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Click here to subscribeOGILBY (JOHN) Britannia, Volume The First Or, An Illustration of The Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, facsimile reprint, 50 double-sided coloured plates, original cloth, sl. grubby, oblong folio, 1939--THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS RECORD OF THE CORONATION KING EDWARD V11 AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA, 1902--and 1 other (3) LOCATION S
A group of assorted watercolours and drawings including some by Leslie Bowyer, Views of Somerset, The Quantocks, Wastwater, Kent, St. Albans, Holborn; Temple Lane; Red Lion Passage; Whitby; Warwock; Coventry; Penzance; Seven Dials; Westminster; Kenilworth; Sherborne; Bath; Edinburgh; Gloucester and others, All unframed. (folio)
*Llewellyn Rylard Ltd., Birmingham. An album of forty-four b & w photos. of aeroplanes [taken by Charles Brown?], for the Hendon S.B.A.C. Exhibition 1934, all pasted onto rectos of album leaves with titles in white beneath, images 37 x 26 cm and smaller, aircraft manufacturer's company details listed at front in white, models depicted include Fairey Seal, Hawker Audax, Supermarine Southampton, Imperial Airways Short Calcutta, Avro Club Cadet, etc., orig. limp leather, a little rubbed, oblong folio (1)
*Airspeed AS-57 and AS-60 'Ambassador'. A fascinating and important archive relating to the inception, building, production, test flying and entry into service of this highly successful aircraft, the archive includes general correspondence between Major de Havilland and F. G. Miles, employment and staff details including salaries paid and personal reports, principle layout drawings of Military and Civil versions of the AS-60, AS-57 production record, flight-test reports and modification recommendations, B.E.A. flight experience reports, B.E.A. acceptance check folio, original Airspeed/F.G. Miles specification document dated April 30, 1948, de-icing trial reports for G-ALFR and for split-flap performance, a report signed by Mr Errington (test pilot) after the first passenger flight of G-AMAD dated 20-6-51, an 'Ambassador' aircraft manual dated 14-6-51 being G. H. Miles's personal copy with drawings in pencil and a quantity of similar material in original Airspeed folio covers (a lot)
*Airspeed AS-68 and other aborted projects. An historic collection of original documentation relating to these 'still born' projects, including AS-68 Passenger Transport, AS-69 Marine Reconnaissance aircraft and Miles Type 102 project, each folio being George H. Miles personal copy, letters signed by B.E.A. Chief Executive Peter Masefield, remarkable drawings of the 'Ambassador' development maritime reconnaissance AS-69 dated 16-2-51, together with original tender documents to meet spec. 26/49 (Tender No. 917710) to B.E.A. for the 'Rapide' replacement the Miles 'Surrey' and project for Silver City Airways, the Miles Type 102 (a lot)
*Miles M.60 'Marathon'. George Miles's personal archive, comprising the bound Type Record for the prototype aircraft G-AGPD, publicity brochures, operating costs folio, drawings, transparencies, prospectus portfolio, numerous photographs of the first flight preparations and other 'Marathon' production aircraft, project drawings amendment and modification reports, weight and balance data and other documentation of similar interest (a carton)
*Photograph album. An offical photograph album presented to Mr P.E. Gordon-Marshall from the Photographic Department of Airspeed Ltd., c. 1950, containing twenty-eight high quality b & w photos. of the British European Airways 'Ambassador' aircraft, including the Airspeed Works at Christchurch, cockpit and interior details, stunning air-to-air shots, portraits of the directors, etc., orig. black cloth with presentation label mounted inside front cover, oblong folio (1)
*South Manchuria Railway. An album of thirty-five tipped-in b&w photos. of Dairen, c. 1908, the majority of images showing industrial work scenes at Dairen, including cranes, and shutes, beancakes and flour in storage, S.M. Railway goods yard, loading coal, etc., mostly approx. 15 x 10 cm, the majority with printed Japanese captions tipped-in and English captions written in white to mounts, lacks photo. of Dairen harbour in 1908 from page one, and Japanese captions to second and third images, one image (Wharf Panorama) det., orig. boards with printed paper labels to upper cover and cloth spine tie, some wear to corners and spine damaged, oblong small folio Dairen, is now known as Dalian or Talien, in the South Liaoning Province, China, on the Liaodong Peninsula in the Bay of Korea. The city first became important when Russia occupied it in 1898, when the city was developed as the Southern Terminus of the South Manchurian Railway. When the Japanese acquired the territory in 1905 Dairen or Dalian was enlarged and modernised, and these photos. date from that period. (1)
