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WELSH HERALDRY. Manuscript pedigree roll, on vellum, "This Pedigree was truly drawne out of and Compared with severall old maney-skrips & the Greate Booke of Cotrell in the yeare of our Lord God 1678 by Cradock Wells Alderman of Cardiffe and wellwisher to Heraldrye". Listing some 17 generations descended from (1) Jwstyn ap Gunyan L---, Prince of Glamorgan, (2) Gien, Duke of Siuill and (3) Richard Earle of Clare and Glosester. ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND PAINTED ARMORIAL SHIELDS (with some wear and dis-colouration) 2815 x 320 mm.

INDIAN HUNTING DIARY. Manuscript. Compiled by Alfred Woodhouse, Airlie Estate, Kotergherry, Madras, 1875-77. 28pp., containing accounts of hunting bison, bear an ibex, and including the death of William Butcher, one of Woodhouse's companions, from a shooting accident. 4to., cont. reversed calf with red morocco gilt label (upper joint cracked). With newspaper clippings.

SOMERSET EPHEMERA. Three playbills for Taunton Theatre, 1817 & 1818; ALS from Thomas Robbins of Axminster to Mr. Taylor of Crewkerne, 1p., 4to., 17th January 1778, referring to legal matters and mentioning that Lord Cornwallis had passed through Axminster about 3 a.m., "News we gather from him, is, that Washington had attacked Genl. Howe twice in his Intrenchments, and as often repulsed...and that some Thousands were left dead...amongst which Washington is of the Number...[which was of course untrue]; The Charter of Ivelchester, manuscript, 19th c. copy, 13pp., large folio. And 4 other items. (9)

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF. Olivotto, I., illus. van DYKE, HENRY. The Foot-Path to Peace. 18 lines of calligraphy, title and author with initials in gilt. Surrounded by raised mount of white morocco, elaborately decorated coloured floral borders with raised gilding, painted copies of Raphael's Madonna and Child and Portrait of a Young Man in roundels. Signed at bottom left. Framed and glazed. 242 x 217 mm.

CRISP, FREDERICK ARTHUR, ed. Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills. Etc., copied from the Manuscript collections of the late Ref. Frederick Brown. First Second, Fourth & Sixth series, P.P. for the editor, 1887-1890. 4 vols., each Limited Editions, No. 93 of 150 copies. 4to., Large Paper, orig. vellum backed boards, uncut (backstrips soiled). (4)

A Handwritten Manuscript-Account of my Journey to Yorkshire, February 20th 1802 Contains 86 pages of text and illustrations by Dobson?

Great Britain ÔApollo 11. Leading Underwriters Agreement in respect of Apollo 11 Moon shot contingency Insurance commencing 4th July 1969 manuscript document on standard pre-printed form interesting item with references to underwriters liability including abandonment postponement failure of capsule safe and successful touch-down very fine. (1)

Great Britain Bank of Scotland share transfer document dated 1818 confirming transfer of three shares in the books of the Bank signed by James Marshall accountant of the Bank of Scotland imprinted stamp duty manuscript paper seal about very fine. (1)

Autographs. Damaged album containing signed postal free fronts and letters from the nobility together with portrait engravings and manuscript biographical details. Over fifty signed items

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. One page manuscript letter to Queen Victoria on Aldworth notepaper, undated

Churchill, Winston S. & Eden, Anthony. Typed letter on 10 Downing Street notepaper dated 28.12.1944 with two manuscript signatures, to Mr. Colville. "Pray convey to all concerned my thanks for the good work done by the cypher staff of H.M.S. AJAX........ Six lines, 25cm x 21cm, framed and glazed

Ransome, Arthur. Typed letter, initialled 'AR' in ink, dated Jan 5 1943. Refers to a mistake he made in describing the 'Swallow' in Swallows and Amazons with a reprint copy of the book plus a manuscript letter signed 'Arthur Ransome' dated Oct 5 1942 regarding 'Missee Lee' with a 1941 first edition of the book in a rubbed dust wrapper (4)

A 15th century illuminated manuscript page seventeen lines of text within a rectangular block decorated with foliage fish and grotesques framed 10 x 7ins

