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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 654

Government of Nepal, watermarked paper (2) for the issues of 1960-62 and 1962-68, the first piece featuring a smaller plumed crown for the 1 and 5 Rupees, the second featuring a larger plumed crown and security thread for the 10 and 100 Rupees, glued into blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, extremely rare, these being the only examples of this paper in the Portals archive (2 papers) BNB B201-B208, Pick 8-15 for types £200-£260 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 171

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers’ archival specimens for 20 Escudos (2), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 230001 to 250000 and 250001 to 280000, Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco and Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, first in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, the 13th and 14th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU ST42ms-ns, Pick 32s £100-£150

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 526

National/Central Bank of Iraq, watermarked paper showing the ‘large head’ of King Faisal II as a youth, as featured on part of the third series of 1947, and the first and second Central Bank issues of 1956, including papers for 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 Dinars, glued into blue card frame, ink and pencil annotations on paper, as produced, extremely rare, this being the only example of the ‘large head’ watermark in the Portals archive BNB B212-B307, Pick 38-50 for types £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 893

Central Bank of Sri Lanka, black and white De La Rue proofs for an obverse 500 Rupees (2), first dated 19 August 1994, Kumaranatunga and Heen Banda Dissanayake signatures, design as issued however date and signature not listed for type, second dated 15 November 1995, Kumaranatunga and A.S Jayawardena signatures, printed on thick shiny paper, uncirculated interesting and rare BNB B112p/118p, Pick 106p/112p for design £200-£300

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 560

National Bank of Libya, specimen £5, 1955, serial number B/3 000000, black SPECIMEN overprint and perforations, specimen number 119, first prefix for type, uncirculated, much scarcer variety with altered text BNB B303as2, Pick 21s £200-£260 --- See the website to view detailed images of this variety including a comparison. The text before date has additional spaces that the issued notes and many other specimens do not have.

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 100

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 100 Escudos (2), ND(1961), no signatures or serial numbers, first fully printed, second reverse fully printed and underprint only on obverse, ink and pencil annotations in margins, in PMG holders 55, about uncirculated (2 notes) BNU MZ113p, Pick 109p £100-£150

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 44

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos, 29 June 1971, serial number ranges 000001 to 040000 and 040001 to 080000, Abel Beja Corte Real and Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signatures, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and 58, choice about uncirculated, the first and second of seven print runs (2 notes) BNU CV65as, bs, Pick 53As £300-£400

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 523

National Bank of Iraq, watermarked paper showing the ‘small head’ of King Faisal II as a youth, as featured on the first, second and part of the third series of 1947, including papers for 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 Dinars, glued into blue card frame, ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare BNB B201-B215, Pick 27-41 for types £120-£160 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 658

De Javasche Bank, 25 Gulden, 5 November 1930, serial number BJ01038, also 10 Gulden (2), 1937, 1938, bank stamp on reverse on first note, first in PMG holder 25, very fine, second about uncirculated, last about extremely fine (3 notes) Pick 71c £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 521

National Bank of Iraq, watermarked paper showing the ‘small head’ of King Faisal II as a youth, as featured on the first, second and part of the third series of 1947, including papers for 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 Dinars, pencil annotations on paper, as produced, very rare BNB B201-B215, Pick 27-41 for types £120-£160 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 575

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 10 Avos, ND (1922), serial number 044130, Lopes signature, also 50 Avos, ND (1957), serial number 020917, Rosario signature, second in WBG holder 10, very good, first also very good (2 notes) BNB B011b, B012c, Pick 11, 12 £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 645

Banque d’Etat Du Maroc, watermarked paper featuring the profile of a male lion (2) as used on the abortive issue of 1951, which was never released and perhaps never printed, only being known as specimens, but which would have consisted of 500, 1000 and 5000 Francs, first loose, second glued into blue card frame, ink annotations on paper, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B233-B236, Pick 45A, 45B, 46, 48 for types £260-£320 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 57

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 20 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 172001 to 182000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked inked in top margin, in PMG holder 30, very fine, very rare, this being the first of only four print runs for this issue BNU MZ39as, Pick 41s £240-£300 --- This is the BNU plate note.

