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Recipes, Memorandums, etc. A group of five manuscript recipe books, c.1793-1830, providing directions for, 'Apple Cheesecake', 'Pepper Cake', 'To Make Parkins', 'Spanish Cakes', 'To Make Calves Foot Jelly', 'An Excellent Pickle for all sorts of meat', 'To Make Queen's Cakes', 'Oxford Sausages', etc., contemporary half calf or morocco, rubbed, in excess of 350pp. total, v.s. c.1793-1830

Bhagavata Purana. A Sanscrit manuscript on paper, possibly mid 19th century, 258 leaves, 21 full-page miniatures in colours, heightened with gold, text in red and black with ruled borders, boards of red silk, 160mm x 105mm, [?c.1850] See illustration.

Pomeroy, Florence May. A Grant of Arms to Florence May Pomeroy, the manuscript on a parchment roll with illuminated arms upper left, bearing the wax seals of the King of Arms and the Notary, in red fitted case bearing the initials of George V, 530mm x 367mm, London, 1933

Badminton. House Steward's Account Book kept by William Jones, Steward to the Duke of Beaufort, 1703 - 06. Manuscript in ink, approx. 210pp., large folio, old calf (worn, covers detached, lacks spine). Ruled in red, listing in tabular form the meat, game, cheeses, wines and beer etc. ordered for the household, with names of those present in each week, and totals of expenditure. Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684 - 1714), succeeded his grandfather in 1700. He was born at Monmouth Castle, and entertained Queen Anne and the Prince Consort at Badminton in 1702. See illustration

Barrett, William. The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, 2 volumes, first edition, large folding engraved map backed on linen, 30 engraved plates, including 13 folded, vignettes in text, EXPANDED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with numerous engravings, ephemera, typescripts and manuscript notes,some spotting, late nineteenth century half morocco by A&J Bolt, Bristol, bookplate of John E. Pritchard, 4to, Bristol: William Pine, [1789] [Upcott, III, p.1160] Sold with this lot is a later manuscript index for the work.

Suffragette Movement. An important manuscript volume of minutes,1907-1908, recording the formation of the Women's Freedom League, the numerous dated entries signed by committee members, including, Alice Abadam, Maude Fitzherbert, Marion Coates Hansen, Teresa Billington Grieg, Margaret S. Clayton, B. Drysdale, Cicely Hamilton, C. Despard and Eileen Mitchell, 112pp., on lined paper, original cloth-backed boards, 162mm x 202mm THE RECORD OF A SCHISM IN THE MOVEMENT. On September 10th 1907, Christabel Pankhurst announced the Women's Social and Political Union conference was cancelled and future decisions would be taken by a committee she would directly appoint. A significant number of members regarded this action critically, and these minutes record, '...they have taken in protesting against the unconstitutional methods adopted by a section of the committee.' Initially, these members sought to gain control of the WSPU, and if their demands were not met, '...to consider placing an embargo on the Union funds and so determine whether the present autocratic committee has power to spend them.' But on advice from legal counsel the minutes note, 'Our legal position was weak but our moral position strong. He thought the assets of the Union would not be worth going for and we might find ourselves with liabilities.' Subsequently this schism produced a new group in the fight for Women's Rights, the Women's Freedom League, who were committed to non-violent forms of protest.

Latimer, John. The Annals of Bristol 1600-1900, 6 volumes including index, signed by the author, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with numerous engravings, letter-press ephemera and manuscript material, often loosely inserted, original cloth gilt, the volume for the sixteenth century in original wrappers, bookplates of John E. Pritchard, 8vo, Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1900-1908

Beaglehole (J.C.). The Life of Captain James Cook, 1st ed., A & C Black, 1974, colour frontispiece, folding chart, illustrations, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771, ed. J.C. Beaglehole, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1963, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth, d.j.s, a little rubbed and chipped, 8vo, plus Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766. His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections, by A.M. Lysaght, University of California Press, 1971, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., manuscript price and note to front flap, 4to, with others related including John Cobley's Sydney Cove, vols. I-V, 1962-86, John Ritchie's Punishment and Profit/The Evidence to the Bigge Reports, 3 vols., 1970-71 and Ray Parkin's H.M. Bark Endeavour, 2 vols. (text/maps), 1999 reprint (64)

Brayley (Edward Wedlake, and others). London and Middlesex; or, an Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: including Sketches of its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the most Remarkable Places in the above County, 4 vols. in five, 1810-16, numerous engraved plates, some spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary diced calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines, classification number at foot of spines, 8vo, together with Rudder (Samuel), A New History of Gloucestershire, Cirencester: Printed by Samuel Rudder, 1779, folding engraved map by J. Bayly, 16 engraved plates (including 13 double-page, 2 remargined), manuscript annotations (according to pencil note by English antiquarian Craven Ord, 1756-1832), contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio, with Savage (James), History of the Hundred of Carhampton, in the County of Somerset, published Bristol & London, 1830, engraved map, hand-coloured engraved folding map, occasional spotting, contemporary cloth, leather title label, spine & label worn, large 8vo, plus other topography related including The Little Red Book of Bristol, edited by Francis B Bickley, 2 vols., Bristol & London, 1900, Bristol, Past and Present, by J.F. Nicholls & John Taylor, 3 vols., Bristol, 1881, library stamps to titles, original cloth, worn, 4to (a carton)

