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Assorted volumes to include "Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland....", published by Jones & Co. 1829, 3 vols, engraved plates, marbled endpapers, half leather with gilt titles and decorations to the back strip, marbled boards, Milne A.A. "Now We are Six" Methuen & Co. 1927, binding loose, red cloth stained, corners bruised and bent, foxed, "John Bellows - A Centenary Tribute 1831-1931", privately printed, blue boards, Lambert Miss, "The Hand-book of Needlework" [Charles MacKenzie], "Natural History" ills throughout, poor condition, Vernon, George, Rector of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire "The Life of ...Dr Peter Heylyn, Chaplain to Charles I and Charles II.....", printed for C. Harper 1682, front hinge cracked, contemporary full speckled leather, small 8 vol. and "The Works of Aristotle....His Complete Masterpiece....", printed for Miller, Law and Carter, contemporary full leather, O'Connor, Violet and Armel "Peace-Makers.." Mary's Meadow Series no IX, limp covers, loose, Gambier-Parry Mark "Highnam Memoranda" typed manuscript bound for the author (12)

Album of signed letters and photograph of Mr Rider Haggard to include Post Office telegram to Ditchingham from the editor of the Standard, letter to Mr Flintoft from Redcliffe Square, letters from Gunterstone Road, West Kensington 1887, from North Lodge, St Leonards on Sea 1922, letter from Ditchingham House 28th January 1900 referring to the sending of the manuscript of Blackheart/Whiteheart to CJL (CJ Longman) 

James Joyce, Giacomo Joyce, 1968, 1st edition with copies of manuscript, original slip case

Of Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier interest: collection of typed and handwritten manuscripts relating to Eric Crozier’s 1949 publication The Life and Legend of St Nicholas. NB: In 1948 Crozier provided the libretto for the Britten Cantata - Saint NicholasProvenance: Rescued from the 1953 East Coast floods by the vendor’s father Much of the handwritten manuscript has been obliterated by water

Antiquarian manuscript book Historical scenes of the XVI century by Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp 1837 from family ownershipAntiquariaat handgeschreven boek Historische taferelen uit de XVI eeuw door Hendrik Conscience, Antwerpen 1837 uit familiebezit

A FINE AND RARE FRENCH QUARTER STRIKING MUSICAL PICTURE CLOCK WITH ANGELUSMAISON WURTEL, PARIS, CIRCA 1860With oil on canvas after David Teniers the younger (1610-90) 'two men playing cards in the kitchen of an Inn' with the composition adapted to incorporate a longcase clock, hinging upwards along with the floral relief moulded gilt composition frame to reveal the internal mechanism comprising four elements; the first a four pillar two train gong striking clock movement of duration of around two weeks with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a gong, the frontplate stamped with oval M'ON WURTEL, HORLOGERIE... trademark beneath numbers 743, 9 2, fitted with 1.625 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed M'ON WURTEL, A PARIS to centre and with steel hands; the second mechanism comprising a separate conforming hour striking train to repeat the hour shortly after the principal movement released via a pivoted detent from the under dial motionwork; the third mechanism released in a similar manner shortly after six o'clock with single barrel and vertical fly driving a pinned wheel to operate the Angelus sequence on a graduated pair of gongs; the fourth a musical mechanism released on the hour and playing a choice of twelve tunes via a 16.5 inch pinned cylinder on a 74 tooth comb, the cylinder mounted on a steel bed stamped with serial number 43418 with indirect chain winding for the large spring barrel opposing fly and controls for tune change/repeat, start/stop and continuous play/hour activation only connected via steel rods to brass pulls positioned to the underside edge of the case, all mounted on the backboard of a shallow box case alongside tune sheet inscribed No. 43418, 12 AIRES to upper margin over manuscript tune list including La fille de Madame Angot, Souvenie de Cock and Mandolinata, the lower margin inscribed Maison WURTEL, Passage Vivienne, 38 et 40, PARIS, the back panel also applied with two additional labels for MAISON WURTEL, E. PIERFORT Suc'r..., and GATTOLLAIT along with a modern brass plaque explaining the function of the plungers for the music mechanism.The image 63.5cm (25ins) by 79.5cm (31.25ins); the case 83cm (32.75ins) high, 99cm (39ins) wide, 19cm (7.5ins) deep. Provenance:From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator. Maison Wurtel was founded by Guillaume-Ferdinand Wurtel in around 1837 when he advertised as working from 38-40 Passage Vivienne, Paris. Three years later he was listed in a trade directory as a horological maker and seller offering picture clocks as well as a supplier of concave glasses. In 1841 a magazine, 'La Presse', recommended 'La Maison Wurtel' to their readers informing them that they can buy watches, table clocks, picture clocks, music boxes, alarm clocks and 'objects of fantasy'. In 1856 they exhibited at the 'Exposition of Delepine of Paris' but unfortunately were positioned within the scientific instrument section to the bafflement of visitors. Maison Wurtel were known to have sourced their clock movements form Japy Freres and the musical mechanism within the present lot can be attributed to Auguste L'Epee of Saint-Suzanne, Doubs, France (who worked from 1839 until the end of the century). The Angelus mechanism is a particularly rare feature which traditionally served to accompany the recital of the Angelus prayer in Roman Catholicism. Condition Report: The clock, striking and angelus mechanisms are all in relatively clean original working condition with the various levers and detents present. The musical mechanism is also in relatively clean working condition with no visible losses to the teeth or noticeable corrosion issues. The clock was in use in the vendor's home when consigned however due to the nature of the item some adjustment may be required to ensure all the features operate as an when they should once the picture is hung securely on the wall. The canvas is in good condition with no visible tears or holes of noticeable repairs. The frame is in fine condition with good gilding throughout. The pine back box has some slight wear/bumps (most noticeable to the back corners) as well as other relatively minor age related faults - otherwise is in very good original condition.Clock is complete with pendulum and two winding keys. Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA SWISS INLAID ROSEWOOD 'SUBLIME PICCOLO' MUSIC BOX WITH ZITHER ATTACHMENTPAILLARD, SAINT-CROIX, CIRCA 1880Playing a choice of twelve tunes via a 16.25 inch pinned cylinder on a 78 tooth comb, set within a silver-painted steel bed with nickel finish ratchet-crank wound twin going barrel and tune number notification scale to the left, opposing wheel train incorporating governor and activation of the various functions controlled by the selection levers to the right hand side as well as a lever for manual tune selection, the comb applied with a zither attachment operated via a lever within a lyre-shaped panel, set beneath hinged glazed dust cover flanked by CHANGE/REPEAT and PLAY/STOP operating levers to the right-hand side opposing ratchet crank winder to the left, the hinged lid applied with polychrome lithograph tune sheet inscribed 12 AIRES, 16 ¼ CYL to upper margin over manuscript tune list including Yeomen if the Guard, William Tell, Blue Danube and Beggar Student, the lower margin with cartouche containing hand-written serial number 45217, the exterior of the box with marquetry basket of flowers within multi-line borders and angled tulipwood banding to the ebonised ogee-edged lid over transfer decorated front with conforming borders, and grained sides and rear, on ebonised ogee moulded skirt base with squab feet; complete with a separate card instruction sheet, together with copies of Ord-Hume THE MUSICAL BOX, A Guide for Collectors Schiffer Publishing Limited, Atglen PA 1995, dj, and Bullied, H.A.V. Musical Box TUNE SHEETS The Musical Box Society of Great Britain, Cambridge undated, softbound, (3).    .23cm (9ins) high, 77.5cm (30.5ins) wide, 29cm (11.5ins) deep. Provenance:From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator.  Condition Report: Mechanism appears to be in fine clean fully working condition with no visible faults evident. The tune sheet has good strong colouring but has a loss to the upper right-hand corner, as well as another smaller loss to the left-hand corner and some slight tears around the mounting pins. The box is in fine condition with minimal wear or other faults evident.Box is complete with key for the lock. Condition Report Disclaimer

