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Scottish History. RUSHWORTH (J) The Tryal of Strafford, 1680, folio, portrait frontis, modern half morocco; BEVERIDGE Coll and Tiree, 1903, 4to, map in good manuscript facsimile; McARTHUR (John) The Antiquities of Arran, second edition 1873; and others (a box)

Book of Hours, 15th Century Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, 78 leaves with three arched miniatures within decorative borders, seven 4-line miniatures within capitals and decorative borders, and one foliate capital within a border; 15 lines to a page. The order is: f.1 arched panel of St John in a landscape with the eagle (slight rubbing), f.16 capital showing the Annunciation or Visitation, f.27v capital showing the Nativity, f.32v capital showing the Angel's Announcement to the Shepherds, f.36v capital showing the Adoration, f.41v capital showing the Flight into Egypt, f.47v capital showing the Coronation of the Virgin (?), f.51 3-line gilt foliate capital within a border, f.53 capital showing the Deposition, f.59 arched panel showing Christ carrying the Cross (repair strip to head, slight loss, smudged and discoloured), f.78 (final leaf) arched panel showing the Crucifixion. Most pages with gilt, blue and red decorated initials (some are 2-line), incomplete, faults, possibly Use of Rouen, lacking all before and mainly comprising The Hours of the Virgin, Litany (incomplete), the final miniature being the first and only page of The Hours of the Cross, late 19th century fine morocco gilt binding, leaf size 176 x 125mm approximately. Provenance: The Wilkinson family, Kingston, Cambridge; acquired by the vendor's great grandfather, Robert Corke, when financial director of Gossages Soaps, and bound for him in Liverpool (the binding unsigned)

Book of Hours, Use of Coutances, 15th Century Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, without Miniatures; 170 leaves only, some omissions, mostly 12 lines, with Calendar showing particular references for Coutances, and final leaf with the commemoration service to St Manuaeus, many initials in red and blue (some 2-line); some margins with early manuscript comments or notes, shields and doodles; leaf size 180 x 127mm approximately. Provenance: The 'Le Sauvage' family with their various names written on several margins including the date '1598' to f.10v; with Bernard Quaritch in the later 19th century with a printed catalogue entry clipping of this volume when described in a different binding and as having Miniatures; the Wilkinson family, Kingston, Cambridge - acquired by the vendor's great grandfather, Robert Corke, when financial director of Gossages Soaps, and bound for him in Liverpool (the fine morocco gilt binding unsigned)

A Norwegian Empire style mahogany work table by Bendix Nicolai Plesner, Cabinet Maker of Skien, Norway, the rectangular top with inlaid lines and hinged lid opening onto compartments and a central tray. This with the manuscript maker's label. The fluted vase pedestal on a concave quadruple base with leaf-carved scrolls and claw carved feet. Width 10 3/4ins., height 28 1/2ins. This table was purchased by a Gweek (Helston) timber trader, Francis Johns (1779-1855). He bought two from Norway for each of his daughters. Plesner was born in 1804. (See illustrations)

KORAN 18TH CENTURY? MANUSCRIPT, a few leaves professionally conserved, small fo, old cf rebkd and re- edged

An Album: 12 Victorian J B Brown engrd vig letter sheets, views of Windsor and environs, watermarked, 1840, most with contemporary manuscript descriptions of the scene depicted, 4to, plain card wraps

An Indian gouache highlighted in gilt depicting a deity, and four Indian paintings and a poster 'The Holy Quran in Manuscript' a Bernard Quaritch exhibition, framed, main image 13 x 10.5 inches (33 x 27 cm.)

Documents & Ephemera - A livestock auction poster, Gate Burton Hall, near Gainsborough (Lincs), 1924; a building plot auction poster for land at Wanlip, 1969; a quantity of historical documents, some relating to Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth; and a manuscript copy of the Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes in the Parish of Colston Basset, (Notts), 1842. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Railwayana - A file of Great Northern Railway and London & North Eastern Railway invoices and memoranda relating to fares for the carriage of passengers, livestock and goods, circa 1914-28, most laid down; a Great Northern Railway (and later L.N.E.R.) ledger for Overpaid and Collected Amounts, stamped throughout 'Dunstable, G.N.R. / Church Street', the manuscript entries covering the period 1911-1949; a Great Northern Railway (and later L.N.E.R.) Ticket Stock Book, stamped as above, the manuscript entries covering the period 1904-50; and a London & North Eastern Railway ledger of Special Debts and Special Credits, the manuscript entries covering the period 1934-50, (4). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A manuscript notebook by Joseph Gibbs, Epitaphs in Westminster Abbey, circa 1820, with translations of the Latin inscriptions into English, 116 pages, with index, marbled paper covers, 20cm x 16.5cm. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid

