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Click here to subscribeA manuscript letter written by Theodor Uhlig to Franz Schubert with addendum written by Richard Wagner to Schubert, dated Zurich, July 19th, 1851, on two sides of a double page, 10 1/2" x 16 3/4", together with translation, and accompanying correspondence of authentication between the then owner Ronald Clark and F.S. Howes of The Times, December 1956, with copy of an article by Howes in The Times Dec. 7.1956 referring to the letter's discovery
Manuscript Recipe Book original manuscript of recipes ca. 1800 4to (205mm x 140mm) with ownership signature of Charlotte Turner. Woodsock including recipes for Soda Cake Potted Beef and Ginger Wine contemporary vellum backed spine later metal clasps With four other 18th and 19th century manuscript recipe books
Dalgairns (Mrs) The Practice of Cookery adapted to the Business of Every Day Life Edinburgh & London printed for Cadell & Company 1829 12mo (170mm x 100mm) contemporary ownership signature on upper title margin lacking half title some spotting contemporary manuscript poem pasted onto verso of front cover later cloth extremities frayed Bitting p. 113.
Manuscript Recipe Book original manuscript of recipes early 19th century (paper water-marked 1810) 4to (245mm x 200mm) various recipes ranging form drinks such as lemonade and puddings Lemon Sponge contemporary black morocco g.e. spine and front cover lettered in gilt marked in places With five other cookery manuscripts
The Ladys Companion: or an Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex containing Observations for their Conduct thro all Ages and Circumstances of Life: In which are comprised all Parts of good Housewifry particularly Rules and above Two Thousand different Receipts in every Kinf of Cookery. London Printed for T. Read 1743 8vo (170mm x 90mm) volume one only (of) initials head-pieces illustrations and manuscript plates at end title laid-down date added in biro new endpapers modern half morocco gilt red morocco lettering piece
Macdonell Anne (editor) The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened London Philip Lee Warner 1910 8vo (205mm x 130mm) half title frontispiece portrait pages un-cut original decorative cloth spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. [Newington Thomas] & Philip James (editor) A Butlers Recipe Book 1719 Cambridge University Press 1935 8vo (170mm x 105mm) 11. illustrations original cloth backed spine Printed from the original manuscript of Thomas Newington steward butler and manservant to a Brighton lady of title With a number of other works including The Finchley Manuals of Industry No. 1. Cooking; or Practical and Economical Training for those who are to be Servants Wives and Mothers. (London 1849) Nottingham High School for Girls Recipe Book Compiled by the Sixth Form In aid of The Games Field Fund (Nottingham 1914) The Newark Cookery Book of Well-Tried Recipes (Newark 1920) the folio society published Anne Hughes: Her Boke (London 1981) City of Sheffield Education Committee The heffield Book of Recipes. (Sheffield n.d) The Offical Handbook for the National Training School for Cookery containing The Lessons on Cookery . Compiled by R. O. C. (London 1885) and a number of mainly early 20th century cooking magazines such as Home Cookery and Conforts (London 1912)
Murray Alexander The Domestic Oracle; or A Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy; containing Directions for Purchasing Keeping and Dressing. All kinds of Butchers Meat Fish Poultry and Game London printed at the Caxton Press by H. Fisher Son and Co [1826] 4to (210mm x 125mm) eight plates some spotting lacking last leaf of index new endpapers contemporary calf backed spine black morocco lettering piece With Family Cookery Book (London n.d.) which has 19th century manuscript cookery receipts bound in at end and Radcliffes A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or the Housekeepers Guide: Arranged on the most Economical Plan for Private Families (Manchester 1823)
Manuscript Recipe Book original manuscript of 77. numbered pages and 40. unnumbered pages 4to (200mm x 160mm) calf spine original marbled boards rubbed written in three different hands (all clear) with 2. pp. of Index With note on front pastedown Catherine Hannam wife of H. P. Hannam of Northbourne Court 1797-1854 April 1907. This less tidy hand contributed some recipes on the final leaves. There are about 150. recipes altogether ranging from how to pat a hare to Mr. Cobbetts substitute for coffee & some wine Also with eleven other mainly 19th and early 20th century manuscript recipe books including recipes on Concentrated Lemonade and Ginger Beer and a work by Isabella B. Bennett written during the period 1891-1892 containing recipes for Heat Prune Pudding and Gingerbread
