow of Brasenose College Oxford" on front free endpaper, 75pp. excluding blanks, 1p. cut at head, original reversed calf with blind-stamped border, lacks tail of spine, 4to, 26th January 1811 & v.d. ***Gilbert wrote this manuscript in the year he graduated MA and was elected Frankland fellow of Brasenose College. "Purchased this book with a design to make of it a Common place Book and began as follows. Commenced the perusal of the Bible, hoping to read it regularly through." Extracts from Crabbe, Goldsmith`s Citizen of the World; Goldberry`s travels; Lesseps travels ("Kamschatka"); newspaper account of the suicides of two servants of the Rev. Gibbons of Brasted, Kent etc., many entries with Gilbert`s annotations. Journal entry: "Journal. Passed also to day and night with Winters family, in the house in wch Mr Pitt breathed his last. Found the father clever and active as a man of the world, exactly cut to make his fortune; on subjects in wch he was not interested a wild theorist, vain, and positive; determined in his old age to enjoy what he had accumulated when young, and, horrendum! Writing licentiousness of Language", and reflections on other members of the Winter family, "The second sister shorter, less graceful in figure, less beautiful in face, but altogether more pleasing, played with less art, but more feeling. Roger himself a sensible, honest fellow, only a little too much of varnish in wch is always reflected the tint of the company he happens to be in, and a little too much of foreign flim-flam." .

Solicitors.- Knight & Brookes, solicitors. manuscript, 11pp., small area with loss on each f., folds, a little browned, folio, 9th January 1812; and 7 others, v.s., v.d.(8 pieces) ***"1810 February Attending you as to you having sold some property to Mr Heber [?Richard Heber (1774-1812), book collector)] and Mr Wood, when you directed us to apply to Mr Owen your Auctioneer for a Copy of the Conditions of Sale." Mentions Hawkestone Abbey in ?Shropshire..

Yorkshire.- [Oates families of Yorkshire] manuscript, 143pp. excluding blanks, one or two pen and ink sketches of memorials and coats of arms, 4pp. notes loosely inserted, a few small tears on a few pp., original half morocco, rubbed, lacks upper cover, spine defective with loss, Britannia watermark 1814; and 2 others, vol. of sermons and poetry, sm. 4to & 8vo(3)

Leisure (The) hours Amusement of a young lady Presented by her as a token of Grateful Remembrance To her Friend, Mr. E.S.U., 2 parts in 1, manuscript in several hands, titles and 262pp.,some staining towards end, slightly browned, contemporary straight-grained morocco, rubbed, rebacked, 4to, 1815 & later. ***Second part consistws of poems and extracts by ESU. Seemingly with a Cornish connection, with a poem entitled: "On the death of Miss A** F***** of this Town *... Penzance Dec. 12 1842" with appended note: "Janet is a contributor to the to the versification of the `Pazance Gazette` during my late sojourn there, I revised some of her compositions in her presence at her request. E.S.U.".

George IV (King of Great Britain manuscript extract from a larger vol., ruled in red, tipped-in on card, n.d., 1820s; and another, folio(2)

Medical.- [Notebook of cases] manuscript, c. 260pp., margins browned, some ff. loose, others working loose, original calf, extensively rubbed, 8vo, 20th October 1831 - 20th July 1834. ***A record of various cases admitted to hospital. "Fungus of Testis. James King at 20 Admitted 29 Feby 1832 13 months since had GGonorhea for the first time... ." "Fracture of Neck of left femur. P. Murphy at 80. Labourer admitted 18th July 1832... lay in a state of stupor roused with difficulty... . Stumbled on a bar of Iron... Died 3rd March 1832." This case also provides a post mortem..

Back (Sir George, naval officer D.s. "Francis Archibald Pattison Master", manuscript on vellum, red wax seal, folds, creased, 344 x 260mm., 27th August 1838; and 2 others, relating to the Duke of Lucca`s award of the cross of St. George, v.s., 1840(3) ***"At Naples in January 1832 he [Back] heard of the supposed loss of Captain Ross in the Arctic regions, and offered the Royal Geographical Society to go in search of him. Back`s instructions were, in brief, firstly to make for the sea by the aforesaid river and, if possible, aid Captain Ross, and, secondly, to survey the coast as far as possible. The first winter he spent at Fort Reliance-a house that he constructed near the Great Slave Lake, when himself half-starved and amid starving Indians. In April he received news of Captain Ross`s arrival in England, but he was ordered to push on to the river and survey the coast from there to Cape Turnagain. His first difficulty was to discover where the river lay, and to avoid embarking on the wrong one. The name of it was Thlew-ee-choh-deeseth, or Great Fish River (later known as the Back River). His journey down it is vividly recounted in his Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, in 1834 and 1835 (1836), illustrated by his sketches. The ice prevented Back`s proposed survey of the coast, and after again wintering at Fort Reliance he reached La Chêne, the Hudson Bay station where he had started over two years before, in August 1835, having travelled 7500 miles, including 1200 of discovery. Besides his discovery of a river over 440 miles long, he had made important observations of the Aurora Borealis, and had given the name of Montreal to an island afterwards sadly familiar in connection with the fate of Franklin." - Oxford DNB..

