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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSelection of Military Regimental Silver Teaspoons.Comprising: RAOC (Rifle Shank). ... King’s Regiment. ... 3VB Northumberland Fusiliers. ... The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. ... City of London Platoon N. 16. ... Royal Army Pay Corps. ... All with English Silver Hallmarks. ... Also a KSLI white metal example. ... and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Teaspoon stamped “Sterling”. (8 items)
NO RESERVE T. Melnik (active 1940s) and others, Entering Berlin, April 26, 1945; and other Soviet Forced Army photographsA group of 12 gelatin silver prints, two signed and titled in Cyrillic verso, mostly authenticated, titled and dated in Cyrillic and English verso, sizes varying from 9 x 13.5cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/4in) to 42 x 60cm (16 1/2 x 23 5/8in)Photographers include Aleksander Stanonev, Sergei Strunnikov, Anatoly Skurirkhin, David Sulkin (2), Georgi Petrusov, S. Loskutov, Kopyt, Razin.
English Civil War. Of Idolatry, [by Henry Hammond], Oxford [i.e. London]: Printed by Henry Hall, Printer to the Universitie, 1646, [2],36,[2]pp., includes final blank, few marks and fraying, disbound 4to (Madan, II, 1875; Wing H555A. "A London counterfeit" - Madan. This edition has two rules below the Oxford arms on title page), together with [Bowles, Edward], Manifest Truths, or an Inversion of Truths Manifest. Containing a Narration of the Proceedings of the Scottish Army, and a Vindication of the Parliament and Kingdome of England from the false and injurious aspersions cast on them by the author of the said manifest. Published by Authoritie, London: M.S. for Henry Overton and Giles Calvert, 1646, [8],74,[2]pp., title with early signature to lower margin of R. Griffith (title soiled), leaf B1 torn to upper outer blank corner and repaired, final leaf 'Postscript' torn with text loss and repaired, disbound 4to (Wing B3874), with [Wilbee, Amon], Prima pars. De Comparatis Comparandis: seu iustificationis Regis Caroli, comparatŠ, contra Parliamentum. Or the first part of things compared: or of the iustification of King Charles comparitively against the Parliament. Wherein is manifested, that by the cunning contrivance of a wicked party in the House of Commons, who by their fraud, and subtilty, deceive and seduce the major part of the House for their own ambitious ends our oppressions have been made far more grievous..., Oxford [i.e. London: s.n.]: 1647, [2],40,[6]pp., some leaves cropped mostly at head (mainly affecting last few leaves at rear of volume), toning and few marks, disbound 4to (Wing W2113; Madan, II, 1938, "A London counterfeit" -Madan), with English Civil War, The Four Bills sent to the King to the Isle of Wight to be passed. Together with the propositions sent unto him at the same time, which upon the passing of those bills were to be treated upon. And also the Articles of the Church of England; with the rules and directions concerning suspension from the sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of ignorance. Unto all which doth refer, the late declaration of both Houses of the fourth of March, 1647. concerning the papers of the Scots Commissioners, upon occasion of the last address to the King in the Isle of Wight, London: Edward Husband, March 20, 1647, 3-46,[2]pp., lacking A1 (initial order-to-print leaf), final blank present, some fraying to initial leaves, toning and few marks, disbound 4to (Wing E1541), plus six other similar mid-late 17th century pamphlets, all disbound (10)
*Moore (Sir John, 1761-1809). Military commission on vellum, appointing Moore as Captain in the 104th Regiment, 28 February 1782, signed by King George III upper left corner, countersigned by the Earl of Shelburne, 30 x 39.5cm Provenance: Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984 (Lot 429). Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB (1761-1809), also known as Moore of Corunna, was born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow High School. He joined the British Army in 1776 as an ensign in the 51st Regiment of Foot. In 1778 he was serving as a Lieutenant in the 82nd Regiment of Foot in the American War of Independence. From 1779-1781 Moore was garrisoned at Halifax, Nova Scotia and distinguished himself in action during the Penobscot Expedition in Maine, when a small British detachment held off a much larger American force until reinforcements arrived. He was commissioned Captain in the 104th Foot in 1782 (as documented here) and returned to Scotland after the war. He had various commissions in regiments throughout the latter decade and in 1791 was wounded at Calvi whilst serving as Major in the 51st Foot