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Lot 282
A FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION XI V. ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS, CHARITY MATCH PROGRAMME, 6/4/46, some writing on team page, vertical fold; Souvenir of The Football League Jubilee programme, 1888- 1938; a Festival of Football programme, 6/4/49, held at Empress Hall, Earls Court; a National Inter-County, Football Championship, programme, 16/5/69; and a 1953 Royal Tournament programme
Lot 870
A 1914-18 British War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal to '146814 Cpl. J.K. Hooker M.G.C.', a 1939-45 Defence Medal, with the original Army Council forwarding slip box of postage, a Lusitania commemorative medallion, with the original leaflet and case, four various enamelled badges and an Upper Thames Patrol brass cap badge, detailed 'UTP'.
Lot 871
A silver Royal Humane Society medallion, awarded for Proficiency in Swimming Exercise, Bolton School 1936, to 'Keith Forrester Grime', with the original case, an Australian bronze medallion, with the original certificate, detailed 'In Commemoration of the Heroic Deeds of the Men of Anzac at Gallipoli in 1915', with the original case and box of postage, a medallion, detailed 'W.T. Salmon', four Second World War Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, with the Army Council forwarding slip and box of postage, detailed 'K.F. Grime Esq'.
Lot 889
A brass First World War period Princess Mary's Christmas 1914 gift tin, a small compass, six First World War period silk cards, including one designed as the badge of the Army Service Corps, three albums of postcards of Dunkerque-Malo and Boulogne-Sur-Mer, two further cards and a textile picture commemorating 'Peace 1945', framed and glazed.
Lot 1052
The 1914-18 British War Medal and the 1914-19 Victory Medal to, 2. LIEUT.A.P.O`LEARY, served with the Hampshire Regiment and previously a schoolmaster, a gilt bronze rectangular named presentation plaque, detailed MILTON ABBAS SCHOOL, an Army and Navy Co-operative Society ticket, blazer buttons, two related birth and one marriage certificates and copied research paperwork.
Lot 388
The Pelham Water Buffalo. An Exceptional Chinese Imperial Spinach-Green Jade Water Buffalo with a Fine Gilt Bronze Stand. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period 1736-95, 20.8cm long. Description: The recumbent beast with a serene mildly inquisitive expression, carved from a massive spinach-green boulder; is depicted with his head turned and raised to the right, his facial features with flaring nostrils and alert eyes, framed by horns curling back to his spine, the trumpet-shaped ears and horns finely incised with lines depicting the fur, his dewlap beneath the neck naturalistically carved flowing down to the base, the form of the body accentuated by the superbly defined spine extending to the tail that curls above his hind leg, all four hooves boldly carved on the underside. The gilt bronze base incised with flowers and foliage to the surface above a key fret band bearing a four character Qianlong mark. A narrow band of scrolling flowers and foliage dividing elaborated stylized lappets and with a second key fret band at the foot. Paper label for John Sparks Ltd. 128 Mount Street London. And another inscribed 'The property of Sackville, 5th. Earl of Yarborough'. Provenance: Purchased from John Sparks Ltd. 24th June 1938 for £300. Listed in the Sparks archive as "No. 2988 - 1 v.fine green jade Buffalo, gilt stand, Ming". The property of the late Sackville George Pelham, the 5th Earl of Yarborough, d.1948, and thence by descent. Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC (17 December 1888 -7 February 1948) was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936. Pelham was the second son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and his wife, Marcia. In 1910, he became a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars and initially fought as a lieutenant in France during World War I before being promoted to the rank of captain in 1916. During the war his elder brother, Charles, was killed in action and Sackville assumed the former's courtesy title of Lord Worsley. After the war, he was awarded the Military Cross and retired from the Army in 1919 when he married Nancy Brocklehurst (a niece of Lord Ranksborough). On the death of his father in 1936, Sackville inherited the earldom; in the same year he commanded the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry as a Lieutenant Colonel, being posted to Palestine at the outbreak of World War II. On returning to Britain in October 1940, the ship carrying the Earl and Countess of Yarborough came under enemy fire and was sunk. Although most of the passengers and crew