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Australia.- La Trobe (Charles a native of Erlangen, Bavaria, D.s. "C.J. La Trobe" and others, printed form with manuscript insertions, on vellum, red wax seal, slightly broken, folds, a little yellowed, 335 x 405mm., 3rd February 1854; and a receipt made out to Wedel by the Colonial Treasurer of Victoria, v.s.(2)

Maritime.- Hobson (Richard Peele 1 vol. of others, manuscript, 187pp., ruled in red, some ff. loose, slightly browned, lacks lower marbled wrapper, disbound, sm. 4to, Liverpool, South America etc., 30th July 1859 - 31st August 1860. ***The ship "Philanthropist", from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro and then round Cape Horne to San Lorenzo Island (Peru) and Chiloe to collect guano. "Friday 8th [June 1859] Very wet and cold all to day, the gale increasing every hour, 4pm we had just pumped ship and I was standing near the pumps when a sea struck her in the stard m rigging and smashed the gig to atoms. A piece struck me and knocked me down on deck among the water and floated me three times across the deck the being so much water, but it only stunned me a little the sailmaker came to help me up." "Tuesday 20th [June 1859] The sick man much worse this morning. I took him some arrowroot at 1pm when a great change had taken place in him. Two men are keeping watch over him and have done ever since he was bad. He kept getting gradually worse and at 10 minutes to 5pm he exchanged time for eternity. And I hope and trust he is now in Heaven. Thursday 21st [June 1859] The sailmaker sewed the body up in his hammock and at 8am when the watch came on deck thney carried him on the poop on a hatch with the Ensign over him when the Captn read the burial service and we committed his body to the unfathomable deep.".

Beattie (George, poet, 1786-1823) manuscript, 147pp. excluding blanks, "Copy" written at head of title, browned, original roan, worn, spine defective, 8vo, [after 1863]. ***"In 1821 Beattie made the acquaintance of a Miss Gibson with whom he was soon engaged. Before, however, the marriage took place, she inherited a small fortune, and rejected Beattie for William Smart, a successful corn merchant. After completing a narrative of his relations with the lady, published by Alexander Silver in 1863 as a `Statement of fact`, and `The last`, a long suicide note, Beattie went back to St Cyrus and shot himself by the side of his sister`s grave on 29 September 1823." - Oxford DNB..

India & Edward VII.- AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, 748pp., 4pp. printed pamphlet at end: "Inman Line. List of Saloon Passengers Per Mail Steamer `City of Berlin` From New York to Liverpool, Sailing April 28, 1877" with Clifford`s name marked with ink in passenger list, later ink inscription on front free endpaper, original half morocco, 8vo, 21st November 1875 - 6th May 1877. ***A detailed account of a journey to India, China, Japan and America and around the world. Lewis Clifford travelled on the steam ship Assam through the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar, Malta (stopping in the harbour), Port Said, through the Suez Canal, "about 30 feet deep" and into the Red Sea, Aden, Ceylon, landing in Madras. In India he submits a letter of introduction at Government House, meets some friends, visits a tea auction, goes to the opera and sees some rajah`s sitting in the viceroy`s box. In India he is introduced to Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) on his tour of the subcontinent and joins him on numerous formal and informal occasions. Also while in India Clifford details an expedition with Viscount Ebrington to Kashmir (Gilgit, Baramulla etc.), shooting Ibex, a bear and a musk deer and describes camping life with "coolies" serving them. After India Clifford travelled back to Ceylon (Hambantota and Galle), and then by ship to the Far East, one of his travelling companions being William Palgrave (1826-88), Arabist and traveller on his way to Manila to take up a diplomatic posting, "Palgrave`s Nubian servant `the man Friday` as he is called on board was very nearly left behind. He only reached the steamer just as she was moving out of harbour. His state of alarm at the prospect of being left among a race he had not seen before with no one who spoke his native tongue was very absurd." From Ceylon Clifford sailed to Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kyoto, Tokyo, and in Japan Clifford met Sir Harry Parkes (1828-85), diplomatist. From Yokohama Clifford sailed across the Pacific and landed at San Francisco and then by train and coach to Santa Barbara (with a piece discussing the California gold rush), Los Angeles, Yosemite Falls and by Pacific Railroad to Cheyenne, St. Paul, Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis (staying with General Daniel Frost, meeting Joseph Pulitzer and enquiring after Bishop Ryan and Archbishop Kenrick), New York and by ship on the `City of Berlin` to Liverpool and by train back to Ugbrooke Park. INDIA. "Wednesday Dec 15th [1875] Left my letter of introduction to Lord Northcote at Government House. . Arriving at Calcutta the Viceroy asked me to come up & see the reception in private durbar of Sindia Jeypore & Puttiala. As there was no time to get back I borrowed a frock coat from one of the A.D.C.. . The Prince [Edward] was looking remarkably well & as stout as ever. The cheering was not enthusiastic owing I fancy to the scattered position of the Europeans, the natives of course never cheering. . In the evening Courtenay and myself went to G[overnment] House to dine. The dinner was got through in good time as the Prince was to allow more than an hour. After dinner when the ladies retired every one smoked and then the Prince received visitors chiefly natives. The rajah of Puttiala came very late and rather the worse for liquor and having made a very indifferent salutation to the Viceroy demanded to be introduced to H.R.H. as it was already late the Prince withdrew & Puttiala got a wagging from his resident. . Thursday Jan. 13th [1876] The Prince had a picnic at the Kootub but there were only about 80 people.".

