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Adorned with illustrations of transportation via railroad and ships along with an eagle flying through the letter A on the center. Marked Anheuser Busch. Dimensions: 6.5"L x 4"W x 9.25"HManufacturer: Anheuser BuschCondition: Age related wear.

A U.S. Postal Service mailbox featuring a letter chute and a cast iron door adorned with a depiction of an eagle, all set within a sturdy wooden frame. Dimensions: 6.5"L x 6.75"W x 7.5"HCondition: Age related wear.

1954 BSA B31 Not registered Frame number Engine number BB33 5475 BSA B31 chassis fitted with a B32 engine Restored to MOT specification Many new parts fitted New exhaust, speedo and cable, solid state control box re-wired New chains Original petrol tank, oil tank, tool box and carburettor All new cables and levers Running well All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions No V5 or V5C With BSA Club dating letter This lot must be collected by 12.30pm on Friday 8th June. If the buyer has not collected by this time it will automatically be removed and placed into storage, incurring a removal charge of £60 + VAT. Combinations will be charged at £100 + VAT. Storage will then be charged at £10 + VAT per day or part thereof. If collecting from storage, please provide 24 hours notice

1955 Lambretta 125 LD de TroyesNot registeredFrame number 125LD077457Engine number 078192Made in France under licence from LambrettaEngine fully rebuiltEngine running recentlyRare model made under licence in Troyes FranceSmall modifications from standard like positioning of fuel cap and different seatRunning well before storage No V5, with original French documentDating letter from the Lambretta ClubWith Nova documentAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions This lot must be collected by 12.30pm on Friday 8th June. If the buyer has not collected by this time it will automatically be removed and placed into storage, incurring a removal charge of £60 + VAT. Combinations will be charged at £100 + VAT. Storage will then be charged at £10 + VAT per day or part thereof. If collecting from storage, please provide 24 hours notice

1969 Royal Enfield Interceptor Series II Registration number DNP 122H Frame number 1158 Engine number 1158 Imported from USA and first registered in the UK in 1991 Purchased in 1992 Not used for some time Will need re-commissioning All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionsWith V5C, old MOT’s, tax discs, invoices for work done and parts suppliedWith Rider’s handbook, workshop manual, spare parts list and supplement listPurchase invoice and letter from previous ownerThis lot must be collected by 12.30pm on Friday 8th June. If the buyer has not collected by this time it will automatically be removed and placed into storage, incurring a removal charge of £60 + VAT. Combinations will be charged at £100 + VAT. Storage will then be charged at £10 + VAT per day or part thereof. If collecting from storage, please provide 24 hours notice

Hand painted figure of a young man and lady sitting together. A basket of roses is next to the lady with a lamb at her feet. Signed Made in France Hand Painted. Letter N with crown in blue mark to back edge of figure. Dimensions: 7.5"L x 5"W x 9.75"HCountry of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.

An interesting collection of letters dated 1814-32, addressed to members of the Campbell family - a Captain Campbell of Skipness House, Tarbert Argyllshire; and Mrs Robert Campbell of Stockbridge, Edinburgh - including one with a range of Indian stamps, sent from Bangalore, 1st June 1832, in which Walter Campbell shares news of his life, apparently with the military, remarking on his limited hopes of promotion, big game hunting - "I have had another letter from George, since I last wrote, containing a list of the game he has killed since I left and must give you a copy of it, that you may have some idea of Indian Sport. Here it is: 11 Tiger killed, 5 wounded and lost, 1 Panther, 15 Bears, 14 Wild Hog (speared), 1 Wolf (speared), 1 Bison, 3 Elk, 7 Deer, 21 Antelopes, 2 Gazelle, 2 Bustard and 300 head of small game - not so bad for one person, is it?" - on characters he has met - "Captain Bell, who is, I think a beast, a regular bilious, beer-drinking, growling "Old Indian", he has written to some of his friends here to say that he finds England the most villainous Country he ever was in" and on the romantic misfortune of someone named Jack, possibly a younger brother - "He is much too young to marry and besides, I do not like the young L____ - I always had an insconsionable aversion to Glasgow merchants", with a transcription by the vendor Condition Report:Available upon request

A pair of WW2 German Kriegsmarine 7x50 binoculars by "beh" (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar), serial no. 469980, the eyepieces fitted with rubber caps, housed in a black leather case stamped with Reichsadler over letter M to lid Condition Report:Available upon request

Sixteen month calendar depicting black and white photographs of the iconic American actress and beauty Marilyn Monroe. Includes millennium keepsake letter kit inside. Avalanche Publishing printed to front and back. Issued: 2000Dimensions: 12"L x 12"WManufacturer: Avalanche PublishingCountry of Origin: KoreaCondition: Age related wear.

Ephemera : [Drummond. William] 1845 "A Few Memoranda of the Life of the Late Patrick Drummond Esq: formerly a Solicitor of Croydon"... hand written memoir, photographic portrait inside front board, watered silk endpapers, fine binding of full morocco with gilt dentelles, titles and decorations, a loose mourning card in memory of Elizabeth Drummond, wife of Patrick, Patrick Drummond and two daughters Ann and Mary, and letter dated 1950 pertaining to the rescue of the book from sale.

