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LEWIS (C.S.)A group of 14 works, including SEVEN INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, a few with manuscript notes, etc., comprising:Out of the Silent Planet, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'With Kindest regards and happiest recollections of a pleasant meeting, C.S. Lewis, March 1th 1939', 2 single page typed copy letters from Lewis to Knight (18 and 27 November 1938) discussing this book ('... Another thing I learn is that my sales are likely to be small since 'S-F-Fans' are clearly ante-Christian and most Christians are not space fans!...'), Bodley Head, 1938Prelandra. Novel, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S. Lewis with kind regards, May 3rd 1943', NOTECARD SIGNED ('C.S. Lewis') to Knight, from Magdalen College saying '... I'm knocked up with a long spell of examining and a 100 horse-power cold', returning a pamphlet, and sending 'Xmas' wishes, one page tipped-inside upper cover, Bodley Head, 1943Christian Behaviour, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S. Lewis' on the front free endpaper, dust-jacket, Geoffrey Bles, [1943]The Pilgrim's Regress, third edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S. Lewis Xmas 1943' on the half-title, a 2-page letter written to Knight from a Canon in Southport discussing this title and Lewis's writing ('... as with so many other modern writers on the quest for Truth Lewis seem to me to be over-burdened... [and] feels under an obligation to give serious consideration to every writer who 'makes a noise'...') loosely inserted, Geoffrey Bles, [1943]That Hideous Strength, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S. Lewis with kind regards, Aug. 1945' on author's compliments slip pasted on front free endpaper Bodley Head, [1945]Miracles, first US edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S. Lewis Sept. 1947' on the front free endpaper, New York, Macmillan, 1947Mere Christianity, FIRST EDITION, POSTCARD SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ('C.S.L.', dated 18 Sept. 1952) to Knight telling him 'MC was 'for keep' and I only realised after I posted it that I'd forgotten to put your name in it' taped in on front free endpaper, Geoffrey Bles, 1952The Last Battle, FIRST EDITION, inscribed 'F.H.P. Knight from C.S.L. November 1956' by the recipient on front free endpaper, dust-jacket designed by Pauline Baynes (unclipped, spine soiled, toned), Bodley Head, 1956The Screwtape Letters, FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, printed spine label, Geoffrey Bles, [March, 1943]publisher's cloth, slight rubbing, 8vo; and 5 others by C.S. Lewis (14)Footnotes:SEVEN INSCRIBED BOOKS AND TWO POSTCARDS FROM C.S. LEWIS TO AN EARLY READER, Lewis noting 'it is always very pleasant to find that one's book has been liked -- specially by a fellow Christian and a fellow Churchman'.Provenance: Francis H.P. Knight, Walsall, Lancs., inscriptions from the author, and/or ownership stamp or ink address. Knight corresponded with Lewis about his books, and according to the current owner 'used to come into the library where my grand-father, Francis Bowler, worked in Walsall', to whom they were left.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 COPIES, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], 8vo, Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S FIRST SEPARATELY PRINTED POEM. Alan Anderson, the owner of the Tragara Press, has stated that approximately 60 copies were printed. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 'The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets' (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018).Provenance: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; their daughter Frieda Hughes, her signature on card loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HUME (DAVID)Series of four rediscovered autograph letters to Horace Walpole from Scottish philosopher David Hume (1771-1776), speaking of his infamous argument with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, justifying the publication of his account and distancing himself from Walpole's 'King of Prussia letter', comprising:i) Autograph letter signed ('David Hume') to Horace Walpole ('Dear Sir'), recounting how he has received a letter from D'Alembert '...who tells me, that, on receiving from me an account of my affair with Rousseau, he summon'd a meeting of all my literary friends at Paris...' who all agreed, contrary to his own opinion, that he should give a public statement '...especially after receiving the last mad letter... it is of great importance for me to justify myself from having any hand in the letter from the King of Prussia... I am collecting all the original pieces and shall connect them by a concise narrative...', ending by asking for Walpole's letter and Rousseau's answer, integral address panel, docketed in ink and pencil, one page on a bifolium, dust-staining, creased, seal tear, remains of red wax seal, 4to (226 x 185mm.), [n.p.], 'Saturday Forenoon' [but Saturday 26 July 1766, dated from Walpole's reply of that day, according to Correspondence, p.24]ii) Autograph letter signed ('David Hume') to Horace Walpole ('Dear Sir'), regarding the account of his '...rupture with Rousseau...' to be published by his friends (Exposé succinct de la contestation qui s'est élevèe entre M. Hume et M. Rousseau, published at Paris in October 1766), notifying him that he has included Walpole's letter '...justifying my innocence with regard to the Prince of Prussia's letter...', and his reluctance to publish but '...my antagonist had wrote Letters of Defiance against me all over Europe, and said, that the Letter he wrote me was so confounding to me that I would not dare to show it to any one without falsifying it... my Silence might be construed into a Proof of Guilt...', mentioning that the book will probably be soon in London, docketed in pencil, 2 pages on a bifolium, dust-staining, creased at folds, 4to (228 x 185mm.), Edinburgh, 30 October 1766iii) Autograph letter signed ('David Hume') to Horace Walpole ('Dear Sir'), on the publication of his '...Narrative of this ridiculous Affair between Rousseau & me...', objecting to D'Alembert writing in his appendix that the King of Prussia's letter was cruel, possibly because Walpole is a friend of his enemy Madame du Deffand, and that passages in the narrative that mention Walpole have been '...altered in translation, and rendered much less obliging than I wrote them...', assuring him that his original words will be restored in the edition printed in London, docketed by Walpole on reverse 'Recd Nov. 8th 1766.', 2 pages on a bifolium, dust-staining, frayed, creased at folds, some small holes, 4to (228 x 185mm.), Edinburgh, 4 November 1766iv) Autograph letter signed ('David Hume') to Horace Walpole, a long letter explaining why he felt it necessary to reluctantly consent to the publication ('...I am as sensible as you are of the ridicule to which Men of Letters have expos'd themselves, by running every moment to the Public, with all their private Squabbles and Altercations... My antagonist, by his Genius, his Singularities, his Quackery, his Misfortunes & his Adventures had become more the subject of general Conversation in Europe... than any person in it... How else could it have happened that a Clause of a private letter which I wrote somewhat thoughtlessly to a private Gentleman at Paris, should in three days time have been the only subject of Conversation in that Capital, and should thence have propagated itself everywhere, as fast as the Post could carry it?...'), apologising for suppressing Walpole's clause where he admitted to composing the King of Prussia's letter, discussing D'Alembert ('...a ...model of a virtuous and philosophical character...') and Madame du Deffand, vindicating himself and his friends, ending by begging him '...to consider the great difference in point of morals between uncultivated and civilized ages...', the postscript pointing out '...The French Translation of this strange Piece... was not made by Dalembert...', 6 pages on 2 bifolia, dust-staining, creased at folds, some small tears, 4to (235 x 188mm.), Edinburgh, 20 November 1766For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HAMILTON (SIR WILLIAM)Three autograph letters signed ('Wm. Hamilton') to Perkin Magra, HM Consul General at Tunis; the first long detailed letter drawing his attention to the Venetian news which '...Lord Nelson is so good as to forward to you...', speaking at length on the 'Barbary Cruizers' and repeating General Acton's response to his own letter regarding the '...misery of His Sicilian Majesty's subjects in captivity at Tunis...' and attempts to prevent sailors abandoning their vessels at the '...suspicion of a Turk...', referring to Lord Nelson ('...who continues to live with us...') and his letter to him, feeling the Sicilian Royal Family is no longer in immediate danger and may soon return to Naples ('...Ld Nelson will have such a Maritime force as will be able to distress the new Neapolitan Republic greatly...'), expressing a wish to return to England ('...as my health suffers and I am at my time of life driven from a comfortable house...'), speaking of his 'great misfortune' ('...eight cases of the best of my vases cast away in the Colossus and I fear lost irrecoverably – they contained the cream of my collection & you know how extraordinary & complete that collection was. I have here on board a Transport my best pictures & some other cases of vases but the French have got the furniture of my houses...'), integral address panel, remains of red wax seal; another expressing his wish to leave for home but for the fact that '...Lord Nelson on whom the whole safety of their Sicilian Majesties and these Kingdoms depend... is ignorant both of the French & Italian languages & of the customs of these countries...', giving news of military activities, hoping Magra can recover a vessel taken by the Tunisians, sending Lady Hamilton's assurance of the safety of his family left in Sicily; the next asking him to show Nelson's letter personally to the Bey, giving further news of the fleet ('...it is a very critical moment to us in the Mediterranean...'), celebrations for the King's birthday ('...we have a table of 100 covers...'), on putting duty over 'private affairs', reassuring him his daughters and friends are well; an undated letter ('Thursday 2 o'clock') to an unknown recipient (possibly Magra) enclosing a despatch from Lord Keith; note in third person introducing Professor Aldini from Bologna (whose work on 'galvanism' influenced Mary Shelley when writing Frankenstein) to Dr Letsom, 16 pages, light dust-staining and creases, filing holes, seal tear to first letter, three folio (320 x 200mm.), the rest smaller, Palermo, 17 March to 4 June 1799, Piccadilly, 2 December 1802 (5)Footnotes:'ON WHOM THE WHOLE SAFETY OF THEIR SICILIAN MAJESTIES AND THESE KINGDOMS DEPEND': SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON ON NELSON AND THE WRECK OF THE COLOSSUS.These letters were written from Hamilton's exile in Sicily during a particularly stressful period when Nelson was attempting to bring the Barbary corsairs into the anti-French coalition. Using Magra the British consul at Tunis, Nelson hoped to establish good diplomatic relations with the Bey of Tunis. In a letter of 17 March, which Hamilton alludes to in our letter to Magra of the same date, he called the French 'the enemies of God and His Holy Prophet...' (John Sugden, Nelson: The Sword of Albion, 2012, pp.204-207). In our letter of 14 April 1799, Hamilton urges Magra to do all he can to '...recover the vessel with corn for Malta that was taken by the Tunisians...', referring to Nelson's request to Magra of the same date (this letter sold in these rooms, 18 June 2014, lot 147). '...These diplomatic successes, almost unknown to Nelson biographers, made a significant difference to Malta and Italy... Relations between Britain and Tunis remained unsteady... Magra felt so unsafe that he dissuaded his family from coming out to join him in Tunis' (Sugden, pp.207-208). Amongst the diplomatic news and negotiations, a more personal side of Hamilton is revealed in these letters. He expresses his great sorrow at the loss of his collection of antiquities ('the cream of my collection'), lost when HMS Colossus was wrecked off the Scilly Isles in December 1798. It was, in fact, his second collection of vases, the first having been sold to the British Museum. Fortunately Tischbein had recorded the collection for posterity and two thirds of the collection were salvaged from the wreck. Not only that, on his return to England, Hamilton discovered that many of the cases that contained his best pieces had been left off the Colossus by mistake and he was able to sell the remainder of his vast collection to Thomas Hope for £4,000 in 1801. He also reports here that, whilst his best vases were lost on the wreck, the rest were with paintings on a British transport in the harbour at Palermo. The paintings reached England safely and were sold by Christie's in March and April 1801.Having endured that disappointment, and after some 35 years as British Ambassador to the court of the King of Naples and Sicily, Hamilton admits to feeling weary and wishes to return to England. He demonstrates some sympathy with Magra, also on foreign soil, who has left his family in Sicily for safety. Duty, however, takes precedent over his 'private affairs' and he feels bound to remain in Sicily for the time being where Nelson, he says, needs his support, not least to navigate the language and customs of the country. Provenance: Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865); her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister (1832-1902); thence by descent.Lady Lewis' collection was initially formed through the amalgamation of two significant collections of letters: royal and political correspondence from that of her mother the Hon. Theresa Villiers (1775-1856), and that of her close friend, the writer Mary Berry (1763–1852). Mary Berry's bequest included correspondence from Horace Walpole, most notably his correspondence with Thomas Chatterton and David Hume, hitherto thought lost, and three poems dedicated to her. To this inheritance Lady Lewis subsequently added her own correspondence and collection of autographs gathered through her wide circle of social, political and literary connections entertained at her home, Kent House, St James's. Not seen outside the family until now, the collection is a remarkable survival and tells the story of a family at the heart of English society. An intricate web of connections and alliances is revealed, bringing together the worlds of royalty and politics, the arts and literature. It is also a story of influential women both as collectors and as correspondents: Theresa Villiers as keeper of royal secrets, Mary Berry and her circle of intellectuals, and, importantly, Lady Lewis as collector and salonnière bringing them all together in one extraordinary collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HUGHES (TED) - EMILY DICKINSON'Poems by Emily Dickinson', MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION BY HUGHES OF DICKINSON'S POEMS, title and presentation inscription in blue ink, 53 pages of poems in black ink, remainder blank, morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly worn, 8vo, 1974Footnotes:TED HUGHES' MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY POEMS BY EMILY DICKINSON, given to his daughter Frieda on her fourteenth birthday. Hughes edited a volume of selected poems by Dickinson, published by Faber and Faber, in 1968, noting that 'her poems record not only her ecstatic devotion, but her sharp, sceptic independence, her doubt, and what repeatedly opens her ecstasy - her despair'. Both Hughes and Sylvia Plath were great admirers, Sylvia herself being awarded a printed edition of Dickinson's poems as a sixteen year old at Wellesley High School in 1948 [See Bonhams, 21 March 2018, lot 304]. Inevitably Plath and Dickinson, as two great American female poets, have often been spoken of in the same breath; Ted himself writing in May 1966 that 'I've just finished re-reading all Emily Dickinson for a small selection, and my final feeling is that she comes quite a way behind Sylvia' (The Letters, vol. 1, Faber, 2007, p.258).Provenance: Frieda Hughes, inscribed to her by her father Ted Hughes on her fourteenth birthday, 1 April 1974. Frieda of course also became a published poet.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PLATH (SYLVIA)A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 COPIES, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960; The Colossus, FIRST EDITION, library copy with perforated stamp on title an without front free endpaper, publisher's cloth, stamped on upper cover and spine [Tabor A2], Heinemann, 1960; Three Women. A Monologue for Three Voices, second (first published) edition, NUMBER 165 OF 180 COPIES, frontispiece by Stanislaw Gliwa, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt [Tabor A3b.1], Turret Books, 1968; The Bell Jar, [Tabor A4a.3, Heinemann, [1966]; Ariel, FIRST EDITION, [Tabor A5a], Faber, [1965]; idem, first U.S. edition [Tabor A5b], Harper & Row, [1966]; Uncollected Poems, [LIMITED TO 150 COPIES], THIS COPY 'C OF 13 COPIES' SIGNED BY TED HUGHES inside upper cover, publisher's pictorial wrappers [Tabor A6, not mentioning this 'lettered' limited variant], Turret Books, 1965 [but 1966]; Wreath for a Bridal, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, this copy 'B' of 5 unnumbered copies, publisher's wrappers [Tabor A7], Frensham, Farnham Press, 1970; Crystal Gazer and Other Poems, NUMBER 104 OF 400 COPIES, publisher's quarter cloth, slipcase [Tabor 9], Rainbow Press, 1971; Fiesta Melons, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, this copy number '6' but not signed by TH [Tabor A10], Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971; Crossing the Water, FIRST EDITION, Tabor A11a], Faber, 1971; idem, first U.S. edition [Tabor A11b], Harper & Row, 1971; Lyonnesse. Poems, ONE OF 90 COPIES BOUND IN FULL CALF, from an overall edition of 300, this copy number 15, publisher's calf gilt, slipcase [Tabor A13], Rainbow Press, 1971; Million Dollar Month, NUMBER 30 OF 150 COPIES, publisher's wrappers [Tabor A14], Frensham, Sceptre Press, [1971]; Winter Trees, FIRST EDITION, [Tabor A15], Faber, 1971; idem, first U.S. edition [Tabor A15b], Harper & Row, 1972; Child, NUMBER 6 OF 325 COPIES [Tabor A16], Exeter, The Rougemont Press, 1971; Pursuit, NUMBER 8 OF 100 COPIES, WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN, 4 full-page illustrations by Baskin, full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g., slipcase [Tabor A17], Rainbow Press, 1973; Letters Home... Selected and Edited with Commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR, SYLVIA'S MOTHER TO FRIEDA HUGHES 'To Frieda - my first grandchild with every wish for all that is good and true in life. Love from your mother's mother Granny' on the half-title, jacket slightly creased [Tabor A18], New York, Harper & Row, 1975; The Bed Book. Illustrated by Quentin Blake, FIRST EDITION, AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR TO FRIEDA HUGHES (28 October 1999) loosely inserted [Tabor A19], Faber, 1963; Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, FIRST EDITION, short tears to front free endpaper [Tabor A22], Faber, 1977; idem, first U.S. edition [Tabor A22b], Harper & Row, [1978]; Two Poems, NUMBER 67 OF 75 'ESPECIAL' COPIES, from an overall edition of 300 [Tabor A22], Knotting, Martin Booth at Sceptre Press, 1980; Two Uncollected Poems, NUMBER 3 OF 450 COPIES, [Tabor A23], Anvil Press, 1980; A Day in June. An Uncollected Short Story, NUMBER 16 OF 160 COPIES, [Tabor A24], Ely, Embers Handpress, 1981, last 3 publisher's wrappers; A Dialogue Over a Ouija Board, NUMBER 138 OF 140 COPIES, illustration by Leonard Baskin, publisher's limp vellum, slipcase [Tabor A25], Rainbow Press, 1981; Collected Poems. Edited by Ted Hughes, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY TED HUGHES TO FRIEDA HUGHES 'To Frieda and Des [Dawes, first husband] with love from Dad, 2nd October 81', with note from Frieda about corrections [Tabor A26], Faber, 1981; The Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962... Edited by Karen V. Kukil, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR TO FRIEDA '... with all my heart and much help from your beautiful mother...', several annotations in the text by Frieda [Tabor A27], Faber, 1982; The Green Rock, NUMBER 9 OF 160 COPIES publisher's wrappers, slipcase [Tabor A28], Ely, Embers Handpress, 1982; The Magic Mirror, LIMITED TO 226 COPIES, this marked 'Copy III. Copy O. Ted Hughes' on the colophon, Rhiwagor, Embers Handpress, 1989, unless otherwise mentioned publisher's cloth, dust-jackets, ALL SIGNED BY FRIEDA HUGHES, either in the book or in slip inserted, 8vo and 4to; and 4 others with contributions by Plath (34)Footnotes:A fine collection of Plath's major works, including her very first book (limited to 60 copies), a fine copy of Ariel, many private press limited editions, and copies inscribed by Sylvia's mother Aurelia and husband Ted HughesProvenance: Frieda Hughes, all with ownership inscription in the book, or inserted label.