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![BONNELL, James (1697-1774). A fine manuscript journal of travels in England between 10 August and [?]2 September 1717, title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd3fa65e-97b1-4590-80d4-ab0d00aae4fa/9f0f4695-73f0-4bd1-bc42-ab0d0102fa8d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 689
BONNELL, James (1697-1774). A fine manuscript journal of travels in England between 10 August and [?]2 September 1717, titled: "An Account of a month's Travell Round the North West[sic] & South West of England from London to Oxford & Worcester & round to Chichester &c. In all Nine Citys. In a Continued Distance of 160 mile from London." 8vo (151 x 100mm). "Title" and 184-leaves, written in black ink on rectos only, with numerous blank leaves at the end interspersed with 18-pages of accounts relating to the tour. Bound in contemporary speckled calf (rubbed). Provenance: Harvey Bonnell (armorial bookplate); and thence by descent. A COLOURFUL ACCOUNT, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED, OF A YOUNG MAN'S TOUR FROM LONDON ACROSS THE WEST OF ENGLAND IN 1717. Taking in the attractions of Windsor, Oxford, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Wells, Glastonbury, Salisbury, Winchester and Chichester, amongst many other places, the journal also provides detailed descriptions of the interiors and gardens of noteworthy houses along the way including Blenheim, Wilton and Dyrham Park; there are lively accounts of partying at Worcester and Bath, and numerous introductions and flirtations. In Henley: "... we had very good diversion with ye young Girls being for the most part of a very cheerfull disposition"; in Oxford, a service at the Cathedral "... was very indiferently performed, and the Church of a very indiferent structure"; Queen's College: "... is new and the fine Chapell not at this time finished"; in Worcester: "... a very genteel place and we had the fortune to be very well acquainted with all the best of ye city, as Miss Kitty Stevens, Fanny Paine, Sophia Sheldon, Molly Moore, 4 Miss Betsons, particularly pretty Miss [?]Ann, Sally Pansford, Sally Boostor, Miss Berkley, Miss Travil, Patty Carey di Twitty, Sicilia Twitty, wth. many others ... Memorandum - Mr Cooke, altho' I invited him to supper never asked me to drink a glass of wine. Memorandum - Mrs Cooke has a Beard, one inch long, all black ... we rose about Ten, I having not been very well"; on Bristol: "This City is the most dirty, noisy, drunken, ill-natured, homely place I ever met ... I think Wopin [ie Wapping] in London to most like it, tho' to its advantage"; in Bath, they hit the town: "... to ye Pump room, to prayers, walks, Dinner, Rafflin's room, & walks, & at Night, gaming room, & Ball, being Tuesdays, & Fridays. On Saturday evening we visited the Pump room & Walks so late yet no Company; we went to ye Billiard table, Hazard Table & Harrisons rooms, very full ..."; in Salisbury: "... after dinner we went to ye Master of St. Cross in a chariot for 5/ where Mr Thomas went to visit a Lady of his acquaintance, who made us very welcome, a dancing master being there, and the Children dancing - the Lady desire me to take out a Lady was visiting there, which I did, and danced a Minuet with her, and after that another ..." Meals en route are described in exhaustive detail; this, for example, at The Angel in Oxford (at the time the foremost coaching Inn of the city but demolished in 1876): "... we had this Night 2 Rabbits fricasied, with a Loin of Mutton, 2 fowls and half dozen tarts, and a handsome desart, 2 flasks of french wine, 1 of port, and a pint of Mountain with Lemons, etc"; and at Chichester: "... we had for Dinner at ye Upper end a noble Dish of Fish with Schrimps, & Oyster Sauce, at ye Bottom a Chine of Mutton - one one side some Pig, on tother, a most incomperable rich backed pudding, Pickles in ye middle - the first course ended, the table was a second time furnished with at ye Upper End, a Dish of Partridges, the lower end Artichokes, on one side Tarts, on tother Lobsters, these being taken away, ye next consisted of desert - in ye Middle Grapes - at upper end Nectralles, at lower, plumbs, in a row on one side Currants, & figs, tother Damsons & Peeches, being 7 dishes, from thence we went home ..." James Bonnell, who was about 19 and single when he kept this journal, was of Spring Gardens, Westminster. His sister, Sarah, left money in her will to found a school for poor girls in West Ham in 1769. 'The Sarah Bonnell School', one of the oldest schools for girls in England, still flourishes in Stratford, east London. Of James Bonnell's later life, not a great deal is known beyond some official records: he was Lord of the Manor of Purleigh, Essex, in 1759, and he purchased Pelling Place and adjoining land including Beaumont Lodge in Old Windsor, Berkshire. The Bonnell family memorial is in the Monoux chapel of St Mary's church, Walthamstow.
