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Lot 50
"Chairman Mao" "Little Red Book" compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang" first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in red & green portrait of Mao printed in brown without Lin Biao `s calligraphic endorsement and preface but with called-for text on p.82/3 scattered red ink stamps in Chinese ink Chinese characters on half-title original white wrappers printed in black & red further ink stamps and numbers sticker on spine some light soiling 16mo Peking General Political Department of the People`s Liberation Army n.d. [May 1964]. ***The first edition " but with the Lin Biao endorsements excised.
Lot 54
Give Prominence to Politics - Vietnam War poster Vietnam War poster" Militia Air Raid Defense Training Poster no.1 535 x 770mm. handling creases and a few short splits at sheet edges compiled and printed by the General Staff Department of the People`s Liberation Army 1965. ***This poster illustrates all three subjects as three pictures: a group of militia are practicing their shooting skill while another group (inside a rondel) are studying Mao`s theory on the People`s War -- obviously reading his Selected Works vol. IV; finally " US warplanes are rather dramatically being shot down while President Johnson is caricatured pensively sad. At the top of the poster is Mao`s famous quotation about "Paper tigers"
Lot 64
lamp base - Red Detachment of Women the female military figure in balletic pose" porcelain 250mm. high unmarked electrical fittings removed c.1966-76. ***The Red Detachment of Women written in 1960 became one of Jiang Qing`s model ballets during the cultural revolution. Set on Hainan Island in the 1930s " it tells of daughter-in-law of a wealthy family who rejects her privileged life to become company leader of an all-woman unit of the Red Army. Such model plays were banned in the years shortly after the Cultural Revolution.
Lot 172
People`s Liberation Army 1927-1977 rare set from earaly in the history of the People`s Republic" celebrating the New Year 1950/1951 10 colour-printed offset lithographs each c.290 x 365mm. all mounted on bordered and captioned supports these with occasional light spotting and minor handling creases contents leaf in Russian English and French creased in publisher`s patterned-silk portfolio with mounted title label and bone-pegs folio " 1951.
Lot 177
People`s Liberation Army 1927-1977 cased set of 60 prints commemorating the 50th anniversary of the PLA" colour-printed offset lithographs sheet sizes 320 x 380mm. with introductory text in publisher`s plain card chemise with mounted title label a short split oblong folio " 1977. ***Each plate illustrates an epsiode or facet of the history of the PLA from its founding at Jingganshan on the Jiangxi/Hunan border in 1927.
Lot 2
Sino-Japanese War.- Reports edited by the Army Pictorial Agency" 3 vol. Japanese illustrated throughout with many photographs and maps of China vignette illustrations original limp blue patterned boards rubbed original slip-case splitting small 8vo Tokyo Logistics Division of the Japanese Army December 1938. ***Japanese account of the progress on invading China detailing their attack strategy for areas occupied by the Japanese (as of 1938) as well as the unoccupied areas they are going to attack (including Chongqing and Chengdu). Each chapter provides a brief description of the area geography and people: Book I: war progress in Hebei Mongolia Xinjiang Shandong and Shanxi; Book II: Jiangsu Zhejiang Henan and Anhui; Book III: Jiangxi Hubei Hunan Guangdong Fujian Guangxi Sichuen Yunnan " Guizhou and Shaanxi.