Atkinson (William, of Trinity College, Cambridge). [A Manuscript account of the lives and actions of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to Henry VII, written in Latin in elegiac couplets],

Benlowes (Edward). Theophila, or, Loves Sacrifice. A Divine Poem, 1st ed., printed by R. N. Sold by Henry Seil ... and Humphrey Moseley, 1652, title printed in red and black, numerous wood-cut initials, head- and tailpieces, six engraved illusts. only, by Francis Barlow and others, incl. one full-page engraving of Theophila by Lambart, full page anagrammatic engraving by Thomas Cecill (close-trimmed to image, with a little loss, and relaid), and four engraved illusts. to text, including one portrait of a young lady by Hollar, I3 and Hh1 supplied in 19th century manuscript copy, occn. worming, sometimes affecting letters, light dampstain to lower margins at rear of vol., 19th c. half morocco, worn with upper cover near-det., folio Wing B1879. A rare book which is frequently found without the full complement of twenty-four plates. With bookplate of John Somers, Lord Somers to front pastedown. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Suckling (Sir John). Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces Written by Sir John Suckling and Published by a Friend to Perpetuate His Memory, Printed by His Owne Copies, pub. Humphrey Mosley, 1648, eng. port. frontis. (with ownership annotation to verso), ink staining to title, damp staining throughout, 3pp. contemp. manuscript notes to blanks within vol., modern calf gilt, 8vo First published in 1646. Wing S6127. (1)

[Blunt (Henry)]. [Lectures upon the Life of the Holy Apostle Peter. Translated from the English, St. Petersburg, 1847], a neatly-executed manuscript in Russian, comprising a calligraphic title-page in black and gold, three pages of Contents, and 250 numbered pages of text, written in a clear script in red and black, each page within a border ruled in black ink, the acid-content of which has corroded the paper in places, bound in contemp. half dark blue morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly rubbed, blue cloth sides, faded, a.e.g., small 4to Blunt's "Nine Lectures upon the History of Peter" was originally published in 1829. (1)

Blunden (Edmund, editor). Shelley and Keats. As they struck their Contemporaries. Notes partly from Manuscript Sources. Edited by Edmund Blunden, C. W. Beaumont, [The Beaumont Press], 1925, limited to 390 copies, of which this is 150/310 copies printed on hand-made paper, orig. qtr. parchment, lettered in gilt, patterned board sides, printed paper label on the upper cover, covers a little soiled, edges untrimmed, 8vo Inscribed in pencil "Ottoline Morrell September 1925 Garsington" on the front free endpaper. (1)

Gogarty (Oliver St. John). An Offering of Swans, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1923, limited to 300 copies, printed in red and black, orig. qtr. linen, blue board sides, printed paper label on the spine, edges untrimmed, 8vo The poem "To the Lady" very obviously refers to Ottoline, and her name has been added in manuscript to its title. The plain paper dust-jacket is present, although defective, and has three lines of notes in pencil in Ottoline's holograph. An additional poem, "Sunt apud Infernos tot Milia Formosarum", has been cut out of a newspaper and tipped in. (1)

An early 19th century manuscript Quran, each leaf with 15 lines of text within gold hi-lighted border with red edges, some pages with floral decoration, cont. red leather with blind-stamped typical decoration. 8vo.

A porcelain plate, Kornilov Manufactory, late 19th century the cavetto painted with a manuscript designed by Elizaveta Bohn depicting a young boy beneath a Cyrillic inscription, the green border decorated with hearts, with factory mark diameter: 24.5cm., 9.75in

al-Makin (Georgios) called Georgius Elmacinus. Historia Saracenica translated by Thomas Erpenius 2 parts in 1 vol. title with woodcut device title and a few other leaves lightly water-stained old manuscript notes on front free endpaper and signatures contemporary vellum paper manuscript label chipped soiled [Willems 232] small 4to Leiden J.Maire & Elzevier 1625. ***Translation of the second part of Tarih al-Muslimun a 13th century Arabic work by the Coptic author..

