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Click here to subscribeLAWFORD, Ltn-col J.P., and Catto, Mjr W.E., Soloah Punjab, The History of the Sixteenth Punjab Regiment, maps and plates, 8vo, original cloth in dust wrapper, 1967, with Anon, A Brief History of the Third Battalion first Punjab Regiment, 8vo, original cloth, 1927, with Rollinson, H.G., The History of the 2/6th Rajputana Rifles, folding maps, 8vo, original cloth in dust wrapper, 1936 (3).
Percy. G. H. Fender cricket archive: 1914-18: A Royal Flying Corps walking/ swagger stick, with a plaque dated 5-10-15, believed to be the date that he first took flight, made from a damaged mahogany propellor; together with an 11th Batt. Royal Fusiliers. Dec 1914 photograph, a Royal Army Medical Corps Depot Cricket Team 1916 photograph with plate key, Aldershot, July 1916, a R.A.F. photograph September 1940, a Sam Brown belt and sword frog and a pair of brown leather part lace up riding boots.On Tuesday 1st September Fender played the final match of the season, beating Gloucestershire to win the County Championship. The next day he joined the Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Fusiliers; Fender found he disliked the routine and regimentation of army life. In 1915 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, which was more to his sense of adventure. Fender was initially stationed in London, where he was involved in repelling Zeppelin attacks, before being sent to India. However, soon after his arrival, he became seriously ill with dysentery, possibly cholera. He returned to England in 1916 to recover but the illness had affected his heart and he was left weak for much of the following two years. He played some charity cricket in 1917 but did not return to duty with the Royal Flying Corps until late 1918.
Percy G.H.Fender cricket archive: 1946: Old England v Surrey June 1946, Centenary fund Raiser, a framed and glazed signed Old England team photo together with letters from team members, including Jack Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Bill Hitch and nine photographs of the team meeting the King, with a thank you letters etc four photographs of 1947 Fund Raising Event, 1948 15th Annual Sutcliffe test card, various photographs relating to fund raising events and charity matches, (a lot).1945 was the centenary year of Surrey Cricket Club but obviously celebrations had to be delayed - there needed to be repairs huge damage to The Oval and rebuild a team which could be competitive when first-class cricket restarted in May 1946, amid enormous enthusiasm which could not be tempered by what Wisden editor Hubert Preston described as "execrable weather, both wet and cold".Surrey were grateful to the many members who continued paying their subscriptions throughout the war, despite knowing they had no chance of seeing any cricket, but a Centenary Fund for restoration work was established to raise £100,000 and started by the club's patron, King George VI, who donated £100.Lock and his men pulled off their miracle - The Oval was ready in time to host the Indian tourists for a three-day match starting on May 11th, although the big set-piece occasion came twelve days later when Surrey entertained an Old England XI. It contained many giants of the club's past Percy Fender, back as captain, along with Douglas Jardine and Andy Sandham, augmented by Herbert Sutcliffe, Frank Woolley, Patsy Hendren, Maurice Tate and Tich Freeman. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Strudwick were the umpires.This may have been one of Fender's greatest achievements. It is an important group of letters and photographs showing support for his old club, team mates and fans of the sport. The King joined a huge crowd to watch Surrey make 248-6 and Old England reply with 232-6 to claim a draw. The result mattered little, what it represented for so many was that cricket was back.
PLOWEDEN, Water Chichele Travels in Abysinnia and the Galla Country with an Account of a Mission to Ras Ali in 1848, folding maps, 8vo, rebound in half morocco, with Portal, Gerald H. My Mission to Abysinnia, frontispiece, folding map, light staining to first few pages, half morocco, with Lucas, Thos J, Camp Life and Sport in South Africa, Experiences of Cape Warfare with the Cape mounted rifles, four tinted lithograph plates, 8vo, half calf, publisher Chapman and Hall, 1878 (3).