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 313

National Bank of Egypt, £10 (2), 1952, serial numbers NM/45 052773 and NM/53 003172, El-Emary signature, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated (2 notes) BNB B132a, Pick 32a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- PMG incorrectly described the first note as Fekry signature; the note is in fact El-Emary signature.

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 917

Government of Tonga, 4 Shillings, 3 November 1966, serial number E/1 14590, 10 Shillings, 3 November 1966, serial number C/1 77931, £5, 2 December 1966, serial number B/161203, first two uncirculated, last good very fine (3 notes) BNB B109x, B110, B112f, Pick 9e, 10e, 12d £150-£200

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 652

Government of Nepal, watermarked paper (2) for 5 Rupees, as used for the first issue, 1945, and second issue, 1953, glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B101, B105, Pick 2, 5 for types £100-£150 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 142

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, colour trial 2 1/2 Rupias, 1 October 1917, no serial number, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type III, single small cancellation hole, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, extremely rare, this being the first time an example has come up for auction in almost a decade BNB B310at3, Pick 22Act £4,000-£5,000

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 456

Government of India, 1 Rupee (3), 1940, serial numbers P/1 842315, 54, 55, first with minor bend, about uncirculated, otherwise all uncirculated (3 notes) BNB B151d, Pick 25d £100-£150

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 793

Banca Nationala a Romaniei, watermarked paper (2) showing both watermarks used on the 1000 Lei of 1936 to 1940, first with King Carol II and laurels, second with King Carol II without laurels, first in black frame of thin card, second in blue card frame, ink annotations, as produced, very rare (2 papers) BNB B229, Pick 44-47 for types £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 6

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, printers’ archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 120001 to 140000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, this is the first print run for this seal BNU AN24as, Pick 34s £400-£500

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 584

Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Cents, 1 July 1941, last with serial number A/25 359059, first very fine, others with a few tiny stains but about uncirculated to uncirculated (5 notes) BNB B107a-B111, Pick 6-10b £80-£100

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 89

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 260001 to 285000 and 285001 to 310000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated and 64, choice uncirculated, the first and second of seven print runs, rare (2 notes) BNU MZ105as, bs, Pick 101s £360-£420

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 962

United States Silver Certificate, $1, 1899, serial number U1079053U, Teehee and Burke signatures, $1, 1923, serial number B95561199D, Speelman and White signatures; also Legal Tender Note, $2, 1917, serial number E18191825A, first and last fine, second very fine (3 notes) Friedberg 233, 237, 60 £100-£150

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 354

Institut d’Emission des Etats du Cambodge du Laos, et du Vietnam, 10 Piastres, 1953, serial number E9 03591, Vietnam, 20 Dong, 1956, first uncirculated, remainder good very fine (3 notes) French Indochina, Pick 107, South Vietnam Pick 4 £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 367

Banque de l’Indochine, French Somaliland, specimen 20 Francs, 1945, serial number A.1 0072, Borduge and Baudouin signatures, red manuscript SPECIMEN on reverse, perforated PAYE, staple holes at top right, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, quite rare, as well as a low serial number BNB B127as1, Pick 15 £400-£600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Ex. Dabbah collection This is the Dabbah plate note p.226. Type II specimen . The second type is issued notes with serial numbers which had been turned by the Bank of Indo-China in Djibouti into specimen notes; the notes were presumably taken from the the reserves of the new issue when they were delivered in 1944-45, probably the first hundred of each denomination which in the absence of true specimens were required for reference purposes for Bank staff and for presentation to officials. The notes were perforated PAYE (paid). This accounted for the notes on the bank books. The notes were also stamped Specimen (in French not overprinted). This stamp quite often on both sides of the note, sometimes only on one side. The cashier number responsible for stamping the notes is also present. The word Specimen is in red in manuscript style and varies in style according to cashiers. Most notes of this type tend to be in uncirculated grade. The notes of that type are of the first 100 notes.(refer to Dabbah pp199-200). The note was part of the World War II emergency series printed by Emil Pikovsky Zincography in Jerusalem on behalf of the Government Printer of Palestine.