Chishull (Edmund) Antiquitates asiaticae christianam aeram antecedentes... first edition large paper copy engraved title-vignette 2 plates and illustrations in text with the additional leaf of errata to p.61 at end only found in some copies some light foxing Signet Library copy with manuscript accession number and note on front free endpaper label on front paste-down contemporary calf gilt arms on both boards a little rubbed rebacked with spine gilt in compartments and preserving old morocco label corners repaired [Blackmer 340; Not in Atabey] folio W.Bowyer 1728. ***Containing inscriptions recorded by the author whilst serving as chaplain to the Levant Company at Smyrna 1698-1702..

Curio (Caelius Augustinus) Sarracenicae historiae libri tres third edition title with woodcut device woodcut initials contemporary note in manuscript on title lightly browned modern half vellum spine gilt with morocco label [Adams C3081; Blackmer 431; Göllner 2190] folio Frankfurt Heirs of Andreas Wechel et al 1596.

[Fraser (James Baillie)] The Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan 3 vol. in 2 lacking half-titles and 2 advertisement leaves at end of vol.3 titles with author's name supplied in manuscript foxed contemporary half calf 1828; The Persian Adventurer: being the sequel of The Kuzzilbash 3 vol. lacking half-title in vol.1 others not called for contemporary morocco-backed cloth gilt Hopetoun House copy with bookplate and small gilt stamp at head of titles 1830 first editions rubbed and faded [Sadleir 904-5; Wolff 2347-8] 8vo

Hafiz of Shiraz. Persian Lyrics or Scattered Poems from the Diwan-i-Hafiz... a catalogue of the Gazels as arranged in a manuscript of the works of Hafiz in the Chetham Library at Manchester a little spotted at beginning and end some browning engraved bookplate of Richard Strachey contemporary calf gilt spine gilt in compartments with morocco label a little rubbed 1800; and 2 others including a defective edition of Firdausi c.1800 with the Earl of Macartney's bookplate 4to (3)

Hasan ibn Husain al-Sukkari. Carmina Hudsailitarum...; The Hudsailian Poems contained in the manuscript of Leyden translated by J.G.L.Kosegarten vol.1 only (all published) title in Latin and English text in Arabic Latin title soiled and with small embossed stamp at foot bookplate of the Arthur Strong Oriental Library contemporary half morocco spine gilt and repaired at head and foot rubbed Oriental Translation Fund 1854; and 2 others on Arabic literature 4to & 8vo (3)

Beg (Iskandar) Ta'rikh-i Alam-ara-yi Abbasi Persian manuscript text in red and black within a gilt and colour border 1 leaf with illuminated headpiece occasional finger soiling water-stain affecting text towards end some marginal repairs two ownership seals on last leaf dated 1171 and 1227 of the Muslim calendar (AD 1757 and 1812) contemporary morocco stamped in gilt rubbed folio [c.1730]; sold not subject to return. ***Considered among the greatest works of Persian historiography this text provides a detailed history of the reign of the Safawid ruler Shah Abbas I. This copy belonged to Kevorkian a prominent collector of Islamic manuscripts and works of art. .

Manzar al-insan arabic manuscript illuminated panel at beginning in gilt and colour text in red and black within gilt border title page laid down some marginal stains a few marginal repairs contemporary morocco gilt rather worn [Storey 1645] [1590]; and 4 others Persian and Arabic manuscripts 8vo & 4to (5)***A Persian translation of the famous biographical dictionary and historical compendium entitled Wafayat al-ayan by the thirteenth century Arabic scholar Ibn Khallikan. .

Omar (Masud B.) Kitab Talkeese al-Bayan Fi Idah al-Ma'ani 370 pp. arabic manuscript concerning arabic linguistics marginal water-stain occasional soiling 7 pp. small repair affecting 2 lines of text 10 pp. small hole affecting 1 line of text contemporary calf rebacked rather worn c.1800.

