![[Marlorat, Augustin]. Genesis cum Catholica expositione Ecclesiastica, id est ex uniuersis probatis Theologis ... excerpta, a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/0c5732a4-d765-4ef3-b508-abf40101bdb4/468x382.jpg)
[Marlorat, Augustin]. Genesis cum Catholica expositione Ecclesiastica, id est ex uniuersis probatis Theologis ... excerpta, a quodam verbi Dei ministro, diu multumque in Theologia versato..., Morgiis: Sumptibus Ioannis le Preux & Eustathii Vignon, 1584, printer's woodcut device to title, ownership stamp and early annotation to title, some early marginalia, dampstaining to mostly to lower outer corners, late 19th century calf with bevelled boards, without title label, upper board detached, worn, thick 8vo, together with: Bible [Latin] , Biblia Sacra , sive Testamentum Vetus, Ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Iunio ex Hebraeo Latine redditum, et Testamentum Novum, a Theod. Beza e Graeco in Latinum versum..., Amsterdam: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1648, engraved title, initial leaves lightly creased, without front free endpaper, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, light soiling, 8vo, Luther (Martin), A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians: First collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the unlearned, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, 1616, woodcut device to title (torn with loss and lined to verso), sewing broken and few leaves loose, dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, lacking spine, worn, 4to,Qty: (3)
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![* [American Civil War; Virginia]. Group of documents, 19th century, comprising: 1. Printed court summons signed by Fontaine B](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/70563562-fd92-4695-9e48-abf40100d2fc/468x382.jpg)
* [American Civil War; Virginia]. Group of documents, 19th century, comprising: 1. Printed court summons signed by Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) as justice of the peace, Jefferson County, Virginia, 8 January 1851, printed sheet completed in manuscript, signed 'F Beckham', red-velvet-covered thick card mount, sheet torn at lower right-hand corner not affecting text, 18 x 14.6 cm, 2. Manuscript receipt for the purchase of 'negro slaves Dennis and Belinda', Fairfax County, Virginia, 15 April 1861, single bifolium of wove paper, 10 lines, written on one side only, conjugate leaf docketed 'Dulany', damp-stained, creased from folding, loss to upper inner corner, 18.2 x 13.8 cm, 3. Contemporary manuscript copy of two affidavits confirming 'Daniel Coffman to have been a loyal man during the rebelion [sic]', Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1866, single sheet of lined paper written recto only, small embossed stamp depicting the Capitol Building and with text 'Congress' various inconsistencies in spelling, old folds, central fold just splitting at head, nicked along inner edge, 23.5 x 17.8 cm, and 1 other item (Internal Revenue receipt 'for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer', paid by R. D. Burns of Lynchburg, Virginia, 9 December 1891, engraved receipt in red and black, completed in manuscript, browned, old folds, small hole to lower left, upper right corner chipped, 24.5 x 18 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESFirst item: Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) was mayor of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and local agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was shot and killed in the famous raid on the small outpost by abolitionist John Brown, today seen as a major event in the build-up to the American Civil War.
![* [India]. River scene, c.1806, watercolour with pencil on laid paper, watermark 'S. Wise & Patch, 1806', foreground with two](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/d4969fc1-c53a-48e7-bd49-abf401010dff/468x382.jpg)
* [India]. River scene, c.1806, watercolour with pencil on laid paper, watermark 'S. Wise & Patch, 1806', foreground with two fishermen on an embankment, background with riverside architecture including ghats, mounted, faded overall except for sections covered by mount, a few spots and an illegible pencil inscription above skyline, sheet size 18.2 x 30.5 cm, mount aperture 17.4 x 29 cm, together with 1 later watercolour of an Indian scene (c.1900, depicting a c.1800 scene of Europeans mounting a carriage beneath a portico, helped by Indian servants)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance (first item only): Acquired by the vendor in the 1980s from Michael Hicks Beach, who suggested an attribution to William or Thomas Daniell.An attractive river scene, probably by a British artist in Company service and likely depicting Varanasi or another city on the Ganges.
Philosophical Transactions. A collection of disbound articles, some defective, from Philosophical Transactions, 18th century, including: 1. An Account of the several Earthquakes which have happen'd in New-England, since the first Settlement of the English in that Country, especially of the last, which happen'd on Octob. 29, 1727. Communicated to the Royal Society by Paul Dudley, Esq; F.R.S. in a Letter to the Secretary, Nov. 13. 1727, 2. An Account of a new-discovered Species of the Snipe or Tringa: In a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D.D. F.R.S. from Mr. George Edwards, Librarian of the College of Physicians, read May 5, 1757, 3. Observations upon the Comet that appeared in the Month of September and October 1757, made at the Royal Observatory by Ja. Bradley, D.D. Astronomer Royal, F.R.S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Science at Paris, read Dec. 22, 1757, 4. An Account of an Encrinus, or Starfish, with a jointed Stem, taken on the Coast of Babadoes, which explains to what kind of Animal those Fossils belong..., In a Letter to Mr. Emanuel Mendes da Casta, F.R.S., by John Ellis, Esq; F.R.S., read Dec. 17, 1761, 5. An Account of the Eclipse of the Sun, October 16, 1762, in a Letter from Mr. Samuel Dunn, to Mr. James Short, M.A. and F.R.S., read Dec. 16, 1762, 6. An Account of the Nyl-ghau, an Indian Animal, not hitherto described, by William Hunter, read Feb. 28, 1771, 7. Description of a new Hygrometer, by Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S., read March 21, 1771, 8. Account of a Mole from North America: In a Letter to Dr. Maty, Sec. R.S. from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F.R.S., read May 15, 1771, 9. Variation of the Compass, as observed on board the Endeavour Bark, in a Voyage round the World. Communicated by Lieut. James Cook, Commander of the said Bark, read Nov. 21, 1771, 10. Transitus Veneris & Mercurii in eorum Exitu è Disco Soli, 4to Mesis Junii & 10mo Novembris, 1769, observatus. Communicated by Capt. James Cook, read Nov. 21, 1771, 11. Description of a Method of measuring Differences of Right Ascension and Declination, with Dollond's Micrometer, together with other new Applications of the same, by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. F.R.S. Astronomer Royal, read Dec. 12, 1771, 12. A Supplement to a former Paper, concerning Difficulties in the Newtonian Theory of Light, by the Rev. S. Horsley, LL.B. F.R.S., read Dec. 19, 1771, 13. Observations on the Graduation of Astronomical Instruments; with an Explanation of the Method invented by the late Mr. Henry Hindley, of York, Clock-maker, to divide Circles into any given Number of Parts, by Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S.; communicated by Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and S.A., read Nov. 17, 1785, 14. Particulars relative to the Nature and Customs of the Indians of North-America. By Mr. Richard Mc Causland, Surgeon to the King's or Eighth Regiment of Foot. Communicated by Joseph Planta, Esq. sec. R.S., read Feb. 16, 1786, and others similar, engraved plates & diagrams (some folding), some fraying, dust-soiling and few marks, disbound 4toQty: (a small carton)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.
Philosophical Transactions. volume 33 & 69, part 1, London, 1726 & 1779, volume 33 containing 14 (of 15) folding engraved plates, few leaves detached at front and some plates frayed, contemporary panelled calf, crudely rebacked, worn, 4to, volume 69, part 1 containing 3 folding engraved plates, armorial bookplate of William Constable Esq. F.R.S. & F.A.S. to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked, 4toQty: (2)NOTESVolume 33 includes: Observations upon the Comet, that appear'd in the Months of October, November, and December, 1723, by Rev. Mr. Bradley; A catalogue of fifty plants from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society for the year 1723, by the Company of Apothecaries of London, pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane; Observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter, communicated by his Excellancy Wiliam Burnet, Esq., Governor of New York; Barometri novi descriptio, a D.G. Fahrenheit; An account of the appearance of Mercury, passing over the Sun's Disk, on the 29th of October, 1723 determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb, by Edmund Halley; Remarks upon the observations made upon a chronological index of Sir Isaac Newton, translated into French by the Observer, and publish'd at Paris, by Sir I. N.; A short account of the Anomalous epidemic Small-pox, beginning at Plymouth in August 1724, and continuing to the month of June 1725, by Dr. Huxham. Volume 69 includes: Observations on the total ( with duration) and annular eclipse of the Sun, taken on the 24th of June, 1778, on board the Espagne, being the Admiral's ship of the fleet of New Spain, in the Passage from the Azores towards Cape St. Vincent's, by Don Antonio Ulloa, F.R.S. Commander of the said Squadron, communicated by Samuel Horsley; Account of the effects of lightning on board the Atlas, by Allen Cooper, Esq. Master of the Atlas East India-man. In a letter to Joseph Banks; Account of the method of cultivating the Sugar Cane, by Mr. Cazaud, communicated by Joseph Banks.