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DARWIN (CHARLES)The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, FIRST EDITION, second issue, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO ARTHUR MOSTYN OWEN, INSCRIBED 'From the author' in a clerical hand on the front free endpaper, and with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('CHARLES DARWIN'), further inscribed by Mostyn Owen on the front free endpaper ('A Mostyn Owen/ Woodhouse/ Salop', and 'This was sent me by Charles Darwin/ AMO/ 1873', in pencil), and on Mostyn Owen's address label ('a present from the author Charles Darwin/ in 1873', in ink on front paste-down, the date in pencil and inked over later), the letter 4 pages, on Down House headed notepaper, 8vo, dated 23 May 1873, preserved in its original envelope which is affixed to the rear paste-down, 7 heliotype plates by O. G. Rejlander (3 folding, all numbered in Arabic and with 'Heliotype' not cropped), numerous wood-engraved illustrations, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated November 1872, short nick in upper margin of B1, some foxing to verso of plate 1 and adjacent page, occasional very minor spots elsewhere, publisher's green cloth, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, one small water spot to upper cover, short nicks to spine ends, joints wearing (slight split at foot of upper joint, hinge split internally), [Freeman 1142; Garrison-Morton 4975; Norman 600], 8vo (182 x 122mm.), John Murray, 1872 (2)Footnotes:'A MOST THRILLING TOKEN OF THE VERY MANY JOYFUL DAYS WHICH I OWE TO YOUR FAMILY' - DARWIN SENDS A PRESENTATION COPY TO ONE OF HIS OLD SHROPSHIRE FRIENDS.Arthur Mostyn Owen (1813–1896, of Woodhouse, Shropshire) and his family were great friends of the Darwin and Wedgwood families during Charles' youth, when he regularly visited the estate to shoot with Arthur and his brothers, and got to know the two sisters, Sarah and Fanny Mostyn Owen. On the evidence of letters from the period, Darwin seems to have been on romantic terms with both sisters, until he graduated and set off on the Beagle whilst the sisters got married, Sarah to Thomas Haliburton in 1831, and Fanny to the politician Robert Biddulph in 1832. In his later years Darwin sought to reconnect with the sisters and corresponded with Sarah Haliburton, who in 1872 was one of the recipients of a presentation copy of The Expression of the Emotions. This must have prompted Arthur to write to Darwin some seven months later, and he in turn was sent a copy.Written on Down House headed note paper and dated 23 May, Darwin's four-page letter here opens with him reminiscing about their shooting days at Woodhouse, lamenting the fact that he is too ill to travel let alone shoot, and expressing his continuing feelings of guilt over a shooting accident all those years ago ('I shall never forget that very unpleasant, indeed I may call it horrid day when a shot from my gun entered your eye'). After politely declining Arthur's offer of a portrait, writing that 'it must be a copy of Richmond's, which we possess (& a poor affair it is)', he turns to the other part of the suggested exchange: 'I would with pleasure send you my 'Descent of Man', but... my Origin of Species ought to be read first. I have, however, lately published a book on the 'Expression of the Emotions in Man & Animals'... I will direct my publisher to send you a copy'.The letter, tucked into its envelope at the rear of the volume, is described by the Darwin Correspondence Project as not having been found. But it can now fill the gap between Arthur's two letters to Darwin of 21 May and 28 May 1872, published by the Project as 'nos. 8917 and 8926'. The first sees Mostyn Owen writing to Darwin for the first time in many years. Having come across a portrait painted by Fanny in their Woodhouse days, he suggests that 'if you like to have it I will send it to you--& in return you shall send me the book you have written (people say) to prove our relationship to the monkey tribe'. In Arthur's letter of 28 May, he thanks Darwin for the book, and suggests there is a queue in the family to read it. Regarding his eye, he answers that it did give him some trouble, but that in conjunction with rubbing the area with cayenne pepper, it did help to get him added leave of absence whilst serving in India.Following on from The Descent of Man, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 'is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment' (Freeman). The only book Darwin illustrated with photographs, it heralded the foundation 'of the study of ethology (animal behaviour) and conveyance of information (communication theory) and made a major contribution to psychology' (DSB).This copy is Freeman's second issue, with three preliminary leaves only, 'htat' in the first line on p.208, and the last signatures being 2B1 and 2C4. The numbering of the plates is in Arabic rather than Roman, but no priority seems to have been established.Provenance: Arthur Mostyn Owen, recipient of the letter and his ownership inscriptions in the book; and thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ALBUM - WOMEN WRITERS & ARTISTSAlbum of c.100 autograph letters from nineteenth-century women writers and notable artists, from the collection of Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865), the majority to Lady Lewis, some loose, including:Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby (The 'Ladies of Llangollen'); poet and dramatist Joanna Baillie (putting aside Mr Sotheby's concerns for her pamphlet, 'I am in much greater danger of being neglected than attacked'); Mary Berry (3, to Lady Lewis, on the death of her friend Lady Charlotte Lindsay and making arrangements); Agnes Berry (2, replying to an invitation on behalf of her sister and referring to malicious news concerning Mr Lewis in The Times); poet Elizabeth Carter; Maria Edgeworth; Amelia Opie; Jane Porter (2 with some verses addressed 'To Sir Robert Ker Porter on seeing his Picture of Christ at the Last Supper'); Madame de Stael (cut signature); Ottilie von Goethe (German socialite and daughter-in-law of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in English); Lady Caroline Lamb (to Mary Berry, on her mother's escape from a crash, flattering her and giving her a receipt for a headache, on hearing rumours about herself '...when utterly fake it grieves...'); Mary Somerville (2); Fanny Kemble (2); Harriet Martineau, Anne Isabella Noel Byron, wife of Lord Byron (6, making arrangements, talking of a calamity in her family that has cause her to neglect everything else, troubles with Lady Lovelace ('...she just vegetates...'), another fragment talking of Lord Byron ('...He is the best man, I think I may say, that I have ever known, and the more his powers are called forth, the more his character will be generally be appreciated... He is very glad to be released from the proposed voyage to St Petersburg, and will I hope enjoy a little rest on the home station at Portsmouth...'); Caroline Norton ('...I send my 'doggerel' – it amused me to write it...'); Mary Seward (7, including some verses); and others such as George du Maurier; Richard Owen (returning a book); Charles Eastlake; Edwin Landseer (4, regarding the 'Spanish Lady'); David Wilkie; John Hayter (2, with sketches); and much else, some annotations, index titled 'British Artists' on blue paper and sheet of blotting paper at front, c.148 leaves (some blank, some excised), half maroon roan gilt, decorative spine gilt stamped 'Autographs' and 'Authoresses/ Artists/ &c.', worn, 4to (235 x 280mm.), [nineteenth-century]Footnotes:'I SEND MY DOGGEREL – IT AMUSED ME TO WRITE IT': LADY LEWIS' COLLECTION OF WOMEN WRITERS. As well as a wide correspondence, including comments on Lord Byron from his wife, the album also includes a printed notice, dated January 1845: 'M. & A. Berry are happy in the occasion of this new year to offer their sincere thanks to all the numerous body of distinguished friends, affectionate intimates, and entertaining companions, by whose aid and assistance they have passed the last twenty years of their lives... on a much smaller scale, an attempt will still be made to combine octogenarian cheerfulness, with the valued society of such as may be disposed to allow themselves to assist the OLD FIRM'.Provenance: Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865); her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister (1832-1902); thence by descent.The collection of Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (1803-1865) was initially formed through the amalgamation of two significant collections of letters, royal and political correspondence from the collection of her mother the Hon. Theresa Villiers (1775-1856), and that of her close friend, the writer Mary Berry (1763–1852). Impressed by Lady Lewis' writings, Mary Berry bequeathed her papers to her so that she could edit them for publication, and the three volume Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry was published in 1865. To this inheritance Lady Lewis subsequently added her own correspondence and collection of autographs gathered through her wide circle of social, political and literary connections entertained at her home, Kent House, St James's. Not seen outside the family until now, the collection is a remarkable survival and tells the story of a family at the heart of English society. An intricate web of connections and alliances is revealed, bringing together the worlds of royalty and politics, the arts and literature. It is also a story of influential women both as collectors and as correspondents: Theresa Villiers as keeper of royal secrets, Mary Berry and her circle of intellectuals, and, importantly, Lady Lewis as collector and salonnière bringing them all together in this extraordinary collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LEWIS (C.S.)The Screwtape Letters, FIRST EDITION, third printing, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('C.S. LEWIS') pasted inside upper cover, early owner's notes about the book on the front free endpaper and final pastedown, and one or two line summary at head of each chapter in neat black ink, newspaper cuttings pasted to front free endpaper, publisher's cloth, printed spine label, spine near detached, 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, [March 1942]Footnotes:'IT GIVES A KIND OF PLEASURE THAT MAY BE BAD FOR MY SOUL!' - C.S. Lewis writes on 26 September 1942 from Magdalen College, Oxford, in response to a letter sent to him from Mr. Danter (the early owner of this copy of Screwtape Letters), thanking him for his kindness, and suggesting he should visit the author 'if you find yourself with an hour to spare in Oxford'.Provenance: Edwin Hicks, and Harold Danter, 'London - June 1st 1942', inscribed inside upper cover. Evidently these owners were early enthusiasts, one noting on front free endpaper 'I have bought several copies of this book, and given them, or lent them to others. It is extremely interesting to note their re-action to it. Their opinion of it may be used as a test of people's honesty...', and also recording the lengthy opinions of two of those lent the book in September 1942.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 COPIES, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], 8vo, Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S FIRST SEPARATELY PRINTED POEM. Alan Anderson, the owner of the Tragara Press, has stated that approximately 60 copies were printed. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 'The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets' (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018).Provenance: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; their daughter Frieda Hughes, her signature on card loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[TURING (ALAN)]GANDY (ROBIN) Two autograph letters signed ('Robin'), to Donald Bayley ('Dear Don'), the first written shortly after Turing's death, expressing his shock at the news and his belief that it was probably accidental ('...I stayed with him the previous week and so feel fairly sure that there was no new particular trouble...'), going onto describe various chemical experiments Turing was undertaking at home ('...a typical expression of Alan's desire to make things for himself. When I was there he had made some quite respectable caustic soda... Also I noticed among the bottles of bought chemicals that there was some potassium cyanide...'), and giving three possible explanations for his state of mind ('...1. That he had determined to pretty well give up sex... 2. He was beginning to be disappointed by the lack of clear cut results from the analysis... 3. Perhaps an effect of the psychoanalysis was to bring on an irrational despair...'), ending by notifying him of Turing's bequests ('...I inherit his books and manuscripts...'), hoping to find someone to prepare Turing's work on fir cones for publication and asking him if there are '...any books or things you would like...', 6pp, 8vo (202 x 130mm.) and one page 4to (254 x 198mm.), University College, Leicester, 'Wednesday' [16, 23 or 30 June 1954]; the second written in faded red ink, thanking him for his letter of October and enclosing 'the bible' [not present here], mentioning '...I have passed on your version of the invention of 'ACE' to Newman so my myth won't be repeated in the Royal Society obituary!...') and promising to ride over on his new motorbike to see him soon, 2pp, 8vo (202 x 125mm.), Senior Common Room, University College, Leicester, [n.d.] (2)Footnotes:'NO, I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT, NOR WAS I (AN OPTIMIST) EXPECTING IT': THOUGHTS ON TURING'S SUDDEN DEATH FROM THE FRIEND WHO KNEW HIM BEST.In these recently discovered and unpublished letters, Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's great friend, colleague and executor, writes in response to a letter from Donald Bayley, written on 14 June 1954, just one week after Alan Turing was found dead, seemingly from suicide by cyanide poisoning. Gandy's letter reflects the bewilderment and shock experienced by those who knew Turing best. The inquest into Turing's death found for the verdict of suicide, citing as indicators that Turing had recently drawn up a will and had also been undertaking experiments to manufacture cyanide. A newspaper report of their findings is included in the lot. Gandy's opinion on the verdict is less clear cut ('...I can't say this couldn't be so, though I rather doubt it...'), something which chimes with the opinion of his close friends and his mother, Sara, who was convinced the death was accidental, but nevertheless accepted the verdict. Gandy had spent a happy weekend with Turing just the week before, and he found Turing's mental health much improved, especially since attending sessions with his psychoanalyst Franz Greenbaum ('...he found it increasingly easy to recount – with much humorous detail – his sagas. In fact he struck me as rather more settled than usual...'). Gandy does, however, offer three possible reasons for a disturbed state of mind, despite Turing being at a high point in his career.Bayley and Gandy had become lifelong friends whilst working with Alan Turing at Hanslope Park during the war. Gandy shared a cottage with Turing and the three men spent VE Day together (see lot 45). Bayley's letter to Gandy, which prompted this reply, is held in the Turing Archive at King's College, Cambridge (AMT/A/5). In it he asks Gandy for his thoughts on what might have happened: '...I thought at first he was in trouble again...' Bayley writes, '...Even if so, he knew we would support him as we had before. It's a complete mystery to me because he did enjoy life so much – apart from that one aspect...', going on to say that although he hadn't seen Turing since the previous October, when they had spent a weekend together in Wilmslow, they had exchanged Christmas cards ('... I thought of him a lot and I shall miss him terribly...'). Gandy's reference to 'the bible' could possibly refer to Turing's copy of Jahnke and Emde's Tables of Functions, which Bayley had chosen as a keepsake from Turing's effects (see lot 44).Provenance: Donald Bayley (1921-2020), electrical engineer and collaborator of Alan Turing on the 'Delilah' project; thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CRUCIUS, J. Mercurius sive Opus Epistolaru(m), sex libros comprehendens. Ed. nov. Amst., Janssonius van Waesberge, 1681. (8), 655, (15) pp. W. engr. ti. 12°. Cont. richly blind tooled pigskin. (Clasps gone, old name entry on free endpaper (Maugg), faintly stained in places). NOTE: Interesting collection of letters written to i.a. A.M. Schurman, G. Voet, G.J. Vossius, D. Heinsius, etc. on philosophical, political and economical matters (see the subject index at the back). - Jöcher I, 227.