survived, the Earl contracted respiratory problems from the smoke, which contributed to his early death in 1948 at the age of 59. His jade buffalo then became the property of his eldest daughter, Lady Diana Miller, who in the same year emigrated to Southern Africa. Whilst the existence of this piece of jade was not in doubt, its whereabouts were subject to some speculation. Many of the Earl's possessions would appear to have been packed and placed in storage at the outbreak of the Second World War and over the subsequent years some inventory records were mislaid. In 2005 Lady Diana Miller returned to the United Kingdom. A large wooden chest, thought to contain porcelain, was opened in July of that year. Inside, amongst the various items, was found an old wooden box, sealed with rusty nails, string and sealing wax. The box was opened for the first time in 65 years, and inside, carefully wrapped in newspapers dated 1940, were the magnificent jade buffalo and its gilt bronze pedestal. Catalogue Note: A small number of large jade carvings, mainly of water buffaloes and horses, were included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1975, cat. Nos.391-7. They are discussed in the accompanying Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, vol.40, 1973-75, p.118, as being: 'among the most ambitious and monumental examples of jade ever worked in China and perhaps all of them once had their place in the pavilions of the various palaces of Peking.' Another animal from this series, looted from the Summer Palace Beijing in 1860, and reputedly rescued on the troop ship from a soldier who was trying to destroy it, now in the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, was included in the exhibition Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, The British Museum, London 1995, cat.no..26:19. The Jacob Goldschmidt buffalo was exhibited at the influential Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst and Preußische Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1929, cat.no.1085. The Oscar Raphael buffalo, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, formed part of the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, together with two other jade buffaloes, cat.nos.395-7. Compare the superb gilt bronze stand with those of a pair of spinach-green jade lion dog censers from the Palace Museum, Beijing, GU103379 and GU103380, illustrated: China The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, no.21. The Water Buffalo. The water buffalo is the traditional symbol of spring, strength and tranquillity. Its bucolic aspect evokes the simple and true life in the countryside, and as the reputed mount of the philosopher Laozi, the buffalo has strong Daoist connotations. An important animal in all rice cultivation societies, we find buffaloes depicted in art dating back thousands of years. The Chinese practice of lining the shores of lakes and rivers with bronze buffaloes dates from the Tang dynasty. It is based on the belief that Da Yu, the legendary emperor who is credited with founding the Xia dynasty, (circa 2100 - 1600 BC) and controlled China's floodwaters, used to place iron buffaloes beside each of his projects. The most famous is the bronze example overlooking Lake Kunming in Beijing's Summer Palace, which was cast and then personally dedicated by The Emperor Qianlong in 1755. With thanks to Miss Ching-Yi Huang of SOAS for her help in researching the Sparks' archive. Est: Refer Department
Lot 1044
Cigarette cards, Gallaher full sets, comprising 'Dogs' (2 sets), 'Wild Animals', 'Portraits of Famous Stars', 'Champions', Champions 2nd Series', 'Trains of the World', 'Wild Flowers', 'Army Badges', 'The Navy' (Park Drive), 'Film Episodes', 'Famous Film Scenes', Gallaher part sets, comprising 'Wild Animals' (46/48), 'Champions of Screen & Stage' (47/48), 'Garden Flowers' (46/48), 'Stars of Screen & Stage' (44/48), 'British Birds' (40/48), 'Aeroplanes' (31/40), mainly good condition, Players, 'Film Stars' set, soiled, Wills 'Railway Equipment' set, 'Strange Craft' (48/50) & other odds or part sets (approx. 300), mixed condition, also Fleetway Publications 'Football Stars 1963' set and Brooke Bond 'Flags' set, housed in three blue cigarette card albums, one outer sleeve missing (lot)
Lot 853
Tokens: South Wales farthing, 1793, extremely fine and Upper Canada, penny, 1857, fair, aluminium tokens: Shell (29) and Esso (48), slot machine etc. (85), US Bicentennial medallion, AR Regular Army Reserve of Officers lapel badge and other items, various (3), mainly fine and better, unless stated (169)
Lot 135
