Four titles on billiards comprising J.P. Mannock & S.A. Mussabini: 'Billiards Expounded to all Degrees of Amateur Players Volume I The Elementary Side of Billiards Playing Volume II The Advanced Side of the Game', London, Grant Richards, 1904, 1st edition; London, John F. Shaw, circa 1909, 2 volumes, each illustrated throughout, each original cloth gilt slightly worn/soiled to fore edges; William Cook: "Billiards", London, Burroughes & Watts, [1891], 39 coloured plates depicting overhead diagram of billiards table illustrating particular shots, plus photogravure frontis and 7 other tissue guarded photogravure plates, 292pp + price list/adverts at end (dated 1891), original pictorial cloth gilt; F.M. Hotine: 'Practice Strokes at Billiards for Tables of all sizes', London, C. Arthur Pearson, [1902], 1st edition, ills. in text throughout, original pictorial cloth (slightly worn); Arthur Peall: 'All About Billiards, How to Improve Your Game', 1925, 1st edition, original cloth (4)
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Edwin KENTFIELD. The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained and Practically Set Forth. In a Series of Novel and Extraordinary Strokes; and Illustrated by Numerous Appropriate Diagrams. To which is added The Rules and Regulations (&c). Smith Elder & John Thurston. 1839. Folio. First edition. Folding frontis + 93 instructional plates + 3 additional plates, viz, i) Instructions for Building a Billiard Room, ii) Thurston's Improved Gas Branch (ie., light) for Billiard Tables, iii) advertisment: John Thurston, Billiard Table Manufacturer. With a final printed advertisment leaf. The frontis worn along folds and fore-edge; plate 1 trimmed along fore-edge; plates 1-5 worn and with rough repairs to verso; title soiled and worn along fore- edge. Contemporary calf, worn. Upper board detached. Upper board has title in blind stamp, as also 'King's Billiard Rooms' (?Brighton).
Thirty miscellaneous items of Royalty ephemera, inlcuding large printed Proclamation of the accession of King Edward VIII to the throne, with contemporary inscription top right "original copy delivered to Wallasay Town Hall on Wednesday 22nd Jan. 1936, FHJ", approx 76 x 55cm, folded; Anthony Armstrong Jones, Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017), typed letter signed 1969 on Kensington Palace headed paper; Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), clipped signature; several Sandringham items including 1891 entertainments programme decorated in gilt, game shooting cards, some early 20th Century invitations to entertainments to Sir Alan Reeve Manby (1848-1925) and his wife; various items Order of the Bath re-inauguration of the Chapel of Henry VII as the Chapel of the Order, by King George V, 22 July 1913, including admission ticket for ceremony, London Gazette Supplement recording ceremony, letters 1912 re plans to revive use of Chapel and appeal for funds, list of subscribers, accounts; 1902 & 1937 Coronation items; Warrant for the appointment of a Yeoman State Porter 1928, etc etc (30)
Vintage 1980s Nintendo and Bandai boxed handheld games, including, game & watch ,TF-104 Tropical fish, OC-22 Octopus, both boxed and in near mint condition, untested, Bandai electronics, 0216820 wrestling, 0200002 Superboy, both in near mint condition, untested, plus Casio CG-50 marine hunter, in very good condition, tested and works, all boxes are in excellent to good condition, has edge/age wear, (5 items)
Taxidermy: Anthropomorphic Game Keeper Mouse, dated 2020, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a full mount gamekeeper mouse in full shooting attire, stood upon a small lichen encrusted tree stump, with miniature shotgun and walking stick in hand, mounted amidst moss, dry fauna and toad stools, set against an oil painted woodland scene back drop, enclosed within an oak framed wall hanging five-glass display case, 20cm by 5cm by 28.5cm excluding outer frame, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso, signed to interior lower left
Collectibles: A Suite of Game Engraved Rowland Ward Glass Ware, comprising - six Tankards engraved with - Ducks, Capercaillie, Red Deer, Wild Boar, Pheasants, Roebuck, five Champagne flutes engraved with - Giraffe, Buffalo, Antelope, Lion, Rhinoceros, six Shot Glasses engraved with - Fox, Black Grouse, Ducks, Rabbits, Deer, Grouse, a Whisky Decanter engraved with - Ducks in flight and Roebuck (18)Condition report: the Decanter measures 26cm, and the tallest glass measures 19cm. there are no visible chips or damage present.
