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Tarring Antiquities relating to the Church, the old Palace, old houses, devolution of the Manor and John Seldon, all manuscript papers

A group of three Medals to Leading Fireman Willie Hobson, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, and a Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, mounted as worn, + various badges, two Fireman’s Axes, Buttons, Manuscript Record of his Service, assorted ephemera etc

* Manuscript.- Yorkshire.- legal agreement on vellum, fragment of seal, n.d. c.17th century.

A pair of Mogul manuscript pages with illuminated miniatures, court scenes, in wash line mounts and gilt frames

Two 18th Century enamel on copper panels, soldier with manuscript inscribed "printing discovered 1441", the other a Jewish priest, 3" x 2", in gilt frames

A PACKET: MANUSCRIPT ITEMS from the Library of W J Burley, Crime and Science Fiction Writer who wrote the Wycliffe Titles, comprising: Manuscript Items from his time at Richmond Grammar School and Balliol College Oxford; Two Notebooks and a File filled with his manuscript material + a Carbon Copy Memo Book and an Alphabet Book partly used on Literary, Academic and Reference, see also lots 128 and 209

A PACKET: two manuscript volumes circa 1826, containing manuscript potted biographies in English, French and Italian, old limp cf worn (2)

Aberdeen & the North-East Illustrations of the topography and antiquities of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff. Aberdeen: Spalding Club, 1869, large 8vo, 4 volumes, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, backstrip of volume 3 repaired, inner hinges strengthened throughout; Smith, Alexander A new history of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen, 1875, 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, inner hinges weak, bookplate of Saltoun in each volume; McPherson, J.M. Primitive beliefs in the north-east of Scotland. London, 1929, 8vo, original green cloth, review copy from publisher with manuscript review inserted; Jervise, Andrew The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns. Edinburgh, 1853, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing to extremities, bookplate; Mitchell, David The history of Montrose. Montrose, 1866, 8vo, contemporary cloth gilt, bookplate; Melville, Lawrence Errol: Its legends, lands and people. Perth, 1935, second edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, illustrated, original cloth gilt; Scott, Archibald The pictish nation. Edinburgh, 1918, 8vo, original cloth gilt; and 8 others (19)

Anti-Jacobite manuscript Manuscript c. 1739 headed "Some loose thoughts on the principle foundations of the Revolution, & the pretences of the Jacobites", 23pp., 4to, loose in later boards, slight dampstaining not affecting legibility

Seaforth Highlanders A large archive relating to the Seaforth Highlanders including: photograph album of 10th (Service) Battalion, 183 photographs chiefly captioned portraits of officers, [c.1900-1914]; Album Photograph album of Seaforth Highlanders 1869-1914, c.197 photographs, various sizes, morocco album; Album 3rd. Bn. Seaforth Highlanders. Two photograph albums, folio, [c.1904-1909], c 150 photographs, various sizes, red half morocco; Manuscript record of officers services, 3rd Battalion, 1854-1917, 2 volumes in one, 4to, half vellum; typescript and manuscript records of officers mess, The Highland Rifle Militia [& Seaforth Highlanders] 1865-1908, 4to, half suede; bound volumes of Cabar Feidh, the quarterly magazine of The Seaforth Highlanders; Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Association Miscellaneous papers, 1920-30, 3 volumes, 4to, manuscript and typescript, red cloth; Davidson, H. History and services of the 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire buffs), 1901, 2 volumes, 4to, plates and maps, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked; Haldane, M.M. A history of the fourth battalion the Seaforth Highlanders, 1927, 8vo, original cloth, spine faded; McEvoy, B. History of the 72nd Canadian infantry battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Vancouver, 1920, 8vo, original cloth; Seaforth Highlanders Association, various publications including Club Rules and copies of correspondence to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales; Copy digests of the services of the Ross, Caithness, Sutherland and Cromarty Highland Rifle Militia, [c.1914], typescript; Annual Inspection Reports 1903-1908, 4to; Excerpts from Bn. standing orders, 10th B., c.1900, 4to; Miscellaneous papers 3rd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders 1896-1901 including papers, orders &c., 4to; Ephemera relating to the Seaforth Highlanders War Memorial unveiling ceremony, 1923, 4to; Seaforth Prisoners of war correspondence 1939-42; Documents. Highland Rifle Militia - 3rd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders, 1854-1901, 4to, 4to, retained copies, newspaper articles, ephemeral publications, some annotated, and related items Note: The 72nd Highlanders were raised in 1778 by Kenneth, last Earl of Seaforth and redesignated the 72nd Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders in 1823. They became the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders in the Army Reforms of 1881. The 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) were raised by Col. Francis Huberston MacKenzie in 1793. Under the Army Reforms of 1881 the 78th became the 2nd Battalion Seaforth HIghlanders, having now been amalgamated with the 72nd Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders to form the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's). The Seaforth Highlanders had a territorial district that included the counties of Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, the Orkney Islands and Moray, making their recruiting area one of the largest in the British Army. In 1961 the Regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form "The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth & Camerons)".