Freemasonry interest, quantity of books on the history and conduct of freemasons, to include The Freemasons Review 1841, Carwithen, Rev W M "A Letter on the Anti-Christian Character of Freemasonry", Whitaker & Co 1849, front board detached, Hutchinson, W "The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures", Carlisle 1795, vignette on tp, however a plate and a large chunk of the book is actually missing, full leather rebacked, Sadler "Masonic Facts and Fictions", Churchwood, Dr Albert "Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man", vol 1 only of Gould "A History of Freemasonry", "Kenning's Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry", various small leather-bound miniature books in freemasonry instruction, four books containing photographs to illustrate an address by Brother Eustace B Beesley on the antiquities and articles of masonic interest belonging to the craft ledges and R A Chapters in the Province of East Lancashire (2 boxes) 

Roberts W. " The Book-Hunter in London" Elliot Stock 1895, ills, decorative endpapers, pictorial cloth with ills pastedown to front board, binding a bit loose, glassine cover, Uzanne, Octave "The Book-Hunter in Paris" Elliot Stock 1893, ills throughout, decorative endpapers, pictorial cloth and gilt titles, some foxing and binding slightly loose, Burton, John Hill "The Book-Hunter"  William Blackwood and Sons 1882,  second edition, frontis portrait, woodcut letter press headers, blue cloth with gilt decoration to the front board, glassine cover,  and Humphreys, A.L. "The Private Library..." Strangeways & sons, sold by Hatchards, foxed throughout, grey cloth with gilt rules and title, t.e.g. Allan, P.B.M. "The Book-Hunter At Home" Philip Allan & Co. 1922, frontis with tissue guard, quarter cloth over grey boards, deckle edges, and eight other related volumes 

A collection of objects of vertu and silver, Comprising: an early Edwardian silver rattle, Birmingham, 1901, Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd, with bells dependent and a mother of pearl hoop, 10.2cm long; a small silver pill box in the form of a book, London import marks, 1960, J R & Co., 3.3cm, 3.9cm wide; a small silver pill box designed with shilling coins to lid and base, Birmingham, date letter indistinct, S. J. Rose & Son, 2.4cm diameter; a modern Lalique model of seated cherub, signed Lalique France to base, 7cm high; a Halcyon Days enamel trinket box inscribed Love and congratulations, 5.2cm wide; a Staffordshire enamel trinket box inscribed Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be., 4.4cm wide; a pair of bronze mice, 6.1cm wide; a gilt-brass mounted lapis lazuli reliquary of St Christopher, 5.7cm high, 4.2cm wide; a small circular cloisonné enamel box and cover, 5cm diameter; and others (lot)  Condition Report: Gross weight of silver approx. 2.9ozt

An Irish silver Hanoverian Rat-tail pattern tablespoon, first half 18th century, by John Hamilton, Dublin, with a plain terminal,19.9cm long2.1oztCondition ReportRubbing to the marks, mainly the date letter.

A Wedgwood pottery alphabet jug, by Eric Ravilious, heighted in pink, printed and impressed marks10cm hightogether with a alphabet mug,each letter with corresponding illustration, printed marks 9cm highand a Wedgwood for Liberty's jug,designed by Richard Guyatt, 'Oranges and Lemons Say the Bells of St. Clements' transfer printed, printed marks 19cm highCondition ReportRavilious alphabet jug) with chip to the foot rim. White paint blob to the matches illustration. With some rubbing to the illustrations Ravilious mug) chip to foot rim. Small chips and nibbles to the rim. Oranges and Lemons jug) Minimal rubbed decoration. In need of cleaning

Lindy (1975) 1-20 complete run. With Lindy Summer Special 1975 (the only one issued). With horror and adventure stories: The House of Fear, Hard Days for Hilda, The Pointing Finger and Defiant Daisy. Also Lindy's Letter Box, Pop-ping questions, Quick Cook ("This week: Prawn Cocktail") and Penny Crayon by Peter Maddox. From The Woodard Archive of British Comics. No 1 (fn], balance issues [vg+/fn+] (21)

An antique Post Office 'Posting Box' letter flap, 17.5".

Bronze Viking type ringed pin, brass Kukri letter opener, silver thimble, etc.

Antique sewing kit with bone and steel crochet hooks, various cutthroat razors in cases, Napoleon letter opener, etc

Charles Darwin Autograph, black ink signed (unverified) as the conclusion of a letter, with later image, as a montage 31.5 x 22.5cm, A Sign of The Times, Rochdale certificate of authenticity verso

Edwardian Oak Stationary Box, with lift up lid and fall front, revealing sectioned letter compartments and twin glass inkwells, 25.5c, wide.

Hallmarked Silver Handled Magnifying Glass, 21.5cm long, oak based brass letter scales with weights.