when the regiment took part in the invasion of Corsica. He was later posted to St Lucia and in 1796 retook Fort Charlotte with the 27th Inniskiling Fusiliers, having fought for two solid days. Peninsula War service saw Moore taking command of the British Forces in the Iberian Peninsula, and when Napoleon arrived in Spain with 200,000 men, Moore drew the French northwards and established a defensive position on the hills outside Vigo. He was fatally wounded at the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809 being "struck in his left breast and shoulder by a cannon shot, which broke his ribs, his arm, lacerated his shoulder and the whole of his left side of lungs", his final words to his old friend Colonel Anderson being "you know I always wished to die this way, I hope the people of Scotland will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice!" (1)
*Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852). An unpublished autograph dispatch signed 'Wellington', Cea, 17 April 1810, 'No. 23', to Admiral Nathaniel Berkeley, in full, 'Sir, there is a man by the name of Stephen Bromley who had deserted from the 4th Dragoons now in charge of the Provost Marshal at Lisbon; and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me know whether you will receive him into one of His Majesty's ships, if he should be discharged from the Service. He is a stout man, and has not been guilty of any crime which renders him infamous. I shall be much obliged to you if you will send to England by the first opportunity one officer, four Sergeants and sixty Privates of the 28th Light Dragoons respecting whose passage the Assistant Quarter Master General will apply to the Agent of Transports', Admiral Berkeley's 4-line manuscript reply written vertically at foot of page 2, 'That we will receive the man on board H.M.S., and that if the officers and men of the 23rd Lt. Dr. are ready they shall proceed to England on Wednesday morning', 2 pages with integral blank, laid paper with Whatman watermark date of 1808, folio After halting the French advance in Portugal at Busaco, 27th September 1810, Wellington and his army retreated behind the defensive Lines of Torres Vedras. Wellington had his headquarters at Viseu from 17th February 1810, but on 14th April 1810 moved them to Cea, in order to improve communications with his front line troops. Wellington himself reached Cea on 15th April, but it was immediately apparent to him (letter to General Crauford, 15th April) that Cea was inadequate for the needs of both himself and those of his headquarters staff, with the result that Wellington moved his headquarters back to Viseu on the day this dispatch was written and was back in Viseu himself by 19th April. The recipient of this dispatch, Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) was Royal Navy commander on the coast of Portugal, 1808-1812. He worked tirelessly for Wellington in support of the army in Portugal, with the result that Wellington was full of praise for his abilities, writing in 1810 of Berkeley that 'his activity is unbounded, the whole range of the business of the Country in which he is stationed, civil, military, political, commercial, even ecclesiastical I believe, as well as naval, are objects of his attention', and also described Berkeley as the best naval commander he had ever cooperated with. Berkeley, who had previous to the Napoleonic Wars seen service afloat during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, retired from active service in 1812. The Corporal Stephen Bromley who had been court-martialled for desertion was by 1810 a soldier of some considerable experience, having originally enlisted into the 4th Dragoons on 10th September 1799. His regiment landed at Lisbon on 24th April 1809 and prior to Bromley's desertion saw action at Talavera, 27-28 July 1809, Busaco, 27 September 1810, and during the subsequent retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras. Bromley would appear to have been convicted of the simple crime of desertion, since had he been guilty of desertion to the enemy he would have faced a firing squad on recapture. The 28th Light Dragoons landed at Lisbon on 23rd June 1809, and subsequently saw action at Talavera. On the second day of the action at Talavera, 28th July, the regiment took part in a disastrous series of charges. Initially going in to action as a unit, the officers of the 23rd lost control of the men under their command. Charging far too fast, they failed to see a steeply banked dry river bed in front of them, into which the bulk of the regiment's men and horses fell headlong. After the survivors had extricated themselves from the river bed, the regiment split into two wings, the smaller wing launching a suicidal attack