Of Indian Mutiny interest, ‘A Guinea, as a thank offering on being rescued. To Lieutt. G. G. Pearse, from Mr. Jeffries, Hissar, June 1857.’ George III, Guinea, 1775, fourth bust (MCE 380; S 3728) about very fine with a reddish tone; in a red leather fitted case, the lid with gold-blocked inscription ‘A Guinea, as a thank offering on being rescued To Lieutt. G. G. Pearse, from Mr. Jeffries, Hissar, June 1857’ £600-£800 --- Sold with a manuscript note in the hand of the recipient, which states: 
‘Memorandum, London, July 1898. Hissar is a District which adjourns Delhi, the old capital of India, the Head quarters of the great Indian Mutiny War and Rebellion. That gt. Mutiny broke out early in June 1857. Rebels and Mutineers at once murdered most of the Europeans and Christians at Hissar. A few fled and escaped, hiding in miserable places. 
I was offered the command of 300 Rajpoot Rahtore Horse of Bikanir to attempt to save Hissar and rescue the unfortunate fugitives. It was a desperately forlorn hope and venture. The country in its thousands was up, and our partizans were very few.
On the 25th June 1857 I reached the place and by a bold ruse installed myself in its high place, a kind of small citadel. Fugitives were rescued…amongst them was Mr Jeffries, Head Clerk in the Collector’s Office. The Collector, a Bengal Civilian, had been killed. Mr Jeffries was very grateful, he had a bag full of Guineas, and begged I would accept one as a thank offering; I did so, this is it. A Guinea of King George the IIIrd of Gt. Britain, France, Ireland and Hanover, with the arms of those countries on the Reverse, and dated 1775.
I deem it a fit memento for retention in our family reliquaire.
Geo. G. Pearse, General, CB, Colonel Commandant Royal Horse Artillery’.

George Godfrey Pearse, CB (1827-1905) served in the Madras Artillery from 1845 and later became Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery. A diary covering his service during the period 1848-9, including the siege of Multan and on the Afghan frontier, is in the British Library.

Early 20th century music manuscript cabinet, moulded rectangular top over four fall front drawers, decorated with half bead mouldings, on bobbin turned supports united by undtertier Dimensions: Height: 93cm  Length/Width: 51cm  Depth/Diameter: 38cm

Naval Yard, Cape Town. A manuscript log of correspondence, documenting the day-to-day operations, the entries presented tête-bêche, commencing 9 May 1811 to 10 October 1815, 360pp. approx., contemporary vellum, small folio AN IMPORTANT RECORD OF NAVAL ADMINISTRATION The entries are presented in chronological sequence and record the administration of the naval yards, including the inspection of vessels, cargo details, salaries, disbursement of funds, supplies, and disciplinary actions. Persons cited include: Charles Tyler (Vice Admiral), George Dundas, Charles Tyler (Rear Admiral), William Shield, Sir Jahleel Brenton (Vice Admiral), and J. Chaplin. *CR Some pages with ink faded, vellum with some loss, especially to spine.

A Charles II indenture manuscript, handwritten with ornate title piece, on a single sheet of vellum, dated 2nd May 1682, approximately 72cm x 60cm. *CR indenture soiled and with discoloured creases and folds. seals clipped.

An Elizabeth I indenture manuscript, hand written on a single sheet of vellum, with wax seal attached below, framed and glazed with gallery label verso, 42cm x 43cm overall. *CR Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.

Ottavio Gigli. Nel Giorno delle augurate Nozze de l Duca A. Torlaonia con Donna T. Colonna questi Disegni originali di valentissimi Artisti, 15 double-page genealogical tables, engraved map, 22 engraved plates, including 10 partly hand-coloured and one processional double page plate wholly hand-coloured, tipped in slip with manuscript note, 'Given by Alexander Prince of Torlonia to Earl Grosvenor at Rome, March 1841', contemporary half vellum, spine tooled gilt, folio, no imprint, c. 1840. Prince Don Alessandro Raffaele Torlonia, Prince of Fucino, Prince of Civitella-Cesi, Duke of Ceri (1 January 1800 to 7 February 1886) was an Italian nobleman of the House of Torlonia, titled Duca di Ceri, Prince di Fucino. This appears to be a commemorative volume produced on the occasion of his marriage to Donna Teresa Colonna-Doria (22 July 1823 to 17 March 1875) on 16 July 1840 in Rome. *CR Slight marking in places, a fine copy.

Charles Reginald Aston R.I. (1832-1908). Flowers of Westfield, hand painted illuminated title page, twelve further hand painted floral manuscript pages, contemporary full walnut boards with decorative brass clasps, 4to, n.d. Note: Charles Reginald Aston R.I. (1832-1908) was the third son of Mr John Aston of Westfield, Edgbaston, and Rowington Hall, Worcestershire; his mother was a niece of Sir Thomas Lawrence. He studied architecture for three years in London, but at the end of that time abandoned it for landscape painting. He spent many years in sketching in Wales, Scotland, and Cornwall; but it was in Italy that his talent found its widest scope. For many years a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. He frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1862 and 1878. *CR light occasional spotting.

A Staffordshire Alpha factory portrait figure of Captain James Cook, seated with his right arm resting on a manuscript on a side table.  Circa 1848       size 18cm high Condition. Old repair to neck, some paint flakes, worn gilding  Provenance The Late John McDowell Collection.  Harry Ryans

Norfolk, Norwich.- Album of manuscripts, letters and printed items, including: [Peterloo Massacre] Printed public notice subscribed by the Freeholders of Norwich relating to the Peterloo Massacre, printed leaflet with manuscript signatures, 3pp. & a letter subscribing to the notice, edges chipped, margins soiled, 227 x 185mm., 25th October & 18th November 1819; Rochester (Robert, bookseller, of Norwich) Autograph Letter signed to C.A. Gosling, 2pp., sm. 4to, Wounded Heart Lane, Norwich, 19th February 1825, asking for a subscription to a work in parts he has published, "Having just finished the whole in M.S. and published the first number I have taken the liberty of sending you two copies"; and c. 90 others, including an 1859 document dealing with a deserter from the Norfolk Militia Artillery, cut signatures including of oaths sworn and letters, folds, browned, loosely inserted in a half morocco album, gilt, defective, covers loose, lacks spine, v.s., v.d., 19th - 20th centuries.