Australia and Egypt to England.- Green manuscript, 146pp., a few ink drawings, slightly browned, original leather, slightly rubbed, spine worn at head and tail, 8vo, Tuesday 29th October 1878 - Wednesday 21st December 1881. ***Possibly Frederick Green, father of F.W. Green (1869-1949), archaeologist. Mentions life in Sydney and a voyage from Australia to England, via the Suez Canal and Egypt. Also life in London (103 Victoria Street) and Woburn and a journey to Paris and other parts of France. Spends much time in designs for tiles. Sydney: "An English gentleman was asked how he liked Australia - his reply was: `Oh! the flies! and the lies!!.`" "Found out that we are drinking Port Said water. It is really Nile water which comes into the sweet water canal between Cairo & Ismailia, then it is pumped 40 odd miles thro` iron pipes by the side of the Suez Canal, to Port Said which place is a sandy spot & has no water.".

Hauff (Wilhelm) Othello founded on a remarkable tradition connected with the history of one of the princely houses of Germany, manuscript in English, title and 94pp., long letter: "Notes to be inserted in the MS of Othello...", bookplate of Marianne Welland on front pastedown, original boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, n.d. [nineteenth century].

New Zealand.- Fletcher c. 120pp., manuscript diary, frontispiece, original pen, ink and watercolour, tipped-in printed card of music from Wellington, New Zealand newspaper cuttings and adverts, and map of the islands, voyage from Cambridge via London, East India Docks, traveling west close to N. America around the Cape to Wellington, New Zealand and returning via Cape horn to England, contemporary roan, lettered in gilt to upper cover, silver edged, slightly rubbed, 8vo., April 1884 to July 1885. ***A voyage of over a year that took Fletcher around the world. Spending from July 1884 to June 1885 staying with relatives and friends and travelling the islands, " Jan.28 [1885]....to Pahautanui....opposite the inn is a steep hill, on the summit stood a Maori war pa, the site now being occupied by a church. ....Passing through the Horokiwi Valley, we began to descend the Paikakariki Hill, the road now winding..., the green island of Kapiti on the left, the sea as calm as a pond" withj many other descriptive passages of his travels throughout New Zealand..

Maxim (Sir Hiram S., engineer and inventor signed presentation copy from Maxim to Lieutenant Murphy with inscription on front pastedown, manuscript, 14pp., 12 photographs illustrating the use of the gun, laid down on card, some foxing, later unobtrusive ink date stamp: "24 April 1948" on front pastedown, original half morocco, gilt, covers a little splayed, sm. 4to, n.d. [1880s]. ***"To Lieut. Murphy Acting Adjutant School of Musketry Hythe with the Compliments of the Inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim.".

Boer War.- Emmett (J., bandsman manuscript, 241pp. excluding blanks, some ff. loose and others working loose, hinges splitting, photograph of ?Emmett in pocket, original roan, slightly rubbed, spines worn, 120 x 80mm., Cosham [Hampshire] and South Africa, Friday 20th October 1899 - 31st July 1902. ***"Jan 11th Thursday Pretorius Farm. The whole Brigade moved out on to the hills facing the Tergela [?Tugela] at 6am to cover our guns who were taking up positions on the hills, whilst the 12lb naval guns were. dragged up the hill by bullocks one toppled right over. ." - Emmett. .