against a French square, and being beaten off with heavy losses. The other, larger wing, some 200 strong, launched an equally forlorn charge against the leading brigades of a French cavalry division, taking on odds of five to one. Although the 200 men managed to fight their way through the first line of French cavalry, they were eventually fought to a standstill, surrounded and overwhelmed. During this series of charges the 23rd sustained heavy casualties, losing some 207 from its original strength of 459 officers and men, and ceased to exist as a fighting unit. As a result, Wellington ordered the 23rd home to England to recruit and rebuild. Ian Fletcher, Wellington's Regiments (Spellmount, 2005) records the regiment as having arrived back in England in January 1810. However, as this dispatch indicates, surviving members of the regiment were still being repatriated as late as April 1810. It took some time to train recruits and bring the regiment back up to strength, with the result that it did not return to the Peninsula and did not see action again until Waterloo, 18th June 1815. This dispatch is not among those published by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood in his 7-volume Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington (1836), who records a total of six dispatches only from Cea by Wellington during his brief stay there; April 15th (3) and April 17th (3), this dispatch bringing the known total of despatches to seven. (1)
*Wolseley (Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount, 1833-1913). Original manuscript briefing notes entitled 'Extract from Notes to accompany Itinerary from Cape Coast Castle to Coomassie', drawn up by Lieutenant John Frederick Maurice, Royal Artillery, Private Secretary to Wolseley during the Ashantee Campaign of 1873-74, and one of the founder members of Wolseley's 'Ashantee Ring', dated 27 September 1873, comprising 11 handwritten pages on six folio sheets of blue official army notepaper, incorporating a pen and ink map of the Ashantee capital, Coomassie, signed with initials 'J.M. Cape C.C.E.' (Cape Coast Castle Expedition), accompanied by a watercolour sketch of the cape coast castle from the seaward side by acting Lieutenant (later Admiral) James Stoddart, Royal Navy (1827-1892), watercolour on card, pencil inscription to verso 'Cape Coast Castle, Admiral Stoddart, as Lieutenant, 1836', 18.5 x 26cm A surprise attack on the British Gold Coast Protectorate by the Ashantee King took place on 22nd January 1873. Months of sporadic violence followed, which the resident British forces - a battalion of the West India Regiment and one hundred Royal Marines - barely managed to contain. A punitive expedition was dispatched from England under the command of Major-General Garnet Wolseley, who embarked for the Gold Coast aboard the SS Ambris with an advance part of thirty-five staff officers, from Liverpool on 12th September 1873. Wolseley and his officers landed at the Gold Coast Castle on 2nd October 1873. This draft plan of campaign was drawn up by Lieutenant Maurice while Wolseley was at sea, being dated just five days prior to their disembarkation at Cape Coast Castle. Arriving, by design, well in advance of the main body of his force, which did not arrive until January 1874, Wolseley had a detailed plan, based on Lieutenant Maurice's comprehensive notes, in place by the time his troops arrived. After citing the various published and written sources used when drawing up the plan of campaign, including Bowdich's Mission to Ashantee (1817), Hutton's A Voyage to Africa (1820), Dupuy's Journal of a Residence in Ashantee (1820), Commander William Winniatt's Journal of his visit to the King of Ashantee (1848) and the Guide for Strangers traveling to Coomassie (1862), the notes provided General Wolseley with a detailed account of the country between the coast and the Ashantee capital, its peoples, towns and villages (with estimates of population), the jungles, rivers and swamps, climate and potential for obtaining supplies during an advance; Maurice details five different potential routes from the coast to Coomassie (7 pages of the text), outlining potential difficulties, whether the land to be crossed might prove friendly or hostile, the total distance covered by each route, along with a copied map of the Ashantee capital, taken from Bowditch, at a scale of 400 paces to the inch, indicating the position of the principal buildings and locations in the city, including Aboosaywe, or place of execution, the palace, temple, etc, and the various types of terrain in the immediate vicinity of the capital; swamp, ground cleared but rocky, yam garden, etc, as a guide to selecting the best route for the final attack. Five routes are proposed: one from