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COOKERYManuscript receipt book, written in several hands with calligraphic flourishes, containing 44 numbered recipes, including 'To make Shrewsberry Cakes', 'A Pickle for a Sturgeon', 'To make Dutch Blomouge', 'Orange Jelly' ('...above all Don't make it too stiff, tis' a Dilicate Mouthfull, Oh, beyond Expression...'), 'To make a Hare Cake', 'New College Puddings', 'To make a Bride Cake', 'To make a Lemmon Cheese' ('...Lay over sweetmeats that are light as fancy pleases...'), 'Derbyshire Pudding', some recipes attributed ('Mr J Wheler', 'Lady Biddulph', 'Mrs R. Wilmot'), two leaves of household recipes inverted at end ('Rose Pomatum', 'Green Paint'), 30 leaves, c.50 additional blank leaves, dust-staining and marks, original ruled vellum, boards darkened, marked and worn, loss to spine, 4to (187 x 153mm.), [mid eighteenth century]; with another manuscript receipt book, including over 100 culinary recipes, in several hands, such as 'Stone Cream', 'Partarage Soup', 'Calves Feet Jelly' ('...Boil a gang of calves feet...'), 'India Pickle', 'Mock Turtle', 'Simpsons Sorrel Sauce', 'Giblet Soup', several attributed to Mrs Rasher, 27 numbered leaves, one leaf roughly torn out, dust-staining and other marks, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, titled 'Receipts' on spine in gilt, 4to (198 x 162mm.), [late eighteenth/nineteenth century] (2)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

BOSIO (GIACOMO)Dell'istoria della sacra religione et ill.ma militia di San Giovanni Gierosolimitano, FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in 2 vol., 3 engraved title-pages, index at end of each part, inscription on flyleaf of volume 2, 1 folding double-page topographical view of Valletta (Malta), historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, some damp-staining, spotting and toning, early limp vellum, manuscript title on spine, soiling, upper hinges cracked, lacks ties [EDIT 16 CNCE 7206, Brunet I 1124, not in Blackmer], folio (360 x 250mm.), Rome, Stamperia Apostolica Vaticana [Guglielmo Facciotto], 1594-1602Footnotes:ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIES OF THE ORDER OF SAINT JOHN, FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 1571. Provenance: 'Caj.n 18-', ink inscription on first flyleaf of volume 2.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

GENTIL (PIERRE DE VENDOME)Trattato del successo della potentissima armata del gran Turcho Ottoman Solimano. Venuta sopra l'isola di Malta l'anno MDLXV, title-page with vignette, woodcut coat of arms of the Knights of Malta on verso of title-page and one woodcut in closing, historiated initials, tail-piece, uncut, partially erased stamp on title-page neatly repaired with archival tape touching a few leaves, damp-staining and occasional spotting, bound in two leaves of vellum from a ?15th century liturgical manuscript, worn and soiled, wormholes to covers, 8vo, Rome, Antonio Blado Stampator Camerale, [1565]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

EAST INDIES LOG BOOK'A Journal of a Voyage to the East Indias and From the East Indias', illustrated manuscript log of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize, written by Lieutenant Wildy French and signed by him several times throughout, comprising daily entries beginning 29 April 1744, describing the voyage via Madagascar, Sumatra, Malacca, Ceylon, the Coromandel coast, Madras, Table Bay, St Helena, returning to Deptford in August 1749, noting weather, position, geographical features and notable events, with remarks on various lands and inhabitants ('...You must be on your guard in the Night for they will come in a Friendly manner to Trade with you, and at the same time snach your Hatt and Wigg...'), encounters with other ships ('...a French ship under Moors Coulours... on board 72 chests of Dollars, two of gold... some cochinell... great quantity of cowries...'), directions for sailing through the Straits of Malacca to Batavia, hunting a tiger in Ceylon ('...I found the print of one of his feet... extream Breadth... upon which I altered my Resolution...'), collision with the Medway ('...We are now in a very bad situation...'), and much else, entries written in ink in a clear, decorative hand, interspersed with some thirty charming pen and wash illustrations including maps and profiles (double-page map of Sumatra, another bearing note 'In surveying this part of the Bay the Indians shot an Arow so I do not proceed any farther...', 'Cape Bona Esperance 1749', 'A Prospect of the Island of St Hellena' etc.), ships ('His Maj. Ship Medways Prize... 1745'), nature (flying fish, a dolphin, 'a sea pidgon', 'A makcoca. By some called Wild Catts...') and people ('A St Augustine Canoe with two of the Natives in it'), with six fold-out maps and drawings ('A Plan or Draught of part of the Straits of Malaca...', 'Part of the Coast of Cormandel' etc.), 68 leaves, has undergone professional conservation, fragment of original title page laid down on modern paper, later calf-backed marbled boards, marked, folio (370 x 240mm.), 29 April 1744 to 25 August 1749Footnotes:'VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIAS AND FROM THE EAST INDIAS': A fine illustrated account of the voyages of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize with several folding maps and charts.Relatively little is known of the author of our log, Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), other than that his first known service was in January 1734/5 and that he married a Mary Hewson in 1753. In the first few pages of our log he informs us that he passed his lieutenants exam in April 1744 and soon after set sail on the Dolphin, an East Indiaman that plied the Coromandel Coast to Madras under Captain Charles Pigot from 1744-5. French's death is noted in The Gentleman's Magazine: Obituary of considerable persons for 1791, and he is described there not only as the former commander of the Zebecque packet but also the oldest lieutenant in the Royal Navy. French's log notes that in February 1744 he was transferred to a captured prize ship, the Medways Prize then in Batavia Bay: '...the Favorite, a French ship taken by his Majestys ship Medway and Dolphin at Achin. And brought it in here. Is found to be a ship fit for His Majestys Service... the Command given to first Lieut. Thos Griffin and... called the Medways Prize... The Dolphin being made a Store and Hospital ship...'. French served on the Medways Prize until it was paid off at Deptford Dockyard in August 1749 and was sold the following year. It is perhaps fortunate that he changed ships - the Dolphin disappeared on the homeward leg of her second voyage to Madras in 1750, exact date and place unknown.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

SANSOVINO (FRANCESCO)Della origine de' Cavalieri, third edition, title with printer's device, numerous illustrations in the text, lightly foxed, occasional damp-staining in inner gutter, minor stain on upper margin, contemporary limp vellum, spine and hinges weakened [EDIT16 CNCE 30562; Adams S353], 8vo, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1583-- FRATTA (GIOVANNI) La Malteide, coat of arms of Ranuccio Farnese on title, toning and some damp-staining throughout, wormhole on title affecting text, neatly repaired tear to margin of G1, manuscript notations throughout, modern vellum with manuscript title on spine [EDIT16 CNCE19855; Adams Q976; Atabey 461 (variant)], 4to (225 x 106mm), Venice, Marco Antonio Zaltieri, 1596 (2)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, ?Marcus Antonius Tozzi [...], ex-libris; Casa Cabrietti, early ownership inscriptions on title-page and upper pastedown.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

ULLOA (ALFONSO DE)La historia dell'impresa di Tripoli di Barberia, della presa del Pegnon di Velez della Gomera in Africa, et del successo della potentissima armata Turchesca, venuta sopra l'isola di Malta l'anno 1565. La descrittione dell'Isola di Malta. Il disegno dell'isola delle Zerbe, & del Forte, fattoui da Christiani, et la sua descrittione, ?second edition, woodcut device on title-page, folding engraved plate of the siege of Tripoli, historiated initials, light damp-staining, marginal worming and smudging, fire mark to lower pastedown, contemporary vellum with manuscript title on upper cover, ties missing, worn [EDIT 16 CNCE 48562; Adams U 39; Atabey 1257, Palau 343402], 4to, [Venice, 1566]Footnotes:An account of the Great Siege of Malta of 1565, when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island. There may have been two separate issues of this ?second edition. Adams, in fact, mentions a second preliminary gathering 'b' instead of '*', as in this copy, and does not mention the plate depicting the siege of Tripoli, that is also present here. There is another edition, undated, printed in Venice, by Francesco Rampazetto that has the addition of 'Nuovamente ristampata' to the title-page.Provenance: Famiglia Conti di Thiene, bookplate.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

GILLES (PIERRE)De topographia Constantinopoleos, et de illivs antiquitatibus libri quator, second edition, printer's device on title, fore-margin of aa1-aa2 torn away and repaired with loss of a few letters [Adams G1613; Atabey 496], Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1562; De Bosporo Thracio Libri III, FIRST EDITION, printer's device on title, minor soiling on title, light browning, occasional damp-staining to margins [Adams G1613; Atabey 495], Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1561, 2 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary limp vellum, with ties, manuscript title on spine, small hole on upper cover, 4toFootnotes:Two important sixteenth century works on Constantinople.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