Typewritten Letter On Personal Notepaper from Bing Crosby to an Admirer, bearing signature, signed Doris Day publicity card (unverified), other publicity cards, some with original Hollywood envelopes. Elizabeth 2nd metal money box as a crown. Decanter, mini miners lamp.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (2000) - David Frangioni Collection: Prototype 3D Lenticular One-Sheet, 2000Bidding for this lot will end on Thursday 30th May. The auction will begin at 2:00PM BST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. A prototype lenticular One-Sheet produced to promote John Woo's action sequel Mission: Impossible II. Eastman Kodak produced three different styles of prototype lenticular posters for Paramount's Motion Picture Group to promote the film, but they were ultimately not used. Only three of each style were made, making this an incredibly rare find. A striking close-up shot of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt dominates the design. This example came from the collection of a former employee of the Eastman Kodak Company, and a letter of authenticity from them is included. Provenance: David Frangioni is a published author, music businessman, producer, technologist, engineer, philanthropist, and drummer. He has worked with Aerosmith, Shakira, Ringo Starr, Ozzy Osbourne, Robbie Williams, and hundreds more. He is CEO of Modern Drummer Magazine and has several books published, including Clint Eastwood: Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection and Crash: The World's Greatest Drum Kits, both by Insight Editions. Frangioni is considered one of the world's most prominent and knowledgeable collectors of Clint Eastwood memorabilia and boasts an enviable archive of movie posters and memorabilia.25.75" x 40" (65 x 102 cm)Additional Information: This lot is accompanied by an Letter of Authenticity from Eastman KodakCondition: Very FineSome light handing wear with a few surface scratches.Artist: Eastman Kodak£200 - 400VAT Status: Ω

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) - Tom Chantrell Archive: UK Quad (Pre-Oscar Awards Style) - Rolled, 1977Bidding for this lot will end on Thursday 30th May. The auction will begin at 2:00PM BST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. From the personal archive of the artist Tom Chantrell comes this beautiful UK Quad "Non-Oscars" poster for "Star Wars" (1977). The "Non-Oscars" version of this poster was used in the early weeks of the UK release and was subsequently replaced with the "Oscars" version. The "Non-Oscars" version is by far the scarcer of the two Quads, with Chantrell's "Star Wars" poster imagery achieving iconic status. Although he previewed the film and was given set photographs stills, Chantrell took photos of his wife in the back garden posing as Princess Leia that he used for reference in the creation of his poster composition. Never displayed or used and offered unrestored, this example remains in rare unfolded condition with deep, rich colour tones and is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the Chantrell Collection signed by the Archive's curator Mike Bloomfield and Tom's Wife Shirley.40" x 30" (102 x 76 cm)Condition: Near MintArtist: Tom Chantrell£5000 - 10000VAT Status: M

INDIANA JONES - Harrison Ford Autographed Photo DisplayBidding for this lot will end on Thursday 30th May. The auction will begin at 2:00PM BST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. An Indiana Jones framed photo display, autographed by Harrison Ford, who played the titular character for all five films in the franchise. The image is of Ford in character as Jones, autographed by Ford in blue ink, and comes complete with a letter of authenticity from Richard Budman at North Collectors, which confirms that the photo was signed by Ford in January 2010, whilst in Toronto promoting a new film.(Framed) 29.25" x 22.5" x 1" (74 x 57 x 2.5 cm)Additional Information: Signed by Harrison Ford.Condition: Near MintArtist: Unknown Artist£600 - 1200VAT Status: M

