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Lot 237
* Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica). A fine example of this Coco de Mer seed, converted as a box with brass hinges and with a superb highly polished finish, approximately 30 cm longQTY: (1)NOTE:The Coco de Mer is a palm endemic unique to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. It was first discovered in 1768, but prior to that, there was a popular legend amongst sailors that it came from a mythical tree at the bottom of the sea as husks were often found floating on the water.
Lot 109
* Zeppelin Air Raids. A collection of approximately 190 photo postcards of the R 38 airship disaster, German airships, Alberto Santos-Dumont, parachutists and other related ephemera, 1900-37, including 45 photo postcards depicting damage and munitions from Zeppelin raids in Essex, Kent, East Anglia, 14 postcards, memorial programme and cards relating to the R 38 airship disaster on 24 August 1921 over the Humber Estuary, 15 photo postcards and photographs relating to female and others parachutists, 23 photo postcards and caricature postcards relating to Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932, Brazilian aeronaut and airship pioneer), 14 postcards relating to Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, VC (1895-1918), the first British pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin on 2/3 September 1916, 32 searchlight postcards of Zeppelin raids, and approximately 40 postcards of wartime and post-war German airships, including Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, including an entrance ticket to view the Hindenburg, 1937, a few with ink inscriptions, all contained in modern plastic sleeves in a ring-bound album QTY: (1)
Lot 38
* Royal Flying Corps. A group of 100 black and white photographs, mostly relating to Harlaxton Aerodrome, Grantham, Lincolnshire, circa 1918, including aerial views (some captioned and dated in the negative), aircraft crashes and wreckages, etc, some with RFC stamps and details to verso, a few small closed tears and corner creases, 16 x 21 cm and smallerQTY: (100)NOTE:Many of these photographs were taken or collected by William James Humphries, an observer photographer with RFC/RNAS. Harlaxton was one of the early training aerodromes built for the RFC in the First World War, closing in 1919.
Lot 84
* Cowland (Anthony R.G., late 20th century). The Advantage, Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon, 1862, oil on board, signed lower right, 34 x 44 cm, framed, frame size 51.5 x 61.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Guild of Aviation, 2011 Annual Exhibition Mall Galleries, catalogue number 80, £950.Thaddeus Lowe (1832-1913) developed and supervised a fleet of manned balloons that provided valuable information to Union forces on enemy positions and movements during the American Civil War. Lowe's balloons became the first aviation aircraft used in American military history.
Lot 82
* Cocking (Robert) - Parachute disaster. A small archive relating to the parachute disaster of Robert Cocking which ascended from Vauxhall Gardens, London on 24 July 1827, including a hand-coloured lithograph sketched on the spot by Wm. R. Browne, depicting the ascent of the Nassau Balloon, with the parachute attached, 24th July 1837 and showing the parachute with Mr Cocking in the three stages of the descent, repaired closed tear to left hand, some browning, 24.8 x 34.5 cm, together with a single-sheet letterpress notice regarding the case of the widow of the late Mr Cocking and the intention of John Cuthbert, Thomas Ensor, Charles Fergurson, Henry Morley, John Phillips and Edward Roberts to commence an appeal to raise funds for her (bearing the watermark Thomas & Co., 20 Cornhill, London, 1831), also mentioning 'after the preceding appeal was prepared for circulation, Messrs. Gye & Hughes, have granted in the handsomest manner, a free use of their Gardens at Vauxhall, as well as of their Nassau Balloon, for the entire benefit of the widow; and also Mr Green, the Aeronaut, has very benevolently tendered his gratuitous services. The Committee therefore have to announce that the Gardens will be open for the above purpose on Wednesday next, the 9th instant, at Two o'clock, and that the Ascent of the Balloon will take place at Six o'clock. Monday, August 7th, 1737', together with a manuscript list of payments and receipts for money raised bearing the signature of A. M. Cocking (Robert Cocking's widow Anna Maria Cocking, née Hooke, c.1786-1876) and George Roberts, with a single-page manuscript copy regarding the Committee's account in relation to subscriptions for the widow of the late Mr. Cocking, plus a four-page article from 'The Casket of Literature, Science, and Entertainment' no. 31, Aug 5, 1837, documenting the disaster and with full-page wood engraved illustration to first page, disbound, slim 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:Robert Cocking (1776-1837) was a pioneer parachutist and artist who lived between Kennington and Stockwell. He died in the first parachute accident on 24 July 1837. He ascended from Vauxhall Gardens suspended below Charles Green's Great Nassau balloon (or ‘Royal Vauxhall’ balloon), piloted by Green and Edward Spencer. Cocking's experimental parachute was of his own design and construction. Cocking originally intended to be taken to 8000 feet, but due to flying conditions was taken aloft to 5000 feet when he released his parachute. Due to a mechanical error, the parachute failed and descended and crashed at Lee in South East London. Cocking died after hitting the ground. The small archive relates to an appeal to raise money to support Cocking's widow Anna Maria Cocking, née Hooke, (c.1786-1876).