BIBLIA ANGLICA -- BREECHES BIBLE -- HOLY BIBLE, THE, containing the Olde Testament, and the New. London, Robert Barker, 1610 (colophon 1611). (3), 190; 181 [=196]; 121, (11) lvs. W. general title and New Testament title (both heart-shaped) within decorative woodcut borders & num. woodcuts (i.a. maps) in the text. Cont. cf. w. gilt letters "E.C." (Exeter College?) on both sides. (Skilfully rebacked w. use of old spine, corners restored, sm. rep. to first title, some errors in pagination, some marg. (water)stains, a bit thumbed in places, a few marg. inscriptions). NOTE: In the Breeches Bible, Genesis Chapter III Verse 7 reads: "Then the eies of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." - Darlow & Moule 237.

SULPICIUS SEVERUS. Libri qui supersunt. Rec. et comm. crit. instr. C. Halm. 1866. Cl. -- C. STANCLIFFE. St. Martin and his hagiographer. History and miracle in Sulpicius Severus. 1983. Ocl. w. dust-j. (Spine faded). -- G. de PLINVAL. Pélage. Ses écrits, sa vie et sa réforme. 1943. Owrps. -- B.R. REES. The letters of Pelagius and his followers. (1991). Obrds. -- Id. Pelagius, a reluctant heretic. (1988). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- E.P. MEIJERING. Hilary of Poitiers on the trinity. De trinitate 1, 1-19, 2,3. 1982. Ocl. -- F. THELAMON. Païens et Chrétiens au IVe siècle. L'apport de l'"Histoire ecclésiastique" de Rufin d'Aquilée. 1981. Owrps. -- And 4 o. (11).