Siege of Mayence, 5 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 33487, three printed signatures and series letter A, toned but but few folds, about very fine and scarce Pick S1478a £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 59958, three printed signatures and series letter B, a clean and fresh about extremely fine, scarce, particularly in this lovely grade Pick S1481a £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mafeking, 10 Shillings, March 1900, serial number 3359, ‘Commanding’ spelled correctly, along with a letter from the manager of the Standard Bank confirming the note is genuine, very fine Pick S654b, Ineson 143 £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 22744, three printed signatures and series letter A, right side of note water stained but this is barely visible, overall good extremely fine and an excellent example, scarce Pick S1480a £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 62873, three printed signatures and series letter B, toned, about very fine and scarce Pick S1481a £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 91102, three printed signatures and series letter A, margins cropped closer than usual, overall a nice very fine, scarce Pick S1480a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, error 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 87129, three printed signatures and series letter A, ‘echanger’ misspelled ‘echarger’, mounting traces and stamp on reverse, pencil annotations on obverse, overall fine and extremely rare Pick S1480x £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, a potentially forged or copied 10 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 44804, three printed signatures and series letter A, circular ‘stamp’ is printed, not stamped, foxing, mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine and scarce Pick S1479a for type £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 10 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 8797, three printed signatures and series letter A, about very fine, scarce Pick S1479a £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Langrish’s General Store, Lichtenburg, a group of ‘good fors’ for 1 Penny, 1 Shilling and 2 Shillings, all dated 1901, the latter two with serial numbers 30 and 14, signed W.H.L (Langrish), all subsequently cancelled with ink across face, also including the remains of an envelope bearing the mark of the general store, and a letter from the nephew of W.H.Langrish, certifying that these notes are genuine, and that they were the only money circulating in the town during the war, notes fine to very fine, incredibly rare and a truly remarkable set of survivors (3 notes, plus papers) Pick unlisted, Hern 219 £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 41187, three printed signatures and series letter A, very fine, a clean and fresh example Pick S1480a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 10 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 47440, three printed signatures and series letter A, original paper, good very fine, scarce Pick S1479a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 10 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 47829, three printed signatures and series letter A, original about very fine, scarce Pick S1479a £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 37170, three printed signatures and series letter A, about very fine, scarce Pick S1480a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lewis (C.S., writer, 1898-1963) Perelandra, Autograph Letter signed from the author to C.L.M Hartley, 2pp., thanking the recipient for his review and discussing the Old Solar language, corner- tipped onto pastedown, July 5th 1945, and with Typed Note signed to Hartley with additional three-line autograph inscription from Lewis tipped on front free endpaper, extensive notes on prelims and final few pages, as well as pencil annotations throughout text in Hartley's hand, various newspaper cuttings relating to contemporary astronomy tipped onto endpapers, title, and paper-clipped onto p.21, 1943; The Problem of Pain, newspaper and photograph portrait of Lewis on endpapers, extensive notes and pencil annotations in Hartley's hand, 1942, reprints, gift inscriptions on front free endpaper to Hartley in another hand, light toning on endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and discoloured, 8vo (2) *** An illuminating letter from Lewis addressed to C. L. M. Hartley, with references to Old Solar, his created language akin to Tolkien's Elvish, and to fellow Inkling Charles Williams. The novels were gifted to C. L. M. Hartley of 51 Bullingdon Road, Oxford, who in turn published a review of the work in The Australian Church Quarterly and seemingly sent this to Lewis for consideration. The letter from Lewis thanks Hartley for his favourable review, and goes on to acknowledge that Hartley is "the only or one of the two only writes who regard the dialogue on the mountain as the centre of the whole book". Moreover, Lewis makes a reference to Old Solar, a language he created for the inhabitants of the Field of Arbol to speak, as featured in The Space Trilogy (of which Perelandra is the second work in the series). Unlike Tolkien's invented Elvish languages for The Lord of the Rings, little is known about Old Solar's grammar. In a rare mention, the letter confirms the declensions, "Eldil is the singular; eldila the plural. The plural of oyarsa (which you wouldn't know) is oyéresa." He goes on to discuss the protagonist, "I don't think that Weston was a hypersomatic being..." and refers to Charles Williams, a fellow Inkling, mentioning his recent death and recommending his works Place of the Lion, Descent into Hell and All Hallows Eve. The books are marked up with annotations and notes which were presumably used for Hartley's reviews, and the additional contemporary newspaper clippings with headlines such as "Clusters of Star Galaxies Found by Astronomers" and "100 Space Travel Experts Confer" make this duo of works an all together unique insight into Lewis's science-fiction turn of writing.    

Execution broadside.- Strange and Singular Execution (The) of James Hughes, who was twice Hanged ... in the County of Down ... and who after the first time being Hanged, sat upright in his own Coffin and drank a glass of Water, printed broadside, woodcut illustration at head, soiled, small spot covering odd letter, creasing, laid down on paper, c.380 x 170 mm, Nottingham, Ordoyno, [c.1823]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded.  The strange tale of Patrick M'Cann, also known as James Hughes, who was convicted of murder in Lisburn in 1813, before absconding. He was found, almost by accident, in 1823 working under a different name as a butcher in Galway. He has the dubious honour of being hung twice due to the rope snapping on the first attempt. "... and a short time after the fatal drop fell; when from his great weight, the rope broke, and the miserable wretch fell upwards of twenty feet on the ground; he alighted to his feet, and from his hands being pinioned immediately fell backwards ...".