Twelve volumes relating to early European clockmaking: Lloyd, H. Alan SOME OUTSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS 1250-1950 Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1981 limited edition reprint number 273 of 1000, dj; Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight Driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham, 1st Edition 1965; Beeson, C. F. C. PERPIGNAN 1356 The Making of a Clock and Bell for the King's Castle AHS, London, 1st edition 1982, dj; Leopold, J. H. THE ALMANUS MANUSCRIPT Hutchinson, London, 1st Edition 1971, dj; Baillie G. H. , Lloyd H. Alan and Ward F. A. B. THE PLANETARIUM OF GIOVANNI DE DONDI AHS, Ticehurst, 1st edition 1974; von Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst and von Bertele, Hans THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES translated from the German by H. Alan Lloyd, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London 1964, dj; Beeson, C. F. C. ENGLISH CHURCH CLOCKS 1280-1850 Brant Wright Associates Ltd, Ashford, 2nd edition; Tait, Hugh CLOCKS in the British Museum The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1968, ex library copy; Coole, P. G. and Neumann, E. THE ORPHEUS CLOCKS translated from the German by Dr. P Foulkes, Hutchinson, London 1972, dj; Turner A. J. (ed.) Time exhibition catalogue, Tijd voor Tijd Foundation, Amsterdam 1990; Willsberger, Johann and Toynbee, Arnold CLOCKS & WATCHES translated from the German by Renee Vera Cafiero, The Dial Press, New York 1975, dj; Turner A. J. (ed.) The Clockwork of the Heavens exhibition catalogue, Asprey and Company, London 1973; and four other related publications (16). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Whalley Rev. Peter, Bridges John 'The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire' compiled from the manuscript collections of the late learned antiquary John Bridges, Esq., Oxford 1791, two volumes, gilt tooled leather bindings, numerous engraved plates, folio

PERSIAN SCHOOL Figures and buildings in a landscape, the blue in a border with a flowering vine and the monochrome wash outer border with birds and animals in a landscape, 131/4" x9 1/4" and two other "manuscript" leaves (3)

Estate plan--Maxpoffle, Roxburghshire Manuscript estate plan backed on linen of Maxpoffle, Roxburghshire by H. Mitchell ?Nebroke, partially hand-coloured, 1852, with notes added September 1890, 65 x 66cm., several tears to right edge, dampstained in upper margin .

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] Lewis Carroll Alice's adventures under ground. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First edition, 8vo, illustrations and facsimile manuscript by the author, hinges splitting, minor tears to end-papers; [Ibid.] A tangled tale. London, 1886. First edition, fourth thousand, 8vo, illustrations by Arthur B. Frost, upper hinge split, minor soiling at foot of spine; original red pictorial cloth gilt, gilt edges, head and foot of spines slightly bumped (2) Provenance: C.J.B. Masefield, inscription in second volume. Note: Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 194 and 182.

Russia, Orthodox Church, Znameni chant Volume of Znameni chant, [?nineteenth century], folio, 230 pages, manuscript in black and red ink, hand-coloured decoration on title and another leaf, final leaf defective, ?lacking last leaf, bound in an earlier binding of blindstamped calf over wooden boards, some light dampstaining and spotting, worn, covers detached .

Bibliography A collection of 7 boxes of bibliographical volumes, including a manuscript catalogue of the Oriental Club. [No place, ] 1896. Folio, volume 2 only, red morocco, rubbed; Edinburgh Catalogue of the printed books in the library of the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1918. 4to, 3 volumes, original blue cloth gilt, some staining to boards; Chevalier, Ulysse Repertoire des sources historiques of Moyen Age. Paris, 1905. 4to, 2 volumes, original black cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; and a quantity of other bibliographical volumes (qty) .