Lot 877
A collection of WWII medals, awarded to L/Cpl L A Bonny Royal Engineers, Train Driver steam, comprising The Defence, The War, 1939-45 star, Africa Star 1st Army, and The Italy Star, also in the lot a collection of paperwork relating to his war time and photographs of him and trains (a parcel)
Lot 540
Army Lists. The Army List, August & September 1862, November 1873, March 1875, September 1876, June 1877, October 1878, December 1878, November 1884, together 8 vols., the first bound in contemp. half leather, the second vol. in recent plain cloth, and the remainder in orig. printed wrappers, generally worn with covers det. and spines frayed, 8vo, together with 44 additional vols. of Army Lists, from 1904 to 1985, mostly bound in orig. printed wrappers, some wear (a few vols. sl. defective), 8vo (52)
Lot 544
Hastings (Major R. H. W. S.). The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War, 1939-1945, pub. Gale & Polden, 1st ed., 1950, folding maps, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, together with Blake (George), Mountain and Flood, The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 1939-1946, 1st ed., Glasgow, 1950, folding maps and plans, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in chipped and spotted d.j., plus Verney (Major-General G. L.), The Desert Rats, The History of the 7th Armoured Division 1938-1945, 1st ed., 1954, b&w illusts. after photos, etc., orig. cloth in d.j., chipped to edges, and Kennett (Brigadier B. B., and Col. J. A. Tatman), Craftsmen of the Army, The Story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1st ed., 1970, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus other Second World War regimental histories, including Brigadier C. M. Barclay, The History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Second World War, 1956, History of the Second World War, The Mediterranean and Middle East, 6 vols. bound in 8, 1954-84 (several vols. ex-library with usual marks, and first vol. with some facsimile leaves at front), etc. (30)
Lot 547
May (W.E. & Annis, P.G.W.). Swords for Sea Service, 2 vols., 1970, col. frontis. to each, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j.s., some rubbing to extrems., contained in orig. cardboard book box, folio, together with Kipling (Arthur L.), Head-Dress Badges of the British Army, 1st ed., 1972, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., with some old tape marks to margins, 4to, plus May (Commander W. E., and others), Badges and Insignia of the British Armed Services, 1st ed., 1974, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., split at head of spine, rubbed to extrems., 4to, plus Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.), Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs, Infantry and Cavalry in their Respective Uniforms, 1st ed., 1972, col. illusts. throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, in slipcase, together with approx. forty others on uniforms, medals and militaria, etc. (44)
Lot 548
Handbooks and Manuals. Enemy Weapons Part I - German Infantry Weapons, Part II - Italian and German Infantry Weapons, Part III - German Light Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Tank Guns, & Part V - German Infantry, Engineer and Airborne Weapons, pub. War Office, November 1941-July 1943, b&w plts. and illusts., stapled as issued, slim oblong 8vo, together with Handbook of the German Army in War. April, 1918. Issued by the General Staff, folding maps, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, heavily soiled and worn on spine, 8vo, plus other military training manuals, and instruction handbooks, various, including Regulations for the Rifle Corps, Performed at Blatchinton Barracks, under the command of Colonel Manningham, August 25th, 1800, printed for T. Egerton, 1801, Surgeon-General T. Longmore, The Optical Manual, or Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of Surgeons ..., 1885, Infantry Sword Exercise, revised ed., c. 1842, a bound volume of Small Arms Training pamphlets 1942, etc., bound in cloth/printed wrappers, including many slim 8vo (approx. 80)
Lot 555
Oughton (Frederick, ed.). The Personal Diary of Major Edward `Mick` Mannock, 1966, facsimile text, orig. cloth in d.j., very sl. rubbed, together with White (Benjamin), The Currency of the Great War, pub. Waterlow & Sons,1921, b&w illusts., orig. cloth, rubbed and some marks, minor fraying to extrems., 8vo, plus The War, The Infantry News, 1914-1919, A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium with the Second Batallion His Majesty`s Twenty-Third Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1938, orig. cloth, some marks, 8vo, plus others on the history of the First World War, inlcuding K. W. Mitchinson, Pioneer Batallions in the Great War, 1997, Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which participated in the War (1914-1918), 1989, Ruth Elwin Harris, Billie, The Nevill Letters: 1914-1916, 1991, Winston S. Churchill, The Great War, 2 vols., pub. Newns, n.d., c. 1920, Jane`s Fighting Ships of World War I, pub. Studio Editions, 1990, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 556