BURRA (PETER)Archive of highly-acclaimed critic, essayist and writer Peter Burra (1909-1937), including correspondence, manuscripts, papers, photographs and printed material from throughout his life, and autograph letters from Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and E.M. Forster, comprising:i) Early Life: Group of c.90 autograph letters and postcards home from his schooldays at Bilton Grange and Lancing College (several mentioning Peter Pears and one mentioning dining with Evelyn Waugh), and other material including school reports and printed programmes, c.250pp, 4to and 8vo, 1912 to 1928;ii) Oxford University: Some 48 letters to his mother ('My darling Moo') and sister Nell ('Darling Nell') from Christ Church, particularly on his activities in musical circles ('...Life here could be one continuous musical festival if one could afford it...'), the production of Lovers' Vows in his rooms, his bookish tastes ('...Decline & Fall which is screamingly funny... I am beginning Virginia Woolf's Orlando. There was never anything like it in the world before...'), John Middleton Murry ('...looks indescribably sad and puzzled and generally very inspired...'), amusing college characters ('...one man with a black shirt and red tie, and I gathered that in him fascism and socialism were finding reconciliation...'), gossip ('...Oxford is simply rocking with rage over 'The Well of Loneliness' case...'), much on publication of Farrago and its success ('...Virginia Woolf has sent a subscription! Twice!...'), Michael Redgrave in Henry IV ('...quite beautiful...'), Malcolm Sargent ('...the best conductor... I've ever done anything with...'), Vaughan Williams ('...frantically bad rehearsal...'), Jelly D'Aranyi ('...the most wonderful noise & ravishing sight...') and much else, c.210pp, folio, 4to and 8vo, Christ Church and Long Wall, 1928-1932; with a printed programme for Lover's Vows signed by the cast, various concert programmes, postcards, newspaper cuttings and printed miscellanea, etc.; with an additional group of items relating to the publication of Farrago including a rare specimen prospectus, no. 1, February 1930 and printed pre-publication leaflet for issue no. 4, 1931; two original pen and ink designs by Oliver Holt, c.1930; and various incoming letters (A.J. Symons, Laurence Whistler, Max Beerbohm) commenting on the publication; iii) Germany: Group of some 25 letters and postcards sent home whilst writing for The Times, much on opera and exhibitions ('...Kokoshka the modern German painter...'), having his portrait painted by Heidi Berzlein, politics ('...frantic riots in the Reichshalle... when Communists shot at Hitlerites...') and hearing Hitler speak in Munich ('...It was the most repulsive exhibition I've ever seen... I think it advisable to see as much of the country as possible now. It will certainly be uninhabitable in a few months...'), c.80pp, 4to and 8vo, Cologne and elsewhere, April to September 1932; programmes and correspondence from Salzburg, 1935; with later letters to his mother ('...coming up to town this evening for a concert Benjamin is playing in, going with Christopher Isherwood... I have got a motorbike, BSA, and am very pleased with it...'), including his last on 26 April 1937;iv) Britten, Berkeley and Pears: Group of 13 autograph letters and notecards from Benjamin Britten, making arrangements and thanking him for photographs ('...We couldn't have had a worse evening for listening to Jonah... we were in great danger of being struck by lightning...'), congratulating him on his Forster article ('...Christopher Ish was here last night until very late and we had a grand time...'); including four to John Moody after Burra's death ('...I hope by now you've seen Gloriana & approve...'), 18pp, 4to and 8vo, Frinton on Sea, Newquay, London, Aldeburgh, 22 June 1936 to 14 August 1973; eleven autograph letters and cards from Lennox Berkeley ('...Are you being a good boy or are you a wicked thing spending all night in the Barrio Chino?...'), on Britten ('...a charming creature...') and Burra's work ('...Van Gogh... beautifully done...'), 19pp, 8vo, Madrid, Paris, Painswick, May 1936 to April 1937; letters and postcards from Peter Pears to Nell (8), Peter (1) and Ella (1), on various subjects ('...In going though old letters the other day, I found one from Peter from Barcelona where he had just met Ben. He really brought us together...'), c.18pp, 4to and 8vo,, Lancing, Oxford, Aldeburgh and elsewhere, January 1928 onwards; with a typescript interview with Pears about meeting Britten; with tickets, programmes and articles from the Barcelona Festival, April 1936 and further letters and postcards from Burra to his mother and Nell, one mentioning meeting Edith Sitwell ('...perfectly charming...'); v) E.M. Forster: Series of 15 autograph letters and one postcard from E.M. Forster, signed ('E.M. Forster'), three to Peter Burra, the first written after reading his article on Forster in Nineteenth Century ('...nothing that I have read about myself has ever given me more pleasure... great help at the moment when I am needing it... I have been looking at my books lately, partly on account of your article. I think A Passage to India stands, but the fissures in the others are considerable...'), the second a critique on his own work ('...Howards End I lose patience with...'), the third arranging to meet and discussing Burra's work on Forrest Reid, with three autograph envelopes; the remainder to Ella Burra post-1937 (two to John Moody) beginning with his letter of condolence ('...I am a writer, and so can perhaps realise the unreparable loss that he is to literature as well as to those who loved him. I thought him the best critic of his generation... I knew and appreciated him...'), others discussing his introduction to the unpublished memorial Essays and Poems ('...if the book is to be for private circulation I would like to contribute...') and the inclusion of Burra's essay on Forster in the 1942 Everyman edition of A Passage to India, 22pp, 4to and 8vo, Abinger Hammer and King's College, 29 November [19]34 to 29 October [19]60;vi) Poetry and Plays: Group of c.30 manuscript poems including 'Sonnet of the Seeker' (with primary version), 'Prelude for the Thrush', 'King David at Cambridge', 'Not Even Summer Yet', 'The Poet's Trinity', 'The New Birth', some signed and dated, with a modern typescript; typescripts of 'The Secret Marriage. Cimarosa' (two copies, one annotated by Burra 'Dialogue specially written for the Canticleer Company's Production July 1933 by Peter Burra'), two typescript copies of Burra's translation of Eugen Gurster's 'Weather Changeable' (amended to 'Outlook Unsettled'), and 'A Note on Shakespeare'; For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

JERSEY – DE CARTERET FAMILYManuscript pedigree of the prominent Jersey family the de Carterets, written in Latin, French (some Patois?) and English, in several hands, illustrated with 15-full page pedigrees in colour, containing extensive notes on the de Carteret family, their history and pedigree, also that of the de Barentins and Lemprières of Rozel, the Dumaresqs and other related families, with adjacent commentaries, a list of the wardens of the Channel Islands and Governors and Bailiffs of Jersey, interspersed with historical facts and myths surrounding the Channel Islands, genealogy of the kings of England and Scotland until 1625, etc., eleven of the family trees coloured in red, green and yellow wash, four uncoloured, the names in roundels placed as leaves on a tree (the first, that of the de Carterets also hung with arms from the branches), two illustrations in pen and ink washes of seals and two coats of arms with annotations pasted in, 24 leaves, later numbering in pencil, dust-staining, spotting and marks, some water-staining along top edge, three variations of pot or jug watermarks, folio (310 x 210mm.), stitched into later paper marbled wrappers, torn and marked, loose in a later silk wrapper with roped edging painted with the de Carteret arms surmounted by a squirrel, early seventeenth century [c.1625-1640's]Footnotes:ILLUSTRATED PEDIGREES OF THE DE CARTERET FAMILY UNTIL THE REIGN OF CHARLES I, showing the origins of the prominent Jersey family from Reginald de Carteret, Baron of Carteret and first Seigneur of Saint Ouen (1140-1214) to the reign of Charles I. Seven de Carterets held the seigneury of Sark in succession until 1720 when the fief was sold and also held posts as Bailiffs of Jersey. Saint Ouen's Manor, the oldest manor on the Island, remains the family's ancestral home. The manuscript can be dated with reference to the list of monarchs, which ends with Charles I and his accession date of 27 March 1625, and to the list of Bailiffs of Jersey, the last entry on the list of Governors being Philippe de Carteret (1627-1643) and dated 1641. The document is written in several hands and would appear to have been added to in stages over the course of twenty years or so. It has been passed down by descent through the family and comes to the present owner through his grandmother Lilian de Carteret.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

ERAGNY AND BEAUMONT PRESSESJONSON (BEN) Songs. A Selection from the Plays, Masques, and Poems, LIMITED TO 175 COPIES, printed in red and black, vignette printed in colours on title, a passage of Jonson's 'Timber' TRANSCRIBED IN MANUSCRIPT BY ARTHUR SYMONS on the front free endpaper, [1906]--MOORE (THOMAS STURGES) A Brief Account of the Origin of the Eragny Press & a Note on the Relation of the Printed Book as a Work of Art to Life, LIMITED TO 235 COPIES, full-page woodcut illustrations, [1903], publisher's cloth-backed patterned boards, some soiling and light spotting, Eragny Press--NICHOLS (ROBERT) The Smile of the Sphinx, NUMBER 27 OF 35 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR from an overall edition of 295 copies, illustrations by Ethelbert White, 1920--GIBSON (W.W.) Home. A Book of Poems, NUMBER 2 OF 35 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR from an overall edition of 295, illustrations by Ethelbert White, 1920, publisher's vellum-backed patterned boards, Beaumont Press, 8vo; and 4 others (8)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