Victorian Poetry - Browning, R. Men and women. London, 1855. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, two pages of advertisements at end of volume 2, original olive-green cloth (Carter's variant A), covers stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed slipcase, [Wise 9; Wise A Browning Library pp.21-22; Carter Binding Variants p.98], very occasional minor marginal staining or spotting, small tears and nicks to edges of four leaves in volume 1, corners and head and foot of spines rubbed, spines faded, hinges of volume 2 weak; Coleridge, S.T. Sibylline leaves: a collection of poems. London, 1817. First edition, 8vo, with leaf of errata, original paper-backed blue boards, a few pencil annotations to the text, manuscript poem in ink on front endpaper with signature at head "Robert Martin", [Wise 45], rebacked preserving most of the original spine, wear to edges, some staining and discolouration of the boards; Tennyson, A. The princess; A medley. London, 1847. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth -century crushed morocco gilt, original cloth bound in; [Ibid.] Maud, and other poems. London, 1855. First edition, 12mo, original cloth; another copy, first edition, nineteenth-century morocco gilt; [Ibid.] Demeter and other poems. London, 1889. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth-century crushed morocco gilt, bookplate of Joan Whitney, upper joint rubbed (7) .

Canada - Strachan, John, Bishop of Toronto Manuscript volume containing several manuscript pieces and watercolours, c. 1820, including the manuscript poem The emigrant settler in Upper Canada", 6 verses, signed, watercolour of butterfly by Mary Boyd below, various other manuscript pieces and a watercolour fashion illustration, contemporary green morocco gilt, silk end papers, inner hinge weak .

Cookery - Manuscript Recipe Books Manuscript in various hands, c. 1827. Square 8vo, 206 pages of recipes, 10 pages of index at beginning, including recipes such as Mrs Place's orange wine, Mrs Gordon's dram, Miss Hillington's beastling pudding, To make Dutch waffles, Mrs Hewgill Smeaton's cream cheese, To make brain cakes or calf head hash, A fire-proof and waterproof cement, To make man dram, Method of raising & curing rhubarb by Sir William Fordice, To dry apricots like Prunella's, Doctor Kilvington's sweetning physick, Receipt from a young lady, Infusion for the piles, contemporary vellum backed boards, heavily rubbed; [Ibid.] Manuscript in various hands, 1827. 8vo, 95 pages of recipes, including For cleaning furniture, Sweet meat dumplings, Marmalade jelly, To extract a thorn, Apple water for an invalid, Ginger pudding, contemporary half red morocco, rubbed at edges (2) .

East India Company Manuscript register of the hon'ble the United East India Company's covenanted civil servants on the Bengal establishment. Resident in India on the 4th May 1823, shewing their original and present rank, commencement and period of service, present offices & dates of appointment thereto, together with the amount of the monthly & annual income of each & the annual income tenable by them under the 155th Chapter & LXXXII section of the act of the 53rd of George the IIIrd. 96 pages, 9 pages of index at start, extract of letter from Mr Henry Wood, civil auditor on last leaf, contemporary red morocco gilt, some rubbing to edges, head and foot of backstrip defective .

Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Grant of Creichie, William Stylorum voterum ac recentiorum collectio a me Guilielmo Granteo juniore de Creichie fideliter conscripta. Manuscript legal book, folio, 179 pages, contemporary calf, foot of spine worn, 1695 Note: Creichie, parish of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.

Macdonald and Innes families of Caithness Inventory of the writes belonging to Harry Innes of Sandside, Caithness. 1761, 55p., 4to, manuscript, wrappers; Manuscript plan produced with claim for Sandside, 1830, manuscript watercolour plan, 47 x 47cm, split along fold without loss; Hannan, James D. Plan of the estate of Sandside in the parish of Reay. 1863. 76 x 104cm., lithographed map, partial hand-colouring, small splits at folds; Pedestrian tour round W. coast of Scotland in 1849 by ?William Macdonald, c. 40pp., wrappers, 4to, commonplace book with several botanical watercolours, loose photographs and several photograph albums depicting members of the Macdonald family, marriage contracts, 20pp. manuscript account of "The origins of the troubles in St. Domingo" [c.1820], hunting diaries, scrapbooks, amateur watercolour albums and miscellaneous drawings (quantity) .