French (James Weir). Modern Power Generators, Steam Electric and Internal-Combustion, 2 vols., 1908, eleven sectional models, numerous b & w illusts. and diagrams, orig. gilt dec. cloth by Talywn Morris, folio, together with Beebe (Lucius), The Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific Railroads, pub. Howell-North, Berkeley, California, 1963, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in torn d.j., 4to, plus five other railway related (8)
Russell (J.H.). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines, 2 vols., 1st ed., pub. Oxford Publishing Co., 1975, num. b & w illusts. from photos.,orig. cloth gilt with slipcase, together with Blenkinsop (R.J.), Western Cameraman, 1951-1962, pub. 1984, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. boards in d.j., folio, with other railway interest, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j.s., G/VG (3 shelves)
Ellis (Hamilton). British Railway History. An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways, 1830-1876, & 1877-1947, 1st eds., 1954 & 1959, col. frontis. and b & w illusts. from photos., first vol. signed by author on flyleaf, orig. cloth in slightly chipped d.j.s., 8vo, together with Kennedy (Rex), Ian Allan's 50 Years of Railways, 1942-1992, pub. 1992, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. crimson mock morocco gilt with slipcase, folio, (limited edition 222/500), with signed certificate loosely inserted, with other misc. railway books, including British Railway timetables, c. 1950-60 (3 shelves)
*Moyse (Flight Lieutenant R.J., 1890-1990, RFC). An archive of Moyse's RFC memorabilia including his Pilot's flying log book (May 1918 to January 1919), covering training flights, RFC training transfer card as a cadet in the South Notts. Hussars, two exercise books with course notes and illustrations, plus four photo. albums containing approx. 220 b&w photos., including aerial photos. of R. J. Moyse and pyramids, review of Squadron Flypast by Lord Allenby, and numerous aerial photographs, many images with neat ink captions to mounts, images approx. 17 x 22 cm and smaller, including one ablum of snapshots, all orig. cloth, oblong folio and the fourth smallest album 8co During the Second World War, R. J. Moyse commanded 364 Squadron A.T.C. in Sheffield. (8)
Bristol Aeroplane Company. Civil and Military Aircraft, n.d., c. 1960, col. and b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, slim oblong 4to, together with Short Brothers and Harland Limited, The Book of The Sandringham, n.d., c. 1960s, col. and b&w illusts., orig. pictorial boards, together with three related pamphlets on individual Short aeroplanes, all contained in orig. pubs. portfolio (some minor wear and soiling), printed in a limited edition of 400 copies, oblong folio, plus a large quantity of magazines, catalogues, brochures, etc., relating to post-war civil aviation, including fourteen vols. of Air Pictorial, a quantity of Air-Britain Digest, Flight International, etc. (10 cartons)
[Cambridge, Richard Owen]. The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem, in Six Books, 1st ed., 1751, seven single-page eng. plts., including one depicting an aerial battle, a few minor marks, later calf-backed boards, rubbed and marked, 4to, together with Bacon (Francis), Sylva Sylvarum: Or, A Naturall Historie, in Ten Centuries, 5th ed., 1639, eng. port. frontis., and addn. eng. title (dated 1631), both soiled and somewhat creased (engraved title relaid, with hairline tear to lower margin) some minor marginal soiling to text, contemp. calf, heavily worn, backstrip def., small folio, plus Godwin (Francis), The Man in The Moone, fascimile ed., pub. Albion Press, 1969, orig. gilt-dec. maroon morocco, with slipcase, small 8vo, limited edition 17/150, from a total edition of 1500, and Paltock (Robert), The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, with a Preface by A. H. Bullen, 2 vols., 1884, foxing to front and rear of each vol., orig. qtr. vellum, with gilt morocco label to spine of each vol., a little rubbed and some minor marks, small 8vo, plus other various antiquarian and bibliographical interest, relating to the history of flight (15)
Dollfus (Charles and Bouche, Henri). Histoire de l'Aeronautique, pub. L'Illustration, Paris, 1942, col. plts., some tipped-in, numerous b&w and sepia illusts., orig. pubs. half cloth, rubbed and some marks, large folio, together with Livre d'Or de la Conquete de l'Air, Paris, 1909, several col. plts., numerous b&w illusts., partly untrimmed, orig. wrappers, a little soiled and a little wear, folio, limited edition 454/500, plus Napier & Son, Ltd., Some Famous Air Achievements, Quelques fameux Exploits de l'Air, n.d., c. 1930s, eight orig. etched plts., each with tissue-guard, partly untrimmed, orig. boards, rubbed and some wear, backstrip with upper portion missing, 4to, and three orig. parts only of La Conquete de l'Air vue par l'image, c. 1910, loosely contained in contemp. boards, rubbed and some wear, folio The second work contains contributions by Blériot, Lathan, Santos-Dumont, the Wright Brothers, etc. (4)
