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Lot 424
A large folio of more than 100 amateur sketches of planes, cars, racing cars, dog fights etc. All by KB White POSTAGE: Worldwide postage / delivery available on all items. Combined postage available; UK £15.99+VAT, Ireland from £19.99+VAT, Europe from £19.99+VAT, USA / Canada from £30+VAT. Any other destinations please get in touch for a quote; info@eastbristol.co.uk. All quotes dependant upon location. Prices are per parcel (not per item).
Lot 259
A collection of Second World War WWII Ephemera of postcards of aircraft, Battle Of Britain magazines & British Air Forces folio. POSTAGE: Worldwide postage / delivery available on all items. Combined postage available; UK £15.99+VAT, Ireland from £19.99+VAT, Europe from £19.99+VAT, USA / Canada from £30+VAT. Any other destinations please get in touch for a quote; info@eastbristol.co.uk. All quotes dependant upon location. Prices are per parcel (not per item).
Lot 336
A rare and original original WWI First World War 'Battle Of Jutland Official Despatches' folio. Containing 16x fold out pages with diagrams and notes on the battle. Rare. POSTAGE: Worldwide postage / delivery available on all items. Combined postage available; UK £15.99+VAT, Ireland from £19.99+VAT, Europe from £19.99+VAT, USA / Canada from £30+VAT. Any other destinations please get in touch for a quote; info@eastbristol.co.uk. All quotes dependant upon location. Prices are per parcel (not per item).
Lot 40
(MACAU - PORTUGUESE MISSIONARY) JOSE ESPINHAJOSE ESPINHA (1722 - 1788) Portuguese missionary in China, the self-styled vicar to the Bishop of Macao; also served as geographer to the Court of Emperor Qienlong. An early handwritten copy of a letter from him, 1p., folio, circa 1775, addressed to the Chinese authorities. Argues against a proposal by fellow missionary, Hsiang Ping-jen, who had suggested to change the system by which imperial funds were allocated to each of the four congregations separately, to a system by which the total sum of the funds to be divided equally among the missionaries on an individual basis. Espinha makes several arguments against such a change, and in doing so offers details about the financial organization of the congregations. Qienlong (1711-99) was the sixth Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. Written in Chinese, on rice paper. Split horizontal fold and other tears. Neatly penned. This was very likely a retained copy kept for Espinhha's reference, or a contemporary copy sent to missionaries or other concerned parties present at the time.
Lot 6
LOG OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP "ROYAL CHARLOTTE" BOUND FOR CANTONBound volume, approx. 176pp. legal folio, an original handwritten log book documenting the 1802 voyage of the British East India Company ship ROYAL CHARLOTTE, carrying a shipment of lead and other materials from London to Canton (modern Guangzhou) in China. The volume is bound in brown leather boards with an embossed floral design, with the initials of the ship "R C" and the phrase "To China" burned into the front cover. The first six pages of the log, completed in the style of a standard journal, detail the outfitting of the ship at Northfleet on the Thames, from January to March of 1802. After putting to sea on March 30 in company with the East India Company ships BRUNSWICK and GLATTON, the format of the entries changes to a tabular accounting of the hourly course of the Royal Charlotte and the condition of the winds, with a space for other comments and observations. The passage to China is relatively uneventful, save for several instances in which the ship's seamen are flogged or put in irons for drunkenness, theft, and assaulting superior officers, and the loss of the topmasts in a gale, which requires her to put into the Bay of All Saints in Brazil for repairs. She arrives in Canton on September 5, where she discharges her cargo and makes necessary repairs. On October 25, the ship's fourth officer dies in the city, and is interred at French Island. She takes on a shipment of tea for the return voyage to England, and puts to sea again on November 6, with the notation: "Adieu to China for some time". During the voyage home, a passenger, the captain's steward, and the cooper's mate all die of unstated causes and are buried at sea. Again, several seamen have to be confined or flogged, including Charles Connor, who repeatedly attempts to incite mutiny amongst his fellow sailors. He is flogged several times for his behavior, but eventually proves to be such a problem that he is confined aboard the warship HMS ROMNEY when the Royal Charlotte calls at St. Helena. The ship eventually arrives at Plymouth on April 13, 1803. The British East India Company was founded in 1600, and over the next two and a half centuries came to account for over half of the world's trade. They were an important force for European colonization in Asia, and held autonomous control over much of India through private military forces. The volume bears several old accession numbers, as well as the foxing and toning one would expect from a document of this age, else very good.