![Terentius Afer (Publius). [Comoediae] cum directorio vocabularum, sententiarum, artis comice, glossa interlineali, commentari](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/b30a7a6d-00fb-4e53-bf83-abf40101c13a/468x382.jpg)
Terentius Afer (Publius). [Comoediae] cum directorio vocabularum, sententiarum, artis comice, glossa interlineali, commentariis Donato, Guidone, Ascensio, Strasbourg: Johann Grüninger, 12 March 1499, 178 leaves, signatures [a]6 b-c8 d-z6 A-F6, around 150 woodcuts, of which 5 full-page, toning, staining and finger-soiling, closely trimmed along top edge shaving part of title-leaf woodcut and frequent headlines, title-leaf [a]1 tipped-in, browned, soiled, wormed and repaired, similar repairs to gutter of other leaves in quire [a], marginal worming to early leaves (with a couple of small holes in text of [a]2), disappearing by quire f, marginal restoration and repairs to d2, d6 (not visible in woodcut verso), g6, I2, v6, z4 (just touching side-notes recto), F2, quire k misbound, occasional contemporary marginalia, a few woodcuts with early partial colouring (in red only), later vellum, folio (29.7 x 21.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBSB-Ink-T106; Goff T101; GW M45485; HC 15432*; ISTC it00101000. Second Grüninger edition; the first, printed in 1496, was the second illustrated edition of Terence, after Trechsel's edition of 1493. Grüninger innovatively used interchangeable panels for his woodcuts, and provided a full-page pictorial dramatis personae for each play.
Wingate (Edmund, editor). Britton. The second edition. Faithfully corrected according to divers ancient Manuscripts of the same Booke, London: assignes of John Moore, 1640, woodcut title-device and initials, text mainly in black letter, toning, occasional light spotting and damp-staining, dust-soiling to outer leaves including title-page, title-page nicked along top edge, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, 16mo (14.6 x 8.2 cm), together with: Wingate (Edmund), The Exact Constable, with his Original, and Power in all Cases belonging to his Office ... The fifth edition, whereto is added, the Office of a London Constable, London: for Henry Brome, Thomas Passenger, and Thomas Sawbridge, 1680, damp-staining to outer leaves, 18th-century ownership inscriptions to blanks, contemporary sheep, rebacked and relined, tips worn, 12mo (14.8 x 7.6 cm), ibid., The Body of the Common Law of England ... The second edition corrected and amended, London: for H. Twyford and Roger Wingate, 1655, pp. [4] 90 [2] 76 [46], lacking signature G1, and possibly [superscript 3]C8 (probably blank) if called for (ESTC also calls for [6] leaves between parts 1 and 2, not [2] as here), toning, occasional staining, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, 16mo (14 x 8.2 cm), ibid., Arithmetick ... The seventh edition, very much enlarged ... by John Kersey, London: by S. R. for R. S. and are to be sold by J. Williams, 1678, armorial and Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates of the earls of Crawford, contemporary calf, rebacked, free endpaper renewed, autograph letter from James Stevens Cox FSA (1910-1997) laid in, 8vo (17.2 x 10.7 cm), ibid., Arithmetick ... The eighth edition, very much enlarged ... by John Kersey, London: by E. H. for J. Williams, 1683, bookplate of William Charles Meuron, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943), contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo (17.1 x 10.8 cm)Qty: (3)NOTESESTC S106709, R220029 (six copies world-wide), R220028 (four copies in UK libraries), R9795 (Arithmetick, seventh edition), R203214 (Arithmetick, eighth edition); STC 3804 (Britton); Sweet & Maxwell pp. 52.11 (Britton), 236.21 (Exact Constable), 242.46 (Body); Wing W3016 (Exact Constable) W3007 (Body), W3001 (Arithmetick, seventh edition), W3001A (Arithmetick, eighth edition). Britton, ' the first legal treatise in the French of the knightly families who ruled the shires rather than the Latin of the clerks of the king's household' (ODNB), was first published c.1533, and is so named owing to its attribution to the 13th-century bishop and justice John le Breton (d.1275).
Wolf (Hans Kaspar). Gynaeciorum, hoc est, de mulierum tum aliis, tum gravidarum, parientium et puerperarum affectibus et morbis [...] Moschionos peri gunaikeion pathon [graece], id est, Moschionis medici Craeci de morbis muliebribus [sic] liber unus ... nunc primum editus opera ac studio Caspar Vuolphii, 2 parts in 1 volume, Basel: Thomas Guarin, 1566, woodcut title-devices and initials, 16 woodcut illustrations of anatomy and surgical instruments in text, title-leaf repaired in gutter, occasional marginal damp-staining, light intermittent worming to gutter, one consistent worm-track in text, paper-disruption to gutter of quires alpha-beta, closed tear in signature a4, old contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-page, bound with 2 related fragments at rear (Felix Plater, 'De mulierum partibus generationi dicatis', 10 leaves, woodcuts, extracted from Gynaeciorum, 1586-8 or 1597 edition; and Rueff, 'De conceptu et generatione hominis', 42 leaves, numerous woodcuts including foeti in utero, probably from Gynaeciorum, 1597 edition, later calf, gilt spine, endpaper renewed, spine refurbished, 4to (21 x 14.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams W243 & M1836; Garrison-Morton 6011; Heirs of Hippocrates 364. First edition of 'the first encyclopaedia of gynaecology' (Heirs of Hippocrates), started by Konrad Gesner and completed after his death by Wolf, who added his own essays as well as excerpts from authorities including the great Arab physician Abu'l-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis).
![Wordsworth (William, [& Samuel Taylor Coleridge]). Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 2 volumes, London: for T. N. Longma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/3a57001b-2f6b-4a77-ae11-abf40101c477/468x382.jpg)
Wordsworth (William, [& Samuel Taylor Coleridge]). Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 2 volumes, London: for T. N. Longman and O. Rees by Biggs & Co., Bristol, 1800, a few spots and marks, volume 1 signatures [a]3-4 slightly loose, final line on p. 146 and final two lines on p. 147 faintly printed, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spines dry, headcaps worn, and volume 1 upper spine-compartment perished, joints cracked, covers rubbed, tips worn, 8vo (15.9 x 9.5 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Alexander Copland, possibly the noted building contractor (1774-1834), with contemporary engraved bookplates containing arms as described in Burke, Encyclopedia of Heraldry (1844). ESTC T146537; PMM 256; Reed A4; Rothschild 2603 for the second volume. First complete edition, comprising the second edition of volume one, and the first edition of volume two; Wordsworth's famous preface, 'the revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets' (PMM), appears here (in volume one) for the first time. In volume one signatures [a]3 and I3-4 are cancels (the new [a]3 being one of two variants, with 'The first Volume' in line 1 recto, some copies having 'The First Volume'); Reed refers to a first state of the first volume, with no cancels, which was 'probably not issued'. Volume two has signatures O1-2 in their uncancelled first state and page 210 consequently with ten lines only; Rothschild describes such copies as first issue. According to Reed there were 750 copies of volume one, and 1,000 of volume two.
