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Lot 17
Pope (Arthur Upham) and Phylis Ackerman editors. 6 vol. first editions plain and colour plates some double-page a few tipped-in as issued illustrations original blue buckram spines faded hinges pulling on vol.II minor spotting to extremities London & New York 1938-39; with 2 of the Asia Institute fascicles original wrappers folio (8)(8)
Lot 19
Richardson (Charles James) Observations on the Arc very large folding lithograph frontispiece on thin paper additional title in colours and gilt 57 plates 2 folding 1 colour frontispiece torn and repaired spotted and frayed some marking elsewhere bookplate of Robert Wight Cope-Cope contemporary half morocco gilt panel; on front cover little rubbed folio John Weale 1837 § Nesfield (W. Eden) Specimens of Medieval Architecture illustrated title 100 lithographed plates 1 chromolithograph title and next f. torn original pictorial cloth gilt worn backstrip misssing spine broken folio Day & Son 1862 § Kerr (Robert) The Gentleman`s House second edition 45 plates most folding original cloth rubbed and marked 8vo Murray 1865 § Jourdain (M.) English Interiors in Smaller House 1660-1830 new issue frontispiece plates illustrations spotting original cloth gilt worn dust-jacket 4to 1933 (4)
Lot 22
Strange (Edward F.) The Colour-Prints of Hiroshige first edition plates origina cloth a few marks dust-jacket torn with some loss to spine ends marked 1925 § Weis (Helmut) Ernst Fuchs Das Graphische Werk with an original folding etched plate by Fuchs signed in pencil by the artist plates original cloth dust-jacket cloth slip-case Munich 1967; and 3 others Art Reference 2 on Erté folio et infra (5)
Lot 35
Goldsmith (V. F.) A Short Title Catalogue of Frenc 7 parts original printed card wrappers 1969-1973 § Foxon (D. F.) English Verse 1701-1750 2 vol. dust-jackets 1975 § Pollard (A. W. & G. R. Redgrave) A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 2 vol. dust-jackets 1986 § Crum (Margaret) First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500-1800..... 2 vol. dust-jackets 1969 § Croft (P. J. ) Autograph Poetry in the English Language 2 vol dust-jackets slipcase 1973 folio (15)
Lot 39
Morison (Stanley) John Fell: The University Press limited edition colour frontispiece plates and illustrations original buckram gilt dust-jacket edges a little browned Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1962; and 2 others including a Monotype Recorder Stanley Morison 1889-1967 and a prospectus for the first mentioned folio & 4to (3).(3)
Lot 46
Farrow (G.E.) Wallypug Tales. n.d.; The Wallypug at Play n.d. § Byron (May) & G.E.Farrow. Ruff & Reddy: The Fairy Guide illustrated by John Hassall London & Leeds n.d. colour illustrations those in the first two by Alan Wright some full-page rather browned the first with embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper the second with book-label of Pamela & Raymond Lister original cloth-backed pictorial boards rubbed the last two rebacked folio (3) (3)
Lot 49
Heath (Henry) The Caricaturist`s Scrap Book engraved throughout with etched title and 59 plates of numerous vignettes foxed title of `Omnium Gatherum` torn and slightly frayed at lower margin penultimate plate creased original green cloth title panel blocked in gilt on upper cover slightly rubbed at edges rebacked oblong folio Charles Tilt [1840]. *** Comprising: Omnium Gatherum (title and 7 plates) & Second Series (6 plates); The Art of Tormenting (title & 6 plates); Demonology & Witchcraft (6 plates); Old Ways and New Ways (title & 6 plates); Scenes in London (48 plates on 12 sheets); Sayings & Doings (6 plates); Nautical Dictionary (title & 6 plates).
Lot 62
Ovidius Naso (Publius) The Metamorphoses number 60 of 75 specially-bound copies with an extra suite of plates including 3 not used in the book from an edition limited to 200 title-vignette and plates by J.Yunge Bateman original tan morocco both covers with pictorial gilt claret morocco inlay by SangorskI &; Sutcliffe t.e.g. others uncut spine very slightly browned and rubbed at ends additional suite loose in cloth envelope together in cloth slip-case (rubbed at edges) small folio Golden Cockerel Press 1958.