Winstone (Reece). Bristol As It Was 1939-1914, 1957; Bristol To-Day, 1958; Bristol As It Was 1879-1874, 1965; Bristol 1950-1953, 1964, 1st eds., numerous half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting, original wrappers/boards, a few chips to glassine wrappers, 4to, each signed by the author, together with 30 others in the 'Bristol' series, 1960's-80's, some with manuscript numbers at head of front covers, most signed by the author (34)

Buck, Pearl S. (1892-1973). American novelist, critic, and humanitarian activist; raised in China, she is best known for her stories and novels set there. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth and, in 1938, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Scarce Autograph Manuscript Signed twice"P.S.B." once in pen and once in pencil, 8-112 pages, 4to, no place, ca. March 1941. A series of book reviews for Asia magazine. First comes a brief note on "The autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ... entitled Toward Freedom ... the new edition, which contains a valuable new chapter that brings it up to date ... " With Buck's "Asia Column," a book review, in which she writes, "Out of the Night, by Jan Valtin, is a book like none other that has ever been written. It is difficult to define exactly its unique quality and significance, but it has both these. The material is not in itself new. It is, superficially, the story of a German communist who was sent to work in underground activities for communism in many countries ... among which were the United States and China. The book contains no propaganda. It is the story of a man so shaped by the circumstances of his time ... that he was captured by communism ... [For Communism] might be substituted almost any other impersonal power which has laid hold of human individuals and used them and dehumanized them ... " After a discussion of the book's contents, she concludes that "It all makes a book which everyone ought to read who believes in the dignity of the individual ... " She next turns to "Workers Before And After Lenin by Manya Gordon ... an examination into the conditions of the Russian labor for the last fifty years, and a comparison of the conditions of working people in that country now ... The book begins with an account of the gains which labor was making before the revolution ... " Rebelling against oppression and exploitation, " ... The unions did not at once realize that they would be in exactly the same relation to the Soviet government as they were to their former capitalist employers ... with one difference. Under the old system they could strike and arbitrate and negotiate. Under the new regime they lost all such rights ... " She writes of the author's conclusion, " ... If she is right and if the people of Russia are once more fighting for liberty ... it brings them back into the world of peoples ... " She reviews two other works more briefly, "Chinese Homes and Gardens ... a joy to possess ... " and "The Maori People Today," a collection of symposium essays. She notes that " ... it has been taken for granted that the white man in New Zealand has treated the Maori with unusual justice and mercy ... " but the collection shows there was " ... no unusual goodness on the part of the white conquerors ... " Buck signs her initials after each of these last two reviews, the first in pencil. With numerous pencil and ink revisions. All pages stapled together in upper left corner. Binder holes at left edge. Age-toned, especially at edges, with some breaks in binder holes of first page, otherwise in very good condition.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. Scottish author of detective and historical romance, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Rare Autograph Manuscript unsigned, written entirely in Doyle's hand. 4 1/5 pages, five 4to and one 8vo sheets, no place, undated (after 1917). At the head of the first sheet, the manuscript is entitled "General Outlines of first lecture.". Doyle begins by discussing the fundamental import of the questions addressed by spiritualism in the western world: "This subject which we have met to consider is far the most important in the world. It is one which ultimately concerns the fate of every one of us. There is a certain natural impatience that so huge and engrossing a question should be raised at a time when so many mundane problems seek a solution, but there are two very good reasons for this / 1. Unless we get the spiritual lessons while still under the influence of war shock we may relapse into pre[-] war materialism. 2. These religious questions are at the base of all things, and no permanent reconstruction is possible until you get a permanent base. Therefore mundane problems really depend upon the spiritual ones. Let me say at once that I speak with all humility. It is true that I have studied the matter for 34 years, that I have had a wide personal experience of investigation and that I have some knowledge both of science and possibly of detection. But granted all that, I know how complex the matter is. I speak of my own experiences and my own conclusions and I give you my reasons for the faith - or I would rather say the knowledge - to which I have attained…I appeal to you would I not be a stock and a stone if I were not convinced of spirit return - if I not know it - and if I did not devote all that is in me to getting other people to know it. Look at what it means. See how the shadow of death thins away until it is no longer a dark cloud but rather a sun-tinted haze. It is a grand support for a man who is in danger…". Doyle cites several examples, including: "There is immensely interesting dialogue, which is reported a verbatim by a stenographer, between Dr. Hodgson after his death, and his friend & collaborator Hyslop, who has now joined him, but was then alive. Mrs. Piper was the medium. Hodgson was using her mechanism, and was speaking direct to Hyslop, giving reference after reference to things between them which were unknown to Mrs. Piper…talking of his death he said 'It is delightful to go through the cool ethereal atmosphere…[of] this life and shake off the mortal body…It is all so much better than I anticipated.' He recommended prayer as an expansion of the soul.". With deletions and corrections in Doyle's hand. Doyle publicly announced his belief in spiritualism, which was strengthened by his son's wartime death in 1917. He expended a great deal of time and money to advance spiritualism - often lecturing as part of his efforts in this regard. This lecture manuscript offers fascinating and profound insight into Doyle's thoughts on the matter to which he was so devoted. Age-toning, fold wear, and file hole at upper left of each page. Otherwise Very Good. Accompanied by letter from James Lowe certifying authenticity of the manuscript. .