Wiseman (Nicholas, cardinal and archbishop of Westminster, 1802-65) Authorisation granted to Thomas Walsh of a dispensation for the marriage of James Collingridge and Elizabeth Hore, D.s. "Nicholas Epis...", manuscript in Latin, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, blind-stamped seal, two small tears along folds, margins slightly browned, folio, 31st January 1847; and another, an ALs from Wiseman, v.s., v.d. (2). *** Thomas Walsh (1776–1849), vicar apostolic of the London district.

Pamphlets.- Pelham (Henry, Duke of Newcastle) An Address to All Classes and Conditions of Englishmen, scattered faint spotting and soiling, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, later paper wrappers, staple binding, title in manuscript to upper cover, chipping and creasing to edges, 1832 § Bailey (Thomas) Eulogium on the Character of the Late William Wilberforce, presentation copy from the author, marginal water-staining, scattered spotting, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, near contemporary paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, rubbed, chipping to edges, Nottingham, 1833 § Barrow (Rev. W.) The Duty of Almsgiving, for the support of lunatics, A Sermon ..., previous owner's ink signature to title, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, light soiling, unbound as issued, Newark, 1811; and others, 8vo (17).

Tax.- Tillesley (Richard) Animadversions upon M. Seldens History of Tithes, and His Review Thereof, first edition, large woodcut coat of arms to title verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, scattered faint spotting, early ink manuscript notes to prelims and endpapers, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, occasional faded ink underlining, ex-library with usual label and occasional neat blind-stamps, contemporary limp vellum, tiny hole to lower cover, lacking ties, title in manuscript to spine, remnants of old paper labels to spine extremities, [STC 24073], small 4to, John Bull, 1619.  *** Provenance: Bookplate and blind-stamps of the Earls of Macclesfield.  Richard Tillesley's (1582-1621) response to John Selden's 1618 History of Tythes. Tillesley, after studying at Oxford, received two rectories in Kent, and was installed as archdeacon of Rochester. As a good clergyman, Tillesley believed that tithes were the church's by divine right; Selden, on the contrary, had set out to demonstrate that tithes were an historical development, and not established iure divino. 

Christianity.- Smith (Benjamin) Existence of a God demonstrated..., manuscript signed, 48pp., lacks one free endpaper, one loose, slightly browned, original calf, gilt, rubbed, covers detached, 160 x 100mm., 21st September 1767.

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII, second Aldine edition, collation: *4 a-z, A-E8 F6, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, some water-staining to first few ff. occasional spotting, new endpapers, 19th century polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and leather label, this with repair to uppermost compartment and chipped, 8vo (205 x 127mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1522 [colophon January, 1521]. *** On the theory and practice of oratory. The work is dedicated to Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557), the orientalist, ethnologist and geographer, who provided Aldus and Andrea Navagero with a reliable manuscript for this publication.Literature: Adams Q56; Ahmanson-Murphy 208; Renouard, Alde, 93:14; EDIT 16 CNCE 54149.

Devon.- Kingsbridge and Salcombe, with the Intermediate Estuary, historically and topographically depicted, 3 engraved plates, engraved folding plan (trimmed and laid down with manuscript copy to verso), frontispiece misbound, final f. with repaired tear and small hole to margin, light marking and soiling, ink ownership inscription to head of title and endpapers, 19th century half calf, rubbed, 8vo, Kingsbridge, R. Southwood, 1819.*** Scarce.

Manuscript poetry.- Stow (John) The Abridgement of the English Chronicle, initial f. blank, title within woodcut decorative border with arms at head, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, lacking blank A8 and text ff. U4&5 and 2P1-8, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, lacking pastedowns, contemporary blind-ruled calf, crudely rebacked in modern calf, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 23332], 8vo, [Edward Allde and Nicholas Okes] for Company of Stationers, 1618.  *** The recto of the front free endpaper contains a contemporary manuscript working draft of a poem about shepherds (some chipping to the f., with loss of text). 

Prynne (William) The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: Divided into Foure Parts. Together with An Appendix, title and divisional titles within typographical borders, front endpapers with manuscript ink notes, two portions in an early hand and a third in a later hand, title fore-edge a little frayed and brittle, M1-2 and title of second part with a few tears at margins (no loss of text), some browning, [Wing P4087A], Michael Sparke, 1643, bound with three others Romes Master-Peece. Or, the Grand Conspiracy..., [Wing P4055], Michael Sparkes, 1643; The Opening of the Great Seale of England, [Wing P4026], Michael Spark, 1643; A Humble Remonstrance Against the Tax of Ship-Money lately imposed..., [Wing P3982], Michael Sparke, 1643, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked with some further expert repairs at edges, 4to.

[Cook (Sir Edward Tyas, journalist, friend and editor of the writings of John Ruskin, 1857-1919)] [Diary], autograph manuscript, 242pp., on lined paper, ff. loose, first f. extensively browned, other ff. slightly browned, folio, 1887. *** John Ruskin, "I sat next to Mrs. F. Harrison. Apropos of her husband's friendship with Ruskin, she said he had sometimes been down to Denmark Hill [Ruskin's home] during R's mothers life time. R's goodness to the mother was extreme. She instanced as a moving piece of filial devotion that on Sundays he respected her scruples by having all the pictures turned with their frames to the walls." - Cook.E.T. Cook was a journalist, biographer and a well connected man of letters in Victorian London. He became assistant editor of the Pall Mall Gazette under the celebrated and controversial W.T. Stead and on Stead's resignation in 1889 was appointed editor of the Gazette. The diary records the awkward relationship between Cook and Stead during the latter's protracted resignation. Along with Alexander Wedderburn Cook edited the complete works of Ruskin  and there are numerous meetings with Ruskin throughout the diary, including an account of his mental instability while staying at Brantwood. During their first meeting Ruskin talks of a recent visit to the National Gallery, "I don't like Raphael... but Botticelli's circles of angels is most lovely. With most painters you see at once the pains they were at, but here it is not obvious." During several conversations about art and fellow artists Ruskin reveals his anger towards the National Gallery, "the whole treatment of Turner (and of me) is abominable." Throughout the diary Cook has meetings with almost every politician of note, including Gladstone, Lord Russell, Balfour, Rosebery and Randolph Churchill and records many of their conversations over a succession of dinners. The diary contains numerous political conversations and anecdotes relating to some of the leading figures of the age. Whilst dining with Lord Curzon and Balfour the former remarks that "Randy is the best conversationalist he knew" and at another dinner, Lord Russell remarks "Mrs Gladstone is famous for her habit of not being quite all there." The diary also makes numerous mentions of the Irish Question and the serious state of Egypt and South Africa.