Australia.- Kennedy (E.M.) Only a Dingo manuscript autobiographical sketch, 14pp., slightl browned, loose, n.d. [?early twentieth century]; and 3 others, Australia, comprising: A.L.s. referring to delivering "some of the native weapons", boomerangs etc., Edmund Gregory, Sketch of the Residence of James Morrill if Northern Queensland, fifth thousand, Queensland, 1866, and The Young Australia Times..., 1864, v.s., v.d.(4) ***Life of a jackaroo near Port Denison. "Presently out came a big red dingo - dark red as he proved, owing to his bloody appearance, heading straight to where I was doing sentry go... .".

Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright printed with manuscript insertions, slightly creased, 80 x 134mm., 14th April - 23rd June 1936.

Henry James (novelist, 1843-1916).- Sands autograph manuscript notes, 8pp.,folds, 1f. slightly browned, 8vo, 18 Chelsea Square, [London, 1955]; and a cutting from the Radio Times advertising a radio programme, Recollections of Henry James, with a contribution by Ethel Sands, v.s. ***"I first remember him with a beard, which suited him, although it concealed his sensitive mouth. Later the splendid head seemed a little heavy for the shoulders. Edith Wharton was there. She was his most intimate woman friend. it was amazing to watch one`s poor little thought flowering into Jamesian magnificence. I had a house in Oxfordshire then [Newington House]. There we gathered under the trees & talked through the summer afternoon. Or listened, rather, for by the end of his Life talk had become a Monologue. who was the best talker one had heard. H.J. always said `Bourget`. My mother & I were at the first night of Guy Dormville & went through the misery of seeing H.J. kissed on the stage. . In my last impression of Henry James he is sitting by my bed reading me the war news in 1915. Illness had brought me back to London after a year spent in a French hospital. He could not hear enough about conditions there & pity seemed to shelter him." - Ethel Sands..

Pound (Ezra, poet and critic, 1885-1972) 1p. & 1 side and envelope, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC, 6th & 13th January [1956], referring to cantos - mostly canto 80; one paragraph about 80/497, three 80/501, one 80/502 and two others (Canto 80 part of the Pisan Cantos published in 1948 for which Pound won an award while in Saint Elizabeth`s) and notes explaining aspects of canto 80 that Pound may have been asked about by Hinchliffe, 1 manuscript correction in ?Pound`s hand; and a T.L.s. from Winfred Overholser, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital giving Ezra Pound`s permission to Hinchliffe to make a visit, folds (3)

Snow (C.P.) Collection of Ephemera comprising: Autograph manuscript article, The Story of Strangers and Brothers, in which the author recalls the genesis and personal history of the important post-war sequence of novels of that name published between 1940 and 1970, 14pp, with annotations and corrections; together with, a copy of The Times, 13th March 1971, in which the manuscript article was published; 3 Autograph Letters and 3 Typed Letters signed to Clive and Dr David Sofaer, on embossed headed paper; together with a series of letters to Dr Sofaer, from another doctor regarding Snow`s medical conditions, dated 1964-1968; and 2 laboratory reports and 2 original envelopes, 4to and 8vo(qty)

Benedict. Vita & gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi edited by Thomas Hearne, 2 vol., large paper copy, annotations in pencil, spotted, handsome later burgundy morocco, gilt, by J.Larkins, spines gilt, g.e., corners slightly rubbed, Oxford, 1735 § [Hearne (Thomas)] A Vindication of those who take the Oath of Allegiance, first edition, engraved portrait, contemporary manuscript note at foot of title, lightly soiled, modern half calf, spine gilt and a little faded, 1731, 8vo(3)

HMS LEVIATHAN. A fascinating manuscript ship`s Punishment Book dated 1803 to 1805, narrow folio without covers, recording names, ranks and numbers of offenders, with date, complainer, actual offence as reason of punishment and the number of lashes. Punishments range from 300 lashes `the sentence of a court marshall` to very few or even a `forgiven` verdict. Offences include drunkeness, quarrelling and fighting, disobedience, neglect of duty, theft, robbery, `for making water between decks`, and filthiness.

