Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 29th November 2018 | 1:00 pm | Lots:
![William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I to his clerk Helyas de Munros (i.e., Elias of Montrose) of right](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/026a2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/e79356b9-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I to his clerk Helyas de Munros (i.e., Elias of Montrose) of right")
LOT 1
William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
LOT 2
Mercenaries.- Francis I Agreement signed by Philip Tretefleur, Captain-General of 1500...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Cookery.- [Bragge family, of Sadborow Hall, Dorset)] [Collection of cookery recipes], 1688.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/2b6c2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/6056a7f7-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Cookery.- [Bragge family, of Sadborow Hall, Dorset)] [Collection of cookery recipes], 1688.")
LOT 3
Cookery.- [Bragge family, of Sadborow Hall, Dorset)] [Collection of cookery recipes],...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £750
![Cookery.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) Collection of recipes, manuscript, [c. 1690-1720].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/0c6c2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/4e56a7f7-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Cookery.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) Collection of recipes, manuscript, [c. 1690-1720].")
LOT 4
Cookery.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) Collection of recipes,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
![Medical & cookery recipes, manuscript, other manuscript recipes in several hands loosely inserted, original vellum, [18th century].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/f3692aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/cba603b3-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Medical & cookery recipes, manuscript, other manuscript recipes in several hands loosely inserted, original vellum, [18th century].")
LOT 5
Medical & cookery recipes, manuscript, other manuscript recipes in several hands loosely...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £3,500
LOT 6
Cookery.- , An Entire New Treatise Upon the Art of Cookery containing many new and valuable...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £420
![Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke of).- [Parker (Robert, army officer, of Cork, Ireland, b. 1665x8, d. in or after 1718)] [Memoirs of the most remarkable m](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/33692aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/3b3b05a0-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke of).- [Parker (Robert, army officer, of Cork, Ireland, b. 1665x8, d. in or after 1718)] [Memoirs of the most remarkable m")
LOT 7
Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke of).- [Parker (Robert, army officer, of Cork, Ireland, b....
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![18th century commonplace book.- Wills (Sarah, ?merchant's daughter) Commonplace book of exercises of invoices and poetry, manuscript, ?Ratcliff [?London],](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/a86d2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/931a5556-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "18th century commonplace book.- Wills (Sarah, ?merchant's daughter) Commonplace book of exercises of invoices and poetry, manuscript, ?Ratcliff [?London],")
LOT 8
18th century commonplace book.- Wills (Sarah, ?merchant's daughter) Commonplace book of...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £600
![Boswell (Alexander) Copy of a Charter by Wm the Lion in which Paganus de Bosevilla is ment[ioned], Ds "Ruddeman" "Attested by Thomas Ruddeman&qu](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/d7682aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/158d5e93-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Boswell (Alexander) Copy of a Charter by Wm the Lion in which Paganus de Bosevilla is ment[ioned], Ds \"Ruddeman\" \"Attested by Thomas Ruddeman&qu")
LOT 9
Boswell (Alexander) Copy of a Charter by Wm the Lion in which Paganus de Bosevilla is...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £800
LOT 10
Billheads.- Collection, c. 75 billheads, many relating to Bristol merchants, most 19th century,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer Price: £380
LOT 11
Boswell (Claud) 11 Autograph Letters signed to Alexander Boswell and others, 1789-1813; and 5 other...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £1,100
LOT 12
Certificate protecting against impressment in the Royal Navy.- Brunton (Nathan) Certificate,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £200
LOT 13
Bath.- Rebuilding the Temple of Minerva.- Whitaker (John) Autograph Letter signed to the Rev....
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 14
19th century children's short story.- [Shippen (Peter) The Travels and Adventures of Four Young...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £650
LOT 15
Bristol.- Ely (Joseph) Poetical Thoughts..., calligraphic manuscript, 1814.
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £750
![Frankenstein.- Wrench (Benjamin, actor, (1776x81-1843) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Mrs. Mathews, 17pp., 8vo, n.p., n.d., [c. 1819], recounting his reaction t](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/b8682aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/fa8c5e93-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Frankenstein.- Wrench (Benjamin, actor, (1776x81-1843) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Mrs. Mathews, 17pp., 8vo, n.p., n.d., [c. 1819], recounting his reaction t")
LOT 16
Frankenstein.- Wrench (Benjamin, actor, (1776x81-1843) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Mrs....
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £900
LOT 17
New York.- Nichols (F.) Autograph Letter signed to William Fothergill, Wensleydale, Yorkshire,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £350
LOT 18
Dickens (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to the Rev. William Valentine, 1848, enclosing a brief...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £2,000
LOT 19
Dickens (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to Charles Edmonds, of Willis & Co., 1856, "... I know...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £700
LOT 20
Dickens (Charles) 2 Autograph Letters signed to ?Charles Edmonds, 1862, "Can you recommend me...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
LOT 21
Dickens (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to George Holsworth, 1865, researching the history of...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 22
Dickens (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to Charles Edmonds, 1866, "The engagements of the time...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £650
LOT 23
Whittier (John Greenleaf).- John Greenleaf Whittier Quaker-poet of Massachusetts, manuscript,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer Price: £420
LOT 24
Miscellaneous letters.- Collection of writers and politicians, including: H.G. Wells, Anthony...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £800
LOT 25
Collins (Wilkie) Autograph Letter signed to M.D. Macleod, 1882, relating to his novel Poor Miss...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £3,700
LOT 26
Geology.- Hooker (Joseph Dalton) 2 Autograph Letters signed, 1884; and c. 30 other letters from...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £750
LOT 27
Wallace (Alfred Russel) 27 Autograph Letters signed, and 1 Postcard signed to Clement Reid...