Lot 107
Topsell (Edward) The History of Four-footed Beasts whereunto is now added The Theatre of Insects by T. Muffet 3 parts in 1 vol. second edition revised corrected and inlarged by J[ohn] R[owland] half-title numerous woodcut illustrations one repeated on title B4 and B5 repaired at inner margin short tear in lower margin of M1 lower outer corner of Bb3 repaired small holes in Cc3 Rr6 Oo5 and 4U3 split in Hh4 and wormhole in 4P5-5D4 all slightly affecting text a few other short marginal tears the majority repaired contemporary rough calf repaired at top of spine with the bookplate and pencil annotations of Sidney Roscoe and three earlier labels [Wing G.624] folio E. Cotes 1658. *** Roscoe`s notes and markings were presumably made while researching the origin of the illustrations in Boreman`s Description of Three Hundred Beasts [Roscoe J41] about sixty of which are derived from those in Topsell`s natural history.
Lot 159
Plutarch. Vitæ Comparatæ illustrium Virorum Græco title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer`s device title lightly soiled some damp-staining or spotting some nibbling to lower corner mostly marginal a few creases pastedowns coming away contemporary vellum covers with blind-stamped centre-pieces foot of spine and corners worn soiled [Adams P1618] folio Basel apud Thomam Guariniana 1573.
Lot 160
Theophrastus. Graece & Latini Opera Omnia. Daniel first Heinsius edition title in red and black Greek and Latin text in double column title little frayed & marked light browning bookplate of Thomas Goodwin on verso of title stamp on title of College Library Carlow few early marginalia seventeenth-century calf gilt border on covers rules on spine little rubbed folio Leiden ex typographio Henrici ab Haestens 1613. *** Thomas Goodwin (1670-1729) Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel. St Patrick`s College Carlow one Ireland`s oldest educational institutions founded in 1782 for the training of priests and lay people.
Lot 161
Bentivoglio (Guido Cardinal) Opere title in red and black and with woodcut ornament attractive woodcut head- and tail-pieces and intials with good margins upper corner of title repaired water-staining to upper margins contemporary vellum blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces worn folio Venice no printer 1644.
Lot 164
(Emperor) Opera ... Omnia et S.Cyrili ... contra . (Emperor) Opera ... Omnia et S.Cyrili ... contra ... Iulianum libri decem half-title engraved additional pictorial title title in red and black with engraved printer`s device double column text in latin and Greek some browning and spotting contemporary vellum covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces soiled folio Leipzig 1696.
Lot 167
Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique contenant edited by J.Marret 4 vol. including 2 vol. supplement third edition engraved frontispiece titles in red and black 11 engraved plates 1 folding 2 small ink stamps to each title contemoporary boards spines in compartments [Vicaire 172] folio Amsterdam Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier 1732-1740. *** An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink agriculture and horticulture and hunting and with sections on bees falconry and horses.
Lot 179
Bythnerus (Victorinus) Lyra Prophertica Davidis Re title in red and black title browned and frayed and half loose little staining elsewhere manuscript Irish school prize inscription on rear endpapers contemporary panelled calf worn hinge cracked 4to Jacob Flesher 1664 § Fleetwood (William) A Compleat Collection of the Sermons Tracts and Pieces of all Kinds 2 pp. advertisments at end title creased bookplate of the earl of Roden free endpaper all but loose contemporary calf worn front cover damaged hinges cracked folio D. Midwinter [et al.] 1737 § Heath (Thomas) An Essay towards a New English Verrsion of the Book of Job free endpaper all but loose contemporary calf worn spine defective hinges cracked 4to A. Millar & S. Baker 1756 § Book of Common Prayer (The) lacks a1 upper corner of title and next f. defective title restored contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt `J.ABBOTT` on upper cover little rubbed g.e. Cambridge J.Baskerville 1760 and 2 others religion 8vo (6).
Lot 232
(Sir David Lionel) Catalogue of the Library at Bro (Sir David Lionel) Catalogue of the Library at Broomhill Tunbridge Wells number 29 of 37 copies signed by the author 2 photographs (portrait of Salomon and a photograph of the library) half-title title a little foxed some staining in lower margins near end ink inscription by Salomons on fly-leaf: “A Souvenir to hand with her Father`s love October 1916” contemporary half morocco some staining g.e. folio 1916.