Wilde (Oscar).- Contract letter signed by Wilde, selling the rights of publication of The Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest to Leonard Smithers for £30, folds, tape-repairs, hole-punched at head, surface soiling, 27th April, 1899; and 4 others, a typed copy of the same and autograph documents covering sale and transfer of stock and rights from Smithers to Bickers & Son and John Lane, v.s. (5)*** Oscar Wilde selling the publishing rights to his most celebrated play before Smithers, facing bankruptcy, sells them one year later.The publisher Leonard Smithers and Oscar Wilde became friends and business associates sometime in the summer of 1897 when Wilde was living near Dieppe following his release from prison. The two men took to each other instantly and in August, Wilde approached Smithers to publish the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The resulting publication was a modest success, running through several editions within a year. The success prompted Smithers to propose publishing Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, both of which had been staged to great success until the run was curtailed by Wilde's trial and the proposed publication of which by Mathews and Lane (see lot XXX) had been abandoned. The negotiations regarding publication were protracted, hampered in large part by the poor financial situation in which both men found themselves. Ultimately they would settled on splitting the profits from the venture, though Smithers would also send Wilde some £30 to assist in his finances. The close association of the plays with the disgraced Wilde however would prove fatal to their prospects with much of the press refusing to review or even acknowledge the publication, with resultant sales proving poor. In February 1899 Smithers wrote to Wilde offering to buy him out for £30, observing "judging by the sales up to now. I should say you would make £30.0.0 more by taking this offer than by taking half the profits." Wilde agreed to Smithers' proposal and signed the present item on 27th April, 1899.Whether Smithers bought out Wilde as a means of assisting his friend or whether he thought he would be able to ultimately profit from the venture is unclear, but in early 1900 the publisher was in dire straits, a situation attested to by the remaining documents in the lot. Smithers appears to have made a deal with Moore & Son of Vigo Street to sell the remaining stock of the plays (roughly 400 copies of Earnest and 600 copies of Husband), at which point it seems they also took on the publication rights. Both the stock and rights then appear to have transferred to Bickers & Son before the rights finally came to John Lane in April 1901.Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Chesterton (G.K.) Autograph Letter signed to John Lane, 1p., regarding the publication rights of "Napoleon of Notting Hill" and "Heretics", Arisaig Hotel, Arisaig, 19th July, 1903 folds, hole-punch to head, chip to corner; and 3 other ALs by Frances Chesterton totaling 6pp. regarding payment for publication of "Orthodoxy" and her and her husband's shock at the sudden death of her brother by drowning 10 days previously, 8vo (4)*** Chesterton discussing payment for the rights to what would become his most celebrated novel.Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to give aide to the defence of the people afflicted and oppressed in the lowe countries, second edition in English, initial f. blank except for signature-mark, title with first letter within woodcut cartouche and woodcut ornament recto and with large woodcut royal arms verso, large woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, date inked in at end of imprint in a later hand, initial blank with neatly repaired tear, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, red crushed morocco, by Riviere & Son, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, [STC 9189.5], small 4to, Christopher Barker, [1585]. *** The Robert S. Pirie copy of the second edition of this official declaration of support for the Dutch protestants rebelling against Spanish rule. It marked the beginning of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). It was published in the same year as the first edition, along with Latin, French, Dutch, Italian, and German versions. Provenance: Roberts S. Pirie (engraved bookplate to front pastedown); contemporary ink inscription to verso of final blank. 

[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph Letter in the author's hand tipped in at front, small excisions with paper repairs below imprint dates to both titles, occasional light marking or soiling, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, tape-stains towards foot of spines, [Wolff 2419], 8vo Chapman and Hall, 1848.*** Gaskell's first novel, scarce.The letter is addressed to Caroline Davenport: "One of the public admitted to view the gardens at Capesthorne on Shrove Tuesday, 1846, begs to be allowed to present this work... as a token of gratitude for pleasure received..." Caroline Davenport would become Lady Hatherton in 1852 on marrying Edwards Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton. Gaskell and Davenport would become friends and correspondents with a shared interest in social reform. 

Broadside.- Australia.- Unhappy Transport's (The) Sorrowful Account of his Fourteen Years Transportation, at Botany Bay, New South Wales, who was transported in February, 1806, and returned to Town June 1, 1821, printed broadside, woodcut portrait, poor quality printing with odd letter obscured, faint foldlines, creasing and chipping to edges, a little soiled, laid down on paper, c.370 x 250 mm., Nottingham, Ordoyno, [c.1821]. *** Rare. Only one recorded, on World Cat at the National Library of Australia, though published in Manchester rather than Nottingham.  The rather fanciful tale of James Revel's life and transportation recorded in doggrell verse. "Five of our number in the passage died, Who buried were within the ocean wid', And after sailing seven months or more, We at Port Jackson were put on shore.   Then to refresh us we were all made clean, That to our buyers we might better seem, Against the Planters did come us to view, How well the lik'd the fresh transported crew."