the River Prah through Kairokou, Eusaguesu, Abbatea and Biaqua to Coomassie, Maurice noting with regard to this route that as the tribes to the west of Elminia have revolted, this route leaves the left flank of the line of communication so exposed that it would seem madness; a second route from the Cape Coast Castle via Anamaboe, which Maurice describes as being too difficult and dangerous; a third route from Accra to Aguieso across the rivers Birrimo, Auinee and Boosim-Prah, described as having the advantage of starting from Accra, as a base the most healthy place on the coast and well within British territory; a fourth route from Accra, passing to the north of the proposed route 3; and a fifth route to Coomassie via the River Volta, which Maurice notes as only being practicable if the river was navigable when the campaign commenced. Wolseley was able to complete the campaign successfully in only two months, evacuating his troops before the malarial wet season arrived. The plan of campaign that Wolseley put into action was essentially an amalgam of the first two options proposed by Maurice, described respectively as madness and difficult and dangerous, Wolseley overcame the problems these two routes presented by negotiating agreements with the previously hostile tribes on the left flank of his line of attack, and recruiting them to actually assist in the invasion of the Ashantee kingdom that had been previously oppressing them. The problem of passing large numbers of troops through dense jungle along narrow tracks and roads was overcome by splitting his attack into four columns, constructing an advance jumping off point in the interior at Prahsu, approximately fifty miles from Coomassie, from which the main column attacked along the Prahsu - Coomassie road, supported by the three flanking columns, and converging on Coomassie for the final assault. Captain (later Major-General Sir) John Frederick Maurice (1841-1912) obtained material and information from a wide variety sources, including Admiral James Stoddart, from whom he obtained this watercolour showing the location and strategic importance of the Cape Coast Castle, which became the base for operations during the Ashantee campaign. (2)
A rare late 18th or early 19th century North African camel saddle, formed of iron-clad wood, with two basal rails and three arched supports each retained by punched brass brackets, the principal surfaces decorated with shaped brass and iron plaques 133cm (52in) Saddles of similar form were used by Napoleon's Dromadaire (camel) regiment in the Egyptian campaign of 1798. Another example is preserved in the Army Museum, Paris.
Wilson, Robert F.; Battersby, B.K. The British Colour Council Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration. British Colour Council, 1949. 8vo (3 vols). Two swatch volumes in red leather-bound screw-fastening binders, accompanying text volume in full red leather, all with silver titles and Colour Council device on upper boards, spines of swatch volumes lettered in silver; 21 fold-out sheets of colour swatches across Vols 1 and 2, with black card viewing strip loosely inserted in pocket at front of both; Vol 3 pp. xxi, blank, 28 of explanatory text and colour histories. 10 pile samples damaged or missing over both volumes, otherwise complete; ex-library copy with small class stickers to spines of swatch volumes, small marginal stamps to versos of first colour swatch sheets in both and library bookplates tipped in at front, Vol. 3 with library bookplate on upper pastedown and stamp to verso of title page. Limited edition, no. 4603 of 7500. A scarce colour sample, hard to find in good condition because of its usual use as a working tool. The Council was a working standards organisation, active from the 1930s to the 50s, which codified colour definitions - they were the people who determined ''Battleship Grey'' (CC 322). Their codes were the standard for organisations such as the British Army, RIBA and the Post Office. Although largely supplanted by British Standards codes they remain standards for such things as academic dress and horticulture - for which the Council produced a book in 1938. This collection was produced after it was realised that their first work (Dictionary of Colour Standards) had a bias towards textiles. This was produced to suit a wider range of applications. There are 35 colours for which no pile sample is included because ''it was not considered advisable to dye that particular colour on pile fabric owing to the possibility of fading or discolouring in a comparatively short space of time.'' (3 p. xiii). Scuffing and edgewear to boards and case, some missing or damaged pile samples, but a very good set of a work notoriously difficult to find in decent condition.
