Scarce An original WW2 London Underground diagram of lines pocket map (Tube Map) by Hans Schleger titled 'London Transport Underground Lines Number 1. 1941 Issued Free' printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co, London. This is a genuine First Edition of this scarce Hans Schleger (who used the pseudonym Zero) 1941 tube map which is printed in brown and blue ink only due to wartime austerity measures, the reverse being printed mainly in red ink. This map measures approx 23cm x 15.5cm, has two fold lines as this was designed to be a three panel folding pocket map and shows some signs of age and has had a tape repair to one fold line 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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WW2 First Edition The Colditz Story by Major P R Reid Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1952 First Edition. Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC was a British Army officer who was held as a prisoner of war at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV C. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz, crossing the border into neutral Switzerland in late 1942. He wrote about his experiences in two bestselling books, which became the basis of a 1955 film, a TV series and a board game. Also included is an original The Colditz Story Hodder & Stoughton adverting book mark quoting Agatha Christie as saying Take my advice: if you want real excitement buy The Colditz Story now!! The book measures approx 14.5cm x 21cm, 278 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just some 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
Two vintage WW1 history books comprising In Flanders Fields The 1917 Campaign by Leon Wolff Published by The Folio Society London 2003. This is a reprint of the book originally published by Leon Wolff in 1958 and is a detailed history of Third Battle of Ypres. The book is approx 16.5cm x 24cm, 298 pages, illustrated with photographs and maps, hard back with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) and is in very good condition together with Fighting In Flanders by E Alexander Powell Published by William Heinemann London 1914 First Edition. E Alexander Powell was a special correspondent with The New York World newspaper and was embedded with the Belgium forces in the field. This book is has numerous photographs taken at the front and is an interesting eye witness account of the early phase of WW1. The book measures approx 13cm x 19.5cm, 231 pages, orange hard back. The book shows signs of wear, has a tear on the inner board hinge, has several loose pages particularly at the front and is in good , fair 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
An original page , leaf of an antique 16th Century Qur'an , Koran from North India circa 1500 1550. This fine manuscript of unusual design was scribed by Uthman bin al Husain al Waraf in North India in the early to mid-16th Century. The script is Naskhi and is of fine quality with the first, middle and last lines in gold thuluth. Margins have been illuminated with gold vines and some later suras are marked with blue roundels in the margins. It is very similar to the illustration on page 65 of Safadi's textbook Islamic Calligraphy which was dated AD 1538. The volume as a whole was too damaged to repair but most of the leaves have been saved. This is a finely scribed and very good example from a Qur'an , Koran dating back almost 500 years with an identified scribe from North India and measures approx 6cm wide x 9.5cm high, nicely framed (overall size of fame approx 21.5cm x 26cm) and 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
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh, A Penal Exile in Australia 1825 1844 by Ralph Rashleigh Edited by The RT. HON. The Earl of Birkenhead Published by Jonathan Cape 1929 First Edition hardback with the original dust jacket with striking design by Lee Elliott. The book measures approx 15cm x 21cm, 349 pages, hard back, the dust jacket shows some signs of age , use particularly to top of spine otherwise is in good condition (see photographs) the book bound in original red marble effect boards shows very light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) together with a copy of The Book Society News for June (1929?) telling their membership that the selected book for June is The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh which was found folded inside this book (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
First Edition The Old Field Officer or The Military And Sporting Adventures of Major Worthington by J H Stocqueler Volume 1 published by Adam and Charles Black Edinburgh 1853 First Edition. Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1801 1886) lived an interesting life. He joined the East India Company Army, travelled widely and was a prolific writer often inspired by his travels. Frequently being short of money he spent time in a debtors prison in Calcutta and ran away from a court hearing in Kent in 1859, escaping to New York under the pseudonym of Siddons! The book measures approx 13cm x 19.5cm, 319 pages, hardback with gilt lettering and decoration, gilt page edging to all three edges. The book shows some minor signs of age, particularly to top and bottom edges of spine, 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
Two interesting vintage soft back books comprising I Was A Soviet Worker by Andrew Smith Supplemented by Maria Smith with an Appendix of Photographs and Documents Published by Robert Hale London 1937 First Edition (Ninth Impression May 1937) Special Edition for The 'Right' Book Club 10 Soho Square W1 London. The true story of a Hungarian man's three years' experience in the Soviet Union. The author endeavours to give a true picture of the grim life and working conditions of the Russian people under the Stalin regime in the 1930s. An unusual and interesting book which measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 286 pages, soft back with dust jacket, the book shows some signs of age , wear particularly to dust wrapper otherwise is in very good , good condition (see photographs) and Life In A German Crack Regiment Astounding Revelations of German Military Life From Within by Baron Von Schlicht (Count Von Baudissin) Published by T Fisher Unwin London 1914 First Edition (Sixth impression). An unusual and interesting book which measures approx 12.5cm x 18cm, soft back, no dust jacket, the book shows some signs of age , wear otherwise is in very good , 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
A collection of vintage calculators , computer , technology related items comprising a vintage Hewlett Packard HP 45 Scientific Pocket Calculator with original belt loop soft case circa 1973, a vintage Commodore cbm 796M Personal Electronic Calculator with original box, instructions and warranty card circa mid-1970s, a vintage Rockwell 30R Slide Rule Memory Electronic Calculator with original case and owner's manual circa 1974, an original 1979 ATARI Asteroids arcade video game operation, maintenance and service manual, an original 1984 Data East Kung Fu Master arcade video game operation, maintenance and service manual, a vintage copy of Splat on tape for Commodore 64, a vintage ATARI ST Bubble Bobble game disc 1986, a vintage copy of EA Games Medal of Honor Allied Assault for PC with original case, all four CD ROMs and instruction booklet, a copy of Computers An introduction to micro processing by Lewis Jones Published by Longman 1983 First Edition etc. These vintage items show some light signs of age otherwise are in very good condition. The calculators do not have corroding batteries in the battery compartments! (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