Hampton Whaling Company (New York) Dec. 1,1829. Sag Harbor. 2 shares, at $250 per share. Partly printed form signed by the treasurer, with multiple endorsements on the verso. Issued, uncancelled. Extremely Fine, quarter folded.Whaling off the south shore of Long Island dates back to the 1700's. Sag Harbor was a U.S. Customs port, and a center for East Coast whaling, and is still home to one of the finest whaling museums in America.From the John E. Herzog Collection. Ex. Barbara Johnson Whaling Manuscript Collection, Part II.

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IaQE worn impression, small to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to envelope, dated 7 Aug. 1840, from Ipswich to Sleaford, re-directed to Drumlanrig Castle, with the Penny Black further pen cancelled and manuscript "1" applied for re-direction, red Sleaford arrival (10.8) on the front; closed flap tear on reverse extends slightly to top of front; fine and scarce. Photo note: Drumlanrig Castle is the home of the Duke and Duchesss of Buccleuch and Queensbury, where the famous "Buccleuch" find block of Two Pence blues was discoveredSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IIIGK small to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire, dated 18 Nov. 1840. from Tullow to Dublin, redirected to Roscrea, red double lined Paid datestamp on the front and with manuscript "1" for the redirection, Tullow (18.11) and red Dublin diamond (19.11) datestamps on reverse; Fine. A rare redirected Penny Black cover within Ireland. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IIIOF huge margins and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right, red Maltese Cross cancellation and with small trace of manuscript at left. Outstanding appearance but minor pressed creases. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

BermudaThe Unique American-Style "PAID AT IRELAND ISLAND" Datestamp1863 (22 Jan.) mourning envelope from Midshipman John Hemery Robinson, R.N. at Ireland Island to his mother on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, showing a fine strike of the previously unrecorded American-style 32mm. "paid at ireland island/bermuda" circular datestamp and with locally made handstruck "6d" (the latest recorded date of use) at upper right, both struck in red, the "6d" handstamp crossed through in blue crayon and replaced with manuscript "4" in red crayon, the correct pre-paid rate to Nova Scotia whilst in transit to New Brunswick, on arrival in Halifax then handstamped "more to pay", the 4d. charge being for the sea postage only, and with "5/cents" handstamp and manuscript "5" in blue crayon, all on face, the reverse with Ireland Island (22.1) and St. Georges (24.1) PM 5 datestamps, St. John (date unclear) and arrival (2.2) datestamps. A remarkable cover that was only discovered in amongst an original family correspondence in the mid-1990s. Photo Notes: Midshipman Robinson died late in 1870 at the tender age of 25 whilst serving as a Lieutenant on board H.M.S. "Endymion". He was buried at sea in the Sea of Japanin 2000 Geoffrey Osborn provided evidence confirming the purchase of an Ireland Island Paid datestamp in records for the year ending October 1863, the cost of the instrument being £1/19/6d.Literature: Original corresppondence from Morris Ludington and Geoffrey Osborn"An Unrecorded "PAID AT IRELAND ISLAND" datestamp by Denis Littlewort, "Bermuda Post", Part 1 - September 1995, Part 2 - December 1999 and Part 3 - Sep 2000. The complete 3-part article provides a comprehensive & important story as regards the cover, unique datestamp''s, analysis of postal and manuscript markings"Bermuda - An Extraordinary "Paid at Ireland Island" handstamp by Denis Littlewort, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, December 2001"Bermuda Mails to 1865"; A Ten-Year Update by Michael Forand and Charles FreelandCopies of all correspondence and these articles accompany the cover offered aboveSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Leeward Islands1897 (27 July) underfranked envelope to Guadeloupe bearing 1897 Jubilee ½d. tied by Dominica c.d.s., upon arrival showing manuscript "1/15" alongside "T" and bearing French Postage Due 30c. red with arrival c.d.s. (28.7) with a further strike on reverse. A rare postage due cover bearing this issue. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

(x) NyasalandRevenue Stamps and DocumentsConsular Stamps1898 2/6d. handstamped in black, 4/- handstamped in blue and 1906 2/6d. handstamp in black, unoverprinted 1897-1900 4/- pair dated in 1900, 1908-11 2/6d. and 1913 2/6d. both with manuscript "Consular" and date Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great BritainPostal History1836 (5 March) entire letter to London with red framed "Lymington/Py Post" crossed by light vertical filing fold. Also 1839 (25 Dec.) Uniform Fourpence Post period entire letter to Kirkby Lonsdale with manuscript "4" on the front and Alnwick d.s. on reverse; fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

BasutolandRevenue Stamps1900 handstamped "Basutoland" (no stop) on CGH 1885 1d., 6d. and 1/-; handstamped "Basutoland" (with stop) on CGH 1885 1d. pair (central "teyateyaneng/basutoland" c.d.s.), single (unused with large part original gum) and 3d.; handstamped "basutoland" (with stop) in wide letters on CGH 1885 1d. (unused with large part original gum) and 5/-; and handstamped "basutoland" (without stop) in narrow letters on CGH 1885 1d. (3) and 6d. (all on fragment); all with manuscript cancel unless otherwise mentioned. A fine group Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Niger Company Territories1896 (31 Dec.) envelope to London marked "Please forward", showing a good light strike of the Burutu "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office./burutu." datestamp and bearing 1887-92 2½d. purple on blue cancelled by Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (date unclear), upon arrival redirected to "Meerut Bengal", the adhesive additionally tied by Bedford St. squared-circle d.s. (8.2) and showing, on reverse, a further London c.d.s. (3.2), manuscript "The blue ink stamp of Niger Company acts as postage stamp" and part Sea Post Office c.d.s.; small faults though an unusual redirected usage. S.G. Z47 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