ELGAR (Sir Edward), a signed greetings card dated 1904-05, by family repute for Dame Clara Butt, with two manuscript lines of music from Sea Slumber Song, and another below for The Apostles. `Sea Pictures` was premiered at the Norwich Festival in 1899 with Elgar conducting and Clara Butt singing. The last line is sung by St Peter in Elgar`s `The Apostles` performed at the Birmingham Festival in 1903

Josef Herman. Collection of 9 signed letters to Robert Wraight, typed and manuscript, all beginning My Dear Bob and some dated (1964-5 and 1988); together with a manuscript signed Christmas Card, pamphlet advertising Notes From a Welsh Diary etc; Manfredo Borsi. Illustrated booklet with 2 original biro drawings inscribed to Robert Wraight and his wife, and various photographs; Pietro Annigoni. Collection of correspondence with Robert Wraight including several cards and letters circa 1970s and a long sheet of typed questions with Annigoni`s manuscript replies, all in a folder; with Wildenstein catalogue of paintings; Oskar Kokoschka. Collection of photographs, several by Robert Wraight, and an autograph letter signed from his wife `Dear Mr Wraight, Thank you very much for the Tatler ...the exhibition is truly very beautifully done...`. Robert Wraight organised a retrospective exhibition of works by Kokoschka at The Tate Gallery in 1962

Quintus Horatius Flaccus: Ex Fide Auctoritate Veterum Codicum, Summo Quam Fieri Potuit Studio, Emendatus, Variifisque Lectionibus, Scholiisque Ad Maginem Appositis Perpolitus Ac Illustratus. 1567 12mo 19th century Silius Italicus: De Securdo Bell Punico. 1620 16mo Title within engraved historiated border. Disbound. * Manuscript notes in a 16th century hand on the verso of the rear end paper together with a signature

Ledger with various manuscript entries from 1854 onwards, together with an indenture dated 1896 and two Christmas cards signed Margaret Thatcher

Forster (E.M.) The Manuscript of A Passage to India, 1978, numbered ltd. edition, complete with line-finder, dust wrapper; Millgate (Michael), The Achievement of William Faulkner, 1965, `withdrawn edition`, dust wrapper; Jennings (Elizabeth), In Shakespeare`s Company, 1985, numbered ltd. edition, quarter cloth; with twelve others (15)

Crimean Interest Manuscript account of the journey from the Crimea to England, 26 Nov -23 Dec 1855, the author, a Lieut. Col., considers how the presence of Cholera and a predicted Russian attack could have prevented his return, then describes his journey on the ship `Thames`, visits to Constantinople and Malta, military figures encountered and the condition of the wounded, the account ends with the reception at Woolwich, 22 sides, initialed (undetermined, possibly `A.G.B.`) and dated 23rd Dec 1855, Belmount, Nightingale Vale [Woolwich]

WWII P.O.W. in Korea Lodge (George). Jingles Abroad, Reminiscence and Meditation in Verse, Prose,and Statistics, 1942-45, extensive manuscript notebook by George Lodge (Sig. 963859), captured by the Japanese at Singapore 1942 and shipped to Jinsen and Konan P.O.W. camps in Korea, includes copies of messages from C.O.s at Singapore surrender, contents of Red Cross food parcels, prison superintendent`s addresses, daily schedules, prison regulations, verse by various Ps.O.W. and copy letters sent back to Bradford, Yorks., including an interesting account of the end of the war when Russian and US forces provided relief, original cloth with painting to upper board; Wilkinson (J.D.), Sketches of a P.O.W. in Korea, nd. [c1945], original printed wraps (2)

Zetland (Thomas, Earl of) Last Will and Testament with Codicils dated 1866-72 [1873 or later], 21 page manuscript copy, corner tied and folded

Irish Tenement Valuation Hodges and Smith, Valuation Survey of Estates Situate in the Counties of Leitrim and Meath, 1849, manuscript, comprising ornate pen and ink title page with attractive vignette, index (relating to the counties rather than the estates here, both laid down as issued), 4 linen-backed, hand-coloured estate plans (Ballyrankin, Shannow Lower, Clonagonnell and Breadrum), associated ms. occupiers and valuations, (lacks map to a fifth valuation of ?Cornaseer), a.e.g., contemporary gilt-tooled morocco. [A loosely inserted 3 page Hodges & Smith advert with hand-coloured plan, offers copies of individual estate valuations following the County valuation]