Lot 60
"TIE CHIU VOCABULARY"Significant unpublished early manuscript dictionary of a dialect of Chinese, "Tie Chiu Vocabulary", hand-written by WILLIAM DEAN (1807-1895), an American Baptist missionary who served in Bangkok and Hong Kong from 1833 to 1884, translating the Bible and other Christian texts into Chinese. This volume, approx. 260pp. legal folio, is a dictionary of the Teochew dialect of Chinese, which is spoken in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, in Southeastern China, and which preserves many Archaic Chinese pronunciations and vocabulary. Dean, who appears to have appropriated a ledger book for his purposes, groups together characters utilizing the same base and having similar connotations. These characters, likely executed by a Chinese collaborator, are recorded in black calligraphic ink in one column, with the base character in red at the top of each page, to which Dean adds the pronunciation in the column to the left of each character, and a definition in English to the right. In this way, Dean and his assistants record more than four thousand expressions in the Teochew dialect. The volume has been placed in a modern binding of brown leather. The edges of the pages bear moderate worm damage, and noticeable toning and foxing, but remain perfectly legible. The original brown leather spine covering, with the partial title and the author's name in gilt, is also present.
![Charles B. Newhouse [fl.1830/40], published by Thomas McLean - Scenes On The Road:-a bound folio of 18 coloured engravings, 3](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/fd89bfdd-3600-4caf-8ec6-a6ad00b88261/d37203eb-a4ca-4728-8039-8ec6f9ba5202/468x382.jpg)
Lot 394
Large Collection of Irish & International Autographs Autographs: An extensive collection in 14 bound Scrap Albums of oblong shape, with various photographs, news cuttings and documentation, each bio-pic or dedication with original signatures of famous actors, musicians, soccer stars, rugby stars, olympians, managers, bands, singers, golfers, tennis players, etc. to include Brian Clough, Norman Whiteside, Michel Platini, Charles J. Haughey, Neil Diamond, Wayne Stephens, Sir Matt Busby, Denis Law, Stanley Matthews, Bobby Moore, Diego Maradona, Bobby Robson, J.P.R. Williams, Pele, Nick Faldo, Ollie Campbell, Bob Tisdall, The Miami Showband, The Royal Showband, Alfie Hale, Con Martin, Fergus Slattery, Dr. Karl Mullen, Dr. Pat O'Callaghan, The Dubliners, Kevin Keegan, Henry Cooper, Harlem Globetrotters, Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne, Bernard Langer, Arnold Palmer, Maxi, Christy O'Connor (Jnr.), Frank Patterson, Tony O'Reilly, Packie Bonner, Tony Ward, Bobby Charlton, Ruud Gullit, Peter Shilton, John Barnes, Les Ferdinand, Ian Dowie, Paolo Di Canio, Marco Van Basten, Juninho, Willie John McBride, Pat Crerand, Matt Le Tisseir, Gary Lineker, Kenny Dalglish, Tony Cascarino, Vinny Jones, Brian Kidd, Harry Gregg, Roy Keane, David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Alex Ferguson, Shay Brennan, George Best, Gianluca Vialli, Sir Alf Ramsey, Wayne McCullough, Eddie Jordan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pavarotti, Paul Newman, Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liam Neeson, Rod Stewart, Tom Cruise, Ronnie Wood, Spice Girls, Van Morrison, Winnie Mandela, Dick Spring, Linda Gray, Cusack Sisters, (Sinead, Sorcha, Niamh), Bob Paisley, Frank Lampard, George Cohen, Dino Zoff, Toto Schillachi. As a Collection of Autographs, w.a.f., approx. 350.; together with Interesting Collection of Irish & International Scrap Books: a large Collection of 14 oblong and folio Albums with various cut-outs of Irish & International Events on Political Issues, Music, Sports (include G.A.A., Soccer & Rugby) as a collection, w.a.f. (1)* The O'Driscoll Collection, covering Politics, G.A.A., Religion, F.A. Cup, Rugby, Show Bands, Theatre, Movies, and other Eclectic Areas.