Manuscript Recipe Book original manuscript of recipes late 18th century small 4to (200mm x 160mm) contemporary() vellum black ink index listing 207. recipes ranging from To make an Orange Pudding to To boil a Goose some marginal browning authors signature on front cover With five other maunscript cookery works including a work from ca. 1760. which has recipes such as Red beef and Elderflower Wine
The English Peerage; or A view of the Ancient and Present State of the English Nobility: to which is subjoined A Chronological Account of such titles as have become extinct. London printed by T. Spilsbury and Son for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1790 large 4to (290mm x 230mm) three parts in two volumes half title 2. pasted in colour Victorian colour vignettes to third volume half title volume three with coats-of-arms plates opposite each coat-of-arms is a contemporary manuscript descritption of the title occasional spotting late 19th century red morocco gilt (volume one half red morocco) inner gilt dentelles spines in gilt compartments green morocco lettering pieces g.e. With a duplicate copy of volume three (plate volume) with no manuscript text bound in tree calf gilt red and green morocco lettering pieces
A 19th century walnut sphere of possible Bonapartist significance in two sections with a central separate screw thread 6cm diameter It is suggested that if this ball is held against the light with the top section removed the thread suggests a profile of Napoleon Bonapart and may have been used by members of a sect symphathetic to the return of the Emperor from exile on Elba in 1814 preceeding Ôthe hundred daysÕ. #100-150 127 John Brown (1826-1883) In Memorian card printed in black ink with black mourning borders Oblong (120mm x 80mm.) with original envelope not addressed Wellington Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke (1769-1852) two page manuscript letter written in black ink dated April 12 1820 London to Lady Shelley concerning various topics including the provision of a private doctor (190mm x 120mm.) With two page manuscript letter and envelope letter with Osborne header and armorial dated 9th Feb 1883 black mourning borders envelope with Queen VictoriaÕs seal and also addressed by her(?) and a copy of a letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lady Shelley in reply to her request for his advice as to studies her eldest son should undertake before entering the army
Delegal R. a two-page manuscript letter dated 3rd May 1806 Upper St Islington with descriptive narrative concerning both the funerals of Nelson and Pitt ÒI unexpectedly saw Lord Nelsons funeral carr which was worth seeing the Decoration & representation both been so well executedÓ with postal stamp in red within perspex frame (305mm x 420mm.)
Border Counties Railway. Copy Minute Book of the meetings of the board of the Border Counties Railway from its inception 14th January 1854. until April 10th 1855, 59pp. of manuscript minutes written in a secretarial hand, contemp. qtr. roan, folio The Border Counties starting at a junction with the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway at Hexham was originally an enterprise promoted by W.H. Charlton of Hesleyside who aimed to take advantage of the Plashetts coalfield south of the border, and to connect with the North British Railway at Hawick to open up the Lowland Scottish Manufacturing area. The venture was taken over by the North British Railway in 1855. This volume covers the original planning of the railway, its inception, prospectus raising share capital, progress of the Act through Parliament, surveys, tenders, right up to the appointment of contractors for the first stage from Hexham to Bellingham and on to Belling (now Falstone). This volume would appear to have belonged to one of the directors who ceased to have an interest when the project was taken over by the North British Railway. The line was opened in 1862. and closed to passenger service in 1956. (1)
Essex Manor of Nether Chesill. Manuscript vellum indenture, dated 28th February 1646. , between Daniel Harvey of London, Eliab Harvey of London and William Ayloffe, for the Manor of Nether Chesill, alias Chishall [Chrishall], setting out the sale of the Manor and its lands together with a windmill in Chishall (1)