The Poor of Beverley A manuscript record of Collections and Distributions to the Poor of Beverley, from 1714 to 1770, ends with 3 page copy of part of Mr Dalton`s will relating to Beverley bequest, contemporary vellum

Simpson (A.J.) A Journal of a Voyage from Liverpool to New York on board the George and Mary, Capt Jer. Lawton, 1804-5, interesting manuscript account of a six month voyage leaving Liverpool on the 25th Sept 1804, and arriving in New York on the 26th March 1805, the author, a resident of Hull, arrived `heartily tired of sea` having experienced appalling weather with frequent gales, 139 pages including two pages with sketches of island profiles, original half sheep (worn)

Bedale Hunting Diary Seasons 1926-30, substantial manuscript account of fox hunting with the ?Bedale Hunt, various meets including Ainderby Steeple, Catterick, Aysgarth School, Bedale Hall, Constable Burton, Hackforth, Hornby, Scorton, etc., written in a 1905 Letts diary, reversed calf; Lehndorff (G.), Horse Breeding Recollections, 1883, folding pedigrees, original cloth gilt (2)

The Amphipoda bound manuscript, nd. [19th century], over 250 leaves, double and single sided, pen and ink illustrations laid down, includes references to Bate & Westwood`s History of British Sessile-eyed Crustacea and Wm. Gregory`s Naviculae in Glenshira Sand, letter dated 1866 bound in, recent cloth

A Pair of 17th Century Oak Pilasters in the form of Putti; one holding a manuscript and the other with grapes. Raised on small plinths. 14¾ ins (37.5 cms) in height. ]

A small collection of monastic Latin manuscript scraps, together with four wax seals.

An Ottoman Mevlevi text by Ahmed Kuddusi date 1201AH/1786AD, Ottoman manuscript on paper, 8ff with 1311 of black naskh contained within a gilt border, opening folio with illuminated heading, dedication to inside cover, green leather binding with flap, 20.2cm x 12.5cm.

HRH Princess Elizabeth - Duchess of York signed illuminated manuscript Petition of the League of Women helpers of Thornton Heath signed by their patron HRH The Duchess of York 26th June 1936 shortly before she became Queen and consort to King George VI, 47cm x 29cm

Manuscript diary.- Tour in Palestine and Syria 51pp. neatly written diary in black and blue ink lacking original covers London March 11th - Baalbec April 19th 1893 § Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe illustrations printed in double column soiled and with some damp-stains contemporary signature to title some type erased from title half red calf rubbed upper joint cracked 1791 § Windsor Guide (The)... folding engraved frontispiece modern paper boards note to free endpaper `kindly bound by the Royal Bindery Feb. 1955` Windsor 1796 § Brown ((J.B.) The Royal Windsor Guide with a brief Account of Eton vignette to title original cover bound-in lacking corner modern paper boards as previous vol. Windsor 1832; and 4 other vols on Windsor 8vo.(8)

Smith-The Sermons of Master Henry Smith lacks main title first 4 pages laid down some staining and chipping to page ends manuscript page-numbering contemporary calf later spine 1632 § Iliff (Frederick editor) Biblia Ecclesiae Polyglotta foxed contemporary morocco repaired 1843 § Cambridge Concordance (The) to the Holy Scriptures Together with the Books of the Apocrypha fifth edition contemporary calf R. Bonwicke et al 1720 § Merkel (Carl) Bible Histories of Our Lord Jesus Christ Berlin 1853; and 2 others v.s.(6)

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Third Edition, 4 vols., working copy with three seventeenth century documents and occasional cuttings bound in, folding engraved map of the county (loose, with tear repaired), 129 views, plates, pedigrees and maps, occasional spotting and dampstaining, endpaper holed from adhesion of map, contemporary half roan, worn, some joints weak, folio, 1861-70 (4) The earliest manuscript is inserted beside the relevant pedigree and relates to rent for the farm at Winfrith and Roger Clavell of Smedmore, it is signed by Brigett Clavell, April 17th [16]66. The two others are more formal, legal documents relating to Humphrey Weld of Lulworth Castle, both dated 1674