Phillips, John Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire. 2 parts bound as 1. York, 1: 1829, 2: 1836. 4to, full cloth with morocco lettering piece; 1: 1 map, 9 plates (geographical sections, 8 hand-coloured), 14 plates (figures), 2: 22 plates (figures), 2 plates (sections, 1 hand-coloured), 1 folding map. First eds. An important work on Yorkshire by a significant figure in British geology. Kendall, P.F.; Wroot, H.E. Geology of Yorkshire. Printed for the Authors, 1924. Org. cloth; comprehensively illus. with maps, diagrams, photographs etc. Buckland, William Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. William Pickering, 1836. Bridgewater Treatise VI. 8vo (2 vols). Half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering piece in one, lettered directly in one, marbled edges, green silk markers; Vol. 1 text, Vol. 2 engravings: 86 plates (1 folding hand-coloured, 6 folding, 2 double-page). First ed. Buckland was a major figure in early palaeontology. He was the first to write a full account of a fossil dinosaur and pioneered the use of coprolites (coining the word) to reconstruct ecosystems. He was a supporter of Darwin's work on the Beagle, positioning it within theories of progressive creationism. This work, produced for the Bridgewater Treatises, followed a similar vein, using fossil strata as part of a creationist theory. With 10 other books on geology or associated topics including Stefansson, Arctic Manual, 1945 reprint (produced for the US Army Air Corps, inscribed from the author to Brian Roberts ''with special reference to pages vii-xiv from his friend...'') and Foster and Brough, Ore and Stone Mining, Sixth Ed (revised and enlarged). [14]
[Burke, Edmund]. Broken run of The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Years 1758-75, 1777-78, 1780-91, 1793, 1798-99, 1801. Various publishers, principally J Dodsley, varying dates and editions. 8vo (37 vols). Uniformly sometime bound in half calf over marbled boards (save 2 vols.); provenance: almost all volumes from the library of John Waldie (engraved armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns). (Duplicate 1798). This publication is a highly important historical source with a timeline of the year and extracts from a miscellany of primary. Events recorded included accounts of Bligh's escape from the Bounty (1790), the suffering of the Black Hole of Calcutta (1758) and the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). The Register was a vital source of information to its readers on the major political upheavals of the time such as the French Revolution, the French and Indian war and most significantly the birth of the new country of America. Possibly the most significant volume in the run is that for 1787 which included an early UK printing of the full text of the new Constitution of the United States, along with the text of Washington's transmittal letter from the Convention to Congress. This volume was printed in 1789 - the year in which Washington became President and the first Congress convened. The same volume has a prescient assessment of the discontent in France which led to the first convocation of the Estates-General called by Louis XVI in 1788. It argues that the support offered by France to the Revolutionary government in America - and the vision of new freedoms enjoyed there - was likely to break the despotic monarchy. Completing the American interest is a letter from Benjamin Franklin concerning the remedy for smoking chimneys and an excerpt from Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (his only published book). It focuses on the speech of Chief Logan after a war with the Virginians which helped construct the idea of the noble savage. This volume forms part of a trilogy of the War of Independence with 1781 and 1783. 1781 features detailed accounts of the Battles of Guildford Court House and Yorktown, and the surrender of Cornwallis as well as the story of Benedict Arnold and the hanging of his co-conspirator Major Andre. 1783 concentrated on the end of the War and the peace negotiations which followed (negotiations which had been pushed for by Burke and his allies in the House). It printed the text of the peace treaty, George III's 1782 speech (in which he notes his offer to ''declare them free and independent states'') and the contract between America and the French King to repay 18 million livres of loans. Finally it printed Washington's letter resigning from the Continental Army which had far-reaching influence on American constitutional history. Of further interest is the famous map volume, 1763, which featured four maps by Thomas Kitchens, including one showing the American Colonies at the end of the French and Indian War and on the eve of Independence. Also 1774, which contains a long description of the boarding of tea ships in Boston harbour by men 'under the disguise of Mohawk Indians', the infamous Tea Party, and the events which led to the raid. Together with the other volumes during this period the Annual Register is a very important contemporary source for early American history. According to Gephart many leading historians of the American Revolutionary period, including David Ramsay, James Murray, and William Gordon ''borrowed heavily from the Annual Register'' (Gephart 1016, 2565). Sabin 1614Conditions vary with signs of age and use. Some copies have detached boards and there is evidence of spotting, creasing and similar damage throughout. Some have evidence of library use. However a solid run of a very important source.