FOWLES, John, A Maggot, Original cloth backed marble boards, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, one of 500 numbered copies of the first edition of A Maggot, signed by the author and specially bound, Number 250. 1985; together with BROOKNER, Anita, Family and Friends, cloth back morocco boards, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, one of 250 copies of the first edition of Family and Friends, signed by the author and specially bound, number 113, with TREMAIN, Rose, Sacred Country A Novel, cloth backed morocco boards, one of 150 numbered copies of the first edition of Sacred Country, signed by the author and specially bound,
DIXON, William Scarth - A History of the Bramham Moor Hunt, Org. cloth, a little stained, Illust,. tall 8vo, Leeds,1898, With several others illustrated by Lionel Edwards i.e. British Racecourses ( in dust wrapper) 1951, Over The Grass.1925, Hunting the Fox, 1925, Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 1944, With 6 others on hunting, etc. Inc a fine copy in d/w of Frances Pitt's, Hounds Horses & Hunting, first ed., 1948.(11)
Percy G.H. Fender cricket archive: 1922: Gilbert Thomas Webster (1886-1962), known as Tom Webster, ' Last week P.G.H. Fender, The Surrey Captain told me that he was going to play in glasses. I don't think he informed Hampshire..... and Mr Fender collected 185', pen and ink with traces of pencil, signed Tom Webster and dated 1922, 31.5 x 32cm, framed and glazed. Sadly, most of the Tom Webster cartoons depicting Fender were housed at The Oval during the war and destroyed by bombing. This example shows Fender wearing his glasses for the first time. Batting against Hampshire he hit 185 from 294 balls in 130 minutes, At the time he was the only player to wear glasses at the crease.
BEWICK, Thomas - The History of British Birds. xxx; 335; (ii); 46; (ii). xx; 400; (i); 43; (i) pages, 2 vols., woodcuts throughout, 8vo, bound by Hammond, in dark olive green crushed Morocco, AEG..Newcastle, 1797 & 1804, volume one is a first edition bound with the Supplement volume 1821, volume two is a first edition bound with the Supplement volume also a first edition. 1821.
LATIMER, Hugh - The Seven Sermons of the reverend father, M. Hugh Latimer, which he preached before our later soverayne Lorde of famous memory King Edward the VI within the preaching place, in the Palace of Westminster, in the yeare of our Lorde. 1549. the first sermon the VIII Marche where unto are added two sermons, as well that he preached at Stamford, as also the last that he made before the late King Edward, which he called Bys Vltimum Vale, 19th century half calf, boards detached, small 4to, woodcut border to title page which is trimmed. Black letter. Title page with woodcut borders. Lacking one divisional title page, and a further eighteen leaves. Imprinted at London by John Day, 1568. * sold with all faults not subject to return
Percy G. H. Fender cricket archive: 1927: A rare cricket blazer worn by P. G. H. Fender for the L. H. Tennyson's XI Tour to Jamaica, 1926/27, a blue wool blazer with outline edge of green, pale blue and red piping and embroidered patch pocket with Lord Tennyson family armorial, the label reads 'E.C. Deveruex, 127 & 128 High Street, Eton, P.G.H. Fender 1927', together with a Surrey Club tie and a signed team photograph and watercolour - ' Hon. L.H. Tennyson's Team Tour Jamaica . B W I, February 1927, signed lower right H.C. .Bower Chief Officer, R.M.S. Bayano, Feb 1927, (3) Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (7th November 1889 - 6th June 1951) The grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson was known principally as a first-class cricketer who captained Hampshire and England. He was captain of Hampshire from 1919 to 1932. He led several non-Test match tours overseas to India, South Africa and the West Indies. Tennyson and Fender were in business together selling wine.
Percy. G. H. Fender cricket archive:1922: Royal Air Force Club Cricket Week, Eastbourne 1922, The House Party, team photograph with printed key plate, image size 23 x 29cm, together with another (2). The team played eleven first-class matches: nine between 1922 and 1932, mostly against other branches of the Services and another two in 1945 and 1946. Their home ground was the Royal Air Force Sports Ground, Uxbridge. The Club's first game was against 'Rest of England' at Eastbourne in September 1922 and included no fewer than eight current or future Test cricketers: Jack Hobbs, Wally Hardinge, Frank Woolley, Percy Fender, Harold Gilligan, George Geary, Charlie Parker and Abe Waddington.
Percy G.H. Fender cricket archive: 1912: An early 20th century silver mounted and malacca cane sword stick, maker's mark J.H.W, London, Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, etched blade, with cartouche inscription 'Bois de la Cambre April 7th 1912' blade length 70cm, overall length 92.5cm.Fender excelled at fencing at St Pauls, where his long reach was advantageous ,and he must have been one of the few cricketers to have ever fought a duel. It happened when he was working in Belgium a year or two before the First World war. A lifetime later Fender was still reluctant to go into details, but apparently, he had been paying too much attention to a girl who was unofficially engaged to an officer of the Belgian army. Fender was challenged to duel by his rival, a type of foil weapon was agreed. ' Almost as soon as it had started I nicked his arm, and that was that!' In England a year or so later a gift of a sword stick was made to him direct from the Wilkinson Sword firm. If Fender asked Wilkinson about the order he was told it was ' a gift to an Englishman who fenced better than any Englishman has a right to do' . P. G. H. Fender- A Biography, Streeton Richard, p36.