Rycaut (Sir Paul) The History of the Turkish Empire from the Year 1623 to the Year 1677... 2 parts in 1 vol. first edition 3 engraved portraits and 1 full-page illustration title very slightly defective at upper outer corner (no loss) contemporary ink inscription partly erased on front paste-down contemporary speckled calf rubbed part of old manuscript label on spine [Atabey 1074; Wing R2406; Not in Blackmer] by J.M. for John Starkey 1680. ***Rycaut's continuation of Knolles's Generall Historie of the Turks (see lot 135)..

Baldwin (George) Political Recollections relative to Egypt half-title browned bookplate of Heytesbury House contemporary calf roan label 1801 § Warburton (Eliot) The Crescent and the Cross 2 vol. tinted lithographed frontispieces illustrations contemporary signature and embossed stamp at head of titles vol.1 lacking pp.175-186 but very neatly supplied in manuscript some spotting contemporary half calf 1845 § Kremer (A.von) Culturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen 2 vol. modern half vellum spines gilt with morocco labels Vienna 1875 § Zincke (F.Barham) Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedive contemporary calf g.e. 1871 all but the second a little rubbed 8vo (6)

Budge (Sir E.A. Wallis) [Books on Egypt and Chaldaea] comprising: vol. I. Egyptian Religion. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life; vol. II Egyptian Magic; vol. III Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics together 3 vol. bound in 1 autograph manuscript c. 360pp. written on rectos including numerous pen and ink examples of hieroglyphs many corrections in text publisher's pencil notes in red ff. tipped-in on stubs some ff. soiled many ff. browned contemporary half red morocco gilt spine slightly faded 4to [1899]. ***Wallis Budge was the foremost Semitic scholar of his generation and combined with great energy wrote and often contributed illustrations to numerous works on Egyptian and Assyrian texts. In 1894 he was appointed keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian collections of the British Museum a position he retained until 1928. .

Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis editor and translator) Lady Meux Manuscript No.6: The Book of Paradise being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert by Palladius Hieronymus and others 2 vol. out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 500 text in English and Syriac original cloth t.e.g. large 8vo 1904.

Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis editor and translator) Lady Meux Manuscript No.1: The Lives of Mabâ Seyôn and Gabra Krestôs out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300 signed and inscribed by the editor with hieroglyphs on half-title text in English and Ethiopic 92 chromolithographed plates by W.Griggs illustrations later half morocco spine gilt in compartments very slightly rubbed 4to 1898.

-. Authentic Account (An) of the Debates in the House of Lords... on the Bill for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management...in the East-Indies [Goldsmiths' 12436; Kress B.541] 1783 bound with Substance of the Speech of...Charles James Fox...upon...the Bill...[concerning] the Affairs of the East-India Company... half-title [Goldsmiths' 12639; Not in Kress] Dublin 1784 and Mr.Burke's Speech...on Mr.Fox's East India Bill half-title (torn at lower margin no loss) [Goldsmiths' 12630; Kress B.683] Dublin 1784 and Free Translation (A) of the Preface of Bellendenus... half-title 1788 and Contrast (The) a Political Pasticcio...by Signor Carlo Reynardo third edition etched frontispiece Dublin 1784 together 5 works in 1 vol. manuscript index at beginning engraved bookplate contemporary half calf rubbed lower joint split spine worn at head and foot 8vo

Parliamentary Papers Persia and Afghanistan.- [including] Indian Papers No.III-VIII together 7 works bound in 1 vol. contemporary manuscript note loosely inserted at beginning a little foxed and stained first and last few leaves frayed and worn (repaired no loss) modern half morocco spine gilt in compartments folio 1839-41. ***Mostly concerning Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) ruler of the Punjab and ally of the British..

Scindia (Shrimant Balwant Row Bhayasaheb translator) History of the Fortress of Gwalior folding lithographed map original cloth rubbed Bombay 1892; and an 18th century Persian manuscript on the history of the fortress (?the original work from which the translation was made) 8vo & 4to (2)

Budge (Sir E.A.Wallis) The Monks of Kûblâi Khân Emperor of China or the History of the Life and Travels of Rabban Sâwmâ Envoy and Plenipotentiary of the Mongol Khâns to the Kings of Europe and Markôs who as Mâr Yahbh-Allâhâ III became Patriarch of the Nestorian Church in Asia autograph manuscript c. 294pp. & 59 autograph manuscript slips many pp. written in green ink written on rectos 4 pen and ink drawings with their tracings title-page with label of The Religious Tract Society many corrections in text A.L.s. from Budge to to Mr. Crane appended to dedication page relating to the dedication of the vol. to Frederic Llewellyn Deane Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney title-page soiled browned loose loosely inserted in a modern red morocco solander box gilt lettering on spine title reading: The Book of the Cave of Treasures 4to [1928].