A Matchbox 900 series Twin Pack No.13, Army Unimog and Field Gun, olive green, mint, in original bubble packaging; Matchbox 1-75 series No.47, DAF Tipper Container Truck, silver and yellow, regular wheels, mint, boxed; No.23, Volkswagen Camper, orange, mint, boxed; No.9, Ford Escort RS2000, white, 'Shell/Dunlop' stickers, mint, in original bubble packaging; No.38, Camper, red, mint, boxed; No.53, Jeep CJ-6, red, mint, boxed; No.54, Mobile Home, cream, mint, boxed; and a further nineteen assorted 1-75 series models, circa 1960s-80s, variable condition, all boxed (some boxes damaged), (26). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 302
Cigarette cards - Salmon & Gluckstein, 'British Queens', 1902, fair (light vertical fold) (1/12); Salmon & Gluckstein, 'Traditions of the Army & Navy', 1917, good (1/25); Salmon & Gluckstein, 'Coronation Series, 1911', 1911, fair (1/25); Cohen Weenen & Co., 'Football Captains 1907-8', 1908, fair (1/60, F. Barron, Burnley); Cope, 'Boxers', 1915, fair-good (1/25, No.106, Ercole Balzac); Cope, 'Noted Footballers', 1910, generally good (1/500, No.371, Norris, Leeds); Cope, 'British Warriors', 1912, black printing, fair (1/50); and others. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Lot 561
A 1914-15 Srar to Private W.C. James, Royal Army Medical Corps, (1749 Pte. W. C. James. R.A.M.C.); A Great War Pair to Private L.. J. Bailey, Army Service Corp, British War and Victory Medals (M2-2293362 Pte. L. J. Bailey. A.S.C.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (John W. Thomas); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal GR V (James A. Bailey); together with a collection of British and European medals and awards (lot). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Lot 21
WILLS - Ships Badges (50/50); PLAYERS - Army Corps and Divisional Signs A series and 2nd Series (both complete); Drum Banners & Cap Badges (50/50); Regimental Standards and Cap Badges (50/50); GALLAHER - Army Badges (48/48) and some other military part sets including Stephen Mitchell Army Ribbons & Buttons all contained in a modern album ++mixed
Lot 359
HANCOCK JOHN: (1737-1793) American Statesman and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. Hancock was the first Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence in his capacity as President of the Congress. D.S., John Hancock, (a fine, bold example of his signature, with paraph), one page, 8vo, Boston, 12th December 1768. The manuscript document is an account from Benjamin Lincoln Jr. to John Hancock for sundry goods totalling £33.12.8, dated 12th March 1768. Hancock has endorsed and signed the account at the base, adding the words 'Errors Excepted' in his hand, along with the date. VG At the time of signing this document, Hancock was on trial after British troops seized his sloop Liberty and charged him with smuggling. Benjamin Lincoln Jr. (1733-1810) American Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. Hancock is remembered for his large and stylish signature, so much so that"John Hancock" became a synonym for signature.
Lot 365
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. Note signed, N, at the head of a L.S., Fontainebleau, 27th August 1807. Napoleon has signed his initial at the base of a short note in a secretarial hand stating that the letter should be sent back to Aldien who is to present him a report, a bill and a decree. The note appears on a L.S., Eugene Napoleon, by Eugene Napoleon (1781-1824, Viceroy of Italy, son of Empress Josephine and adopted son of Napoleon), three pages, folio, Milan, 17th August 1807, to the Emperor. Eugene Napoleon writes concerning an account by General Marmont of the 'measures he felt it necessary to take for the exemplary punishment of several men from Dalmatia, convicted of conspiracy against your Army' and further comments on a similar report received from Dandolo. Eugene offers his opinions to the Emperor, suggesting that Dandolo can no longer do any good in Dalmatia whilst General Marmont is there, 'the title of "General Provediteur" is one of the main causes of all the mistakes into which Dandolo has fallen, since this title recalls and supposes rights which your Majesty did not intend to give to the administrator of Dalmatia, and which Dandolo has believed himself entitled to exercise in full measure.' Napoleon continues to offer a solution with a different organisation to the power and administration of Dalmatia, suggesting that a Military Governor General should be installed to report to the Emperor or himself, with an administrative prefect to take care of all police and military matters and two or three further Vice-Prefects to handle all administration. The Viceroy continues to present the Emperor with three names of men he considers would be suitable for the position of administratior, listing Vismara, Brunetti and Bossi. He states that all are devoted to his step father, although additionally comments 'The first is a man whom I believe a weak character, but who certainly has administrative talent, and whose weaknesses would be less of a disadvantage in Dalmatia than anywhere else, since it would be the Governor's job to deploy force. As for the second, Your majesty knows him even better than I, but he is presented by everybody as being very capable….' In concluding Napoleon states that he will await instructions. An attractively penned letter of interesting content, bearing the signatures of both Napoleon Bonaparte and Eugene Napoleon. VG