![Cobbett (William). A History of the Protestant "Reformation", in England an[d] Ireland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Charl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/e3f460bd-861b-44f1-a1c5-abf4011794f7/468x382.jpg)
Cobbett (William). A History of the Protestant "Reformation", in England an[d] Ireland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Charles Clement, 1824-27, some light spotting and soiling, bookplates (including author and illustrator Harold B. Pereira), later burgundy half morocco, spine ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Hill (Edwin Darley). The Northern Banking Company Limited. An Historical Sketch Commemorating a Century of Banking in Ireland by the First Joint Stock Bank Established in that Country, 1st edition, Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, 1925, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, a few minor spots to endpapers, original green cloth gilt, upper cover with inset illustrations, spine ends a little rubbed, 4to, with a presentation leaf and manuscript inscription to Revd. J.W. Minchin, M.A., with others Ireland related, histories, literature, 20th century, hardbacks and paperbacks etc including William Cobbett's History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, 2 volumes, 1st collected edition?, 1829, William Carleton, J.P. Donleavy et alQty: (approximately 90)
Easton Press. Seven signed first editions, Norwalk, CT, 2002-13, comprising: 1. Angelou (Maya). Letter to my Daughter, 2008, 2. Schwarzenegger (Arnold). Totall Recall, 2002, 3. Moore (Roger). My Word is Bond, 2008, 4. Douglas (Kirk). I Am Spartacus!, 2012, 5. Bacharach (Burt). Anyone Who Had a Heart, 2013, 6. Kasparov (Garry). How Life Imitates Chess, 2007, 7. Turner (Ted). Call Me Ted, 2008, 8. Dukakis (Olympia). Ask Me Again Tomorrow, 2003, all in original leather bindings richly gilt, unopened in original shrink-wrap, 8voQty: (7)NOTESAll works are described as 'signed first edition' on the spine.
Easton Press. Twelve deluxe signed editions of political memoirs, Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002-13, comprising: Thatcher (Margaret). Statecraft, 2002, Kissinger (Henry). Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises, 2003, Kerry (John). A Call to Service, 2003, Rice (Condoleezza). Extraordinary, Ordinary People, 2010, Obama (George Hussein). Homeland, 2010, Cheney (Dick). In My Time, 2011, Maraniss (David). Barack Obama. The Story, 2012, Wiesel (Elie). Hostage, 2012, Rumsfeld (Donald). Rumsfeld's Rules, 2013, Powell (Colin). It Worked for Me, 2013, Buchanan (Patrick J.). The Greatest Comeback, 2014, Greenspan (Alan). The Map and the Territory, 2013, all in original full leather richly gilt, unopened in original shrink-wrap (except Kissinger: shrink-wrap split, laid-in certificate of authenticity signed by the author visible), 8voQty: (12)NOTESAll works are described as 'signed first edition' on the spine, apart from Thatcher and Kissinger, which have 'signed edition' only.
![Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard [...] Winnie-the-Pooh. With Decorations by Erne](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/cccfbd4c-acc9-40e2-9263-abf40101c751/468x382.jpg)
Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard [...] Winnie-the-Pooh. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard [...] Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 3 works, 16th, 6th and 4th editions, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927-28-28, illustrations to text and endpapers, brown silk page-markers bound in, partial browning to first and last page in each volume, all edges gilt, original tan sheep, richly gilt spines, author's monogram in gilt to sides, spines faded and slightly rolled, a few small markings to rear boards, When We Were Very Young rear board faded along top edge, 8voQty: (3)NOTESDeluxe, so-called 'Monogram' editions.
![* Du Maurier (Daphne, 1907-1989). Two typed letters signed, 'Daphne', Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 9 October [1974] & 9 March](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/99c46c7e-5e06-4e77-9b9c-abf40101cbfd/468x382.jpg)
* Du Maurier (Daphne, 1907-1989). Two typed letters signed, 'Daphne', Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 9 October [1974] & 9 March 1981, the first to her friend Sheila, thanking her for lunch and 'for the pleasure of seeing Chapel Point again plus the good company; and then to the Almighty Pick [Sheila's husband] for the wonder of the Railway and the world about. One of these days I must devise a short story with something frightful happening at the junction, possibly all the little groups of people turning alive, and demo-ing against their Creator!... ', a few manuscript corrections, 2 pp., the second letter to Pick, 'I am truly flattered that you should think of me for writing a book about the railway folk coming alive. Its no good. Ideass [sic] have to ome [sic] from within myself. But itz [corrected to its above] a lovely thought, so why not have a shot at it yourself? You'll see I cant even type properly these days. Either my eyes or my brain, what there is of it!', one page, both 8vo, together with two signed Christmas cards from Du Maurier with mounted photographs, both 1976, the first inscribed 'So delighted Ursula will be with you. We'll get together after Christmas. To all at Chapel Point, with love Daphne', the second inscribed across fold, 'To you all from Daphne. Kilmarth under Trout 1976', plus a small black & white photograph of Menabilly with diagonal tear inscribed to verso in the author's hand, 'Menabilly, The House of Secrets, approx. 1950, when we were living there, 1943-1967', 7 x 9 cm, plus a colour photograph of the author standing in front of her own portrait, adhesion marks to verso, 12.5 x 7.5 cm, plus a printed receipt from the Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Launceston, Cornwall, with manuscript insertions giving the date 29 January 1951 and the order of two beef sandwiches at 1/3 each and a total of 2/6Qty: (7)
Larken (Francis Wyatt Rawson, 1911-1985). Archive of Royal Navy service, c.1928-51, comprising: 1. ‘Journal for the Use of Midshipmen. Mr. Wyatt R. Larken. H.M.S. Valiant … Malaya … Queen Elizabeth … Viceroy … Malaya … Effingham’, 3 volumes, 5 September 1928 – 2 July 1931, approximately 135 + 125 + 55 manuscript leaves, printed title-pages, printed headings and rules throughout, 28 charts and plans and 55 technical drawings in pen-and-ink and watercolour on card, mounted on stubs, nearly all full-page, 27 gelatin silver print photographs mounted on interleaves (many depicting ships at sea; 3 depicting a shark caught at Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 3 of Bombay; several with blind-stamp 'Grand Studio, Malta', of which 2 forming a panorama probably of Valetta), a few other typescript documents bound in, original two-tone cloth bindings, red skiver spine-labels (chipped), printed paper labels with Larken’s ownership inscriptions to front covers, cloth mottled, folio (33 x 20.5 cm) 2. ‘H.M.S. Theseus, Commanders Standing Orders’ [cover-title], 1 March 1951, 223 roneoed typescript leaves (versos blank), signed by Larken in blue ink on first leaf, string-bound in original blue cloth-backed boards, pictorial collotype label mounted to front board (chipped and abraded), folio (33.5 x 18.5 cm), 3. Larken's personal bicorn hat, epaulettes and sword belt, black felt bicorn hat by Gieves Ltd with gilt braid and button, gilt braid epaulettes by Goode's Officers Stores (Portsmouth), leather sword belt with gilt metal buckle, in maroon velvet-lined metal case with Gieve Matthews & Seagrove Ltd brass plaque and a further brass plaque engraved 'F. W. R. Larken', 22 x 46 x 22 cm, 4. Silver cigar case, engraved with names of British soldiers including P. H. Graves-Morris (1907-1991) and one name in ?Chinese, cedar lining, 5 x 19 x 13 cm, 5. [Admiralty]. Regulations and Instructions relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea, London: Printed by W. Winchester and Son, 1806, viii 440 [174] pp., folding table removed, contemporary ownership Alexander Milner (active 1795-1812), Royal Navy officer, 'A. Milner, Capt, Swallow' to title-page, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn, 4to (26 x 20 cm), and 5 other naval titles including H.M.S. Theseus Goes East, Portsmouth: Acme Printing Co. Ltd, [1951]Qty: (-)NOTESProvenance: By direct descent to the present owner. Wyatt Larken was the son of Admiral Sir Frank Larken (1875-1953). As a young midshipman he cruised the Mediterranean in the Valiant, the Malaya and subsequently the Queen Elizabeth, these logs recording frequent visits to Cyprus and Malta as well as the station’s more unusual reaches. In April 1930 he joined the Hawkins-class cruiser Effingham for its East African cruise, visiting Ceylon and Mauritius before coasting Tanzania and spending a week at Zanzibar, then returning to Ceylon via Mombasa, the Seychelles and Addu Atoll in the Maldives. From 21 October 1930 to 19 January 1931 the Effingham undertook a cruise of the Persian Gulf, visiting Muscat, Sohar, Sur, Khasab and Khor al-Jarama in modern Oman, and Dubai and the island of Sir Abu Nu'ayr in what is now the United Arab Emirates. Wyatt’s log for this section occupies some 100 pages, and his entry for 17 December 1931 is especially noteworthy: 'Proceeded for Dabai on the Trucial coast ... at 1020 the Trucial sheikhs and their followers numbering all some 200 came onboard ... A torpedo was fired - also a full charge round from a gun. This they watched from the bridge ... They brought us gifts of beef and melon jelly ... and they were sent away with Gold Flake cigarettes and chocolate ... The chief ones wore splendid "bournous" of gold work cloth. All were fine upstanding men'. After leaving the Gulf the Effingham embarked on a Burma Cruise which included a visit to the Andaman Islands. The charts and plans include: Salamis Bay; the Brijuni Islands (modern Croatia); Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia); the Dardanelles; Istanbul; the Gulf of Aden; the Port of Colombo; Trincomalee; Port Louis (Mauritius); Mafia Island and the Rufiji Delta (modern Tanzania); an exercise near the Suvadiva Atoll (Maldives); ‘Area cover’d by Interests of Anglo-Persian Oil Co’; the Shatt al-Arab; the Andaman Islands; the Royal Navy camp at Diyatawala; and several route charts. Promoted lieutenant in 1933, commander in 1944 and captain in 1950, Larken saw Second World War service on seven different vessels and shore establishments, and during the Korean War commanded the aircraft carrier Theseus (mentioned in despatches) and the minelayer Apollo. From 1952 until his retirement in 1955 he was deputy director of naval ordnance.