WW1 Rare Battlefields of France and Belgium. My Tour Of The Battlefields, 1921 by John Hall Published by Roberts & Newton Ltd Crouch End London 1921 First (and probably only) Edition signed by the author on the title page and inscribed To J. Butler Esq. with the writer's best wishes Sincerely Yours John Hall 6, 8, 23. This is a very interesting and unusual book. John Hall undertook a tour of The First World War battlefields in October 1921 accompanied by his son in law, Mr S G Wood. This book is his account of his travels and makes very interesting reading (unusually this auction cataloguer made the effort to find the time and read most of this book!). Mr Hall meets all sorts of characters and hires a car (called Henry) to transport him to various battlefield sites in France and Belgium. Mr Hall has a camera with him and takes photographs of the numerous places, people and sites that he visits including the British tank cemetery at Menin Road Ypres, Hell Fire Corner, Arras, Cafe St Pierre, a mine crater at Messines, Hooge Wood, Kemmel cemetery, Hop Store cemetery, Nieuport, Paris etc. Inside the book was a vintage presentation card with a Lest We Forget poem, a JH monogram and the address of Dunelm, 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, E11. An internet search could not find this book mentioned anywhere but an Estate claim notice in the East London Observer for Friday 28th July 1944 was found that notes John Hall died 3rd July 1944 late of 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead. This is a fascinating and rare (possibly unique) book and measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 50 pages, hard back, nicely printed pages containing text and numerous interesting black and white photographs that have not been published elsewhere, no dust jacket, the book shows some light signs of age , wear and has some marks on the front and back covers 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
First Edition paper back Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling Published by Bloomsbury 1997 First Edition. This is a 1997 First Edition paperback book. It does not have wand listed twice on page 53 but does have Joanne Rowling printed on the copyright page which was changed to J K Rowling on later editions. This is from the 1997 First Edition probably 49th print (see photographs) and is in very good condition supplied together with a Harry Potter cinema ticket dated 04 06 2004 and an original Harrison Ford Patriot Games advertising bookmarkGood 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
First Edition Fifty Amazing Stories Of The Great War Published by Oldhams Ltd 1936 First Edition. A collection of accounts covering all aspects and fronts of WW1 from the army, navy and flying corps includes such writers as Philip Gibbs, Compton Mackenzie, Bruce Bairnsfather, E.Kebble, Chatterton, R H Mottram etc. The book measures approx 15cm x 22cm, 767 pages, hard back with gilt lettering, pictorial inner cover and black , white illustrations. The book shows some light signs of age, some evidence of historical water exposure, lettering on spine bit faded, 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
Halifax Crew The Story of a Wartime Bomber Crew by Arthur C Smith Published by Carlton Publications 1983 First Edition. This is a fascinating firsthand account of the operational tour of a RAF Halifax crew 1943 45. The book measures approx 21cm x 30cm, 60 pages, illustrated, soft cover and 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
WW2 2 x First Edition books by Pierre Closterman DFC comprising Flames In The Sky Published by Chatto and Windus London 1952 First Edition hard back and The Big Show Published by Corgi War Illustrated 1966 paper back. Pierre Henri Clostermann (1921 2006) DSO, DFC & Bar was a World War II French fighter pilot. During the conflict he achieved 33 air to air combat victories, earning the accolade France's First Fighter from General Charles de Gaulle. His wartime memoir, The Big Show became a notable bestseller. Clostermann also wrote Flames in the Sky published in 1952, a collection of heroic air combat exploits from both Allied and Axis sides. Flames In The Sky measures approx 14cm x 20.5cm, 200 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just light of age, spine a little faded, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and The Big Show measures approx 12cm x 18cm, 254 pages, paper back and shows some signs of age, spine a little creased, dried paint marks on front, otherwise is in very good , 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
WW2 2 x First Edition books by Paul Brickhill comprising The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill with drawings by Ley Kenyon Published by Faber and Faber London 1951 First Edition. Tells the famous but sad story of the mass breakout of 76 POWs from Stalag Luft III in 1944 of which 73 were recaptured and 50 were shot. The book measures approx 14cm x 20.5cm, 263 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows some signs of age otherwise is in very 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. 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, 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
Unusual An original 51st Regiment of Foot 1866 Account, Monthly Settlements, Clothing Account and Saving's Bank Account Book for Thomas Perfect No. 1741 published by Ford and Tilt London 1866 (W.O. Form 267). This is a rare surviving original paper personal pay and record book detailing the Army career of Thomas Perfect and gives his enlistment on 31st October 1866 in the County of Derby aged 18 years, a labourer born in the Parish of All Saints, Derby. There is an amazing amount of detail in this book following Thomas Perfect No. 1741 Army career, his various postings, pay (counter signed by various officers), pay advances (including an advance of £1 10s 0d on 1st December 1867 as he is going on furlough!), bounty, promotion in rank, reduction in rank, next of kin etc. The last entry that was noted during this auction catalogue appraisal was 1878. This really is a rare and interesting book that gives a real insight into the life and times during the Victorian period of Thomas Perfect No.1741 51st Regiment of Foot. The book measures approx 12cm x 17cm and is in two parts. The first part is Thomas Perfect No. 1741 Account Book and is 32 pages long, the second part is Thomas Perfect No. 1741 Monthly Settlements, Clothing Account and Saving's Bank Account Book part and is 12 pages long. The book shows some minor signs of age (cover is slightly dirty) otherwise is in very good condition and all pages all appear to be present , none are loose (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
Pre WW1 An original Imperial German , Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Medal. This medal, which is also known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Centenary Medal, was established on March 22, 1897, by Kaiser Wilhem II on the occasion of the 100th Birthday of his grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm I. The medal was awarded by Prussia to state and university officials, as well as all military officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, which were actively serving in army, navy and Schutztruppe. Medals were also awarded to the surviving veterans of the First Schleswig War, Second Schleswig War, Austro Prussian War, and the Franco Prussian War. The medal is made of bronze gunmetal from captured cannon and measures approx 40mm in diameter and is missing the top suspension loop 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