McGonagall, Sir William Autograph manuscript, poem entitled Lines in praise of the Royal Marriage, composed June 6th 1893, 48 Step Row, Dundee, 17 by 23cm high, torn along folds into four sections, "God bless the lovely and sweet Princess Mary. Also, the Duke of York, so handsome and gay. Long life, and happiness to them, in married life. May they always be properous and free from strife. May their hearts, always be full of glee. And be kind, to each other, and never disagree. And, may the Demon, the discontent, never mar their happiness. And, may God be their Comforter in time of distress. May he always protect them by night, and by day. At home, or abroad; when far away. And I hope the charming, Princess Mary. Will never regret her marriage day. May God prosper the noble Duke of York and his beautiful bride. As they jog along through life, in the world wide. May he shower his blessings upon them everywhere. And always keep them under his care. And if they have children may they grow in grace. And be an honour to the Royal race.Of the Empress of India and Great Britain's Queen. Who is faithful to her subjects and ever has been." Note: An original unpublished poem in McGonagall's hand, confirmed by the McGonagall Society, Dundee. Original autograph poems by McGonagall very rarely come up for sale. The largest collection of original autograph poems by McGonagall, comprising 41 poems, is to be found in The William McGonagall Collection in the Local History Centre of Dundee Central Library.

Shropshire--Edward Kynaston Elizabethan land investigation, the suite of John Hatt plaintiff against Edward Kyneston, defendant, regarding the Manor of Hordley in the county of Salop, witnessed by Nicholas ap Thomas ap Rees of the parish of Oswestry, William Lyniatt, William Powis and William Ffarsatt, 17th January, 28th year of the reign [1586], manuscript on vellum, 97 x 74cm., incomplete Great Seal attached, framed and glazed Provenance: The manuscript was given to the present owner by Brigadier Kynaston of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.

Stuart, Prince Charles Edward--Lumsden, Andrew Manuscript copy of letters sent 1 January - 31 December 1763 by Andrew Lumsden (1720–1801), private secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart 1745; in exile in France and Rome till 1773; pardoned, 1778, to Sir Alexander Jardine, M. Goodwin, Lord Dunbar, M.J. Douglas, Lady Inverness, Mrs Roy Stuart, Lady Higgons, M. Alex. Blair, Lord Abbot of Ratisbon, M. Maitland and others, 358 pages, nineteenth century cloth .

Bible in Gaelic - Bedel, William (trans.) Leabhuir na Seintiomna. The books of the old testament. London, 1685. 4to, translated by William Bedel, [2] title 1152 [2], contemporary guide to Irish letters pasted to reverse of title, contemporary calf gilt, hinges splitting, sections of backstrip worn or lost, interior clean Note: Darlow & Moule 5534. This is a copy of the first translation of the Old Testament into Gaelic by William Bedel. William Bedel (1571 -1642), a native of Essex, became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in 1629. At the Church of Ireland Synod of 1634 he proposed a translation of the Old Testament into Irish to complement Uilleam Ó Domhnaill's translation of the New Testament, which had appeared in 1602. He employed Muircheartach Ó Cionga and an assistant, Séamus Ó Nógla to make a translation based on the King James Bible. Bedel, a considerable Irish scholar himself, reviewed and corrected their translation with reference to other versions of the Bible. The translation was completed by 1640 but before it could be published a rebelion broke out. The hardships that Bedel suffered during the rebellion contributed to his death on 7 February 1641. The manuscript of the translation was rescued by Bedel's friend Donnchadh Sioradáin who gave it to Archbishop Narcissus Marsh. Archbishop Marsh, with the aid of the Jesuits, Andrew Sall and Paul Higgins, revised the translation and brought it to a state ready for publication. Its publication, in an edition of around 500 copies, and the typeface used to print it were financed by Robert Boyle. (Cahill, Hugh Other languages of the British Isles, 2004).

Luther, Martin An iusta ratione Martinus Lutherus reformationis tragædiã moverit, doctum & eruditum cuiusdam idyllion [in elegiac couplets]. [Strassburg: Martin Flach, c.1521?]. 4to (190 x 143mm.), 4 leaves, 24 lines, Roman letter, decorated woodcut border on title page, modern paper wrapper, uncut, contemporary (or near- contemporary) manuscript annotations Note: RARE. We have been unable to trace another copy of this or any other edition of this anonymous poem, other than as part of a longer pamphlet, Luther's Christiana & inconsternata responsio. Wormatie facta,printed by Flach in 1521 (Benzing 907). In Luther, Werke, (Weimar Ausgabe), 7, 816- 817, no details of the authorship of this poem are given, but merely a statement that it was reprinted in 1750.