Lot 373
AMIN DADA IDI: (1925-2003) President of Uganda 1971-79. A rare, large signed 12 x 15 photograph of Amin seated in a three quarter length pose wearing his army uniform and cap. The photograph is lightly mounted at the top edge to a board with a printed caption affixed beneath the image. Signed ('Idi A. Dada') in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background of the image. Some slight discolouration to the top edge of image caused by glue to verso. About VG
Lot 389
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister. L.S., Wellington, two pages, 4to, 3rd October 1812, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845, British Diplomat, Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30). Wellington states that he has received Stuart's letter, and one from Forjay, regarding means of Transport, and continues to explain 'It is not in my power as Commander of the British Army to make an advance of £15,000 upon a speculation….to procure means of Transport for the Army, even though I should be convinced that it would be successful.' further adding 'I am convinced however not only that the proposed scheme will not produce any good effect but that it will aggravate all the existing evils. It is not necessary that I should trouble you with my reasons for entertaining this opinion, as what I have stated above is a sufficient answer to the proposition made to me, as Commander in Chief of the British Army; but if the Portuguese Government think proper to call for my opinion…they shall have it.' Some very light age wear to the edges, VG
Lot 395
WHITE GEORGE S.: (1835-1912) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Charasiab, Afghanistan, on 6th October 1879. Signed sepia cabinet photograph of White in a half length pose in uniform wearing his medals including the Victoria Cross. Photograph by Window & Grove of Baker Street, London. Signed ('Geo. S. White') in ink with his name alone to the image. A thin band of heavy discoloration appears around the edge of the image, just touching the signature, which remains legible. Together with a signed 6.5 x 9 cabinet photograph by the 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861-1947, British Statesman, served in the Boer War) showing him seated in a three quarter length pose in army uniform. Photograph by W. Illingworth of Northampton. Signed ('Salisbury, Brig. General') in bold black ink to the lower photographer's mount. About G to VG, 2
Lot 420
EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. An unusual wartime D.S., Dwight D Eisenhower, one page, 4to, n.p., 2nd March 1944. The document is an original carbon copy of a typed letter from Lt. Col. Ernest R. Lee to H. G. Darling, manager of The Chase National Bank in London. Lee thanks Darling for a receipt and continues 'The following officers besides General Eisenhower and myself, will be permitted at any time to withdraw the silver salver: Commander Harry C. Butcher, USNR, Lt. Colonel J. F. Gault (British Army). If facsimile signatures are required I will be glad to obtain them for you.' The letter is authentically signed in blue fountain pen ink by Eisenhower at the foot in his capacity as General of the US Army. Accompanied by a typed copy of a receipt giving further details of the salver, 'engraved as follows "General Dwight D. Eisenhower Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, North Africa, 8th November 1942 to 8th January 1944. A token of admiration and affection from some British officers of Allied Force Headquarters.' The receipt also details a Gold Chronometer watch similarly engraved and presented to Eisenhower. One small area of paper loss in the upper left corner of letter, otherwise VG, 2
Lot 440
HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. D.S., A Hitler, one page, 4to, Berlin, 18th December 1940, marked Secret, in German. The typed document states, in full, 'The military history of Greater Germany's fight for freedom is to be researched and presented from the point of view of the Supreme Command. This is to assure the necessary uniformity in the writing of military history in its totality, without detriment to the objectives which individual branches of the Armed Forces have set for themselves. Further directives on this matter will be issued by the Chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht.' Signed by Hitler at the conclusion. The document is one of four original copies that were distributed to the High Command of the Army and Navy, the Reich Minister of the Luftwaffe etc. A lengthy vertical tear to the left edge, just affecting one word of text and not the signature, has been professionally and neatly repaired. Otherwise about VG