Lot 196
COURTNEY ROGER: (1902-1946) British Soldier who established the Special Boat Sections which saw action in World War II. A rare A.L.S., Roger, two pages, 8vo, Kilmarnock, 30th May 1944, to Mrs. V. Lamb (‘Dear Bunch’). Courtney commences his letter stating ‘I heard with a certain amount of anxiety that the Portsmouth area has been blitzed recently. I do hope you are alright & that the house has escaped damage’, and continues ‘The book is finished, & I have bunged it into Jenkins & by the way they are sending you Palestine Policeman through the Times Book Club’. Courtney further adds ‘Since arriving in this haggis ridden hole, I have pined steadily for Lakeside [the home of his correspondent] & my place in the garden with James, who by the way salute from me. Did you feel you needed anyone to hold your hand when Adolf was more than usually noisy. I wish I could have been there to make encouraging sounds.’ Courtney concludes his letter with a rhyme, ‘When bombs & such burst round your head/ Do you feel you need Roger/ To drag your shrinking form from your bed/ And act the perfect lodger’. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Courtney. Together with a second rare A.L.S., Roger (the signature very slightly water stained), to the verso of a sepia picture postcard of St. Michael’s church in Torrington, n.d. (2nd May 1944), to Mrs. Lamb. Courtney writes, in full, ‘Cider, Cider, everywhere. There’s nothing else to drink and though I find it very dull my body’s “in the pink”. No wine, nor whoopee, can I find, and thus I sit & grieve, until I drink my first days nose at Fareham, Monday Eve.’ Also including a rare book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Palestine Policeman – An account of eighteen dramatic months in the Palestine Police Force during the great Jew-Arab troubles, First Edition published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd., London, 1939. Signed and inscribed by Courtney, ‘To Bunch from Roger’, to the front free endpaper. Bound in the publisher’s pale cloth. With a newspaper clipping of 1983 relating to Courtney laid down beneath the signature and with a section of the dust jacket, featuring Courtney’s portrait, laid down to the front pastedown. The lot also includes David Stirling (1915-1990) Scottish Lieutenant Colonel of World War II, founder of the Special Air Service. Blue ink signature (‘with best wishes, David Stirling’) and date, 8th April 1987, in his hand on a 12mo piece. Autographs of Roger ‘Jumbo’ Courtney are rare in any form as a result of his untimely death at the age of 46. Some light overall age wear, generally G, 4
Lot 219
KESSELRING ALBERT: (1885-1960) German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe during World War II, Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. A.L.S., Albert, two pages, 8vo, Munich, 2nd May 1953, to his wife, Liny, in German. Kesselring writes a social letter, explaining that he has been busy for several days and giving instructions on where his mail is to be sent, also remarking 'I had a look at my calendar and saw that it is the birthday of the little one. Please convey my birthday wishes'. He further writes 'Yesterday, I met Mrs. Jodl who sends her best wishes. She looks fine but is worried about her persecutors. But who isn't?', adding 'Major Melette told me that there are two irons in the fire; he hopes for a decision in 8 to 14 days (very shortly, as he said)….I will mention Mrs. Jodl as well. Today, I will speak to agents, amongst others' and concluding 'Despite everything, I lead a sensible life. Instead of wine, I drink apple juice. Isn't that remarkable!....'. About EX Kesselring had surrendered to the American forces in May 1945 and was held in a number of American Prisoner of War camps before being transferred to British custody in 1946. The Field Marshal was subsequently tried by a British Military Court and sentenced to death by firing squad. The final verdict of the court in its sentencing met with protest in the United Kingdom and was opposed by Winston Churchill and several high ranking military leaders who had respected Kesselring's gallantry in battle. Kesselring's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, however, in July 1952, he was diagnosed with cancer. In October the same year he was released from prison on the grounds of ill health. Luise Katharina von Benda (1905-1998) German Secretary in the Reich Defense Ministry, the second wife of Alfred Jodl (1890-1946) German General of World War II. Chief of the Operations Staff and Deputy to Wilhelm Keitel. Following the war she was employed by the Institute of International Law at the University of Munich.