Afghanistan - Burke, John Afghan war 1878-1880, 96 mounted albumen prints [including 7 panoramic views], approx 19 x 31cm, panoramic views approx 15 x 74cm, captioned in ink, signed and numbered in negative, three other loose prints of officers at Kabul with manuscript lists of sitters, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn, card leaves loose, foxing to leaves throughout, some fading to prints Note: John Burke worked with William Baker as official photographers to the British army during the Afghan wars 1878-1880, the albumen prints in this album representing some of the earliest examples of war photography. Including several views of the Upper Bala Hissar, Winter scenes, 5th Punjab infantry in position at Sherpur in December 1879, inside Sherpur, Chiefs from Kohistan, General parade of the Kabul field force, Entrance to the pariburrah going towards Kabul, Fighting men Huzara and Kohistani, Officers 3rd regiment Punjab cavalry.

Burton, Sir Richard Francis Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. London, 1863. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece of Burton, 4 plates, folding map, 2pp. of advertisements at end of volume 2, original green cloth gilt, some postting to portrait, one plate detached, volume 1 upper hinge splitting, volume 2 rubbing to top of upper board; [Ibid.] Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. London, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes bound in one, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, Isabella The life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, R.F. translator. Il Pentamerone; Or, the tale of tales. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, one of 165 large paper copies, this example ex series, 2 volumes, original buckram; Burton, R.F. and Leonard Smithers, translators. The carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. London, 1899. First edition, 8vo, one of 1054 copies, frontispiece, original vellum-backed boards; Hayman, John, editor. Sir Richard Burton’s travels in Arabia and Africa: Four lectures from a Huntingdon Library manuscript. San Marino, California, 1990. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket (9) .

Edinburgh & Glasgow - Marwick, Sir James Glasgow. The water supply of the city from the earliest period of record. Glasgow, 1901. 8vo, two folding maps, autograph letter from publisher to author pasted onto front endpaper regarding presentation of this copy, contemporary padded morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a.e.g., upper joint split, interior clean; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the year 1780. Edinburgh, 1816. 8vo, modern half calf, title page and first few leaves repaired, some staining; Railways Edinburgh and Glasgow railway acts 1838 to 1847. Glasgow, 1838-47. 4to, 14 acts bound together, manuscript contents, contemporary half calf gilt, rubberd at edges; Watson, James Jedburgh Abbey. Edinburgh, 1877. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt; Chambers, Robert Traditions of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, [No date]. New edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Youngson, A.J. The making of classical Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1966. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; Abercrombie, P. & Plumstead, D. A civic survey and plan of the city & royal burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949. 4to, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; and 26 others (33) .

Two framed portrait miniatures, one of a lady, printed name to rear "Lady Dynevor" and manuscript "34 Dover T......" manuscript on frame "Miss Elizabeth Leach of Colston. Sister of Lady Tyler of Cottrell (?)" 5cm x 6cm. The other of a Gentleman in military dress 6cm x 8.5cm"

Anthony Horowitz: Autographed page of manuscript from "The Greek who stole Christmas". Estimate: £40

A PAGE FROM ILLUSTRATED LATIN MANUSCRIPT - 6" x 4" (see illustration).

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, NEWGATE. – Rev. H. COTTON (compiler). A manuscript record titled ‘Convicts executed since the Year 1812 (inclusive) at Newgate’. [N.p. but London:] 1814[-1837]. Approx 120pp., 8vo (180 x 110mm.) This record of convicts has a list of names arranged in chronological order with a number of notes and memoranda relating to criminals, illustrated with three related etchings and extra-illustrated with ?later mounted ephemera. (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary blue morocco (worn, spine detached). Note: Rev. H. Cotton was appointed Ordinary at Newgate Prison, London, on 29th July 1814. (See illustration)

PHOTOGRAPHS. – An album of mounted albumen-print photographs and prints. [N.p.: n.d. but circa 1890.] Folio (523 x 376mm.) The album containing approx 295 mounted photographs and 114 mounted prints, the majority of photographs titled in manuscript below the image. (Somewhat affected by damp, some fading and spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (worn). Note: the photographs depict views of Pompei, Gokak, Poona, Bombay, Cairo, Jerusalem, Constantinople, Athens, Cheddar and other locations in Britain, social history scenes and views of works of art.