[Hunter (George W.)] Examples of the various Turki dialects. Turki text with English translation 4 parts in 1 vol. one of c.100 copies title in manuscript as issued mimeograph text pp.8-19 in first part misbound one or two corrections in pencil lightly browned printed on one side of sheet only and sewn Chinese style in original wrappers a little soiled and frayed at edges preserved in modern calf-backed cloth drop-back box spine gilt with morocco label [Cordier Sinica 4272] 4to Ti-hua fu Sinkiang China Inland Mission 1918. ***Scarce work on Qazaq Tartar and Uzbek Turki and Stanbul Turkish by a Protestant missionary and reproduced using an old duplicating machine where each sheet had to be rolled separately. We must ask readers to excuse the mimegraph form of printing. It is impossible to get printing done in any other way in this place Preface.

Husain (Abu al-Ghazi Sultan of Khorasan) Historia mongolorum et tatarorum edited by Nicolai de Romanzoff first edition lacking engraved frontispiece Arabic text very lightly foxed modern half calf spine gilt with morocco label [Cordier Sinica 2771-2; cf.Atabey 4 1726 translation] folio Casani 1825. ***One of the earliest sources of information on the Mongols and Tartars the first version of which was published in French in 1726. This was the first edition directly from the original Tatar manuscript. Cordier calls for an engraved frontispiece. .

Hain (Ludwig) and W.A. Copinger. Repertorium Bibliographicum... 2 vol. in 4 plus Copinger's Supplement and Burger's Index in 3 vol. together 7 vol. main text printed on pale blue paper interleaved some manuscript notes titles foxed later half calf Supplement/Index original buckram spines faded all uncut rubbed 8vo Stuttgart and Paris 1826-38 and London 1895-1902.

Sprenger (Aloys) A Catalogue of the Arabic Persian and Hindu'sta'ny Manuscripts of the libraries of the King of Oudh vol.1 only (all published) errata leaf at end Signet Library copy with manuscript presentation note from the Director of the East India Company tipped in at beginning contemporary half calf library arms in gilt on both boards rubbed 8vo Calcutta 1854.

A manuscript submitted to and rejected by Blackwood magazine entitled 'Nemesis - An Episode of the Indian Mutiny' detailing the massacre at Indore on July 1st 1857 and subsequent reprisals.

KORAN, multi-coloured manuscript in ink borders in integral maroon leather binding with flap, gilt rules and black and gilt cartouches, remains of paper label, 4to, early 20th c?--ANOTHER KORAN, multi-col. Ms. in ink borders in integral maroon leather binding with flap, gilt rules and black and gilt cartouches, remains of paper label, 4to, early 20th c? (2) LOCATION J

*Miles Dufon Ltd and the Britten-Norman connection. A collection of correspondence, brochures, type specifications and similar material, including project definition for the Turbine 'Islander' variant, Britten-Norman 'Mainlander', 'Islander', and BN-3 aircraft with original manuscript documentation and aircraft layout drawings signed and dated 21-2-66, together with a memorandum document for the winding up of Britten-Norman (Bembridge) Ltd (a lot)

*Lockheed. A 'Super Constellation' model 1049 Series ring-bound illustrated brochure, 32 pp. photo. repros. text graphs drawings, undated c. 1950, together with "There are new profits" - a 'Super Constellation' model 1049B freighter brochure with letter from Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation dated 4-10-51 to Head of Aircraft Walmsley with his reply and notes in manuscript and a ring-bound Lockheed 'Electra' brochure (a lot)