FORSTER (E.M.)Archive assembled by P.N. (Nick) Furbank for his biography of his friend E.M. Forster, being a comprehensive collection of letters, photographs, research material, books and other publications, comprising:i) Four autograph letters signed ('E.M. Forster', 'Morgan') to Nick Furbank ('Dear Nick'), the first confirming his wishes for the posthumous publication of Maurice ('...If my present literary exor. (Jack Sprott) does not feel inclined to publish the MS after my death, I should like the right to do so to pass to you... either publish in the ordinary way or issue privately...') and informing him that Christopher Isherwood might publish it in the U.S.A.; with a typed copy of Isherwood's letter to Jack Sprott on the matter; the second (first page only) on the health of Bob Buckingham; the third on the death of his godson Robin Buckingham, saying he hasn't got the letters from George Orwell and talking of his travels; the final letter in the hand of Joe Ackerley signed shakily by Forster, formally asking if he would '...write a biography or criticism of me after my death?... All the additional material for all this is in the second drawer of my bureau in my Cambridge sitting-room. Jack has a key of this drawer... You can use anything you like in it...', 7 pages, dust-staining at folds, 4to and 8vo, King's College, Cambridge and Coventry, 17 February 1956, 4 May and 12 November 1962, 26 April [19]67;ii) Correspondence to E.M. Forster from various correspondents, including: Benjamin Britten (4 letters, 3 cards), William Plomer (3 letters, one discussing Maurice '...the happy ending seems to me in a sense the whole point of the book... magnificent...'), Christopher Isherwood (from Ecuador, describing '...Little Britain, with tea and RAF slang and Churchill pinups and talk about the Royal Wedding...' and praising the 'young American writer' Truman Capote), John Morris of the BBC (describing an altercation with Nirad Chaudhuri on the British in India), Paul Cadmus, Siegfried Sassoon (2 letters, one mentioning T.E. Lawrence, another with a drawing), literary editor Joe Ackerley (3 letters, 3 postcards, one regarding Forster's short story The Other Boat), Stephen Spender, and others, c.70 pages, 4to and smaller, 1912 to 1970; with a large quantity of correspondence from the above-mentioned friends of E.M. Forster and others to the Buckinghams, the majority to May;iii) Correspondence to E.M. Forster from Bob Buckingham comprising some 76 letters on a wide range of topics, discussing family news and mutual friends, his work as a policeman, (including an amusing account of arresting a 'Bright Young Thing' on Piccadilly ('...roused all my Communist blood...'), his distaste at the behaviour of crowds at George V's funeral in January 1936 ('...if we had left them alone they would have pulled him out of the coffin and torn him up for souvenirs...'), appointing Forster as his executor ('...you are the best friend anyone ever had and I do hope we shall be able to snatch a little more happiness together...'), his pacifism, London in the Blitz, mutual friends (on Stephen Tennant '...Do you think he knows there is a war on or is he ignoring it like the French aristocrats ignored the guillotine...'), gratitude for Forster's financial help and much else, plus typescripts of articles on India, sketching and rowing, some marked 'Keep' by Forster; with a further 14 from his wife May on largely family matters, c.240 pages, 4to and 8vo, London and Coventry, 1933-1966 [c.37 undated];iv) Research papers including a large quantity of correspondence to P.N. Furbank sending reminiscences of E.M. Forster, making suggestions to his text, and giving permission to use their letters, from Forster's friends and acquaintances, such as Joe Ackerley on the publication of Maurice which, in his opinion, is '...dead as the dodo and can go into the wastepaper basket as far as I am concerned...', William Golding ('...he was so old but he positively bounded about...'), William Plomer (sending notes from his diary), Noel Annan, Evert Barger, Quentin Bell, Rebecca West ('...My recollections of E.M. Forster were few and not happy...'), Christopher Isherwood, E.V. Thompson and others, c.300 pages, 4to and smaller, [1960's to 1980's]; with other correspondence to Furbank from writers such as Frank Lissauer and Peer Hultberg, c.190 pages, 4to and smaller; typescript diary entries recording meetings and conversations with Forster between May 1952 and November 1967, 12 pages, 4to;v) Collection of c.40 photographs, loose and in an album, depicting Forster, his family and friends such as Roger Fry, the Bargers, Jack Sprott and Anwar Masood, some inscribed on reverse by Forster ('Roger Fry, inspired by local scenery', 'Wisley July 1931'), two of Forster as a child, gelatin silver prints, some press photographs and later prints, various sizes; with a booklet of 24 small photographs of the exterior and gardens of West Hackhurst (one published in the biography); and c.140 postcards, the majority collected by Forster, some in embroidered fabric silk-lined pouches entitled 'India', 'Egypt', 'Herts', 'Hants', 'Abinger', some inscribed by Forster on reverse; seven Edwardian greetings cards from Forster to May Buckingham in envelope labelled 'Very funny greetings cards from Morgan';vi) Papers of Harry Daley (1901-1971), policeman, friend and lover of E.M. Forster, including 23 densely typed and autograph letters from Daley to Furbank ('...You asked if I had much feeling for him and, assuming you meant sexual feeling, I gave an emphatic 'Oh no!'... but I was often pleased to give pleasure to my homosexual friends. If you meant affectionate feeling then the answer is an equally emphatic 'Oh yes!'...'), speaking frankly of their relationship, of showing Forster the world of the criminal classes in Notting Hill ('...My chatter with Morgan must have been chiefly about costers and boxers, gangsters, fishermen and lorry drivers...'), many anecdotes of their meetings, music and literature, his opinion of Bob Buckingham and Forster's relationship with him ('...never read a book before he met Morgan...'), homosexuality ('...Morgan's homosexuality got a good airing. Poor Bob... He once told Joe that I was silly to admit being homo. Because if ever I was challenged by Authority I wouldn't have a leg to stand on... it will be difficult for you to mention me in your book except as a stepping stone to Bob...'), giving a graphic description of Forster's sexual preferences ('...No buggery, of course...'), describing himself as '...vulgar, indiscreet, a security risk, quick-tempered and as unfaithful as an old Tomcat – not at all what Morgan wanted or deserved...', c.90 pages, 4to, Dorking, 17 March 1968 to 17 August 1970; with incoming correspondence to Daley from Forster (one autograph letter, arranging to meet for tea, photocopies of nine others), Joe Ackerley, Raymond Mortimer, Stephen Spender, Duncan Grant, commenting on the manuscript of Daley's autobiography (published posthumously) This Small Cloud, mostly 1960's; photocopies of Daley's articles on the life of a policeman in The Listener, 1929-1933, and five seemingly unpublished manuscript articles; Furbank's notes, press cuttings etc.; collection of c.25 photographs, some published in This Small Cloud, of family, in his uniform, of various young men, some in underwear, one being arrested by Daley, another two behind bars, boxers, Joe Ackerley in bed (1920's), etc.; vii) Books and printed matter, comprising association and presentation copies and Furbank's research library, including:LUARD (C.E.) et al. Dewas State Gazetteer, signed by Forster on the flyleaf, annotated in his hand throughout particularly on foldout family tree, Bombay, Bombay Education Society, 1907; FORSTER (E.M.) Alexandria: A History and a Guide, inscribed to Bob Buckingham 'Bob with M... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HESSE (HERMANN)Piktor's Verwandlungen ein Maerchen, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE, 16 leaves (written on recto only), 14 ink and watercolour illustrations comprising decorative cartouche on the title and dedication to Anna Luise Hatschek, and 12 illustrations in the text, untrimmed, later red cloth [see footnote], 8vo (229 x 145mm.), 1930Footnotes:CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY HERMANN HESSE of his celebrated fairy tale Piktor's Verwandlungen ein Maerchen ['Piktor's Transformations. A Fairy Tale'].Hesse originally created this work in 1922 for his second wife Ruth Wenger, and would later write out and illustrate the story, with slight variations, for close friends and associates. Printed copies did not appear until 1954.Provenance: Anna Luise Hatschek (1908-1994), inscribed and dedicated to her by Hesse in 1930. Born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Anna Luise moved at the age of twelve to Czechoslovakia, where her father owned a manufacturing plant. Following the German invasion she managed to survive internment until 1944, when she was sent to concentration camp. According to the vendor the original bindings were damaged during the war, and subsequently rebound; by descent to current vendor.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

ARMENIA - JERUSALEM, DEEDS OF BENEDICTIONTwo printed 'Bulls of Benediction', given to benefactors of the Armenian Convent of St. James, Jerusalem, on paper, text in Armenian, one 35 lines, one 45, single column, manuscript opening initial in greens, black and yellow inks in the form of a bird, the details of the benefactor and their donation, date, name of the Armenian Patriarch in office of the Church (for the first Bull only, ink in red), and date inserted in a manuscript cursive hand, at head is a floral hand written decorated letter 'T' [God] above a printed roundel with image of Christ Risen stamped in red, each with ink annotation on reverse noting the delivery of the encyclical of blessing, old folds, one with a few tears along folds resulting in 2 very small areas of loss, folio (432 x 280mm. and 335 x 245mm.), [1796 and 1818] (2)Footnotes:A pair of attractively decorated encyclical Bulls addressed to Armenian visitors making a donation to the Convent of St. James in Jerusalem, in which are listed the Holy places the pilgrims should visit. The earliest Bull, dating to 1796, was given to 'our son Ter Khachatour respected and esteemed priest', and the name of the Armenian Patriarch as Petros, i.e. Petros III Evdokiatsi, who presided in this role from 1794 to 1800. The second, dated to 1818, leaves the name of the Patriarch blank, but names the benefactor as 'Our spiritual son Ter Martiros [name erased, and replaced with 'Khatchatur'].For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HESSE (HERMANN)Zwölf Gedichte, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE, 36 leaves (manuscript text on 27 pages recto or verso, 14 watercolours on recto only, 4 leaves blank), the watercolours comprising decorative cartouches to title and dedication page, and 12 full-page illustrations depicting villages, mountain landscapes or flowers, untrimmed, later red cloth, small 4to (225 x 180mm.), 1930Footnotes:ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH FOURTEEN WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY HESSE OF HIS Zwölf Gedichte ['Twelve Poems'].Provenance: Anna Luise Hatschek (1908-1994), inscribed and dedicated to her ('von Hermann Hesse aufgeschriebn für Fräulein Anna Luise Hatschek im März 1930') by Hesse in 1930. Born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Anna Luise moved at the age of twelve to Czechoslovakia, where her father owned a manufacturing plant. Following the German invasion she managed to survive internment until 1944, when she was sent to concentration camp. According to the vendor the original bindings were damaged during the war, and subsequently rebound; by descent to current vendor.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