BasutolandRevenue Stamps1935 (8 Oct.) Estate Liquidation and Distribution Account, bearing 1933 £1 (5, one with a punch hole at top left) in combination with Postage 1/- (4) and 5/-, each with manuscript initials and all tied by large oval datestamp in red. Attractive Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IbOB burr rubs, "ne" of "one" joined, huge margins all round and showing portions of four adjoining stamps, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; there is a trace of manuscript on the reverse, mentioned for accuracy only. A phenomenal example, one of the largest single Penny Blacks in existance. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate VJF good to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to home made envelope (with lengthy enclosure), dated 2 Jan. 1841, addressed to Madeira, blue Newcastle on Tyne and red London Tombstone d.s. (5.1) on the front, rated 1/10 and with Portuguese "160" manuscript rate marking additionally tying the adhesive (which is slightly buckled owing to the contents of the envelope), a little fragile, some minor staining and perimeter faults as might be expected with a letter of this type. Attractive and a tremendously rare usage of a Penny Black to an overseas destination, other than France. M. Jackson Certificate (2015) and offered with this opinion only. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

(x) Zululand1891 (1 Jan.) Trading License authorising a store at the Manga Ngutu district, bearing 1888 1/- (53 with forty-two on reverse - two others missing) and 9/- (5), all tied by "rorke's drift/zululand" large circular cachet in violet, the license with manuscript notation "Accommodation must be provided for travellers, both man and beast, when there is no hotel in the neighbourhood". A magnificent document. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

British East Africa1891 Mombasa ProvisionalsValue in Manuscript"1 Anna" on 3a. black on dull red initialled "VHM" (Victor Mackenzie, Bank Manager), unused with part original gum, a couple of trivial imperfections though a presentable example of this very rare stamp of which just four unused examples have been recorded. Holcombe Certificate (1996). S.G. 25, £16,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Spain1761 (Jan. 1) entire letter to Laval, France with superb red "+/vizca/ya" in decorated oval, manuscript 24 (sols) rate marking; fine and most attractive. J. Van der Linden Certificate (2003); 1836 (22 April) entire letter from Pena Castillo to London, via France, with red oval "m/santander" and "espagne par/st jean-de-luz" French entry marking, rated 2/2, interesting contents (in English) regarding the Light Brigade in San Sebastian to aid in the defence of the city; slight staining but fine and a letter of historical importance. J. Van der Linden Certificate (2011) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

France1805 (14 April), entire latter to La Rochell, datelined "A bord de la fregte L'Atlanta sur rade de port N.O.", sent via the neutral port of Hamburg and with "r/4/hamburg" handstamp, manuscript "18" rate marking; fine. J. Van der Linden Certificate (2009) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

BasutolandRevenue Stamps1901 overprinted with stop on CGH £5 pair, 1901? overprinted with stop on CGH 3d., 2/- (mint) and 5/- (mint; vertical crease) and 1903 overprinted with stop on 1d., 1/- block of six (2x3), 3/- and 10/-, unless mentioned, all cancelled with manuscript and oval datestamp in violet; also Orange Free State 1900 V.R.I. B.D. 3d. with part oval cancel of Maseru. A fine lot Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Great BritainPostal History1789-1816 four entire letters ex the same correspondence to London, mostly redirected to Uxbridge, all with different size red "belfast" handstamps, including one with mileage 80, another with Dublin Mermaid on reverse, a variety on manuscript rate markings; filing folds; good to fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Essex - 1839 Entire to Mistley, Essex charged 5d plus Colchester Penny Post fee-marked in red, manuscript style (EX136) rated 'C' Red Colchester receiver on reverse XXXX.

Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society/Cambridge University Press, 2006, numerous facsimile colour plates, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, with bevelled edges, decorated gilt blocked border & central armorial to upper board designed by David Eccles, morocco title label to spine, folio, VG Limited edition 335/1480. Lacking both the companion commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown and solander box. This Folio Society volume was the first full facsimile edition of the Luttrel Psalter. The original held by the British Library (MS 42130) was acquired for the nation in 1929, and was the highest price ever paid for a manuscript at the time. (1)

Lizars (W.H.). A Modern and Ancient General Atlas Comprehending all the Empires, Kingdoms, States &c. in the World. Constructed from the most correct Authorities and containing all the recent Discoveries of Parry, Ross, Franklin &c. &c. published Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1831, calligraphic title with near contemporary manuscript signature partially deleted, title page detached, torn, frayed and spotted, thirty-six (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, comprising of thirty-three 'modern' maps and three ancient historical maps, each map with a contemporary manuscript title on verso and pencil marginalia and occasional pencil annotations to maps, some finger and dust soiling to margins, index bound at rear, contemporary half calf, lacking upper board and spine, heavily worn and rubbed, 4to An uncommon atlas. Only two institutional copies recorded and no copy appearing in auction for thirty years. (1)