Lot 450
BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed 6 x 4 postcard, being a reproduction of the 1911 postcard used on the Coronation aerial post in September 1911. The card was issued to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Coronation flight and features a design of an early aircraft in flight. Postally cancelled at Hendon, 9th September 1981, the card has been signed by Bader to a clear area with his name alone in blue ink and also bears the signature of Robert H. McIntosh (1894- , DFC, Wing Commander of 280 Coastal Command Squadron during World War II). Together with Pat Reid (1910-1990, British Army Officer, held captive at Colditz Castle during World War II) signed postcard, the image depicting Colditz and promoting the BBC television series Colditz. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to the white border. Some slight surface creasing, G to VG, 2
Lot 465
BRITISH ARMY: A miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, a few letters etc., by various British Army officers of World War II, mainly Generals, including William Slim, Miles Dempsey, Richard O'Connor, Frederick Pile, Geoffrey Bourne, Kenneth Crawford, Frank Messervy, Ian Jacob, Claude Auchinleck, David Stirling, John Harding, Harold Alexander, Alan Brooke etc. Most neatly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 39
Lot 469
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including Francis Gabreski, Bud Mahurin, Bob Johnson, George Bostwick, Charles King, James Morehead, James Tyler, Merle Coons, Harold Comstock, Herschel Green, Arthur Fiedler, Francis Gerard etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 42
Lot 470
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including James Watkins, Richard Faxon, Jack Ilfrey, Steve Pisanos, Robert Baldwin, Robert Curtis, Jerry Collinsworth, Joseph Bennett, Jay Robbins, etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 43
Lot 471
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including Charles Cesky, Charles Pattillo, Wayne Blickenstaff, Kenneth Dahlberg, Bruce Carr, Gordon Graham, Richard Peterson, James Hill, Abner Aust, etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 39
Lot 472
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including Elmer Wheadon, Louis Schriber Jr, James Goodson, Claude Kinsey Jr, Eugene Roberts, Gerald Johnson, Robert Rankin, Robert Goebel, Frank Hurlbut, Forrest Parham, Donald Blakeslee, etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 43
Lot 473
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including Walter Beckham, George Lamb, John Vogt Jr, Clarence Anderson Jr, Charles Yeager, John Lowell, Richard Fleischer, Joseph Forster, Raymond Bank, Wilbur Scheible, Robert Aschenbrener, George Hollowell, Paul McArthur, etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 39
Lot 474
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, some signed photographs etc., by various USAAF Aces including Rex Barber, Donald Bryan, Jack Bradley, Dale Karger, Joseph Matte, Charles MacDonald, Rudolph Augarten, Robin Olds, John Purdy, Clyde East, Curtis E le May, etc., each lightly mounted alongside biographies, newspaper photographs etc. Generally G to about VG, 39
Lot 583
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 29th September 1775. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Colonel Sir Robert Hamilton to be a Major General in the Army. Countersigned by 4th Earl of Rochford (1717-1781) Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1770-1775. Lacking blind embossed paper seal. Some slight creasing, about VG
Lot 18
Crimea. First, Second, Third and Fourth Reports from the Select Committee on the Army Before Sebastopol; With the Proceedings of the Committee, 4 vols. bound in 2, 1855, ex-Libris. Cecil Woodham-Smith CBE, label to front pastedowns, later yellow cloth with gilt labels to spines, folio. Includes references to Florence Nightingale and her proposed reforms of the nursing profession. (2)
Lot 22
Goodisson (William). A Historical and Topographical Essay Upon the Islands of Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaca, and Zante: with Remarks Upon the Characters, Manners, and Customs of the Ionian Greeks..., 1st ed., 1822, four litho maps & eight litho plts. (inc. map frontis.), errata leaf at rear, occ. minor spotting, edges untrimmed, orig. boards, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., 8vo. The author spent more than five years in the Islands as a medical officer with the British Army. Blackmer 705. (1)