Lot 249
Boyle (Roger First Earl of Orrery) A Treatise of first edition frontispiece and 6 folding engraved plates small tear with loss to fore-edge of F2 some light damp-staining contemporary mottled calf joints cracked spine worn with small loss to head and tail contemporary inscription of previous owner with his armorial book-paste to front paste-down folio Henry Herringman 1677.(1)
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Lot 16
* French National Aviation Days. Journees Nationales de l’Aviation, Vincennes, [19 & 20 mai], 1929, an album containing fifty-seven vintage b&w photos mounted upon twelve leaves, rectos only, showing aircraft, aerial views, formations, dignitaries and crowds, most images approx. 16 x 12.5cm and similar, entirely uncaptioned except first two photos identifying the pilots Detroye and Doret, orig. wrappers with title lettered in white to upper wrapper, large oblong folio (1)
Lot 18
* Italian Air Force - Felice Porro. An archive file from Caproni di Taliedo relating to Generale Felice Porro (born 1891), Commander of Squadra Aerea, c. 1920s/50s, a total of approx. eighty vintage b&w photos and sixty letters and documents tipped onto loose sheets, numerous signatures of Porro and other Italian aviation related personnel, many of the photos with captions to versos, plus some related news cuttings, etc., all mounted to rectos only, sheets loosely contained in archive folder, folio (1)
Lot 99
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1941, 1942, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1953-54, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1963-78, and 1979-2001, a total of forty-seven vols. including two duplicates, plus reprints of 1913 (2 copies) and 1919 editions, all ex-lib with ink stamps to titles, orig. cloth with sticky labels to spines, 30 vols. with d.j.s still present, library marks to foot of spines, some rubbing and soiling, folio (50)
Lot 127
Berget (Alphonse). La Route de l’Air, Aeronautique, Aviation, Paris, 1911, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. wrappers bound in, modern blue half morocco, folio, together with Lecornu (J.), La Navigation Aerienne, Histoire documentaire et anecdotique, Paris, 1903, numerous b&w illusts., contemp. dark green qtr. morocco, a little rubbed, folio, plus Fonvielle (W. de), Histoire de la Navigation Aerienne, 2nd ed., Paris, 1911, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, modern red cloth, 4to, and Sazerac de Forge (L.), La Conquete de l’Air, Paris/Nancy, 1907, b&w illusts., including some after photos, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern half brown calf, large 8vo, plus three others similar (L’Aerophile, 10e Annee, nos. 1, 6, 10-11, 12e annee no. 10 & 13e annee, no. 11, January 1902-November 1905, bound in one vol., Capitaine Do, Le Ballon Libre, Paris, 1911, & Gaston Tissandier, Histoire de Mes Ascensions, 9th ed., n.d., c. 1900) (7)
Lot 148
Hildebrandt (Hans). Zeppelin-Denkmal fur das Deutsche Volk, Stuttgart, n.d., c. 1914, numerous b&w illusts., orig. gilt-dec. dark blue cloth, sl. rubbed, folio, together with Tilgenkamp (Erich), Schweizer Luftfahrt, Zurich, 1941/42, tipped-in col. plts., numerous b&w illusts., later half black morocco, folio, plus Nobile (Umberto), L’Italia al Polo Nord, 1st ed., 1930, b&w plts., folding map in pocket at rear, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern maroon full morocco, large 8vo, and others related, on the history of early aviation and ballooning, mostly printed in German, some in French and Italian, including Reinhard Keimel, Osterreichs Luftfahrzeuge, Geschichte der Luftfahrt von den Anfangen bis Ende 1918, Graz, 1981, Herbert Silverer, Viertausend Kilometer im Ballon, Leipzig, n.d., c. 1905, Hans G. Knausel, LZ1, Der erste Zeppelin, Geschichte einer Idee 1874-1908, Bonn, 1985, etc., mostly 20th c. pubs., many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 160