Earl of Nottingham. Attractive vellum manuscript indenture of June 1652. , between Eliab Harvey of London and Heneage Finch of the Inner Temple, London, [Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor 1621 1682], also mentions Sir Roger Twisdon of Kent, [1597 1672], Francis Finch, Thomas Twisdon of the Inner Temple, London, [Judge, 1602 1683], and others relating to Moorhall in Daventry and all the stallage and standing shops, shambles as well within the drapery, in all the markets and in the fairs of St. Augustine, in the Manor of Daventry, etc., with signature of Heneage Finch at the foot of document (1)
Gilbert White of Selborne. Remarkable Visitation of Selborn manuscript copy in an unknown hand, late 18thc, 9. pp., with a pencil note by James Field erroneously indicating that the handwriting is that of the Rev. Gilbert White, the Naturalist, orig. plain wrappers, 8vo, together with other printed and manuscript material relating to Gilbert White and descendants, 18th and 19th c., including pedigrees, copied extracts, deeds relating to Rev. Edmund White, etc., plus a few related 20th century books (a small carton)
High Court Apprentice Indenture. Large manuscript apprentice indenture, listing the articles and agreement made on the 3rd March 1735. , between Richard Comyns, one of the sworn clerks of His Majesties High and Honourable Court of Chancery on the one part, and William Harvey of St. Anns, Westminster, detailing the payment of the apprentice fee of three hundred and sixty seven pounds and ten shillings, with conditions of Edward Harvey serving as a clerk for five years, that he shall perform all orders, shall faithfully keep his secrets, etc., with wax seal and signature of Richard Comyns (1)
Early Marriage Settlements. Collection of four vellum manuscript indentures from the 17th c ., each document listing details of various settlements and dowries made upon these marriages and proposed marriages, among the titled people referred to in these documents is that of John Northcote (1599 1676) (4)
Mont Blanc. Three manuscript ephemera items relating to the ascent of Mont Blanc by William Hawes and Charles Fellows, during July 1827, including expenses from July 24th to 26th in Hawes's hand, one page with his signed endorsement, one small tear, 4to, plus an itemised food and lodgings bill for Hawes and Fellows (23rd to 27th July), one page, slim folio, plus a brief manuscript chronology of the expedition in an unknown hand, 2. pp., 4to, the three items tipped onto an old scrap album guard with a contemporary news cutting of the expedition laid down, plus a printed French passport with manuscript insertions for William Hawes, dated 12th June 1827, numerous inkstamps and manuscript endorsements to verso, worn and strengthened on folds, tipped onto an album guard, plus three related uncol. lithos., laid down (6)
Staffordshire Leek. An Account of what Heaton is Worth per Annum, mid 18th c., manuscript table in ink on paper listing all the landowners and occupiers in the area with details on how much each one pays, together with two further manuscript documents, the first providing a table of the lunes of Leek Parish and the second providing a table of lunes raised in Heaton for the repair of the Highway for the year (3)
Thompson (E.V.). A collection of original manuscripts, proofs and other hand written material, including the following material: Cassie, published Macmillan, 1991: original pencil manuscript in two foolscap pads, hand written research notes in a foolscap ring binder, original typescript extensively modified by the author. Cast No Shadows, pub. Little, Brown, 1997: author's hand written research notes in ring binder file, uncorrected and unbound proof with extensive revisions by author. Fires of Evening, pub. Little, Brown, 1998: unbound proof in folder with some corrections by author. Somewhere a Bird is Singing, pub. Little, Brown, 1999: first draft script extensively revised by the author (in box file), unbound proof sheets in wallet with some correction by author. Notes for Lectures and Speeches: nine items contained in an envelope, all but one hand wriiten the other typed with extensive corrections E V Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had over 200. stories published before returning to England to become a full time writer. In 1977. Chase the Wind won the Best Historic Novelist Award. (a carton)
Book of Hours. Two single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, fore edge margin of one side of each leaf with attractive floral border panel painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold, leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 120. x 75mm (2)
Book of Hours. Two single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text (10. lines to verso of one leaf), written in black, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, fore edge margin of one side of each leaf with attractive floral border panel painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold, leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 115. x 75mm (2)