First Edition Three Personal Records Of The War by R H Mottram, John Easton and Eric Partridge Published by The Scholartis Press London 1929 First Edition. All three contributors fought in WW1 and Mottram contributes 'A Personal Record', Easton 'Broadchalk, a Chronicle' and Partridge ' Frank Honywood, Private' a war autobiography dealing with the Australian Forces while the other two served in the British Expeditionary Force. The book measures approx 16cm x 24cm, hard back, black, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with two black and white maps, complete with original unclipped dust jacket (uncommon to find this book with the original dust jacket). The book shows some signs of age, dust jacket is toned on the spine, 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
WW2 D Day Three vintage history books comprising June 6th, 1944, The Voices of D Day by Gerald Astor Published by St. Martin's Press New York First Edition June 1994. An interesting book by a WW2 veteran and award winning journalist and historian based on his conversations with D Day veterans (a Roll Call is included in the book). This book was originally published in America and it is unusual to find it in this country. Interestingly this is an ex USAFE Library Network book (stamped Prop. Of US Air Force) and that it why it is this side of the pond! The book measures approx 16.5cm x 24cm, 370 pages, hard back with dust jacket, shows light signs of age, has a pen cross on bottom page edge, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs), D Day From The Normandy Beaches To The Liberation Of France by Dr. Stephen Badsey Foreword by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein CBE Published by Tiger Books 1994. This is a very detailed and interesting book full of information with numerous colour and black , white photographs. The book measures approx 28cm x 36cm, 284 pages, hard back with dust jacket, shows light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and D Day 6th June 1944 Royal Air Force Association (RAFA) 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue 1994. This is full of interesting articles and concentrates on the 50th anniversary of D Day, measures approx 21cm x 29.5cm, 32 pages, soft back, 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
WW2 Luftwaffe Multi signed The Lent Papers : Helmut Lent by Peter Hinchliffe Published by Cerberus 2003 First Edition. Helmut Lent KC (1918 1944) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter Ace in WW2 and had 110 confirmed aerial victories, 102 of them at night. He died as a result of a flying accident in October 1944. This book is signed by the author and four noted WW2 Luftwaffe night fighter pilots namely Oberst Wolfgang Falck, Major Paul Zorner, Oberstleutnant Hans Joachim Jabs and Hauptmann Georg Herman Greiner. The book measures approx 19.5cm x 25.5cm, 304 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
WW2 Germany An original Nazi Third Reich Summer 1939 colour road map of Germany (STRASSENZUSTANDS KARTE VON DEUTSCHLAND) Published by DDAC Der Deutsche Automobile club (The German Automobile Club). This colourful vintage Nazi map was printed in 1939 and shows the enormous progress made in the road network of the country during the first six years of National Socialist rule. Germany was a popular tourist attraction in 1939, and this map was clearly printed with visitors in mind. Aside from German, the text on the map is printed in five other languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish). This original Nazi Third Reich Summer 1939 colour road map of Germany is a large size and unfolded measures approx 34 ½ x 41 inches and is very detailed (scale 1:000,000) so covers a very wide area. The map shows some signs of age , wear (no rips of tears) 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
Three Years With The 9th (Scottish) Division by Lieut. Colonel W D Croft CMG DSO Published by John Murray London 1919 First Edition (Second Impression). The author became the commanding officer of 27th (Lowland) Brigade of which the 9th Scottish Division was part and the book covers his experiences of the WW1 battles on the Somme, Vimy, Arras, Ypres, Gouzeaucourt etc. The book measures approx 14cm x 20cm, hard back with gilt lettering on spine, a gilt thistle on front cover, gilt page edging to top edge, 303 pages, with illustrations and folding maps at rear. The book shows some 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
WW1 Rare An original WW1 home front advertising poster for Commonwealth of Australia War Savings Certificates printed by S T Leigh & Co. LTD, Printers, Sydney, framed approx 55cm wide x 80cm high. This poster is an original not a reproduction, it was printed in Sydney, Australia during WW1. A very interesting and rare historical poster which includes the line Every Bond you buy will help to win the War, and to save the lives of our soldiers and sailors. There is no mention here of airmen as the Royal Australian Air Force was not formed until 31st March 1921. This is a rare original surviving home front advertising 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
Robert Taylor Fight for the Sky Artist Proof Aces Edition. This is the first print in Robert Taylor's highly exclusive Battle of Britain Millennium Trilogy issued in the year 2000 to commemorate 60th Anniversary of Battle of Britain. This sought after print is an Artist Proof from The Aces Edition number 28 , 50 and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. Signed by the artist, Robert Taylor, and 6 Aces who flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain: Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC, Squadron Leader Ben Bennions DFC, Group Captain John Bisdee, Wing Commander Bob Doe DSO DFC*, Wing Commander George 'Grumpy' Unwin DSO DFM* and Group Captain Alan Wright DFC. This particular print has benefited by being additionally autographed by Battle of Britain Spitfire Ace Wing Commander Tim Vigors, DFC. The print measures approximately 33 inches x 24.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : Robert Taylor's wonderfully realistic painting captures the very essence of an epic day during the Battle of Britain. A Heinkel III has been brought down, one of many never to make it home on this bright and sunny day. As the Luftwaffe bomber's crew emerge from their broken aircraft, relieved to have survived the crash landing, a Mk I Spitfire from No 66 Squadron roars low overhead to verify another victoryGood 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
WW2 Scarce First Edition By Land, Sea and Air An Illustrated History of The 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 1940 45 From Official Records and Personal Accounts of Members of the Battalion by Alexander Junier and Bart Smulders with Japp Korsloot Published by R N Sigmond Publishing 2003 First Edition. The 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment were an infantry regiment who became part of the newly formed 1st Airborne Division on 10th October 1941. They took part in operations in Italy but are probably best known for their involvement in Operation Market (& Garden) at Arnhem in September 1944 (made famous by the film A Bridge Too Far). This is a very detailed book packed full of period photographs and information. Long since sold out this book is now regarded as an indispensable book on the history of this regiment during WW2 and is now scarce. The book measures approx 22cm x 28cm, 223 pages, hard back with dust jacket and 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