Horns/Skulls: A Selection of African Game Trophy Skulls, a varied selection of African game trophies to include - two South African Springbok horns on upper skulls, Blesbok adult male horns on upper skull, Common Impala adult male horns on upper skull, Cape Greater Kudu young adult bull horns on upper skull, Gemsbok Oryx horns on upper skull, Cape Red Hartebeest horns on upper skull, Plains Zebra complete skull (jaw bone damaged) (8)Condition report: . Zebra Skull - upper right section of jaw bone damaged, 02/08/21
Horns/Skulls: A Collection of African game Trophies, circa 1990, South Africa, comprising - two sets of adult male Gemsbok Oryx horns on cut upper skulls, on similar hardwood shields, Cape Greater Kudu large adult bull horns on cut upper skull, on hardwood shield, Cape Red Hartebeest adult male horns on cut upper skull, on hard wood shield (4)
Horns/Skulls: A Selection of African Game Trophy Skulls, a varied selection of African game trophies to include - two South African Springbok horns on upper skulls, Blesbok adult male horns on upper skull, Common Impala adult male horns on upper skull, Gemsbok Oryx horns on upper skull, Cape Red Hartebeest horns on upper skull, Black Wildebeest adult horns on upper skull, Blue WIldebeest adult horns on upper skull (8)
Antlers/Horns: A Collection of African Game Trophies, circa late 20th century, comprising - two sets of adult Gemsbok Oryx horns, one cut upper skull set mounted upon a shaped shield, another set on upper skull, a set of adult Cape Red Hartebeest horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, a set of adult female Blue Wildebeest horns on upper skull (4)
Horns/Skulls: A Selection of African Game Trophy Skulls, a varied selection of African game trophies to include - South African Springbok horns on upper skull, Blesbok adult male horns on upper skull, Common Impala adult male horns on upper skull, Common Warthog upper skull, Black Wildebeest adult male horns on upper skull, Gemsbok Oryx horns on upper skull, Cape Red Hartebeest horns on upper skull, Plains Zebra complete skull (jaw bone damaged) (8)Condition report: . Zebra Skull -upper section of left side jaw bone missing, Warthog skull - incorrect tusk fitted (two right side tusks present). 02/08/21
Taxidermy: Anthropomorphic Game Keeper Stoat, dated 2021, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a full mount gamekeeper stoat in full shooting attire, stood leaning against a fence post with miniature shotgun in hand, mounted upon grit and soil covered groundwork, set against a watercolour painted woodland scene backdrop, enclosed within an oak framed wall hanging five-glass display case, 25.5cm by 9.5cm by 36.5cm excluding outer frame, signed to interior lower right, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
The important M.B.E. and K.P.F.S.M. group of four awarded to Mr Horace Sampson Lyne, Chief Fire Officer for Newport, Monmouth, for 50 years, a Welsh International Rugby player and referee who played an important role as a founder member of the International Rugby Board (I.R.B.), serving for 51 years, and as President of the Welsh Rugby Union (W.R.U.) for 41 years The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1933; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Horace Sampson Lyne M.B.E. Chief of Newport (Mons.) Fire Brigade); Jubilee 1935, very fine (4) £500-£600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918. The above badge added to complete group. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1932. Officer St. John London Gazette 26 June 1934 Horace Sampson Lyne was born at Newport on 31 December 1860, the son of Charles Lyne, mayor of the town in 1856 and 1884. He was educated in Plymouth and at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, and by profession he was a solicitor. At aged 18, he played as full back for Newport rugby club, but it was as a skilful forward that he found success, as the captain of the club in 1883-84, being capped five times for Wales, 1883-85. In 1885 he refereed the England vs. Ireland Rugby International. In 1886-87, he was one of the founders of the International Rugby Board, as a representative of the game in Wales, and he served the Board without a break from 1887 to 1938 (51 years). He served as the respected President of the Welsh Rugby Union for 41 years, longer than anyone else, and steered the rugby affairs of Wales throughout the first half of the 20th century. He was Chief Officer, Newport Reserve Constabulary 1914-18, when Newport had no Chief Constable (M.B.E.), Chairman of Newport Athletic Club 1894-1949, and Newport’s Chief Fire Officer for 50 years (K.P.F.S.M.). Newport Fire Brigade, by the Secretary C. Hallett: ‘Up to the year 1884, the duties appertaining to the extinguishing of fires were carried out by the Police of the town. In that year, however, the Mayor (Councillor J. W. Jones, J.P.) called a public meeting of the Burgesses, at which meeting it was resolved unanimously to form a Volunteer Fire Brigade. The Mayor became Honorary Captain, and continued in that office, for many years. Mr. R. J. Whitehall, a gentleman who had had some previous experience of fire brigade work, was appointed Captain and there were two Lieutenants, viz. Messrs. Horace S. Lyne and F. W. Cross, and twenty Firemen. A