Manuscript Psalter, leaf cut from an illuminated Psalter, 15 lines in black ink on vellum rubricated on red, one 2-line and another one-line initial in gold on red and blue grounds with white tracery, 115 x 95mm, [Northern France? Late 15th Century] - and a later bifolium, written in black ink, rubricated in red, one 2-line red initial with magenta tracery, 340 x 235mm

Sold on the Instructions of the Governing Body of Rugby School Shakespeare (William). Mr. William Shakespear’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio ... The Fourth Edition; Fourth Folio, lacks portrait, two later manuscript notes on the title, and the oval stamp of the Arnold Library Rugby, the first gathering possibly inserted, with the fore-margin of the title slightly shorter, TT3 and TT4 also inserted and with shorter margins, small holes or rustholes in B4 and ZZ1, paper flaws in B6 and F3, all slightly affecting the text, 19th century tree calf, extremities of spine worn, upper joint cracing, bookplate of Rugby School, and stamped W*I*W inside the front cover, [Wing S2915; Pforzheimer 911], folio, (360 x 225mm), for H. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1685 The Fourth Folio Edition includes Pericles and the six spurious plays, and was printed on larger sheets than the earlier folios. This copy has the variant setting of the title page omitting Chiswell’s name. Provenance: Presented by Mathew Holbecke Bloxam, DR, to Rugby School Library in 1884 and inscribed thus on the front endpaper. Also with Bloxam’s notes saying that the book came from Lawford Hall, the property of Theodosius Boughton, Bart., in the eighteenth century.

Adams (Roberts). The Narrative of Robert Adams ... who was wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa ... and resided several months in the City of Tombuctoo, Beckford’s copy with his ms. notes in pencil on the free endpaper, contemporary half roan, ;gilt, a.e.g., 4to, 1816 A manuscript note from ‘Book Merchant, George Gregory’, dated 1828 describing Beckford’s copy of ‘The Art of Embalming’ is loosely inserted

[Beckford (William Thomas) Sale Catalogue]. Magnificent Effects at Fonthill Abbey ... sold by auction by Mr. Christie ... Tuesday, October 1, 1822, another copy, also signed by W.R. Shaw Stewart, on the title, slightly soiled with a few manuscript notes about the pictures, but without the wrappers bound in, small 4to, 1822

[Beckford (William Thomas) Sale Catalogue]. The Valuable Library of Books in Fonthill Abbey. A Catalogue ... of the Magnificent, rare and valuable Library ... which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Phillips at the Abbey on Tuesday, the 9th of September, 1823, 391 pp., priced, 1823; bound with The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill Abbey. Catalogue of the extensive Assemblage of ... Property ... Furniture ... Bijouterie [etc.] ... which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Phillips at the Abbey ... 23rd of September, 1823, 278pp., partially priced, bound with an extract on Fonthill by Neale at the beginning, signed by W.R. Shaw Stewart on the endpaper - together with and extra-illustrated copy of Rutter’s A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne, sixth edition, including 2 leaves of contemporary manuscript description of the Abbey and what happened after the postponing of the sale in 1822 (4to, folded at the edges), newspaper cuttings, etc., uniformly bound in contemporary half roan, gilt spines, bookplates (2)

[Beckford (William Thomas)]. Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, First Edition, with an autograph letter signed by William Beckford tipped in after the title, engraved frontispiece portrait, offset, signature scraped from head of title, manuscript notes on the pastedown concerning the letter, contemporary half calf, gilt spine, bookplate, joints splitting, 1835 The autograph letter is signed ‘WTB’ and addressed Park St,. Monday 5th April, 1841, to Mr. Edm. English Junr., Milsom Street, Bath. It refers to ‘this most tiresome Benjamin business’, possibly Sir Benjamin Hale, afterwards Lord Stanover. As the note says ‘Mr. English was an upholsterer at Bath, who managed much business for Mr. Beckford, and furnished his house there, and the tower on Lansdown’.