WW1 onwards A collection of 43 vintage postcards and black and white photographs from the First World War period and onwards including many showing uniformed soldiers in the First World War era. There are some interesting photographs in this lot including several that show soldiers football teams in France. One has Champions of France written on the back in pencil and one is of a football team posing in kit with their mascot dog and the football between the legs of the middle front team member is difficult to read but says something like 323 QRY COY RE FRANCE (see photographs). The 43 vintage postcards and photographs are mainly in very good condition, some do show some signs of age , wear, particularly the vintage mount board on the large (35 x 28cm) group of soldiers posing in front of the stately home (see photographs). Also included with this lot is a copy of Collecting and Valuing Old Photographs by Peter Castle Published by Garnstone Press London 1973 First Edition with dust jacket 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
WW2 USAAF Two vintage history books comprising The US Eighth Air Force In Camera 1944 1945 by Martin W Bowman Published by Sutton Publishing Stroud 1998 First Edition. A fascinating book packed from cover to cover with black and white photographs. The book measures approx 20cm x 27cm, 186 pages, hard back with dust jacket, shows just light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and Flying Fortress The Illustrated Biography of the B 17s and the Men Who Flew Them by Edward Jablonski Published by Purnell Book Services London 1974. This is a detailed history of the B 17 bomber with over 400 photographs , illustrations including technical details in the differences in models, cockpit layout, tactical and emergency procedures and many cutaway illustrations of B 17 interior and parts. The book measures approx 18.5cm x 25.5cm, 362 pages, hard back with dust jacket, shows just light signs 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
A collection of vintage Police memorabilia comprising Policing The Peninsula (1850 2000) A Photographic Celebration of West Country Policing Over The Last 150 Years ) by Simon Dell MBE Published by Forest Publishing 2000 First Edition hardback with dust jacket signed on the title page by the author, a vintage (Kings Crown) Metropolitan Special Constable lapel badge by maker W O Lewis, 2 x vintage The Metropolitan metal whistles (1 by G Nazer Royal Exchange London and 1 by J Hudson Birmingham) and 2 x metal ER II buttons (1 by Firmin London and 1 by Smith & Wright Birmingham). 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
South Georgia: A Concise Account with Addendum by R K Headland Published by the British Antarctic Survey Cambridge 1982 First Edition. A detailed account covering many aspects of South Georgia including government, history, sealing, whaling, cartography, meteorology, botany, mammals, birds, fish, commerce, population, settlement etc. With map and an addendum page which discusses the most recent invasion of the Falkland Islands by the Republic of Argentina. The book measures approx 20.5cm x 29cm, 28 pages plus addendum and map, soft back and shows just some very light signs of age , wear 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
Two Walt Disney vintage collectables comprising an official Walt Disney vintage limited edition engraved coloured etch depicting a scene from Lady and The Tramp first released in 1955 which shows Lady and Tramp meeting in the middle when they both nibble on the same strand of spaghetti at Tony's, supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California approx 25cm x 25cm and is in very good condition together with an unusual two original Walt Disney Fantasia programmes in French for The Empire Theatre in Paris. Fantasia was originally released in November 1940 then rereleased in September 1946 and it is believed that these programme dates from the opening of Fantasia in Paris circa 1946 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
First Edition Told From The Ranks. Recollections of Service During The Queen's Reign by Privates and Non Commissioned Officers of The British Army Collected by E Milton Small with Illustrations by W B Wollen published by Andrew Melrose London 1897. This is a very readable book full of good and ripping yarns with illustrations which covers the period from the Indian Mutiny (1857) through to the Chitral Expedition (1895). The book measures approx 15cm x 20cm, 219 pages, hardback with attractive illustrated boards to front, spine and gilt page edging to top edge. The book shows some minor 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
Two collectable Monty Python singing mugs comprising Monty Python Flying Circus which plays the Flying Circus theme tune when picked up (light activated) and Monty Python Life of Brian which plays Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life when picked up (light activated), both mugs are unused in their original packaging and both are tested working together with Make 'Em Laugh by Eric Midwinter Published by George Allen & Unwin 1979 First Edition hard back with dust jacket 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
Two interesting war time published contemporary WW2 history books comprising From Tunisia To Normandy by Major General H Rowan Robinson CB CMG DSO Published by Hutchinson London 1944 First Edition. A contemporary account of WWII from early 1943 to mid-1944, by noted military analyst H. Rowan Robinson. He looks at major events of WWII including Stalingrad, Allied victory in North Africa, Burma, the Atlantic war, the Summer and Winter offensives in Russia in 1943, Sicily, Italy, the Balkans and an Epilogue covers D Day in early June 1944. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 22cm, 176 pages, hard back, 14 maps, no dust jacket, ex Boots Book Lovers Library, the book shows signs of age , wear, spine a little faded, otherwise is in good condition (see photographs) and Blitzkrieg by F O Miksche Major General Staff Spanish Republican Army Published by Faber And Faber London 1942 First Edition Second Impression. The author fought in the Spanish Civil War and this book is a contemporary detailed analysis of Nazi Blitzkrieg tactics. The book measures approx 13.5cm x 20.5cm, 249 pages, hard back, numerous diagrams, no dust jacket, the book shows signs of age , wear particularly at top and bottom of spine board 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
Robert Taylor D Day Drop Stick 21 The US Airborne Edition signed by 10 veterans who served with the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions during the Allied Invasion including veterans from Easy Company made famous by the series Band of Brothers. This is the sought after US Airborne Edition number 57 , 145 published in 2009, supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. This print is personally signed by artist Robert Taylor and 10 WW2 veterans who served with the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions during the Allied Invasion including two of the original Filthy Thirteen: Sergeant JAKE MCNASTY MCNIECE and Private First Class JACK HAWKEYE WOMER and signed from the 82nd Airborne 'All American' Lieutenant Colonel JAMES 'MAGGIE' MEGALLAS Commander of H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, 'Maggie' Megallas was the most decorated officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Sergeant BOB BEARDEN Leader of H Company mortar squad, 507th PIR, attached to the 82nd Airborne and Sergeant MILTON SCHLESENER Milton Schlesener served with D Company, 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne and signed from the 101st Airborne 'The Screaming Eagles' Corporal BILL MAYNARD Easy Company, Sergeant ED TIPPER Easy Company, Sergeant BILL TRUE Fox Company, Staff Sergeant FRANK SOBOLESKI Easy Company and Corporal HERB SUETH Easy Company. The print measures approximately 27 inches x 20.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : They were the Screaming Eagles' most notorious unit, a small bunch of raw, tough, ruthless young men. Hard drinking and savage fighting and that was only in training with scant regard for authority. And if the reputation of this unique bunch of renegades within the ranks of the 101st was formidable, for the Germans it became one of sheer terror. Officially they were the First Demolition Squadron, HQ Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Unofficially they were the Filthy Thirteen. Superbly crafted in his unique blend of pencil and paint on tinted paper, Robert Taylor's classic new Master Drawing captures the moment on the night of 5 June 1944 when the 101st Airborne's legendary squad of elite paratroopers jump into battle in the vital hours before the D Day landings commence. The pilots of the 440th Troop Carrier Group struggle to keep their Dakotas level as deadly flak pummels the formation. Please note that this print was really hard to photograph as the surface was very reflective of the lights. The lights had to be turned off which is why the photograph of this print looks a little dark. The print is in near perfect condition, just really hard to photograph!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