* Aerial photography. Town & Country Planning, written and compiled by Rolf Hellberg F.R.I.B.A., December 1945, original illustrated typescript of an unpublished work laid out as a book, title and 64 pp., the majority of text pages consisting of two tight folio pages pasted side by side, plus a total of approx. 150 b&w photos, including mosaic pattern composite images pasted in with ink captions beneath, the majority of aerial photos, various sizes, including large format, plus a few reproductions of maps, plus tables, etc., contemp. cloth loose leaf binder, large long folio (39 x 54cm) Rolf Hellberg, a Coventry architect, who served as President of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists, from 1962 until 1981. The indexed photographic headings on the title page verso includes Obliques, Filters, Plotting, Shadows, Ports, Archaeology, Waterways, Forestry, War Damage and Reconstruction, etc., the official aerial photos used include photographs of Oxford, Raynes Park, Kinlochleven, Packham Harbour, Glass Houses in Holland, Canterbury, Leicester, Wesel, Darmstadt, City of London, etc. (1)
Lot 162
Italy. Notiziario di Aeronautica No.2, Agosto, 1923, Commissariato dell’ Aeronautica, 136pp., photographs captioned in manuscript, folding blue diagramatic plans of aircraft, technical drawings etc., typescript text, some spotting, original wrapper, light spots, folio. Provenance: Caproni Library (label to cover). (1)
Lot 165
* Baker (Captain Valentine Henry). “In Memory of a Fearless Pilot”, a rare brochure published as a tribute to Val. Baker, a director of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd, and former Chief Flying Instructor at Heston, killed in a flying accident on Sept. 2nd 1942, with dedication signed James Martin, 8 pp., 3 colour plates, oblong folio, orig. covers, cord bound, together with three R.A.F. ‘Red Arrows’ aerobatics team brochures, and a 50th anniversary of the de Havilland ‘Mosquito’ brochure plus five other commemorative brochures (10)
Lot 172
Bristol Type 164 ‘Brigand’. A scarce publicity brochure for this aircraft, 62 pp., photos after the original, technical details, 8 appendices, two fold-out line drawings, orig. covers, col. frontis., c. 1949, together with a ‘Bristol Sleeve-valve and Turbine engines’ brochure, 40 pp., English and French text, col. and b & w photos after the originals, col. technical drawings, colour reproduction of the ‘Brabazon’ after the original painting by Terence Cuneo dated January 1950, colour photo frontis. of coupled ‘Proteus’ test rig, orig. embossed cover, both oblong folio (2)
Lot 178
de Havilland Gazette, 51 orig. issues, June 1947-August 1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, some a little rubbed, folio & 4to. Comprises issue numbers 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 60, 66, 67, 69-71, 74, 77-80, 87-92, 94-99, 102-109, 111-124 (plus duplicate number 87). (51)
![Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. Streckenmappe. Zur Einsichtnahame fur unsre Fluggaste, [1936], printed index and twenty laminated col](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2802947/180-2010102995950_468x382.jpg)
Lot 193
* Handley-Page Dart-Herald. A group of three brochures for the Military Transport and Military Trainer, Military Transport, and Close Support Military Transport versions of this aircraft, each containing full details, drawings, diagrams and specifications, pub. Handley-Page 1962, 50 pp./40 pp./68 pp., orig. covers, oblong folio (3)
Lot 194
* Hawker VC, DSO (Lanoe George, 1890-1916). A signed copy of No. 24 Squadron R.F.C. Operation Orders for July 20th 1916, typed in the field, July 1916, pilots’ names listed on left against morning and afternoon patrols in blue ink (by Hawker?), identifying names as self, Knight, Sibley, Wilson, and Wood, signed in pencil by Hawker as Commander lower right, a few minor spots and creases, one page, folio. Hawker from Longparish in Hampshire, was to become the first pilot to earn a VC for aerial combat. He was killed in a dogfight with the Red Baron on 23rd November 1916 and his autograph is thus very rare. (1)
Lot 216
Technical Manuals. A large collection of approx. 70 mostly A.P. Aviation Manuals, c. 1960s/1990s, numerous illusts. and diagrams, some occ. library markings, including ‘Restricted’ stamps, etc., linen backed printed boards, and ring binders, mostly 4to/folio. Titles include: Aircraft Pneumatic Equipment: Teddington Aircraft Controls, Rover Airborne Auxillary Power Plant, Mk.10201, Naval Aircraft Technical Instructions Book 1, Aircraft Hydraulic Equipment Dowty, Dunlop Spares Book No. 2, Connectors and Examinations: Identification, Tooling & Accessories, Technical Handbook for the Flyplane Predictor System Mark 5, vols. D & E, Dowty Rotol Maintenance Manual No. 847/1, Excaliber Airways Ltd Operations Manual vol. 5, and DC10 Operations Manual vol. 2. (approx. 70)
Lot 220