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 42

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimens for 50 Escudos (3), 16 June 1958, serial number ranges 000001 to 080000, 080001 to 165000 and 165001 to 250000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao, Gastao Bessone Basto and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55, 63 and 58, about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, the first, second and third of only six print runs (3 notes) BNU CV62as-cs, Pick 48s £240-£300

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Lot 743

Palestine Currency Board, watermarked paper for the £1 issued between 1927 and 1944 (2), all featuring an olive sprig design, first loose, second glued into individual blue card frame, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B102, Pick 7 £180-£240 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive

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Bishop & Miller Auctioneers Ltd
Lot 81

A collection of three 18th century Delft chargers The first designed with a central flower sprig and flower edge, 31cm diameter, the second a Chinese pagoda scene and islands to the rim, 34cm diameter, the third with buildings on an island to the centre and a swag rim, 35cm diameter, (3)

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 38

Service Through Six Reigns. Memoirs of a veteran Seaforth Highlander 1891 to 1953 by A F Corbett Privately Published Printed by Jarrold and Sons Norwich 1953 First Edition. Serving through a period of great change, A F Corbett took part in the Cretan Campaign 1897, the Sudan 1898, the South African War 1899, WW1 1914 18, Home Guard WW2 1939 45 and joined the Civil Defence. The book measures approx 13cm x 19cm, 77 pages, red hard back with gilt lettering, no dust jacket, has two copies of letters included (one from Queen Elizabeth II) and shows very minor signs of age otherwise is in very good , near fine condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 134

WW2 RAF Uncommon , First Edition Wingless Victory. The Story of Sir Basil Emery's Escape From Occupied France In The Summer of 1940 Related by Anthony Richardson Published by Oldhams Press London 1950 First Edition Third Impression. An excellent example of this volume narrating Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in 1940. The First Edition, third impression of this book, related by Anthony Richardson (all three impressions were published in 1950). An uncommon work. Sir Basil Embry, former senior Royal Air Force commander, narrates the story of his escape from occupied France in the Summer of 1940. A vivid and personal account illustrated with various full page plates and maps. The book measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 256 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some light signs of age, spine and edges of front cover faded otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 149

WW2 , RAF Two interesting soft back books comprising Biggin On The Bump The Most Famous Fighter Station In The World by Bob Ogley Published by Froglets Publications 1996. A well written and illustrated history of RAF Biggin Hill and Somerset Airfields In The Second World War by David Berryman Published by Countryside Books Newbury 2006 First Edition. A well written and detailed book covering all of the RAF airfields in Somerset during WW2. Both soft backs are in very good , near fine condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 130

WW2 RAF First Edition , Signed Escape And Evasion by Squadron Leader Cyril Penna Published by United Writers Publications Cornwall 1987 First Edition and signed by the author on the title page. This is the story of a young RAF Sergeant Air Observer who finds himself on the stroke of midnight falling to earth, suspended by the silken cords of his parachute landing somewhere in France. He was the only member of the crew of seven who was lucky enough to evade capture. Three of the crew were killed and three others were taken prisoner. After a period of forty four years the author has recorded his experiences as he made his way, often painfully, through France, over the Pyrenees to Spain and then to Gibraltar. The story is a moving tribute to the villagers of France who risked everything to assist him to escape from enemy territory, and to those in Andorra who tended him and helped to rehabilitate him mentally and physically from the effects of being a fugitive and having been frost bitten in the mountains. The book measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 105 pages, hard back with dust jacket and shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 43