The Yangtze River Incident 1949 Escape Of The Amethyst by C E Lucas Philips with the cooperation of Commander J S Kerans DSO RN Published by Heinemann London 1957 First Edition. This is a naval classic. In April 1949, while patrolling the River Yangtze, HMS Amethyst of the 3rd Frigate Flotilla was fired upon by members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and subsequently was trapped in China until the ship escaped to Shanghai during the night of 31 July 1949. This well written book tells the story of this famous incident. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 21.5cm, 274 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just some light signs 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
Rare Aviation Signed by Hugh Oswald Short (1883 1969) of Short Brothers PLC. This is a signed vintage photograph of N177 a Shorts Felixstowe F.5 flying boat produced in 1924, N177 being the first military flying boat in the world to be fitted with an all metal hull. This photograph is signed in black ink to the bottom right hand corner With Compliments H. O. Short. The rear of the photograph has an oval stamp which says Short Bros. (Photographic Dept.) Seaplane Works Rochester 1 Feb 1926 (see photographs). Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, are an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London by Hugh Oswald Short, Albert Eustace Short and Horace Leonard Short. In 1909 Shorts signed a deal to produce Wright Flyers under license making them the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. Shorts were particularly notable for its flying boat designs which were manufactured into the 1950s. In 1943, Shorts was nationalised and then later denationalised, and in 1948 moved from its main base at Rochester, Kent to Belfast. This is a very interesting and rare original surviving official Shorts photograph from 1926 personally signed by Hugh Oswald Short, one of the great aviation pioneers of the early 20th Century. The photograph is mounted on board and measures approx 23cm x 18cm and 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
First Edition Diary of a Nightmare Berlin 1942 1945 by Ursula Von Kardorff published by Rupert Hart Davis London 1965 First Edition hard back with dust jacket. Ursula Von Kardoff was a journalist who lived in Berlin during WW2 who witnessed the fall of the Nazi party, the massive destruction caused by Allied bombings and the final capture by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. This is an Ex RAF Stafford (16MU) library book (last borrowed in 1971!) 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
A WWII George Medal awarded to Lieutenant Alexander Charles Thomas Royal Engineers, together with an unnamed MBE, Defence, 1939-1945 medal and star, not known if the medals are related. Wikipedia; "He was engaged for seven continuous days of intensive bomb disposal operations following the enemy air raids on Grimsby and Cleethorpes on 14 June 1943. This raid was the first of its kind (using butterfly bombs) and presented many new problems in bomb disposal. Throughout these operations Thomas contributed greatly to their success by his outstanding example of resourcefulness, courage and leadership.[76]", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_George_Medal,_1940s#cite_note-ReferenceD-76.Note:- We believe the GM medal is a copy as the naming is not the correct style. Bidder's must satisfy themselves as to condition and provenance before bidding.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer: a steel cased automatic wristwatch, ref 1016, serial no. 1733xxx circa 1967, the black 369 and baton dial marked 'superlative chronometer officially certified', the automatic movement cal 1570 no.D025xxx, the inside case back stamped with ref 1016 above 'IV.67' for last quarter of 1967, the later Rolex graduated steel link strap (probably a replacement) with 501B ends and first link numbered 78360, case 36mm wide, no box or papers, watch only.Provenance: British Antarctic Survey interest. Belonged to Ian ‘Spike’ Sykes was born and raised in Leeds during the Second World War. A climber since his youth, he joined the RAF at sixteen, working on the Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team in the Scottish Highlands during a number of dramatic rescues. After leaving the RAF he worked with the British Antarctic Survey on the southern polar ice cap, where he ran a dog team and worked as a guide for the Survey’s field scientists. Back in Scotland, Spike and Ian Sutherland identified an opportunity for a climbing and outdoor equipment shop in the Highlands, and the first Nevisport shop was born. Both remained as members of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue, the UK’s busiest team. Spike was also instrumental in the development of the ski area at Nevis Range on Aonach Mor, where he stayed on as managing director for twelve years. He is currently a director of Nevis Range, which is now also internationally renowned as a mountain biking centre. Spike was awarded an MBE in 1990 for services to sport and mountain rescue, and in 2011 he received the Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture. His first book, Cry Argentina (978-1-846248-71-9), a semi-fictional account of the build-up to the invasion of South Georgia in the Falklands War, was published in 2013. In the Shadow of Ben Nevis is his second book. Spike lives in Fort William with his partner Gay, and has a daughter Eilidh.The below letter from 'Spike' regarding his watch."I joined British Antarctic Survey in Autumn 1967 as a GA, effectively as a guide for scientists working on the Antarctic continent. I was 25 and had been in the RAF and an instructor in Outward Bound. I sailed from Southampton on the RRS Shackleton and arrived in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands a month later.We were paid the princely sum of £500 a year, because for the next two and a half years I was to be in Antarctica my pay went directly into an account that accrued accordingly. It was an easy way for a young man to bank a couple of thousand pounds in less than three years, a princely sum in those days.I bought my Rolex Watch in Binnie’s General Store in Port Stanley, this was many years before the Falkland War and Stanley was a Tax-free Port. I then sailed on to my base, Stonington Island, about halfway down the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, where I picked up my dog team and spent the next two and a half very exciting years.The Rolex Explorer chronometer was the best watch I could afford at the time. It was long before the days of digital watches and has been dead accurate ever since the day I bought it."