PHOTOGRAPHY, CORFU AND CRIMEAAlbum compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868), salt and lightly albumenised prints, many captioned in ink, including a group taken in Corfu in 1858 of landscapes and personalities ('The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu', 'A View from the College of the Citadel', 'A Montenegro. Photographed by Arthur at Corfu 1858', 'Lord High Commissioner', 'Group at Corfu', 'HM Ship 'Terrible' Corfu' and 'Sir George Buller K.C.B.'), others taken at Hampton Court and elsewhere ('Fred by Barby. Ht Ct Palace. 1854', 'The Gravel Walk to the House at Coolhurst July 1859', 'The Gateway at Lord Bathurst's Cirencester', 'Julia photographed by Arthur at Holland's Field October 1857 printed by Barbara January 1858 at Hampton Court', 'Hath[e]rop Castle... 1859');Other subjects include a wild boar and the fallen spire of Chichester Cathedral, February 1861, accompanied by Henry Ponsonby's pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859; interspersed with watercolours and ephemera, some relating to the Crimea ('cover of a Russian document found at Hertch in the house occupied by Lieut. General Sir George Browne, May 1855', a telegram from General Simpson to General Codrington warning 'The Russians are attacking the Sardinians reinforce your attack with one Brigade. Keep your civilians in Camp' 16 August 1855, autograph note from Sir Spencer Ponsonby-fane ('Sebastopol is taken – no details'), watercolours of soldiers, Ponsonby's ink plan of the attack on the Redan ('for Gen. Codrington and used by him'), watercolour map of Europe titled 'The Seat of War 1859', pencil sketch by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno, amusing extracts from Arthur Ponsonby's letters from the Crimea, printed advertisement for Roger Fenton's Crimea photograph 'The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill', playbills etc.;With the official programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross, June 1847, letters and drawings from South Africa, 1853, and much royal memorabilia (menu for the Queen's birthday dinner, 24 May 1856, the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858, souvenirs of an audience with Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, telegrams sent to Henry Ponsonby as Equerry to the Prince Consort on his visit to Prince & Princess Frederick of Prussia, June 1858, a trip to Balmoral in 1858, printed plan of 'Carriages on the Royal Train', etc.);Illustrated with over 20 watercolours (including family portraits and 'Boar Hunting His Majesty Present/1860') and pen and wash illustrations (pull-out ink drawing of 'View of Quarantine Harbour of Malta taken from Mr Bourchiers house' by Miss Bourchier, 'Waggons going down a hill... in Kaffirland'); with various playbills, menus, poetry, puzzles and much else; printed ownership label inside front cover ('Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace' with manuscript addition '4th scrap book'), above label with illuminated initials 'E.P.' in red, white and blue, 110 leaves, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on upper board with title 'Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace', amended in black ink to read 'Scrap Book 1852', marked and worn, spine partly detached, remains of label on spine, folio (278 x 220mm.), [1840's/1850's]Footnotes:THE CRIMEA, ROYALTY & EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU: An attractive album of illustrations, photographs, letters and printed ephemera compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby (1798-1877), documenting the family's position at the heart of Queen Victoria's court and reflecting the activities of her sons, Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868) and Henry Ponsonby (1825-1895), long-serving private secretary to Queen Victoria, and whose wife Mary was a close correspondent of the Victoria Princess Royal, Empress of Prussia (see corresponding lot in this sale).Arthur was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, served in the Kaffir war and the Crimea, as shown here, and was quartered in Corfu in 1858-9, where he acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Buller, the Garrison Commander. He was a keen photographer, and the album contains unusual early photographic depictions of the island, of landscapes and architecture (such as 'The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu' and 'A View from the College of the Citadel') and a number of portraits. Also included in the album are fine prints of English country house scenes and a photograph of his quarters at Aldershot. An amusing pen and ink sketch by his brother Henry depicts the pioneering photographer Catherine Verschoyle (1803-1871), only the fourth woman to join the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society) in 1853, its inaugural year, and renowned for her botanical and tree studies. She is shown under the cloth of her camera, skirts billowing behind, taking his portrait outside her house in Eaton Square in July 1855. She later used her considerable photographic skills to raise money for widows and orphans of the Crimean War. There is evidence in the album of female members of the family assisting him in his work – one caption for example notes that a portrait of Julia (possibly Julia Ponsonby) was taken by Arthur but printed by Barbara (possibly his sister Selina Barbara Ponsonby). Also of note in the album is the programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross in 1857 and much royal memorabilia.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

OLYMPIA PRESS, BURROUGHS AND GREEK LOVEROBINSON (C.J. BRADBURY) Williams Mix, ONE OF ONLY SIX UNCORRECTED PROOF COPIES, THIS COPY SIGNED BY WILLIAM BURROUGHS on the dedication leaf, and additionally inscribed by him on the title-page 'I'd rather read Winny the Poo [sic] Bradbury Robinson', printed on recto only, publisher's brown printed wrappers, small 4to (215 x 180mm.), The Olympia Press, [1971]; together with a small group of manuscript and printed material (including cover design, and TLS from Maurice Girondia) relating to proposals for the publication of the book, see footnote (small quantity)Footnotes:EXTREMELY SCARCE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF WILLIAMS MIX signed by the dedicatee William Burroughs, who also wrote the introduction and was instrumental in persuading the Olympia Press, which had published The Naked Lunch, to accept the work for publication. Having produced this uncorrected proof in only six copies, such was the controversy of the pederast subject matter that the Olympia Press eventually withdrew their support and never published the title - there being 'no getting away from the fact that this is a book whose literary engine is fuelled by the pleasures and pains of sexual desire for 10 to 12 year old boys, in much the same way that Burroughs' own work is driven by an obsession with addiction and control' (Matthew L. Stevens, Beatdom website, which provides a detailed history of the work and Burroughs' contribution).Bradbury Robinson, at the time a young Cambridge graduate working as Head of the English Department at a Home Counties prep school, had written a first draft in 1967 but, despite interest from Calder & Boyers, not found a publisher at that time. In 1974 Bradbury Robinson and Timothy d'Arch Smith again looked close to publishing the work, as attested to by the material accompanying the lot. Additional material comprises:1. Typed letter signed from Maurice Girodias, founder of the Olympia Press, 13 March 1974, to Bradbury Robinson, discussing a proposed publication of a limited edition.2. Two typed letters signed, from the proposed printers (Morrison & Gibb Ltd.), 13 and 30 September 1974, addressed to Timothy D' Arch Smith, about printing costs, etc. for a proposed edition of the book.3. Manuscript description by Bradbury Robinson of his book for the proposed inside flap of the dust wrapper, one-page, on the headed note paper of Ampleforth Abbey, with a printed proof of the text including proposed price of £4.4. An original pencil sketch for the proposed design for the dust-jacket, depicting an indolent school boy seated upon a chair piled high with books.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

RIVERSIDE PRESS - ILLUMINATED ON VELLUMKEMPIS (THOMAS A) Imitation of Christ, NUMBER 3 OF 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM AND ILLUMINATED, calligraphic manuscript title illuminated in gold and colours, 3 large illuminated initials and borders in gold and colours, 163 woodcut initials illuminated in alternate red and green, full red crushed morocco gilt, by Bumpus of Oxford, covers with gilt panel borders, enclosing central monogram 'E.O.' on the upper cover, spine tooled in gilt in 6 compartments within raised bands, g.e., gilt lettered 'E.O. with Love I.O.' inside upper cover, 4to, The Riverside Press for Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, 1905Footnotes:ONE OF 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, AND ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLOURS.Provenance: Helen & Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.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

WORLD WAR I - ARMISTICEArmistice telegram announcing the end of hostilities, sent to 20th Battalion Machine-Gun Corps, G.B. 914, carbon copy telegram, printed with message script in blue, received by L/C Gould, Army stamp upper right, old folds (one torn, a small blank piece torn away at upper margin), 205 x 130mm., 11 November 1918Footnotes:'HOSTILITIES WILL CEASE 1100 HOURS TO-DAY NOVEMBER 11... 2OTH DIVISION 0730' - Armistice telegram received at Mauberge on the Western Front.Provenance: 'Nat Hope', the theatrical nom-de-plume of a Lance Corporal serving in 20th Battalion Machine-gun Corps stationed in Melbourne, Australia. Included with the lot is a newspaper cutting from the Star Melbourne (10 November 1934) in which Nat Hope, now a member of Frank Neil's vaudeville company performing at the Tivoli theatre, described how he had come into possession of the telegram. He was on duty as a telegraphist at Mauberge, near Mons on the morning of 11 November when the order arrived, 'and made the usual manuscript carbon copy demanded by regulations. In the ordinary way, this would have been destroyed at the end of the day... [but I] took the risk of being 'crimed'... and slipped the copy into my paybook'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SOUTH AFRICACLARKE (MRS. FRED) Native Life in Pondoland [South Africa], manuscript title-page with decorative border enclosing a photograph of the author and her African home, towards 400 vintage silver gelatin photographs of local inhabitants, villages and environs by Clarke (typically 65 x 90mm.), mounted between 4 and 9 per page on 38 leaves, all captioned in ink on the mount (some mounts with additional decorations), tissue guards, several leaves of typescript text interspersed, additional original pale grey cloth, title and author stamped on upper cover, some spotting to covers, small oblong folio (252 x 380mm.), 'Thatchings', Gosshill, Umlala, C.P., Copyright Photographs & Letterpress by Mrs. Fred Clarke, [1930s]Footnotes:A FEMALE PHOTOGAPHER'S FINE AND UNUSUAL RECORD OF 'NATIVE LIFE' IN THE EASTERN CAPE. The author was Ethel Eugene Clarke, born in Eastern Cape Province (then Transkei). The vast majority of images show local life and customs, attractively arranged under headings such as 'Men's Work', 'Native Pottery', 'War and Women', 'Wild Coast Dwellers', 'Wedding of Netelwa', 'Port of St. John', 'Mengana Pass', 'Pondoland Superstitions', 'The 'Intojane' Rites', 'The Abakweta Enter upon Manhood's Estate', 'Bewitching', 'Home Builders', 'Native Cookery', 'Kaffir Beer Parties', 'Love of Music' etc.Provenance: Helen and Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.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