Marryat (Captain Frederick, naval officer autograph manuscript, 1p. only (p. 14), ink inscription at tail of page: "Capt Marryat`s copy of `The Poacher`, folio, [c. 1840]; letters to Storey including: photograph of Samuel Storey, Gladstone, Charles Beresford (naval officer, 1848-1919); Joseph Chamberlain, Edward Grey (Viscount Grey of Fallodon); Lord Rosebery, John Morley (Viscount Morley of Blackburn); Thomas Ellis (Liberal politician and Welsh Nationalist); Lady Megan Lloyd George (politician, first woman MP from a Welsh constituency), Austen Chamberlain, Harry Furniss, R.D. Blackmore (novelist and barrister, 1825-1900); John Ruskin, Horace Wigan (actor and adaptor of plays, 1818?-85); cut signatures; Gladstone, Lord Milner, Herbert Gladstone etc., most tipped-in, some loose, 19th century album, gilt, slightly rubbed, g.e., nineteenth/twentieth centuries. ***Letter from Ruskin to ?Storey on the Guild of St. George. "A.L.s. to "My dear Sir", 2pp., 8vo, Mrs Ravens, Coniston, 4th June 1887, "Your letter, was unanswered because when it came, I was in very serious debate with our Trustee Mr Thompson, respecting the view he took of the St. George`s Guild, - and entirely doubtful myself, what to report of it to its members. More and more, its essential purpose - the holding of land under beneficent laws, becomes impossible in the present condition of English fashions and policy; and my own part in the management of it, is now confined to getting what good drawings and sculptures I can for its educational purposes. I am, for chief trouble at present in fierce contest with the Dean of Ch Ch [H.G. Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, father of Alice Liddell (1811-98)] for authority over my own Oxford Schools. I must let St George`s affairs rest as they are. If you read any of the volumes of Fors [Clavigera] you may find enough account of the design of the Guild to satisfy you as to the part you would care to take in supporting it." .

Cumberland.- Manden (H.L.) autograph manuscript, signed presentation copy from the author to Jane and Hannah Tate, 83pp., 7 full-page watercolours of the house, church and surrounding area (1 sepia of a monument), tissue guards, several small watercolour illustrations in the text, slightly browned, original red morocco, gilt, contemporary leather dust-jacket, g.e., 1841. ***A history of the house and the Moresby, Weston and Fletcher families who occupied it..

Byron (Anne Isabella Noel, Lady 2 autograph manuscript poems, together 5pp., first with cut signature and inscription: "... AI: Noel Byron To Mrs. Anna Jameson Clifton Sepr. 1843", second inscribed: "Lines on Lord Melbourne Decr 1848", folds, slightly browned, sm. 4to; and 4 other pieces, including and an A.N. third person from Lady Byron and an engraved portrait of Lady Byron, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces)

Coleridge (Hartley, writer autograph manuscript poem, 1&no.189;pp., conjugate blank cut away, remains of album marks, Grasmere, Easter Sunday 1846; and another, A.L.s. from Byron (a relative of the poet), 8vo (2)

Cookery.- [Recipe Book] manuscript, 169pp., and 5pp. index, reverse entries, mostly in 1 hand, some contributions in other hands, a few ff. loose or working loose, some slight foxing and staining, original half morocco, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1846-59. ***Probably compiled by a young woman living in the Midlands; with reference to Sir Henry Halford of Wistow Hall, Leicestershire, Rolleston Park and Park Hall, Derbyshire and Dovecliff Hall in Staffordshire. Recipes include: "Vanilla Cream"; "Lemonade"; "Mince Pies"; "Bread cheese cakes"; "Pink rock cream"; "Cider Cup"; "Orange Marmalade"; "White currant brandhy - by Aunt Mary"; "Custard Puffs - My Aunt Mary"; "Ginger bread Mrs Clough"; "The Meringe - Russian dish"; "Rice Custard"; "Canterbury Pudding"; "Shaddock Marmalade"; "Bread Sauce"; "Oyster Sausages"; "To Make a Venison Pasty"; "A Veal Cake - Mrs Backstone"; "Buttered Eggs"; "Dove Cliff Crab"; "A dish of Hearts"; "Oyster Toast" etc..

Bigg (John Stanyan, poet autograph manuscripts, notes, printed pamphlets, manuscripts, including: The Poetry of Nature, Spiritual Development: An Oration, A Day at Flan, The Minstrel & his Harp, Hellinar. A Legend of the Roscrutiary, Mr. Emmerson in England, The Poem of Prayer, An Allegory, A Fragment, To Miss Pridham [Bigg`s future wife], Edith, A Valentine, several manuscript pp. extract of Thomas Alcock Beck`s Annales Furnesiensis, numerous other manuscript notes, printed: A Lecture on the Poetry of Nature, "Published by Request", [not in BL], Ulverston, 1850 (2 copies), later printed galleys by J.D. Hull and J.E.D., photograph of a small group of people standing around the base and on the crown of a large stack to be used as a bonfire for the ?Golden or Diamond Jubilee, 1887 or 1897, pencil inscription on verso: "24 feet high", folds, a few with tears to edges or starting along folds, some browning, v.s., v.d. (qty)

The Great Exhibition.- M. (S.J.) [Notes autograph manuscript notes, and some other notes in another hand, 18pp., ink inscription: "S.J.M. to C.H.A.." and other inscription on envelope, sm. 8vo,16th May 1851 & 8th October 1862 ***The Great Exhibition. "We spent two hours at the Great Exhibition. It is much more beautiful than I had fancied. The first glance as we went in at the south entrance was of a scene so perfectly new and strange - you enter a great space - the intersection of the transept & nave as they rather strangely call it - there are statues standing about, and groups of people amongst them - orientals in red Fez caps. . In front of you is the great glass fountain playing; it looks like a part of Kubla Khan`s palace - beyond two palm trees and the great English Elm overshadowing them, and revealing the immense height of the roof that covers it..