Tennis, Cricket, Football & other sports.- Vernon (Grenville Bertie, of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, Captain in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in France, 1884-1918) Album of photographs, menus, newspaper cuttings and drawings, 190pp., c. 400 photographs, including tennis (Surbiton Tennis Tournament 1906; Reading Tennis Tournament 1905 & 1906; Leicester Tennis Tournament June 1905; Dinard Tennis Tournament 1905; Chelmsford Tennis Tournament 1910; Felixstowe Tennis Tournament 1910), cricket, football and hunting, 26 photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), numerous images of army life (including practising with machine guns), amateur tennis tournaments, visiting country Houses, Pavilions at Stoke Bruerne Park, football at Collingwood etc., 2 menus, 2 Southwell Hunt cards, numerous newspaper cuttings, manuscript verse etc., some ff. loose, others working loose, original half morocco, rubbed, lacks spine, photographs v.s., album sm. 4to, 1904-13. *** Tennis tournament photographs include: Dimitrios Kasdagli (1872-1931); “Champion of France…[1906]” [Katie Gillou (1887-1964)]; Harry Parker (1873-1961); Holcombe Ward (1878-1967); May Sutton (1886-1975); Frank Riseley (1877-1959); Evan Gwynne Evans (b. 1877); Violet Pinckney (1871-1955); George Hillyard (1864-1943); Reginald Frank Doherty (1872-1910); Wilberforce Eaves (1867-1920); Norman Brookes (1877-1968); Anthony Wilding (1883-1915).

Lincoln's Inn.- Hakewill (William, lawyer and politician, bap. 1574, d. 1655) Admission of William Prite by Charles Jones, manuscript signed "Wm Hakewill", in Latin, on vellum, 5 lines, folds, slightly creased and browned, 94 x 192mm., 24th October 1634. *** "Apart from his parliamentary career, Hakewill was an active member of Lincoln's Inn, where he had established chambers by 1609. He was appointed a bencher on 12 November 1618 and was Lent reader in 1625. He became keenly involved in the restoration of the chapel, becoming treasurer for the project in 1622. His arms were set up, with those of others, in the west window. In 1633 he was made keeper of the black book, and he was treasurer in 1637–8. He was still contributing to the life of the inn in 1650 when he was temporarily appointed as dean of the chapel and master of the library, and also master of the walks." - Oxford DNB. Charles Jones (c. 1595-1640), MP; of Lincoln's Inn; recorder of Beaumaris. 

World.- Zappullo (Michele) Historie di quattro principali Città del Mondo, Gerusalemme, Roma, Napoli, e Venetia, woodcut publisher's device to title, short tear at fore-edge, woodcut initials and head-pieces, woodcut diagrams and tables at end, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, one or two ff. slightly frayed at edges, D5-E3 with tiny marginal worming, scattered faint spotting and staining, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, [Sabin 1106254], 4to, Venice, Giorgio Greco, 1603. 

F[lavel] (J[ohn]) A Token for Mourners, first edition, longitudinal half-title, light water-staining, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper, lacking K7, L1 misnumbered as usual, [Wing  F1197], Robert Boulter, 1674 § Spelman (Sir Henry) De non temerandis Ecclesis, Churches not to be Violated, fifth edition, longitudinal half-title, old ink manuscript inscription "Tittenhanger Library" to front pastedown and "Pret 1s" to head of title, [Wing S4923], Oxford, H.Hall for Amos Curteyn, 1676 § A[llen] (W[illiam]) A Serious and Friendly Address to the Non-Conformists, beginning with the Anabaptists..., imprimatur leaf, spotting and browning, [Wing A1073], Tho.Warren for Walter Kettilby, 1693 § [Assheton (William)] The Country-Parson's Admonition to his Parishioners, persuading them to continue in the Protestant Religion, imprimatur leaf, later calf-backed marbled boards, old ink manuscript label to upper cover, [Wing A4025A], R.Wilde, 1688, the first three contemporary sheep or calf, all rubbed, spine ends worn, 8vo et infra (4)

d'Abbes, Ingram & Sherie, Fenn. circa 1920s original typewritten manuscript for a historical biographical play on General Gordon, titled Gordon. Presented in Ludgate Instantaneous Spring Back Binder. Title page reading Gordon, A Play by Ingram d'Abbes & Fenn Sherie, with the addresses of both authors hand written beneath. The contents featuring handwritten annotations and amendments throughout. Featuring characters from history including William Gladstone, Sir Hugh Travers, Nubar Pasha, The Earl of Selbourne, Lord Granville, William Thomas Stead, General Ponsonby and Queen Victoria. A fascinating unpublished play script regarding Charles George Gordon and his actions in Constantinople in 1872, by two known collaborating writers, usually known for their Hitchcockian murder mystery works. 

Flynn, Gillian. 2012 Gone Girl. Uncorrected manuscript promotional proof, publ. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Publisher's orig. paper wraps with identical cover to first edition. With reviews by Kate Atkinson, Val McDermid, Stephen King and Karin Slaughter to verso. Following its success, the book was made into a 2014 film directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Light edgewear, otherwise in smart condition. 8vo.

A mid 20th century circa 1960s - 1970s handbound gift book containing watercolour paintings & calligraphic verses. The manuscript book gifted by students to a teacher, with no names or college stated, but of local interest to Bedford, containing watercolours of College Entrance, Loom Room, and local churches and landscapes, including Wymington Church, Oakley Hill, Biddenham Forge, Cardington Church, All Hallows Lane, and others. Including watercolours depicting flowers, and verses copied in calligraphy, maj. from the Bible, but including those by Rupert Brooke, Dr. Arnold of Rugby School, Walter Rauschenbush, and others. Bound in a quarter crushed morocco binding with cloth boards, on hand made paper with uncut edges. Measures approx. 36cm x 27.5cm. 

French School Probably 15th CenturyTwo leaves from a Book of Hours, one depicting The Flight into EgyptBoth illuminated manuscriptEach 17.8 x 12.6cm; 7 x 5in (2)

THE WILLIAM MORRIS MANUSCRIPT OF THE ODES OF HORACE, commentary by Clive Wilmer, London 2014, The Folio Society, No 27/ 980 copies bound in goatskin by Smith Settle. Presentation box. Fine condition (Est. plus 20% premium)

New Kingdom, circa 1550-1315 B.C. or earlier. Round in profile with flattened underside, squared rim (possibly incomplete); with old collector's manuscript note: 'Old Kingdom between 3000-1200 B.C.'. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp.174-5 nos. 237-241, for alabaster and limestone vessels of similar body profile. 52 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2 in.). Ex Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification slip. [No Reserve]

Mecca, 996 A.H. (1588 A.D.). Rebound laid paper manuscript with full leather binding, drypoint border to covers and central impressed arabesque foliage panel; conserved, with usage wear and many marginal notes and five-point stars in red and black; usage wear to edges repaired and restored, with feint drypoint lineation; title page with red and black naskh script triangular text-block framed with annulets; text in blocks of typically 23 black-ink lines per page with red underscoring and titles. 252 grams, 14.3 x 19.5 cm (5 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.). The text is 'Kashf al'asrar fi hatk al'astar' (the discovery of science and chemistry) written by Ali Shalby Zadeh. This copy was written by Alin bin Abd al-Rahman al-Ta'ifi al-Makki in front of the Holy House at Mount Ajyad in Mecca in the year 996 A.H.From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12271-220416.