WORLD WAR II – SUBMARINER'S JOURNALManuscript midshipman's journal compiled by John E. O'Leary serving on HMS Valiant, HMS Medway, HMSub Thrasher and HMS Revenge, from 17 November 1941 to 16 January 1943, giving a detailed account of naval life including places visited, acting as a decoy for the Libyan offensive, his appointment to submarines and conditions there, chasing a convoy, etc., with much news from the wider war ('...the Japanese without any previous declaration of war had launched an air attack on the US Pacific Fleet base of Pearl Harbour...', '...Mr Churchill spoke at 1000 tonight on the gravity of the Far Eastern situation...'), 16 illustrations in pen, ink and pencil tipped in depicting plans ('Anti-Torpedo Net Defence', 'Submarine Torpedo Tubes'), shipping ('HMS Valiant', 'Submarines – Japan', 'HMS Hood') and maps ('Axis Supply Routes', 'Durban Harbour', 'Allied attacks on French N. Africa'), c.120pp., dust-staining and other marks, edges frayed, small tears, some water damage and small area of loss to lower edge not affecting text, original half cloth, worn and marked, cloth torn, spine damaged with loss, label on upper cover with ownership inscription 'J.E. O'Leary, R.N.', folio (330 x 200mm.), Alexandria, Port Said, Durban, Mombasa and at sea, November 1941 to January 1943Footnotes:Provenance: John E. O'Leary, R.N.; thence by descent.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

SUSSEX - LEDGERManuscript accounts ledger of John Pilbeam, bearing ownership inscription and date on first page ('This book beginning September 25 Day 1718 being of my Timber... at Londdon... and to Houme and [what?] it Douth com to and What Mony I Dou Receive and When by me/ John Pilbeam'), entries beginning May 1722, written in ink in several hands, each entry named ('John Elsen His Bill', 'Will Burtle', 'John Harden', 'Edmund Muddell'), early entries concerning crops ('2 gallons of Oates', 2 peckes of wheat'), moving on to other goods such as coal, straw, apples and domestic items, with mentions of taxes ('...for one years Window Tax £01-00-00...', '...taxes to the King...'), services ('...for keeping of 2 horses...', '...paid Charles Ward for to Dayes work a Loadeing of Stone...', '... to Wimen for Dressing & Dinner and Cleaning up the Linnen and trenchers and the pewter and all things...', '...for putting up a servants bed...'), and other items ('...Disbursmentes of being Churchwarden' including '...2 Church lockes...' and '...wine for the communion...'), noting debts paid and owed ('December ye 27 day 1723 then Reckoned with Will Seckelmare and he is in my debt...'), many later entries concerned with carpentry and building materials ('...a side for a cucumber frame...'), particularly for work done at Mitcham, many pages crossed through, last entry inverted, c.170 leaves, dust-staining and marks, small tears, edges frayed, one leaf excised, contemporary calf, marked and worn, edges bumped, spine lacking, front board nearly detached, folio (312 x 200mm.), 1720's to 1760'sFootnotes:There are records for the Pilbeam (or Pilbeame) family in a number of Sussex villages, notably Wadhurst, where they had farming and mercantile interests, and Ardingly. Indeed, several of the names mentioned here – Pilbeam, Muddle, Harden, Tully and Lintott for example can be found in the Ardingly parish records online and a John Pilbeam, possibly an ancestor, is noted as being a churchwarden in the village in the early 1600's. Several mentions of local placenames ('...The a Count of What Malt I have had of Walter Chatfield att Hawardes Heath...') and entries in the book concerning local farming activities ('...for a hoppicker that you have carred away/ for an oaster that you have carred away...') would also confirm the location of the family.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

ADVEU DE ODET DE BRETAGNEILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF HENRY II and DIANE DE POITIERS, on vellum, in French, signed 'Seigneur d'Ingrande', 27 long lines per page written in black ink, in 'letter courante' script for the text, manuscript inscription with date (1556) on first fly-leaf, headings in elaborate display, richly illuminated, silver sometimes tarnished, some show-through of pigments, coat of arms on title-page largely illegible, modern parchment over pasteboards preserving original vellum end-leaves, title in gilt on upper cover, modern velvet chemise, folio (365 x 260mm.), France, 1556Footnotes:AN FINE EXAMPLE OF FRENCH RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATION - FOR HENRY II AND DIANE DE POITIERS.In this document addressed to King Henry II of France, Odet de Bretagne, Count of Vertu, First Baron of Brittany, Lord of Avaugour, Clisson, Ingrande, and Champtocé, makes declaration of the state of his holdings in Ingrande in the duchy of Anjou and Champtocé in the castellany of Angers, both of which he holds in fief from Henry II. There follow meticulous enumerations and descriptions of the properties contained in each of these territories, together with detailed listings of the taxes, rents, duties, and services owed to him in each, after which he reaffirms his allegiance to the king. The text is followed by three notarial attestations, the first dated 25 February 1556.The Duchy of Brittany was joined to France under the king only in 1532. Henry became king in 1547, and it is likely that this document was compiled in consequence of that circumstance. Diane de Poitiers, a well-educated French noblewoman was Henry's mistress from the mid-1530s until his death. She was a notable bibliophile, and the books and manuscripts from her collection are marked with the emblems found in this codex.ILLUMINATION: over 250 illuminated initials on square or rectangular grounds, the smaller ones c.15-20mm. in height, the larger ones c.35-65mm., and one (f. 1r) measuring 88 x 84mm., decorated in French renaissance style, burnished gold initials on coloured grounds, coloured initials on burnished gold or burnished silver grounds. F.1r with full illuminated border: at the top, the royal arms of France in a laurel wreath, supported by two angels; in the margins the emblems of Henry II of France, a crowned H, and that of Diane de Poitiers, a double D and H linked, and three interlaced crescents; an achievement of arms in the lower border.Provenance: King Henry II of France (1519-1559), reigned 1547-1559, and his mistress Diane de Poitiers (1500-1566), as shown by their emblems on f.1r; Charles Serund-Deschamps, 1906, bookplate.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

ARMENIAN - BIBLEGospels of Our Lord Jesus Christ, PRINTED IN ARMENIAN TYPE, title within wide woodcut architectural border, text in double column, all within typographical border (many with additional decorative embellishments in the margins), capital bird letters in the text, large wood-engraved illustrations by Grigor Marzvanetisi derived from the design of Christoffel van Sichem, cropped with some loss to marginal decorations and side-notes, pp.121-222 repaired with some loss to text and borders, 6 leaves (pp.49-50, 117-120) with smaller repairs, lower margin of pp.365-368 softened, rust spot on p.138, without lower free endpaper, early twentieth century red velvet over boards, silver gilt crucifixion mounted on upper cover, yellow edges [not in Nersessian], small 4to (190 x 145mm.) , Constantinople, Printing Press of Astuadsastour Karapet, 1729[-1731]Footnotes:An eighteenth century Armenian Gospels, printed in imitation of earlier manuscript versions with floral decorations in the borders and illustrations of the Evangelists at the head of each Gospel. The illustrations were made by Constantinople based Armenian engraver Grigor Marzvanetsi, adapted from those used by Oskan Erevantsi for the first Armenian Bible (Amsterdam, 1666-1668), who himself had used as a proto-type illustrations by the Dutch artist Christoffel van Sichem.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

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUMLiber evangeliorum ac epistolarum pro festis solemnibus, text entirely stencilled in imitation of roman type, pp.1-17 with 8 lines of text, each under a line of music consisting of square neumes on four-line red staves, pp.18-122 with 17 long lines, pp.124-126 with 21 long lines, ruled in lead with single bounding lines, running titles and lesser section titles with red roman capitals, major section titles with multi-coloured decorative initials, 4- or 3-line square initial spaces, initials with floral or historiated backgrounds and space reserved for large roman capitals, floral headpieces preceding each feast, some including historiated vignettes, floral or decorative cartouches following the epistle in many sections, incomplete decoration in places, small natural flaw to blank margin of the leaf paginated 53-54, otherwise in clean fresh condition with some very light soiling, re-cased in original binding of red velvet over pasteboards, housed in a morocco case, 333 x 225mm., France, Ambronay, 1740Footnotes:ELEGANTLY AND SKILFULLY DECORATED STENCILLED MANUSCRIPT.Manuscript demonstrating in a remarkable way the techniques by which miniatures were designed and executed as late as the mid-eighteenth century. Stencilled books are a curiosity in the history of book production. They are manuscripts in that they were created by hand, but with the mechanical aid of stencils. They can be recognized by the gaps between parts of letters. Such books were especially popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when stencils were often used to produce large-format books of music for communal singing and texts such as the present lectionary intended for public reading. The manuscript was made for the Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay, as stated on the title-page: 'Liber Evangeliorum ac Epistolarum, pro Festis Solemnioribus. Ad usum Ecclesiae et Abbatiae Regiae Beatae Mariae Virgiis de Ambroniaco. Ordinis S. Benedicti e Congraegatione Sancti Mauri. Pars altera.' It combines moveable feasts from the Proper of the Times with a selection of fixed feasts from the Proper of the Saints presented in a single quasi-chronological sequence beginning with the Easter Vigil and ending with All Saints. Several important Benedictine saints or feasts are included: the translation of St. Benedict (from Monte Cassino in Italy to Fleury in France); Saints Placidus and Maurus (the first disciples of St. Benedict, they share a feast day); St. Hugo, Abbot of Cluny (the most important Benedictine monastery in France); and a feast dedicated to the saints of the Benedictine order. A short addendum at the end of the main text provides for commemorations of the dead. The Congregation of St. Maur was formed in France in the early seventeenth century and existed until the French Revolution. It was known for its strict monastic observance, for its emphasis on performance of the choral Office, and for the notable scholarship produced by some of its members.Provenance: Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay (northeast of Lyon), 1740, inscription on title-page; nineteenth century cipher centered on a large letter V, flanked probably by E and B and surmounted by a coronet, gilt-stamped on upper cover, and bookplate.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