Lot 234
* Battle of the River Plate. Four-inch shell shrapnel recovered from HMS Exeter after it exploded from a shell fired from Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, the large piece of shrapnel presented on a wooden base with brass plaque stamped '4" shell exploded on board H.M.S. Exeter by a fragment of 11" shell fired by Admiral Graf Spee Dec. 13. 1939', height including the base 33.5cm,QTY: (1)NOTE:The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle of WWII which was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939. The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee engaged a Royal Navy squadron comprising four ships including HMS Exeter. The squadron sighted Graf Spee off the estuary of the River Plate near the coasts of Argentina and Uraguay. The battle commenced and Exeter was severely damaged and forced to retire, Graf Spee also damaged by HMS Ajax and Achilles was in a critical state as her fuel system was crippled. The order was given to scuttle the ship and three days later Captain Hans Langsdorff committed suicide.
Lot 35
* Pioneer Aviation. Louis Paulhan flying over Brooklands, 29 October 1909, comprising 7 early black and white press photographs commemorating this flight, Worlds Graphic Press Ltd to verso of three, two inscribed 'Flying at Brooklands M Paulhan machine being pushed back to the shed after his record flight', and 'M Paulhan flying at Brooklands this (Saturday) afternoon', various sizes, largest 20 x 26 cm, smallest 15.5 x 21 cm, together with 11 early motoring black and white press photographs recording the famous truck versus racing car at Brooklands, some with typed information to verso 'Truck V Racing Car. Famous Brooklands drivers in a novel event. Mr R.M. Hanlonm receiving a start of 1 hr 31 mins with a Greenbat Electric Truck carrying a load of two tons, beats Mr J.G. Parry Thomas over a course of 8 miles by 32-2/5 secs at Brooklands', mostly 16.5 x 21.5 cm QTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: From the private collection of Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, Clerk of the Brooklands Course from 1909 until the mid-1920s. Col. Lloyd was also the starter at Brooklands and is the person shown starting the Royal Mail truck. Col. Lloyd was a very important person with regard to early motoring in the UK. He was involved in assessing early cars, motorcycles, tractors etc for the army, he was a Royal Engineer. He was part of the group who set up and ran the Gordon Bennett Trophy races in 1904. From 1909 to the mid 1920s he was the Clerk of the Course at Brooklands, also the starter. He was the person who came up with the name “Cyclecar” and was on the founding Committee of the “Cyclecar Club” in 1912. The Cyclecar Club eventually became “The Junior Car Club”. Col. Lloyd remained closely connected with Motoring and particularly motor racing for the rest of his life, being the Chairman of the RAC Competitions committee in 1939. Isidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan (1883-1963), was a French aviator. He is best known for winning the first Daily Mail aviation prize for the first flight between London and Manchester in 1910.On 29 October 1909, Paulhan made the first official powered flight at Brooklands in his biplane made by Farman Aviation Works. This was also the first public flying display at Brooklands and some 20,000 spectators watched him fly to a height of 220 metres.