Kiernan (R. H.). Captain Albert Ball V.C., D.S.O., M.C., 2nd ed., 1939, b&w plts., orig. cloth, rubbed, with minor fraying to extrems., together with Cooper (Duff), Haig, 2 vols., pub. Faber & Faber, 1935-36, b&w plts. after photos, etc., orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed, plus Raleigh (Sir Walter & H. A. Jones), The War in the Air, being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, 2 vols., 1969, folding maps, numerous b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j.s, and Aspinall-Oglander (Cecil), Roger Keyes, being the Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Claude Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1951, b&w port. frontis., orig. cloth, plus others on the history of the First World War, including A. J. Barker, The Neglected War, Mesopotamia 1914-1918, 1st ed., 1967, Archibald Home, The Diary of a World War I Cavalry Officer, 1985, T. A. H. Nash, The Diary of an Unprofessional Soldier, 1991, John Ferris, ed., The British Army and Signals Intelligence During the First World War, pub. Alan Sutton, 1992, etc., some in d.j.s, mostly 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 557
Sparrow (W. Shaw). The Fifth Army in March 1918, 1st ed., 1921, b&w maps, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., together with Gerard (James W.), My Four Years in Germany, 1st ed., 1917, folding map, orig. cloth, rubbed and some soiling, plus Morrow (John H.), The Great War in the Air, Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921, pub. Airlife, 1993, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Gliddon (Gerald), V.C.`s of the Somme, a biographical portrait, Norwich, reprinted 1991, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j., plus others on the history of World War I, some in d.j.s, including Jonathan Nicholls, Cheerful Sacrifice, The Battle of Arras 1917, 1st ed., 1990, J. A. Hammerton, ed., A Popular History of the Great War, 6 vols., n.d., c. 1920, The Times History of the War, 22 vols., n.d., c. 1921, etc., some in d.j.s, mostly 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 559
Richards (Denis, and others). Royal Air Force 1939-1945, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1953-54, b&w plts., folding maps, etc., orig. cloth, spines dulled, 8vo, together with Saunders (Hilary St. George), Per Ardua, The Rise of British Air Power 1911-1939, reprint ed., 1972, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Lucas (James), War in the Desert, The Eighth Army at El Alamein, 1st ed., 1982, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Whittaker (L. B.), Stand Down, Orders of Battle for the Units of the Home Guard of the United Kingdom, November 1944, 1st ed., 1990, orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, and other Second World War history and biography, including The Second Great War, A Standard History, ed., Sir John Hammerton, 8 vols., pub. Amalgamated Press, c. 1946, a quantity of H.M.S.O. wartime booklets, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 560
Hofschroer (Peter). 1815, The Waterloo Campaign. The German Victory: From Waterloo to The Fall of Napoleon, 1st ed., 1999, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Steppler (Glenna), Britons, To Arms!, The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier and the Volunteer Tradition in Leicestershire and Rutland, 1st ed., Alan Sutton, 1992, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Adkin (Mark), The Sharpe Companion, An Historical and Military Guide to Bernard Cornwell`s Sharpe novels, 1777-1808, vol. 1, The Early Years, 1st ed., 2003, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and other military history, mostly relating to the British Army in the 19th century, many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo, and Sebag-Montefiore (Cecil), A History of the Volunteer Forces, From the Earliest Times to the Year 1860, 1st ed., 1908, b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some light soiling, plus other military history, mostly relating to the British Army in the 19th c. (3 shelves)
Lot 561