Greene (Graham). Nineteen Stories, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1947, a few minor spots to fore margins, original cloth, dust jacket, spine and folds toned, 8vo, together with Loser Takes All, 1st edition, 1955, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a trifle faded, one or two minor spots, 8vo, plus The Spy's Bedside Book. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene, 1st edition, 1957, light spotting front and rear, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading to spine, light spotting to flaps, 8vo, with 14 other first editions by the author including In Search of a Character, 1961, The Comedians, 1966, Lord Rochester's Monkey, 1974 and an uncorrected proof for The Tenth Man, 1985Qty: (17)
Maugham (William Somerset). Ah King, 1st limited edition, London: Heinemann, 1933, partly unopened, a few minor spots, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, spine toned, glassine wrapper (torn with losses), slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 123/175, together with The Judgement Seat, 1st edition, London: Centaur Press, 1934, wood-engraved frontispiece by Ulrica Hyde, signed by the artist, original black cloth gilt (lacking glassine wrapper), spine faded, lower corners bumped, slim 8vo, limited signed edition 137/150 The Book-Bag, The Lungarno Series No. 9, G. Orioli, Florence, 1932, portrait frontispiece signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, light fading to extremities, dust jacket, rear panel with tear and loss, some light toning, 4to, limited edition 67/725, with other 1st editions by the author including The Painted Veil, 1925, Cakes and Ale, 1930, The Gentleman in the Parlour, 1930, Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular, 1931, Cosmopolitans, 1936, and Liza of Lambeth, Jubilee signed limited edition 883/1000, 1947, all in dust jacketsQty: (25)
Larken (Sir Frank, 1875-1953). Archive of Royal Navy service, c.1890, comprising: 1. 'Log of H.M.S. "Tyne", "Bellerophon", "Emerald", "Partridge", "Blake", and "Cleopatra". Kept by Frank Larken, Mid.' [cover-title], North America and West Indies Station, 15 July 1891 – 30 November 1893, approx. 190 leaves, printed headings and red rules, completed by hand on some 145 leaves, 31 charts and plans (including Bermuda Harbour, the first International Naval Review at New York, 1893, many of Newfoundland and environs, many of route from Bermuda to Jamaica via Antigua, Barbados and Trinidad) and 32 technical drawings and views (including a view titled 'Ice-Berg, ashore off St John's') , nearly all in watercolour on card (a few in pen-and-ink ), tipped in or mounted (some partially lifting), occasional adhesive-staining (stronger to first few leaves), damp-staining to blanks at rear, original blue morocco binding, spine defective, covers detached and worn, folio (30.3 x 19.8 cm), 2. 'Journal. Mr. F. Larken, H.M.S. Cleopatra', North America and West Indies Station, 1 December – 14 May 1895, approx. 90 leaves, printed headings and red rules, completed throughout, 16 charts and plans (including Port Royal in Jamaica, Ireland Island in Bermuda, Bermuda dockyard, and Bermuda minefield) and 9 technical diagrams, nearly all in watercolour on wove paper (a few in pen-and-ink), tipped in or mounted (some partially lifting), original half sheep, spine defective, worn, folio (32 x 20 cm), 3. Larken's personal bicorn hat, dress epaulettes and sword belt, black felt bicorn hat by Gieves Ltd with gilt braid and button, gilt braid epaulettes by Gieves, Matthews & Seagrove (each with three stars; one epaulette with crown and one of the stars detached), leather sword belt by Gieves Ltd with gilt metal buckle and acorn and oakleaf gold bullion embroidery (some wear), in japanned metal tin with brass plaque engraved 'Rear Adml F. Larken' and maroon velvet lining, 30 x 48 x 25 cm, 4. Three Royal Navy commemoration volumes, i.e. a) H.M.S. Dreadnought. Memorabilia, Malta: printed for private circulation by Antonio Bartolo, [1886], 125 [3] pp., folding table, 2 albumen print diagrams mounted to blank pp. 4 and 36 (soiling to adjacent leaves), annotation by Larken to front free endpaper, original blue skiver, worn, date '1886' gilt to front cover, worn, 4to (23.5 x 17.8 cm), one copy on WorldCat (Mariners' Museum Library, USA), b) Visit of the French Fleet, August, 1905 [cover-title], London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1905], 9 pp., 4 plates, folding colour map on silk in end-pocket (frayed at edges), silk doublures, original blue calf gilt, 8vo (24 x 16 cm), one copy on WorldCat (National Maritime Museum), c) Visit of Colonial Premiers and the Houses of Parliament to Portsmouth, [London]: Private and not for Publication, [1907], 23 [1] pp., 7 mounted photographic plates, folding text-leaf, folding map, silk doublures, original blue calf richly gilt, 4to (23.5 x 18.5 cm), 5. Three personal notebooks and scrap-albums including notes on science, c.1930, 6. Original silver bromide print portrait photograph of Larken by Walter Stone, [1934], faded, in folding case (poor condition) with similar portrait opposite (probably his wife)Qty: (10)NOTESProvenance: By direct descent to the present owner. Admiral Sir Frank Larken KCB CMG (1875-1953) entered the Royal Navy in 1889. On the declaration of war in August 1914 he took command of light cruiser HMS Doris in the eastern Mediterranean, with instructions to launch amphibious raids on Turkish positions along the Syrian coast. His demolition of the railway at Alexandretta in December 1918 forced the Turks into negotiations by which they agreed to destroy their own railway engines and stores, under British supervision, a somewhat farcical event which was key to Churchill's appraisal of Turkish military capability and his decision to launch the Gallipoli campaign, during which the Doris provided support for the Anzac landings. Larken later commanded battleship HMS Valiant (1922-4), was promoted rear-admiral in 1924, vice-admiral in 1929, and admiral in 1933.
The Golden Cockerel Press . Cupid & Psyches, The Most Pleasant & Delectable Tale of Their Marriage, 1934, 3 monochrome illustrations by Lettice Sandford, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, cover slightly toned, spotted & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition 64/150, The Hansom Cab And The Pigeons, being random reflections upon the Silver Jubilee of King George V, by L. A. G. Strong, 1935, signed by the author to the limitation page, monochrome frontispiece & 14 vignettes, some minor spotting & toning, publishers original blue quarter morocco, spine slightly faded, 8vo, limited edition 25/1000, together with: Welch (Denton) , I Left My Grandfather's House, an account of his first walking tour, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1958, colour & monochrome illustrations by Leslie Jones, publishers original reverse calf spine to illustrated boards, spine rubbed slightly rubbed with minor loss & tears to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition of 200 copies, and Wragg (Arthur) , "Jesus Wept", 1st edition, Selwyn & Blount, 1934, signed by the author to the title page, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned and rubbed with loss to head of the front & the foot of the rear covers, slight loss to head of the spine, 8vo, plus other modern private press & illustrated literature, including Edward Ardizzone, John St. John, John Galsworthy, Osbert Lancaster, Robert Gibbings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQty: (52)
* Waugh (Evelyn, 1903-1966). Two autograph postcards, both initialled 'E.W.', postmarked December 1949 & 29 October 1959, the first to Stanley Salmon of Little Brown & Co., in full, 'No interest in Mr Burnett's "The World's Best [105 Writers]"', the second to Rev. R. Selby Wright DD in Edinburgh, discussing Ronald Knox, 'I agree that interest in RAK will grow and that one day a complete edition will appear of all his letters and writings, probably in America. I am not the man to edit it', each with printed address headers of Piers Court, Dursley and Combe Florey House, Taunton, respectively, both addressed in Waugh's hand, both framed and double glazedQty: (2)NOTESR.A.K. refers to Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888-1957), an English Catholic priest, theologian and author of detective stories, and about whom Waugh published a biography in 1959.