*Bythesea (John, 1827-1906, VC). Private manuscript journal kept by John Bythesea while on board HMS Arrogant, January to September 1853, the whole journal while the ship was in home waters and including a list of all the ships taking part in the Spithead Review in July 1853, approx. 60 pp. in a legible hand, the remaining leaves blank, ownership signature to front endpaper, orig. qtr. morocco with old plain brown paper wrapper, with ink title to upper wrapper, some wear, 4to, together with a black and white photo. of Bythesea and his wife Fanny, loosely inserted, approx. 10 x 8 ins In the following year, while serving in the same ship in the Crimea, Bythesea became the second person to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He was given the award for bravely intercepting some important dispatches of the Russian Tsar which were being dropped off at Waldo Island. Bythesea and his partner in the attack, Johnstone, were gazetted for the newly instituted Victoria Cross on 24th February 1857. (2)

*Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). Document signed eight times 'W.S. Churchill', being a disposition by H. M. Principal Secretary of State for War with Consent to Babcock & Wilcox Limited, "Ypres National Projectile Factory, Renfrew", 1919, an eight-page typed document by which Babcock & Wilcox agreed to purchase from the Minister of Munitions various lands as stated for the sum of 8,833, various manuscript additions, including autograph signatures of W. S. Churchill (Secretary of State for War), and H. H. Piggott (Assistant Secretary), to each page, a few small pen and pencil underscoring marks and marginalia, folded with typed title and manuscript notes to dorse of final blank leaf, outer "wrappers" browned and soiled and a little chipped at edges, folio The signatures of Churchill and Piggott appear in the lower margins of pp. 1-5 and 7, in the middle of page 6 and near the top of page 8, after the final single line of typed text. Babcock & Wilcox was established in 1867 to manufacture and market Wilcox's Water Tube Boiler. In 1881, the company opened a sales office in Glasgow, and by 1883 boilers were being made by sub-contractors in Scotland. Babcock & Wilcox Limited established its own manufacturing facility at Renfrew in 1895 and rapidly became a leader in both land-based and marine boilers. The group developed a large defence business during the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 World Wars, producing tanks and munitions in addition to their naval boiler business. The company now trades as Mitsui Babcock with offices and locations across all the major energy markets. (1)

Manuscript. Reminiscences of Lieutenant William Clarke, Royal Marines, Written at Epperstone, Notts., November 1839, 146 pp., written in ink in a clear forward-sloping hand, Clarke joined Admiral Sir Charles Cotton's flagship, the San Josef, in 1803 and transferred to the Royal Marines at the age of 19, joined HMS Ville de Paris under 'Billy Blue' Cornwallis, spent that winter at sea, witnessed the wrecking of HMS Venerable in Torbay, notes that Edward Parry (later Sir Edward of Arctic fame) served on board as midshipman, posted to HMS Achille, went to Cadiz under Collingwood, missed Trafalgar by eight days, transferred to HMS Prince of Wales under Calder, describes various action... captured a dogger from Danzig bound for St. Petersberg carrying 300 canaries, 500 larks and 14 lap dogs, the manuscript ends abruptly with the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme at Carlscrona where Clarke's ship is in port, orig. red half morocco, a little worn, square 4to (1)

Army Clothing Pattern Book. A manuscript pattern book produced by Lance Corporal M. Henry of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, at the Royal Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, London, 1890, 4pp. index and 28pp showing forty-seven diagram patterns of uniforms drawn in red & black ink, some dust soiling, contemp. half morocco, marked and slight wear, oblong folio (1)

Boer War Diary. An unidentified soldier's manuscript diary, kept from 4th November 1899 to 6th October 1900, approx. 70 pp. in total, mostly to rectos only in a legible hand, some newscuttings and maps pasted in, largely concerning operations about Colesberg, including relief of Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, etc., largely concerning the activities of Lt. Collis of the Carbineers and his men, orig. stiff wrappers, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with a small diary of approx. 30 pp., possibly in the same hand and including a few watercolours, relating to Koosook Region in India, c. 1911-14, written on gridded paper, ownership name (?) of D. Wyatt at front, contemp. stiff wrappers, some wear, oblong 8vo (2)