A collection of Schull reprints of scarce Irish regimental histories comprising: Mainwaring, Maj. Arthur; Wylly, Col. H.C. Crown and Company. The Historical Records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Ireland: Schull Books, 2000. 2 vols with map case. Limited edition, this unumbered. Numerous plates and 6 maps loosely inserted in map case. History spans 1662-1922 over 2 vols reprinting works from 1911 and 1923. Gretton, Lt.-Col. G. de. M.; Geohegan, Br.-Gen. Stannus Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment. Ireland: Schull Books, 1997. 2 vols and mapcase. Limited edition, no. 24 of 200. Numerous plates and 16 maps loosely inserted into mapcase. History spans 1684 to 1922 over 2 vols reprinting works from 1911 and 1927. Whitton, Lt.-Col. Frederick The History of the Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Ireland: Schull Books, 1998. 2 vols and mapcase. Limited edition, no. 24 of 200. Numerous plates and 17 maps loosely inserted into mapcase. History spans 1760 to 1922 over 2 vols reprinting a work from 1924. Jourdain, Lt.-Col. H.F.N.; Fraser, Edward The Connaught Rangers. Ireland: Schull Books, 1999. 3 vols. Limited edition, marked Publisher's Reserve. Numerous plates. History spans 1793 to 1922 over 3 vols reprinting a work from 1924. All above 8vo, org. blue buckram, spines lettered in gilt, in slipcases. Also Jervis, Lt.-Col. H.S. The 2nd Munsters in France. Ireland: Schull Books, 1998. 1 vol. Numerous plates. Reprints a work from 1922. A handsome collection of limited reprints of histories of some of the most important regiments of Ireland, with Battle Honours stretching round the world. These regiments fought from the earliest days of the British Army and followed the colours through colonial adventurism to the mud of Flanders, where these stories closed.
Bremner, F[rederick] Types of the Indian Army: Illustrating the Races Enlisted in the Bengal, Punjab, Madras & Bombay Armies. Quetta: F. Bremner, 1897. Oblong folio, publisher's half-morocco gilt; 60 mounted carbon prints with printed captions. Bremner was one of hundreds of British photographers who set up in Indian cities during the height of the Raj. Unlike other photographers his work remains important, because he worked in Baluchistan and Sindh, rarely photographed, and over many decades. He first came to India from Banff in Scotland in 1883 to work with his brother-in-law and opened his own studio in Karachi six years later. He became successful enough to open studios in Quetta, Baluchistan and Lahore and Rawalpindi. In 1810 he opened in the vibrant city of Simla. His military photographs are especially prized, marked by the quality of the plates and the detail of his compositions. He captured uniforms, equipment, transport and living conditions of the troops on location, giving them a realism sometimes lacking in posed shots. His books were sold to order making them hard to trace today. The word ''Types'' in the title of this series refers not to the roles of the regiments shown, but rather the races and religious creeds of the soldiers. The book is divided into four sections - the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies (the Presidencies) and the Punjab Army. Many famous regiments (whose descendants still serve India) are featured - such as the Bengal Sappers and Miners - but also irregular forces and garrison artillery, showing the breadth of the armies of the time.Some spotting to plates, mostly marginal affecting mounts, occasionally affecting images.
English School (second quarter, 20th century)Portrait of an Army Officer, bust-length, wearing uniformindistinctly signed, charcoal on paper, 34.5cm x 24.5cm, brown morocco frame en suite; a b/w photographic portrait of the same officer, framed en suite; an early 20th century photograph copper frame, RAF cap badge cresting, 30cm high, c.1930, [3]
National watch, ref. 35362, a stainless steel watch issued to the Belgian Army, A.B - B.L (ArméeBelge/BelgischLeger), no, 202614, manual wind movement, 17 jewels unadjusted, silver dial with Arabic numeral hour markers, black syringe hands with luminous inserts, seconds sub dial to 6 o’clock, screw down case back, case, dial and movement signed, on a non-original black leather strap with pin buckle, 31mm
Hamilton gentleman's military wristwatch with luminous steel hands, white seconds hand, white 24 hour Arabic numerals, black face, stainless steel case marked to the back 'Watch, Wrist: General Purpose MIL-W-46374A Hamilton FSN 6645-00-952-3767 Army' and signed 7 jewel calibre 21600 movement, on grey canvas NATO style strap, case diameter 33mm
Rolex silver military full hunter gentleman's wristwatch with inset subsidiary seconds dial, skeleton hands, silver Arabic numerals, black face, silver case marked to the screw back '325 John Deakin 14th Warwicks' and 15 jewel movement, on brown leather strap, case diameter 35mm, serial number 654784. John J Deakin service number 1832 served in the 1st/ 5th battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the British Army and was killed in action on 18/07/1916.