BINDING - ENTOMOLOGICAL WATERCOLOURSAlbum of 20 fine watercolour illustrations of butterflies and moths (18), a cricket, and a lizard, some heightened with gum arabic, on laid paper, fine English morocco gilt attributable to Robert Steel, the covers elaborately tooled to a cottage-roof design with a border of 3-line fillet and roll of fleurons enclosing central panel made up of grape clusters, flower sprays, drawer handles, billowing lines, etc. enclosing gilt lettered caption 'Lenton New Year 1763 [but '1703, see footnote], spine tooled in 5 compartments within raised bands, oblong 8vo (105 x 195mm.), [eighteenth century]Footnotes:Attractive watercolours in a fine early eighteenth English century binding attributable to Robert Steel, presumably made for the English composer John Lenton (1657-1719), musician with the Royal household under Charles II, William and Mary, and Queen Anne. An almost identical binding, with some of the same tools and lettering (but dated '1703') is found on a musical manuscript of Lenton's compositions gifted to Queen Anne (see Sotheby's, Collection of Robert S. Pirie, 2 December 2015, lot 914). For another binding attributable to Robert Steel (fl. 1668-1711), with the same border design, see M.M. Foot, The Henry Davis Gift II, no. 148.The date on this binding reads '1763' and has seemingly been altered from '1703', possibly at the time the fine watercolours of moths and butterflies were executed.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

PHILIP III OF SPAIN - CARTA EXECUTORIAIlluminated manuscript on vellum, 34 long lines, in brown ink between 35 horizontal and 2 pairs of vertical bounding lines ruled in blue ink, 37 large ornamental initials in liquid gold on coloured grounds modelled in white, numerous sections of the text introduced by several lines of ornamental display script, lesser divisions distinguished by large cadel initials, calligraphic flourishes on upper and lower margins, presumably lacking the illuminated frontispiece with the arms of the recipient, damp-staining to edges at times touching the text, several initials with smudging or offsetting of pigment, natural flaws in the vellum in the blank margins of three leaves, contemporary gold- and blind-tooled brown leather, the red silk guard for the frontispiece retained, four pairs of red and blue silk ties, braided silk cord visible in quire vi and at tail of volume (lacking seal), in a morocco and cloth case, 295 x 210 mm., Granada, 1592Footnotes:A patent of nobility granted to Pedro de Angulo, with several notarial attestations at the end.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

SERGENT-MARCEAU (ANTOINE FRANCOIS)Portraits des grandes hommes, femmes illustres, et sujets mémorables de France. Gravés et imprimés en couleurs, FIRST EDITION, engraved title and dedication, 192 portraits and engravings printed in colour, most after Sergent-Marceau and engraved by him, Moret, Roger, Ride, et al (one plate bound out of order), extra-illustrated with approximately 35 additional prints, many with manuscript captions, occasional spotting, olive-green morocco gilt by Riviere for Bumpus, g.e., sunned spine, in a custom slipcase, 4to (326 x 250mm.), Paris, Blin, [1786-1792]Footnotes:A REMARKABLE WORK OF COLOUR PRINTING, comprising 96 oval portraits of important French personages each with a corresponding scene illustrating the subject's life. Interestingly, the scene attached to Louis XVI commemorates the independence of the United States, depicting a Native American flanked by portraits of the Franklin, Washington and the French king. With quasi-royal French provenance, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, being the grandson of Louis Philippe I and the Orléanist claimant to the throne following the 1848 revolution.Provenance: Philippe d'Orléans (1838-1894), Comte de Paris, ink stamp on title; Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Bart. (1851-1925), bookplate.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

BOOK TRADE & BANKINGWarrant signed by George II ('George R'), granting permission to John Baskett ('Our Printer') and Robert Gosling ('...of our City of London, Bookseller...') to search the records and make transcriptions from the archives of the Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament, the libraries of St James's and Westminster and the Paper Office and Parliamentary archives for their '...compleat Collection of all the Acts of Parliament from Magna Charta to this present time, together with the preambles to all the Statutes... six large Volumes in Folio...', two pages on a bifolium, papered seal, dust-staining and small tears, folio (304 x 190mm.), 'Our Court at Kensington', 4 November 1726; with an album of printed and manuscript ephemera relating to the Gosling family including tradesmen's receipts ('Jno. Hinckes Tinn Man At ye Lamp & Crown in Fleet Street', 'William Nelson oylman', 'Samuel Price Shoe Maker', 'James Ward Cheesemonger'), tax and rent receipts, annuity certificates and other receipts pertaining to Sir Francis Gosling, 1760's, insurance certificate for John Pyle from the Sun Fire-Office, his will, printed cheques from Mssrs Goslings & Sharpe, 1760's, etc., c.53 leaves, several leaves excised, dust-staining and marks, original calf, worn, remains of old labels, upper and lower boards detached, lacking spine, folio (266 x 220mm.), eighteenth-century; with indenture appointing Sir Francis Gosling and John Pyle executors of the will of John Walsh of the parish of St Mary le Strand, one sheet of vellum, papered seal and duty stamps, folio (370 x 435mm.), London, 10 March 1766Footnotes:The recipient of the Royal warrant, John Baskett (1664/5-1742) was the King's Printer and became infamous as the publisher of the 'Vinegar Bible'. The present warrant relates to his printing of 'The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the seventh year of King George the Second inclusive', printed in conjunction with stationer and bookseller Robert Gosling (1684-1741), of Middle Temple Gate. Gosling's son Francis, later Sir Francis Gosling (1719-1768), was apprenticed to his father and worked for him until around 1757. In 1742 he became a partner in a bank founded by Henry Pinckney which became known as Goslings Bank, trading at the sign of the Three Squirrels. In the second half of the eighteenth century the bank became Goslings and Sharpe and was one of the banks merged into Barclays Bank in 1896.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

BRUNEL – THAMES TUNNELManuscript guidebook to Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel, entitled 'Sketches and Memoranda/ of the/ Works/ for the/ Tunnel under the Thames/ from/ Rotherhithe to Wapping/ Published and sold at the Tunnel Works Rotherhithe and by/ Messrs Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch St:/ Printed by the Philanthropic Society St.G's F:/ 1828', entitled 'Sketches and Memoranda/ of the/ Works/ for the/ Tunnel under the Thames/ from/ Rotherhithe to Wapping/ Published and sold at the Tunnel Works Rotherhithe and by/ Messrs Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch St:/ Printed by the Philanthropic Society St.G's F:/ 1828', written in a neat attractive hand and illustrated with thirteen finely-drawn vignettes and plans in pen, ink and wash, comprising nine one-page illustrations (including '...View of Wapping... and a transverse section of the Tunnel...', The Shaft, 'Dimensions of the Brickwork', Workmen in the Shield [with cut-out overlay showing the entrance to the Tunnel]), three double-page plans ('A Transverse Section of the Thames', 'Plan of the Premises at Rotherhithe and Wapping', and a cross-section showing the strata of the river) and one pull-down map ('Plan of the Roads and main Objects on the Eastern Part of London... projected by M.I. Brunel... 1827'), text comprising an Introduction, dated January 1828 ('...The present undertaking was projected by M.I. Brunel Esq: F.R.S. whose works for Government have been equally creditable to his scientific abilities and to his personal character...'), and detailed commentary accompanying the illustrations on versos, 30 leaves, 'F & Z' watermark, some light dust-staining and small tears, original half calf with marbled boards, label with manuscript title 'SKETCHES relating to the TUNNEL.' on upper cover, oblong 8vo (102 x 175mm.), 1828Footnotes:MANUSCRIPT GUIDEBOOK FOR BRUNEL'S PIONEERING THAMES TUNNEL, 'THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD', SEEMINGLY DERIVING FROM HIS WORKSHOP. A handsome manuscript version of Marc Brunel's popular publication.Despite the proliferation of printed editions of Brunel's guide to the Thames Tunnel project, we have hitherto traced no other manuscript version of the guidebook. Printed guidebooks were produced from early 1827, in order to keep the project in the public eye over the long construction period and also to raise money from visitors to the works, and ran to some seventeen editions over the next thirty-five years, the last appearing in 1863 (for a detailed bibliography see Chrimes, Elton, May & Millet, The Triumphant Bore: A Celebration of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel, James Howden, [n.d.]). Marc Brunel himself was responsible for the composing the text, and the engraved plates were taken from drawings supplied by his workshop. Julia Elton in her essay 'The Tunnel in Print' notes that the first edition of March 1827 consisted of plates only, the text and introduction appearing the following August with the title as per our manuscript, Sketches and Memoranda of the works for the tunnel under the Thames. Regular updated editions followed, including translations in the major European languages, with the text constantly rewritten and updated. A month after our version, in February 1828, the printed book had a new title Sketches of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames which it retained until 1830. Our fine manuscript version would seem to sit between the printed editions of December 1827 (cat. no. 58) and that of January 1828 (cat. no. 59), incorporating several amendments to the text made after 1827 - for example the reference to 'Mr Brunel' in the 1827 Introduction becomes the more formal 'M.I. Brunel Esq. F.R.S.' in both our version and the printed 1828 edition, as well as incorporating extra descriptive text, which might at first suggest that ours is a copy of the later edition. However, the possibility that ours came after the 1828 edition is ruled out by comparison of the meticulously executed illustrations. On comparison, it is noticeable that our drawings are largely unpopulated apart from the figures of workers in the shield. A recognisable top-hatted figure appears in two of the engravings but not in our drawings, that of the brick shaft and again in the longitudinal section of the tunnel, where the same figure observes the work from a niche in the tunnel wall. Similarly, the figure with the pickaxe is absent from our drawing of the shield, as are the figures and carriages from the plan showing the long transverse section of the tunnel. Our exquisite drawings would seem to bear more relation to the originals produced in the workshop (sold in these rooms, 15 November 2017, lot 78) where there is also favourable comparison of the handwriting here to that on a plan ascribed to Brunel's chief engineer, Joseph Pinchbeck. The paper bears the watermark 'F & Z', which is also seen on German paper of the same period.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