Crum (Major F. M.). Memoirs of a Rifleman`s Scout, Part I, South African War 1899-1902, Stirling, n.d., c. 1950, numerous b&w illusts., including many after photos, orig. cloth-backed boards, sl. rubbed, hinges a little loosened, 8vo, together with McInnes (Ian, and Fraser, Mark), Ashanti 1895-96, A Role of British and West Indian Recipients of the Ashanti Star, 1987, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Todd (Pamela, & Fordham, David), Private Tucker`s Boer War Diary, The Transvaal War of 1899, 1900, 1901, & 1902, with the Natal Field Forces, 1st ed., Elm Tree Books, 1980, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and other military history, mostly relating to the British Army in the later 19th and early 20th century, including With the Flag to Pretoria, 2 vols., and similar (3 shelves)
Lot 562
Kahn (David). The Code Breakers, The Story of Secret Writing, 2nd imp., 1967, numerous b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo, together with Goebel (Julius), The Struggle for the Falkland Islands, A Study in Legal and Diplomatic History, Yale University Press, 1982, orig. cloth in d.j., plus Rees (David), Korea: The Limited War, reprinted 1970, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Dewar (Michael), Brush Fire Wars, Minor Campaigns of the British Army Since 1945, reprinted, 1987, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus other military history of the 20th c., many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 563
Almack (Edward). The History of the Second Dragoons "Royal Scots Greys", 1908, coloured and b & w plates, one or two light spots, t.e.g., original contrasting cloth, a little rubbed and stained, folio, together with A List of all the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full Pay and Half-Pay, 52nd ed., 1804, lacking a few index leaves at end, title soiled and loosening, contemporary manuscript Brigadiers list, some annotation, bookplates, a.e.g., contemporary red morocco gilt, lightly rubbed and scuffed, folio, plus Lumley (Captain L.R.), History of the Eleventh Hussars (Prince Albert`s Own) 1908-1934, 1936, half-tone plates, maps, some light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 4to, with two others (5)
Lot 567
Burchard (John E.). Fundamental Principles of Structural ARP, Washington, 1943, illustrations, one or two light spots, original cloth with Office of Civilian Defense Intelligence & Research label to front cover, 8vo, plus Technical Manual TM 30-410, Handbook on the British Army with Supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense Organizations, Washington, 1943, coloured and b & w illustrations and maps, original wrapper, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with two others: J.A. Chamier`s The Birth of the Royal Air Force, 1943 and The Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power, 1946, plus 6 x HMSO WW2 publications, 1941-45 (5)
Lot 571
Grose (Francis). Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time, [includes A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons], 2 vols., new ed., 1801, eng. frontis. and title to each part (sm. repair to foremargin of title to vol. 1), 136 (of 137) copper-eng. plts., lacks plt. 20 to the Treatise, dampstaining to lower margins of vol. 1, upper inner hinge to vol. 2 partly cracked, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, vol. 1 rebacked with orig. spine laid down, 4to, together with Drinkwater (John), A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar. With a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods, 2nd ed., 1786, nine folding engraved maps and plates only (of ten, lacking Chart of the Bay of Gibraltar), one or two repaired tears, some light spotting, later red half morocco, lightly rubbed, 4to (3)
Lot 576
Navy & Army Illustrated. A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire, edited Commander Charles N. Robinson, R.N., vols. 2-6 & 9-13 only, 1896-1901, a few col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, index to each, a.e.g., publisher`s orig. dec. cloth gilt, a few minor marks but generally in fine and bright condition, folio (10)
Lot 577
Norris (S.L.). Abridged Treatise on the Construction and Manufacture of Ordnance in the British Service. Prepared in the Royal Gun Factory, 1877, 17 coloured lithographed plates, numerous illustrations, a few spots, previous owner inscription to title, bookplate, original blindstamped cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Yule (Lieut. Henry), Fortification for Officers of the Army and Students of Military History, 1861, eight folding plates (one torn along fold), illustrations, some spotting, previous owner inscription to half title, original cloth, spine defective, 8vo, with nine others including Treatise on Service Explosives 1900, Text Book of Service Ordnance, 1923 and a Treatise on Ammunition 1887, 4th ed. (annotated throughout, dampstained covers) (12)
Lot 594