Braine (John) . Room At The Top, 1st edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957, minor toning to front & rear endpapers, publishers original cloth in dust jacket with wrap-around band, jacket design by John Minton, covers slightly toned & spotted, tears to head of spine & hinge, 8vo, together with: Smith (Stevie) , The Holiday, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1949, minor toning & spotting, publishers original cloth in dust jacket with torn wrap-around band, spine slightly faded with loss to the foot, minor tears to head of the front cover, 8vo, and Llewllyn (Richard) , How Green was my Valley, 1st edition, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1939, some light spotting, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with small tears to head & foot, minor loss to head of the front cover, 8vo, plus O'Casey (Sean) , Windfalls, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1934, very minor spotting, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other early to mid 20th-century modern first edition fiction, including Aldous Huxley, William Sansom, L. P. Hartley, Sean O'Faoláin, Laurie Lee, Dylan Wood, Osbert Sitwell, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves )
Braun (Emily) . Mario Sironi and Italian Modernism, Art and Politics under Fascism, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, colour & black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with: Silver (Kenneth E.) , Espirit De Corps, The Art of the Parisian Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1989, colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, cover lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Gowing (Lawrence) , Lucian Freud, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1982, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original illustrated boards in glassine dust jacket, 4to, plus Lister (Raymond) , George Richmond, A Critical Biography, 1st edition, Robert Garton Ltd., 1981, colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head, 8vo, and other 20th-century art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Wilson (Mona) . The Life Of William Blake, The Nonesuch Press, 1927, 24 black & white plates, minor marginal toning, publishers original quarter vellum, boards & spine lightly rubbed & toned, 8vo, limited edition 819/1480, together with: Delaforce (Angela) , The Lost Library of the King of Portugal, 1st edition, Ad Ilissum, 2019, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and Smith (Walter E.) , Charles Dickens, a bibliography of his first American editions, Oak Knoll Press, Delaware, 2019 , black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Usher (Shaun) , Letters of Note, correspondence deserving of a wider audience, 1st edition, Canongate Books Ltd., Edinburgh, 2013, numerous colour illustrations, publishers original boards, 8vo, and other literary reference, letters, biography & fiction, including L. P. Hartley, Joyce Cary, H. E. Bates, Anthony Powell, Vladimir Nabokov, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Chorier (Nicolas). Histoire Generale de Dauphiné, Grenoble, Philippes Charuys, 1661, title printed in red and black with large engraved vignette, tables at rear end on V(6B4), engraved bookplate of the Right Honorable Basil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, dated 1703, to verso of title page, front and rear inner hinge cracked, contemporary full calf, rubbed and marked, with a little wear to extremities, folio, together with:[Challoner. Richard], Britannia Sancta: or The Lives of the Most Celebrated British, English, Scottish, and Irish Saints:..., 2 parts bound in 1, printed for Thomas Meighan, 1745, titles printed in red and black, contemporary mottled calf, somewhat worn, joints cracked with upper cover detached, 4to, plusHearne (Thomas), The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 9 volumes, 3rd edition, Oxford, printed for James Fletcher & Joseph Pote, 1770/69, several engraved illustrations to text, uniform patterned full calf, single gilt rule outer border to covers of each volume, rubbed and somewhat worn, with several joints cracked, early 19th century bookplate of John Barratt to front pastedown of first volume, 8vo, and other 17th-19th century antiquarian literature, history, travel, etc., including Henry Ellis, Original Letters illustrative of English History;..., 7 volumes, (First and Second series), 1824-27, John Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery, Letters from Italy, in the years 1754 and 1755, published from the originals with explanatory notes by John Duncombe, B. White, 1773, Pietro della Valle, Viaggi, Parte Seconda/Parte Terza, Rome, 1658/63, Thomas Roscoe, Life of Lorenzo de Medici, 2 volumes, 6th edition, corrected, 1825, W. Parr Greswell, Memoirs of Angelus Politianus, Joannes Picus of Mirandula, Actius Sincereus Sannazarius, Petrus Bembus, Hieronymus Fracastorius, Marcus Antonius Flaminius, and The Amalthei, Manchester, 1805, Lady Morgan, Italy, 3 volumes, new edition, 1821, all leather bound, mostly 8vo (approximately 100 volumes)Qty: (3 shelves)
Meredith (Henry). An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa: with a Brief History of the African Company, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812, [4] viii 264 pp., engraved folding map frontispiece (offset), occasional manuscript corrections, contemporary half calf, gilt arms to spine, wear, 8vo (21.4 x 13 cm), together with: Dunraven (Wyndham Thomas Windham-Quin, 4th Earl of), The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874, 1st edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1876, half-title, 15 wood-engraved plates, 2 folding maps, plates damp-stained, maps with linen supports to inner folds, contemporary blue calf gilt, 8vo (21 x 13.4 cm), Williamson (William D.), The History of the State of Maine; from its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to the Separation, A.D. 1812, Inclusive, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hallowell, ME: Glazier, Masters & Co., 1832, contemporary sheep, rebacked with original spines laid down, gilt arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, 8vo (22.9 x 13.4 cm), Wallace (Alfred Russel), Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, 3 maps, half-title and advertisement leaf discarded, ex-library copy with ink-stamps, 20th-century half morocco, 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm), and 3 others, including later editions of Baker's Ismailia (1907) and Drinkwater's Siege of Gibraltar (1844), both finely bound (not collated), and Guthrie, An Atlas to Guthrie's Geographical Grammar, 1820, complete with 25 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, engraved plate, soiling and tears, worn and defective binding, 8voQty: (8)NOTESNorman 2179 (Wallace); Sabin 104493 (Williamson: 'according to Joseph Williams, the first edition consisted of 1000 copies'). Meredith's work is uncommon, and does not appear to have been reprinted until a modern edition in 1967.
Parry (William Edward). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1821, 20 plates and charts (engraved, etched or aquatint, several folding), variably spotted, browned and offset (the aquatint plates more strongly so), short closed handling tear to last folding plan, text-leaves toned, bound with: Sabine (Edward, editor), The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1821, half-title, errata slip for the Journal tipped to first title-page, wood-engraved headpieces throughout, text-leaves toned, 2 works in 1 volume, contemporary engraved bookplate depicting peregrine falcon and with ownership inscription 'Matt. Bell', contemporary tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, rebacked retaining original spine, a few surface-abrasions to covers, corners showing, 4to (27.2 x 21.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESArctic Bibliography 13145 & 12547; Sabin 58864 & 57714.
Army Lists. A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George. With an Index, [Madras]: compiled for the benefit of the male asylum, and printed at the Government Gazette Press, by the boys of the charity, 1821, pp. [2] 200 xviii [8], woodcut arms to title, errata leaf, interleaves throughout most of volume, restoration to pp. 101/2 (the leaf containing blank columns only), closely trimmed at foot, frequent contemporary manuscript additions to text and interleaves, contemporary inscriptions 'Charles Wahab, the first army list in which my name appeared' to initial blank, and 'Nagpore, Received 7th June 1812, J. Cross' to title-page verso, all edges gilt, later 19th-century hard-grain red morocco, 8vo (17.2 x 10.6 cm), together with 24 other army lists, 19th and 20th century, not collated, some evidently defective, crude rebindingsQty: (25)NOTESProvenance: Jack Webb (1923-2019), D-Day veteran and London antiques dealer. Rare early iteration of the army list for the Madras presidency, not on Library Hub or WorldCat.
