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Click here to subscribeThe Coronation of H.M.King George V and Queen Mary, 23rd June 1911 - Official Programme of Procession and a fascinating Army and Navy Stores Coronation sales catalogue listing a wide range of goods including 18ct gold Peers Coronets, tiaras, flags, souvenir china, cakes and even chauffeured cars for hire for the Coronation (2)
Rare Napoleonic period army surgeon’s hand written journal - The Journal of Ebenezer Black M. D., the extensive journal bound together with some transcripts of letters, remedies and music manuscript, the principle text commencing 1806 and various entries to around 1813 (letters run 1812-1825). Much of the material has been transcribed and bound together. The journal detailing everyday events including battle of Tarragona, troop movements etc, early marbled binding, 22 x 15cmCondition report: Multiple additional images now published onlinemanuscript begins page numbered 33 (earlier pages presumably missing) continued to approximately p. 70 then blank pages resuming 31st Oct for approximately 14p. Then letter to an unarmed Colonel...'Bonaparte has completely played the part of the dog' then description of a silk worm before journal resumes Jan 19th 1809 for approximately 50 pages. The reverse predominantly copies of letters, some music manuscript and history notes
A Remington New Army model nickel plated revolver converted to .44 rimfire, with a six shot cylinder and 8" octagonal barrel, the top flat stamped Patented September 14 1856, further stamped E. Remington & Sons, Illion. New York, US above New Model, and mounted with walnut grips, overall length 37cm.Additional InformationThe safety position does not hold on half cock, it fires on both half and full cock, heavy scratches, surface wear throughout the gun, knocks to the wooden handle, losses, rusting in parts, looks to have been cleaned recently, heavy pitting, the barrel moves freely.
An interesting early 20th century autograph album including signatures of Sir Ernest Shackleton dated February 1910, Clara Butt the singer, William Booth founder of the Salvation Army, Andrew Carnegie American philanthropist who largely funded the Torquay library, T.R. Allison founder of Hovis, Dame Nellie Melba singer, Marie Corelli novelist and Colonel Charles R Burn MP who entered parliament on 3rd December 1910 representing Torquay.The vendor's great grandfather was a portrait photographer on 34 Union Street in Torquay with the business being retained within the family. J.C. Dinham was awarded a Royal Warrant in 1907 and several of his images have been donated to the National Portrait Gallery and Devon Heritage. The vendor's mother was also a professional singer and used the album to record the leading musicians of the time with whom she performed circa 1950-1960.
A Third Reich army officers dagger and scabbardCONDITION REPORTIn our judgement, condition of lot is good.Notably, the handle sports a full length crack on both sides. This item is one of a large collection of genuine militaria consigned to our February auction by a private vendor.They were accumulated by the vendor’s father over a 40 year period after World War II. Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention.
A Third Reich army officers dagger by Herder, Solingen with two hanging straps, rings and tasselCONDITION REPORTIn our judgement, condition of lot is good.Notably, the metal areas on the hilt sport some discoloration, the sheath displays some signs of abrasion, and the sheath hanger is well worn, as to be expected with age.This item is one of a large collection of genuine militaria consigned to our February auction by a private vendor.They were accumulated by the vendor’s father over a 40 year period after World War II. Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention.
8 Corgi. DAF XF 3 Axle Tractor Unit With Curtainside Semi Trailer 'James Irlam'. Volvo FM Aggregate Tipper, 'Tarmac'. Foden Alpha Aggregate Tipper, J.H.Jones & Son. U.S Army Diamond T Wrecker. Bedford TK Platform Trailer & Pallets, BRS. Foden Tanker & Bedford O Series, Tate & Lyle set. AEC Regal & AEC Bus, Gosport & Fareham -The Provincial set. Golden Oldies Morris 1000, Shell/BP. Together with a Morris 1000 Pick Up, Wimpey. All boxed, minor/some wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £60-80
A WW1 memorial style figure by 'Ballantynes of Walkerburn' of a British Army Soldier. In bronze resin effect standing leaning against a wall, in winter cloak with arms outstretched. Mounted on a substantial wooden plinth. Together with a collection of 15 WW1 and WW2 RAF aircraft china plates by Royal Dalton, a few with Certificates. Also 4 framed Regimental prints- 2x Royal Scots, 21st Foot and Lothian Regiment, plus Black Watch and Cameronians. Plus 3 others featuring WW2 RAF aircraft. Plus 5 small wooden framed and glazed display cases and a small Revell 1:24 scale display case boxed kit. VGC. Cases have some surface marking. £50-70