Wilde (Oscar).- Douglas (Lord Alfred) Autograph Letter signed to Robert Sherard, 2pp., declining to view the proofs for Sherard's upcoming biography, stating that he is satisfied in regards to Sherard's understanding of his behaviour in relation to and support of Wilde "though at one time you were misled, as many others were, by the likes of Ross, Harris & others, & even (I must add) by the misstatements Oscar himself. But now you have seen his own personal letters & you know that I gave him quite a lot of money when I left him at Naples & later" and stating that Sherard has generally treated him well "& probably given me credit for being better than I was!", 1 St. Ann's Court, Hove, 29th September, 1936, folds, hole-punches (affecting 1 word), stitch-marks and paper residue to left-hand margin; and a cheque for 10 guineas made out to Douglas by Sherard, signed by Douglas on verso, v.s. (2)*** Bosie complaining to Wilde's principal early biographer about mis-characterisations of his behaviours by Robert Ross, Frank Harris and Wilde himself. The letter and cheque both likely related to Douglas' contributions to Sherard's forthcoming Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris and Oscar Wilde (T. Wener Laurie, 1937).  Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Wilde (Oscar).- Shannon (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to John Lane, 2pp., commencing "Oscar called tonight" and regarding the binding format and pricing for Lady Windermere's Fan and The Portrait of Mr. W.H. as agreed and discussed with Oscar Wilde, The Vale, Chelsea, [1893], folds, hole-punched at head, staple holes to foot; and 2 others comprising an autograph draft listing of Wilde's books on the reverse of a Mathews and Lane order form in an unknown hand and a 2pp. rough draft of a contract with Wilde for Lady Windermere's Fan, The Duchess of Padua, A Woman of No Importance and Mr W.H., possibly in Elkin Mathews' hand, 8vo & 4to (3)*** A superb letter from Shannon that demonstrates the detailed and exacting interest Wilde took in the publication of his works along with the significant influence of Shannon and Ricketts on format and pricing.Shannon in the letter states that Wilde has been persuaded to alter the pricing of W.H., but that with regards to the plays "Oscar is averse to the idea of their all being bound in the same cover", a stance that Wilde would later abandon. Shannon also discusses taking the material for Lady Windermere to Ballantyne, his preferred printer. The accompanying items show the beginnings of what would become the formalised agreement between the publishers, the involvement of Shannon and Ricketts in the publications is repeatedly specified in both drafts.Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Wilde (Oscar).- Ross (Robert) re Oscar Wilde deceased, printed bifolium, folds with some splitting and tape repairs, some fraying to extremities, light surface soiling, 1908; and 3 others, including a typed letter signed by Ross to John Lane discussing publication of the 1912 Lane edition of Salomé and a typed indenture with calligraphic heading between Ross and Lane regarding further rights for another edition of Salomé based on Richard Strauss' operatic adaptation, v.s. (4)*** Robert Ross fighting against the black market copies of Wilde's works and securing lucrative deals for the estate with the very publishers who dropped the author at the height of his trial. We can trace no other example of the first item at auction and only institutional copies at the British Library and the Bodleian.Robert Ross was among Wilde's longest-standing and most faithful friends, likely also his lover from as early as 1886 and was present at his death in 1900. Wilde appointed Ross his literary executor, a role he took to with remarkable energy and passion, almost single-handedly rehabilitating Wilde's reputation and preserving his literary legacy. The first item comprises a circular sent by Ross to members of the book trade, providing a list of authentic editions of Wilde's works (this based on the work of Stuart Mason) and threatening with legal action any sellers found to be offering pirated works. In the letter Ross discusses royalties for the forthcoming edition as well as the use and original of the Ricketts-designed circular symbol used on numerous posthumous editions of Wilde's works: "I took the idea from the old eighteenth century editions of Swinburne and Tennyson in regard to the colour and size, and got Ricketts to adapt a little designed of Blake's for the medallion". Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Eliot (T.S., poet, 1888-1965), W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney, & others. A Personal Anthology for Eric Walter White, 2 vol., 58 autograph poems by many of the leading poets of the time, choosing their favourite poem from their own works, ten with accompanying Typed or Autograph Letters signed from the poets, many signed or with signed presentation inscriptions to Eric or Eric and his wife Dodo, with 2 typed poems loosely inserted into vol.2, c.80pp. excluding blanks, on recto and verso, thick cream wove paper, autograph title, list of contents (loosely inserted), and occasional pencil note by White, vol.1 half maroon morocco over cloth, vol.2 full cloth, one or two marks, overall bright and attractive, 4to, 1962-75.*** An outstanding and unique piece of literary compilation, amassing a collection of the poets’ favourite works from their own oeuvre, sometimes with further gleams from accompanying letters.This extraordinary album amicorum poeticorum, so titled ‘The Personal Anthology of Eric Walter White’ was created over a period of thirteen years for Eric Walter White, CBE (1905- 1985), who was the first Literature Director of the Arts Council, music critic and writer, and poet. The work contains 60 poems by many of the leading poets of the time, some with accompanying letters. From his remarkable literary connections, it appears that White sent the contributors the book and invited them to write by hand their favourite poem from their own body of work. Many choose some of their more obscure poems, and some were even composed impromptu for White. Others, such as Ted Hughes, chose 'Full Moon and Little Frieda', a well known poem about his daughter, while Heaney intriguingly chose 'Personal Helicon', an autobiographical poem from his first collection Death of a Naturalist. The first volume contains the majority, including 58 autograph poems by T.S. Eliot (‘Usk’), W.H. Auden (the amusing 64-line ‘The Circuit’, on a whistle-stop reading tour of American universities, here written out before publication in the New Yorker, two months later), Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis (an apparently unpublished poem, not in Complete Poems (1992), Philip Larkin (‘Modestie’, with an arch signed letter) , Charles Causley (‘At the British War Cemetery, Bayeux’), Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Robert Lowell (the masterful ‘Inauguration Day: January 1953’), Richard Wilbur, Kathleen Raine, R.S. Thomas, Dannie Abse, John Lehmann, Edmund Blunden, John Betjeman, etc.Other poets who inscribed a work in the principal album include John Hollander, Richard Murphy, Michael Schmidt (‘Underwater’ ), Roy Fuller (‘Sister Anne’), Alan Brownjohn, two by James Kirkup, William Plomer (‘Before the Crash’), Vernon Watkins (‘Old Triton Time’), George MacBeth (‘Owl’, with a drawing of an owl), Dom Moraes, Tom Driberg, John Lehmann, Hugo Williams, Edward Lucie-Smith and Wole Soyinka. Poetical albums of this nature and quality are rarely available in commerce.