Astor, William B. L.S. to Messrs Guier & George, Philadelphia, referring to a copy of the declaration (not present), & to his state of health, one page, New York, 29 Aug. 1844, repairs to folds on verso; Guevara, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna ("Che") T.L.S. to Mr S.H. Stern acknowledging receipt of letter regarding triangular and compensation barter business, signed "Che", name of recipient company inked out, 16 April 1960; Vanderbilt, C., Jr. T.L.S. to Mr Freshel regarding advertisement in Nomad magazine, one page, 21 Nov., 1929; Tibbets, Paul W. Autograph note signed "with best wishes to Bruce David Weiss", stamped "Pilot of the Enola Gay, Hiroshima, Japan, 6 August 1945", 8 x 13cm ; [Lord Cornwallis] Printed order requesting payment to Charles Lord Cornwallis, signed on verso by Lord Cornwallis, Duke of Marlborough, Godolphin, Wm. Clayton, document repaired with loss of text; [Isleworth, Middlesex] Manuscript bond between John Clements of Isleworth and Archibald Earl of Ilay for sale of a cottage and land at Isleworth, 1 page, 4to, 1735; [Ricardo, David] Part of letter signed "D. Ricardo", 7 lines, 7 x 19cm.; and 3 others (7)

Bonaparte, Napoleon Manuscript report regarding the final days, post mortem and death of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena, dated 6th July 1821, folio, two leaves, approx 32 by 20cm, discussing the key points in the final days of Napoloen's illness, "On the 17th March he became seriously indisposed, and for four or five days some alarm existed, the dragoons were galloping in all directions with messages... Bonaparte had given positive orders to his attendents not to admit anyone sent there by the governor, however the excruciating pain... induced him to yield, but he would never take any medicine that was either prescribed or prepared by the surgeon of the 20th [Dr Arnott] although he took medicine from his own attendent, " the report also discusses the post-mortem examination, "The body opened... I was favoured with a sight of the heart and stomach, the latter the entire seat of the disease, which was a cancer, of a schirrous state of that viscus... It was remarked before his death that for more than nine days he had refused all nourishment, which was supposd to proceed from resignation or obstinacy, but the diseased state of the stomach fully accounts for it," the final section outlines Bonaparte's funeral, "After letting the coffin into the grave three vollies from 11 field pieces were fired, and the flagship fired 25 minute guns... the grave was 10 feet long, 10 deep and 5 wide, the bottom happened to be solid rock, in which a space was cut to receive the coffin, and the sides and ends of the grave were walled in by Portland flags....", some chipping to edges and tears along previous folds, small waterstain near centre of first sheet, small section lacking from top right edge of first sheet [approx 8cm long by 1.5cm at widest], some loss to text but still readable; Arnott, Archibald An account of the last illness, decease and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte. London: John Murray, 1822, 8vo, disbound, sone chipping to lower right corner, some staining, contemporary ink inscription on title (2) Note: This manuscript report outlines, very clearly, the final days of Napoleon Bonaparte. Unsigned by the author, it is thought to be in the hand of one of the 6 British doctors present at the Bonaparte's post- mortem examination. The most likely candidates are Charles Mitchell of the HMS Vigo or Thomas Shortt, the other physicians included Archibald Arnott [of the 20th Regiment], Dr Thomas Rutledge [Assistant surgeon to the 20th], Matthew Livingstone and Francis Burton [66th Regiment]. The report discusses the presence of a tumour in the Bonaparte's stomach as the most likely cause of death. This view agrees with the published pamphlets of Dr Arnott [1822], and the official "Report of the appearances of the dissection of the body of Napoleon Bonaparte, May 6th 1821" undersigned by those mentioned above.