Lot 186
Assorted French Red Wine to include: Cos d'Estournel, 1975 , one bottle; Chateau Bécheraeau, 1966, one bottle; Pascal, 1978, two bottles; Marcel Baron, 1985, one bottle; Chateau Bories, 1979, two bottles; Bouchard Père et Fils, 1978, one bottle; Chateau Maucaillou, Moulis, 1989, one bottle; Chateau La Serre, Côtes-du-Rhône, 1972, one bottle; Chateau Maine Gazin, Blaye, 1970, one bottle; Cuvée André Roux, Côtes-du-Rhône, 1998, one bottle; Domaine de Beauvernay, Juliénas, 1978, one bottle; Chateau Cotes de St Clair, 1995, one bottle; Cuvée des Montigaud, 1974, one bottle; Domaine de Saburin, Brouilly, 1984, one bottle; Sélection Marcel Baron, Minervois, 1985, one bottle; Chateau Les Pinsas, Graves, 1979, one bottle; Domaine du Bouat, 1974, one bottle and Mouton-Cadet, 1983, one bottle, twenty bottles in total
Lot 31
Assorted French White Wine to include: Cuvée Meulien-Pigneret, Pinot Blanc, 1978 two bottles; Chateau de la Galissonnière, Muscadet, 1980, two bottles and 1982, two bottles; Domaine du Cléray, Muscadet, 1972, one bottle; Domaine des Pierres Noires, Muscadet, 1984, one bottle; Chateau Galey, Bordeaux, 1985, one bottle; J. Moreau, Montagny, 1982, one bottle; Château Pech-Cèleyran, La Clape, Languedoc, 1996, one bottle and Macon-Villages, 1982 , one bottle, twelve bottles in total
Lot 67
Assorted Champagne and Sparkling Wine to include: Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, 1973 , two bottles; A. Rothschild & Co., 1976, one bottle; C.H. Mumm & Cie, 2000, one bottle; J & B Sarcey, non-vintage, one bottle; Charles Lafitte, non-vintage, one bottle and Blanc de Blancs, Les Abeillon, Méthode Traditionnelle, one bottle, seven bottles in total
Lot 92
Assorted Port to include: Kopke, Qinta St. Luiz, 1977 , one bottle; Real Cia Velha, 1962, one bottle; Feuerheerd's, Diamond Ruby, one bottle; Old Nobility Port Wine, Feuerheerd Bros., one bottle; Delaforce, one bottle; Taylor's, 10 Years Old Tawny, one bottle and 30 Years Old Tawny, one bottle; Dow's, Midnight Port, one bottle, eight bottles in total
Lot 228
1990 Bahans Haut Brion (2nd Wine of Chateau Haut-Brion) Pessac Leognan 1x75cl 1981 Chateau Palmer, 3eme Cru Classe Margaux 1x75cl 1989 Chateau Calon Segur, 3eme Cru Classe Saint Estephe 1x75cl 1990 Chateau d'Issan, 3eme Cru Classe Margaux 1x75cl 1990 Chateau Batailley, 5eme Cru Classe Pauillac 1x75cl 1990 Chateau St Pierre, 4eme Cru Classe Saint Julien 1x75cl 1995 Chateau Kirwan, 3eme Cru Classe Margaux 1x75cl 1985 Chateau Duhart Milon, 4eme Cru Classe Pauillac 1x75cl 1985 Chateau Malescot St-Exupery, 3eme Cru Classe Margaux 1x75cl 1990 Chateau Pichon Baron de Longeville, 2eme Cru Classe Pauillac 1x75cl 1990 Chateau Branaire Ducru, 4eme Cru Classe Saint Julien 1x75cl Total 11x75cl
![A large bottle of Chateau Lafitte [sic] 1970 Grand Vin Bordeaux red wine, * Please note this is Chateau Lafitte, Mme J. Mengi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5c860519-6a8c-464d-9212-ab11010cf916/e27629aa-523a-455c-ad53-ab110117b0e3/468x382.jpg)
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