Circa 1650 A.D.. Irregular rectangular fragment from a manuscript with Coptic text; painted images including an arcaded domed temple, a camel rider with staff, an agricultural worker with sieve and part of a tree. 14.3 grams, 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.). New York trade, 2016. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve]

1820 A.D.. Leclerc - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 69 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.244-245. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 69. 350 grams, 132 x 65 cm (52 x 25 1/2 in.). Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The papyrus is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector. [No Reserve] (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Troisième partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 74 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.250-251. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 74. 360 grams, 136 x 66 cm (53 1/2 x 26 in.). Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The original papyrus is now held in the Bibliothèque Nationale (1-19), Paris (Papyrus Cadet).From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector. [No Reserve] (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Attributed to John F. Pasmore (British 1820-1881), a rural scene with cows in a river, oil on canvas (relined), framed, frame size 94cm x 130cm. Provenance:-Dreweatt Neate 27th April 1988 (according to old manuscript label verso)

Indonesian palm leaf manuscript, having carved wooden covers with etched lettering to each leaf within.

FARLEIGH JOHN (Illus).  The Gods Had Wings. Wood eng. illus. Orig. blue cloth in unclipped d.w. 1st ed., 1936, with a short signed manuscript thank you letter in Farleigh's hand; also The Strange World of Nature with wood engs. by Joan Hassall, signed & inscribed by Hassall to the half title with a slipped in signed manuscript letter by her.

F.A. Hayek [Friedrich August von Hayek]: 'The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism. The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Vol. 1.', edited by W.W. Bartley III, London, George Routledge, 1988, 1st edition, the personal copy of Charlotte E. Cubitt, Hayek's longtime final secretary from 1977 until his death in 1992, signed & inscribed by Hayek to Charlotte E. Cubitt on FFEP "In gratitude for all her help over so many years F.A. Hayek.", manuscript pen & ink inscription by Charlotte Cubitt beneath "This was done on 6th July while H. was lying down in the "green room". He asked me for my Christian name but was to [sic] weak to put it down!", editor's acknowledgements p.158 of the book states "The Editor expresses his gratitude, above all, to Professor Hayek's assistant, Miss Charlotte Cubitt, for her exceptional help in preparing this manuscript for publication...", original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Provenance: From the Estate of Charlotte E. Cubitt, Hayek's secretary in Freiburg, Germany, 1977-1992, author of 'A Life of Friedrich August von Hayek', 2006, her memoir of Hayek from the fifteen years she spent as his secretary. Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian-British academic, who contributed to economics, political philosophy, psychology, and intellectual history. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena. His account of how prices communicate information is widely regarded as one of the most important contributions to economics, and led to him receiving the prize. If any twentieth-century economist was a Renaissance man, it was Friedrich Hayek. He made fundamental contributions in political theory, psychology, and economics. In a field in which the relevance of ideas often is eclipsed by expansions on an initial theory, many of his contributions are so remarkable that people still read them more than fifty years after they were written. In his book Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin called Hayek the “preeminent” economist of the last half of the twentieth century. Although sometimes described as a conservative, Hayek himself was uncomfortable with this label and preferred to be thought of as a classical liberal. As the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society he contributed to the revival of classical liberalism in the post-war era. Hayek had a long-standing and close friendship with philosopher of science Karl Popper, who was also from Vienna. Hayek's influences/contemporaries, amongst others, include the intellectual heavyweights J.S. Mill, Ludwig Wittgenstein (his second cousin), Karl Popper, Carl Menger, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Wieser, Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes (with whom he came into conflict). Margaret Thatcher, a fierce advocate of free-market libertarianism, was greatly influenced by Hayek's writing - there is a famous anecdote that during a Conservative Party policy meeting, Thatcher removed her copy of Hayek’s 'Constitution of Liberty' from her handbag, slammed it down on the table and declared, “This is what we believe.” Hayek's most notable work, 'The Road to Serfdom' has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and is considered on of the most important books of the 20th century. In 'The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism', Hayek aims to refute socialism by demonstrating that socialist theories are not only logically incorrect but that their premises are also incorrect.  

(Judaica, Hebraica.) 'The Leningrad Codex. A Facsimile Edition.', edited David Noel Freedman and others, Grand Rapids, MI, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, and Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers, 1998, 1st facsimile edition, li,1016pp, b/w and colour leaves reproducing the original manuscript, large thick 4to (33 x 29cm), original buckram gilt, mounted colour illustration to front cover. The Leningrad Codex is the oldest known complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew. Housed in the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library in St. Petersburg, and according to its colophon dating to 1009 C.E., the Leningrad Codex stands as the single most important extant manuscript for establishing the text of the Hebrew Bible and is the basis for virtually all critical editions of the Hebrew Bible. This beautiful scholar's edition is the first facsimile edition of the Leningrad Codex, produced under the auspices of the University of Michigan in cooperation and consultation with the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center and the West Semitic Research Project. It features a large format that includes 16 full page colour plates that capture in precise detail the Codex's lovely medieval artwork. Includes an introduction to the Leningrad Codex by Astrid Billes Beck. Very scarce

John Wesley (1703-1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism. Autograph Letter Signed, “JWesley”, London, Saturday November 15, 1789, to Miss Elizabeth Padbury, at Whittlebury, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, “My Dear Betsy, It is not improbable that you will see me before you receive my letter. For as I am to set out on Monday morning, I shall probably be at Whittlebury about four in the afternoon, --- I c--- --- by con---- without sending you a l--- ---- it only, to assure you that I am, My Dear Betsy, Yours most affectionately JWesley”, 11 lines of manuscript text, 1 leaf (approx. 19 x 13.5cm), chain lined, laid paper, bearing crown of Britannia watermark to left hand side, with the original postally used envelope addressed in Wesley’s hand “To Miss Padbury, at Whittlebury, near Towcester, Northamptonshire”, chain lined, laid paper, bearing the adjoining part of the Britannia watermark to that on the letter, approx. size 14.5 x 18.5cm, both toned with some age wear, some small perforations to margins. Several letters from John Wesley to Miss Elizabeth Padbury are recorded, though this example appears unpublished. “Whittlebury in Northamptonshire is not exactly the hub of the universe, but it was a place very dear to Wesley's heart. It is a hamlet on the road from Towcester to Buckingham, a little to the west of the old Watling Street. Methodism came to Whittlebury in 1760 through the preaching of Thomas Grover, and tradition says that the first Methodist society was formed by John Murlin. Elizabeth Padbury...was the eldest of thirteen children born to Thomas and Judith Padbury. She was born in 1751, and her father was a farmer and baker. The first services were held in his house (now the village post-office), and he became a pillar of the Methodist society. Wesley visited the hamlet more than twenty times, and once described the society as "the flower of all our societies in the circuit, both for zeal and simplicity ". An article in the Methodist Times stated that on one occasion Wesley was accompanied to Whittlebury by Fletcher and Coke, and that they all stayed at Padbury's house. Telford gives a variant of this story: "Wesley once met his brother Charles and Fletcher at Whittlebury" but I can find no evidence to substantiate either version. The building of the little chapel at Whittlebury was begun in 1763, but local opposition, led by the rector, delayed its completion for nearly twenty years. It was finally opened in 1783, and Wesley gave three donations totalling £14 towards its cost. Though it was enlarged in J812, the chapel, still in use, seats only one hundred people. The society account book, begun in 1762, contained many interesting items relating to Wesley's visits. Unfortunately the book has disappeared, but some of its contents are given in the Methodist Times article referred to. ‘Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society’, volume XXXII, 1959, p.188, edited by Rev. Wesley F. Swift.

SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965), Typed Letter Signed to Robert Burns Esq., Harrow hat maker, of 52 High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1p, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, dated December 23rd, 1953, content re thanking Mr Burns for sending him a miniature Harrow School straw hat "Dear Mr. Burns, I was very pleased to receive your letter and the gift from your wife of a miniature Harrow Straw. Please accept my warm thanks for your kind thought of me at this time. [signed] yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill", framed and glazed, theo whole approx. size 21 x 14cm, together with a contemporary example of a miniature Harrow School straw hat produced by Robert Burns hat makers, diameter approx. 14cm, and a c.1980's colour post card of Harrow-on-the-Hill high street, with a manuscript note "WAS Robert Burn's (school hat shop)." and arrow pointing to the premises (being No. 52). Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. His indomitable spirit, eloquent speeches, and unwavering leadership during times of crisis earned him a place among the greatest statesmen in history. In April 1888, aged 13, Winston Churchill narrowly passed the entrance exam for Harrow School. His academics proved high but his teachers complained about his lack of discipline. However, Churchill’s ability to memorise lines, which he later used when he first made public speeches, was already apparent. While at Harrow, he entered a competition and won a School prize for reciting from memory 1,200 lines from Thomas Babington Macaulay’s long poem, Lays of Ancient Rome – a quite remarkable achievement. Churchill’s future interest in soldiering was already evident at Harrow. He joined the Harrow Rifle Corps within weeks of entering the School and, following encouragement from his father, was enrolled in the academic programme to prepare students for Sandhurst (the Royal Military College, now called the Royal Military Academy). In a letter from 1889, Churchill writes to ‘Mamma’, telling her that he has joined the ‘Army class’ and that he is learning French and geometrical drawing and studying for the Shakespeare prize. But his mother was very disappointed in her son, feeling he could achieve much more. In 1890, she wrote: ‘I had built up such hopes about you and felt so proud of you – and now all is gone … your work is an insult to your intelligence. If you would only trace out a plan of action for yourself and carry it out and be determined to do so – I am sure you could accomplish anything you wished.’ Churchill was to return to Harrow many times during his life, most memorably in 1941 during the Second World War, when he gave his famous speech to the boys, ‘Never Give In’. The Harrow School Old Speech Room Gallery has an example of a Harrow school straw hat signed by Sir Winston Spencer Churchill on display. E.A. Laborde’s book, ‘Harrow School: Yesterday & Today’ gives us a short introduction on the appearance of the Harrow School straw hat. Its first appearance was on the cricket fields of Harrow. Charles Wordsworth (OH, 1820-1825) recalls his straw hat being broken by a ball after fielding near a batsman. In the 1830s, it became a popular item of dress in the summer term, but it was not until later that they were permitted to be used instead of the top hats, except on Sundays. The famous two-inch low crown dates from the 1860s but the brim length was narrow up to 1873. Between 1873-1877, the brim widened gradually until its present breadth of three inches. Notable makers of Harrow hats include E. Chatham, and her grandson E.A. Burns. It is suspected that E. Chatham, who had established a hatter’s shop on the Hill in 1830, was the ‘inventor’ of the shallow crown boater hat. Robert Burns was presumably the son of E.A. Burns and continued the family business, and was active making hats at 52 Harrow high street in the early to mid C20th. Provenance: by descent. Robert Burns was the Great Uncle (Grandfather's brother) of the vendor

(China, Qing dynasty, Tianjin, British Military, Boxer Rebellion aftermath.) A photograph album containing approx. 70 mounted monochrome photographs of Northern China circa 1910, the images mainly Tientsin (now Tianjin) and Peking (now Beijing), the album compiled by one Private H. Brown, The 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with his ownership inscription at head of inside front cover "8596 Pte. H. Brown. H Coy 1st Bn. Rl. Innis. Fus. Tientsin. N. China. 1910", the photographs in the album of the British military in Northern China in the early 20th Century in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion give a fascinating insight into both colonial and local life, the first image in the album being a memorial to 3 British soldiers, with m/s caption beneath by Pte. H. Brown "PTE Shanks, Sgt Smith, BM Green who died in Tien-tsin North China on the 7th, 11th & 14th September 1910 respectively", the following images include funeral procession captioned "Mourners at Sgt Smiths funeral", the following 6 photographs variously depicting Sgt. Smiths grave, further photos Sgt. Smiths funeral, grave and tombstones of other soldiers Royal Inniskillings who died at Tianjin 1909-10; other images depicting mounted infantry 27th Inniskillings; band, drums and machine gun team 27th Inniskillings; party of Roman Catholic's; Roman Catholic's church parade; views in mountains of North China showing British military camp and parts of Great Wall; "Signalling Station Shan-Hai-Kuan North China"; two photographs Hong Kong comprising King Edward VII monument, and military parade, Murray parade ground/barracks; Chinese funeral; various architectural and topographical views including Peking observatory; band stand Victoria park, Tientsin; Peking street scenes; image captioned "Tower Nanking", (possibly Tiger Hill Pagoda, Suzhou?); north east corner of the wall of Peking; the aforementioned 26 images all aprox. size 11 x 15cm and mounted to recto of the album's concertina folding leaves; the following 52 images mounted to verso of the concertina leaves, these images all approx. 8 x 14cm, including several documentary style photographs of American, Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, Indian and Chinese soldiers and police stationed in the area, which give an indication of the political situation in Northern China during the period, the various foreign concessions, the political tensions (and camaraderie) etc; further various images Peking including city walls, water gate, British legation, panorama of city showing coal hills, forbidden city Peking, ministers quarter's, "Hata-Man Gate. Peking", "Chien-Man Gate Peking", image of another city gate captioned beneath "where the first European was killed at the commencement of Boxer rising 1900 Peking"; British barracks Peking; "Peking to Tien-Tsin Railway"; "Road to Forbidden City Peking"; Coal Hills Peking"; "Camel Transport Peking"; two images Temple of Heaven and Bell Tower, Peking; "Shan-Hai-Kuan Village"; "Beach Temple Hotel Shan-Hai-Kuan"; other images beginning of the Great Wall and fort/barracks, Shanhaiguan district; "Chinese Shoemaker"; British soldier's at leisure fishing; a few images various British military sporting achievements and sporting events including images captioned beneath "Pte Halls winning the half mile race", "Mop Melee", "Three-legged race", these images also captioned in the negative "Regt. Sports 27th Inniskillings, Tientsin, China"; others main gate Peking, Russian and British monuments, Tientsin, etc etc, the album containing a total of 78 photographs, approx. 70 as mentioned Tientsin, Peking, Northern China, Hong Kong, remaining images include German Royal yacht in the Grand Harbour, Malta, 1909, and a few other group photographs British Military of the Inniskillings in Malta including "H Coy Inniskillings 1897". The 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers arrived in Tientsin in North China in November 1909, having sailed from Malta in HM Troopship Soudan almost two months earlier. Battalion Headquarters was at Tientsin with one company immediately dispatched to guard the British Legation in Peking in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901). All images with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions in the hand of the compiler, Pte. H. Brown, the album itself contemporary decorative Chinese black lacquered covers, illustrated with a lady in a rickshaw, boards approx 16 x 20cm