Book of Hours. Four single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, fore edge margin of one side of each leaf with attractive floral border panel painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold (each slightly different in design), leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 120. x 75mm (4)
Book of Hours. Four single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, fore edge margin of one side of each leaf with attractive floral border panel painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold (each slightly different in design), leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 120. x 75mm (4)
Book of Hours. six vellum leaves (three bifoliums) from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, fore edge margin of one side of each leaf with attractive floral border panel painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold (each slightly different in design), leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 120. x 75mm (1)
Book of Hours. A single vellum leaf from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Paris (?), c.1490-1500, double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black & red, fine painted miniature of St. Peter & St. Paul heightened in gold and with attractive floral borders to 3. margins painted in red, green, blue and heightened in gold, small dec. initial to each side of leaf heightened in gold, leaf size approx. 180. x 130mm, text 120. x 70mm (1)
Book of Hours. A single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Northern France, mid late 15th c., double sided, 16. lines of single column text, written in black ink, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, leaf size approx. 155. x 115mm, text 100. x 65mm, mounted, framed & double glazed (1)
Book of Hours. Two single vellum leaves from an illuminated manuscript Latin Book of Hours, Northern France, mid. 15th c., double sided, 15. lines of single column text, written in black & red ink, painted dec. initials and line fillers heightened in gold, some initials with attractive floral decoration painted in red and blue, leaf size approx. 180. x 125mm, text 90. x 60mm (2)
Addison (Joseph). Cato. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants, 2nd ed., 1713, eng. frontis. and half title, bound with five other related works, The Life and Character of Marcus Portius Cato Uticensis: Collected from the Best Ancient Greek and Latin Authors, and Design'd for the Readers of Cato, a Tragedy, 2nd ed, with large additions, 1713; Remarks Upon Cato, a Tragedy, by Mr. Dennis, 1713; Cato Examin'd: or, Animadversions on the Fable or Plot, Manners, Sentiments, and Diction of the New Tragedy of Cato..., 1713; Observations Upon Cato, a Tragedy. By Mr. Addison, 1713; Mr. Addison Turn'd Tory: or, the Scene Inverted:..., by a Gentleman of Oxford, 1713, three leaves of manuscript notes bound in at front of volume, browning throughout, modern qtr. sheep, 4to (1)
Cookery. Manuscript cookery receipt book, early 19th c., 25pp. containing approx. sixty recipes written in a neat hand, for dishes & wines including Dutch flummery, Dr. Oliver's biscuits, currant wine and green goosebury wine, also includes recipes for black ink (Lord Bulkelbys recipe) and cures for the ague, some slight loss to lower inner corner of pages resulting in a little loss of written text, modern wrappers, slim 4to, together with a mid 19th c. and an early 20th c. manuscript receipt book, plus Southgate (Henry), Things a Lady would like to Know Concerning Domestic Management and Expenditure Arranged for Daily Reference..., 1874, frontis. and addn. title, slight spotting, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, plus two other late 19th c. cookery books (6)
Sharp, Granville. An Appendix to the Representation (Printed in the Year 1769) of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery, or of Admitting the Least Claim of Private Property in the Persons of Men in England, London 1772. Boards, the author's own copy with manuscript amendments, plus Three Tracts of the Syntax and Pronunciation of the Hebrew Tongue, London 1804. Calf, boards detached, 8vo plus other related books (box)
[AUSTRALIA] The Sobraon Occasional. Published on Board the "Sobraon" During her Outward Voyage to Melbourne, from October 7th to December 26th, 1875. 8vo., orig. marbled boards, cloth spine. Nos. 1-5. With loose plan of the ship, the occupants of the cabins filled in (plan torn), loose photograph, and theatre and concert programmes in manuscript bound in.