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSIONThe Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, additional engraved pictorial title-page (dated 1678), woodcut royal arms on letterpress title [ESTC R37318; Herbert 798], John Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, [1685]; The Book of Common Prayer, [ESTC R176234], John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, & Henry Hills, 1682; The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre royal coat of arms on title-page [ESTC R170622], printed for the Company of Stationers, 1682, 3 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary black morocco gilt, covers with 2-line rule border enclosing panel with ornate floral motifs (tulips, acorns, etc.) and corner pieces, initials 'D.H.E' in centre, gilt dentelles, g.e., worn with a few scuff marks, short tear to head of spine and small loss at foot, 4to (205 x 109mm.)Footnotes:Provenance: 'George Deane, the gift of his mother', ownership ink inscription on upper margin of title-page, with manuscript notes, in several hands, concerning the genealogy of the Deane family from 1737 to the 1890s on the front free endpapers; Rev. Henry Deane, bookplate.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

FOUR INDIAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ink and gouache on paper, comprising three folios from a treatise on animals (?), written in nastaliq script, separately inserted illustrations, and a Hindu folio written in devanagari script, the illustration depicting Krishna with the gopis, 28 x 16cm approximately each (Islamic folios); 15 x 28.5cm (Hindu folio)

THREE JAIN PAINTINGS, WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, gouache, ink and gold on paper, the larger showing various vignettes with three nude jinas at the top, another showing representations of the 24 tirthankaras, the third with the head of a jina on a manuscript folio, 26 x 11.5cm and smaller

A HOLY MAN WITH YOUNG DEVOTEE, MUGHAL, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY, watercolour on paper, laid on a gold-painted 17th century album page, the figures depicted in a European rocky landscape with a church, the reverse with an unrelated manuscript folio inscribed with three columns of nastaliq script, 37.5 x 26.5cm (album page), 25.5 x 15cm

TWO INDIAN PAINTINGS, 19TH CENTURY, comprising a Pahari scene with two noblemen playing cards(?), devanagari inscription on the reverse, and a manuscript folio, Gujarat, with illustration depicting Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon, text on both sides in devangari script, 22 x 29cm; 11.5 x 20cm

A collection of cookery manuscripts,18th/19th century, containing cures & remedies, food and wine recipes, pickling, and a clamshell box containing loose recipes, etc., together with E Kolsund: 4 September 1885 Menu; etc., a manuscript 'Reduction continued', late 18th/early 19th century, 71pp, and 60pp of recipes for puddings, clearing ale, imping pheasants, partridges, etc. (qty)

A Burmese palm leaf manuscript, 19th century, palm leaf pages edged in gilt, bound with strings and held between gilded red lacquer wooden boards, 6 x 60cm.緬甸十九世紀 紅漆描金棕櫚葉手稿品項報告 Condition report Loss of gilt and lacquer to the wooden boards. Some scratches to the surface. Pigment stains present to the palm leaf.

A BURMESE GILT KAMMAVACA MANUSCRIPT Framed 32cm high x 84cm wide (framed) 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.

Mughal School (18th/19th century): Hunting Scene with Noblemen on Elephants Shooting Lion, illuminated leaf from a manuscript, pen ink and bodycolour heightened in gold with Arabic script 18cm x 10cm

Two antique art related plates and manuscript. Kunst Des Feren Ostens & Giorgio De Chirico

ROCKETMAN (2019) - Elton John's (Taron Egerton) Hero "I'm Still Standing" Lyrics and EnvelopeElton John's hero "I'm Still Standing" lyrics and envelope from Paramount Pictures' biographical musical Rocketman. Elton was given lyrics at the rehab centre by his friend and writer Bernie Taupin and began composing the music on a piano. This scene transitions into the final sequence of Elton performing a recreation of the "I'm Still Standing" music video.The lot consists of a brown envelope and two pages featuring printed manuscript writing in black, with a couple of words crossed out. Horizontal fold lines from storage are present on the lyrics and envelope. Dimensions (lyrics): 23 cm x 18 cm (9" x 7"); (envelope): 23 cm x 16 cm (9" x 6 1/4") Estimate: £800 - 1,200 †ΔThis lot will be auctioned on Sunday, November 6th. The auction will begin at 3:00PM GMT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast at propstore.com on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, November 3rd; Friday, November 4th; or Saturday, November 5th.

DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA - DUNDRENNAN - KIRKCUDBRIGHT.  1853-1866. Large ledger being Mr S. C. Maitland's Trust, Stewart Cairns Maitland of Dundrennan. 265 pages of manuscript entries, index at front & being settlements, dispositions, Feu Charters, memorandums regarding the American property, memorials, inventory of heritable & moveable estates, accounts of charge & discharge & rental details of tenants, properties on the Estate of Compstone & Dundrennan. A very interesting Kirkcudbright local & family history item.

LILFORD LORD.  Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles. Vols. 1 to 6 only. Port. frontis. 365 chromolitho plates mainly after Thorburn & Keulmans. Large 8vo. Half green morocco (uniform browning to backs) by R. H. Porter with a loose inserted manuscript letter from Porter, the binder. 1885-1897.

Northumberland, Morpeth - Military Preparations.  Minutes of a Meeting of the "Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders & Yeomanry of the County of Northumberland Held in the Town Hall in Morpeth on Monday the 19th day of May, 1794 to Consider of Measures for the Internal Defence of the Kingdom". In a small quarto manuscript vol. with Minutes of subsequent meetings following (50 plus pp filled). Qtr. leather. 1794-1795.

"Macleod Papers".  Folio folder of material ref. the history of the Clan Macleod & its associations, incl. old & more modern manuscript transcriptions, typescript transcriptions & notes, sketches of pedigrees, etc. An interesting genealogical & family history miscellany. Condition report:Inscription "Alick Morrison, Glengonnar Foot Abington" No introduction page. Generally copies of older manuscripts,plus copies of letter's to  "Miss Grant" and a letter from "William Matheson"

[RELIGION & THEOLOGY] Baxter, Richard. The Saints Everlasting Rest: or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in their enjoyment of God in Glory, wherein is shewed its Excellency and Certainty; the Misery of those that lose it; the way to Attain it, and assurance of it; and how to live in the continual delightful Foretasts of it, by the help of Meditation... seventh (revised) edition, for Underhill and Tyton, London, 1658, full leather, engraved half-title page, quarto. Condition Report : Upper cover detached; spine strip worn, with losses at ends; binding lacking original twin clasp fastenings; half-title page with some manuscript additions and with snagged and creased fore and lower edges, with small, mainly marginal losses. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SCIENCE]. VETERINARY MEDICINE Beamont, T. The Complete New Cow Doctor; being a Treatise on the Disorders incident to Horned Cattle, with a Description of their Symptoms, and the most effectual methods of cure: also, Instructions for the Extracting of Calves... To which is added A Concise Treatise on Farriery,... Second (enlarged) edition, for Priest by Nicholson, Manchester, 1812, original leather-backed boards, octavo. Rubbed; spine ends worn, with losses; pp.i-iv detached; manuscript recipes added to endpapers; foxed.

Books and ephemera, including Konow (Carl); A Visit To England, manuscript dated 1914, a Lincolnshire Victorian photograph album, World War II military related books, and sundries. (a quantity)

R. Wright (cartographer) - 'Plan of the Parish of Greatham in the County of Sussex', engraved circa 1838 with manuscript details of commutation of tithes and with tithe stamp, 99cm x 130cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A TRAFALGAR FLAG FRAGMENT FROM LORD NELSON'S FUNERAL, 1805/6in similar-sized sections of red, white and blue bunting, mounted on card within glazed oak frame with manuscript and typed notes to reverse, the fragments -- 5½ x 8½in. (14 x 21.5cm.)John Taylor Auctioneers, Louth: Eastgate Manor House Contents: The John Kendall Bourne Collection, 21st July, 1981 (typed label on reverse)

ROYAL PRESENTATION PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND PRINCE PHILIPthe Queen’s signed Dorothy Wilding (lower left); the Prince’s signed Baron (lower right), both on autographed mounts dated ‘1956’ -- 15 x 12in. (38 x 30.5cm.); together with a bust-length portrait of Captain Louis Battenberg R.N. on autographed mount dated 1894 -- 11½ x 9¼in. (29 x 23.5cm.); and a presentation portrait of Earl Mountbatten, signed in manuscript Mountbatten of Burma A.F. -- 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.5cm)(4)Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth

A SET OF TWELVE CROWN DERBY HAND-PAINTED YACHTING PLATES, CIRCA 1930painted by W.E.J. Dean with individual yachts, makers marks to reverse with manuscript name for yachts comprising: Caroline; Starlight; America; Astra; Mahdee; Pitzi (x2); Flight; Pendragon; Sally II; Mitena and Zaida, each signed W.E.J. Dean -- 10in. (25.5cm.) diameter(12) Fine overall condition

A COLLECTION OF UNION LINE AND UNION CASTLE LINE EPHEMERAcomprising a manuscript volume of "Confidential Reports" on the characteristics of Union Line officers serving approx 1877-1897 with detailed descriptions of each officer's strengths and weaknesses and, if wrecked red ink is used, bound in quarter calf boards with a gilt embossed label to cover inscribed RECORD of OFFICERS -- 13½ x 9in. (34 x 23cm.); together with a Union Castle contract with Harland & Wolff to build the S.S. Kenilworth Castle (1902) bound with stamped specification books; eight official World War II sinking reports viz Dunvegan Castle; Walmer Castle; Dromore Castle; Llangibby Castle; Richmond Castle; Warwick Castle; Windsor Castle; and Dundrum Castle; and Harland & Wolff tenders to build the Pendennis Castle (1955) with copies of plans etc.(A lot)

A HALF BLOCK BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE S.S. VINCENT, BUILT BY MACKIE & THOMSON FOR BOOTH SS CO. LTD. 1910the 44in. hull carved from ½in. laminated yellow pine with gilt brass propeller and ebonised topsides, lined and lacquered decks, hatches and superstructure with silvered fittings as appropriate, cut-away masts and funnel, mounted on a display board within original glazed case with manuscript builder’s plate and two finials. Overall measurements -- 19½ x 57in. (49.5 x 145cm.)A cargo ship of 986 tons, she was sold to Cia Zamorense de Nav SA de Gutierrez Zamora in 1913 and renamed Libertad. On August 3rd, 1916 in passage from New Orleans to Santiago De Cuba with a cargo of lumber, she foundered off Cape San Antonio. Model in good overall condition, only lifeboats lines have parted; the case is somewhat fragile and the finial threads no longer connect. Back board appears to be original.