A circa 19th Century family pedigree, House of Montagu, 'Descendance de la Maison Anglo-Normande de Montagu, 5 painted coats-of-arms of Anglo-Norman Montague ancestors who came to England with William the Conqueror/Norman conquest, including Dreux [Drogo] de Montaigu, Ansger de Montagu, Jean de Montaigu, GUillaume de Montaigu, Robert, Comte de Montaigu, with further manuscript beneath in French, approx. size 94 x 65cm, folding, backed onto linen

HMS Montagu (1901), a good quantity of original Admiralty papers & reports re wreck and salvage of HMS Montagu at Lundy Island, where she ran aground during wireless telegraphy experiments in May 1906, includes typed reports for the attempted salvage, arrangements for floating, of pumps, divers reports, some manuscript reports from HMS Cornwallis at Lundy Island June 1906, typed divers reports Liverpool Salvage Association; original admiralty stamped manuscript technical drawings HMS Duncan & Cornwallis battleships 1899; plus some other naval related Montagu family documents/ephemera etc

George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron; Leslie A. Marchand (edited): 'Byron's Letters and Journals: the complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed version of all others, 1798-1824', London, John Murray, 1973-1982, 1st edition, 12 volumes, frontispiece portraits, uniform original cloth gilt, dust wrappers. Includes 'every available letter (2900) of which many were unpublished. All have been published unbowdlerised, as was not done by earlier editors. an astonishing achievement.' (12)

A photograph album circa 1900 relating to HMS Terrible containing 100+ mounted photographs of various places HMS Terrible served during the period, including images of South Africa during the Boer War, Russian battleships attacked at Port Arthur, China (the start of the Russo-Japanese war), various views and images St Helena, China, Japan, Hong Kong, group photographs of the ships Officers etc, the majority of the images with contemporary manuscript title or caption beneath, the album possibly appears to have been assembled slightly later. HMS Terrible was the second and last of the Powerful-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. She served on the China Station and provided landing parties and guns which participated in the Siege and Relief of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War in South Africa. A few months later she did much the same thing to help suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China. During this time, her captain was Percy Scott, who trained his crew to a high standard in gunnery and had his training methods adopted by the entire Royal Navy. Images include: photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill with Captain Percy Scott and two other serving personnel aboard deck of Terrible, approx. 11 x 15.5cm; image of Winston Churchill and John Churchill (Jack Churchill), as well as Captain Percy Scott and others on poop deck of Terrible, 1900, approx. size 9 x 11.5cm). During the South African War, Lady Randolph Churchill ("Jennie" Churchill) raised money for and staffed and equipped a hospital ship, the Maine, which did valuable work in South Africa. Listening to Jack Churchill's dramatic account of the fighting whilst he was on board the Maine only served to increase Jennie’s desire to visit the war zone. She wrote to Winston to this effect, and he got a few days leave and joined them, and they went to Chieveley. Also there, was Captain Percy Scott, the Commander of HMS Terrible, who had invented a gun carriage, which enabled the 4.7 naval gun to be taken up country to the front. Scott named the gun the Lady Randolph Churchill, and it was Jennie who historically fired the test round; other images include Simon's Bay near Cape Town; "H.M.S. Terrible making 12 inch gun carriages for the relief of Ladysmith"; entrance to Durban Harbour; Main Street Durban, Natal; various images artillery guns in the field, South Africa War; "H.M.S. Terrible's picket boat"; "Terrible's anchor broken at Durban 1900"; other images Boer War including armoured train in Natal, 1900, guns being unloaded and assembled etc; a few images Hong Kong, including Terrible entering Hong Kong harbour, 1900; large photograph 1904 race meeting, Happy Valley Hong Kong (20.5 x 27cm); H.M.S. Terrible dance, Hong Kong, 1901; Golf Club Happy Valley, Hong Kong (21 x 27cm); H.M.S. Terrible in Hong Kong bay decorated with words "God Save the King" to side of hull for the Coronation of King Edward (21 x 27cm), etc; several images China Station/Treaty Ports including large photo Wei-hai-wei from the island (21.5 x 29cm), others smaller Wei-hai-wei street and architectural scenes, "H.M.S. Leviathan 1903 Soccer team at Wei-hai-wei" (21 x 27cm), another of HMS Leviathan hockey team China Station, 1905, similar size, etc; several images Russian battleships, Russo-Japanese War, including "Russian battleships after the escape from Port Arthur 1905", "Russian cruiser 'Varyag' sunk at Chemulpo", another of Russian gunboat sunk at Chemulpo + a few others similar, "Chinese cruiser ashore at Elliott Island (China Sea)"; other views etc St Helena, Mauritius, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Johore, Suex Canal, various Japan hand coloured photos each approx. 20 x 25cm, group shots H.M.S. Terrible officers, a few photos relating to H.M.S. Leviathan and Sirius, etc etc, oblong folio (28 x 38cm), contemporary half calf gilt, later rebacked, 3 contemporary passports for one George William Alcock, hotel proprietor, loosely inserted

John Gerard: 'The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master of Chirurgerie. Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye of London', London, Printed by Adam Islip, John Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1633, 2nd edition, engraved title page lacking portions at top corners and bottom right corner, laid down on paper, dedication leaf with small part loss lower right (not affecting text) and later laid down on paper, [36], 30, [29]-30, [29]-1630, [2]pp, this main body of text containing hundreds of woodcut engravings with leaves and text complete, illustrations generally VGC commensurate with age, a couple of closed tears, v. small part losses, some spotting/light staining, section with index, tables etc at end a/f (42 of 48pp, several leaves very worn/repaired/with part loss, a few leaves supplied in manuscript), folio (34 x 23cm), 19th Century full black calf gilt, oxblood morocco gilt title label, contemporary Barton armorial bookplate bearing m/s at head "given back by E. Barton to George Congreve". Second edition of the most famous early English herbal.