Carne (John). Letters from the East, First Edition, 2 vols., Beckford’s copy and with 7pp. of Beckford’s manuscript notes on the endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt spine with the Beckford Hamilton sale label (a fragment), broken with detached covers, spine detached in sections, 1826

Castellan (Antoine Laurent). Lettres, sur la Grèce, L’Hellesport et Constantinople, Beckford’s copy, with 2pp. of Beckford’s manuscript notes in French in pencil on one of the fly-leaves (slightly loose), 2 vols., in one, 2 folding maps and 20 plates, contemporary half roan, gilt, with the ticket ‘Beckford Hamilton Sale Lot’ on the spine, bookplate, Paris, 1811

Manuscript Coats of Arms. Heraldic Manuscript showing various arms with manuscript descriptions, 21 leaves drawn on one side each with 8 fully hand-coloured coats of the arms to the page, the last 3 pages partially finished, contemporary red half calf, small 4to., (200 x 160mm), early 19th Century

Spain. Spain and Barbary. Letters to a Young sister, Beckford’s copy with one page of Beckford’s manuscript notes in pencil on the endpaper, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, later half morocco, gilt spine, bookplate, 1837 - and a copy of Stendhal’s Rome, Naples et Florence, Paris, 1817, joints broken (2)

Martin (R. Montgomery). The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, pub. John Tallis & Company, 1851, eng. frontis. of The Great Exhibition with some staining and spotting, addn. dec. title page and contents list, eighty-one dec. eng. maps with orig. outline colouring and two “comparison” plates of waterfalls, rivers and mountains (complete as list), some marginal finger soiling and occ. spotting throughout, one map (Ireland) and its page of descriptive text with closed tear affecting image, crudely repaired on verso with sellotape, one page of text torn with slight loss, near contemp. owners ink manuscript signature to front paste down, later owners biro manuscript signature and address to first free end paper, contemp. half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, folio (1)

Sladen (Douglas and Lorimer, Norma). More Queer Things About Japan, 1st ed., 1904, coloured frontispiece, four double-page coloured plates, b & w illustrations, one or two light spots, t.e.g., contemporary wrapper, cloth wraparound case lettered in gilt, bone clasps, slightly rubbed, 8vo, inscribed in pencil by the author to his wife, together with Queer Things About Sicily, 1st ed., 1905, half-tone plates, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, chipped and torn d.j., 8vo, inscribed by the author to his wife, plus Segesta, Selinunte, and West of Sicily, 1903, half-tone illustrations, original cloth, torn glassine d.j., 4to, similarly inscribed, with others by Duglas Sladen including Lester the Loyalist, original manuscript draft, The Moon in the Fourteenth Night. Being the Private Life of an Unmarried Diplomat in Persia During the Revolution, 1910, Edward the Black Prince. An Epic Drama, 1886 (bound with Australian Lyrics, 1883), and Carthage and Tunis. The Old and New Gates of the Orient, 2 vols., 1906, most inscribed by the author to his wife (22)

Barrett (William). The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol; Compiled from Original Records and authentic Manuscripts in Public offices or Private hands, pub. William Pine, Bristol, [1789], dec. title page, list of subscribers, folding eng. map (disbound), twenty-nine of thirty eng. plates (lacking the facsimile of Rowley’s Manuscript), occ. spotting and off-setting throughout, contemp. calf, rebacked, professional repairs to extrems., 4to (1)

Cox (Thomas). Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua & Nova or, a New Survey of Great Britain....., vols. 1 & 2 only, 1720, title page and dedication, twenty-six uncoloured folding engraved maps, some with closed tears and occ. spotting and soiling, twenty triangular mileage tables, two folding b & w eng. plts., some worming and finger soiling to margins throughout, some manuscript marginalia, hinges and joints weak, contemp. blind panelled sheep, rubbed, frayed and worn, 4to. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)

Dugdale (Thomas, assisted by William Burnett). Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial, Alphabetically arranged, n.d., c.1845, frontis. and dec. title page to each volume, first end paper with manuscript ownership signature, 264 engraved topographical views and portraits, fifty-eight uncoloured folding maps, some hinges weak, contemp. cloth gilt, rubbed and worn, 8vo (11)

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes and Armes Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 1st. ed., 1656, eng. portrait frontis. title page printed in red & black, both excised, trimmed and laid on later paper, eng. county map with lower margin strengthened on verso, numerous eng. plts. and folding maps throughout, several pages torn with loss, some replaced with crude manuscript facsimile, several pages with crude strengthening to margins, occ. spotting and staining throughout, front end papers water stained, later calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Daniel (Rev. W.B.). Rural Sports, vol.1 only, pub. Bunny & Gold, 1801, calligraphic title page with later ink manuscript owners inscription, nineteen uncoloured engraved plates. spotting, staining and marginal soiling throughout, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and frayed, 4to, together with, Walter Spiers pubs., The Book of Sports, British and Foreign, 2 vols. in one, 1843 calligraphic title page with eng. vignette to each volume, half title to vol. one, ninety-four uncoloured engraved plates and three engraved vignettes to text, occ. spotting and staining throughout, text block detached, book plate of Wm. Strong to front paste down, upper board and spine detached, orig. cloth gilt, 4to (2)