BOTANY -- TREW, C.J. Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. Nuremberg, 1750-1773. Text-pp. present: 23-56, (2). W. 1 engr. title, (letters in red, black, and gold), 3 fine mezzotint portraits of Trew, G.D. Ehret, and J.J. Haid, 50 (of 100) handcold. engr. plates (nrs. 51-100) after Ehret by Haid, each with the first word of the caption highlighted in gold & 1 extra (unnumb.) plate by Ehret ('Agaricus Ramosus'). - Bound with: 21 handcold. engr. plates taken from Knorr's 'Thesaurus rei herbariae hortensisque universalis'. - Tog. in 1 vol. Lge-fol. Cont. cf. w. dec. gilt back (Bind. dam. and sides loose, free endpaper torn, faint waterstain in outer blank margin of some lvs., but else fine (apart from some minor foxing spots/yellowing) and with the plates in good condition). NOTE: Second half of one of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical colour-plate books. The Plantae Selectae is considered by Nissen to be the finest botanical work ever printed in Germany. Trew, physician at Nuremberg and amateur botanist, admired the talent and skill of his younger countryman, Georg Ehret, a gardener and flower painter. Ehret is one of the great painters of flowering plants in the eighteenth century and all 100 plates of the Plantae selectae were painted by him. Trew died in 1769, leaving the last three parts uncompleted. The work was finished by Benedict Christian Vogel, Professor of Botany at the University of Altdorf. The work was conceived as early as 1742 when Trew wrote to Christian Thran in Carlsruhe: "Every year I receive some beautifully painted exotic plants (by Ehret) and have already more than one hundred of them, which with other pieces executed by local artists, should later on, Deo volante, constitute an appendicem to Weinmann’s publication but will, I hope, find a better reception than his". In 1748, agreement was reached that Johann Jacob Haid from Augsburg should provide the engravings, and the first part appeared in 1750. - Dunthorne 309; Great Flower Books, p. 78; Hunt 539; Nissen, BBI, 1997; Pritzel 9499; Plesch Coll. 771. For the Knorr plates see: Hunt 538; Nissen, BBI, 1081; Pritzel 4757.