A quantity of boxed and unboxed diecast vehicles by various makes. Boxed items include 20+ Corgi including; Whizzwheels Bertone Runabout Barchette (386). Renault 5TS. STP Patrick Eagle Racing Car. James Bond Citroen 2CV. London Routemaster bus. Scammell Highwayman Crane, Southdown. Renault 5 (295). Together with Dinky; US Army T42A (712). Zygon Patroller (363). Police Land Rover (277), etc. Plus vehicles by EFE, Bburago and other makes. Plus a quantity of unboxed vehicles for restoration including; Dinky Toys Foden Tanker, BOAC Harrington coach, Corgi Toys Simca 1000, Matchbox Refuse Collector, etc. Boxes with some wear/damage to all. Vehicles AF-VGC. £50-70
30 Oxford. 2 scales, 1:43 and 1:76. 1:43- Austin and a Morris Paralanian camper vans. Bedford HA camper van (open) and an MG Magnet. Plus 1:76 including 5 military, AEC Matador Artillery Tractor, a Bedford OY 3-Ton Water Tanker, Bedford OX 13CWT van, Bedford MWD British Army Desert. David Brown Tractor, RAF. 2x Oxford Fire series- Austin ATV NFS and a Coventry Climax Pump Trailer. Scammell Scarab, BR. Plus a Shelvoke & Drewry Dust Cart. 2x Field Marshall Tractors, variations. Milk Float, Express Dairies. Bedford CA Milk Float, Unigate. Ford Zephyr Mk3. Humber Hawk MkIV, Morris Oxford and a Humber Super Snipe Estate Taxi etc. All boxed, outer card loose to many. Contents VGC-Mint. £50-70
Fifties Matchless 'project' with transferrable number plate.Used by the British Army during the Second World War and still in production many years laterFor 1958, an alternator was fitted and optional chrome tank panels, steering damper, brake light system and air filter were offeredThis example was registered in the UK from new and is showing one previous ownerPleasingly original bike presented in unrestored conditionUK registered on a V5C with a transferrable number plate (TOT 156)Supplied with most parts required as pictured. An ideal projectSpecificationMake: MATCHLESSModel: G3Year: 1958Registration Number: TOT 156Engine Number: G3 41927Click here for more details and images
Quantity of Assorted Gentlemen's Military Uniform, comprising RAF, Naval and Army, an evening mess jacket with quilted red silk lining, and a variety of hats and caps (one rail and one box) (approximately 38 jackets and many items with similar trousers)Condition report: Some of jackets altered - been used for theatrical costume.
Set of Six Late 19th/Early 20th Century Possibly Russian Cream Linen Hand Towels, embroidered to both ends in red, blue and yellow ochre with eagles, birds animals grazing, crosses on a decorative border, initialled to the centre, 115cm by 66cm; and Two Faded Examples (8)The initials belong to William Frederick Webb (1829-1899) who resided at a local country house, in North Yorkshire. Webb entered the Army after an education at Eton, but did not stay long, however he did serve in the Crimea at some point. He resigned his commission as a Captain in the 17th Lancers to go to South Africa, where he became a close friend of the explorer David Livingstone.
Vanity Fair print. Titled The Salvation Army. Dated 25/11/1882. General Booth. Approx size 14x12. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Actor, John Gregson signed 6x4 vintage black and white photograph. Gregson (15 March 1919 - 8 January 1975), known professionally as John Gregson, was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles. He was best known for his comedy roles. He was credited in 40 films between 1948 and 1971, and on television from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy or army officer, or for his comedy roles in Ealing and other British films. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Kent.- Lambarde (William) A perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre. Collected and written (for the most part) in the yeare. 1570, first edition, black letter, title within woodcut typographic border, engraved map after Richard Lyne, additional f. signed H2 'The names of Kentish writers' misbound after C4, woodcut decorative initials, map trimmed with some loss, first 2 sigs. trimmed at foot, just touching foot of title's border and signature marks, occasional spotting and soiling, 18th century Irish speckled sheep, gilt, spine in compartments and with heraldic crest with arm holding scimitar and later (but to style) red and black leather labels, spine and corners repaired, a few small stains, [STC 15175], [By Henrie Middleton] for Ralphe Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleetestreete a litle aboue the Conduit, 1576.⁂ The first edition of this first English county history is rare at auction. Provenance: Frederick Trench (1775-1859), Tory politician and British Army officer from Ballinakill, in Queen's County (now Laois), Ireland. He was among those who supported improvement plans for London, such as The Embankment. A similarly bound book found in Folger (STC 4865); Bernard Quaritch (penciled collation note at end); Prof. Eric Stanley (1923-2018) Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford (bookplate to front pastedown).
George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820) Approval of request for 12 officers to be placed on the staff of the Army serving in Ireland, D.s. twice "George R", 1p. with conjugate blank, manuscript, repairs to folds, slightly browned, folio, 1st January 1805.⁂ Officers include: Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote K.B., Sir Charles Asgill, Earl of Cork etc.