Lot 40
* World War II Naval Archive. A small archive of ephemera relating to David Pullen, a mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service, c. 1945-48, including 2 photograph albums, the first containing photographs and snapshots of naval aircraft carriers, aircraft, views in Sydney, Ceylon, Malaya, etc., some off duty photos plus images of aircraft wrecks, mostly small-format and corner-mounted with ink captions beneath, some now loose, the second album containing corner-mounted small-format family snapshots including 2 photographs of a tour of Britain (1951), both contemporary boards, rubbed, small folio, plus an exercise book containing approximately 60 Valentine's 'aircraft recognition' postcards, and a small quantity of mostly service ephemera including forms, release documents, further photos including some commercial snapshots, a few negatives, etc. QTY: (a small carton)
Lot 290
* A WWII "Operation Dynamo" DSC group to Captain C.A. Hancock, for displaying great initiative and seamanship in getting his ship into Dunkirk, and also after the ship had been severely damaged, in getting her back to DoverDistinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., by Garrard & Co, London 1939, reverse officially dated 19401914-15 Star (Lieut, C.A. Hancock, R.N.R.)British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C.A. Hancock. R.N.R.)1939-1945 StarAtlantic StarWar MedalFrance. Order of Maritime Merit, silver and enamel (enamel damaged), the remaining medals generally very fine, with a folder of extensive research QTY: (8)NOTE:Captain Charles Archibald Hancock, DSC was born in Plymouth in 1886. He joined the Training Ship Conway at Liverpool in 1901, before joining the Idra Line as a midshipman and then joining SS Indraghiri in 1903 until 1905. He served in various ships and in 1914 he was in SS Empress when it was converted to a seaplane carrier, here he found himself with the rank of Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve and he remained with the ship until the end of the war.Post-war service saw Hancock with the cross-channel service and in 1933 was promoted to Captain of SS Canterbury, which was the flagship of the Southern Railways fleet. He was in command of this ship during "Operation Dynamo" which was the evacuation from Dunkirk. A breakdown of the ship's service is included with the lot but on 4 June the ship departed for Dover on its final trip from Dunkirk having brought to safety a total of 5715 troops.From 6 to 15 June, Hancock and the Canterbury were heavily involved in operations off Le Havre, Cherbourg and Brest.DSC: London Gazette 16 August 1940 'This ship completed four trips. On the third trip, she was bombed and a near miss damaged the ship and put her out of action. In addition to those four trips she had completed three other trips to Calais and Boulogne, continually subjected to bombing and also gunfire from shore batteries. A near miss put the ship out of action for the remainder of the operation.Captain Hancock displayed great initiative and seamanship in getting his ship into Dunkirk, and also after the ship had been severely damaged, in getting her back to Dover'Hancock left the SS Canterbury in 1942 and joined the Twickenham Ferry and following on from the Normandy landings the ship was the first vessel to discharge a cargo of railway rolling stock to the Cherbourg Peninsula, a complete train of goods wagons with locomotive.The French award included in this lot was presented to Hancock in 1938 for his long association with France having recently carried his millionth passenger across the channel.He was discharged from the Merchant Navy in 1946 on termination of his war service and he died in Dover in 1962.