ECONOMICS -- BENTHAM, J. Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the terms of Pecuniary Bargains. In a series of letters to a friend. To which is added, a letter to Adam Smith, on the Discouragements opposed by the above Restraints to the Progress of Inventive Industry. Dublin, D. Williams (etc.), 1788. (6), 232 pp. Cont. cf. (Rebacked, some sm. dam. to bind., corners worn, name entry on ti., margins faintly waterstained in places, sl. browned). NOTE: Rare second edition (First Irish edition). - Goldsmith 13615; Kress B.1368.

GERHARD, P. A guide to the historical geography of New Spain. 1972. Ocl. -- S.E. MORISON. The European discovery of America. The Southern voyages A.D. 1492-1616. 1974. Ocl. -- D.A. BRADING. The first America. The Spanish monarchy, Creole patriots, and the liberal state 1492-1867. (1991). Obrds. w. dust-j. (W. underl./annot. in pencil). -- H. CORTÉS. Letters from Mexico. Transl. & ed. by A.R. Pagden. 1972. Ocl. (W. a few marg. annot. in pencil). -- And 6 o. (some w. pencil annot./underl.). (10).

CICERO. Letters to Atticus. Ed. by D.R. Shackleton Bailey. Cambr., 1965-70. 7 vols., incl. indices. W. 6 fold. maps. Ocl. w. (sunned) dust-j. (CCTC, 3-9).

LOW COUNTRIES -- UTRECHT -- "HET BOLWERK MANENBURG onder den stads wal te Utrecht". (1817). Aquatint w. caption underneath by F.C. Dietrich after C. v. Hardenberg. 375 x 260 mm (image size). -- Added: the same print before letters, showing more details. -- (2).

BELGIAN REVOLUTION -- SLUIJS DE QUACK, Pieter v. (1801-1883). "Herinneringen uit mijn militaire leven als vrijwilliger bij de 5e Afdeeling Infanterie tijdens de Belgischen Opstand, 1830-1833, in Staats-Vlaanderen/in Noord-Brabant". (c. 1839, but w. ms. additions from later dates by the same hand). Ms. on laid paper consisting of 2 vols., paginated by hand: 339, (16); 261, (14) pp. and some blanks. Interspersed w. 6 drawings (partly in colour) by the author, 6 ms. plans (5 in colour), 1 fold. map of Flanders printed on silk, 11 lithogr. plates, 31 cold. costume plates, 1 portrait, and 6 o. plates. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. marbled paper brds., spines gilt dec. and lettered and raised in compartments, t.e.g. NOTE: Meticulously arranged and lovingly illustrated diary of the military campaign against the Belgians in the form of 32 letters written by the 'volunteer' Pieter van Sluijs de Quack who previously served as lieutenant in the army from 1822 to 1828. The diary - which is written in a legible hand - is certainly not only about military matters, but also contains many details about daily life, and historical events during the 3 years that S. de Q. served as a volunteer. Not much is known about S. de Q., but in 1837 Pieter de Quack acquired the addition “van Sluijs” to his surname. He served as a civil servant at the Ministry of the Interior and married in The Hague on 30 May 1838 with Elisabeth Geertruida Johanna Meerburg. From his letters we learn that he was a true patriot and that he could not bear the revolt of the Belgian people against his king. Added is a copy of a similar 'diary' edited by M.G. de Boer & J.C. Costerus 'Brieven en dagboek v.d. Utrechtschen vrijwilligen jager Pieter Jacobus Costerus, 1830 en 1831' published in 1917. Owrps. - From the library of F.C. Koch (see on his library: www.dbnl.org) who owned a large collection of military books and w. his bookplate.