Lot 808
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Pilots' Aircraft Servicing School Lecture Notes for Viscount Aircraft Type 833, circa 1959, cyclostyled handbook with numerous technical illustrations, original card wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, folio, together with a British United Airways Viscount 831/833 training manual, July 1963, 21pp., stapled as issued, slim 4to (2)
Lot 860
Handley-Read (Captain Edward, 1869-1935). The British Firing Line, Foreword by Hilaire Belloc, published Leicester Galleries, 1917, signed portrait frontispiece, 12 colour lithographs, approx. 26 x 35cm or the reverse, original cloth portfolio, some wear, folio Limited edition 67/500 copies. (1)
Lot 861
Handley-Read (Captain Edward, 1869-1935). The British Firing Line, Foreword by Hilaire Belloc, published Leicester Galleries, 1917, signed portrait frontispiece, 12 colour lithographs, approx. 26 x 35cm or the reverse, original cloth portfolio, some wear, folio Limited edition 19/500 copies. (1)
Lot 874
Matania (Fortunino, 1881-1963). With the British Army on the Western Front. A Series of Twelve Artist's Proofs, Published by The Sphere & Tatler, 1916, 12 photogravures, 28 x 41cm each signed in pencil lower right, original cloth-backed printed boards portfolio, some wear, oblong folio, together with 3 duplicate prints from the same series, 'The famous 4 days retreat from Mons', 'How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front' and 'The Communication Trench', each signed in pencil, modern mounts (4)
Lot 905
Sacre (Captain Lester Howard). Sidelights, Being an Official Series of Caricature Portraits. Military - First Series, 1918, 16 chromolithographed plate caricatures of British Army personages, signed by the artist in ink, plus 16 further plates signed only in the plate impression, original cloth, some wear, folio (1)
Lot 930
*WWI Photographs. An album containing photographs of nursing staff, wards and convalescing soldiers, West Suffolk General Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, circa 1914-17, possibly compiled by one of the nurses, a total of 55 photographs of various sizes pasted in and including one photograph taken at First London General Hospital, contemporary cloth, some damp marking, oblong folio, together with 2 unrelated First World War photograph albums, one containing 43 snapshots taken in France by a German artilleryman, circa 1914-16, with photographs of transports, portraits and soldiers relaxing, the third modern ring binder album containing approximately 300 small-format photographs taken by a soldier serving with the Army Service Corps in Mesopotamia (3)
![*Berne-Bellecour (Jean-Jacques, 1874-1939). Souvenirs du Front, Paris, [1917], 24 tipped-in lithographed plates, original pe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0c0d461f-69a8-438b-a13e-a6a500fa5752/3bf04052-15d3-4eff-bcd6-2edcd1bc3b14/468x382.jpg)
Lot 932
*Berne-Bellecour (Jean-Jacques, 1874-1939). Souvenirs du Front, Paris, [1917], 24 tipped-in lithographed plates, original pencil and wash watercolour by the artist to front free endpaper showing a Tommy in full battle dress standing on ground marked 'Deutschland unter alles', signed and dated 1917 beneath and with pencil presentation inscription to Sir S.R. Rice from the artist dated 6 July 1917 upper left, original half cloth portfolio, some wear, large folio (limited edition 164/250 copies), together with Souvenir of the American Front in France, 1918, 24 lithographed plates on chiffon paper, original half cloth portfolio, worn, large oblong folio, (limited edition 51/500 copies), plus a second copy of Souvenirs du Front, with 22 (of 24) lithographed plates, original half cloth portfolio, worn, (limited edition 118/250 copies) (3)
Lot 933
*Bone (David Muirhead). War Drawings, 6 original parts, Country Life, 1917-18, 54 (of 60) lithographed plates, but including 10 duplicates, original printed wrappers, the parts contained in original cloth-backed boards portfolio with broken ties, some wear, large folio Notes: Lacks plates 5, 20, 47, 55, 57, 58. Duplicates: Plates 2, 3, 4, 8, 18, 26, 35, 56, 59, 60. (1)