Longines: an first half 20th Century manual wind cocktail watch, the silvered Arabic dial fitted 17-jewel movement (not working), cal 4LL, the cast 10% Irid Platinum stamped with serial no.727XXX, set with eight-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.50 carats, on later 9ct white gold gate-link strap, 17cms long, 14.2g gross excluding dial and movement.
Felix Kelly, New Zealand/British 1914-1994 - Orangery, Pavlovsk, 1971; oil on board, signed and dated lower right 'Felix Kelly 71', 56 x 71 cm (ARR) Provenance: Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, C7871 (label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection, purchased from the above and thence by descent Exhibited: Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 'Recent Paintings of Russia', 19th October - 6th November 1971, cat. no.16 illus. Note: In the present work, Kelly brings out the Surreal quality of the Orangery and its grounds, with its Classical figures making the work reminiscent of Giorgio di Chirico's metaphysical style. For Robert Harling, writing in the Arthur Tooth & Sons catalogue, these works evoke a 'heady excitement' and the 'quality which made the tales of Tolstoy, Turgeniev, Chekov so haunting and memorable to my youth'. initially influenced by the work of the Surrealists, Felix Kelly became celebrated for his book cover designs, particularly for ghost stories including Faber and Faber's Best Horror Stories (1957) and Best Tales of Terror (1962), as well as for Haunted Houses (1956) by Joseph Braddock. The artist held his first one-man exhibition at Lefevre Gallery in 1943, which was highly acclaimed and lead to Herbert Read buying a work and writing the introduction to his next catalogue.
Frank O. Salisbury, British 1874-1962 - Ten portraits: Col. Sir John Atkins, physician and surgeon. Army surgeon in the 2nd Boer War and First World War. Researched gas attacks, 1954; Fred Baltime, with a sketch of woman on reverse; Mrs Andrew Carnegie, former rector at St Andrews University, wife of philanthropist and industrialist Andrew Carnegie, two, 1933; Col. Sealy Clark, Salvation Army Colonel, 1946; Dr. Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman, Founder of the controversial religious movement that became Moral Re-armament. Switzerland, 1938; Mr Alkin; Mrs Victor Bond, two; Miss Beryl Badson; chalk and pastel on paper, 66 x 47.5 cm and smaller (unframed) (10) (ARR) Provenance: The Walpole Society, donated by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector Note: Frank O. Salisbury was one of the leading society portrait painters of his day. The son of a plumber and glazier, he was drawn to art at an early age and throughout his career painted many important figures in the cultural and political sphere, including Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill. His portraits of Dame Maud McCarthy and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) are currently on display as part of the inaugural display at the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery in London. Salisbury also painted large-scale ceremonial, historical and religious scenes, many of which are now in public collections. Salisbury painted in a classical but lively style, bringing his sitters to life while remaining vehemently opposed to modern methods. The works for sale with Roseberys include portraits of glamourous society figures, politicians, eminent businesspeople, and members of the aristocracy. Interesting examples include portraits of Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the eponymous cereal company, Her Highness the Ameera of Bhahwalpur and Mrs Dunlap Hopkins, President of the Women’s School of Design in New York. There is also a highly moving study of a Nurse in Wartime uniform. Alongside these portraits, there is also a collection of large-scale studies for religious scenes. These works have remained unseen for several decades and were recently donated to The Walpole Society by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector.
Antoniucci Volti, Italian 1915-1989 - Reclining nude, c.1965; terracotta, signed on the side 'Volti', H15.3 x L23 x W13 cm (ARR) Provenance: estate sale, Cincinnati, USA; private collection, Cincinnati Note: with thanks to Nicolas Antoniucci, son and successor of the sculptor, for confirming the authenticity of this work. The artist had his first solo museum retrospective at the Musee Rodin, Paris in 1957 and there is now a museum dedicated to his work, the Fondation-Musée-Volti in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Joachim Weingart, Ukranian 1895-1942 - Five figures; ink and watercolour on paper, signed lower right 'Weingart', 47.9 x 62.5 cm (unframed) Provenance: with Gimpel Fils, London GF17702 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the mount); private collection Note: Weingart studied in Berlin and Vienna, before moving to Paris in the 1920s alongside his friend Zygmunt Menkes. Here his work was first discovered by legendary French dealer René Gimpel during the 1930s.
Christopher Wood, British 1901-1930 - Breton Woman, c.1930; pencil on paper, 16.5 x 11.5 cm Provenance: with Redfern Gallery, London (according to the copy of a label attached to the reverse of the frame); Christie's, South Kensington, 2nd May 1991; Abbott & Holder, London, 20436, October 1991, purchased from the above (label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection Note: Wood created a number of works relating to Breton women in 1930, shortly before his death, including the paintings 'Breton Woman at Prayer, 1930' now in Southampton City Art Gallery and 'Pony and Trap, Ploaré, Brittany, 1930'. Wood first travelled to Brittany in 1929 and would right about his experiences to his friends Ben Nicholson and dealer Lucy Wertheim. These works were exhibited at the Redfern Gallery in 1947. This work features the distinctive Breton cape, seen in other drawings and paintings.