Book of Hours Use of Tournai, late fifteenth century, illuminated manuscript on vellum, one full page miniature (rubbed out with black ink), 109 leaves, 15 x 11cms., initial letters in blue, red and gold, eighteenth century calf, many borders cropped, some light soiling, worn

King James IV of Scotland Royal Grant of King James IV of Scotland at Edinburgh 3rd March 1504 granting to John Sinclare of Hurdmanstoun all the lands of Hurdmanstoun with castle, fortalice and mill, together with the rights of patronage, advowson, and donation of the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, near the castle, lying within our shire of Edinburgh, manuscript on vellum, with Great Seal in wax attached, seal worn with slight loss, c.49 x 33cm, folded

Medicine, Phrenology--[Combe, George] A system of phrenology, manuscript of the fourth edition, 634 pages, 12mo, unbound, lacking the title and a few pages at end, first leaf headed Advertisement to the Fourth Edition dated Edinburgh 31 October 1836

Scott, Sir Walter & James Ballantyne & Co. Account current, the Trustees of Messrs. James Ballantyne & Co. and Sir Walter Scott, Bt., with John Gibson for expenses incurred on his journey to Paris collecting material for completing Napoleon, and other expenses, 15 May 1827, account submitted to Trustees of Sir Walter Scott by John Gibson for books purchased, 10 Sept. 1825; list of debts due by the proprietors of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal at 31 March 1826 (totalling £3,748); letter concerning the sale of the additional volume (the 9th) of the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 29 May 1827; Copy part of letter Mr Gibson to Mr Rees, concerning sale of first edition of Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, 27 Sept. 1826, a quantity of requests and receipts from creditors for payment of dividends from the estate of Sir Walter Scott, account to James Ballantyne from John Young, bookbinder, for binding of books including 30 copies of Woodstock, 18 July 1827; Account submitted by James Ogilvy for examining the state of affairs of Messrs. Ballantyne & Co., 1 June 1827; Valuation of debts of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal, 27 May 1827, Letter from the publishers Longman Rees &c. to John Gibson regarding the sale of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical works, 27 Nov. 1826; Letter from Robert Cadell to John Gibson regarding the printing of 1100 copies of Tales and Romances, 11 Feb. 1838; Letter from John Hughes to John Gibson informing him of the arrival of the conclusion of the manuscript of Chronicles of the Canongate at the printers, 1 Oct. 1827; and many similar other receipts, invoices & documents (quantity) Note: On January 5 1826 the complex web of financial agreements made by the publishers Hurst Robinson & Co., Constable & Co., and James Ballantyne & Co. came to a head when a bill made out by Robinson in favour of Constable could not be honoured on its due date. As a private individual and as a partner in James Ballantyne & Co., Scott found himself with debts of £121,000. To pay off his debts Scott threw himself into a ferocious period of writing, that saw Woodstock, Chronicles of the Canongate and The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sales of which brought in £40,000 by Christmas 1827. Most of the papers in the present collection relate to the debts of Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne & Co. at this critical juncture in Scott's life.

Stanhope, Charles, Third Earl of Harrington Eccentric manuscript album of comic verse, epigrams, riddles and bon mots, including The Dutchess of Kingston's petition to his Holiness the Pope, On a lady's scull, A Dialogue between a bag Wig & a tobacco Pipe, On Lord H_rr_g's being made Bishop of Bangor, Receipt to make a Ghost addressed to Amelia, Dr Winter's letter to Dr Cheney on his vegetable diet, On the death of favourite dog, On the ruins of Godstone nunnery, On the breaking of a China Quart Mug belonging to the Buttery of Lincoln College Oxford, On a Gentleman's appearance in the character of Nobody at a masquerade at Bath, 4to, [c.1790-1800], c.218pp and index in a neat copperplate hand, contemporary calf gilt, arms of the Earls of Harrington on sides, g.e., blue watered silk endpapers, short split at head of upper joint Note: Charles Stanhope, Third Earl of Harrington, succeeded his libertine father as third earl of Harrington on 1 April 1779, and inherited the family estates at Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire, and the London residence of Harrington House, Craig's Court, Charing Cross. This curious album may be the work of his wife Jane ?(1755–1824)?, daughter of Sir John Fleming, first baronet, of Brompton Park, Middlesex, and Jane Coleman. She was lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte and a society hostess, and together they had eight sons and three daughters.

Theology Manuscript album of sermons: The summe or compend of severall sermons prayed... the kirk of Culter by Mr J[ohn]stone Murray in the cou[r]se of his maniffest, 1675-76, 463 pages, 4to, original calf, ties, written out by Donald Campbell and dated 1676 at end

Thoms, W.J. The history of Reynard the fox, 1844, 8vo, half morocco; Taplin, W. The sporting dictionary, 1803, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, contemporary calf, spotted, rubbed; Millais, J.G. Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, 1919, third impression, half calf, spine faded; Cox, E.H.M., editor. The plant introductions of Reginald Farrer, 1930, 4to, plates, original cloth, slightly soiled; Scrope, W. Days and nights of salmon fishing, 1885; Days of deer-stalking, 1883, 2 volumes, 8vo, uncoloured plates, half morocco, spines faded; [Naval] A vocabulary of sea phrases and terms of art used in seamanship, manuscript copy, volume 1 only, 8vo, contemporary calf; Heath. Heath's picturesque annual for 1837, 1837, 8vo, additional title and 19 plates, original green cloth, spine faded, and 7 others (16)