Jane's. All the World's Aircraft, 1940, 1942, 1945-46 (2 copies), 1955-56, 1958-59, 1964-65, 1966-67 & 1969-70, together nine vols., numerous b&w illusts., adverts., etc., to each, first vol. with some staining to lower margins throughout, all orig. cloth, first vol. rubbed and stained to edges, hinges a little shaken, three later vols. in d.j.s, together with six further vols. for 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1984-85, 1989-90, & 1992-93, plus reprint editions of Jane's All the World's Airships 1909 (2 copies), Jane's Historical Aircraft 1902-1916, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 (2 copies) & 1919 (2 copies), & Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938, all pub. David & Charles, Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II & Fighting Ships of World War II, both pub. Bracken Books, and three others similar (Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades for 1993-94 & 1994-95 & Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1996-97), all folio, mostly in d.j.s, generally VG (28)
Philpott (Bryan). The Encyclopaedia of German Military Aircraft, 1981, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Sims (Phillip E.), Adventurous Empires. The Story of the Short Empire Flying-boats, 1st ed., 2000, b & w illusts. from photos., pict. endpapers, orig. boards in d.j., folio, plus Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I, foreword by John W.R. Taylor, 1990, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and others (23)
Parnell (Neville and Boughton, Trevor). Flypast. A Record of Aviation in Australia, pub. Canberra, 1988, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Watson (Gary, Webster, John & Wood, David), The Post Offices and Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria, 2 vols., pub. Australia, 1989-92, num. b & w illusts. and facsimilie datestamps, both orig. cloth in d.j., plus Wixted (Edward P.), The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. An Illustrated Chronology, pub. Brisbane, 1996, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., all folio, and others related, mostly Australian aviation interest, including two scrap albums (approx. 60)
Scientific American. A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures, 23 vols., a broken run, 1882-1924, num. wood engs. and ads., final three vols. (1923 & 1924) each contain six orig. monthly issues retaining orig. printed wrappers with col. illusts. and ads., contemp. half morocco gilt, mostly worn,, some covers det. (one cover missing), folio Includes interesting articles on airships and zeppelins. (23)
Turner (P. St. John). Pictorial History of Pan American World Airways, 1st ed., 1973, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Brock (Horace), Flying The Oceans, A Pilot's Story of Pan Am., 1935-1955, 1st ed., 1978, orig. cloth in d.j., plus Doyle (Neville), From Sea-Eagle to Flamingo, Channel Island Airlines 1923-1939, 1st ed., 1991, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Eather (Charles E.), Syd's Pirates, A Story of an Airline, n.d., c. 1990s, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., all 8vo, VG, plus Air Transport and Airport Engineering, ed. John Longhurst, vols. 1-3 [all pub.], December 1945-August 1948, numerous b&w illusts., etc., contemp. uniform light blue cloth, a little rubbed and marked, folio, and others on civil aviation history, aircraft recognition, etc., including Aircraft Yearbook for 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, & 1941, The Aeroplane Directory of British Aviation (later Flight Directory of British Aviation), 20 vols., a run, 1954-74, etc., mostly modern pubs., including pamphlets, some journals, etc. (six shelves)
Friedman (Norman). British Carrier Aviation. The Evolution of the Ships and their Aircraft, 1st ed., 1988, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Wall (Robert), Bristol Aircraft. A Pictorial History of British Achievement, 1st ed., 2000, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., folio (3 shelves)