Harold Sterner, American 1895-1976 - Flower Arrangement at a Dinner for the Crown Prince of Graustark at the White House, Nov 1, 1972; watercolour on paper, titled and dated lower left, 30 x 41.6 cm: together with another work by the same artist of the same size and medium, 'Family Quarters and Senate Ladies Luncheon, May 9, 1962' (2) Provenance: with Great American Editions Ltd., New York (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection Note:the label on the reverse of the frame gives a different title and event detailThe artist created illustrations for the book 'The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Survey' by Frederick L. Kramer (New York: Great American Editions Ltd, 1973), the first book to document the history of American gardens.
Basil Rákóczi, British/French 1908-1979 - L’Homme Primitif (with 'Figures in a jungle' on the reverse), 1949; oil on canvas, signed upper left 'Rakoczi' and signed, dated, titled and numbered on the reverse, 60.3 x 40.9 cm (unframed) Provenance: the Estate of the Artist Note: Rákóczi founded the Modernist group, The White Stag Group, along with his partner, Kenneth Hall. Influenced by Surrealism and founded in London, they moved to Ireland in 1940. Gaining Irish members including Nano Reid and Norah McGuiness, their work focusing on psychological states and esoteric myth and symbols. Instrumental to Hall's artistic career and his first solo exhibition was the dealer Lucy Wertheim. Wertheim also promoted Barbara Hepworth, Christopher Wood, Frances Hodgkins and Henry Moore. An exhibition of her legacy 'A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group' has recently been on display at Towner Eastbourne, UK, including works by both Hall and Rákóczi.
Clare Atwood, British 1866-1962 - Industrial interior, 1911; oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left 'Clare Atwood 1911', 51 x 61 cm (ARR) Provenance:The Property of the Late Reverend John Watson (1939-2019)Note: Atwood was part of a interesting circle of lesbian artists and writers that included Radclyffe Hall and her partners Christabel Marshall and Edith Craig. The artist had her first solo exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in 1912 and was commissioned to paint war scenes for the Canadian Government through the Canadian War Memorials Fund. Atwood created scenes of railway stations and later the activities of the Women's Voluntary Service. A number of these war related works are now in the Imperial War Museum Collection. The artist also created works depicting the interiors of theatres and markets, similar in style to the present work.
Maryon Kantaroff, Canadian 1933-2019 - Fallen Cloud; polished brass, numbered and titled on label on underside of base, H17.5 x W28 x D14cm (including base) Provenance: private collection, gifted by the artist in the 1960s when she was living in London and thence by descent Note:Kantaroff's interest in sculpture developed while studying at the Chelsea College of Art, and later the British Museum in the early 1960s. Her first solo exhibition was the Temple Gallery, London in 1962. In 1974, she established the Toronto Art Foundry, frustrated at the lack of resources available for her large scale public commissions. She was awarded the Sculpture Society of Canada's prestigious President's Award in 1992.
Anthony Benjamin, British 1931-2002 - Abstract studies, 1964; pastel, gouache and pencil on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Benjamin 64 May', 57 x 80.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Reginald Hill (d.2017), owner of Reille Gallery, London (label attached to the reverse); private collection, gifted by the above Note: the artist began his career first amongst the many Modern Artists in St. Ives, where he was encouraged to exhibit by Peter Lanyon, and later in Paris, studying at the Stanley William Hayter's highly influential Aterlier 17 studio in the late 1950s. He exhibited internationally from the 1960s, including at Gimpel Fils, London and Tate St Ives in 1999
Jean Dufy, French 1888-1964 - Les Battages; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Jean Dufy', 49.8 x 64.9 cm (ARR) Provenance: Christie's, London, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 7th December 1973, lot 317b (illus.); Peter and Iris Hughes, purchased from the above and thence by descent Note: This work is accompanied by a signed photo-certificate no.4901 from M. Jacques Bailly dated 11th September 2023. The painting will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Jean Dufy. The original owner of the work Iris Hughes had an important British collection of Post-Impressionist art, including Pierre Bonnard, Walter Sickert and Maurice Utrillo, and was the daughter of Sir and Lady Maximillian Michaelis, who donated a large part of their collection to the South African National Gallery. This beautiful work by Jean Dufy is the third work sold by Roseberys from this collection, following the successful sale of a Georges Rouault and Claude Venard in September 2023. The present work is a brilliant example of the artist’s joyful style that he developed in parallel with his brother, Raoul Dufy. Jean Dufy had the first exhibition of his work at the celebrated Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, in 1914. This gallery had presented the first exhibitions of many of the most important Fauve artists, including Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet and Emilie Charmy.
Margaret Mellis, Scottish 1914-2009 - 3 Ovals & 4 Squares; oil on unstretched canvas, 20.5 x 16.7 cm Note: with title and estate sale reference number inscribed on a label attached to the reverse of the frame '3 Ovals & 4 Squares 8.252'. Margaret Mellis was a pioneer of abstraction from the 1940s in Britain, creating a highly innovative body of work that pushed the boundaries between painting and sculpture, always utilising a unique approach to colour. Mellis played an important role in the history of Modernism in St. Ives during the Second World War, her home with first husband Adrian Stokes providing a focal point for artists including Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Mellis has been subject to major museum shows across the UK, including at City Art Centre, Edinburgh in 1997, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich in 2008 and more recently at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne in 2022.