*Boer War. A list of authorised war correspondents in South Africa, 1899, 12 pp., some manuscript additions and deletions, mostly in pencil, together with manuscript instructions for guidance of correspondence, two pages on two leaves, dated 14th December 1899, some browning and soiling, loosely inserted into an album of Boer War newscuttings, etc., contemp. half morocco, spine damaged, folio Correspondents named in the list include Winston Churchill (Morning Post), Edgar Wallace, Olive Schreiner, et al. (1)

*Boer War. A group of eight autograph letters signed from Ernest Rokeby Collins, Major with the East Lancashire Regiment, 11th October 1900 to 28th August 1902, seven to his brother Jim and one to his sister Dolly, a total of 41 pp., the first four letters written in pencil, with details of camp life, hospital visits, and family chit-chat, 'On 24th inst. I was up about 5.00 am. I spotted a whole lot of Boers in 3 parties larking about outside my posts a good deal further away than the last time they came owing to our having shelled them out of their favourite rendezvous. I watched them for a long time but they would not come in range. However we got the gun ready in case they came near enough. About 6.00 am we saw a man coming in with a white flag so we naturally thought that they wanted to surrender ...', together with two printed newspapers, a copy of The Friend (16th March 1900) and a copy of The Free State Newspaper (13th March 1900) plus related family correspondence relating to Lucknow (1894-97) to and from Ernest, his brothers Jim and Farnie and his father Francis, a total of 53 pp., plus an eleven-page manuscript document plus map entitled 'Burial Place of the Officers of the Guards who've held before Bayonne on 14th April 1814' Ernest Rokeby Collins was the son of the late Brigade Surgeon Francis Collins of Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge. Born in 1870 and educated at King Henry VIII School Coventry, and Peterhouse College, Cambridge, in 1919 he married Margaret Alice, daughter of the Rev. E. W. Sotheron-Estcourt of Estcourt, Gloucestershire. A Major in the East Lancashire Regiment, he served in the 8th Mounted Infantry during the South African War (DSO) and in World War One where he was severely wounded at the Battle of Le Cateau and taken prisoner by the Germans. He retired from the Army in 1920 and commanded the local detachment of the Home Guard in Pateley Bridge during World War II. See also World War I - Gloucestershire Regiment lot below. (a folder)

*Military Commissions. A series of seven printed military commission forms, each with manuscript insertions and signed by the current Monarch, appointing William Slade of the Corps of Royal Engineers to the various ranks, 13th November 1806 to 31st January 1837, the first two signed by George III, the third and fourth by George IV and the last three by William IV, the first appointing William Slade 2nd Lieutenant and the last appointing him Lieutenant Colonel, each signed by Monarch top left, counter-signed by various signatories including Chatham, Mulgrave, Wellington and Melbourne, all vellum with slight soiling and vertical folds (7)