Yorkshire--Raine, James The history and antiquities of North Durham. London: J.B. Nichols, 1852, first edition, folio, engraved frontispiece, map and 10 lithographed or engraved plates, 2 genealogical tables, 2 autograph letters from the author bound in, some manuscript notes loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, black morocco labels, rebacked retaining original spine

Curr (John). Original Manuscript.

Einstein, Albert Autograph manuscript, in German, constituting the penultimate leaf of the paper "Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Elektrizitat".

A Minton parian ware figure of Shakespeare standing next to a pedestal with a manuscript, impressed mark and date code for 1865 45.5cm high

Three important and historic Tottenham Hotspur manuscript documents relating to the foundation of Hotspur FC in 1882, three manuscript pages from a document titled ‘Hotspur Club Book’, p.1 listing the officers of the club; Lindsay Casey, John (‘Jack’) Thompson, Robert (‘Bobby’) Buckle, ‘Ham’ Casey;. The reverse of p.1 listing the subs received from the football club’s initial members dated between 5th September and 3rd December 1882 comprising: J.Anderson, H.Casey, E.Beaven, F.Dexter, J.Thompson, R.Buckle, D.Davis. T.Anderson, S.Leaman, L.Casey, E.Wall. Another entry for a J.Anderson, P.Thompson, R.Howlett, C.Iveson, Youell. Bumbry; p.2 being a financial account of the Hotspur F.C.’s initial acquisitions dating between 5th September and 23rd November 1882 and totalling 14s. 6d.; Goal posts 2s. 6d. Flag posts 1s. Flags 6d. Glass paper 1 1/2d. Jacks 1d. lb. of white paint 6d. Tape 1s. 6d. 1 1/2lb. of white paint 7 1/2d. 1 stamp & football 6s. 7d. 1 stamp 1d. stamps & note paper 5d. stamp & lace 2d. stamp 1.d, 2 stamps 2d. 1 stamp 1d.;. The reverse of p.2 a brought forward account dated 26th December 1882; p.3 being a match list for 1882-1883 but with just one result recorded, being Hotspur’s very first match v Radicals on 30th September, the result a loss by 2 goals;. The reverse of p.3. titled Disposals of the H.C.C. [Hotspur Cricket Club] with an account of cash received between 31st May and 6th July. The Hotspur Football Club was formed in 1882 from an older cricket club. Most of the founders were old boys from St. John’s Presbyterian School and Tottenham Grammar School. The Casey brothers were well to the fore The three double-sided manuscript documents being sold here are in the hand of Lindsay Casey, the Hon. Secretary. These historic survivals chronicle the very birth of Tottenham Hotspur FC. Titled ‘Hotspur Club Book,’ it accounts for Hotspur FC’s initial acquisitions including Goal Posts for 2s. 6d., and a stamped football for 6s. 7d. Another page is titled Disposal of the H.C.C., a reference to the Hotspur’s pre-existence as a cricket club. There is also a list of subs received from club members in Hotspur FC’s first season, and a match list for the first season 1882-1883-although just the first result had been entered, being against Radicals on 30th September. The result being recorded as a loss by two goals. These documents were reproduced in the lavish limited edition book The Tottenham Hotspur Opus

A signed manuscript letter from the Corinthians and England football captain Charles Wreford-Brown dated 9th April 1893, in response to an enquiry, and detailing his sporting achievements at Oxford University and Charterhouse School, and his trip with Lord Hawke’s team to America in 1891; sold with a printed photographic portrait (2). Charles Wreford-Brown has been credited for coining the word soccer, but this claim lacks any hard documentary evidence. He was also a county cricketer for Gloucestershire. He captained the England football team on two occasions v Wales in 1894 and 1895, when the team was wholly comprised of amateur players.

A quantity of documentation relating to the career of Jim Sullivan, including his original contract, dated 28 June 1921, to play for Wigan for twelve seasons for £750; a manuscript on goal-kicking; correspondence relating to the 1929 Challenge Cup final; a photograph album entitled ‘The Wembley Story 1956’; a draft agreement for his employment as Wigan coach, 1961; and a 1975 England and Wales World Championship 1975 card signed by both squads with messages of good luck to Sullivan; all contained in a presentation briefcase, with silver plaque inside the lid engraved presented to J. Sullivan by Cardiff Rugby Supporters club on his recognition by W.F.U., 1920-21 (qty).