![Crimea. First [and] Fifth Report from the Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol..., ordered by the House of Commons](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0c0d461f-69a8-438b-a13e-a6a500fa5752/705cf6c7-68c2-4e7c-a947-03df70a19a23/468x382.jpg)
Lot 939
Crimea. First [and] Fifth Report from the Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol..., ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, [1855], title and rear wrapper of fifth report detached, together with Index to Reports and Appendix to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, [1855], the latter with folding tables, all spotted and soiled with some marginal fraying to first two items, folio, plus [Mitchell, Albert, Sergeant in the 13th Hussars], Recollections of one of the Light Brigade, 1st edition, Canterbury, [1885], original printed wrappers gilt, spine worn and broken with upper wrapper and first leaves detached, 8vo, plus 3 related (8)
Lot 951
WWI - German Diary. A monumental fair copy transcript of the letters of Walter Berlin of the 8th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, written to his mother Lina Berlin in Nuremburg, 1914-18, 9 volumes, written up 1933-37 for Walter's 50th birthday, neatly written in purple ink in a large and legible but very difficult hand to rectos and versos throughout, beginning at the start of the war in August 1914 and writing almost daily until the end of the war in 1918, 1914 as 1 volume, each year thereafter bound as 2 volumes, a total of approximately 3,500 numbered pages, a few scattered diagrams, some original letters, postcards, telegrams, memos, a menu, etc. tipped in, contemporary brown boards, each titled in gilt 'Weltkrieg' with year and part numbering, rubbed, one spine near detached, folio (33 x 22 cm) An incredible and thorough record of a German Jewish artillery officer's complete war. His regiment was on the Western Front and engaged actively from the beginning to the end of the war. It was present at the Battle of Alsace Lorraine, Verdun, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Arras and the big battles of 1918. Dr Walter Berlin (1887-1963) was born in Nuremberg. He studied law, obtaining his doctorate in 1913. Throughout the First World War he served in the 8th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment and was discharged as captain and battery commander. He was awarded the Iron Cross First and Second Class and the Bavarian Order of Military Merit Fourth Class with Crown and Swords. He also had the badge signifying that he'd been wounded. From 1919 Dr Walter Berlin practised as a solicitor in Nuremberg, and actively represented Jewish interests. He was a chairman of the Nuremburg branch, and a member of the National Board, of the Central Union of German Citizens of Jewish Faith (the 'Central-Verein') whose main purpose was the fight against anti-Semitism. In this capacity he gave evidence, in 1929, against the Nazi 'Gauleiter' Julius Streicher before a jury in a Nuremburg court. Streicher was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for incitement to class hatred. After the Nazis came to power in January 1933, Jewish lawyers were forbidden to represent 'Aryan' clients and Walter Berlin acted exclusively for Jews. In his efforts to help endangered Jews Walter Berlin was often supported by the Nuremburg police president, Dr Benno Martin. Later, during what became known as the 'Kristallnacht' on 9th and 10th November 1938, Berlin was arrested by SA-men and severely beaten resulting in the loss of one eye. He was released from prison at the end of November but had his right to practise as a lawyer taken away. In April 1939 Walter and his wife Rose emigrated to England, reuniting with their two children towards the end of the year in London. In London he joined fellow refugees from Germany and founded the Belsize Square Synagogue. Initially unemployed, he became a fire watcher during the Second World War for the owners of a London office building. His main task was to make German incendiary bombs harmless during air raids and for this he was awarded the British Defence medal. He took up accountancy learning the profession in the office building which he guarded. He worked as an accountant until the end of his life, dying in London on 21 August 1963 aged 76. (9)