* WWI - Richthofen. A certified true copy of Captain A. R. Brown’s Combat Report claiming victory over Manfred von Richthofen, on 21st April 1918, the copy dated 9th June 1936, one typed page in which Roy Brown describes how he ‘dived on pure red triplane which was firing on Lieut. May. I got a long burst into him and he went down vertical and was observed to crash by Lieut. Mellersh and Lieut. May’, additional red typed note indicating that this is a certified true copy from the original extracted for permanent retention by the Squadron, signed by H. A. Jones [British Official Historian for The War in the Air], one page, folio. The dispute as to whether Roy Brown fired the shot that killed The Red Baron has raged for years. While a majority believe that he was not responsible for shooting down Richthofen’s triplane, the mythology over the death of the Red Baron makes this report an important historical document. (1)
Lot 279
Graf von Zeppelin (Ferdinand). Zeppelin-Weltfahrten. Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ 127 ‘Graf Zeppelin’, 1932, pub. Bilderstelle Lohse, Dresden, 1933, port. of Count von Zeppelin, 265 mounted photo-cards (complete), diags., col. map, orig. pict. stiff card wrappers, a little marked and minor wear, oblong folio (1)
Lot 526
Gladwin (David). Coaching Cavalcade 1910-1970, 1st ed., Brewin Books, Studley, Warwickshire, 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Stevens-Stratten (S.W.)British Lorries 1900-1992, reprinted 1994, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, with Davies (Hunter), The Eddie Stobart Story, 2001, b & w plts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and Heaton (Paul), The Wynns Fleet, 120 Years of Road Haulage, 2003, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, with Wynn (John), Wynns, The Last 20 Years, 1996, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, and Ingram (Arthur), Truck Nostalgia, 1985, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus other similar transport related etc. (2 cartons)
Lot 532
Moss (Stirling). Ferrari, 250 GT Sperimentale “No 2643”, pub. La Mille Miglia Editrice, 1st ed., 1990, col. and b&w illusts from photos throughout, pict. endpapers, orig. red blindstamped calf, very slightly rubbed, in orig. pict. slipcase, folio. Signed Limited Edition 893/1500, signed by Stirling Moss. (1)
Lot 536
* Motor Racing. An album containing 112 corner-mounted vintage b&w photos, c. 1950-55, mostly single car action shots at Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Goodwood, each 8.5 x 11cm, mostly mounted four to a page with full details of driver, race and date beneath, contemp. plain brown boards with ink title and pencil drawing of a motor car to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (1)
Lot 543
Thompson (Jonathan). The Ferrari Formula 1 Cars, 1948-1976, 1st ed., 1976, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., together with Lyons (Pete), Ferrari. The Machines and the Man, 1989, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. laminated boards in d.j., plus Rogliatti (Gianni), Ferrari & Pininfarina, n.d., c. 1990, text in Italian and English, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., all 4to, and Cancellieri (Gianni), Ferrari Glory. Monoposto/Single-Seaters/Monoplaces. Vittorie/Victories/Victoires 1948-2000, pub. 2001, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, pict. endpapers, orig. boards in d.j., oblong folio (limited edition 436/2200, and others of Ferrari interest including Ferrari annuals 1984/85, 1995, 1999 & 2002, etc. (approx. 50 items in all), VG (a carton)
Lot 576
Tractors - Ford and other Makers. A group of sales brochures and literature etc., 1930-1960, including Fordson Major Salesman’s Handbook, c1950s, together with Oliver No.7 Tractor plough c1930s, and with John Deere Model “R” Diesel Tractor large fold-out poster format c1950, Massey-Harris Full-range 32pp fully illustrated c1950, Fordson Tractors “Square-Deal Used Equipment Marketing Plan for dealers, large folio-format with sales sheet ‘flyers’ and promotional stickers & ephemera etc, also with “Major International Power” a rare and large factory folio salesman’s-pack including catalogues, full-range brochures, price-lists etc for sales to large commercial operators such as County Councils and contractors (-)
Lot 662