A leaf from a manuscript, Probably Khurasan, late 16th Century, painted centrally with figures in a garden, 20 13cm.

A Continental Standing Figure of Shakespeare holding a Manuscript and leaning on a pillar, raised on a Rococo style gilt base with gold anchor mark. 12" (30cm) high (a/f).

Combination Cancel: 1841 1d red-brown plate 31 lettered IE, four good to large margins used on folded cover to Exeter, cancelled by black MC cancel as well as Slough cds for NO 16 1843, front also bears Hounslow transit cds for NO 16, boxed T.P. Hanwell W.O. receiving house handstamp and red manuscript marking, reverse bears Kensington Penny Post handstamp and Exeter receiving cds, a few faults to reverse incl torn backflap, nevertheless a neat and attractive cover

1840 August 28 entire to London with very fine strike of the scarce 'Paid at Dungannon' fancy handstamp on front with Dungannon cds for AU 28 1840 on reverse, front additionally with manuscript 'P1' and Dublin and London "PAID" datestamps alongside for AU 29 and AU 30 1840 respectively, a lovely example of this scarce marking notorious for poor impressions

An illuminated Arabic manuscript work, including two illustrations, between dark maroon leather covers with hand-drawn gilt decoration, 18cm x 12cm; a miniature book, Maximes et Reflexions Morales du Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Paris 1827. Green leather, 6.5cm x 4.5cm; a miniature book, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Pickering, London 1824. Crimson morocco, 8.5cm x 5.5cm; and ten other assorted works, (13).

a German Porcelain Skull Stein, dated 1916/17, of half litre capacity, the cranium section lid mounted in pewter, engraved to the border "Ihrem Ib. Josef z. Bleib. Erg. a.d. W.S. 1916/17 Gewidm. M.H", with acanthus scroll thumb piece to the bone-form handle, the skull upon a book titled "Commersbuch" on the spine, and to the sides "Gaudeamus Igitur", on the other "Juvenes Dum Sumus", 18cm high over thumb piece See illustration gaudeamus Igitur is considered the oldest student song, and is based on a Latin manuscript of 1287. However, the modern version of the words seem to date from 1781 and the music from 1794. It is used in countless graduation ceremonies throughout the world and particularly in Europe. The first verse (English translation) is as follows: while we are young (juvenes dum sumes) sung out in gleeful tones youth's delightful frolic and old age so melancholic earth will cover our bones commersbuch translates as Student Song Book

* A late 12th century scrivened document, on vellum, another 15th century bifolium from a commentary on the Psalms, an Ethiopian manuscript in a leather pouch, and a small collection of letters and photographs, (a lot), (a/f).

REV WALTER LOWE CLAY: THE PRISON CHAPLAIN A MEMOIR OF THE REV JOHN CLAY BD LATE CHAPLAIN OF THE PRESTON GAOL -----, Camb 1861, 1st edn, engrd port frontis, old hf cf worn, + CITY OF MANCHESTER A CALENDAR OF PRISONERS TRIED AT THE GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE, 1900 (Jan) – 1901 (Dec), 4to, diced cf worn, top bd detchd, lacks back strip + SMALL VICTORIAN POCKET BOOK CONTAINING SHORT MANUSCRIPT MANCHESTER POLICE C DIVISION FAIRFIELD STREET INVENTORY OF KEYS HELD AT THE POLICE STATION DATED 1875, limp leath worn (3)

MAJOR J J GREIG [HEAD CONSTABLE OF LIVERPOOL]: LETTERS AND RECOLLECTIONS, circa 1872, manuscript detailing the events of 1867, ie the Fenian attack on Chester Castle etc, small fo, hf cf

LETTERS BOOK OF WILLIAM SMITH (Born 1814) OF Little Woolstone, Bucks, good quantity manuscript entries dating from 1839 to 1873, small 4to hf mor worn

ANNIE JAMES (ED): ODDS AND ENDS A MANUSCRIPT MAGAZINE, February 1898 manuscript, small 4to, decorative mor gt

15TH CENTURY VELUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN ANTIPHONER, drawn in red and black ink, approx 18”x13” + one other smaller, both f/g, (2)