* The German Army 1905-1945. A miscellanous collection of press, and official photographs, images include pre-World War I parades in Berlin, the Crown Prince inspecting troops, pre-World War II gatherings of mounted regiments, other images from the battle for France, c. 1940, the Russian front, the 1942 Dieppe raid, Field Marshal Keitel`s surrender at the Russian Army`s Headquarters in Berlin in May 1945, (3 images, two with Field Press Censor`s stamp), approx. 50 images with some press cuttings (approx. 50)
Lot 599
* Swiss Army. A miscellaneous collection of press and private photographs, some inscribed verso or with press labels, together with images of the Egyptian Camel Corps, c. 1950, the Berlin police, post WWII at arms drill, the Berlin `Wall` under demolition and other subjects, approx. 35 images (approx. 35)
Lot 604
* Hope (Sir James Archibald, 1785-1871). An archive of documents and letters relating to the army officer Sir James Hope, including an unsigned autograph note to Hope from the Duke of Wellington thanking him for his note, 10th May 1839, a statement of service completed in manuscript and signed by Hope with additional notes of particulars of service in a clerical hand, three commissions on vellum appointing Hope as Captain of the 3rd Regiment of Foot (25th July 1814, signed by King George III, somewhat browned and stained), Lieutenant Colonel and then Major of the Scots Fusilier Guards (1st December 1830 & 18th February 1837), both signed by King William IV, letters from Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lyndoch (20), Frederick, Duke of York (2), Lord Niddery (4), Viscount Beresford (2), Lord Raglan, George Gordon, Richard Clarges, Thomas Alex Hope, etc., plus two of Hope`s small notebooks covering the Portugal and Spain campaign to Corunna, September to November 1808, plus a slightly later notebook, c. 1820, with notes of Italian travel, customs and history, a worn passport and some printed and later ephemera (a folder)
Lot 618
* WWI - 25th Middlesex Regiment. My Experience of Army Life from 7th October 1916 to 25th July 1918, a complete exercise book of 140 pages, presumably written up from notes shortly after the end of the War by an unidentified soldier, beginning with his recruitment in Ashford, Kent in October 1916, page 14 with the heading `The journey & voyage from Aldershot to Hong Kong of 25th Batallion Middlesex Regiment, 23rd December 1916 to 1st April 1917`, 12 pages containing a diary account of the events of 6th February 1917 when their steamship Tyndareus struck a mine off Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with no loss of life, `just as I was coming away from side from watching the vessel ahead, a terrific explosion was heard that shook the ship from stern to stern, and a huge column of mingled smoke & water rose in the air & splashed over the deck bringing fishes with it`, and later four pages with an account of the Happy Valley Racecourse fire on the 25th February 1918 during the Regiment`s time of garrison duty in Hong Kong, a few pen and ink vignettes, one b & w photo of some of the regiment giving cheers to His Majesty the King upon receiving his message of admiration for the conduct displayed by all ranks on the occasion of the accident to the Tyndareus, a related newscutting from the Hong Kong Daily Press, 14th May 1917 pasted in, sundry accounts etc. at rear, contemp. half cloth, sl. soiled and a little frayed at spine ends, 8vo, two much later letters (one incomplete and both possibly by the author of the diary), a modern real photo postcard of Tyndareus and a copy death certificate of private George Thompson Arblaster (died 1915) loosely inserted. The 25th Middlesex Regiment`s Commanding Officer Lieutenant John Ward commissioned the erection of a memorial, sited on the Peak of Hong Kong Island, to commemorate the exemplary conduct displayed by his men when the Tyndareus was mined. By association it also commemorates the Fire in 1918 where Lieutenant Ward`s prompt action saved many lives, though the death toll was 570. Due to the impending British withdrawal from Hong Kong the stone was brought to England in 1994 and now is inside the National Army Museum. (5)
Lot 636
* Officer`s Dagger. A German Army Officer`s dagger with straps, very clean double edged blade WMW, Waffen marked, quality alloy crossguard and pommel with dark orange celluloid handle, plated steel scabbard with two hanging rings, de-luxe hanging straps, oakleaf design to oval buckles, clips and top suspension also marked DRGM, blade 25cm overall length approx. 40cm (1)
Lot 660
