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[Walker, Clement] Anarchia Anglicana: or, The History of Independency... by Theodorus Verax, 2 parts in one volume, first edition, waterstained throughout, a few leaves with occasional rust-marks, nineteenth century half morocco gilt, 4to, [no place: no printer], 1648 [Wing W329] £100-150
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[Wharton, Henry] Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, Partim antiquitus, partim recenter, scriptarum, de Archiepiscopis & Episcopis Angliae, A prima Fidei Christianae susceptione as Annum MDXL, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement leaf in volume 2, contemporary red full morocco decorated gilt by J. Clarke, all edges gilt, arms of the Earl of Leitrim stamped in blind on covers, extremities rubbed, folio, London: Richard Chiswell, 1691 £200-300
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Whyte-Melville, J.G. The Works, 26 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, London: Ward Lock & Co., [c.1900] £80-120
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[Anon] The Character of Humane Frailty. A 49pp. manuscript, the text divided into five 'examples', 'The picture which I now undertake to draw, has been sketched by so many different persons, the original of it is so vast, and it is so difficult to give the colours which are proper to it...', numerous corrections, disbound, 203mm x 312mm, c.1680-1700 £100-150
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Churchill, Winston S. The Second World War, 6 volumes, all first English editions, except volume 2, fourth edition, VOLUME ONE SIGNED 'WINSTON S. CHURCHILL', the others signed with initials 'W.S.C.' on half-titles, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines faded, ends chipped, volume 6 with tear to upper edge, 8vo, London: Cassell & Company, 1948-1954 Included with this lot is a T.L.S. from Winston S. Churchill to Lord Cornwallis, dated 9 February 1956, in which he offers to sign the volumes in this lot; 'I shall of course be happy to do as you ask. I am returning to England for some days on February 10, so perhaps you would let me have the books sometimes before I leave the country again towards the end of this month. I am indeed complimented by the wish of Kent County Society.' £3000-4000 See illustrations
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Coker Court. Catalogue of the Button Walker-Heneage Somerset Muniments at Coker Court Somerset, 80pp. carbon-copy catalogue, contemporary cloth, c.1920; Catalogue of the Books at Coker Court, Somerset, 64pp. ms., contemporary half roan, 8vo, [c.1870]; and one other (3) £50-70
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Dulcie Gray and Michael Denison. A collection of scripts, prompt books and production notes from the archive of Dulcie Gray and Michael Denison, including, The Lady Vanishes, Pinewood Studios, [n.d.]; The Devil Wore Scarlet, 1964; On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson, [c.1979]; The Longbow Meeting by J.B. Priestley, [n.d.] and others, v.s. (a quantity) £100-150
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Hinduism. A 154pp. manuscript describing the traditions and culture of Hinduism, 'When dead, the bodies of such people are neither buried nor interred; and people in general who die of cutaneous disorders are not allowed burial', and 'The Indians, on the contrary, think themselves rich only in the number of their children', lacking the first 8 pp., 200mm x 315mm, c.1810 £100-150
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Heads English and Foreign. Collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, Countess of Pomfret, 1730, 100 engraved portraits, mounted to size and illuminated with gilt border, each with a manuscript biography opposite, enclosed in a decorative border, named, with a ms. index leaf and title, contemporary full morocco, tooled elaborately gilt, the initials 'H.P.' centre, all edges gilt, neatly rebacked, folio, c.1730 An early manuscript note reads, 'This book, collected and illuminated by the granddaughter of the cruel Judge Jefferies, who was nearly killed by the mob at Taunton and died in Marlboro' Wilts, was bought by Blayney Martin of Ashfield Lodge, Bury St. Edmunds at the sale of Thomas, Lord Shelburne.' £500-800
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[Priestley, Dr. Joseph, 1733-1804, theologian, chemist, discoverer of oxygen] A collection of 10 A.Ls.S. and a draft will, 1748-89, relating to the extended family of Dr. Joseph Priestley, comprising five A.Ls.S. from Edward Hitchin (dissenting minister), from London, to Mr. Joseph or Mrs. Ann Priestley at Fieldhead, West Riding of Yorkshire, mostly on religion and family matters, including the death of a brother without making a will, and expenses relating to the same; but one mentioning their more famous relative, "Religion I believe is very low at Cow-Lane, at Mill-Hill it is in my view infidelity disguised. I view the learned Priestley as a Xn Deist. I told him so at my own house-His pride is likely to burst him…" With five others similar. Approx. 25pp. folio, some with integral address panels. Dr. Priestley was minister of Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds (one of the oldest and most respected Dissenting congregations in England) between 1767 and 1773. (11) £80-120