*Lunatic Asylums. A group of approximately 30 asylum and committal certificates and related letters, circa 1830s, certificates issued by justices of the peace in the parishes of St Mary-le-bone, Paddington, Islington, Westminster, Whitechapel, etc., mostly printed documents with manuscript insertion, signatures of physicians and JPs, mostly committing to Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex, names of those committed, include Elizabeth Buchannon, John Gill, Benjamin Moore, James Watson, William Thomas Oliver, James Hughes, Lazarus McKenzie, Francis Dillon, Charles Arrowsmith, etc., some occasional soiling, browning and fraying, folio and smaller Hanwell was the first purpose-build asylum in England and Wales, opening in 1831. Some of the original buildings are now part of the headquarters for the West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust. (approx. 30)

*Theatre. An autograph letter signed from George Bartley [?1782-1858], 'Geo Bartley', 27 Manchester Street, 12 July 1818, to Francis Freeling about his forthcoming visit to USA, a lengthy letter largely concerning a hope for introductions and related matters, and referring to 'the deranged state of the Drury Lane concern has induced me to listen to repeated invitations to visit the United States of America for an indefinite period...', 5 pp., integral address leaf with two stamped (one unpaid) and wax seal, a little soiling, 4to, together with a letter from Henry Gaulburn [1784-1856, Statesman], to the same recipient, Betchworth House, 4 September 1835, concerning the delivery of his letters and their forwarding to this address rather than to Portman Square, his residence, 4 pp., 8vo, plus a pre-printed returned letter 'envelope' with printed signature of Francis Freeling [1764-1836], manuscript insertion giving the date as 8 November 1831 and returning a letter from Jessie Tankard to Mr William Craven, 4to Bartley, a comic stage actor who played Falstaff at Drury Lane, left London with his actress wife Sarah Smith for a successful American trip in 1818. He returned to play roles at the Covent Garden Theatre and the Lyceum. (3)

Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista). L'Etranger Plainement Instruit des Choses les Plus Rares et Curieuses, Anciennes et Modernes de la Ville de Venise et des Isles A l'Entour, avec la description de ses Eglises, Monasteres, Hopitaux, Tresor de S. Marc, Arsenal, & Batimens publiques: ainsi que des Tableaux les plus excellens, des Moeurs, des Arts & des Sciences, du Commerce..., 1st French edition, Venice, 1771, engraved frontispiece, folding map, and forty-one engraved plates, some folding and with two views, three(?) plates lacking, V1 with short tear in lower blank margin, a clean copy, sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum, gilt titled on spine, with some early manuscript below, 8vo According to the list of plates, there are three lacking: 11/12 - Tour de l'Horloge dans la Place/Eglise de S. Jeminien; 40/41 S. Marie de Nazeret des Carmes dechausses/S. Jeremie y joint le Palais Labia; 68/69 Isle de Burano/Isle de Mazorbo. However, only the first of these has the remains of the stub inside the volume, suggesting that the other two may never have been present in this copy. It would appear that other copies of this work also vary slightly in the number of plates. (1)

*Insurance documents. A collection of approximately 150 insurance policy documents and related, early 20th century, companies include Union Assurance Society (made out to Lady Younghusband), London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, Economic Insurance Company (for HH Princess Jean Sapieha), Royal Exchange Assurance, Railway Passengers Assurance Company, National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd, Scottish Widows' Fund, etc., mostly folding printed documents with manuscript or typed insertion and some enclosures, contained in a small contemporary leather trunk, together with Abstract of the Title of Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Baronet, to Property in the Aire and Calder Navigation in the County of York, 56 leaves, last item dated 1805, together with related copy abstract attached, 6 pages, all neatly written to rectos on paper, folded, slightly soiled, the main document with additional docketed note, 'Mr Walker is requested to peruse this abstract on behalf of Peter Rhodes Esq who has purchased part of the Navigation Shares; and if he sho. approve of the Title he will be pleased to draw the necessary Conveyance' (a small trunk)

Equestrian Thoroughbreds. Die Stamm-Mutter des Englischen Vollblutpferdes..., Nebst Vorvort, Siegerlisten und Alphbetischem Register, nach Officiellen Quellen Bearbeitet von Herman Goos, 2nd edition, Hamburg: Hof-Buchdruckerei F.W. Rademacher, 1891, bound with at front a precise English manuscript translation of the work, written on fifty-five leaves (to one side only), supplemented at rear of volume with related newpaper and periodical reports, contemporary dark brown half morocco gilt, joint lightly rubbed, folio A highly unusual and incredibly well written English translation of the 'Original Dams of the English thoroughbred'. (1)