Taylor (John W.R., and others). Combat Aircraft of the World, 1st ed., 1969, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Jane's All The World's Aircraft, 1976-77, 1980-81 & 1990-91, num. b & w illusts. from photos., ads. both front and rear, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, folio, and other aviation, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Jablonski (Edward). The Knighted Skies. A Pictorial History of World War I in the Air, pub. Putnam's, New York, 1964, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Polmar (Norman and Kennedy, Floyd D.), Military Helicopters of the World. Military rotary-Wing Aircraft Since 1917, pub. 1981, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., both small folio, and others of aviation interest, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1940, (Issued March, 1941), num. b & w illusts. from photos., ads. both front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, worn on spine, folio, together with Hunt (Leslie), Twenty-One Squadrons. The History of the Royal Auxillary Air Force: 1925-1957, 1st ed., 1972, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with others of aviation interest, including Pilot's Notes (mostly reprints), etc. (3 shelves)
McCluskie (Tom, Sharpe, Michael and Marriott, Leo). Titanic & Her Sisters, Olympic and Britannic, reprinted, 1999, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, together with Ballard (Robert D. and Archbold, Rick), Lost Liners, 1997, num. col. illusts. after paintings by Ken Marschall, and other illusts., map endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, and others related, all VG (a carton)
Clark (C.S.). The Lanchester Legacy, A Tilogy of Lanchester Works, vol. 1 - 1895 to 1931, pub. Coventry University, 1995, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Metternich (Michael Graf Wolff), Maybach Die Geschichte der Maybach Automobile, 2nd ed., pub. Lübbecke, 1981,b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, with Tubbs (D.B.), Art and the Automobile, New York, 1978, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus thirty-four other mororing history related (37)
Hendry (Maurice D.). Cadillac Standard of the World, The Complete Seventy-Year History, 1st ed., 1973, col. and b & w illusts. orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to., together with Borgeson (Griffith), The Golden Age of the American Racing Car, pub. New York, 1966, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., small folio, plus twenty-four other motoring history related (26)
Cars and Motor-Cycles. A Complete Guide and Valuable Work of Reference for all Motorists and Motor-Cyclists and those engaged in the Automobile Industry, edited by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, C.S.I., K.C.I.E., and Marcus W. Bourdon, 3 vols., 1928, col. plts., num. b & w illusts. and diags. to text, index at rear of vol. 3, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed on joints, together with Kennedy (Rankin), The Book of Modern Engines. A Practical Work on Prime Movers and the Transmission of Power, Steam, Electric, Water, Gas, and Hot Air, 6 vols., n.d., c. 1911, two sectional models, num. b & w illusts. and diags. to text, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at head and foot, plus Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, Containing Receipts, Processes, and Memoranda for Workshop Use, Based on Personal Experience and Expert Knowledge, edited Paul N. Hasluck, 8 vols., n.d., c. 1890s, col. plts., num. b & w illusts. and diags., orig. dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to and folio (17)
Courteault (Pascal). Automobiles Voisin, 1919-1958, pub. White Mouse Editions, 1991, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth, decorative silver panel to upper cover, contained in orig. slipcase complete with English translation booklet, oblong 4to, together with Conway (Hugh and Sauzay, Maurice), Bugatti Magnum, 1989, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in silver-effect slipcase, folio, plus Hendry (Maurice D.), Cadillac. Standard of the World. The Complete History, 5th ed., pub. Automobile Quarterly, 1996, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, and others (22)
Dalton (Lawrence). Rolls-Royce. The Derby Phantoms, 1st ed., 1991, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. laminated boards with d.j., 4to, together with Ellman-Brown (Michael), Bentley. The Silent Sports Car, 1931-1941, 1st ed., 1989, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., square 4to, plus Nixon (Chris), Aston Martin Virage, 1st ed., 1989, num. col. illusts. from photos., orig. dark green mock leather, oblong folio, and others related, including Jaguar interest (26)
Thornley (John W.). Maintaining the Breed. The Saga of MG Racing Cars, 1st ed., 1950, b&w illusts. from photos., numerous diags., orig. cloth gilt, faded on spine, slim 4to, together with Stanford, The Sports Car. Development & Design, 1st ed., Batsford, 1957, b&w illusts. from photos., and after drawings by John Dunscombe, orig. cloth (dampstained) in frayed and torn d.j., plus Nye (Doug), Famous Racing Cars, Fifty of the Greatest, from Panhard to Williams-Honda, 1st ed., 1989, numerous b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and Canestrini (G., and Rogliatti, G.), Le Grandi Macchine Sportive Italiane, 2 vols., pub. Automobile Club d'Italia, 1966, b&w illusts. from photos., three folding facs. diags., orig. cloth in d.j.s, and slipcase, small 4to, and others on motor racing (30)