* WWI `Souvenir de Ypres`. A WWI period triple-fold oak frame firescreen incorporating a fine patchwork display of embroidered silk postcards, featuring many regimental badges, including Royal Flying Corps, Army Veterinary Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Navy Air Squadron, Canadian Air Service Corps, etc., and num. `Hands across the sea` themes and sentimental slogans, etc., with a centrepiece depiction of the famous Ypres Cathedral done in coloured threads surrounded by a decorative border of entwined flowers, overall size 33 x 47 in (84 x 190cm) (1)
Lot 17
* de Havilland `Beaver`. A miscellaneous collection of photographs, depicting this aircraft in the colours of the British Army, U.S. Army, and the forces of New Zealand, Canada, Norway, U.S. Navy and other air arms, illustrations of float-plane aircraft, some civil machines, experimental types and others of similar interest, many inscribed verso, approx. 90 images contained in a folder (1)
Lot 23
* Glass Negatives. Airships and Dirigibles, early 1900s, a group of nine glass negatives, 5 x 7 in (12 x 17cm), including a good view of a tethered airship at Ranelagh, 1903, with num. Edwardian spectators, the ladies in full-length dresses with parasols, some of the gentlemen wearing military caps and long coats (lefthand side of glass negative broken and missing, not affecting the main image), plus three of British Army airship `Gamma` showing the airship flying over crowds of spectators, many standing in their early open-top automobiles (two negatives with corner damage), a further two negatives showing a large military airship over the sea, with small ships in the distance (both prepared for printing), another two shots showing an airship high up in the sky, artistically framed by trees and foliage, and the final negative shows an airship flying above towers and spires (damaged) (9)
Lot 1065
An 18ct gold stick pin set with two rubies by Alfred Thielmann for Faberge, the Russian Imperial crown set with two rubies above intertwined monogram GM for Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, with its original Faberge birchwood box (Illustrated). George Mikhailovich was born on August 23rd 1863, the third of six sons of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikholaivich and grandson of Tsar Nicholas I. He served briefly in Her Majesty`s Lancers of The Imperial Guard, the friend and cousin of future Tsar, Nicholas II and then became curator of The Alexander III Museum, now known as The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, specialising in coins, of which he accumulated a huge collection. He married Maria Georgievna, the daughter of King George I of Greece, in Corfu on 12th May 1900. They had two daughters, Nina (born 1901 and Xenia (born 1903); his wife and daughters left Russia for London in 1914 and never returned. During the 1914-18, he served as Inspector General in the army and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1915. After the 1917 revolution, he went to Finland but returned to Russia in 1918 and was arrested by the Bolshevik Red Guards. He was briefly exiled to Siberia and returned to imprisonment in the Peter & Paul Fortress in Petrograd; whilst in prison, his wife tried to buy his freedom and that of his three cousins for the sum of £50,000 but the Bolsheviks refused and he was shot by firing squad in the Peter and Paul Fortress alongside his three cousins on 30th January 1919. Alfred Thielmann was of German extraction, his father was an engineer in St. Petersburg and he worked for Faberge from 1880, becoming the second in charge of the jewellery department of the St. Petersburg branch.
Lot 16
Eyre (Lieutenant Vincent). The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842. With a Journal of Imprisonment in Affghanistan, 1st ed., 1843, folding litho. plan (with two tears), title-page with contemp. ms. ownership name at head, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth, soiled, neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine, gilt vign. on upper cover, large 12mo (1)
Lot 647
Prentiss (Charles). The Life of the Late Gen. William Eaton; Several Years an Officer in the United States` Army, Consul at the Regency of Tunis on the Coast of Barbary, and Commander of the Christian and other Forces that Marched from Egypt through the Desert of Barca, in 1805... Principally collected from his Correspondence and other Manuscripts, pub. Brookfield, 1813, addn. port. frontis., contents generally browned, recent calf, 8vo, together with other history and biographies etc., some of military interest (3 shelves)
Lot 280
Army Lists. A Collection of Orders, Regulations and Instructions..., Volume II, London: W Clowes for the Secretary at War 1817, 8vo, full red morocco gilt, aeg, rebacked; Army List for 1787, 35th edition, 8vo, full morocco gilt aeg; Another for 1774, 8vo, worn calf; others for 1831 (12mo), 1857, and later (8)
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