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Scrap Album, containing landscapes in pencil, etc., late nineteenth century, contemporary half morocco, upper cover detached, 4to £40-60
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Scrap Album. A mid-nineteenth century scrap album with black papier-mache boards decorated with an urn and flowers motif, inlaid with mother of pearl and finished with hand-painted details, spine worn, 235mm x 292mm, c.1850 The contents include a ticket to a banquet in celebration of the Crimean Victories, 12th October 1855, 2pp.; a monody by Arthur Westmacott on the Death of Albert, Prince Consort, 1pp.; and a watercolour of a kaffir woman, c.1850. £80-100
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Somerset. A collection of manuscript deeds and indentures relating to the sale and lease of property in Somerset, mostly around Martock, in bundles, c.1850-1900 (a quantity) £50-100
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Taylor, Staveley (1816-1878). A quantity of personal letters, photographs and documents concerning the shipping family of Staveley Taylor of Liverpool, mostly c.1850-1870, including bills of sale for the 'Craigmiller' 1875, 'Aethelbert' 1876 and 'Knight of the Thistle' 1878, v.s. (a quantity) £50-100
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[Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, First Duke; and Mary Anne Jervis]. Album, oblong folio, 19th c. brown morocco gilt (worn, covers detached). Inscribed on flyleaf "Almeria Surtees Paris June 18th 1842". Mostly tipped in. The principal contents: ALsS., including eight from the Duke of Wellington (signed Wellington) to Mrs. Dyce Sombre at the Clarendon Hotel, mostly 1p each, 1843-49, mainly relating to concert programmes, and one about a candidate for a military commission; the same to Lord St. Vincent (father of Mary Anne Jervis), 27th June 1839 concerning the Jamaica Act, "We cannot…leave the colony without a legislature"; and another invitation; Sir Edwin Landseer, four, with two envelopes to Mrs. Forester, 1865-69, concerning invitations; Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lord Lytton, six, with three envelopes, three of them in the third person, 1865-72; Napoleon III to Gen. Forester in French, 1870 (with draft of the General's original letter), thanking for his commiserations [following the Franco-Prussian war and his subsequent exile], 1p; Benjamin Disraeli to General Forester, Hughendon, 25th September 1866 regarding a position for his nephew, 4pp. With others including Henry Graves, Caroline Norton etc., and royalty: including the Prince of Teck; Princess Mary Adelaide; the Duke of Cambridge, and Augusta Duchess of Cambridge, to General or Mrs. Forester. Mostly 8vo. With printed invitations to the same, including five from the Lord Chamberlain to a Ball and Evening Parties at Buckingham Palace, 1866-77; with one in ms. 1865; three Musical Programmes, 1866-73 of concerts at Buckingham Palace; programme of "Siroe" Opera Eroica…La Musica di Marianna Jervis, 24 June 1831; and approx. 16 other invitations including a Soiree Dramatique at Orleans House, Twickenham, 20 July 1867, for the Duc d'Aumales, and three at the Tuilleries, Paris, "par l'Ordre de l'Empereur". The album also includes 18 hand coloured prints, views of Italy, Swiss and Italian costumes, and approx. 58 uncoloured engraved views, of Europe, mainly Paris and Switzerland, and the British Isles, various sizes; one large watercolour of a horse drawn carriage, and two drawings of a church and a castle. Mary Anne Jervis (1812-93), described as an accomplished singer, dancer, and composer, married David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre in September 1840. Of Anglo Indian descent and heir to the immensely wealthy Begam Sumroo, he was elected M.P. for Sudbury in 1841 but deposed the following year after objections from the loser. He accused his wife of adultery with various men; she then had him certified insane; he escaped to Europe, and finally died in 1851 days before a court case could be heard, when he had hoped to reverse the judgement. Mary Anne married General George Cecil Weld-Forester (1807-86), in 1862, who succeeded as 3rd Baron Forester in 1874. £1000-1500
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke. A ticket of admission to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, signed by Thomas West and to admit Miss Mott (no.57), edged in black, creased, 115mm x 75mm, 1852 £50-80
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