Egyptian Papyrus.- Oxyrhynchus (modern El-Bahnesa).- Letter of Commendation to Hermione, in Greek, manuscript on papyrus, single papyrus sheet, 176 x 92mm., with remains of a single column of 26 lines in literary script, loss of first few lines at top but three other margins visible, addressed horizontally on verso in larger script to Hermione, holes with loss of letters and three small pieces of tape, else generally good condition, mounted in glass and housed within modern cloth drop-back box with mounted label to upper cover, Egypt, [third century AD]. *** Oxyrhynchus (modern El-Bahnesa) was the capital of the 19th Nome and the third-largest city of Hellenistic Upper Egypt. This letter deferentially commends a person (presumably its bearer), into the care of a certain Hermione, evidently an influential inhabitant of the city. Excavated by Grenfell and Hunt, the letter was published by them in 'Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIV' (1920, p.184), as 'P.Oxy.XIV 1767' and recently republished online at Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri.Provenance: from the library of Ampleforth Abbey. Presented in the 1920s by the Egyptian Exploration Society, it was then sold as lot 12 in the sale, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures at Sotheby's, 7th December 2010. 

Jewish settlement in England.- Menasseh ben Israel. Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a Letter In Answer to certain Questions...touching the reproaches cast on the Nation of the Jewes, first edition, woodcut device on title and woodcut headpiece, some light foxing and soiling, modern mottled calf, gilt, 4to, [Wing M381], Printed by R[oger] D[aniel], 1656.*** Very good copy of this important work which initiated the unofficial English acceptance of Jewish settlement and led to the granting of an official charter of protection to the Jews of England in 1664 and to the formal recognition of Jewish settlement in England. Cromwell, in fact, had already been moved to sympathy with the Jewish cause, arguably for commercial reasons, and despite Prynne’s able but unfair attack on the Jews (in the ‘Short Demurrer’, a mingling of learning and gross stereotypes), the Whitehall Conference declared that ‘there was no law that forbade the Jews return to England’.Menasseh, born in Lisbon about 1604, grew up in Amsterdam. His family suffered under the Inquisition but found asylum there and Menasseh rose to eminence not only as a rabbi and an author, but also a printer. He  established the first Hebrew press in Holland and numbered Grotius and Rembrandt amongst his friends (the latter painted his portrait).

Execution broadside.- woman murderer.-  Last dying Speech and Confession (The) of Eliza Smith ... for the wilful Murder of her Father, printed broadside, woodcut illustration at head, crudely printed with odd letter or word obscured, faint foldlines, small loss to top edge, slight creasing and soiling, laid down on paper, Nottingham, Barber, [c.1830]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. A rare recorded occasion where a woman committed murder. Eliza Smith committed patricide by cutting off her father's head in retaliation for his not approving of the man she wished to marry.  

California gold mining.- Palmer (N.S.) Autograph Letter signed to his brother, 8pp., including a full-page sketch map of mining claims, 8vo, San Francisco, 9 August, 1863, discusses claims in goldfields, his investment in the New Era Mining Co., and the market in general, folds, water-stained, lightly browned.  *** A fascinating insight into the life and business concerns of a gold miner of the period. 

Pentland Rising.- A Proclamation, against those rebels that have not accepted the Act of Indempnity. Edinburgh, the ninth day of May, one thousand six hundred and sixty eight, broadside, 2ff., black letter, woodcut royal arms at head and a decorative initial, worming, a few small holes or splits, with minor loss to text (mostly on second f.), some creasing, folds, [Wing S1619A], folio, Edinburgh, Printed by Evan Tyler, 1668.  *** Rare at auction. The act was passed in 1667 in the wake of the Covenantor rebellion, known as the Pentland Rising. It was sparked by the mistreatment of an old man by soldiers in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. The locals took those soldiers and reinforcements prisoner. A Covenantor army then marched towards Edinburgh under Colonel James Wallace. They were defeated by a government force led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns. Between 40 and 50 Covenanters were killed and up to 85 prisoners taken, many of whom were allegedly tortured. 36 were executed and others were transported to Barbados. Unrest continued over the next two decades, culminating in the period of repression from 1679 to 1688 known as 'The Killing Time'. 

Broadside.- Australia.- Extract of a Letter, and a copy of Verses written by Valentine Marshall, now in Van Dieman's Land, to his Friends in Nottingham, printed broadside, woodcut portrait at head, crudely printed with some text obscured, lightly soiled, laid down on paper, ex-Nottingham libraries with neat ink-stamp to verso, broadside c.380 x 170 mm., Nottingham, J. Plant, [1834]. *** Rare. One similar, but with a different illustration, listed at the National Library of Australia. Valentine Marshall took part in the Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831, and was tried for the "rioting and burning of Colwick Hall", where he was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, which was later commuted to transportation for life. 