['Portraits, Epitaphs, and Monuments of Distinguished Persons Together with Remarks by Martin Cawood', Leeds, 1847], an album containing 24 well executed pen, ink & watercolour drawings of monuments for various distinguished persons, including for John Emery (1777-1822), actor, Anne Boleyn, Izaak Walton (1593-1683), author of 'The Compleat Angler', Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician, William Hogarth (1697-1764), English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, sir William Wood (1609-1691), celebrated archer, author of 'The Bowman's Glory', etc etc, each well executed pen, ink & watercolour drawing with corresponding portrait engraving/engravings, manuscript pen & ink contents page, offset of excised printed title page, compiled by the Leeds ironmaster Martin Cawood (d.1867), an active amateur musician and an enthusiastic patron of the arts, 4to (30 x 24cm), contemporary half morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, from the library of the late Ron Fiske of North Walsham and Morningthorpe Manor, esteemed local historian, bibliophile and collector, with his bookplate to front pastedown  

Two suitcases containing a good quantity of Montagu family heraldic material, including 17th Century vellum bound folio volume, 24 pages of manuscript genealogy/pedigree of the Montacute & Montagu families with numerous pen, ink & watercolour coats of arms and corresponding names and details, manuscript descriptive text at front "The Genealogie of the Ancient Noble and Illustrious Family of the Monteacutes alias Mountagues Lords and Kings of Man Earles of Salisbury and of ye Nevills Marquess Montacuts Poole Lord and Brownes Viscounts Montacutes as also the Montagues Earles of Manchester and Sandwich and the BArons Montague of Boughton all of them drawne downe in their severall Branches...History to which is added the Pedigrees...collected and composed downe to this present yeare Anno 1690. By Jo. Tilston Esqr. student in Antiquities", pages approx. 38 x 25cm; circa early 19th Century large folio volume containing 32 well executed manuscript pen, ink and watercolour arms illuminated in gilt, m/s pen & ink calligraphic title "Descent of the Manors of Lackham and alderton in the County of Wilts.", well executed m/s pen & ink drawings beneath title of Sir John de Bluet and William Gore, includes arms of James Montagu of Lackham and Alderton (1749-1797) and other 19th Century Montagu family members Lackham and Alderton, following page with m/s pedigree of Montagus of Lackham, Wilts., etc, large folio (49 x 34cm), 19th Century half calf, gilt title to spine; two folio half calf volumes containing large quantity of manuscript extracts genealogy/heraldry relating to family of Montague, circa 1830's, some m/s pen & ink arms, paper watermarked 1831, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, one of the volumes lacking lower board; five folio leaves (4 paper, 1 vellum) manuscript pedigrees with watercolour arms and crowns illuminated in gilt, various Montagu family branches including "Succession of the Dukedoms of Montagu & Manchester, the Earldoms of Sandwich and Halifax and the Montagus of Lackham", circa mid 19th Century, one bifolium watermarked 1830; large 18th Century vellum document, Deed of settlement, 1. John, Duke of Montagu. 2. Rt. Hon. George, Earel of Halifax. Rt. Hon. James, Earl of Barrymore, Ireland. John Baynes, serjeant at law. Edmund Sawyer of Lincoln's Inn. 3. Rt. hon. James, Earl Waldgrave. Thomas Dunmer of St. Giles. Reciting Act of 1717 for settlement of the Duke of Montagu's estate, and various succeeding deeds, now, for £15,219.3.11½d, 9 April 1730, signed by Montagu, Halifax, Barrymore, Baynes, Sawyer, Waldgrave and others; vellum bound volume c.1831 of manuscript pedigrees, 163 pages of manuscript entries including several pen, ink and watercolour arms, Montagu family content pp.63-65, manuscript index at end, tall, narrow folio (32 x 10cm), contemporary vellum, m/s pen, ink & watercolour arms to covers, some gilt illuminated; plus large qty. other material including engravings, mezzotint portraits, Montague Peerage case of Henry Browne, 1851, printed Montagu pedigrees circa 19th Century, various folders and documents Montagu family peerage etc

A well executed manuscript vellum antiphonal leaf, musical score, text in black and red, large decorative gilt watercolour historiated initial 'S' painted in blue, red, yellow and green and richly illuminated in gilt. A circa 19thC facsimile copied from a 15thC choir book of San Marco, watercolour on vellum mounted on board, framed and glazed, the whole approx. size 56.5 x 43.5cm. The 19thc were fascinated with the illuminated manuscripts of the medieval period that copying them became a talented profession. Many examples such as this are held within the V & A collection and were commissioned by Count Cotterill for the Arundel Society. One of the artists used by Count Cotterill was Ernesto Sprega.Unlike the examples within the V&A this facsimile includes the musical notes as opposed to merely the illuminated letter. The only departure from the exacting reproduction of the choir book page can be seen in the 'grotesque face' with the tongue sticking out. This has been painted to appear less grotesque.The original was produced by Torelli Fillipo (1409-1468) and is held in the Museo di S. Marco, Italy.

A large heraldic family tree with painted coats-of-arms, circa late 18th/early 20th Century, Parry family pedigree, 110 painted coats-of-arms, each with corresponding manuscript, approx. size 200 x 38cm, rolled

A 19TH CENTURY COMMONPLACE BOOK OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION, METHODIST MINISTRY, MISSIONARY & OTHER INTEREST with a hand-painted bookplate to the front pastedown 'Marianne Daniell / 1835', containing a signed manuscript verse by Jabez Bunting dated 1842; a signed manuscript '.. Verse in the Chippeway Language' by 'Kahkewaquonaby / alias / Peter Jones' dated 1831; a signed manuscript quote on friendship by Robert Newton dated 1838; a signed manuscript copy of 'The Lords Prayer in the Canarese language' by John Jenkins; a signed manuscript copy of the first verse of the hymn 'We've no abiding city here' by David Livingstone dated Cairo 18th November 1856; a clipped sample of John Wesley's hand-writing; a clipped sample of Charles Wesley's hand-writing; a signed manuscript quote by C.W. Isenberg dated Cairo 18th November 1854; a signed manuscript copy of 'The Lord's Prayer in Kinika' by Johnannes Rebmann dated Cairo 31st December 1855; signed manuscript versions of John 1:1 in the 'kisuahili', 'kinika', 'kikamba', kikuafi', 'galla', and 'amharic' languages by Johann Ludwig Krapf dated Cairo 24th November 1853; a signed manuscript verse by Nehemiah Goreh; watercolour and pencil artwork, including portraits, landscapes and nature studies; a dried seaweed montage 'In memory of Weymouth 1837'; and other items (total approximately 119 completed pages), full crimson leather, 25.5cm x 21cm. Condition Report : Covers scuffed; spine strip detached and with other tape strips. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[DOCUMENTS]. A LATE 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK the front pastedown inscribed 'Isabella Sclater Bradford Yorkshire / Dec[em]b[e]r th[e] 16: 1789' and with her bookplate, the recipes including those for 'French Fritters'; 'To make Gingerbread'; 'A Biscuit Pudding'; 'Italian Cheese'; 'To Stew Mutton like Venison'; 'To make Blommange'; 'An Approv'd Receipt for Cowslip Wine'; 'To make White Catchup'; 'To Pickle Red Cabbage'; 'Norfolk Punch'; 'Currant Wine'; 'Puff Paste'; 'Currant Jelly'; 'Carrot Soup'; 'To Bottle Ripe Currants'; 'Elder Flower Wine'; and others, thirty pages, quarter leather and marbled boards, 19cm x 16cm.

[DOCUMENTS]. AN EARLY-MID 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK circa 1711-1758, including assessments for 'ye poor' and land taxes, some entries referring to 'Bolton' and one page headed 'A Genral & perticular account of all ye Grounds surveyed by Jeremy Rhodes of Bradford...', also containing a few recipes including one 'To Make Cowslop wine', ninety-nine pages, full leather, 21cm x 17cm.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, 1 Mexican Dollar, Shanghai, hand-stamped date 14 May 1913, serial number 40274, one manuscript and one printed signature, minor stains, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and a lovely example for type, scarce BNB B6225b, Pick S191b £1,200-£1,600