Robertson (William). L'Histoire de l'Amerique, 4 volumes, 1st French duodecimo edition, Paris: Panckoucke, 1778, half title for volume I only, four folding engraved maps by Benard, folding engraved plate of Aztec chronology, water stain towards end of volume III text, a few small damp stains and spots, small ink stamp at foot of volume I title, contemporary ink note at head of half title, contemporary half calf gilt, spines a little rubbed and faded, 12moQty: (4)NOTESSabin 71991. The first French edition in duodecimo of Robertson's History of America, first published in England in 1777. There was in addition a quarto edition in French, also published in 1778.
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[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and country, 1785, [4] 116 pp., spotting and soiling, manuscript date 'March 11th 1785' to front free endpaper, later ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary boards, spine perished, boards held by cords, 8vo (18.5 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC N29842. Very rare satirical work, ESTC traces one copy world-wide (Huntington), and two copies with the variant imprint 'sold by A. Flexney'. Captains are instructed that 'In the West-Indies, if any negro slaves from the enemy's plantations, escape on board your ship, led by the hope of partaking British liberty, when under the British flag; as this example might hurt the sugar trade, if it encouraged the slaves of our islands to fly to the enemy, sell them at the first port, and put the money in your pocket' (p. 39).
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Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, pp. iii-iv [i]-xv 529, [4] iii-xv 472, title-pages in red and black, 2 steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 heliogravure portrait plates, 37 wood-engraved plates (of which one, group portrait facing p. xiii volume 2, not listed in contents), and numerous wood-engraved vignettes in the text, all on india paper, mounted (except for the heliogravures: on standard paper stock, mounted), 6 etched sepia plates by G. Montbard signed in pencil by the artist, 3 folding colour maps (2 linen-backed), leaf of manuscript facsimile, geological profile, folding letterpress table, volume 1 inner hinges cracked, front inner hinge tender, etched sepia plates browned, plates 26 and 38 tissue-guard torn, a few marks, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original black half morocco over bevelled boards, japon sides (soiled), demy 4toQty: (2)NOTESFirst US edition, signed limited issue, number 12 of 250 deluxe copies signed by the author on the limitation page.
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* Auckland (George Eden, 1st Earl, 1784-1849). Autograph letter signed 'G. Eden' to 'Dear Lemon', Lincoln's Inn, [London], 6 March 1814, on Napoleon's successes probably in the Six Days' Campaign, Wellington's advance through France, and the health of the speaker of the House of Commons and of the Prince of Wales ('The allies appear to be completely beaten ... The report of Lord Wellington’s victorious passage of the Adour is I am willing to believe likely to be verified ... It is said to be the plan to march Bayonne with a Spanish army of 30,000 and to proceed with the others to the Garonne and to occupy Bourdeaux ... . Our speaker has been very ill with an inflammation in his bowels ... after an immense dose of senna ... he took the chair and if any one had been present the nose would have had it ... The prince is reported to be dropsical'), single bifolium, 4 pp., remains of translucent guard to final page, 4to (22.4 x 18.6 cm), Cawdor (John Pryse Campbell, 1st Baron, 1755-1821), Two autograph letters signed to 'Dear General', Portsea Barracks, 31 December 1803 & 14 January 1804, both concerning the late delivery of accoutrements from the Board of Ordnance to the Carmarthenshire regiment, each a single bifolium, 2 pp., 4to (22.5 x 18.5 cm), Coote (Sir Eyre, 1759-1823), Autograph letter signed to Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet (1759-1832) on HMS Kent, 7 July [1800?], on the articles of convention, single bifolium, 2 pp. damp-stained, seal tear 8vo (19 x 11.5 cm), Napier (Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, 1810-1890), Autograph notes on Egypt, Sudan and the Mahdi, c.1885, 3 sheets written on 4 sides, folded in envelope addressed in Napier's hand 'For the Times reporter ... Napier of Magdala', 12.5 x 25 cm), Minto (Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynymound, 2nd Earl of, 1782-1859), Autograph letter signed as first lord of the Admiralty to naval officer Sir W. H. Dillon, 27 November 1835, single sheet, 2 pp., 8vo (17.8 x 11.5 cm), and a similar letter from one John Crozier to 'My Lord', requesting leave to sell his half pay, 'Weston near Norwich', 25 February 1769Qty: (6)NOTESAuckland later served as governor-general of India from 1837 to 1842, overseeing the First Afghan War. As an officer of the Castlemartin yeomanry, John Campbell, Baron Cawdor 'gain[ed] the distinction of being largely responsible for repulsing the attempted French landings in Pembrokeshire in 1797' (ODNB), the last attempted land invasion on British soil.
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[Trade; George I]. Ten broadsides, 1720-7, comprising: 1. Arret of the Council of State in France, for renewing the Prohibition to import into that Kingdom, to deal in or use Indian, Chinese, or Eastern stained Callicoes or Silks, even white Callicoes and Muslins, except Muslins and white Callicoes coming out of the Sales made by the Directors of the India Company, [1720], ESTC T81641 (six copies world-wide); Hanson 2630, 2. A Dialogue between Sir Arthur Cleaveland and Sir Gilbert Proteus, at Garraways, [1720], ESTC T63567 (six copies), Hanson 2351 ('On commercial policy, the national debt, and taxation'; attributed to John Blanch), 3. Abstracts of the Acts which Restrain to some particular Ports and Places, the Carrying on of divers Branches of Trade; Both for Exports and Imports, [1720], ESTC N71142 (one copy only: Senate House), 4. A brief Survey of Wood's Survey of Trade, dedicated to the King. Humby offer'd to the Consideration of the Parliament, [1720], ESTC N15356 (one copy only: California, Sutro Library), 5. Considerations on a Memorial of the Dutch East-India-Company to the States General. Humbly Offer'd to Parliament, [1723], ESTC T112443 (seven copies), Hanson 3222 ('On the threat of the Ostend East India Company to our trade'), 6. ibid., conjugate leaf trimmed at foot affecting catchword recto and imprint verso, 7. Reasons Against Any Powers that may be given for Encouraging the Wear of Prohibited Silks, [1724], first word of title shaved, ESTC T17402 (one copy only: British Library), Hanson 3289, 8. The Case of John Burton, Commissioner for Licensing Hawkers, Pedlars, etc., [1726], ESTC T16370 (six copies), Hanson 3746, 9. A Bill for more equal Paying, and better Collecting, certain small Sums for the Relief of Shipwreck'd Mariners, and Distressed Persons, his Majesty's Subjects, in the Dominions of the Great Duke of Tuscany; and for other Pious and Charitable Purposes, usually contributed to by the Merchants trading to Leghorn, [1727], ESTC T16404 (two copies), Hanson 3783, 10. Reasons Humbly Offered for better Collecting certain small Sums at Leghorn, for Publick and Pious Uses, [1727], ESTC T28012 (five copies), Hanson 3784, all disbound (residue along inner edges, stab-holes occasionally visible in gutter), variable toning, a few marks, pencil annotations, 32 x 20 cmQty: (10)
Acts of Parliament. Approximately 50 British Acts mostly relating to property, 18th-19th century, including: 1. An Act to Enable His Majesty to grant the Inheritance of several Pieces or Parcels of Land in or near the Parish of Petersham, formerly Part of the Park there, called Richmond Park, or New Park, in the County of Surrey, to Thomas Pitt Esquire, and his Heirs, for a full and Valuable Consideration, 1783, frayed to edges, 2. An Act for Enabling William Duke of Devonshire to make Provision for his younger Sons, out of his Estate in the County of Huntingdon, [1752], 3. An Act for Enabling Trustees to convey, pursuant to a Contract of Sale already entered into, an Estate at Charleywood, in the Parish of Rickmersworth, in the County of Herts, late belonging to Sir David Landsay Baronet deceased..., [1799], 4. An Act to Enable the Trustees therein named to make Exchange of certain Estates comprised in the Act of the Third of Charles the First, for entailing the Castle and Manor of Arundel, in the County of Sussex, and Certain other Estates in the said Act mentioned, [1797], 5. An Act to Enable Sir William Abdy, Baronet, to grant Leases of his Estate at Horseydown in the County of Surrey, [1783], 6. An Act for Effectuating and Exchange between the Governors of the Free Grammer School of Harrow on the Hill, in the County of Middlesex, and John Hunter, of Gubbins, in the County of Hertford, Esquire, of a Farm and certain Lands in the Parishes of North and South Mims ... for a Farm and certain Lands in the Parish of Harrow on the Hill aforesaid, 1797, 7. An Act for Vesting the Mannor of Shirfield, and divers Lands and Hereditaments in the County of Southampton, the Estate of Granvill Wheler Esq..., [1727], 8. An Act for enabling George Byng, Esquire, and others, to grant Building Leases of certain Lands and Premises, situate in the Isle of Dogs in the Count of Middlesex, [1810] and others similar, some side stitched as issued, all slim disbound folioQty: (approx. 60)