WW2 Luftwaffe Multi signed Laurels for Prinz Wittgenstein by Werner P Roell Published by Independent Books Bromley 1994 First edition. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn (1916 1944) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and Flying Ace during WW2. At the time of his death, Prinz Wittgenstein was the highest scoring night fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe and still the third highest by the end of World War II, with 83 aerial victories to his credit. This book is signed by six WW2 Luftwaffe pilots namely Major Werner Roell KC author of Laurels for Prinz Wittgenstein, Oberst Hajo Hermann KC, Oberst I.G Wolfgang Falck KC, Major Gunter Rall KC, Major Heinz Cramer and Feldwebel Friedrich Ostheimer a radar , radio operator who flew 80 sorties with Prinz Wittgenstein. The book measures approx 24cm x 16.5cm, 192 pages, hard back with dust jacket and is in fine condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 146

WW2 First Edition Odette The Story Of A British Agent by Jerrard Tickell Published by Chapman and Hall 1951 (Eighth impression). Odette Marie Léonie Céline Sansom (1912 1995), GC, MBE, also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Hallowes, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive in France during the Second World War. Odette was captured by the Germans in 1943. She was brutally tortured by the Gestapo for information on her fellow agents. Despite having all her toenails pulled out and a red hot poker placed on her back, she told them nothing. Condemned to death and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp to be executed somehow she survived. Her story is told here by Jerrard Tickell and was made into a 1950 film called simply Odette. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 22cm, 334 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some light signs of age, has wear to top of spine board, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 26

Field Artillery Training 1914 First Edition published by H.M.S.O. London 1914, 436 pages, with original boards and gilt lettering on spine. A very comprehensive WW1 artillery training manual, this copy has several stamps for 41st O.S. Battery C.F.A. (Canadian Field Artillery) and 66th Battery C.F.A. 14th Brigade C.E.F. Orderly Room (Canadian Expeditionary Force). This book is in very good original condition and it is unusual to find an original copy in as good condition as this one (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 124

WW2 Far East Campaign Three vintage history books comprising The Marauders by Charlton Ogburn Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1960 First Edition. Officially named 5307th Composite Unit or Unit Galahad became popularly known as Merrill's Marauders after their commanding officer Brig. Gen. Frank D Merrill. The 5307th Composite Unit was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit who fought against the Japanese in the South East Asia theatre of war during WW2. Hard back with dust jacket, 319 pages, shows some light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs), Not Ordinary Men The Story of the Battle of Kohima by John Colvin Published by Leo Cooper London 1995 (reprint of 1994 First Edition). The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944. Hard back with dust jacket, 248 pages, shows some light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and Bloody Burma The Campaign that halted the Japanese invasion of Australia by Lida Mayo Maps drawn by Arthur S Hardyman Published by Purnell Book Services No Date. Hard back, no dust jacket, 222 pages, shows light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 126

WW2 D Day Two vintage history books comprising Remembering D Day Personal Histories of Everyday Heroes by Martin W Bowman Published by Harper Collins In Association with The Imperial War Museum 2004 First Edition. A remarkable collection of personal histories with numerous photographs (some colour) published to mark the 60th Anniversary of D Day in 1994. Hard back with dust jacket, 192 pages, is in very good , near fine condition (see photographs) and D Day by Warren Tute, John Costello and Terry Hughes Foreword by Lord Mountbatten Published by Pan London 1975 Revised Edition. A detailed history of D Day which is magnificently illustrated with period full colour plates and over 200 black and white photographs. Soft back, 256 pages, shows light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 20

First Edition The Journal of Corporal William Todd 1745 1762 Edited By Andrew Cormack and Alan Jones Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd for the Army Records Society 2001 First Edition. This is a well written and fascinating journal detailing life in the British Army at times of war and peace during the 18th Century. Written from the point of view and experiences of a member of the lower ranks at a time when many were illiterate. Corporal William Todd served in the Jacobite Rebellion in Yorkshire and then in 30th Foot from 1749 to 1760 in Ireland, England, the Isle of Wight and in the 12th Foot in Germany until his discharge in 1763. This book measures approx 14.5cm x 22.5cm, hard back, with dust jacket, 92,000 words of original text, 30,000 words of linking text and explanatory notes, 11 maps and 5 Appendices. This book is in near perfect , fine condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 56