Lot 41
* WWII Pilots Signatures. Six albums of mainly of first day covers, signatures from pilots and navigators including: Wing Commander Peter Ayerst, Group Captain John Cunningham, Group Captain Tom Gleave, Group Captain F. R. Carey, Squadron Leader James Harry (Ginger) Lacey, Group Captain F. B. Sheen, Squadron Leader B. H. Drobinkski, Air Commodore S. C. Widdows, Richard Haine, Peter Townsend, Benjamin Bent, Alexander Nelson Robin Langley Appleford, Josef Jan Hanus, William Dennis David, 'George' Darley, Richard Leoline Jones, Lettice Curtis, Bunny Currant, Air Vice Marshall James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson, Aubrey Howell, Harry Hooper, Steve Stevens, Peter Twiss, Sir John Curtiss, Wing Cdr. Derek Martin, Günther Rall, Sqn Lrd Bob Dunkley, Saburo Sakai, Nobuo Fujita, Flight Sgt. Stan Bradford, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Squadron Leader Terence Bulloch, P.R. Donaldson, Flight Lt. Eric Hookings, Ray Ellis etc., together with a few newspaper clippings and photographsQTY: (6 albums)
Lot 288
* A WWII Operation 'Royal Marine' DSM group to Chief Petty Office C.J. Vinnicombe, who was part of a Naval Expeditionary Force tasked with laying mines in the River Rhine from May to June 1940, Vinnicombe was later captured and taken POW for the remainder of the war, he was one of nine recipients to receive the DSM for this operationDistinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J.58366 C.J. Vinnicombe. C.P.O. R.N.), extremely fine, in unofficial shagreen style boxBritish War and Victory Medals (J.58366 C.J. Vinnicombe. Ord. R.N.)1939-1945 Star War MedalNaval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (J. 58366 C.J. Vinnicombe. P.O. H.M.S. London.), second, third and sixth worn, therefore fine and better, with a folder of researchQTY: (6)NOTE:DSM London Gazette: 5 July 1940 'This Sous-officer, by his personal fearlessness, attention to detail and organisational ability enabled mines to be streamed when in full view of the enemy, for several nights in succession without interruption.'Chief Petty Officer Cornelius James Vinnicombe, DSM was born in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1901 and joined the Royal Navy in 1916. He served in North America and the West Indies, China and the Mediterranean rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in 1938.On 3 September 1938 Vinnicombe joined the torpedo and mining training establishment HMS Vernon, where he remained until joining the Naval Expeditionary Force in 1940 for "Operation Royal Marine". This was one of Churchill's schemes to take the war to the Germans, the idea being for a small force of Royal Navy personnel (63) to go to Alsace in France and put floating mines into the Rhine and its tributaries so they would float into Germany and disrupt the Rhine river traffic. The first mines were released on 10 May with thousands being released over the following months. Vinnicombe was captured near Besancon on 27 June about 40 miles from the Swiss border. He was held until December 1940 in a camp at Besaccon and then the following camps, Stalaf XXA1 Thorn, Poland (January to March 1941), Stalag XXB Marienburg, Poland (March to August 1941), Stalag XXA5 Thorn (August to September 1941), Offlag IIIC (Stalag 383) Hohenfels, Germany (September 1942 to February 1943) and Marlag and Milag Nord, Westertimke, Germany (February 1943 until he was released). He returned home on 5 July 1945.Another DSM group to a recipient who took part in the same operation sold at DNW (now Noonan's) on 6 December 2017 for a premium inclusive £3700 (see lot 68).
Lot 17
* Battle of Britain. A large collection of WWII RAF aircrew signatures (300 +), the vast majority relating to the Battle of Britain, most are on the 230 special first day covers displayed in three albums, some covers with multiple signatures, together with a further 77 signed photographs, paper or letters which are ideal to add to books or prints in a further display folderQTY: (4)
Lot 197
Junkers Ju 52. The tail fin from a Ju 52 of General Franco's Spanish Air Force circa 1945, aluminium rivetted construction with large black painted St Andrews cross, a C.A.S.A. Factoria Getafe data plate, stamped 'Avion Ju 52 / 3m, Elemento 8 52 340, Fecha 11 45', measuring 260 x 133 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The current owner (who was formerly a pilot in the Spanish Air Force) took possession of this tail fin when the aircraft was broken up.The Junkers Ju 52/3m, also known as “Tante Ju” or “Iron Annie”, was a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. During the Spanish Civil War, the Ju 52/3m was used by the Spanish Air Force as a transport aircraft and was nicknamed “Pava”. The first Ju 52/3m was shot down by Russian fighters near Madrid, Spain on November 4, 1936. The Spanish Air Force continued to use the Ju 52 until well into the 1970s, with Escuadrón 721 flying the Spanish-built versions and being employed in training parachutists from Alcantarilla Air Base near Murcia.All aircraft belonging to the Spanish Armed Forces had an image of the St Andrew's Cross on their tail fins. This symbol first came into being during the Middle Ages and was used as a way of identifying Spanish aircraft by General Francisco Franco (1892-1975), the dictator who took power in a military coup and ruled Spain for 36 years.