A SET OF BURMESE KAMMAVACA MANUSCRIPT PANELS Eighteen rectangular panels mounted as two sets of nine on fabric backing Each 151 x 69cm Condition: Condition Report A loss to one lower right corner of one panel, some general light signs of age and wear 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.

Everest. Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE. An archive of camera equipment, scientific instruments and ephemera amassed during the career of this adventurer and ground-breaking filmmaker, best remembered as the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953 - the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Comprising:Autographs: An original used food package from the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, signed by John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The signatures, though faded, are visibly inscribed 'Everest '53' by Hunt. The foil package, bearing an official expedition label, originally contained 'cocoa', 'orangeade powder' and a 'banana bar', which was consumed during the expedition. 33.5cm by 23.5cm. Framed & glazed.Miscellaneous Items: An ice axe, originally used by Tom Stobart during the Tibetan Hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, 65cm; a canvas painting of the bhavacakra [Wheel of Life], donated by a Tibetan Buddhist monastery or temple to Tom Stobart during the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and originally rolled and carried by him during the expedition, 72.5cm by 52cm; two Tibetan tea urns, 34cm height, acquired by Tom Stobart during either the Everest expedition or hunt for the "Abominable Snowman".Ephemera: An official programme for the 'First Performance of "The Conquest of Everest", In the gracious presence of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh', with Thomas Stobart listed in the credits as the filmmaker, plus loosely inserted tickets for said 'First Performance' as well as a 'Special Pre-view of the Film' (Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Stobart); a letter inviting Mr. Stobart to meet the members of the Everest Expedition at London Airport, on British Mount Everest Expedition 1953 letterhead (Royal Geographical Society), dated 30 June 1953, plus a sheet outlining arrangements for said meeting; an English translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's speech, 29 June 1953; The Conquest of Everest with Hunt, Hillary and Tensing, Countryman Films programme, [1953], with loosely-inserted compliments slip from Countryman Films Ltd.; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings recording the Everest expedition, including clippings about Tom Stobart, 'cameraman to the expedition'; three black & white photographs depicting Tom Stobart; a quantity of loose newspaper clippings relating to the Everest expedition and 'Yeti Hunt', to include The Times colour supplement, 'Everest', 1953, and a facsimile of The Times newspaper, 3 June 1953, produced by Royal Mint in presentation box.Camera Equipment: A Paillard Bolex H-16 Reflex 16mm cine camera, possibly used by Tom Stobart during the hunt for the "Abominable Snowman", but certainly used by him for the later cookery programmes in his career; a Paillard Bolex Swiss-made speed-control motor in fitted carrying case; an Adam's "Minex", London, De Luxe Model plate camera, in fitted Adam's velvet-lined, leather carrying case.Scientific Instruments, Lenses & Specimens: Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester & Liverpool, No. 474, microscope with attachments in fitted, lockable mahogany case with brass carrying handle; a brass microscope by C. Baker, London; a mahogany campaign case of lenses & attachments, two engraved 'Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, London', with loose card of manuscript notes/measurements; a Powell & Lealand, London brass microscope attachment, together with glass bottles & accessories in a modern wooden case; a 19th-century mahogany 18-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including leaf scales, pollen grains, fungal spores, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, the final drawer housing an Abbe's Test Platte in Carl Zeiss morocco case; a 19th-century mahogany 12-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including insect antennae, marine biology, sections of butterfly wings, feathers, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, some from Australia and Peru, the empty section at base housing an exercise book with 4pp. of manuscript notes recording microscope details. NB: Some of the specimen slides are inscribed 'T.S.' [Tom Stobart], and some are inscribed 'R.F.S.' [Ralph Forrester Stobart].Provenance: By descent. The vendor's late father was Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE, a ground-breaking cameraman and filmmaker who in 1953 filmed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Stobart captured some of the most famous expeditions and achievements in human history. During his career, he followed a team of scientists exploring Antarctica in 1949, as well as the Tibetan hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, but he's best remembered as being the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and for his film The Conquest of Everest. Stobart was left partially disabled after being shot twice in the legs during a filming trip to Ethiopia in c. 1956. He died suddenly in 1980.

THE NIGERIAN TEACHER (LATER NIGERIA), volume 1, No 1, 1933 - No 17, 1939, bound in 4 volumes, numerous illustrations from photographs throughout, uniform decorative native leather binding, manuscript pencil note to first volume front free end paper "This set of Nigerian Teacher/Nigeria was probably bound in Sokoto goatskin by Musa Saccoh, a native of Sierra Leone and a third generation leather worker who moved to Lagos, Nigeria in the early 1930's and was employed by the CMS Bookshop, Lagos, the binding was probably carried out by him in 1938/39", together with another bound volume containing the same title, Nos 9-12, 1937, contemporary plain cloth gilt (5)

Mohammad Ehsaie (b. 1939), “Mana”, porcelain, signed with initials ME (recto) and inscribed ME Ehsaie for Stephano Ricci (verso), 21cm. diameter; circa 2010, manufactured by Stephano Ricci edition of 20Mohammad Ehsaie is undoubtedly one of the most gifted calligraphers to emerge from Iran within the past century. Utterly devoted the perfection of his craft, Ehsaie has married the technical finesse of his formal training within a modern visual schema. Traditional Persian calligraphy has historically been rife with ornament and embellishment; with calligraphic texts often accompanied by miniature paintings, encased in cartouches and flanked by a myriad of geometrical and floral motifs. Ehsaie's approach to the craft, however, is markedly divergent, and in choosing the pure architecture of the Persian letterform as his principal subject matter, he relinquishes the visual excess of traditional manuscript art. The depiction of unadorned script against a monochromatic, often black background not only shifts the focus of the viewer onto the mechanics and minutia of the letterform,  but forces the writing to compensate for the now absent decorative elements. Ehsaie's text fills the empty spaces with a newfound freedom, taking lifelike, prehensile shapes as Ehsai demonstrates the suppleness and elasticity of Persian nast’aliq. Ultimately, Ehsai's contorted letter forms are not written to be understood, emphasizing the ineffability of the deity itself.Please refer to department for condition report

The opening folio of a Rasamanjari of Daruja Khan, Deccan, Aurangabad, dated 1650, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, two ladies sit on an orange floral carpet in a small chamber which is decorated with a colourful painted frieze, the girl on the right is offering a lotus flower to her companion, the scene is within a thin gilt border with black and red rules, 2 line inscription to the top, the reverse with 12 lines of text, a second attached folio with 15 lines of text on front and back, some words highlighted in red, folio 17 x 21cm., image 11.6 x 15.5cm.Provenance: Simon Digby CollectionThe colophon to the Rasamanjari series to which this page belongs states that it was completed at Aurangabad for a price of a fief of Mewar. The manuscript was published by S. Doshi, 'An Illustrated manuscript from Aurangabad dated 1650 A.D.', Lalit Kala, no.15, pp. 19-28, who posited that the patron was serving in the Mughal armies campaigning in the Deccan. This would account for the synthesis of Mughal, Rajasthani and Deccani styles. This Rasamanjari series is very closely related to a Ragamala set of which pages are published in M. Chandra, Mewar Painting, Delhi 1957, pl.7; S.C. Welch, M.C. Beach, Gods, Thrones and Peacocks, New York 1965, n. 18, and S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, British Museum 1998, no. 127. Both manuscripts are distinguished by their deep and vibrantly contrasting colours. Two other paintings from this Rasamanjari were sold at Sotheby's. 7 July 1975, lots 86-87. Please refer to department for condition report

The Birth of a Jina, illustration from a Jain manuscript, North Western India, Gujarat, circa 1800-1825, opaque pigments on paper, divided into scenes, 28.6 by 18.7cm.Provenance: Simon Digby CollectionA page from a Jain manuscript showing the birth of a baby Jina. The golden Jina is seen here immediately following its birth. His mother lies on a couch, having been put into a magical sleep by Indra and Indrani. In the upper right register the baby Jina is dressed in a loin cloth by two midwives, whilst being showered with flower petals from an upper balcony. The Jain religion singles out five central events in the life of a Jina. The first event is the Jina's descent into the mother's womb. The next is the birth itself, depicted here in tis painting. The third is renunciation. Jinas are born as princes and raised in luxury, only to turn their backs on worldly wealth in search of spiritual treasures. After a long and arduous career as an ascetic the Jina at last achieves omniscience, the fourth great moment in his career. He spends his remaining years as a wandering monk, teaching the Jain doctrine everywhere he goes. When he knows that his death is near, he seeks out a mountain where he will practice his final meditation, eliminating forever the last traces of the karma that has kept his alive thus so far.Painting illustrating the auspicious events in the lives of the Jinas, based on the Adipurana or kalpasutra, were often done in sets. Two painting from this present series are known to us: one in the Los Angeles County Museum portrays Indra transporting a baby Jina on his elephant; the other, which is illustrated in P.Pal, The peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles 1995, no. 108 (colour plate p.50) depicts the lustration ceremony of the baby Jinas on Mount Meru.Please refer to department for condition report

Kings seated in a row, Bilaspur (Basohli), circa1680, from an unidentified manuscript, opaque pigments on paper, with two lines of black Devanagri text to reverse, pencil inscription, 22.2 x 29cm. For a similar scene see W. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1976, plate 33, p. 58.Some repainting to background