Simonetta (Giovanni) Commentarii rerum gestarum Francisci Sfortiae, first edition, [edited by Franciscus Puteolanus], collation: a-z8 A-E8 F-G6 H-K8 L6 M-N8 O10, 291 leaves (of 292, with blank leaf O9 but lacking final blank O10), 42 lines, Roman type, first leaf with six-line initial in blue on a richly ornamented red ground, numerous six-line Lombard initials, alternately in blue and red, with the inked guide letter still visible in a few cases, two-line initial in blue on O8v, occasional marginal annotation in two (possibly three) early hands (a few times trimmed), first leaf with subtle short repaired tear to lower margin, c8 with short tear to fore-margin repaired, very light foxing at beginning and end, else generally clean, final few leaves with small stab-holes to inner margin repaired, early 20th century black morocco over wooden boards, spine titled in gilt, rubbed, mainly to joints and corners, g.e., folio (314 x 204mm.), Milan, Antonio Zarotto, 23 January [between July 1481 and February 1482]. *** A very good, wide-margined copy of the first edition of this highly detailed account of the accomplishments of condottiero Francesco Sforza (1401-1466), the first duke of Milan from the Sforza dynasty. Simonetta, whose brother Cecco was secretary and advisor to Francesco and his son Galeazzo, was a member of the Sforza inner circle. The publication was troubled following the Simonettas’ fall from grace upon the accession of Francesco's son, Lodovico, to the Dukedom, and in 1480 he had Cecco beheaded on charges of treason. His regard for his father's biographer motivated him to spare Giovanni. Literature:  BMC VI 718; GW M42283; Goff S532; Bod-inc S-214; ISTC is00532000.

Bible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and T. Huet, printed in black letter with some side-notes in italic roman type, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 2 leaf dedication to Queen Elizabeth I, lacks Sig.* (first 8 leaves consisting of title, almanack and kalendar), also A1, 2F2, 2T1, 3E1&2, and all after 3E4 (i.e. final f. of table with colophon and final blank), Sig.2G lacking but supplied in early photographic facsimile, without Sig.(:') (4 leaf errata and addenda sometimes found at end), Sig.2B misbound before Sig.X, contemporary ink inscriptions in Welsh to c3 & c4v, small worming to fore-margin of first c.20 leaves and to lower margin throughout (generally single wormhole or small trace), very occasionally within text and repaired at points, T3 with horizonal tear repaired, affecting catchword but no loss, latter half with some repairs to gutter foot, occasionally affecting text or causing loss to few letters, light browning, some damp-staining, 20th century red morocco, sympathetic repairs to joints and corners, g.e., [Darlow & Moule 9580; STC 2960], small 4to, [H. Denham, at the costes of H. Toy], [1567]. *** The first edition of the New Testament to be printed in the Welsh language. Only around 50 extant copies have been recorded. Following the petition of the bishops of the Welsh Dioceses in 1562, Queen Elizabeth I granted William Salesbury and his colleagues a seven-year patent for the sole right to print the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer in Welsh. While Salesbury's Welsh Lectionary (1551) had included the Gospels, the present edition is the first to contain entire New Testament in Welsh. A complete Welsh Bible including the Old Testament was not published until 1588, by William Morgan and Christopher Barker. Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s, New York, 5 December 2016, The Bible Collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie, lot 135. 

Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from Latin into Scots English by John Bellenden, first edition in Scots, collation: A-F6 A-Z6/4 Aa-Hh4/6 Ii10 Kk-Zz4/6 [pi]6 [pi2]8 complete, mostly black letter and double column, title in red and black with full-page woodcut of royal arms of Scotland, full-page woodcut of the crucifixion on verso of final f., woodcut initials and 2 smaller illustrations to text, title slightly extended at fore-margin, title and A2-3 repaired at centre affecting woodcut and a few words of text, B3 corner restored, gathering y browned and brittle with a few tears into text, with 2 small pieces detached and slight loss to text, final f. verso with margins reinforced, repaired tear to Vv3, occasional damp-staining, occasional marginal marking or staining, a few annotations in a later hand, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, 19th century olive morocco, gilt, light rubbing to edges, g.e., folio (279 x 190mm.), [Edinburgh], [Thomas Davidson], 1540.*** First edition in Scots of this history of Scotland that did much to shape how the Scottish regarded themselves. Boece's work is also the earliest surviving printed example of Scottish prose and one of the earliest works printed in Scotland, preceded only by a few works printed by Chepman and Millar at the beginning of the century, and by John Scot, only one of whose books survives. Much of Boece's history was distorted to flatter, Macbeth in particular was much maligned in order to please Boece's partron, James IV of Scotland. Provenance: Elisabethe Hide; Richard Hide (18th century inscriptions).