Lot 94
* Ballooning Medals. Royal Balloon School Medal, 1907, gilt metal, the obverse with conjoined bust of Edward VII & Queen Alexandra, the reverse with airship flying over the town of Farnborough, 32mm diameter, edge bruise, good very fine, together with another copper example, a uniface prize medal, reverse engraved 'Improved Shooting 1908 Sap. C. Edwards', a belt buckle with the same design by Bouwerie Lane' numbered 262 and other commemorative ballooning and airship medals including Santos Dumont bronze commemorative medal, Gordon Bennett Zurich 1909, Aero Club de France, reverse dated 13 June 1907 and other medals QTY: (20)NOTE:The Royal Balloon School Medal was produced to commemorate the First Public Flight of the Military Airship 'Nulli Secundus' (Second to none) on 5 October 1907. It was flown by Colonel John Capper and the American aviator Samuel Cody from Farnborough to London. After flying over the city, the airship circled St Paul's Cathedral but strong headwinds forced her to land at Crystal Palace. The flight covered 50 miles and lasted 3 hours, 25 minutes. The medals were presented to various members of the Royal Engineers who were involved in the project or serving at the Balloon School at the time.
Lot 43
* RAF Logbook. WWII 'Spitfire and Meteor' pilot's logbook kept by Flight Lieutenant Joe Kistruck, 616 Squadron, commencing 5 January 1941, final entry 3 January 1946, total flying time 1086hrs45mins, 9 types of aircraft flown including Hurricane, Spitfire and Meteor, signed by Paddy Finucane and Peter Brothers, commanding officers of 602 Squadron QTY: (1)NOTE:Spitfire pilot Joe Kistruck flew 123 operational missions with 602 Squadron, on 1 March 1942 he was posted to Kenley serving under Wing Commander Paddy Finucane, where he saw service over northern France, the logbook refers to Kistruck on 30 April 1942 having a short burst of machine gun as an Fw190 went down vertically, on 19 September 1942 he took part in Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid) alongside Air Commodore Peter Brothers, on 16 September whilst on a scramble from Fair Isle Kistruck notes 'sighted He III 80 m east of Fair Isle, killed rear gunner with 1st burst used all ammo, many strikes, starboard engine hit, claim damaged shared with Sgt Emes 130 S.E. of Sumburgh'. In June 1944 he attended a gunner course before joining 616 Squadron in June 1944. Just nine days later, he was amongst the first group of squadron pilots to convert to the jet-powered Gloster Meteor as the squadron began to replace its Spitfires with the Meteor making it the first RAF jet squadron. He remained with the squadron until the end of the war having flown anti-Diver operations against the V-1 flying bomb and then to Germany to fly ground-attack operations until the end of hostilities.
Lot 110
* Zeppelin and Airship Ephemera. A collection of 30 items, 1913-37, including Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktien-Geselischaft. Passagierfahrten mit Zeppelin-Luftschiffen. Annahme von Passagieren durch die Hamburg-Amerika Linie Abteilung Lufttschiffahrt brochure, 1913, colour and monochrome illustrations, a few ink annotations to lower margins, original wrappers with mounted colour illustration, oblong 4to, together with others related including an original watercolour and gouache menu artwork for the Graf Zeppelin, a 4 pp. brochure for the Graf Zeppelin, an on board menu for Graf Zeppelin, New York-Friedrichshafen, 1929 (Graf Zeppelin ink stamps to verso), a book of photo postcards for LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, a Graf Zeppelin 1929 calendar, set of 10 photographs of LZ129 Hindenburg, and entrance ticket to view the Hindenburg, a Graf Zeppelin boarding pass, 1929, Graf Zeppelin South America 1934 timetable signed by Clara Adams (1884-1971), setter of flying records and the first female passenger to fly on the Graf Zeppelin across the Atlantic, a Graf Zeppelin silk bookmark with route, 1929 (with tear to top margin), a Zeppelin freight label, a booklet 'Zeppelins in Relation to Religion' by the Rev. T. G. Stewart, circa 1916, plus other pamphlets and brochures etcQTY: (30)
Lot 32
* Lindbergh (Charles A., 1902-1974). Menu card for a breakfast in honour of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh on the presentation of the Raymond Orteig 25,000 Dollar Prize, New York to Paris non-stop flight, Friday, June 17, 1927, Hotel Brevoort, New York, cover with a black and white portrait of Lindbergh with American and French flags, published by Malcolm & Hayes, New York, four printed pages including, menu, speakers and history of the prize, red, blue and white cotton twist string with tassel, 8vo, with additional paper inert plus related postcard of Louvie-Juzon (B.-P.)-L'Église et la Maison Orteig QTY: (1)NOTE:On the 20th of May 1927, the American pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh left Roosevelt Airport, America at the controls of the 'Spirit of St. Louis'. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget, France after completing the first ever non-stop solo transatlantic flight in 33.5 hours.