Two albums of cigarette cards, chiefly part sets, including Players Racing Caricatures, Carreras Fortune Telling, Happy Family, and The Impulsive Nose game cards, Players Army Corps and Divisional Signs 19414-1918, and Gallaher British Birds, further small book of cigarette cards and loose, contained in a leather case.
PENINSULAR WAR/GENERAL SIR DENNIS PACK : a portfolio of loose hand drawn maps, and printed maps etc, consisting of 1. a large mezzotint engraved portrait of Sir Dennis Pack. 2. a large manuscript ground plan and view of the Governor's Residence Plymouth (watermark 1811). 3. a watercolour of a portico and two others. 4. large 'key' print, to a painting of the Duke of Wellington and his Generals including General Pack. 5. a large manuscript map of Plymouth Sound, dated 1816. 6. a manuscript map of the Battle of Salamanca. 7. Two manuscript military maps, anon. 8. a large manuscript map of the Toulouse area. 9. a large manuscript map of a military encampment (possibly in India), signed, early 19th cent. 10. Manuscript map signed Geo. Harding Capt Royal Engineers. Plan of the Ground Appointed for the Review of British Contingent Army of Occupation, 15th Oct 1817. 11. nine engraved maps of France and Spain. * Sir Dennis Pack (c1772-1823) was a British army officer. He marched with Sir John Moore's army into Spain and in the retreat to Corunna. He was wounded at the battle of Toulouse. He was later awarded the Peninsular gold cross and seven clasps.
GOTH/INDIE 7". Moody collection of over 60 x ace 7". Artists/titles include Bauhaus - The Passion Lovers, Killing Joke - A New Day, Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion, Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday, Cult - Love Removal Machine, Fields Of The Nephilim - For Her Light, All About Eve, The Mission - Deliverance, New Model Army - Stupid Questions, The Alarm, Sal Solo, Yellow Dog and Spear Of Destiny. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
7" - (UK) EARLY 70s LABELS - PROG/FOLK/'UNDERGROUND'. Wonderful collection of 57 x 7" releases on some of the 'smaller independent' labels who produced some fantastic music. Artists/cat. numbers include Stack Waddy (2001-331), Bridget St. John (2001-361), Supersister (2001-379), Audience (BCP 1), Three Man Army (PGS 1 Pegasus), Gene Vincent (rare Kam Sutra 2013018), Steeleye Span (PGS 6), Mike Vernon, Graham Bell (CB 201 demo), String Driven Thing (CB 203 demo), Westwind (Penny Farthing PEN 737), New Inspiration (PEN 803), Killing Floor (PEN 745 demo), Bitch (CB 151), The Herd (CB 154), Jawbone, Paul Kent (CB 165), New York Public Library (CB 176), Fickle Pickle (CB 177, 178), Martyn Kaye (CB 180 demo) and Everyone (CB 146). Condition is generally well kept VG+ to Ex+.
7" PICTURE DISCS - ROCK/POP. Sharp collection of around 45 x 7" picture discs. Artists/titles include Beck - Sexx Laws, Spandau Ballet - Lifeline, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?, Skids, Iggy Pop, Toto, Manfred Mann, The B-52's, The Tubes, Van Halen, Bad Manners, Lambrettas, The Cars, LInda ROnstadt, Foreigner, Sad Cafe, Maggie Bell, ET, Blonde On Blonde and John Foxx. Condition is often Ex+.
A good collection of World War I and earlier correspondence relating to Major R Spencer Britten (1878-1918) Including: transcripts of letters written from The Front.Note: Major R Spencer Britten was Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts and Acting DDR 5th Army. During the South African War he joined the Bucks Yeomanry as a Trooper, was promoted Captain for gallantry on the field during the campaign and held the Queens Medal with three clasps. He joined the Remount Department in January 1915 and immediately went to The Front where he remained until his death. He was promoted Major in September 1915, was mentioned in dispatches in 1917 and appointed DADR last May [1918]. He died in France from diphtheria after only three days illness. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good.
Large oil on canvas by the artist Jan Wasilewski entitled Castle on Island, 86.5 cm x 59 cm.(after the German invasion of Poland in World War Two, Mr Wasilewski was taken for forced labour eventually ending up in an aluminium factory in the South of France, he escaped and joined the Free Polish Forces going on to serve with the British 8th Army in Italy. after the war he settled in the UK where he began to paint.)
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