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[ The English garden; gardening; ecology ]

[ The English garden. ] Manuscript plan of unnamed garden, with bloom calendar table showing the blooming patterns of more than a hundred flowers.

The table or bloom calendar is in a makeshift table, ruled out in pencil over 2pp., folio. It is in poor condition, heavily-aged, divided into two sections along central horizontal fold line, and with slight loss to text from chipping. Headed '1928', the table has columns for each month from...

Natural History £120.00
[ Chief Signals Officer, 9 Corps, British Army, Tunisia Campaign, North Africa, Second World War ]

[ Chief Signals Officer, 9 Corps, British Army, North African, Second World War. ] Duplicated typescript: 'C.S.O. 9 Corps | Signal Report on the Tunisian Campaign, 1943.' With coloured maps and diagrams.

29pp., 8vo. On white and pink paper. Followed by three fold-out plates and two diagrams, all in colour ('Battle of Fondouk', 'Battles of Goubellat Plain & Tunis', 'Later Phase of Battle of Tunis', 'Wireless Communications | H.Q. 9 Corps - Apr/May 1943 | Standard Layout', 'Wireless...

£600.00
Charles Croke (d.1657), clergyman and third Gresham Professor of Rhetoric, schoolmaster and cleric, son of Sir John Croke (1553-1620), Speaker of the House of Commons [ Court of Chancery, London ]

[ Charles Croke, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. ] Autograph Signature ('Ch: Croke:') and seal to receipt of one thousand pounds from his brother, against Cannon Court Farm, Chilton, Bucks. Witnessed by John Weekes and signed by Nathaniel Hoban.

1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on an aged and worn bifolium. The document, in a Chancery hand, has been written out by the witness John Weekes. It reads: 'Received the Tenth day of January Anno dni 1643. of my brother John Croke the Sume of one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England wch. sume...

Miscellaneous £120.00
Henry Chappell, the "Bath Railway Poet".

[ Henry Chappell ] Autograph Note Signed "H Chappell" WITH Typed Poem Signed, entitled "Prisoners of War".

One page each, note and poem, creased, chipped, small closed tears, texts clear and complete. Letter: "Many thanks for your favour of the 12th inst. I have pleasure in enclosing the lines I undertook to send you & hope you will like them. If you will kindly let me know approximate date of...

£120.00
Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840), British maritime hero of whom Napoleon exclaimed 'That man made me miss my destiny'

[Admiral Willian Sidney Smith; Paris Imprisonment] COPY Letter to Lady Camelford (his aunt) in detail about his imprisonment in Paris. Smith's name mispelt (Sydney)

One page, folio, good condition, laid down on part of an album page (verso has a newspaper clipping about Wilson, the Pedestrian c.1815 - possibly some indication of when the Copy Letter was made). Text: My dear Aunt, | The recollection of my Situation must occasionally present itself to my...

Military and Naval History £500.00 Smith
Benno Moiseiwitsch CBE (1890 – 1963), Ukrainian-born British pianist.

[ Moiseiwitsch ] Bold Signature with date on page extracted from an album.

Album page, c. 18 x 11cm, white, one edge rough (from extraction), good condition, signature and date slanting, small photograph of Moiseivitch cut from newspaper.

£25.00
Evelyn Waugh, novelist

[Dalrymple Press limited edition reprint; Proofs] PRB. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54

44[3]pp., 4to (25.3cm), in three 8-leaf gatherings, not bound, browning of the edges of several pages, commencing with half-title and concluding with printing information and number of copies (this not numbered!) ([3v] and a blank ([3r]). Preface by Christopher Sykes and Postscript by...

Literature £580.00
John Simon, sanitary reformer and pathologist

[John Simon, sanitary reformer and pathologist; Sewers] Autograph Letter Signed John Simon to unknown correspondent but see note below.

One page, 12mo, formerly leaf in a bifolium but the second leaf has been roughly torn away (with small loss to first leaf not affecting main text), two closed tears not affecting text, clear but aged On the remnants of the second leaf someone has noted in pencil Medical Officer of board of...

£80.00
Roger Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet, later Lord Keyes, senior Royal Navy officer

[Admiral of the Fleet Lord KeyesAutograph Signature with date, Roger Keyes A.F. | 28th Aptil 1940.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. One page extracted from an autograph album, hence one rough edge, 14 x 11cms, good condition. The Keyes is on the verso. On the recto is the signature of bandleader Charles Shadwell, his signature preceded by Sincerely Yours Images on request.

£30.00
Sigismond Thalberg (1812 ? 21871) Austrian composer and virtuoso pianists.

[Sigismond Thalberg, Austrian composer and virtuoso pianists.] Autograph Signature S. Thalberg.

Bold Signature on paper, 11.5 x 6cm, laid down on slightly larger pink paper, some glue staining marginally affecting the S.. See Image.

£35.00