WW1 , 1920s An original Imperial German Commemorative Veterans Kyffhauser Union 1914 1918 Medal awarded by the German Kyffhauser Bund ( Veterans support association ) to veterans of the First World War. The War Commemorative Medal of the Kyffhauser Union was instituted in 1921 by the Kyffhauserbund as the German government refused to create such an award. It was awarded to individuals for service on the front lines and on the home front, as well as for loyal service of reservists. This medal had to be purchased by veterans following presentation of an award document and was designed by German sculptor Hermann Kurt Hosaeus. For many veterans, this was the only WWI service medal that was worn until the German Cross of Honour (Ehrenkreuz) was officially established in 1934. The medal obverse dated '1914 1918' and inscribed 'Blank die Wehr, Rein die Her' (Shining Arms, Pure Honour), signed 'HOSAEUS' at the base, the reverse inscribed in German translated as Upright and battered we came through four years of struggle withstanding a world of enemies, Hindenburg. This original oval gilt bronze Imperial German Veterans Kyffhauser medal measures approx 55mm high x 30mm wide, has several small surface marks otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 72

WW1 France An unusual surviving collection of 29 original First World War postcards showing numerous scenes from around the front line battlefields including various named places, a wide selection of war damage and some of them show life on the front and are quite unusual e.g. a Field barbers shop and a Field Tailors shop etc. While every one of these postcards is interesting in itself what makes this collection of 29 postcards really fascinating is that the reverse sides are absolutely covered in writing, all written in French by a soldier serving on the front line. The postcards seem to range in date from 26th July 1914 (2 days before the First World War started) and run through to late 1915 however several are undated. Most of the postcards start Cher Marie and all appear to be written in French by the same person apart from one which is also in French and signed Richard. Unfortunately this auction cataloguer only speaks a little bit of French so it is difficult to glean any more information from these cards at this time. This collection of original WW1 postcards is fresh to the market, totally unresearched and is a fascinating opportunity for someone who speaks French to translate them and bring the wealth of history contained within them back to life. The postcards show some light signs of age , wear otherwise are in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 137

WW2 First Edition , Signed Barbed Wire. Memories of Stalag 383 by M N McKibbin Illustrated by A G Dallimore Published by Staples press London 1947 First Edition and signed by the author on the title page. There are actually two signatures in this book, one is M N McKibbin (the author) and the other has not been identified (see photographs). An interesting insight to the isolated world of a WW2 German prison camp. It is a picture of Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Bavaria. It is the story of British NCO's who wouldn't work for Hitler. Both M. N. McKibbin, the author, and A. G. Dallimore, the illustrator of the book, were prisoners of Stalag 383. Their picture of life there is objective and authentic. It is a worthy record of their comrades and a warm tribute to the Red Cross. The book measures approx 18.5cm x 25cm, 128 pages, hard back, no dust jacket, the front and back covers are loose, spine board missing, the first two pages are loose but present otherwise is in good , fair condition (see photographs). This is an interesting, scare and sought after book which will cost £120 upwards if in better condition. This is a complete First Edition signed readable book but not in the best of conditionGood condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 144

WW2 First Edition Dare To Be Free by W B Thomas Published by Allan Wingate London 1952 First Edition (Fourth impression). Major General Walter Babington Sandy Thomas, CB, DSO, MC & Bar, ED (1919 2017) was a New Zealand born British Army officer, who served in the Second World War, where he was decorated, wounded, captured, escaped and, at age 24, became the youngest New Zealand battalion commander of the war. This is an incredible story of reckless courage and endurance. Badly wounded in the battle for Crete, Thomas was made a prisoner by the Germans and taken to the Greek mainland. He relates with engaging modesty the details of his various attempts to escape from German hospitals and prisons. Finally, his nuisance value became so great that he was moved to a specially guarded camp in Salonica. The book measures approx 14cm x 21cm, 256 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just light of age, spine a little faded, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 136