Lot 83
* Zeppelin Raids. A collection of WWI Zeppelin Raid related ephemera, including Potters Bar Zeppelin L31, an original mimeographed copy of Chief Inspector Walter Crook's duty report for the night of the 1st October, Enfield Police Station, 2nd October 1916, beginning at 6:59pm, then at 11:02 pm the first sounds of an airship engine are noted, by 11:38 pm a Zeppelin was sighted traveling east and giving readings for the following fifteen minutes, noting that she caught fire at 11:55 pm and then began to fall, then 'She came to the ground & there was a momentary increased glare of light. We verified the position from our Map & reported at once to OR that we estimated the position where the Zeppelin fell at Potters Bar. During the time the Zeppelin was in sight there was not so much gunfire as usual, & that only from about 11:40 to 11:46 pm. Two or three shells seemed to come very near her & one in particular appeared to burst very close to & slightly above her nose... ', continuing to record further details following the event until they were dismissed by OR at 3:17 am, 4 pp. on four sheets, damp stained, soiled and frayed with some bleeding of ink but no loss of legibility of any text, folio, together with 10 others, most in original stapled or tied print wrappings as issued mostly 4to/8vo, including The Morning of Third September: 1916, Destruction of Zeppelin at Cuffley By Lieut. W. L. Robinson..., Six pictures by H. Scott Orr, published at his Studio Woodford Green, Essex, Ramsgate During the Great War..., Souvenir of the Most Raided Part of England illustrated from a unique series of Copyright Photographs, printed by The Thanet Advertiser & Echo, Ramsgate, 1919, Records of the Raids, put together by the Right Rev. Henry Luke Paget, DD, Bishop of Stepney, printed by The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, London, 1918, Pictorial Souvenir of the "Strafed" Zeppelin L. 48, which was brought down in flames in East Anglia on the morning of Sunday June 17, 1917, published by J. S. Waddell, photographer, The Hayling Studio, Leiston, two copies in alternative colour wrappings, Illustrated Memorial of the German Eats Coast Raids and Bombardment by Sea and Air, published by Hood & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough, 1915, The Great Air Raid on England, September 3rd 1916, Souvenir Photographs of the Wrecked Zeppelin, L 21, also with a photograph of Lieut. William Leefe Robinson, V.C., Worcester Regiment & R. F. C. who attacked the Zeppelin under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing down to the ground as a flaming wreck [awarded the Victoria Cross], printed by St Jame's Press (T.U) London, A pictorial Record; Hull and the Zeppelins. Scenes of Damage Sustained in Hull, 1915-1918.., reproduced from views published in the Hull Dailey News and Hull Weekly News, Zeppelin or Aeroplane Bombs, 12 Households in Yarmouth had all damage from bombs paid by the Daily News, two-sided broadsheet, Possible Air-Craft Raid over Maidstone, Caution, In an event of a Zeppelin or Aeroplane Raid, Maidstone must be Immediately placed in total darkness..., broadside of Mayor W. H. Martin's instructions to the people of Maidstone in the event of an Airraid, 28th January 1915, Printed By Vivian & Baker, General Pritners Kingstreet, Maidstone QTY: (11)NOTE:The Zeppelin L31 was under the command of Kapitan Heinrich Mathy, a Zeppelin flying ace on his fifteenth raid. On this occasion Second Lieutenant Wulstan Tempest engaged the Zeppelin just before midnight and it crashed near Potters Bar with all nineteen crew dying. It was the second downing of a German airship in the area in a month, a wooden airship having been brought down over Cuffley on the 3rd September. Tempest was later promoted to Major and order the DSO.