A BOX: Assorted 19th Century Common Place Manuscript Albums including Prints etc

William III, The Port of London, Officers of His Majesties Customs to be paid their salaries for the quarter ended at Midsummer 1692, manuscript on paper listing officers in all the ports in England, original panelled vellum

cescinsky (H.) & Webster (M.R.) English Domestic Clocks, n.d. 4to., hf. mor.; Catalogue of the Museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of London, 1902, orig. cl. gt.; The Wetherfield Collection of 222 Clocks, 1929, 4to., orig. cl.; Sammlung Marfels, n.d., ob. 4to., illus., German text with some English translation in manuscript, orig. cl. gt.; with Three Other Volumes similar (7)

milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, 1928 1st ed., cl.; idem, Winnie the Pooh, ..the Manuscript, 1971, cl., slipcase; idem, A Gallery of Children, 1925, 4to., cold. plts., dec. cl.; Browning (R.) The Pied Piper of Hamlyn, n.d., sm 4to., cold. illus. by Kate Greenaway, orig. cl. backed dec. bds.; with A Quantity of Volumes children's (qty.)

The rare and important New Zealand medal issued to Able Seaman J. Hay, for service new Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (J. Hay, A.B. H.M.C.S. Victoria) officially impressed naming in later style similar to that for East & West Africa medals, fitted with silver ribbon brooch, suspension claw tightened, very fine and very rare £4000-5000 Ex Corbett Collection, Glendining June 1994. Sold with an old unsigned manuscript note which states, ‘Presented by Wyon Simm of Wellington, a descendant of the Great Wyon family of die sinkers & medalists, March 1938’. hay's medal was issued on 29 March 1888, having been struck from well-used dies, and was one of two medals to this ship sent to the Agent General in New Zealand in that same year. the naval personnel of this vessel constituted the first ever official Australian force to engage in war services and, although 40 men of Her Majesty’s Colonial Steamer Victoria were entitled, only 10 actually received the medal. Of the 10 medals issued, one is known with the dated reverse 1860 to 1861 to Harold Ford, A.B., and is in a private collection in Sydney. The medal to Mate William Horn, also dated 1860 to 1861 was in the Douglas-Morris Collection, sold by DNW in October 1996 for £3,800, and is now in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The dated medal issued to George Marey was in the Kuriheka Collection in New Zealand and was auctioned at DNW in June 2006 for £10,000. One is known to William Jones A.B. and has the undated reverse, as have all late issues of the Maori War Medal; this is now in the Australian War Memorial at Canberra, where it forms the nucleus of a ‘Colonial’ collection being put together there. The medal sent to Samuel Smith c/o Department of Defence, Melbourne, in 1905, is apparently lost. With the knowledge of the known medals, it is safe to assume that of the 10 issued, 7 were issued with the dated reverse 1860 to 1861, and three were issued with the undated reverse. Sold with full research and medal roll details. £4000-£5000

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (C. Steel, 3rd Foot Guards) extremely fine £1200-1400 At St. Sebastian the storming party consisted of volunteers from several regiments including the Scots Guards, and a study of the original manuscript roll indicates that in this regiment at least, successful claimants for the clasp were restricted to proven stormers only. Steel also served in the Waterloo Campaign, in Lieutenant-Colonel Master’s Light Company, commanded by Captain George Evelyn, personnel from which included the heroes Sergeants Brice McGregor and Joseph Aston, also the memoirist, Private Matthew Clay. The Company was involved in fierce fighting at the defence of Hougoumont and were chiefly responsible for the closing of the gates, cited by the Duke of Wellington as the key to victory. £1200-£1400

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge in gold and enamels, and breast star in silver, gold and enamel with gold retaining pin, complete with full dress sash, the set contained in its late Victorian R. & S. Garrard & Co case of issue, enamel chips to one red petal and two green leaves of badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3500-4000 sold with manuscript note concerning the return of insignia, initialled by and attributed to Major-General Sir Owen Tudor Burne (1837-1909), G.C.I.E. (1897), K.C.S.I. (1879), Director of the Oriental and Peninsular Steamship Co., late 20th Foot; Military Secretary to Sir Hugh Rose when Commander-in-Chief in India, 1861; Private Secretary to the Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, 1868-72; and to the Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1876-78; Member of the Council of India, 1887-97. £3500-£4000