Daniel (Rev. Wm. B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including supplement), published Bunney & Gold, 1801 - 1813, folding engraved frontispiece to volumes 1 and 2, engraved portrait to supplement, calligraphic titles, sixty-eight engraved plates, some folding, (including one printed in colour), slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Arthur Walford, contemporary half diced calf with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, upper joint on volume 2 cracked, 4to, together with Surtees (Robert S.). Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, Mr Romford's Hounds, Hawbuck Grange, Handley Cross, Plain or Ringlets [and] Ask Mamma, 6 volumes, published Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1890, decorative titles and additional half-titles, numerous etchings with contemporary hand colouring after John Leech, top edge gilt, near-contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines by Bayntons of Bath, very slight wear to extremities, spines slightly faded, 8vo, with Hawker (Lt. Col. P.). Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 4th edition, published Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greene, 1825, title and preface, ten engraved plates (complete as list), near contemporary manuscript ownership signature to first front blank, contemporary half morocco gilt, some wear to spine and extremities, 8vo, plus Stephens (Henry). The Book of the Farm..., 2 volumes, 3rd. edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1876, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional half titles, numerous engraved plates and illustrations to text, publisher's advertisement to rear of volume 1, index to rear of volume 2, later endpapers, contemporary quarter calf with ornate decorated gilt spines, some skilful restoration to head and foot of spines, inset gilt remarque of a farmer sowing grain to upper covers, bumped and with slight wear, 8vo, and The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek & F. G. Aflalo, (editors). The Encyclopedia of Sport, 4 volumes, Lawrence and Bullen Ltd, 1900, additional decorative title and half titles, numerous uncoloured photogravure plates after A. Thorburn and others, each with tissue guard, numerous illustrations to text throughout, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, contemporary red cloth with gilt decorated spines, very slight staining to upper cover of volume 2, spines slightly faded, large 8voQty: (17)
Markham (Gervase). The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent: or, A direction to the Husband-man, for the true Ordering, Manuring, & Inriching of all the Grounds within the Wealds of Kent, and Sussex..., revised, inlarged, and corrected with the consent, and by conference with the first Author, London: Printed by Eliz. Purlow, for John Harison, 1649, [4], 24pp., some toning and marginal browning, modern panelled and blind decorated sheep, morocco title label to spine, slim 4to (Wing M637, ESTC R619), together with: Royal Dublin Society , Instructions for Managing Bees. Drawn up and Published by Order of the Dublin Society, Dublin: Printed by A. Rhames, Printer to the Dublin Society, 1733, 47pp., woodcut illustration to title, lacking plate, light dust-soiling and browning, near-contemporary half sheep, lacking spine, adhesive masking tape to hinges and spine, worn, slim 8vo (ESTC T133886, sometimes attributed to Dr. William Stephens)Qty: (2)
Candolle (Alphonse de). Lois de la Nomenclature Botanique, re?dige?es et commente?es, 1st edition, Paris: V. Masson et Fils, Libraires, 1867, 60pp., title with three ink ownership stamps (including A. Gubler & L.E. Newton Library), bookplate of Leonard E. Newton, modern cloth-backed stiff wrappers, typed title label to upper cover, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESAlphonse de Candolle (1806-1893), was the son of botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. He initially studied law, but his interest in botany developed until he finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva. He published a number of influential botanical works, including continuations of the Prodromus in collaboration with his son. He developed the first Laws of Botanical Nomenclature, which was adopted by the International Botanical Congress in 1867, and became the prototype of the current International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. In 1855 de Candolle published Géographie botanique raisonnée which was a ground-breaking work, having a significant influence upon Harvard botanist Asa Gray. In 1859 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1889 awarded the Linnean Medal.
Dodoens (Rembert). A New Herbal, or Historie of Plants: Wherein is contained, the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of Herbes and Plants: their divers and sundry Kinds, their Names, Natures, Operations, and Vertues..., First set forth in the Dutch or Almaigne tongue ... and now first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquire, Corrected and amended, Imprinted at London by Edward Griffin, 1619, [24], 341, 343-349, 351-564, [28]pp., title within decorative woodcut border trimmed to ruled edge and lined to verso, browned and fore-edge frayed with some ink-burn, erratic pagination, text mostly in black letter, occasional marginalia with light ink burn, some leaves of index frayed, torn and repaired, lacking final leaf 3E4, browning, heavy dust-soiling throughout and some dampstaining, Leonard E. Newton bookplate to upper pastedown, modern half calf, maroon morocco title label and blind decoration to spine, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 6987; ESTC S107362; Henrey 113.
Wg Cmdr Peter Ayerst WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in uniform. Peter Vigne Ayerst, DFC (4 November 1920 - 15 May 2014) was a Royal Air force officer and flying ace of the Second World War. He was the last surviving No. 73 Squadron pilot and test pilot from Castle Bromwich Aerodrome. Ayerst was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 14 December 1938 as an acting pilot officer on probation. In August 1939, he was posted to No. 73 Squadron RAF to fly Hurricanes. He was regraded to pilot officer on probation on 3 September 1939 and his commission was confirmed on 6 October 1939. He was sent to France with the squadron and scored his first victory in April 1940. After a spell instructing, when he shared in the destruction of a He111 with two other instructors, he had postings with both 145 and 243 Squadrons. In July 1942 he went to North Africa with 33 Squadron, before being promoted to flight commander with 238 Squadron, both postings with further combat success. After a period in South Africa, he returned to the UK, joining 124 Squadron flying Spitfire MkVIIs in defence of the invasion ports, where he scored his final victory; then flew Spitfire MkIXs on bomber escorts to Germany. He later became a Spitfire test pilot at Castle Bromwich with the instruction of Alex Henshaw. After the war, he became one of the most highly regarded wartime instructors in the RAF. His final victory tally stood at 5 destroyed, 1 probable, 3 damaged and 2 further destroyed on the ground. In September 1944, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Sgt Pilot David Denchfield WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Herbert David Denchfield was born on 2nd November 1919 at Eckington near Staveley, Derbyshire. He finished his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammar School and after leaving he worked as a clerk. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. He served until 1953, when 6 RFS was disbanded and the RAFVR became defunct. When he retired in November 1984, Denchfield was working at British Aerospace Hatfield, overseeing electrical and avionics installations. He died on 5th December 2012. In May 1939 Denchfield joined the RAFVR at Luton as an Airman u/t Pilot and did his weekend flying at 29 E&RFTS there. Called to full-time service on 1st September 1939, he was posted to 4 ITW Bexhill in November. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. He served until 1953, when 6 RFS was disbanded and the RAFVR became defunct. When he retired in November 1984, Denchfield was working at British Aerospace Hatfield, overseeing electrical and avionics installations. He died on 5th December 2012. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Sgt Pilot David Denchfield WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Image of him in flying gear. Herbert David Denchfield was born on 2nd November 1919 at Eckington near Staveley, Derbyshire. He finished his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammar School and after leaving he worked as a clerk. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. He served until 1953, when 6 RFS was disbanded and the RAFVR became defunct. When he retired in November 1984, Denchfield was working at British Aerospace Hatfield, overseeing electrical and avionics installations. He died on 5th December 2012. In May 1939 Denchfield joined the RAFVR at Luton as an Airman u/t Pilot and did his weekend flying at 29 E&RFTS there. Called to full-time service on 1st September 1939, he was posted to 4 ITW Bexhill in November. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. He served until 1953, when 6 RFS was disbanded and the RAFVR became defunct. When he retired in November 1984, Denchfield was working at British Aerospace Hatfield, overseeing electrical and avionics installations. He died on 5th December 2012. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Plt Off John Ellacombe WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes. On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns. Rejoining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations. On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217. Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'. He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos. Flying a de Havilland Mosquito XIII with a devastating set of four 20mm cannon in the nose, John Ellacombe flew deep into occupied France on the night before D-Day searching out and destroying German convoys and railway targets. As the Normandy campaign raged on, 151 Squadron intensified its interdiction sorties - including night attacks on Falaise and the Seine bridges. On August 1st Ellacombe took part in the famous attack by 23 Mosquitoes on the German bar-racks in Poitiers, led by Group Captain Wykeham Barnes. Ellacombe had first joined 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, direct from Flying Training School. Within weeks he had scored his first victory but also force landed in a field, having shot down a He 111, and baled out of a blazing Hurricane. He baled out a second time during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 but was picked up safely. Postwar he had a long and successful career in the RAE. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Flt/Lt John Ellacombe WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in uniform. John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes. On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns. Rejoining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations. On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217. Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'. He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos. Flying a de Havilland Mosquito XIII with a devastating set of four 20mm cannon in the nose, John Ellacombe flew deep into occupied France on the night before D-Day searching out and destroying German convoys and railway targets. As the Normandy campaign raged on, 151 Squadron intensified its interdiction sorties - including night attacks on Falaise and the Seine bridges. On August 1st Ellacombe took part in the famous attack by 23 Mosquitoes on the German bar-racks in Poitiers, led by Group Captain Wykeham Barnes. Ellacombe had first joined 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, direct from Flying Training School. Within weeks he had scored his first victory but also force landed in a field, having shot down a He 111, and baled out of a blazing Hurricane. He baled out a second time during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 but was picked up safely. Postwar he had a long and successful career in the RAE. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Sgt Pilot Paul Farnes WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Paul Caswell Power Farnes, DFM, AE (born 16 July 1918) is a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot and Second World War flying ace who flew during the Battle of Britain as one of The Few , during which he scored 8 kills (comprising 7 and 2 shared destroyed, 2 'probables' and 11 damaged). Farnes was mobilised in July 1939. He joined No. 501 Squadron RAF in September 1939 and remained with the squadron when it went to France in May 1940. He claimed his first victories during the Battle of France, with 'shares' in two bombers downed and a He 111 shot down solo. During August 1940 he claimed 5 more and in October 1940 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM). By now a sergeant pilot, he was commissioned a pilot officer (on probation) on 3 December 1940. In February 1941 Farnes was posted to No. 57 Operational Training Unit as an instructor. In November 1941 he transferred to No. 73 Operational Training Unit in Aden. He was confirmed in his rank and promoted to war-substantive flying officer on 3 December 1941. Farnes was posted to No. 229 Squadron RAF in North Africa as a flight commander in February 1942. He flew with the squadron on 27 March 1942 to Malta where he later took command of the squadron. Farnes returned to North Africa in late May 1942. On 26 July 1942, he was promoted to war-substantive flight lieutenant. He was then posted to Iraq, where he joined the RAF headquarters staff and remained there until March 1945, receiving a promotion to war-substantive squadron leader on 1 May 1944. On return to the United Kingdom he took command of No. 124 Squadron RAF, a command he retained until the end of the war. He ended the war with the acting rank of wing commander. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Sqn Ldr Trevor Davies DFC AFC original RAF Mess Dress Uniform from collection of 617 Sqn historian Jim Shortland. DFC was awarded in WW2 and the AFC in Korea. Trevor stayed in the RAF after WW2 and one of his first jobs was as pilot was flying Sunderlands during the Korean War, then became Flying Instructor at RAF Cranwell until his retirement in 1978. in Sunderlands. Comes with superb framed photo of Davies wearing the uniform. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Commemorating the Arrival of the JU52 3M at the Royal Air Force Museum FDC multi signed by Mr J. M Bruce, Captain J Bullock, Sqd Ldr K. G Jones, First Officer Warren and Flt Lt Rickard. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Royal Navy and Ship Collection 12 interesting nautical FDCs dating early seventies includes 300th Anniversary Battle of Solebay HMS Warspite 28th May 1672, 30th Anniversary Operation Pedestal 10th August 1942, 30th Anniversary of the first Naval Fairey Firefly F. 1 4th March 1943, 320th Anniversary Battle of the Gabbard HMS Kent 2nd June 1653, 30th Anniversary Operation Husky Invasion of Sicily 10th July 1943, 175th Anniversary of the Battle of the Nile 1st August 1798, 300th Anniversary Battle of Texel 11th August 1673, 30th Anniversary Midget Submarine Attack on Tirpitz 22nd September 1943, 180th Anniversary Battle of the Glorious First of June 1st June 1794, 60th Anniversary of the Formation of the Royal Naval Air Service 1st July 1914, 30th Anniversary Sinking of the Scharnhorst 26th December 1943 and The Commissioning of HMS Antelope. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
The Marquess of Anglesey signed FDC Great War 16 Serbia October-November 1915 PM British Postal Services 80th Anniversary The Great War 19. 11. 95 (2499). Lady Louise Margeret Lela Paget GBE granddaughter of the first Marques of Anglesey was responsible for the first English Hospital at Skopje in Serbia during the Great War. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Eugen Bentele signed FDC Great War 22 The Zeppelin Raids on Britain 19 January 1915-13 April 1918 PM British Forces Postal Services 31. 5. 96 81st Anniversary The Great War The First Bombing of London. Eugen Bentele was a Survivor of the Hindenburg LZ 129 crash also crew on LZ 130 Zeppelin. Limited edition 302. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Wg Cmr Edward Shipman AFC 41 Squadron and Gr Capt John A O'Neill DFC 601 Squadron signed FDC Spitfire The First and the Last PM Spitfire Diamond Jubilee Air Show Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridge 6 May 1996. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Military collection 8 interesting FDCs commemorating some historical events during World War Two and Military history includes 40th Anniversary of Operation Manna 29th April-5 May 1985, The Formation of 617 Dambuster Squadron Before the Dams No83 Squadron Royal Air Force, The Peenemunde Raid 17-18 August 1943, 75th Anniversary of 11 Squadron RAF 7 April 1997, Royal Signals in BAOR 1945-1994, First British Air Transport Operation The Siege of Kut -Al-Imarah March-April 1916 and 75th Anniversary of 11 Squadron RAF 7TH April 1997. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
F/O B. D. E Hay 611 Squadron signed FDC Spitfire The First and the Last PM Spitfire Diamond Jubilee Air Show Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridge 6 May 1996. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Flt Lt Sally Cox the first Lady Fighter pilot signed 6 x 4 white card with name and details neatly written to top and bottom, with autograph in the middle. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Lt Colonel Doug Canning signed 6x4 World War II black and white photo. Douglas S. Canning was born in Wayne, Nebraska on July 4, 1919. Nicknamed Doug. During World War II, he flew 67 Missions Guadalcanal, first tour P-400's, 2nd and 3rd tour P-38. Combat in Korea- 37 P-51 Missions, 64 A-26 reconnaissance missions Chinese and Russian borders. Vietnam he flew the C-133 carrying helicopters. He Retired in 1969 as Lt Colonel after 29 years' service. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Gerd Archgelis signed cover. World Helicopter Championships Middle Wallop 23rd-28th July 1973 signed RAF cover No6 of 45. Flown in Westland Gazelle AH Mk 1 XW 847 being the first in service soon joined by four more signed Gerd Archgelis. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Wg. Cdr. George Harkness OBE AFC. Signed Royal Air Force Cosford First RAF Rocket Mail 3rd April 1971 signed FDC No. 48 of 50. Flown from Birstall to Belgrave Leics. In a single stage mail cargo rocket. Signed by Wg. Cdr. George Harkness OBE AFC. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Prince Charles flown and signed by tutor cover. Royal Air Force College Cranwell 30th Anniversary of first UK Jet Flight 15th May 1971 signed FDC. Flown in Jet Provost Mk 5 XW 323 from RAF College Cranwell on the route made by first jet-engined flight 15th May 1941 signed by Sqn Ldr R. E. Johns, Prince Charles flight instructor. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
No203 Squadron Royal Air Force 65th Anniversary of the Formation of the First Naval Air Unit 26th February 1976 FDC No 847 of 1256. Carried in HMS Opossum tracked by Nimrod XV 236. Signed by Nicholas Monserrat. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
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