*Irish Regimental History. 122nd Regiment of Foot - Honourable John Stratford's Regiment. Regimental Description Book, manuscript ledger, 1794-95, engraved tabulated columns, completed alphabetically by surname in a copperplate hand, each alphabet letter beginning on a new double-page, a total of approx. 700 entries, many with name details completed for physical description, age, parish and county of birth (Dublin, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow, Antrim, Leitrim, Donegal, etc.), trade (weaver, labourer, shoemaker, mason, glassmaker, schoolmaster, servant, etc.), enlisting officer and date, plus occasionally death or desertion date or observation remarks, many leaves blank, contemp. reversed calf with red leather label gilt-titled 'Regimental Description Book. Honble. Lt. Col. Stratford's Regt.', some wear to extremities, tall folio, together with two related manuscript ledgers, the first a Cash Book with no entries, contemp. stained boards with gilt-titled leather label, some wear, spine deficient, folio, the second titled 'Adjutants Casualty Book', but listing in neat manuscript in tabulated columns names of all the soldiers for each of the Regiment's ten Companies, with columns for When Embarked, When Disembarked, Ship's Name (Peace, John & Bella, Ceres, and others), and occasionally completed for When Joined, Deserted, Retired and Remarks columns, each Company totalling three or four pages, interleaved and numerous other blank pages completed with unrelated publisher's accounts, etc. from a later date of c. 1830s, but with some related pages at rear including Monthly Returns for Stratford's Regiment March to June 1795, the final page with Dates of Commissions listing Lieut. Col. Commander the Honourable John Stratford 25th July 1794, contemp. reversed calf, broken and spine damaged, folio, together with some related loose leaves incl. six printed forms (Monthly Returns and Weekly State, giving the Regiment location as Wells or Poole) completed in manuscript, and a one-page ALS from Robert Brownrigg [1759-1833], Military Secretary to the Duke of York, dated 27th May 1795, to Lt. Colonel Shaw, 122nd Regiment, Poole, giving permission for two officers to attend a trial in Dublin Very little is known about John Stratford's Regiment which was formed in 1794 and disbanded in 1796. John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough, was born between 1742 and 1745 and died in 1823 in Belan, County Kildare, Ireland. He held the office of M.P. for Baltinglass between 1763 and 1776; M.P. for County Wicklow between 1776 and 1790; and M.P. for Baltinglass between 1790 and 1800. He held the office of a Governor of County Wicklow in 1795. He gained the title of 3rd Earl of Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond on 2 January 1801, and succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Aldborough, of Belan, co. Kildare, 3rd Baron of Baltinglass, co. Wicklow and 3rd Viscount Amiens on the death of his older brother in 1801. Following the decade with the American Revolution the British Army was very depleted, but wary of Revolutionary France and a volatile Ireland, new Regiments were created for deployment around the globe. What specific battles this short-lived Irish Regiment was deployed in is not known. (3)

Loudon (Mrs. Jane). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, vol. II only, 1844, 51 hand-col. full-page litho. plts., a few minor marks and occn. light toning, contemp. owner's inscription of Jane Smith, Croydon, Surrey, to front blank, in the style of an illuminated manuscript, a.e.g., contemp. half red morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed to edges, 4to (1)

*Albert (Prince Consort of Victori of England, 1819-1861). Attractive manuscript vellum document with engraved Royal Coat of Arms and various decorative emblems around borders, dated 4th April 1845 , appointing Robert Gardiner to be Steward of the Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Surrey, signed by Prince Albert at foot of document and with a perfect large red wax seal of Prince Albert as the Duke of Cornwall, contained in metal skippett (1)

*Political autographs. Four albums of modern British political autographs, mostly typed letters signed and House of Commons cards and signed photos., including signatures of Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Jo Grimond, Michael Foot, David Steel, Peter Shore, Shirley Williams, Barbara Castle, Jeremy Thorpe, Enoch Powell, David Owen, Jim Callaghan, etc., all pasted into four albums, and many with card index cards with manuscript biographies pasted in, approx. 90 pp. in total with one or two signatures per page, contemp. card, rubbed on spines, folio (4)

Anon. Democritus, The Laughing Philosopher's Trip into England. Or, Seven Days Amusements and Contemplations, intermixed with uncommon reflections both serious and merry, on the follies and vices daily committed by both sexes of all religions and vocations, in the cities of London and Westminster. Written by a banish'd Hermit, lately arriv'd from Foreign Countries, 3rd ed., printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1723, eng. frontis. by Thornton (trimmed to fore- and lower-margin, with contemp. owner's name Thomas Edwards to recto), title with blank portion to lower margin trimmed, viii + 47 pp., near-contemp. half calf, rubbed and some wear, upper joint near-det., slim 8vo, together with Godart de Beauchamps (Pierre Francois), The History of King Apprius, &c. Extracted from the Chronicle of the World, from its Creation. Translated from a Persian manuscript found in the library of Schah-Hussain, Sophi of Persia, dethroned by Mamut in 1722, by a gentleman who served in the Persian armies, 1728, title printed in red and black, some light foxing to first and last few leaves, contemp. full calf, gilt spines, a little rubbed and upper joint sl. cracked at foot, 12mo First title: Ex libris Edward Hailstone, with his circular gilt-dec. bookplate to front pastedown. (2)