DAHL, Sophie - Playing with the Grown-ups, cloth in slip case, 8vo, signed limited edition of 550 copies, Bloomsbury, 1st ed. 2007, With - Dahl, Sophie, The Man With The Dancing Eyes, cloth in d/w, Illust., 8vo, signed by the author with a sketch, Bloomsbury. First Ed. 2003, With - Morpurgo, Michael & Blake, Quentin, The Birthday Book, pictorial cloth, Illust. 4to, limited edition of 500 copies, With five others (8)
FAIRY BOOKS ... The Red Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, org. red gilt cloth, 8vo, discoloured and chipped at the head of the spine, lean to text block, Longman's Green, fourth ed. 1893, With - Crimson Fairy Book, org. crimson cloth, spine slightly sunned, New impression, 1930, With - Grey Fairy Book, org. grey cloth, a little soiled, sl. weak in text block, new impression, 1906, With - Yellow Fairy Book., org. yellow cloth, soiled, gilt rubbed off, inscription on half-title, second ed., 1895, Lilac Fairy Book, org. cloth, the lilac has faded totally white, new Impression, 1924. With - Olive Fairy Book, org. olive green pictorial cloth, new impression, 1920. With - Lang, Mrs. The Book of Princes and Princesses, org. blue gilt cloth, 8vo. first ed., 1908, also Blue and Brown fairy books (1904) in very poor condition, With one other. * sold with all faults not subject to return(10)
RACKHAM, Arthur ... (Illustrator) : The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, 8 colour plates and numerous b & w, original decorative cloth, in price-clipped d/w, 8vo, Harrap, 1949 With - Bain, R. Nisbet, Cossack Fairy Tales, 16 colour plates by Noel L. Nisbet, cont. inscription on f.e.p., original pictorial cloth, snagging at the head of the spine, Lg. 8vo., Harrap, first ed.,1916, with two other children's books.(4)
SHEPHERD, Thomas H - Modern Athens - Displayed in a Series of Views, or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, steel engraved plates, light spotting, first few pages water stained in the lower corner, 4to, attractive embossed and gilt calf, 1829, With - Grant, James, Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh, 3 vols., illust. throughout, 4to, fine, n.d., c1880s (4).
Percy.G. H. Fender cricket archive: A signed photograph of the 'England Touring Side in Sydney 1920-21', signed by P. G. H. Fender, A. Waddington, H. Howells (faded and over written in green ink), J. W. Hearne (faded and over written in green ink), C. Parkin, B Wolley, W. Rhodes, E. K. Wilkinson, J. Hobbs, B. Studwick, P. Hendren (faded and over written in green ink), B. Hitch, J. Russell, H. Makepeace, image size, 21 x 50.5cm, together with a letter from A.M. Latham thanking P.G.H. Fender for stepping into the role of Vice Captain, a poster from Pall Mall publishing ' Team Defeat', a Test Match Souvenir magazine, a photograph of an All England v. All Ceylon 11th October 1920, a match played on the outward leg and a team photograph set for publishing, (6).The tour was the first to have Test status series after the First World War. The last Ashes (series) had been the 1912 Triangular Tournament held in England. Although the tourists were relatively successful in their first-class matches against the Australian state teams, losing only one, the tour ended in disaster. This was the first team ever to lose every match in a five-Test series.It was commented that the chief cause of England's failure was the bowling. Much has been made of Australia's ability to recover from the effects of the war more quickly than England and Wisden commented that "English cricket had not had time to regain its pre-war standard"
Percy G. H. Fender cricket archive: 1918: M.C.C. England v The Dominions at Lords, a framed and glazed signed black and white photograph of the England team, together with two glazed score cards, one for Saturday 13th July 1918 and Monday August 5th 1918 at the Oval, flanking a photograph of Lord Roberts, Tintagel, August 1912, (2).In 1912 Lord Roberts predicted the forthcoming war against Germany. The Dominions cricket team, representing the Dominions of the British Empire, played England during both the First and Second World Wars.Amongst the signatures are, Hardinge, Gunn, Fry, Tennyson, Hendren, Warner, Gillingham, Fender, Astill, Kirk and Franklin.
LINSSEN, E.F, Beetles of the British Isles: 2 vols, original cloth in complete dust wrapper, small 4to, Frederick Warne & Co, neat small ownership inscription on the reverse of the half title, first editions, 1959. With 32 others in the same Wayside and Woodland series, all but eight in original dust wrapper, *also including The Spiders and Allied Orders; grasshoppers crickets and cockroaches, flies, dragonflies, land and water bugs etc. (34)(Full List available on request).
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