Lot 402
Sinde Mission. Journal & Memoir on Sinde by Lieutenant Edward P. Del Hoste, Qr. Mr. Genls. Department & Surveyor to the Mission, 21st December 1831 to the 5th May 1832, a contemporary manuscript fair copy of 109 pages, signed by the author at end, manuscript title and double-page hand-col. pen and ink map of Sinde by Del Hoste, dated Bhooj, 19th July 1832, copied from the original by Jowaniam Luxinomjae(?) signed by Edward Del Hoste, and further dated Bombay, 17th December 1833, seventeen leaves of watercolours and pen and ink sketches bound at end, including three leaves of varnished watercolours (adhesion damage to lower margin of two leaves), one of these signed by Edward Del Hoste (signature trimmed), several other sketches initialled by him, all India related and showing costumes, views, temple designs, local observations, etc., followed by an eighty-two page fair copy of ‘Memoir on Sinde’, signed by the author at end, plus an autograph letter signed from the author, dated 18th December 1833, to Colonel P. Hardy(?), offering this book to Sir Colin(?) ‘as a mark of the gratitude which I feel towards him... the fact is most of the drawings have been spoiled by the binder, and others, I found I had lost, so that there are not as many as there would have been - however, if Sir Colin returns to England, it may amuse his friends there, as I fancy Sinde is generally speaking Terra incognita’, 2 pp., 8vo, contemp. green straight-grained morocco gilt, titled Sinde on spine, heavily rubbed and sl. wear to joints and extremities, folio. Included with this lot is an old complete transcript of the two works in this volume. As is evident from the journal Captain Del Hoste’s orders were as much political groundwork on behalf of Britain as general surveying. He was a member of Henry Pottinger’s 1831-32 diplomatic mission to Hyderabad and Khyrpoor, surveying not only the villages and towns that the mission travelled through, but commenting extensively on the Sindh people and physical geography. This was part of a larger attempt to counteract Russian imperialism by opening the Indus River to free trade. Del Hoste’s surveys and comments were submitted as two reports to the Bombay presidency, the main aim of which was to help the British establish a more commanding presence in Sindh. Edward Paterson Del Hoste was an officer in the East India Company. A member of the Bombay native infantry’s 16th Regiment, who after his period as a surveyor in Sindh held different posts in the Bombay presidency army, including Assistant Quartermaster General. Later in the 1830s he returned to the region writing on the trade routes, geography and commercial potential. (2)
Lot 231
A complete set of League and Cup programmes from the Tottenham Hotspur 1960-61 Championship winning season, 42 League homes and aways, plus a full set of 7 F.A. Cup tie programmes, the lot also including home friendlies v The Army and Tbilisi Dynamo, an end of season away friendly v Amsterdam XI, a public trial match, 10 home reserves, England v West Germany U-23 international, London Boys v Manchester Boys, club handbooks for 1960-61 and 1961-62 containing a review of the double-season, a souvenir brochure 'Spurs 1961', a souvenir sheet with printed autographs and a small period b&w photograph of the double-winning team (70)
Lot 275
A near-complete collection of Manchester United home and away programmes from the 1957-58 'Munich' season, every home League, F.A. Cup, European Cup, Charity Shield plus FA v Army played at Old Trafford, lacking only 1 away from League & Cup v Chelsea 26th April, the lot including the F.A. Cup semi-final & replay and final at Wembley, the European Cup away at Shamrock Rovers and a memorial order of service card for the journalists who lost their lives at Munich, held at St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, 25th February 1958 (57)
Lot 6
Portsmouth FC memorabilia, comprising: two silver cigarette cases relating to Bob Brown the Portsmouth FC manager between 1911 and 1920, the first hallmarked Birmingham, 1918, with a presentation inscription reading PRESENTED TO MR R.BROWN, AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT, BY THE TRAINERS & PLAYERS, OF THE PORTSMOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB, 1920, the other hallmarked Birmingham 1929 and engraved with a RB monogram; sold together with a Portsmouth FC fixture list 1905-06, published by A Jordan's Army & Navy depot; and a metallic Portsmouth club crest shield (4)
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