WW2 USSAF First Edition God Is My Co Pilot by Colonel Robert L Scott Published by Hodder and Stoughton London May 1944 First Edition. This is the personal narrative of a man who has had one of the outstanding careers in American aviation. After Pearl Harbor, when he was marked too old for combat flying at 34, Colonel Robert L. Scott, Jr. (1908 2006) refused to abandon his dream of a mission against Tokyo. He did not ever fly against Tokyo, but over the Burma Road, and in enemy occupied China he compiled a brilliant record as group commander of General Chennault's fighter forces the dedicated veterans of the American Volunteer Group in China (The Flying Tigers) and becoming a flying Ace credited with shooting down 13 Japanese aircraft. This was the first book to recount for Americans the daring and skill of their wartime pilots, an enormous best seller, one of the really great stories of military aviation adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 1945. The book measures approx 14cm x 20.5cm, 224 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some light signs of age, the first inner page and photograph of author page are present but loose otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 160

Four interesting vintage hard back books comprising Esquire's Jazz Book Edited by Paul Eduard Miller and Ralph Venables Published by Peter Davies London 1947 First Edition (UK) hard back, We're Still All In It by W A Sillince Published by Collins 1942 First Edition hardback which contains 1941 wartime cartoons pictures from Punch magazine, Some Experiences of an Irish RM by E Sommerville and Martin Ross Published by The R S Surtees Society 1983 hard back. This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1899 telling of the experiences of a RM (Resident Magistrate) in the West of Ireland during the late Victorian period and Thy Servant a Dog told by Boots Edited by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by G L Stampa Published by MacMillan London 1931 hard back. All four books show just light signs of age and are in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 156

WW2 , German Two interesting vintage hard back books comprising I Flew For The Fuhrer. The Story of a German Airman by Heinz Knoke Punlished by Published by Evans Brothers London 1953 First Edition. This interesting book was one of the first published accounts of a Luftwaffe pilots experiences during WW2. Hauptmann Heinz Knoke was a long serving decorated pilot credited with destroying 52 Allied aircraft in combat. The book measures approx 15cm x 22cm, 187 pages, hard back, 36 photographs, the dust jacket is ripped and worn, the book shows signs of age , wear otherwise is in good condition (see photographs) and The Discovery Of The Bismark Germany's Greatest battleship Surrenders her Secrets by Robert D Ballard Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1990 First Edition. A detailed and well-illustrated book covering the history of the Bismark, her sinking, the two year search to find her wreck and the eventual discovery of the wreck site on 14th June 1989. The book measures approx 22cm x 28.5cm, 232 pages, hard back, numerous photographs throughout, the book shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 142

WW2 First Edition They Have Their Exits by Airey Neave Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1953 First edition. After the War Airey Neave served as an MP and was tragically assassinated by the IRA in 1979. He had the most distinguished of war records. Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make a 'home run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. There he was to meet the most notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice and, in many cases, death. For the quality of its writing and the breadth of its author's experiences, They Have Their Exits is arguably the finest memoir to emerge from the Second World War. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 21cm, 192 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just light signs of age, spine slightly faded and marked, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 155

WW2 , RAF , Battle of Britain Four various interesting vintage books comprising an original copy of Bomber Command The Air Ministry Account of Bomber Command's Offensive Against The Axis September 1939 July 1941 Published by HMSO 1941 Issued for The Air Ministry by The Ministry of Information, an original copy of Roof Over Britain The Official Story of The A.A. Defences 1939 1942 Prepared by The War Office and Air Ministry by The Ministry of Information Published by HMSO 1943, Cheshire V.C. A Story of War and Peace by Russell Braddon Published by Evans Brothers London 1954 First Edition (3rd impression?) hard back with dust jacket and Summer 1940 The Battle of Britain by Roger Parkinson Published by David McKay Company New York 1977 First American Edition, hard back no dust jacket ex library book with small pieces of tape on both external covers. All are in good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 39