DORDRECHT -- DE KAT -- COLLECTION OF 13 LETTERS on financial affairs (mainly orders to buy and sell shares) addressed to "Burger" Otto de Kat (1737-1829), written by various hands between 1785 and 1797. Mss., 11 w. (wax) seals on laid paper, r° & v°. (1 letter torn in two and w. traces of clumsy rep.). -- Added: 16 o. related printed and written documents. -- (29).

ENSCHEDÉ PRINTING -- BOECK der PSALMEN, Het. Wt der Hebreisscher sprake in nederduytschen dichte ouergeset doir Ph. v. Marnix. Haarl., 1928. 378 pp. 4°. Or. h. vellum, uncut. Printed in 150 numb. copies. -- PROEF van Nederduitsche letters en Gotische initialen uit de 15e eeuw. Haarl., 1925. 4°. Obrds. -- R.A. SCHRÖDER. Audax omnia perpeti. Gedichte. (Haarl.), 1919. Owrps., uncut. Printed in 150 numb. copies. -- And 2 o. printed by E. (5).

GREGORIUS NYSSENUS. Homilies on the Beatitudes, English version with commentary ed. by H. R. Drobner & A. Viciano. (2000). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. The letters. Introd., transl. & comm. by A.M. Silvas. 2007. Obrds. -- R.J. KEES. Die Lehre der Oikonomia Gottes in der Oratio catechetica Gregors von Nyssa. 1995. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S.R.C. LILLA. Neuplatonische Gedankengut in den Homilien über die Seligpreisungen Gregors von Nyssa. 2004. Obrds. -- H.R. DROBNER & C. KLOCK, hrsg. Studien zu Gregor von Nyssa und der christlichen Spätantike. 1990. Ocl. -- And 3 o. on the same. (8). (VCS 12, 30, 35, 46, 52, 68, 83, 86).

CHAN-MAGOMEDOW, S.O. Pioniere der Sowjetischen architektur. (1983). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S. LISSITZKY-KÜPPERS. El Lissitzky. Life. Letters. Texts. (1968). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S. FAUCHEREAU, ed. Moscow, 1900-30. (1988). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 3 o. (6).

AMBROSIUS. Select works and letters. Ed. Ph. Schaff & H. Wace. (Repr. ed.) (1976). Ocl. (Top of upper joint split). -- Id. La correspondance. Textes réunis et prép. p. A. Canellis. 2012. Owrps. -- D.H. WILLIAMS. Ambrose of Milan & the end of the Arian-Nicene conflicts. 1995. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E. LUCCHESI. L'usage de Philo dans l'œuvre exégétique de Saint Ambroise. 1977. Ocl. -- A. FRANZ. Tageslauf und Heilsgeschichte. Untersuchungen zum lit. Text und liturgischen Kontext der Tagzeitenhymnen des Ambrosius von Mailand. 1994. Obrds. -- And 9 o. on A. (14).

HEGIUS, A. Dialogi. De scientia et eo q[uo]d co[n]tra Academicos. De tribus anim[a]e generibus. De incarnationis misterio dialogi duo quib[us]. Dialogus physicus. De sensu et sensili. De arte et inertia. De rhetorica. De moralibus. Eiusde[m] Farrago cui addita invectiva eius in modos significandi. Epistola una et altera eius ceteris apud suos latentibus. (Ed. J. Faber). (Colophon: Deventer, Richard Pafraet, 31 Dec. 1503). (170) pp. With spaces left for 3- to 5-line manuscript initials (most with printed guide letters), printed in Gothic type. Sm-4°. Later h. vellum. (Some underl./marg. annot. in an old hand to first 8 lvs., sl. yellowed in places). NOTE: First edition of a collection of Latin dialogues and other short educational texts on religious and philosophical subjects by Alexander Hegius (ca. 1433/39?-1498), a pupil of Thomas à Kempis and Rudolph Agricola and since 1469 rector of the famous Illustre School at Deventer, where he shared quarters with the printer Pafraet, who published the book. Most of the dialogues were first printed in the present edition. - Fine copy of this rare work. Nijhoff/Kronenberg 1042; Adams H155.

POLYTHECON. Cura et studio A.P. Orbán. 1990. - COMMODIANUS. Carmina. Cura et studio J. Martin. 1960. - 2 vols. Owrps. (CC). -- J.A. v. WAARDEN. Writing to survive. A comm. on Sidonius Apollinaris Letters Book 7. Vol. 1: The episcopal letters 1-11. 2010. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS. Epitalamío per Ruricio e Iberia. Ed. S. Filosini. (2014). Owrps. -- H. CHADWICK. Priscillian of Avila, The occult and the charismatic in the early church. 1976. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 10 o. (15).

PAULINUS OF NOLA. Epistolae & Poemata lucule[n]ta a tergo huius enumeranda. (Paris), J. Petit & J. Badius Ascenius, (1516). (4), cccxii lvs. W. beautiful woodcut printer's device on ti. & num. criblé initials. Cont. richly blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds. w. brass clasps & catches, red edges. (Binding taken from another book (book block not quite fitting, too tight), 1 clasp gone, spine a bit cracked/rep., bind. a bit soiled, later marbled endpapers, small ink stain to lower margin of a few pages, some unobtrusive foxing, but a clean copy). NOTE: First edition of Nola's letters and poems. - Adams P-478; Machiels P-129; Renouard, Badius III, 119-20; Renouard, Ph. Imprimeurs II, 334.

ARISTAENETUS. Epistolae Graecae. Cum Lat. interpret. et notis. 3a ed. emend. et auctior. Par., M. Orry, 1610. (8), 295, (1) pp. W. woodcut printer's device on ti. Text printed in Greek & Latin. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, sides ruled in gilt, w. ms. ti.-label. (Spine ends a bit dam., upper joint partly split, some chafing, old name on ti., a bit browned/foxed in places). NOTE: Translated and with commentary by Josias Mercer. First Latin translation of this collection of 50 erotic letters containing adventurous love affairs. - Rare. Hoffmann I, 20; Schweiger I, 44; Ebert 1065; Brunet I, 448. With handwritten entry by J.A. Gotti (Prof. Univ. Bologna, see Jöcher II, 1095), dated Verona 1776, gift of the Jesuit Joseph Vulp, rector at the St. Anasthasius College in Rome (see Jöcher IV, 1758).

GRONOVIUS, J.F. In Papinii Statii Silvarum libros V. Diatribe ad Th. Graswinckelium. The Hague, Th. Maire. 1637. (22), (2 blank), 418, (32) pp. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Upper part stained, a bit browned). -- Added: PETRONIUS. Satyricon. Cum uberioribus, commentariis (…). Ed. nova. Leiden, J. Maire, 1623. (24), 374 (recte 360) pp. 12°. Cont. cf. (Spine ends & extremities dam., text is complete but page numbers 122-125, 173-174 and 343-350 have been skipped in the pagination, slightly browned, but else in good interior condition). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Rare first edition, only 2 copies in NCC. - Schweiger II, 971. Ad 2: Reissue of the 1604 edition, in turn a reissue of the 1596 edition. Schweiger II, 722; Breugelmans, 199. - Ownership entry by Lantin/Empt. 20 s. parisiis 1664, probably the man of letters Jean Baptiste Lantin of Dijon (1620-95). His name was subsequently crossed out by the next owner Varenne, perhaps the unfortunate Dijon lawyer Jacques Varenne (1710-80) (see Hoefer 45:949).