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
LOT 28
Shaw (George Bernard) Collection of Autograph Postcards signed, and other pieces mostly...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,900
LOT 29
Calligraphic manuscript.- Hewitt (Graily).- Belloc (Hillaire) The Roman Road, calligraphic...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £400
LOT 30
Hitler (Adolf, 1889-1945) Certificate of the German Mothers Cross of Honour Second Class to...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Incunable leaves.- Columnis (Guido de) Historia destructionis Troiae [German], Augsburg, [Johann Bämler], 1474 § Bible,German. Biblia, single f., ini](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/cb6c2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/df786342-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Incunable leaves.- Columnis (Guido de) Historia destructionis Troiae [German], Augsburg, [Johann Bämler], 1474 § Bible,German. Biblia, single f., ini")
LOT 31
Incunable leaves.- Columnis (Guido de) Historia destructionis Troiae [German], Augsburg, [Johann...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £480
![Printed on vellum.- Horae, [Paris], [Simon Vostre], 1486; and 6 other ff. printed on vellum, including 3 folio ff. from a 1555 Augsburg Missal (7)](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/b86c2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/d6786342-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Printed on vellum.- Horae, [Paris], [Simon Vostre], 1486; and 6 other ff. printed on vellum, including 3 folio ff. from a 1555 Augsburg Missal (7)")
LOT 32
Printed on vellum.- Horae, [Paris], [Simon Vostre], 1486; and 6 other ff. printed on vellum,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £220
LOT 33
16th century Continental leaves and fragements.- , various places, v.d. (Sm.Qty.)
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £480
![Early printed leaves.- Richard Pynson.- Bonaventura (Saint) Incipit speculum vite Cristi, 2 ff., [Richard Pynson], 1494; and a small quantity of English ff., m](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/ae6c2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/f315fb3b-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "Early printed leaves.- Richard Pynson.- Bonaventura (Saint) Incipit speculum vite Cristi, 2 ff., [Richard Pynson], 1494; and a small quantity of English ff., m")
LOT 34
Early printed leaves.- Richard Pynson.- Bonaventura (Saint) Incipit speculum vite Cristi, 2 ff.,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £1,900
LOT 35
Wynkyn de Worde.- Higden (Ranulphus) Polychronicon, Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1495; and 17 other...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £1,400
LOT 36
Wynkyn de Worde.- Dives and Pauper, Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1496.
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £1,800
LOT 37
Brant (Sebastian) Stultifera Navis... The Ship of Fooles, wherein is shewed the folly of all...
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
![[Ford (John)] The Fancies Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Maiesties Servants, At the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, first edition, by E.P. for Henry Seile...](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/196b2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/b83e16d2-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "[Ford (John)] The Fancies Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Maiesties Servants, At the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, first edition, by E.P. for Henry Seile...")
LOT 38
[Ford (John)] The Fancies Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Maiesties Servants, At the...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
LOT 39
Chess.- Saul (Arthur) The Famous Game of Chesse-Play. Being a Princely exercise..., sixth...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £7,000
LOT 40
Cookery.- Rose (Giles) A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth..., first...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £4,500
LOT 41
Economics.- Peacham (Henry) The Worth of a Penny: or, a Caution to keep Money..., for Samuel...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £450
LOT 42
Evelyn (Mary) Mundus Muliebris: or, the Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, first edition, second...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
LOT 43
Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke of).- Lunenburgher General (A) his Circumstantiated and...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £600
![London Bridge Tradesman.- Edward Jones at the Three Brushes on London-Bridge, near St. Magnes Church, maketh all sorts of Brushes, and Mops..., [c. 1709]; and](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/c76d2aed-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/236d4d5c-c791-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "London Bridge Tradesman.- Edward Jones at the Three Brushes on London-Bridge, near St. Magnes Church, maketh all sorts of Brushes, and Mops..., [c. 1709]; and")
LOT 44
London Bridge Tradesman.- Edward Jones at the Three Brushes on London-Bridge, near St. Magnes...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £240
LOT 45
Prior (Matthew) Poems on Several Occasions, with 4 additional short pieces bound in at end,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £200
LOT 46
Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, vol.1 only (of 3),...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £5,400
LOT 47
Games.- Johnson (Samuel).- Payne (William) An Introduction to the Game of Draughts, first...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £400
LOT 48
Ireland.- Essay (An) towards a new History of the Gun-Powder Treason..., first edition,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £550
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