First Edition Lodz Ghetto Album : Photographs by Henryk Ross, Selected by Martin Parr & Timothy Prus, Foreword by Robert Jan Van Pelt and Text by Thomas Weber published by Chris Boot 2004 First Edition hard back with dust jacket, bound in maroon boards with white titles. Henryk Ross was a sport , press photographer in Lodz before WW2 and his incarceration in the Lodz ghetto. He became an official photographer in Lodz producing identity papers and propaganda photographs. He risked his life daily by also taking photographs of the atrocities going on around him in the Lodz ghetto. This is a very powerful book containing 160 photographs and a wealth of historical information. The light coloured dust jacket has some marks, a very small tear at centre top and has a water mark on the rear which has slightly marked the outside of the back cover (see photographs) otherwise this book is in very good conditionGood condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 69

WW1 Rare An original WW1 volunteer recruitment poster for 6th Battalion Middlesex Volunteer Regiment in which His Majesty King George V urges you to join the volunteers, printed by St Clements Press, Newspaper Buildings, Portugal Street, Kingsway W.C., framed approx 49cm wide x 62cm high. This poster is an original not a reproduction, it was printed in London during WW1. This is a very interesting and rare original surviving volunteer recruitment poster from the First World War and shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good conditionGood condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 41

First Edition One Woman's War by Asja Mercer in collaboration with Robert Jackson published by Wingate London 1958 First Edition hardback with dust jacket. This is the remarkable true story of a Latvian woman who organised a resistance movement during WW2, firstly, against the Soviet occupiers, then against the Germans after they invaded and took occupation. This is an Ex RAF Stafford (16MU) library book (last borrowed in 1992!) and the dust jacket shows some signs of age, wear and a tape repair otherwise this book is in good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 81

Unusual An original London Underground diagram of lines pocket map (Tube Map) by Harry Beck titled 'London Transport Diagram of Lines No 1. 1947 Issued Free' printed by McCorquodale & Co London. This is a genuine First Edition of this unusual Harry Beck 1947 tube map which is printed in multi coloured ink and shows Central Line extensions. This map measures approx 23cm x 14.5cm, has two light fold lines as this was designed to be a three panel folding pocket map and shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 34

First Edition An Illustrated History Of The R.A.F. Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition by Roy Conyers Nesbit Foreword by Air Vice Marshall J E (Johnnie) Johnstone CB CBE DSO DFC DL Published by Colour Library Books 1990 First Edition. A very comprehensive history of the R.A.F. superbly illustrated with many contemporary black , white and colour photographs. The book measures approx 27cm x 35cm (Folio Format), 320 pages, hard back in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket, has a pen inscription Christmas 1990 written on the inner front page otherwise is in very good , near fine condition (see photographs) Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 32

First Edition Ace High by Flight Lieutenant Published by The Ace Publishing Company London 1936 First Edition (Printers Code H36 783). Flight Lieutenant is a pseudonym of Captain W E Johns (1893 1968) and this book contains four of his Biggles style flying stories along with three stories by Geo. E. Rochester, one by William Hansboro nicely illustrated by Howard Leigh and Stanley Orton Bradshaw. A First Edition hard back, approx 18 x 23cm, 248 pages, with colour and b, w plates on coated paper. The book shows some signs of age, spine hinge split in several places and rubbed corners, otherwise is in good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 209

3 x vintage Festival of Britain 1951 items comprising an original 1951 guide book titled The South Bank Exhibition A Guide To The Story It Tells by Ian Cox Published HMSO 1951 First Edition soft back packed with interesting period front cover adverts, maps, plates, illustrations etc, an original copy of The Sphere magazine for June 2nd 1951 Festival of Britain issue and a 1951 George VI Festival of Britain crown in original Festival of Britain box. These vintage items show some light signs of age otherwise are in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 140