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold 50 pence, 2009. Royal Mint. Proof. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 50 pence denomination. Part of a 16-coin set with each coin representing one of the 16 designs seen on the 50p coins since 1969.Fourth crowned head of HM Elizabeth II facing right; IRB below; ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2009. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Celebratory arrangement of twelve stars, shooting up like fireworks from the letters 'EU' set between the anniversary dates 1973 and 1998, '50 PENCE' below. Design by John Mills. Edge plain.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6675133-007. NGC Census in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 9Reference: S-H9 (was 4611)Mintage: 70.Diameter: 27.3 mm.Thickness: 1.78 mm.Weight: 15.5 g. (AGW=0.4570 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold 50 pence, 2009. Royal Mint. Proof. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 50 pence denomination. Part of a 16-coin set with each coin representing one of the 16 designs seen on the 50p coins since 1969.Fourth crowned head of HM Elizabeth II facing right; IRB below; ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2009. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Suffragette chained to railings, holding banner with the letters WSPU; to the right a ballot paper with a cross and the words 'GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE'; to the left '50 PENCE'; below and to the right the anniversary dates 1903 and 2003. Design by Mary Milner Dickens. Edge plain.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6675133-009. NGC Census in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 7Reference: S-H12 (was 4614)Mintage: 70.Diameter: 27.3 mm.Thickness: 1.78 mm.Weight: 15.5 g. (AGW=0.4570 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold 50 pence, 2009. Royal Mint. Proof. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 50 pence denomination. Part of a 16-coin set with each coin representing one of the 16 designs seen on the 50p coins since 1969.Fourth crowned head of HM Elizabeth II facing right; IRB below; ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2009. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Conference table from above, twelve chairs around and twelve stars on the table for each of the member states, linked by a network of lines to signify trade and commerce within the Community. A larger chair at the top of the table shows the letters 'UK', representing UK's Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Design by Mary Milner Dickens. Edge plain.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6675133-004. NGC Census in this grade: 7.NGC Census in higher grade: 2Total NGC Census: 9Reference: S-H22Mintage: 70.Diameter: 27.3 mm.Thickness: 1.78 mm.Weight: 15.5 g. (AGW=0.4570 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold 50 pence, 2009. Royal Mint. Proof. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 50 pence denomination. Part of a 16-coin set with each coin representing one of the 16 designs seen on the 50p coins since 1969.Fourth crowned head of HM Elizabeth II facing right; IRB below; ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2009. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Both sides of the Victoria Cross arranged at 45 degree angle; obverse centre with a lion on top of a crown and ribbon with inscription 'FOR VALOUR'; reverse centre dated 29 Jan 1856; the letters VC and 'FIFTY PENCE' below. Design by Claire Aldridge. Edge plain.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6675133-013. NGC Census in this grade: 3.NGC Census in higher grade: 4Total NGC Census: 7Reference: S-H15 (was 4617)Mintage: 70.Diameter: 27.3 mm.Thickness: 1.78 mm.Weight: 15.5 g. (AGW=0.4570 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

A 19th Century Needlework Sampler, worked with letters, numbers, by Ellen Sailer, aged 7, 1803, 41ms x 26cms (16" x 10"), and another similar, apparently unsigned. (2)

A group of 14 hand-coloured lithographs, including the frontispiece, from Emily Eden's Portraits of the People and Princes of India J. Dickinson & Son, London, 184414 hand-coloured lithographs (from the original 28), in card mounts cards 510 x 358 mm.; mounts 575 x 448 mm.(14)Footnotes:The list of plates is as follows (following the order of the original):The son of the Nawab of Banda (frontispiece).Hindoo Fakeer.The Rajah of Patiala.Rajah Hindoo Rao.A young hill Rajah, from the area around Simla.Falconers, servants of the King of Oudh.Hunting leopards of the King of Oudh with attendants.Arab servants of Sir Alexander Burnes.A fakeer at an encampment.A Hindoo student at Calcutta and a girl, the daughter of a servant (two plates on one card).A Shootr-Suwar, a camel despatch rider.Tibetan tartars, traders, sketched at Simla.A Zemindar and a Pathan.Lord Auckland receiving the Rajah of Nahun in Durbar.Emily Eden (1797-1869) accompanied her brother, Lord Auckland, to India in 1836 when he was Governor-General. They stayed in Calcutta at first, but then between October 1837 and February 1840 toured through Oudh and the hill regions. They visited (along with their sister, Fanny) the court of Ranjit Singh in 1838 at what was perhaps its high point, though it was soon to fall into internecine and murderous faction fighting. Eden recorded her impression both in writing, in an extensive collection of letters, and in sketches, which on her return to England in 1842 she worked up and then had printed privately as a set of 24 lithographs. The Portraits was published in 1844 in four parts in wrappers. Most were in monochrome except for a few beautifully hand-coloured copies, of which the present lot is one. Her written accounts were also published as Up the Country: Letters written to her sister from the Upper Provinces of India by the Hon. Emily Eden, 1866.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Safavid style woven silk sash Poland, 18th Centuryof long rectangular form, the central panel woven with alternating horizontal bands of blue, red and pink flowers, a wide panel at each end containing four large floral sprays, the end borders with letters possibly in cursive Cyrillic 345 x 56 cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Centurypen and ink with some watercolour on paper, laid down within the illuminated borders of a large album page, one line of text written in nasta'liq, above this a rectangular panel containing flowers, wide outer borders with naturalistic floral decoration in gold on a light pink ground drawing 155 x 106 mm.; album page 465 x 303 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, London.Modelled on the paintings of youths produced during the reign of Shah 'Abbas II (reg. 1642-60): for instance, a work by Muhammad Qasim, circa 1650 in the Aga Khan Collection (see S. R. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London 1998, pp. 78-79, no. 52).The line of text in the upper panel is from a manuscript on how to write each letter of the alphabet in nasta'liq when joined to other letters (in this case, parts of the letter ta).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries, e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Mixed Lot: A George VI silver large cigarette case of rectangular form, engine turn decorated around initialled letters T.B, hallmarked Birmingham 1942, 185gms together with a George VI table cigarette box, the hinged lid engine turned decorated with plain polished sides, with wood fitted interior, hallmarked Birmingham 1947, makers mark for William Neale & Son (2)

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm, 216.10g (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Sometime cleaned with subsequent light hairlining, extremely fine; in official case of issue £1,000-£1,200

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm (W & E 2000A.1; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Extremely fine £150-£200

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc., Mercury and Time below, 77mm (W & E 2000.1; BHM 3219; E 1733b); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a gilt-copper medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust left, rev. royal arms with supporters, names of British territories on small shields around, 76mm (W & E 3475A.4; BHM 3511; E 1816) [2]. Extremely fine or better; housed in a contemporary double case by Spink, rare thus £500-£700

James II, tin Farthing, 1687, with copper plug (S 3421); George I, Farthing, 1719, small letters on obv. (S 3662) [2]. First only fair but rare, second with surfaces lightly corroded otherwise about very fine £100-£150

named to LIEUT. WM SHIRLEY 7TH REGIMENT HUSSARS. Major William Shirley, born 23rd March 1794 at Eatington Park, Warwick, died 21st April 1850 in Dorchester, Dorset. Troop leader in the 7th Hussars at the Battle of Waterloo at the age of 21. This lot comes with a small quantity of research and photocopied documents and letters relating to Shirley.

Early Anglo-Saxon (695-740) silver sceat, obv: crowned radiate bust, rev: plain cross with pellets in angles, pseudo-letters around. (1)

A SCRAPBOOK, LETTERS AND GROUP OF ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS RELATING TO THOMAS DITCHBURNincluding a stern cabin gallery, a pencil drawing, 3 x 8½in. (75 x 21.3cm.), c. 1800; a pencil drawing of a figurehead, 10in. (24cm.); a pencil drawing of a Seppings stern cabin with a profile of the same, 3¾ x 9in. (9.5 x 22.8cm.); a fine pencil drawing of a frigate, 2,080 tons, 32 pounders on the lower deck, 10¾ x 21in. (35 x 54cm.); a cross-section drawing of a paddle-steamer in pen, wash and colour, 13½ x 25½in. (26.7 x 61.8cm.); and a large collection of other prints and drawings and an extensive correspondence between Lord Alfred Paget (5th son of the Marquess of Anglesey) and Thomas Ditchburn.(A lot)Thomas Joseph Ditchburn (1801-1870) Engineer and Shipbuilder, and thence by descent.

MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNAL FROM H.M.S.RENOWN, CIRCA 1918-1920kept by Reginald T. Butler, from 21st November 1918 - 3rd September 1920, 104 leaves, 21 photographs mounted, 2 charts, one folding plate, 12 inserted drawings, 4 hand-coloured, a fascinating journal which begins with the surrender of the German fleet on 21st November 1918 'Today...the first meeting in force, since the Battle of Jutland...between the navies of the world's two greatest sea powers....occurred; but, instead of the ‘eagerly longed for battle’, it was the humiliating surrender of an undamaged fleet’ and continues with a minute description of the scuttling of the German fleet. The Renown is next found in Canada and visiting several Caribbean islands before mooring in Rio de Janeiro (where the ship’s officers lost at crickets and football against the local teams). The next port of call for the Renown was New York where two plays and musicals (especially “Hullo Alexander”) were greatly appreciated. The Caribbean islands were again visited before a trip through the Panama Canal. New Zealand and Australia were minutely described and there seems to have been a dance every night (most of which were attended by the Prince of Wales). The last course of the Renown was towards Acapulco, with a copy of a magazine called “the Graphic” Souvenir of the German Navy’s Surrender”, contemporary half calf, 2 ¾ x 8 in. (32.3 x 20.3cm.); together with Records of the Ward Room Mess, H.M.S. Empress of India, a log book commanded by Captain St. Clair [and others], 149 leaves including many blanks, five autograph letters signed, tipped in, referring to the Empress of India, describing many activities and entertainments, September 1893 – November 30 1910, original half Morocco, title in gilt on front cover, 9 x 7¼in. (22.8 x 18cm.)(2)    H.M.S. Empress of India was one of seven 'Royal Sovereign'-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. She served primarily in home waters and participated in the Fleet Review for the Diamond Jubilee for Queen Victoria in 1897. She was sunk as a target ship in 1913.

A COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP SURPRISE AND THE RANLETT FAMILYComprising an American silver slop bowl, impressed 'Davis Palmer & Co, Boston, Pure Silver' and engraved with the inscription, 'Presented to Capt. Charles A. Ranlett, by the Underwriters on the Ship Susan Drew, Decr 1841', 6in. (15cm.) high, together with a creamer by the same maker and with a similar inscription, 6in. (15cm.) high; an English silver cup, maker unknown, 1830-31, engraved 'Charles Augustus Ranlet, Jan 1st 1876'; a book entitled 'Gracious Lady, The Life of Sara Delano Roosevelt', by Rita Halle Kleeman, 1st edition, 1935, signed by Sara Roosevelt and the author; another book entitled 'Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain, 1833-1869', by Helen La Grange, 1936; 'The American clipper ship, Surprise' an etching, titled lower left, signed illegibly lower right -- 4 x 5½ in. (10 x 13cm.); a daguerreotype of the elder Ranlett’s children, including Charles Ranlett, Jr.; and two handwritten letters to Charles Augustus Ranlett from his mother and his wife, dated 1837 and 1839(a lot) Charles Augustus Ranlett (1804-1878) and thence by descentCharles Augustus Ranlett (1804-1878) and his son and namesake, Charles Augustus Ranlett Jr. (1836-1874) hailed from a Charlestown (Massachusetts) maritime family. Both father and son would in time captain the American clipper ship, Surprise. An early clipper ship, Surprise was built in 1850 to the order of A A Low & Brother. She was built by Samuel Hall of East Boston, with Samuel Hartt Pook as a designer. Although her first voyage was from New York to San Francisco, she spent the majority of her long working life plying the China trade. She set several speed records and was one of the most profitable clipper ships ever built. On one notable voyage she carried the Roosevelt family to Shanghai, a journey described in the biography of the mother of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sara Delano Roosevelt, Gracious Lady. She was still trading to the Far East when lost in February 1876 near Yokohama. The Ranlett Family Papers (1791-1948), Series I and II, are housed in the Phillips Library, Peabody and Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. 1.3 oz kg;/542 gm slop bowl11 1/8 kg/316 gm creamer 

A RARE MATCHED PAIR OF CUNARD LINE PLATED CANDLESTICKS, CIRCA 1865with weighted bases, signed Elkington & Co., and with date letters for 1860 and 1869, Cunard emblems and removable sconces -- 9½in. (24cm.) high(2) Some wear to plate and one slightly warped

Further Letters of Queen Victoria - From the Archives of the house of Brandenburg-Prussia Translated by Mrs J Pudney & Lord Sudley 1938 Hardback Book First Edition with 286 pages published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd London, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

A pair of Les Foies Gras De Strasbourg enamel oval dishes, together with a selection of enamel letters of the alphabet.

Chesterfield's letters to his son Philip Stanhope, 4 volumes, 11th edition, 1800, leather bound, together with the Baronetage of England by Kimber & Johnson 2 volumes 1771, leather bound

American interest - Travel of John Davis in the United States of America 1798-1802 privately printed and offered for subscription only to members of the Bibliophle society Boston 1910 (uncut), the letters of Benjamin Franklin & Jane Mecom, The Buckaneers of America, the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin limited edition of 1500 copies for members of the limited editions club by John Henry Nash, The Borders & Portraits by William Wilke copy number 1485, signed by John Henry Nash

A Folio containing a collection of Victorian and Edwardian letters and company letterheads, accounts, receipts, etc, for the Thornbury area

An Elizabeth II and Prince Philip 1982 Signed Christmas card with COA and two Clarence House letters to Miss Jones signed Elizabeth R dated 1959 and 1978 with envelopes

OF BOER WAR INTEREST; a small collection of letters A.S.J Blunt, dating from 1899, outward bound to South Africa on R.M.S Majestic, arriving at Capetown and on to Springfield Bridge camp.

FOLIO SOCIETY: ALDINGTON, Richard (trans.) “THE DECAMERON of Giovanni Boccaccio”, illus. Buckland-Wright, 1954; BULL, George (trans.) “The Pilgrim – The Journeys of Pietro Della Valle”, 1989; CHAUCER, Geoffrey “Troilus & Crseyde”, ed. Walter W. Skeat, illus. Peter Brookes, 1990; “The Canterbury Tales”, trans. Nevill Coghill, illus. Edna Whyte, 1974; DANTE, “The Divine Comedy”, trans. Kenneth Mackenzie, illus. John Flaxman, 1979; HAKLUYT, Richard “The Tudor Venturers”, ed. John Hampden, 1970; HEANEY, Seamus “Beowulf – A Verse Translation”, illus. Becca Thorne, 2010; HOMER “The Iliad”, trans. E.V. Rieu, illus. Elizabeth Frink, 1975; ORIGO, Iris “The Merchant of Prato”, 1984; PLATO “Symposium”, trans. Tom Griffith, illus. Tom Phillips, 1991; RADICE, Betty (trans.) “Pliny – A Self Portrait in Letters”, 1978; & USHERWOOD, Stephen “The Great Enterprise – The History of the Spanish Armada”, 1978. (12).

MANCHESTER UNITED MEMORABILIA  Letters, tickets etc Ref SM

MALAYA 10 CENTS 1940 - CONSECUTIVE SERIAL LETTERS (PART 2) Consecutive serial letters E - F - G - H; 15th August 1940, denomination at centre, George VI at left, reverse blank Stains, folds (4 total) Provenance: Part two of a single owner numismatic collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s and untouched for over 30 years Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

MALAYA 10 CENTS 1940 - CONSECUTIVE SERIAL LETTERS (PART 3) Consecutive serial letters J - K - L - M; 15th August 1940, denomination at centre, George VI at left, reverse blank Stains, folds (4 total) Provenance: Part two of a single owner numismatic collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s and untouched for over 30 years Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.