*Great Western Railway. A good and well-presented archive of Great Western Railway ephemera, mostly circa 1840s-1900, including approximately 20 letters, memoranda and other manuscript items, among these an autograph letter signed from Daniel Gooch on Great Western Railway letterhead, 29 March 1849, beginning 'I think with regard to the piloting at Bristol after next month we should charge the Exeter Co. 1/3 per hour which is the half of the cost of keeping our engines standing, and if she goes out to find or look for their trains we should charge 1/- per mile run... ', 2 pp. with integral blank, 8vo, also a Union Bank of London cheque made out for six hundred pounds, 24 July 1855, and signed by Daniel Gooch, plus 7 items of railway postal services history including covers and stamps, 1860s/1870s, 5 extracted Acts of Parliament relating to railways including 'An Act to Amend and Enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts Relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway [19th May 1840]', 11 printed pamphlets, timetables and other multi-page items relating to railways including 'A Letter to the Shareholders of the Bristol & Exeter Railway' by W. Gravatt, 1841, plus approximately 65 printed documents, broadsheets, extracts and deeds including some completed in manuscript and some with postage stamps and cancellations, plus approximately 40 photographs, postcards and reproductions of engines, in total approximately 150 items, all neatly corner-mounted on black backing paper and back to back, arranged in poly sleeves in two modern ring binders, 4to, plus one related item, framed and glazed A diverse and thoughtful collection of ephemera relating to the early decades of the Great Western Railway. (3)

Davis (John). Tracks of McKinlay and Party Across Australia. Edited from Mr. Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of the McDougall Stuart, Burke and Willis, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth, 1st ed., 1863, half title, folding map (repaired), 14 tinted lithographed plates (one or two margins a little frayed), a few light spots, later half calf, spine faded, label renewed, 8vo Ferguson 9005. (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Novum Organum Scientiarum, Leiden: Adriani Wyngaerden, 1650, engraved title with excised signature at head (with loss to image), bound with Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis &c, Leiden: Franciscum Hackium, 1648, engraved title, early ownership to blank leaf at front and manuscript notes blank leaf at rear, bookplate of Historian Thomas Hodgkin (1831-1913), all edges gilt, late 19th century calf, gilt decorated spine, scratch to upper board, 12mo (1)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Forli, Malvern, 15 June 1897, to Novello & Co., saying that by this post he is sending the manuscript vocal score of the "Te Deum and Benedictus" [Op. 34] 'which I have written for the Hereford festival', apologising for not having sent it earlier as he has been unwell, saying that Mr Sinclair has played through the manuscript on the organ 'and finds it most effective in the present form', 2 pages, acknowledgement mark at upper margin of first page, paper partially toned, 8vo (1)

*Stevengraphs. A mixed collection of sixteen embroidered silk Stevengraphs, late 19th century, including two book marks, five portraits consisting of Gladstone, Fred Archer, Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, General Sir Redevers Buller and General Roberts, with two martial scenes, one showing the meeting between Wellington and Blucher after Waterloo and The Death of Lord Nelson, two horse racing scenes and two fox hunting scenes and one of a horse drawn fire engine, all framed and glazed, together with another two unframed portraits of H.M.King Edward VII and H.M.Queen Alexandra, mounted but unframed, some examples with original captioned mounts removed, remounted and with titles added in manuscript, various condition (16)

Chandler (Richard). Travels in Greece: Or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, 1st ed., Oxford, 1776, seven engraved maps and plans by Thomas Kitchin, including two folding (repairs to verso), some offsetting and a few spots, three contents leaves with top corners excised, Kansas City Public Library perforated stamp and manuscript presentation inscription at head of title, modern calf-backed boards, 4to Blackmer 319. A continuation of Chandler's Travels in Asia Minor (1775). The first half of the book is devoted to Athens, the second half is an account of his journey to classical sites such as Sunium, Prasiae, Marathon, Attica, Eleusis, Megara, Corinth, Salamis, Delphi, Mount Parnassus and Olympia. (1)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 4th edition, published P. Chetwind, 1677, engraved frontispiece, general title printed in red & black with later manuscript ownership signature, four uncoloured double-page engraved maps, maps frayed and trimmed with slight loss, three maps with long closed tears affecting image, partially disbound with loose text pages, upper hinge and joints broken, original boards covered in later cloth, torn, worn and frayed, folio (1)

*Manuscript Ephemera. An assorted collection of manuscript ephemera, 18th and 19th century, including 6 leaves of accounts for the Royal Laboratory at the Woolwich Arsenal, 1776, 2 19th-century receipt books, 3 expense ledgers kept by Thomas Alexander, 1829, late 19th-century coachbuilding ephemera, 2 disbound sermons, 18th century, manuscript notes on chemistry and logic, both 18th century, 3 artist's sketchbooks, 20th century, assorted letters and 3 printed volumes (a carton)

Prynne (William). The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: Divided into Foure Parts. Together with an Appendix..., parts 1-4 & Appendix in one, London: Michael Sparke Senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each part, final leaf of first part with repaired closed tear, short closed tear and marginal fraying to title of second part, bound with Romes Master-Peece. Or, The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments, to extirpate the Protestant Religion, re-establish Popery, subvert Lawes, Liberties, Peace, Parliaments, by kindling a Civill War in Scotland, and all his Majesties Realmes, and to poyson the King himselfe in case he comply not with them in these their execrable designes. Revealed out of [c]onscience to Andreas ab Habernfeld, by an Agent sent from Rome into England, by Cardinal Barbarino..., 1st edition, London: Michael Sparke senior, 1643, bound with The Opening of the Great Seale of England. Containing certain Brief Historicall and Legall Observations, touching the Originall, Antiquity, Progresse, Use, Necessity of the Great Seal of the Kings and Kingdoms of England..., Lodon [sic]: Michael Spark senior, 1643, bound with An Humble Remonstrance Against the Tax of Ship-money Lately Imposed: Laying Open the Illegality, Injustice, Abuses, and Inconveniences thereof..., London: Printed for Michael Sparke senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each work, few woodcut decorative initials, occasional minor toning, contemporary and later manuscript notes to two blank leaves at front (neatly repaired to frayed margins), endpapers renewed, near contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, 4to Wing P4087A, P4089, P4103, P3962, P4055, P4026 and P3982 respectively. (1)