The Companion of Honour group of three awarded to Harold Arthur, Viscount Dillon, first Curator of the Tower of London Armouries, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute and of the Society of Antiquaries, Trustee of the British Museum and of the Wallace Collection, a leading authority on the history of arms and armour and medieval costume the Order of the Companions of Honour, G.V.R., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon 1921’, with length of neck ribbon; Jubilee 1897 (Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon PSA, PRIA); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £2500-3000 Ex Hayward’s Gazette, December 1975. harold Arthur Lee Dillon was born on 24 January 1844, and was educated at a private school at Eltham, Kent, and at Bonn University. He joined the Rifle Brigade in 1862, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1866, and served in India and Canada during the Fenian troubles of 1868-71. He left the regular army in 1874, but was promoted to Captain in the Oxfordshire Militia and eventually retired with the rank of Major in 1891. In the following year he succeeded his father as the 17th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen. on leaving the army Dillon became interested in modern military subjects such as equipment and dress, which eventually led him to the history of arms and armour and medieval costume. Dillon traced hundreds of illuminated manuscripts and illustrated works and made a series of brass rubbings. When he would enter a gallery he would focus only on those paintings with military themes, concentrating on sword hilts, armour and horse trappings, and skillfully copied them. his first works were published shortly after he left the army. These articles related to his home, Ditchley in Oxfordshire and described flint tools excavated from the area and objects from the collections in the house. He published many articles on the subjects of arms and armour and military history which appeared in academic journals such as the Archaeological Journal and Archaeologia as well as journals of popular and military general interest such as Antiquary and Colburne's United Service Magazine. He would also write on the subjects of arms and armour in pictures, on monuments and in Shakespeare, on tournaments, military equipment, soldier's arms, equipment and life. His first major undertaking was a revised edition of F. W. Fairholt's two volume Costume in England, published in 1885. Three years later he published a paper on the sections of the great 1547 Inventory of the possessions of Henry VIII. In his writings Dillon focused on the defensive and offensive characters of armour rather than as a work of art. many of his articles appeared under his own name, but he would sometimes use the pseudonym 'Armadillo.' The animal was so closely linked with Lord Dillon that the designer of a commemorative medal produced for the National Portrait Gallery used an image of an armadillo for the reverse of a medal bearing the portrait of Lord Dillon. although Dillon was associated with the Tower of London Armouries from 1892, serving as the consultant scientific expert, he was not officially appointed curator of the Armoury until 1895. He was tasked with producing an accurate and up to date catalogue of the collection. As curator he was able to reduce historic inaccuracies that had built up over the previous years. In 1827 Samuel Meyrick had brought expert knowledge to the collection, but it had then fallen into the hands of the War Office storekeepers and unfortunately most his work was lost. Labels were misplaced, and suits wrongly mounted and erroneous traditions had been established for public amusement. his research led him through the State Papers, especially those of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, in which he discovered interesting and valuable details about the making and issue of arms and armour. Dillon dismantled nearly every piece of armour in the collection to see how it was worn and the reason for certain constructional details. Most of the pieces were those of Henry VIII. Dillon even tried them on himself to see how the rivets and the joints of the harness worked and discovered that many of the suits had been wrongly assembled This exercise enabled him to rectify countless inaccuracies. He also examined the internal mechanisms of the crossbow, pistol and gunlocks. in 1910 Dillon's Illustrated Guide to the Armouries was published, being a summary catalogue of the arms and armour as he had arranged and exhibited them, and the various manuscript inventories of the collection. Dillon carried out a complete reorganisation of the collection in preparation for the new catalogue, and made a detailed examination of all the major pieces as well as identifying a number of those with important historical associations, and corrected inaccuracies. The catalogue was more in the format of a guided tour rather than a systematic catalogue. dillon considered his task to be one of preserving and studying a closed collection rather than expanding it and spreading knowledge of it outside the Tower. His two significant acquisitions for the collection were a pistol of Prince Charles, purchased in 1898 and a part visor of King Henry VII found in St James' Palace in 1906. One of his most valuable contributions was the Armourer's Album which appeared for sale in Paris and by Dillon's efforts was purchased and preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The album contained a number of watercolour drawings of suits of armour of the Elizabethan period that were made at Greenwich, many of which were in the Tower, together with the names of the owners, which proved invaluable for establishing provenance and for identifying pieces in the Tower, Windsor and other private collections. lord Dillon contemplated retiring in 1909, but finally retired from his post of Curator in 1912, and handed the Armouries over to Charles Foulkes. Dillon left the Armouries on its way to becoming a modern museum. A catalogue had been completed, a programme of inspections of loans had been established, and regular inventory checks were carried out. Armour and weapons were displayed according to the techniques of the day, with labels and a guidebook describing the displays. he received an honourary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford and the Order of Companion of Honour by the King in 1921. Dillon served as a trustee to the British Museum, secretary to the Royal Commission on Westminster Abbey, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute of the Wallace Collection, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of the National Portrait Gallery, Honourary Member of the Armourers and Brasier's Company of London, Fellow of the British Academy and Antiquary of the Royal Academy. Harold Arthur Lee Dillon died on 18 December 1932. The group is sold with a ‘Souvenir Album of the Tower of London, with Historical and Descriptive Notes by The Viscount Dillon P.S.A.’ £2500-£3000