AUTOGRAPHS, Dignitaries. – An album titled in manuscript ‘Autographs Vol. V.’ containing approx 190 clipped signatures or letters mounted recto and verso of 33 leaves. [N.p.: n.d. but most signatures circa 1790-1890.] Folio (276 x 224mm.) The majority of signatures taken from envelope fronts and mounted beside a brief manuscript biography, often accompanied by a manuscript coat-of-arms and occasionally an engraved portrait, all on red- ruled card. (Some light spotting, browning or soiling.) Late 19th Century diced calf (somewhat rubbed, extremities scuffed, spine worn). Note: the signatories include Charles William Vane-Stewart, Earl of Londonderry; Cropley Ashley Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury; Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle; Sir Dighton Macnaughten Probyn, William Saunders Seebright Lascelles, William Howard Russell, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Sir William Boyd Dawkins, William Harcourt, Sir William Digby Wyatt, etc.

A manuscript on Arabic grammar, Morocco, 1720-1760.

IZACKE, RICHARD. Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter. Second Edition, 1724, 8vo., later half calf. Engraved frontispiece and folding plan Ñ CROCKER, JAMES. Sketches of Old Exeter with Letter press. (Exeter 1886). Folio, orig. half vellum. 60 plates. Ñ HOOKER, JOHN. An Original Manuscript of John Hooker Chamberlain of the City of Exeter, 1555. Edited by Herbert Edward Reynolds, n.p. or d. Oblong folio orig. cloth gilt. Three coloured plates. (3)

COMMONPLACE BOOKS. Four 19th c. vols., manuscript, 8vo., cont. red morocco gilt, in orig. box with metal cornerpieces (lacks lid). One of the volumes containing an interesting eye witness account of the floods at Hedborough in Nottinghamshire, in 1852 written by the wife of then rector, the Rev. Fitzgerald (later archdeacon of Wells); also an account of a continental tour in 1860. (4)

HUNT, HENRY, (1773 - 1835) radical politician. The original manuscript petition, organised by Hunt, calling for a public meeting to thank Colonel Wardle for pursuing an inquiry in the House of Commons into the conduct of the Duke of York and Mary Anne Clark. The petition is dated April 21st 1809 and addressed to the High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Charles Warre Malet. Both sides of a tall folio sheet, with 92 signatures (torn at folds). With an A.L.S. from Wm. Moody to Malet relating to the same. (2)

INDENTURE, manuscript, on vellum, folded, 17th c. (reign of Charles II), signed deed of settlement between Peter Simonson, citizen and dyer of London and his wife Jane, and various other parties, relating to land at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. With wax seal, in later metal slipcase.

INDENTURE, manuscript in Latin, 17th c. (reign of Charles II), relating to Thomas Bingley, with wax royal seal (damaged and repaired) - Will of John Paulin, Brasier of Chatham, Kent, 1721. Both folded on vellum. (2)

A group of three watercolour views around Hampstead circa 1868. Note: all by the same hand and with similar manuscript annotations, believed to be original watercolours.

REVENUES - 1888 Transfer Duty essays, very fine pair of unappropriated plate proofs of the 6d lilac and 2s6d green in marginal strips of three ovpt 'SPECIMEN', five of the six impressions showing black ink manuscript 'Transfer Duty 1888' essay inscriptions, a unique and most appealing pair

Early 20th Century Commonplace Album: Boer and Post-Boer interest with soldiers’ autographs, drawings, poems etc, includes a poignant nine page manuscript account by a soldier in the Black Watch entitled “The Battle of Graspan”

A Packet: One hundred and thirty+ mainly 18th Century manuscript receipts culinary and medical

Darlington Friends' Book Society two 19th century manuscript notebooks, containing entries relating to the society, printed details of sales and accounts tipped in, leather bound, together with an envelope of bookplates (3)

Saltburn A small quantity of broadsides, correspondence, prospectuses, manuscript, map, etc. relating to the 19th century development of Saltburn. Provenance; Pease family archive

Zetland (Lord) Notebook containing 18 pages of manuscript notes by Lord Zetland in 1776, listing his purchases of his various estates with the prices paid. Includes Marske, Redcar and Kirkleatham, Loftus, Aske, as well as estates in Scotland, Ireland and France. Marbled paper covered boards

[Hatsell (John)] Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: with observations, 1818, 4 vols., 4to., printed by Hansard, 2 page manuscript re impeachment loosely inserted, contemporary diced calf