Games and pastimes. Youthful Sports, a new edition, Wm. Darton and Josh. Harvey, July 11th, 1804, vignette title-page, and thirty engravings on letterpress, some light spotting and toning, two facing pages with some juvenile colouring, disbound and loosely inserted into later marbled wrappers, 12 x 8cm (4.75 x 3ins), together with Hack (Maria), Winter Evenings; or, Tales of Travellers, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, printed for Harvey and Darton, 1823, engraved frontispiece to each (that to first volume slightly frayed to fore-edge, just clipping head-line), some spotting and toning, D5 in volume 3 with lower corner torn away (with loss of a few letters), contemporary ownership name on front free endpapers, volumes 1 and 4 lacking rear free endpaper, original red roan-backed marbled boards gilt, extremities rubbed, spines faded and with some minor loss at ends, 12mo in 6s, housed together in a modern card slipcase, plus [Strickland, Agnes], The Moss-House: in which many of the Works of Nature are Rendered a Source of Amusement to Children, 1st edition, William Darton, 1822, six engraved plates, including frontispiece, lightly offset to text, front hinge splitting, early manuscript name on front free endpaper, blue sprinkled edges, original roan-backed marbled boards, extremities a little rubbed in places, 12mo in 6s, plus other antiquarian children's books similar Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. Darton G1074(3): the first edition of 'Youthful Sports' was published in 1801, and all editions are rare. It contains descriptions of such games as: Battledore and Shuttlecock; Quoits; Blindman's Buff; Flying the Kite; Bow and Arrow; Stilts; Marbles, Peg Top; Trap Ball; Air Balloons, Dressing Dolls; Bird Nesting; Whip Top; and Badger the Bull, or Bait the Bear. (19)

*Cheshire - Assignment of a Pew. Assignment 'For making the Chapelry of Nether Knutsford, in the Parish of Rosthern and County of Chester, a separate and distinct Parish', to Joseph Royle of Over Knutsford, shoemaker, of a Pew in the Church of Nether Knutsford numbered 31, 7 August 1744, printed deed on vellum with a decorated initial W, manuscript insertions, signed by 8 of the commissioners, with seals, endorsements on dorse include receipt for the three pounds specified in the deed to be paid by Royle, a little spotting and dust-soiling, 38 x 34cm Being specifically related to one parish there are unlikely to have been a large number of these deeds issued. The conditions include no burial under the pew, no alteration in height or uniformity of the wainscot, etc. (1)

Winterbotham (William). An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, 4 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the Editor, J. Ridgway, 1795, twenty-six engraved plates and plans, including two with hand-colouring (tobacco plant and Baltimore oriole), without maps (as usual), five tables on three folding sheets, contemporary manuscript annotation in brown ink to the section on the religious houses of Pennsylvania correcting the ommision of the African Church and describing the inscription above the entrance 'The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light' (vol 2. p.417), occasional minor dust-soiling or very light spotting, bookplate of William Wycliffe Barlow to upper pastedown of volume one, contemporary half calf, corners rubbed, one or two boards loose, 8vo Howes W-581; Sabin 104832. (4)

Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Stories from Hans Andersen, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, twenty-eight tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece (with manuscript ownership name on reverse), one plate with a few biro marks, patterned endpapers (toned), original olive green cloth gilt, some minor marks and rubbing, spine faded, 4to, together with a 2nd edition of Stories from the Arabian Nights, illustrated by Dulac, 1907, original cloth, spotted and some wear, and Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Pogany, 1930, original cloth, soiled (3)

Nicol (W. successor to W.Bulmer & Co., publishers). Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, volume 5 (only), 1824, decorative title, ten aquatint plates with contemporary hand colouring (including two folding) and twelve uncoloured engraved plates, a little spotting and staining throughout, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and worn at extremities, 4to, together with, Sinclair (George),Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or an Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and other Plants..., 3rd edition, published James Ridgway, 1826, additional half title with near contemporary manuscript ownership signature, sixty engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, uncut, near contemporary half morocco gilt, 8vo, with, Thunberg (Carl Peter), Dissertatio Botanica de Morea..., published Uppsala, circa 1750, bound with D.D. Ixia, Dissertatio Botanica de Hermannia, Dissertatio Botanica de Acere, ....De Protea, ....De Gardenia [and] de Oxalide, numerous folding uncoloured engraved plates, modern endpapers, 20th century quarter calf gilt with marbled sidings, small 8vo (3)

Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum Angliae, et insularum Adjacentium: Tum Indigenas ... una cum Observationibus & Experimentis Novis Medicis & Physicis, 1st edition, London: Typis E.C. & A.C. Impensis J.Martyn, 1670, title & dedication ink ruled, early manuscript signature to recto of title, detailed manuscript index and lists to front blank, verso of title, verso of dedication, leaf Y3, final leaf of text and front & rear endpapers, other occasional annotations throughout, heavy dampstaining throughout, with some consequent soiling, hinges repaired, modern calf, 8vo, (Wing R381), together with Fermin (Philippe), Histoire Naturelle De La Hollande Equinoxiale: Ou Description des animaux, plantes... dans la colonie de Surinam... , Amsterdam, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece and title, lacking pp. 111-112, some light spotting, modern rebinding, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hamburg (Daniel), Science Papers, chiefly Pharmacological and Botanica, 1876, presentation inscription 'Charles E. Boucher B. Se. Lond. October 1890' to front endpaper, 60 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19t-century botanical and historical reference and related, including Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt... , by Vivant Renon, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1803, The Gardener's Kalendar, by Philip Miller, 2 volumes (1734, 1769), mostly leather bindings including some decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

*Leicestershire Manuscript Survey. A manuscript survey entitled 'An Exact and Perfect Survey of the Lordship of Bringhurst in the County of Leicester, being taken and admeasured by the Purch of 16. 1/2. foot, according to the Statute. De Terris mensurandis, by Vincent Wing Supervisor, Octob: 1658', ink on paper, 11 leaves (half-title, title, text, final 2 leaves blank), half-title torn with loss and laid down, large tear to title affecting blank areas and border only, several text leaves torn across without loss and leaves strengthened on foremargins, stitched and rolled in a contemporary vellum sheet with original ties intact, contemporary manuscript surveying notes to vellum inner surface, 4to (text leaves 20 x 15cm unrolled) Vincent Wing (1619-1668), English astrologer, astronomer and land surveyor. Born in North Luffenham, Rutland, he was a highly accomplished mathematician and by the age of 20 he was already a professional land surveyor, almanac-maker and astrologer. He is now chiefly remembered as an astronomer and was notable as a champion of the new astronomical systems of Copernicus and Tycho Brahe. However, it was mostly through his work as a land surveyor that he made his living and, in 1664, he published 'The Art of Surveying'. This manuscript survey gives a rare insight into his practices and presentation of his work. It refers to an open plan field system with the strips of land held by various tenants; a mixture of freehold and copyhold, as the land in Bringhurst was not enclosed until 1804. Tenant names include Sir John Norwich (freehold land) and Richard Green (freehold and copyhold land). Although a few of his maps are known to have survived, no other of his land surveys have been located. (1)

Jewel (John). Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 6th edition in Latin, George Bishop, 1606, printer's device to title and final leaf, lacking initial blank, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled, manuscript title to spine, 12mo (1)

Qur'an. Arabic Qur'an with interlinear translation in Urdu and Persian, Dhaka, Bangladesh, circa 1850-70, lithograph printed throughout, Arabic text highlighted in orange wash, interlinear translations in Urdu and Persian, printed commentary to margins, one or two manuscript annotations (possibly in the hand of Rev. Bevan Jones), marginal paper repair to first few leaves, later patterned endpapers, 20th century green cloth envelope-style binding, folio 32 x 24cm (12.5 x 9.5ins) Rare. From the collection of Rev. Lewis Bevan Jones, Baptist missionary in India (biography of Bevan Jones loosely inserted). (1)

Scheffer (Johannes). De Re Vehiculari Veterum libri duo, 1st ed., Frankfurt, 1671, additional engraved title by H. Roos (old circular library stamp to lower outer corner), 4 engraved illustrations, and 38 woodcut illustrations to text, some (generally light), scattered spotting, later 19th century book label of the Bibliothek des Reichs-Postamts to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, title to spine in manuscript, rubbed, small 4to Brunet 29030. First edition of Scheffer's study of transportation in antiquity. (1)

Troil (Uno von). Letters on Iceland: Containing Observations on the Civil, Literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural History; Antiquities, Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs; Customs, Dress, Manners of Inhabitants, &c. made, During a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks, Esq. P.R.S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. Dr. Uno von Troil, and several other Literary and Ingenious Gentlemen..., 1st ed., 1780, engraved frontispiece of a geyser, folding engraved map (small repair to verso), final leaf repaired, manuscript scoring to one or two leaves, manuscript note to frontispiece verso, near contemporary tan calf, spine a little faded, a few marks, 8vo First English edition, translated from the German edition of 1779. Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander had been preparing to join Captain James Cook on his second voyage, but forced to withdraw and instead led an expedition to Iceland in 1772, the work is the first extensive description of Iceland to be published in English. (1)

Lingen Estates - Manor Rentals & Surveys, 1598. A set of court rolls relating to numerous manors along the Welsh Borders and in several counties, 1590s, 59 vellum leaves with pages numbered 64-181, 7 blank leaves at rear, occasional browning and some soiling but ink still legible throughout, sheet size 285 x 215mm, sundry related 20th-century manuscript and typed notes loosely inserted at rear, late 19th-century cloth, frayed and worn, spine defective and covers near detached, 4to Provenance: Pencil note that this came from the library of Mr. Prentiss. Included among the sundry papers are two neatly typed index lists of names and places for the rolls. The name index comprises over 250 family names including Sir John Lingen, Queen Elizabeth I, William Hawkins, Jane Shelley, Richard Whittington and Richard Wynter. The majority of manors fall into the counties of Radnor, Shropshire and Herefordshire, with a few in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. (1)