![WWI. Iraq in War Time, second edition, printed and engraved at the Government Press, Basrah, [1919], black and white illustr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0c0d461f-69a8-438b-a13e-a6a500fa5752/9c5591a5-9b13-4376-879f-a2442c5581a7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 952
WWI. Iraq in War Time, second edition, printed and engraved at the Government Press, Basrah, [1919], black and white illustrations from photographs throughout with captions in English and Arabic, some insect damage to lower outer corner of early leaves not affecting text, hinges broken and text block loose in original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, several small tears to spine, folio First published in 1918, this uncommon book is divided into four parts: Groups and Portraits; Local Events; Views; A Tour through Central Arabia, this last part possibly by Harry St John Bridger Philby. (1)
Lot 199
The Westminster 'Queen Elizabeth II 75th Birthday Collection', comprising Channel Islands numismatic covers, Commonwealth mini sheets and the 'Q.E.II Accession and Coronation Mint Collection' folio; together with The Diana Princess of Wales Commonwealth Tribute mini sheet series and Kings and Queens of England commemorative covers, in three de-luxe pre-printed annotated albums.
Lot 9
The Westminster Life and Times of the Queen Mother Collection, 1900-2002, mint stamps, mini sheets, numismatic covers and F.D.C.'s in two de-luxe albums with slipcases; together with a folio 'Queen Mother 20th Century Mint Stamp Collection' ( includes S.G.494 £1 Silver Wedding); and a folio 'Queen Mother Silver Coin' First Day Cover.
Lot 199
Porsche - L'pop‚e Porsche Epic 1875 - 1948 by Dr M. Thiriar, 464pp, 2002 (believed). A folio size book with a multitude of photographs, specifications, race history and model details. Dual French and English text, with a very clean DJ. Also, Porsche Genesis of a Genius 1900-1933, by Karl Ludvigsen, 485pp, 2008 with a good DJ. Excellent images and good line drawings, English text. With an author's signature on the half-title page. (2)
Lot 207
Les Sports Modernes: L'Automobile. Two folio volumes, recently bound in dark green buckram with gilt lettering to the spines, the first containing issues Nos. 1, 3 & 4, for June 1898, June 1899, and January 1901 respectively and devoted to motoring, tricycles, steam vehicles, etcetera. The second volume holds all the issues from the 8th year of publication, Nos. 1 to 8 inclusive, May 1905 to December 1905, by which time the content had been expanded to include other sporting activities in addition to motoring. All the issues appear to be in clean condition, are bound with their covers and advertisements, and are superbly illustrated with numerous full-page colour plates, a huge quantity of monochrome photographs, and other illustrations by artists of the period, such as Montaut, Helleu, and Aldin. Good, clean condition. French text. (2)
Lot 211
Scientific American: A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. A folio volume, in half-leather and dark cloth (very soiled and rubbed) with the issues for July to Dec 1901 bound in, Vol. LXXXV Nos. 1 to 24. Fairly clean and sound internally, but lacking a few advertisement pages (in part or whole), the top half of the text to pages 147/148, the lower quarter of pages 265/266, and with the folding supplementary plate to the last issue torn in half down the centre margin. Together with a polythene envelope holding a quantity of loose pages from Scientific American for the period 1885 to 1917, all apparently concerned with various aspects of motoring. (2)
Lot 213
Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre by Dollfus, De Geoffroy & De Saunier. A 1936 single volume folio edition, reprinted in Paris in 1942. 446pp. With copious monochrome and colour illustrations, including a frontispiece. With five fine coloured plates tipped-in on mounts. The title is indicative of the contents. The major part of the work covers the history of carriages, cycling, mechanical transport and automobiles, to include marching, ski-ing, horse riding, early wheeled and animal drawn transport. Illustrations include some fine reproductions of sepia lithographs of coaching and one of the fine coloured plates is 'Les Premieres Bicyclettes a Changhai, en 1900'. An extremely comprehensive work, with an austerity board binding, upgraded with a new red leather spine and gilt titles. French text. (1)
Lot 234
Peach's Motor Annual. Published by Messer's Frank Peach & Co, a folio of circa 1904 with 90 illustrated editorial pages, and full-page advertisements. A promotional book covering all forms of road transport, including motor launches, with alphabetical specifications, prices and delightful monochrome illustrations of named vehicles from Albion to Wolseley. In excellent condition (unusual for such a large book), it was originally offered as a square-backed soft-bound publication, but to protect its integrity, the book has been nicely hardbound in red cloth with a gilt titling on the spine, yet retaining its original colour cover. Rare in this condition. (1)
Lot 241
La Vie Au Grand Air (Life in the Open Air), 1899 to 1910. Seven bound folio-size volumes of this weekly French pictorial newspaper, in mixed bindings, devoted to various outdoor pursuits, including motoring, motor-racing, motor-cycling and bicycling. The earliest comprises issues from No. 21, 4 Fevrier 1899 to 11 Avril 1902 (not a complete run, and some of the contents are loose), with five issues from another weekly, Le Sport Universel Illustre (two from 1897, two from1900, and one from 1901), and issues numbered 1, 5 , 6 & 7 (from late 1898) of another weekly, La Vie Illustree, at the back of the volume. This is followed by what appears to be the complete volume for 1902, (Tome V), with title page and table of contents, another volume with an incomplete sequence of issues from 1 Juin 1906 to 18 Janvier 1908), with the first few leaves loose, three volumes in similar bindings covering the period 6 Juillet 1907 to 26 Decembre 1908 (Tomes XII, XIII and XIV), all with their title page and table of contents, and apparently complete, and another volume holding the issues for 1910, possibly complete, although with confusing pagination for the special Christmas Issue, which includes several full-page colour plates (no title page or table of contents). All of these weekly journals, which are now exceedingly scarce, with articles in French, are profusely illustrated, and include a wealth of information relating to transport matters. AF. (7)
Lot 242
L'Illustration - l'Automobile et le Tourisme. Three loose issues of this superbly-produced, folio-sized motoring journal, French text, and profusely illustrated in colour, sepia and black-and-white, including tipped-in colour plates. The issues comprise: No. 4674, 1 Octobre 1932, No.4727, 7 Octobre 1933, and No. 4883, 3 Octobre 1936, all generally clean and sound internally, with some wear to the covers, especially to the spines. Together with a cardboard folder holding three clean and sound, much earlier issues (then entitled: L'Illustration - Journal Universel), slightly larger in size, in a plainer style, but still well-illustrated, No. 3038, 18 Mai 1901, No. 3046, 13 Juillet 1901, and No. 3141, 30 Mai 1903. The folder also holds loose issues of La Vie Illustree (No. 241, 29 Mai 1903), a browned and slightly worn folded newspaper entitled L'Auto, for 6 Decembre 1908, including a Motor Show report, a worn copy of Le Monde Illustre - L'industrie automobile dans le monde, No. 4431, Octobre 1947, and several press cuttings regarding motoring, mainly from The Illustrated London News from the early 1900s. Lastly, a 1987 folio-sized hardback volume with a glossy pictorial front cover entitled: Les Grands Dossiers de L'Illustration: L'Automobile - Histoire d'un Siecle 1843-1944, Collection realisee a l'initiative d'Eric Baschet. (a quantity)
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