Nye (Doug, with Tony Rudd). B.R.M. The Saga of British Racing Motors, vol. 2, Spaceframe Cars, 1959-1965, 1st ed., 2003, numerous col. and b&w illusts. from photos., orig. leather-backed cloth boards, with glassine d.j. and slipcase, 4to (limited edition 223/2500), together with Stanley (Louis T.), The Grand Prix Year. World Championship, 1960, 1964 & 1965, together three vols., numerous b&w illusts. from photos., all orig. cloth in sl. frayed and torn d.j.s, 4to, plus Automobile Year, vol. 7, 8, 21, & 23, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1973-74 & 1975-76, together four vols., numerous col. and b&w illusts. from photos., all orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j.s, folio, and other motor racing books, including driver biographies (22)
Ludvigsen (Karl). Mercedes-Benz. Quicksilver Century. The Celebrated Saga of the Cars and Men that Made Mercedes-Benz the most Feared and Revered Name in Racing, 1894 to 1995, 1st ed., pub. 1995, numerous b&w illusts. from photos., orig. mock-leather in d.j., thick folio, plus Frostick (Michael), The Mighty Mercedes, reprinted, 1979, numerous b&w illusts. from photos., orig. laminated boards in d.j., small 4to, plus Seiff (Ingo, with Hoffmann und Campe), Porsche. Portrait of a Legend, 1987, numerous fine col. illusts. from photos., decorated endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with other marque histories and related (17)
Mathieson (Taso). Grand Prix Racing, 1906-1914. A History of the Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, 1st ed., 1965, numerous b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth with slipcase, square 4to, together with Treste-Opicina sessant'anni di epopea, 3 vols., 2003, numerous b&w illusts. from photos. by Adriano De Rota, map endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j.s/orig. wrappers, contained in single card slipcase, oblong 4to, plus Hodges (David, Nye, Doug, and Roebuck, Nigel), Grand Prix, pub. 1981, numerous col. illusts. by Jim Bamber, Neil Breeden, Harry Clow, Jim Robins, and Craig Warwick, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and others related (26)
Georgano (G. N., ed.). Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport, 1st ed., 1971, numerous col. and b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., thick 4to, together with Ortenburger (Dennis), Lotus Elite. Racing Car For The Road, 2002, numerous col. and b&w illusts. from photos., orig. boards in d.j., square 4to, plus Piper (David), Ferrari. 250 Le Mans Berlinetta, 1988, signed on title by author, numerous fine col. and b&w illusts. from photos. (some minor adhesion damage), orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with other motor sports and marque histories, etc (20)
Porsche. Portrait of a Legend, reprinted, 1989, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Fudger (Graham), Jaguar 2000, pub. Jaguar Cars Ltd., 2000, num. col. illusts. from photos., pict. endpapers, orig. laminated boards, with aluminium panel mounted on upper cover, with orig. d.j. and perspex slipcase, folio, (limited edition 83/750), and others, mostly Formula 1 and motor racing interest, including driver biographies, all G/VG (approx. 100)
*Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). Document signed eight times 'W.S. Churchill', being a disposition by H. M. Principal Secretary of State for War with Consent to Babcock & Wilcox Limited, "Ypres National Projectile Factory, Renfrew", 1919, an eight-page typed document by which Babcock & Wilcox agreed to purchase from the Minister of Munitions various lands as stated for the sum of 8,833, various manuscript additions, including autograph signatures of W. S. Churchill (Secretary of State for War), and H. H. Piggott (Assistant Secretary), to each page, a few small pen and pencil underscoring marks and marginalia, folded with typed title and manuscript notes to dorse of final blank leaf, outer "wrappers" browned and soiled and a little chipped at edges, folio The signatures of Churchill and Piggott appear in the lower margins of pp. 1-5 and 7, in the middle of page 6 and near the top of page 8, after the final single line of typed text. Babcock & Wilcox was established in 1867 to manufacture and market Wilcox's Water Tube Boiler. In 1881, the company opened a sales office in Glasgow, and by 1883 boilers were being made by sub-contractors in Scotland. Babcock & Wilcox Limited established its own manufacturing facility at Renfrew in 1895 and rapidly became a leader in both land-based and marine boilers. The group developed a large defence business during the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 World Wars, producing tanks and munitions in addition to their naval boiler business. The company now trades as Mitsui Babcock with offices and locations across all the major energy markets. (1)