Lot 8
* Johnson (Amy, 1903-1941) and Mollison (Jim, 1905-1959). Pioneering Aviators, Autograph of Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, circa 1930s, written on a cream autograph album leaf (trimmed down), leaf size 6 x 12 cm, together with a certificate of authenticity supplied by Robert and Sandy Casalaspro of New York, plus Luff (David). Mollinson, The Flying Scotsman, 1st edition, Lytham St. Annes, Lidun Publishing, 1993, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, original boards in dust jacket, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison were both famous aviators from the 1930’s, they married in 1932 and continued to set aviation records both individually and as a couple. Their marriage became strained by 1936, with both parties competing to set the same records, and the couple divorced in 1938. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930. On Sunday 5 January 1941 Amy left Blackpool in an Airspeed Oxford, which she was to deliver to RAF Kidlington, near Oxford, but the aircraft mysteriously came down off course in the vicinity of Herne Bay in the afternoon. Her body was never discovered and the exact details of her death are still unclear.
Lot 382
* Interwar period Indian Cavalry jacket and waistcoat belonging to Captain R.P. Prentice, M.C. Skinner's Horse, who later served in the East African campaign during WWII and received the Military Cross for distinguished service in the Battle of Agordat, each with Hawkes & Co Ltd tailors label printed with owners name, regiment and dated 4 October 1937, the yellow cloth jacket with black velvet and gold embroidered facings, brass buttons with king's crown, crossed lancers, central white metal rose and banner, 53 cm long, inner arm length 51.5 cm, the black velvet waistcoat with gold bullion toggle buttons and detail, 54 cm long QTY: (1)NOTE:Captain Robert Paul Prentice, 1st Skinner's Horse was awarded the Military Cross (immediate) for his part in the Battle of Agordat in East Africa, which was published in the London Gazette on 18 July 1941.The recommendation states, 'On 25th January 1941, this officer was in command of 'C' Sqn Skinner's Horse. At 1430 hours he secured a position astride and cut the Barentu-Agordat road at Eritrea. About 1600 hrs No.1. (M.M.G.) Gp, S.D.F. arrived in the area and Captain Prentice was ordered to take up a new position on some low hills farther east of which other troops were already operating. About 1630 hours, as Captain Prentice's detachment was moving up dismounted to its positions, the later troops withdrew past it shouting that tanks were coming. Immediately afterwards five enemy medium tanks appeared about 300 yds ahead and attacked the detachment. Taken at severe disadvantage and caught midway between its vehicles and its objectively a weapon which it had never previously encountered, the detachment scattered in adjacent cover. Captain Prentice immediately collected fourteen men in his vicinity and engaged the tanks first with rifle and L.M.G. fire and then A/Tk rifles, one of which he worked himself. This action took place at ranges down to five yards forced the tanks to close down and stopped their advance, thus creating the opportunity for No.1 Independent A/Tk Troop to engage them. Captain Prentice then collected his department and, on receipt of orders to move to a fresh task, withdrew it with less of only two vehicles damaged by tank rifles.'
Lot 644
F.A Cup Final Programmes, 1951 Blackpool v. Newcastle, 52 Arsenal v. Newcastle, 53 Blackpool v. Bolton. (3)1951 Punch hole repairs and rusty staple marks with repairs, 1952 rusty staple marks with repairs, minor repair bottom left corner, 0.5cm burn mark near top and first six pages including front which has repairs, 1953 punch hole repairs, team changes inside.