Pressed Botanical Specimens Wild Flowers From South Africa, oblong folio album containing 12 pages of pressed plants with names in manuscript, gilt title to upper cover, half calf; with three folio albums containing pressed British flowers, grasses and other botanical specimens, names, notes and references in manuscript, one entry dated 1827, second album with entry dated 1837, half calf (worn) (4)

[Bainbridge, (G.C.)] [The Fly-Fishers Guide, 1816], 8 hand-coloured plates, iii-viii, 150 pages (lacking title page), cloth-backed boards; Nall (G. Herbert), The Life of the Sea Trout, 1930, cloth; Game Book, 1920-31 Seasons, entries in manuscript, various shoots, mainly Pheasant, Partridge, Rabbits and Hares, morocco (rubbed) (3)

First World War-Artillery Diaries and Documents A large quantity of original material relating to the battlefield operations of British artillery, including instructions for bombardment, barrages, etc., a mixture of original manuscript and typed documents as well as some later copies

Batty, Miss. Italian Scenery, from Drawings Made in 1817, Rodwell & Martin, London 1820. Full morocco gilt, vignette title page, sixty engraved plate illustrations, small quarto; and a manuscript Catalogue of the Library of F.C. Smith, Esq., examined and corrected by Messrs Sotheran & Co., 1913. Full morocco by Riviere, quarto, (2).

A 19th Century French Patinated Bronze Model, in the form of a cherub with manuscript, upon ormolu base with four scroll feet, 54cm high See illustration

AUTOGRAPHS Anthony Horowitz: Autographed page of manuscript from "The Greek who stole Christmas" Estimate: £50

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). A black and white photograph, showing Miss Nightingale sat upright in bed, taken by Lizzie Caswall Smith, and with a pencil note verso in the latter's hand 'Florence Nightingale / Taken just before she died / House nr Park Lane [London] / The only photograph I ever took / out of studio - I shall never forget / the experience', 16cm x 21.5cm, the image with a reproduced studio title to the lower left edge 'Miss Nightingale No.1'; together with the original photographic negative for this image, and another showing minor movement to Miss Nightingale's head and right hand, each 9cm x 9cm; also a manuscript letter from Miss Nightingale to Mr L. Caswall Smith, dated Feb. 14th 1901, on notepaper headed '10, South Street, / Park Lane. W.', the pencil message reading 'Dear Sir / In answer to your / letter received yesterday / Feb. 13, if Sir Edmund Verney / has no objection, as you / note, to your photographing / my picture by Sir William / Richmond, I do not know / that I can make any / objection - therefore the / permission is yours / yours faithfully / Florence Nightingale / Mr L. Caswall Smith', 20cm x 12.5cm, (4). Note: Lizzie Caswall Smith (1870-1958) specialized in celebrity and society studio portraits, many of which were used as postcards in the early years of the twentieth century. From 1907 until 1920 she ran the Gainsborough Studio at 309 Oxford Street, London, then moving to 90 Great Russell Street, where she worked until her retirement in 1930. Sir William Blake Richmond, RA (1842-1921) was a noted portrait painter whose oil painting of Florence Nightingale hangs in Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, the ancestral home of the Verneys. Miss Nightingale was a regular guest at Claydon following the marriage of her sister to Sir Henry Verney in 1858. Provenance: The family of Lizzie Caswall Smith, by direct descent.

Photographs - Three black and white photographs of George Bernard Shaw by Lizzie Caswall Smith, approximately 24cm x 20cm; together with a manuscript letter from the former to the latter, dated 8th October 1906, '...The Pictures are excellent....[As] the Caesars and Cleopatras...will be useful to me in the business of the play, out of which I shall probably make a good deal more money than I shall fairly earn, you will not mind my sending a contribution towards your rent and taxes...'; also photographs of J.M. Barrie, Maxine Elliott, Frank Benson, Forbes Robertson; and others; and letters or notes from Forbes Robertson, Frank Benson and others. Note: Lizzie Caswall Smith (1870-1958) specialized in celebrity and society studio portraits, many of which were used as postcards in the early years of the twentieth century. From 1907 until 1920 she ran the Gainsborough Studio at 309 Oxford Street, London, then moving to 90 Great Russell Street, where she worked until her retirement in 1930. Provenance: The family of Lizzie Caswall Smith, by direct descent.

A calf-bound hand-written manuscript of football minutes for the Football League 1910-15, sold together with a leather-bound hand-written manuscript: Football League Jubilee Fund Book, 1958 (2)