Durnford (Eliza, 19th c.). An early 19th century bound entomological manuscript with original illustrations, entitled A Short History of Insects, 1811, approx. seventy pen, ink, and watercolour plts., of butterflies, beetles, flies, etc., a number of plts. with addn. cut-out hand-col. litho. images of butterflies, interleaved with accompanying text, prelim. blank with ms. ownership signature of Eliza Durnford dated 1811, renewed marbled endpapers, near contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, with labels renewed, 8vo. With a single sheet of Nether Lypiatt Manor headed paper loosely inserted containing the following information: “Elizabeth Durnford, who probably wrote this Short History of Insects and drew and coloured the pictures, was a Miss Mount and mother of the Bishop of Chichester...”. (1)

Hume (A. and Marshall, C.H.T.). The Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon, 3 vols., Calcutta, 1879-81, eng. dec. title page to each vol., contemp. manuscript inscription to prelim., 145 chromolitho. plts. occ. spottting and staining throughout, some plts. trimmed with slight loss, contemp. non-matching half sheep gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, 8vo, together with, Hulme (F. Edward), Familiar Wild Flowers, first series, vol. 1 parts 1-3 only, n.d. c.1907, numerous colour prints, occ. spotting throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. half sheep gilt, rubbed , frayed and worn, 12mo (4)

Wright (Lewis). The Illusrated Book of Poultry...., Revised Edition, pub. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1880, fifty chromolithographic plts. (inc frontis., complete as list), numerous b & w wood eng. illusts. to text, occ. spotting, first free end paper with contemp. manuscript owners inscription, old pressed leaves & flowers adhering to index at verso, upper hinge cracked, boards showing signs of water damage, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, 4to (1)

* Brunel (Isambard Kingdom, 1806-59). Signed cheque “I.K. Brunel”, 7th December 1835, drawn on a Messrs. Drummond printed slip and completed in manuscript by Brunel, paying W. Baker 0, ink cancel marks and pin hole to centre not affecting signature, 8 x 19cm (1)

* Durham. A vellum grant of the wardship and marriage of Nicholas Tempest, dated 31st January 1571, by James (Pilkington) Bishop of Durham, to Thomas Conyers of Ravenstorp, custody of the manors, lands, rents and services of which, Thomas Tempest lately died seised, held in chief of the bishop and being in the hands by virtue of the minority of Thomas Tempest... , with a large almost complete ornate wax seal of the bishop of Durham, together with a large vellum manuscript document, being a general pardon from the King to Nicholas Tempest, dated 20th June 1604, plus a fine Elizabethan letters patent, 29th September 1597, from the Crown [on the advice of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer] concerning the Tempest family and their coal mines. More usually wardships were done by the Crown and it is unusual for one to be undertaken by a bishop. (3)

* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Signed cheque “John Ruskin”, 10th March 1887, drawn on a Prescott, Cave, Buxton, Loder & Co. form, made out to Charles Turner for the sum of three guineas, completed in manuscript in Ruskin’s holograph, ink stamp and perforated cancel stamp, ink cancel mark across signature, clerical signature to verso, a few vertical creases and small archival repair to right margin affecting oval duty stamp, 8 x 20cm. The identity of Mr. Charles Turner is not known. John Ruskin knew the engraver Charles Turner, but both he and his son named Charles, had both died long before this date. (1)

Binding. Collectarium Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum. Authoritate Apostolica approbatum, et reverendissimi patris Fr. Thomae Ripoll ejusdem ordinis generalis magistri jussu editum, Rome, Hieronymi Mainardi, 1744, eng. frontis. by Cyrus Perrus, text printed in red and black throughout, with occ. musical notation, woodcut initials, early calligraphic manuscript annotations to front blank, frontis. with light marginal waterstain, contemp. elaborately gilt-dec. black full morocco, with brass clasps, rubbed and some minor wear to edges, 4to (1)