Frank O. Salisbury, British 1874-1962 - Ten portraits: HH Princess Harriner, India June 22 1953; Miss Beatrice Harrison or "Pietro and Beatrice" Renowned Cellist who played throughout Europe and the USA, first Cellist and youngest to ever win the Mendelssohn prize. She inspired and worked with composers like Elgar, Delius and Charles Villers Stanford. She performed the hugely popular debut radio broadcast in her garden with the BBC, the first en plein air performance, 1944; Lord Inverforth, 1st Baron Andrew Weir. Four Portraits. President, Andrew Weir shipping & Trading Co. Former Surveyor - General of Supply at War Office and Minister of Munitions. Painted at his home in Hampstead. 1934/44/47; Mrs Edward F. Hutton, 1937; John Marten Evans, 1945; Rev Fredrick Harrison, 1958; Mrs Dunlap Hopkins, President of the women's school of design in New York, 1928; Hon. Mrs Renee Iliffe, 1945; Thomas D. Jones, 1929; Her Highness the Ameera of Bhahwalpur, wife to the Ruler of the state of Bhahwalpur, 1956; chalk and pastel on paper, 64.5 x 50.5 cm and smaller (unframed) (10) (ARR) Provenance: The Walpole Society, donated by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector Note: Frank O. Salisbury was one of the leading society portrait painters of his day. The son of a plumber and glazier, he was drawn to art at an early age and throughout his career painted many important figures in the cultural and political sphere, including Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill. His portraits of Dame Maud McCarthy and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) are currently on display as part of the inaugural display at the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery in London. Salisbury also painted large-scale ceremonial, historical and religious scenes, many of which are now in public collections. Salisbury painted in a classical but lively style, bringing his sitters to life while remaining vehemently opposed to modern methods. The works for sale with Roseberys include portraits of glamourous society figures, politicians, eminent businesspeople, and members of the aristocracy. Interesting examples include portraits of Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the eponymous cereal company, Her Highness the Ameera of Bhahwalpur and Mrs Dunlap Hopkins, President of the Women’s School of Design in New York. There is also a highly moving study of a Nurse in Wartime uniform. Alongside these portraits, there is also a collection of large-scale studies for religious scenes. These works have remained unseen for several decades and were recently donated to The Walpole Society by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector.
Georges Rouault, French 1871-1958 -Paysage anime, 1905; watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper, signed and dated lower left 'G Rouault 1905', 54 x 65 cm (ARR) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 24th March 2004, lot 10; Peter Feuchtwanger, Munich & London, by whom acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner; Christie’s, London, Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper & Day Sale, 19th June 2019, lot 191 (unsold); Literature: Lionello Venturi, 'Georges Rouault', Paris, 1948, no.23 (illus.); B. Dorival & I. Rouault, 'Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, vol. I', Monte Carlo, 1988, no.375 Note: this early work demonstrates the artist's development of his unique style, imbuing the landscape with a mystical, almost religious feeling through his expressive handling of the watercolour and deep use of blue. Depicting a lone figure in a landscape with two birds sweeping through the sky, Rouault acknowledges the influence of Van Gogh on his work, in particular his 'Wheatfield with Crows', 1890 (Van Gogh Museum). This work is just one of the sixteen landscapes the artist painted between 1902 and 1909. 1905 was an important year for Rouault, exhibiting alongside his contemporaries Henri Matisse, Charles Camoin and Henri Manguin at the Salon d'Automne in Paris, where this group of artists was first called the Fauves. Rouault's works from 1905-06 are often seen as a climax of his early work in their expressive quality, paving the way to his almost iconographic later style. This would be highly influential on younger artists, in particular in Germany, in its liberation of colour and form and its transcendental qualities.
Lots 9-39 Property of the Late Reverend John Watson - Harry Phelan Gibb, British 1870-1948 - Floral still life with green apples, 1930 (with 'Urban scene' on the reverse); oil on board, signed and dated lower left 'Phelan Gibb 1930', 68.8 x 63.8 cm Provenance: The Property of the Late Reverend John Watson (1939-2019) Note: a memory of Reverend John Watson from Ted Few, I first met John Watson at the Olympia Winter Antiques Fair in 1994. I was wondering how to make my wares more appealing to the disappointing trickle of visitors when I became aware of a pensive, engaged man making a thorough examination of the stand before settling on a patinated plaster bust of a woman by Hamo Thornycroft which had come from the collection of Siegfried Sassoon at Heytesbury Manor. After a while we exchanged a few words and then he took his leave. The next afternoon he returned, had another cursory look at the rest of the stand, and then began to ask me very informed questions about the bust. I couldn't make him out. Was he an academic? He certainly knew his stuff. A prospective purchaser? His attire gave nothing away. He seemed slightly unworldly - not remotely acquisitive. And then once again he thanked me and left. When he returned the following day I thought he was frankly either mad or deadly serious, but as he handed me a cheque my curiosity was assuaged. Thus began a relationship which lasted a quarter of a century and grew in scope and interest. He had, in that first interaction, demonstrated so many of his essential characteristics. He was quiet, thoughtful, thorough, curious, enthusiastic, prudent, unassuming and educated; a man of enormous integrity and kindness with a sense of humour to boot. I learned that during his ministry he had bought pictures and sculpture from several of the top West End dealers but when he retired he was free to indulge his passion far more widely, buying initially from dealers, then additionally at auction and latterly extending his sphere of interest to global Works of Art, and even Modernism. He had an inbuilt radar which steered him towards the unusual, and a natural attraction for works of the finest quality, not to mention a nose for anything secondary or specious. And his passion for the New Sculpture Movement exemplified these preferences.It is a privilege to have been invited to advise his family and a pleasure to be working with Roseberys once again, dispersing the unique collection of a much missed collector and friend via a favourite saleroom which espouses so many of his values.
Two 925 silver & quartz set dress rings. The first having a faceted rectangular cut green aventurine quartz to squared shank together with a brown oval faceted cut stone with green flecks under a 10x loupe to squared shank. Total weight approx 36.8g. Approx sizes M & O. All weights, measurements and sizes are approximate
A LACHENAL & CO., LONDON CONCERTINA, Serial No. 84297, with mahogany ends and twenty one bone buttons, maker’s paper label, in associated oak case, together with a small rosewood ended concertina with twenty bone buttons and another mahogany concertina requiring refurbishment in black leather case (3) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Some scuffing to the first but bellows intact, likewise with the second. The third appears complete but in separate layers.
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