dowding, (Lord), The Dark Star, 1951 dw.; Taverner, (E.), These Germans, 1937, dw.; Harding, (J.D.), Harding's Early Drawing Book, 1838, orig. cl.; Israfel, Lotus Leaves, From Africa and Covent Garden, 1908, t.e.g., cl.; Garnett, (R.), IO In Egypt, 1859, cl.; Kipling, (R.), Facsimile of the Manuscript of 'The English Flag', 1899, Morning Post, with a quantity of volumes. (qty)

stuart (J.S.) Vestiarium Scoticum: From the Manuscript Formerly in the Library of the Scots College at Douay, 1842 fo., 75 cold. plts. of Scottish tartans plus cold. costume plt., hf. mor. with gilt armorial to upper bd.

Sporting Prints, Seven folio manuscript volumes containing extensive research into, and notes on, sporting engravers and their work, one volume quarter leather bound and labelled 'Sporting Prints' on the front cover, each inscribed in a later hand with the name George Ernest Kendall OBE, FRIBA (1875-1943) Note: although nothing appears to have been published, it is tempting to think that the author of these manuscripts (presumably G. E. Kendall) was working on a comprehensive dictionary of Sporting Prints and their engravers

Manuscript material, quantity including typescripts for published and unpublished books, correspondence etc. 4 BOXES.

A mid 19th century Indian palm leaf manuscript, Orissa region, the text is the tenth book (Dasama Skandha) of the Bhajavata Purana which related in detail the life of Krishna, the 8th Avatara or incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu, the manuscript comprises 306 folios with four lines of script per side, in the Oriya script, copied circa 1867, width 40cm (Illus.)

Hawkesworth (John) ALMORAN AND HAMET, half-titles, 2 vol. contemporary calf, rubbed, spines gilt, morocco spine lables, top board vol. 1 detached, others loose, for H. Payne and W. Cropley, 1761; [Bramston (James)] THE ART OF POLITICKS IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title, modern sheep-backed boards, for L. Gilliver, 1729; Manuscript.- ?J[acobi]. C[ruci].- MISCELLANIES IN PROSE AND VERSE ORIGINAL AND SELECTED BY J. C., title with vignette painting, contemporary ink throughout, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, rubbed, [c.1828]; and 22 others, similar, 8vo.

Vigers (Daphne) 22 DRAWINGS BY "THOT" FOR WINGLESS FLIGHT 22 original pencil sketches in scrapbook, cellophane guards, c.250mm x 300mm. *** A note at the bottom of the front cover states that "Thut" was John (?)Hargraves and that the manuscript for the work is now lost. It is signed Daphne Vigers.

Manuscript leaf.- ?14th century, vellum, Latin on both sides, capitals in red and blue, contemporary ink notes at lower and side margin, horizontal and vertical folds, soiled, particularly on verso, 180mm x 290mm.

Manuscript.- PRICE LIST OR INVOICE ROLL bearing date 1713 in several places, some loss, framed and glazed, 4 strips each 100mm x 300mm.

An 18th/ 19th century Tibetan religious manuscript, some pages with coloured miniatures of deities, all within wooden boards, length, 30cm, together with a 19th century Bidri inkwell, on three supports, height, 21cm, (2).

Dorothy Margaret & Elizabeth Mary Alderson 5in. x 3in. (12.8 x 7.5cm) "A pet lamb" Signed and dated 1984; with manuscript letter from Dorothy Alderson on the reverse.

A manuscript fragment, English 15th Century from the Sarum Breviary.

(Colt Hoare, Richard.) A journal of the Shrievalty of richard Hoare, Esquire, in the years 1740-41. Printed from a manuscript Copy in his Own handwriting. 4to., Bath, Printed by richard Cruttwell, A. D. 1815. Title-page and front free endpaper affected by damp(?) and a trifle grubby, some damp staining to the outer edges of the last few leaves of the text and the rear endpapers. Contemporary full diced calf binding, gilt extra, with a modern reback, most of the original decorated gilt backstrip laid on. * One of only twenty-five copies printed with the following manuscript presentation inscription on the verso of the title-page: “No. 1. / To Henry Hoare Esquire / Mitcham grove. / RCH”

Neave, Airey. The Flames of calais. A Soldier’s Battle. An uncorrected typescript of the book that was first published in 1972. 285 typed pages with manuscript corrections by the author, the pages crudely tied with a green stationery lace and with stiff green card wrappers. The whole somewhat dishevelled. *With the following note on the upper wrapper “Without final corrections (Minor only)” in the author’s hand.