Osprey. Men-at-Arms series, approx. 50 vols., mostly 1980s, col. and b&w illusts., orig. laminated pict. stiff card wrappers, 4to, with other soft-back publications relating to military uniform, etc., plus a quantity of The Military Historical Society Bulletin, c. 1960s-2000, and James & Edwardes Ltd., Sample Book of Club Colours, c. 1960s (?), numerous fabric samples for schools, clubs and regiments, orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to extrems., oblong folio (2 cartons)
Tice (Warren, K.). Uniform Buttons of the United States, pub. Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, 1997, numerous b&w illusts., orig. laminated pict. boards, 4to, together with Van Court (Donald P.), Transportation Uniform Buttons, vols. 1-3 (Railroad/Transit/Maritime & Aviation), pub. New Jersey, 1987, 1991 & 1998, author's presentation copies, signed and inscribed on flyleaf, b&w illusts., all orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Poulsom (Lt. Col. N. W.), Buttons of the India Army, vols. 1-7 (complete), pub. Military Press International, Milton Keynes, 1998-2000, numerous b&w illusts. to text, orig. linen-backed stiff paper wrappers, folio, and others on buttons and button collecting, including a few booklets (38)
Holmes (Richard). Epic Land Battles, 2004, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with The Illustrated History of World War II, pub. Temple Press/Aerospace, 1989, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., folio, with others of military interest, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Ward (Arthur). Resisting the Nazi Invader, 1997, col. and b & w illusts. from photos., together with Boehm (Edward), Behind Enemy Lines. WWII Allied/Axis Propoganda, 1st ed., 1989, num. col. and b & w illusts., both orig. cloth in d.j., folio/square 4to, with others of military interest, including a few paperbacks (6 shelves)
Army Clothing Pattern Book. A manuscript pattern book produced by Lance Corporal M. Henry of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, at the Royal Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, London, 1890, 4pp. index and 28pp showing forty-seven diagram patterns of uniforms drawn in red & black ink, some dust soiling, contemp. half morocco, marked and slight wear, oblong folio (1)
*Boer War. A list of authorised war correspondents in South Africa, 1899, 12 pp., some manuscript additions and deletions, mostly in pencil, together with manuscript instructions for guidance of correspondence, two pages on two leaves, dated 14th December 1899, some browning and soiling, loosely inserted into an album of Boer War newscuttings, etc., contemp. half morocco, spine damaged, folio Correspondents named in the list include Winston Churchill (Morning Post), Edgar Wallace, Olive Schreiner, et al. (1)
*German Artillery. An album of b&w snapshots relating to Gunner Plinke from his recruitment in 1934 to c. 1940, twenty-four leaves with corner-mounted and tipped-in photos., an average of between four and eight images per page, some early leaves with photos. neatly captioned in German gothic script, captions include "Stube 95", "Parade der III/A.R.6", "Stube: Sperlingslust", etc., num. group shots of Plinke and comrades, some scenery, some artillery and destroyed buildings, etc., but no battle-front action scenes, orig. decorative cloth with printed title 'Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit' to upper cover, together with an album of corner-mounted black and white photos relating to Sister Crocker travelling with the Navasa to work in Malta as part of the RAF Nursing Service in 1938, with twenty leaves in total, most with c. six to eight snapshots per page, the latter half containing b&w snapshots of Tunisia (?) from the same period, orig. boards, both some wear, oblong folio (2)
*Irish Regimental History. 122nd Regiment of Foot - Honourable John Stratford's Regiment. Regimental Description Book, manuscript ledger, 1794-95, engraved tabulated columns, completed alphabetically by surname in a copperplate hand, each alphabet letter beginning on a new double-page, a total of approx. 700 entries, many with name details completed for physical description, age, parish and county of birth (Dublin, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow, Antrim, Leitrim, Donegal, etc.), trade (weaver, labourer, shoemaker, mason, glassmaker, schoolmaster, servant, etc.), enlisting officer and date, plus occasionally death or desertion date or observation remarks, many leaves blank, contemp. reversed calf with red leather label gilt-titled 'Regimental Description Book. Honble. Lt. Col. Stratford's Regt.', some wear to extremities, tall folio, together with two related manuscript ledgers, the first a Cash Book with no entries, contemp. stained boards with gilt-titled leather label, some wear, spine deficient, folio, the second titled 'Adjutants Casualty Book', but listing in neat manuscript in