WW2 2 x First Edition books by Paul Brickhill comprising The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill Published by Evans Brothers London 1951 First Edition. Tells the incredible story of the raid on German dams carried out using bouncing bombs by 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16, 17th May 1943. The book measures approx 15cm x 22cm, 269 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some light signs of age, spine a little faded, otherwise is in good condition (see photographs) and Escape or Die Authentic Stories of The RAF Escaping Society by Paul Brickhill Published by Evans Brothers London 1952 First Edition (3rd impression?). The book measures approx 14.5cm x 22cm, 223 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some signs of age, has wear to top of spine board and some marks on covers, otherwise is in good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 141

WW2 2 x First Edition books by Eric Williams comprising The Wooden Horse by Eric Williams Published by Collins London 1949 First edition (Fifth impression). Eric Williams MC was an English writer and former Second World War RAF pilot and prisoner of war who wrote several books dealing with his escapes from prisoner of war camps, most famously his escape from Stalag Luft III described in his 1949 book The Wooden Horse, which was made into a 1950 movie of the same name. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 20.5cm, 256 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just light of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and The Tunnel by Eric Williams Published by Collins London 1951 First Edition. This is the follow up volume to Williams' bestselling The Wooden Horse and offers more detail on how three British officers effected one of the most celebrated POW escapes of the Second World War. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 20.5cm, 255 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just light signs of age, spine slightly faded, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 68

WW1 Rare An original WW1 volunteer recruitment poster for VI Battalion Middlesex Volunteer Regiment advertising a public meeting on Thursday 29th March 1917, printed by St Clements Press, Newspaper Buildings, Portugal Street, Kingsway W.C., framed approx 50cm wide x 68cm high. This poster is an original not a reproduction, it was printed in London in 1917. This is a very interesting and rare original surviving volunteer recruitment poster from the First World War and shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good conditionGood condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 80

Unusual An original London Underground diagram of lines pocket map (Tube Map) by Harry Beck titled 'London Transport Diagram of Lines No 1. 1947 Issued Free' printed by McCorquodale & Co London. This is a genuine First Edition of this unusual Harry Beck 1947 tube map which is printed in multi coloured ink and shows Central Line extensions. This map measures approx 23cm x 14.5cm, has two light fold lines as this was designed to be a three panel folding pocket map and shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 25

Three vintage books on collectable Militaria comprising Collecting Volunteer Militaria by R J Wyatt Published by David & Charles Newton Abbot 1974 First Edition, hardback with dust jacket in very good condition together with Buttons of The British Army 1855 1970 An Illustrated Guide for Collectors by Howard Ripley Published by Arms and Armour Press 1979, hardback with dust jacket in very good condition and The Lyle Official Arms and Armour Review 1978 Published by Lyle 1977, shows some light signs of age on dust jacket, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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Lot 19

Rare Cavalry Memoranda by Lance Corpl. Frank J Carandini 16th (Queen's) Lancers Printed and Published At The Caxton Press Bangalore 1874 (First , Only edition?). This is a very interesting book dealing with all aspects of cavalry tactics of the period with chapters covering past and present, the charge or attack, outposts, picquets, vedettes, patrols, advanced guards, rear guards, reconnaissance, escorts, marches, surprises and ambuscades. The 16th (Queen's) Lancers were stationed in India between 1865 and 1876 and there is a memorial to the 16th Lancers at Bangalore. This book was published in 1874 in Bangalore while The 16th (Queens's) Lancers were stationed in India but very little other information has been discovered about either this book or Lance Corpl. Frank Carandini. The book measures approx 11cm x 17cm, 173 pages, red soft back. The book shows some signs of age, cover a little dirty, cover lettering faded, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

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