HORSBURGH, JAMES. Horsburgh's East India Pilot. Printed for Black, Parbury, & Allen, Booksellers to the Honorable East India Company, 1817. Large folio, stitched into original sail-cloth covers. 25 hinged engraved maps and charts, mostly folding or double page, dating between 1806-1821. Printed title listing the maps: Whittle & Laurie's English Channel 1-4, Captain Horsburgh's North Atlantic Ocean 5, South ditto 6, Gough's Island and Bird Islands 7, Indian Ocean 8, Cape of Good Hope 9 to 10, Arabian Sea 11, Hindoostan 12, Bombay Harbour 13, Goa River and Murmagoa Road 14, Maldiva Islands 15, Peninsula beyond the Ganges 16, Straits of Malacca 17 to 19, China Sea 20 to 21, Luzon and Formosa 22. With a further four unlisted and unnumbered charts: Islands and Channels at the Southwest Extremity of the China Sea; Strait of Sunda; Chart [of Chinese waters etc.] Intended as an Accompaniment to the Book of Directions for navigating to, from and in the East Indies (small repair) and chart dedicated to various sea captains at Canton in 1818. Apart from a few short tears, mostly at lower margins, occasional very light spotting and a few creases, in very good condition. With a one page "Memoranda from Horsburgh's East India Pilot" loosely inserted. Manuscript, probably in the same hand as lot 1002, that of Henry Kent. Folio. With comments on reefs, depths, weather conditions etc. And a torn and defective manuscript chart of an area with Penetenguishene Harbour at centre. (3)
[SCOTTISH MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATED DIARIES]. MILLER (William)*, 2 fine yearly diaries for 1899 & 1900, 8vo, each vol. with approx. 200 leaves, with one or two pages for each day of the year, and with each page with one or more hand-col'd (either crayon or watercolour) ink drawings. The illustrations link to the ink diary notes of each day, or represent flights of fancy, and are expertly rendered, providing a well observed and frequently humorous insight into the daily life of GLASGOW and environs., as seen through the eyes of a Glaswegian entrepreneur, as well as providing an intimate review of goings-on in the Miller household & the domestic life of the day. Street scenes, local characters, national life (elections, the Boer War), family holidays, interiors (of bars, railway stations, etc.) are shown in detail, as well as activities (sports, golf, cricket, football, angling, bicycling, etc.). Additionally, a wry humour permeates the diaries giving rise to surrealist and bizarre pictorial images. In all, the finest such diaries that we have seen, providing a wonderful glimpse of daily life in GLASGOW of the dawn of the 20th century. Each volume is bound in stiff brown morocco, dated in gilt, with gilt initials "W.M." and the volume numbers, i.e. 1 & 2. *William Miller, entrepreneur & soap manufacturer, resident at 9 Spring Gardens, Mary Hill, married with two sons.
NORDEN (John), Speculi Britanniae Pars: A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall ..., 4to, engr. additional title, title, engr. dedication leaf, 1 f. 'Table', 8 ff., pp. 104, engr. text illus., 10 folding maps, 1 plate, reversed calf, bookplate of John Gwennap, L., 1728; together with the 1972 edition "John Norden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall" (2).
Dobell (Family, of Cheltenham) Honeysuckles, Vines and Roses from the Home Garden and other stories, poems etc, a manuscript family album illustrated with watercolour and pencil drawings between 1842 and 1848, bound in gilt decorated red morocco by Hayday, the front end paper with circular stamp for Thomson, 138 Upper Street, Islington, 26.75cm x 20.25cm (10.5"x 8") contained in a black japanned box
A 20TH-CENTURY AMATEUR CALLIGRAPHER'S "ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT" PAGE by "F.J. Littledale, Chairman of the Committee 1928", dedicated "To the Right Reverend Monsigneur Charles Leslie Hawksford Duchenin, M.A., On the occason of your appointment to the Rectorship of the Collegio Beda in Rome....", with 'Iluminated' initial 'T' illustrating The Madonna and Child, above a gilt-enriched panel with angel holding a dedication model of the Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Wandsworth, flanked by a medieval-style princess and suitor in a garden, with gilt backdrop, the frieze beneath decorated with gothic arches, children of the period (scouts, a boy and dog, etc) all holding a floral swag, with crests beneath, watercolour on card, 55cm x 36.5cm, (21.6in x 14.3in), unmounted and unframed
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