tabulated columns names of all the soldiers for each of the Regiment's ten Companies, with columns for When Embarked, When Disembarked, Ship's Name (Peace, John & Bella, Ceres, and others), and occasionally completed for When Joined, Deserted, Retired and Remarks columns, each Company totalling three or four pages, interleaved and numerous other blank pages completed with unrelated publisher's accounts, etc. from a later date of c. 1830s, but with some related pages at rear including Monthly Returns for Stratford's Regiment March to June 1795, the final page with Dates of Commissions listing Lieut. Col. Commander the Honourable John Stratford 25th July 1794, contemp. reversed calf, broken and spine damaged, folio, together with some related loose leaves incl. six printed forms (Monthly Returns and Weekly State, giving the Regiment location as Wells or Poole) completed in manuscript, and a one-page ALS from Robert Brownrigg [1759-1833], Military Secretary to the Duke of York, dated 27th May 1795, to Lt. Colonel Shaw, 122nd Regiment, Poole, giving permission for two officers to attend a trial in Dublin Very little is known about John Stratford's Regiment which was formed in 1794 and disbanded in 1796. John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough, was born between 1742 and 1745 and died in 1823 in Belan, County Kildare, Ireland. He held the office of M.P. for Baltinglass between 1763 and 1776; M.P. for County Wicklow between 1776 and 1790; and M.P. for Baltinglass between 1790 and 1800. He held the office of a Governor of County Wicklow in 1795. He gained the title of 3rd Earl of Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond on 2 January 1801, and succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Aldborough, of Belan, co. Kildare, 3rd Baron of Baltinglass, co. Wicklow and 3rd Viscount Amiens on the death of his older brother in 1801. Following the decade with the American Revolution the British Army was very depleted, but wary of Revolutionary France and a volatile Ireland, new Regiments were created for deployment around the globe. What specific battles this short-lived Irish Regiment was deployed in is not known. (3)
[Cyprus]. The Illustrated London News, vol. 73, July-December 1878, numerous wood engs., some double-page, folding panoramic view entitled The Russians leaving San Stefano: Last Look at Constantinople (September 21, 1878), generally in clean condition, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, some wear to edges, folio (1)
Drake (Edward Cavendish). A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time... In Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 1768, eng. frontis., eight maps and forty-eight (of 55) plts., contemp. calf, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., folio (1)
Hayes (J. Gordon). Antarctica, A Treatise on the Southern Continent, 1st ed., 1928, b & w plts. and diags., four folding maps contained in rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with Royal Geographical Society, Arctic Geography and Ethnology. A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875..., pub. 1875, two folding maps, orig. blue cloth gilt, 8vo, with Noble (Louis L.), After Icebergs with a Painter: a Summer Voyage to Labrador and Around Newfoundland, 1862, six tinted litho plts., slightly browned to margins, near contemp. half calf gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems., 8vo, with Mac-Clure (Robert), Opdagelsen af Nordvestpassagen..., Kjobenhavn, 1858, eng. port. frontis., folding eng. map, contemp. half sheep, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Kivell (Rex Nan & Spence, Sydney), Portraits of the Famous and Infamous. Australia New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970, pub. 1975, col. and b & w illusts., orig. mock leather in torn glassine d.j., folio (5)
Martin (R. Montgomery, editor). Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, pub. John Tallis & Co., 1851, frontis. view of the Great Exhibition (tear and waterstain to margin), additional engraved title (with owners name in ink), 81 engraved maps, all hand coloured in outline and complete as list. plus 28 additional engraved maps including a folding railway map of Great Britain, a large folding map of London (with closed tear), a county map of the Lake District, 19 British city plans, three Irish city plans and three overseas city plans (New York, Boston & Brussells), contemp. half calf, joints split, folio (1)
Martin (R. Montgomery, editor). Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, pub. John Tallis & Co., 1851, engraved title, lacks Great Exhibition plate frontis., contains 81 engraved maps and two plates of geographical features, all maps hand coloured in outline and complete as list, a few maps close-trimmed as usual, contemp. calf, rebacked preserving orig. spine, folio (1)
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