London & North Western Railway Company. Plan of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway ..., Surveyed by Charles Hull, Euston Station, London, 1886, printed title with vign. hand-coloured reference key, nine hand-coloured litho. plans, scale 2 chains to an inch, all printed to rectos only with each sheet linen-backed, a little marginal dust soiling but otherwise contents in very good condition, orig. half morocco gilt, backstrip def. and covers det., some corner wear, large oblong folio (68 x 110cm) (1)
Lot 668
Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1953-54, & 1957-2001, an unbroken run of forty vols., plus one duplicate, four facsimiles of older editions (1898-1905-06, 1906-07 & 1919), plus Jane’s Armour and Artillery, 10 vols., 1981-92, lacking the vol. for 1990-91, all ex-lib. with ink stamps to titles and occ. other marks, orig. cloth, some in d.j.s, library sticky labels to foot of spines of cloth and d.j.s, folio (56)
Lot 690
Dredge (James). Modern French Artillery (the St. Chamond, De Bange, Canet, & Hotchkiss Systems), with illustrations of French Warships, 1892, half-title, numerous b & w plates and illusts., many full-page and double-page, first and final leaves foxed, endpapers renewed, near contemp. red half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed and marked in places, folio. A scarce volume, containing amazingly detailed illustrations and diagrams. (1)
Lot 691
Esposito (Col. Vincent J., edit.). The West Point Atlas of American Wars, 1689-1953, 2 vols., New York, 1959, numerous full-page maps and plans, orig. cloth, oblong folio, together with Pallud (Jean Paul), Blitzkrieg in the West Then and Now, 1st ed., 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock leather in d.j., folio, with Le Tissier (Tony), The Third Reich Then and Now, 1st ed., 2005, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed boards in d.j., folio, plus other military related (2 cartons)
Lot 719
The New Pioneer. vol. 1, nos. 1-11, December 1938 to October 1939, 276 pp., continuously paginated, adverts cut from final leaf, some spotting and soiling, stapled as issued and loosely contained in contemp. cloth journal binder, damp stained and soiled, folio. The New Pioneer was a far-right monthly magazine founded by Lord Lymington (Gerard Wallop) and John Beckett. It followed the pro-German line until it ceased publication in January 1940. (1)
Lot 724
* Sudan - Gordon Relief Expedition. A photograph album containing fifty-six mounted albumen prints, 1880s, including nineteen relating to Suakin, images with captions in the negative include town and harbour of Suakin, HMS Dolphin, Officers - Grenadier Guards, Brig-General Hudson CB & Staff Indian Contingent, Handub - Camp of 24th Company, R.E., Otao, from Signallers’ Hill with Terminus S & B Railway, others identified on mounts include Michali’s Store, Suakin from the land side, 28 Bombay N.I., 15th Sikhs, Suakin from the Harbour, Ladies of Suakin, Sir G. Greaves, Lord Wolseley [and others on horseback], MacNeil’s Zeriba from a drawing by Lt. F. Erskine, Scots Guards, and two back to back images with vertical splits of Sepoys for 15th Sikhs and 9th Bengal Cavalry, many approx. 16 x 20cm, plus four copy (?) albumen print photos possibly relating to the holding of Otao by the Scots Guards and the 5th Lancers in April 1885, twenty-one smaller snapshots of an expedition to Lagos in May on board the riverboat Margaret, plus two albumen prints of Port Said, three of Tenerife, four of Maderia, and seven of England and Ireland, various sizes, mounts somewhat brittled and broken, and a few images det., contents somewhat loose in contemp. half morocco with gilt title to upper cover ‘Suakin 1885’, worn, oblong folio (1)
Lot 741
WWII - Second Army. A short account of the operations of the Second British Army, prepared by G. (Ops) Second Army, 2 vols., [1945], bound photocopies of typed sheets, plus a few photographs, folding coloured maps, sketches and plans, etc., orig. printed boards with spine ties, a little soiled, folio, together with an original copy of the secret photocopied pamphlet by the Second Army titled ‘Eclipse ABC’, Germany, March 1945, folio sheets with cloth spine tie, orig. printed wrappers, slightly chipped and soiled, oblong folio. Operation Eclipse was defined as the plans and preparations for the operation of occupying Germany. The Eclipse ABC lists alphabetically all major subjects that were likely to be met by Commanders and Staff in the execution of their duties and giving them a reference to the subjects contained in other pamphlets. (3)
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