India.- Madras Army.- Scot (Sir Robert, KCB, Major-General, Madras Army, of Haddington, fl. 1793-1833) Letter Book and correspondence relating to his estate, manuscript, 277pp., reverse entries, 1f. with small tear, slightly browned, original reverse calf, rubbed, manuscript label on upper cover "Estate of Sir Robert Scot", joints split, folio, 1823-51.⁂ Copies of Scot's correspondence at Fort St George, India and elsewhere relating to the payment of expenses incurred in his duties. Also some manuscript correspondence for his estate after his death.
Nightingale (Florence, reformer of army medical services and of nursing organization, 1820-1910) Autograph Letter signed to Dr John Murdoch, 4pp., 8vo, '[London], Grosvenor Square, 6th July 1888, referring to his work in India, thanking him for his letter, "& for the most valuable publications which followed in the little book, a reprint of, 'England's Work in India' & the 6 copies of your 'Sanitary Reform' which is exceedingly good indeed", regarding meetings at the Mansion House "on the ground of training Women Doctors in India", and referring to her four months illness, folds, browned.⁂ In the late 1850s Nightingale turned her attention to the condition of the British soldiers in India since the passing of the Government of India Act in 1858. High mortality rates amongst the British Army would make that unsustainable, as she wrote to Lord Stanley in July 1858 (Vallée, Health in India, 52). A royal commission on the sanitary state of the army in India was duly appointed in May 1859.
Kitchener (Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916) Autograph Letter signed to Captain Anson, 1p., 8vo, Cairo, 28th April n.y. [c. 1892], "I have made some enquiries but cannot find any billet for which there are not already a large number of candidates. If you apply to Capt Middleman of the Coast Guard at Alexandria he will note your name but they are full now", remains of old mounting and offsetting from hasty folding, folds, browned.
Nightingale (Florence, reformer of army medical services and of nursing organization, 1820-1910) Autograph Letter signed to Arnold Toynbee, 2pp. in pencil, sm. 4to, Park Lane, [London], 20th October 1882, in his capacity as tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, in charge of the candidates for the Indian Civil Service, "I hope that Lecture's on Land Tenure, Provincial Administration &c will form part of your future course... . But more than that, if your two years can be made into 3, that something of instruction on Agricultural & Technical Science, including Forestry, may direct your students attention... . I give the Balliol Civil Service candidates joy of their position with you. The future of India depends, more than on anything else, on the rulers we bring up", folds, slight foxing.⁂ Arnold Toynbee (1852-83), social reformer and political economist.
Napoléon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821) Letter signed to the Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, in French, 4pp., sm. 4to, Dresden, 26th September 1813, informing him that a regiment of Lancers, Poles, Chasseurs and Guards has been sent to join him, with General Lauriston passing on the left bank [of the river Elbe], giving orders for the movement of troops and transports across the river, with details of generals and divisions expected shortly and other measures to be taken in connection with the battle for Dresden, "d'est necessaire que Dresde soit couvert à 2 ou 3 heures du Camp retranchée", si toutefoisla position le permet", margin stub, folds, slightly browned.⁂ Napoleon and the Grande Armée in the year after the retreat from Moscow. The Russian army had pursued the retreating French Grande Armée across Europe but Napoleon was still a formidable general in charge of a powerful force. At the time this letter was written Napoleon had won the Battle of Dresden at the end of August, but the tide was turning against him and soon the combined forces of his enemies would overwhelm him. In March 1813 the Sixth Coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German States finally defeated Napoleon and led to the invasion of France in 1814 and drove Napoleon into exile.Nicolas Charles Oudinot, first Count Oudinot, first Duke of Reggio (1767-1847), was a Marshal of the Empire.
German S. 98/05 n.A. bayonet, by V.C Shilling, stamped with crown over W and 17 for 1917, as well as 1920's date stamp.This is one of the bayonets the German army was allowed to keep following the Paris Peace Conference signed on the 28th June 1919. Stamped on the right crossguard is the 1920's date stamp illustrating that it is a legal weapon for the new German army. The mark also prevented German soldiers from taking advantage of the cash rewards offered to civilians to hand in WWI surplus weaponry.50cm long
Pietta .44 1860 Colt Army percussion revolver, 8 inch barrel, serial number P92816UK RFD OR FIREARMS LICENCE REQUIRED WITH .44 REVOLVER VARIATION TO BUY THIS LOT.Condition report: The external condition of the revolver is good with most finish remaining and only minor signs of use. The bore unfortunately has some pitting due to not being cleaned properly. There is an odd patch of corrosion on the inside of the cylinders. The action works correctly and indexes.
Navy and Army Illustrated Vol 1 by Commander Charles N Robinson R.N. 1896 Hardback Book published by Hudson and Kearns some ageing good condition. All lots sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
The First Emperor China's Terracotta Army edited by Jane Portal 2007 First Edition Hardback Book published by The British Museum Press good condition. All lots sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
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