Lot 555
1907 Football Themed Pottery Plate by S.J Kepple of Bristol, featuring club records of the first division - Newcastle Champions, and F.A Cup winners Sheffield Wednesday to centre, 26.5cm wide (chips under the rim).Crazing, twelve chips under rim, the largest 1.3 x 0.4cm - none of these are visible from the top of the plate, 2.5cm old light crack - rings ok, no repairs.
Lot 1565
A 19th Century Painted Papier-Mâché or Gesso Head Doll, the painted papier-mâché or gesso head with painted features including black eyebrows, blue eyes and red lips, the moulded hair painted black, the painted wooden peg jointed body with carved and shaped hands, 22cm high, first-half 19th century. Together with a toy basket. Please note arm loose.
Lot 581
The Gun At Home And Abroad 'British Game Birds and Wildfowl' Vol I; 'The Big Game of Africa and Europe', Vol III, both limited edition number 277/500, London 1912, together with 'Fishing at Home and Abroad' limited edition number 352/750, leather binding, gilt titles, uncut pages. (3) *Slight spotting on all, mainly to first few pages, overall good.
Lot 584
Ono (Yoko) - Grapefruit - a rare signed first edition from a limited edition of 500, pub. Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, July 4 1964, original ecru wraps with title printed in black script, printed typewriter text in English with some Japanese translations, signed by the author in blue biro to the ffep, 'To Chris, yoko, London '66' and inscribed with the haiku 'Summer Grasses' by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, (translation "Summer's grasses! All that remains of soldiers' dreams"), 8vo (140 x 140mm.). * An important Yoko Ono work, published by her own press in Tokyo, divided into five categories (Music, Painting, Event, Poetry and Object) and containing over 150 pieces and poems, many of which are dedicated to notable art world figures of the day, such as John Cage, Yuji Takahashi and her then husband, Anthony Cox. *A few preliminary leaves inc. title loose, title with part missing from lower edge (apparently due to damage caused by the family pet!), hinges cracked, covers soiled and thumbed, corners and back cover creased, tiny tear to top of back cover, small water spot stain to fore edges, foxing to inside of covers
Lot 606
Arnold, Jean and Appleby, John A Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs of Edmund Blampied, a first edition by John Appleby publishing, Jersey, 1996, burgundy hard boards with gilt title to front and spine, speckled and bordered edges, contained in slipcase. * Very light spotting to cover and slip case, otherwise good.
Lot 1020
A cased set of two Delta Alfa Romeo Milano Special Limited Edition Giulietta Sprint Azzurro Capri pens containing fountain pen 230/954 & ballpoint 110/954, pens made of sky blue resin, this colour is the original colour of the first car manufactured by Alfa Romeo of the Giulietta model, finished in sterling silver. cased. (2)
Lot 1212
A WOOD SHUNGA NETSUKE OF MAN ON HAMAGURI CLAM Signed, Gyokusai, Japan, Edo, first half of 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) humorous netsuke parody of the seduction of feminine wiles. Here the hapless male is caught by his fundoshi (loincloth) within the lips of a clam, the Japanese archetypal symbol of the female sex. Well-carved, the surface finely patinated. Himotoshi and signature GYOKUSAI underneath, 4.5cm. High.
Lot 807
Three part-silk prayer rugs the first on blue ground with a hanging lantern and twin columns to the Mihrab, vine spandrels and cloud band borders, 35 x 24in. (89 x 61cm.), the second on green ground with a hanging lantern and twin columns to the Mihrab, 58 x 43¼in. (147 x 110cm.), the third with a hanging lantern, vase and twin columns within the Mihrab with tree and bird spandrels within a repeating column border 62 x 42in. (157 x 106cm.). (3)
Lot 572
Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairies of the Spring (two versions), Flower Fairies of the Summer, Flower Fairies of the Trees, Pub. Blackie & Son Limited, together with 'Now we are Six' by A. A. Milne, Pub. Methuen & Co Ltd, (First Published in 1927). (5) *All with wear, loose binding, spotting etc, fair.
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