subscription list was opened for providing uniforms, etc., and the Corporation made a grant of £50 and handed over such appliances as they had. Most of these seem to have been very old and in a bad condition. They included two manual pumps, a hose reel and a quantity of leather hose. One of the manuals is still in existence, having been retained for its sentimental and historic value. The first Fire Station (a very inadequate building), was opposite the Police Office in Dock Street. The building is still in existence and is now used as a garage for the Police patrol cars. The records of the Brigade show that there were many difficulties to contend with in those days. Such hydrants as were in the town were of varying patterns and a lot of delay was occasioned in getting the standpipes and hose to fit. Delay also often arose in getting horses to draw the appliances to the scene of a fire. It was the custom then to have detachments of firemen on special duty on November 5th and on the nights of Parliamentary Elections. For some years the firemen were called to fires by the Police going round the men's houses. Nowadays each fireman's dwelling is connected to the Central Fire Station by an electric call bell or a telephone. In 1886, Mr. Horace Lyne was appointed Captain of the Brigade and continued as Chief Officer until his retirement in 1934, on the completion of 50 years' service. Mr. Lyne's services are still at the disposal of the Brigade in an advisory capacity, and he now holds the rank of Honorary Chief Officer. The first steam fire engine was purchased in 1885, a second steamer was obtained in 1900, and in the latter year the first professional fireman was appointed. In 1896, a new Fire Station, built on the site of the present premises, was opened, and three horses were purchased and kept at stables there. This appears to be the commencement of the period when the Brigade had its own horses, and those who are in a position to remember still speak in admiration of the perfect training of the horses and the way in which they took up positions to be turned out when an alarm of fire was raised. In 1912, the Brigade had its first motor fire engine, and two years later all the horses were dispensed with and two motor pumps purchased. The Central Fire Station was enlarged to its present extent in 1915 and re-opened by the then Lord Tredegar.’ Lyne was very prominent in the public affairs of Newport and was granted the Freedom of the town in 1934, and made an officer of the Order of St. John in the same year. In 1938, he was appointed Chancellor of the See of Monmouth, and he was a member of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. He died on 1 May 1949 in Newport. He is a holder of the National Fire brigades Association Honorary life member medal. Much detail of Lyne’s services to Welsh rugby can be found in ‘Fields of Praise’ by David Smith and Gareth Williams (1980), the Official History of the W.R.U. Sold with a copy of ‘Fields of Praise’ by David Smith and Gareth Williams (1980), and ‘Newport Athletic Club 1875-1975’, together with a comprehensive file of copied research.
The British South Africa Company’s Medal to Trooper F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse, formerly Assistant Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson and a member of Major Wilson’s heroic patrol, killed in action at Shangani River on 4 December 1893 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Troopr. F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse) extremely fine and a rare casualty £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: A. A. Upfill-Brown Collection, Buckland, Dix and Wood, 4 December 1991 (Lot 63); Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (Lot 888). Frank Leon Vogel was born in Auckland in October 1870, the second son of the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., the famous early Jewish Prime Minister of New Zealand. After being educated at Charterhouse young Frank joined the London Office of the British South Africa Company in 1890. In April of the following year, however, he departed for South Africa and enlisted in the Mashonaland Mounted Police as a Trooper at Fort Tuli - he appears in a group photograph taken at Rhodes Drift on the Limpopo River in August 1891, The Men Who Made Rhodesia stating that he appears as a ‘young fellow in his early twenties, long-faced and rather sad looking, with a thin moustache. He wears a smasher hat, dark tunic and breeches, top-boots and bandolier, and holds a Martini-Henry rifle.’ Following the disbandment of his unit, Vogel joined the Survey Department at Salisbury, and subsequently became Acting Assistant-Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson. But with the advent of the Matabele Rebellion in 1893, he enrolled in ‘B’ Troop of the Salisbury Horse under Captain Borrow, and during the campaign served the Maxim gun attached to his Troop, under Lieutenant Llewellyn. He left Salisbury with the column, but returned alone two or three weeks afterwards on business. Rejoining his Troop two or three days after they left Fort Charter, he marched with the column, and was in all the engagements on the way to Bulawayo, serving the Maxim gun, besides volunteering for special scouting expeditions. He was one of the small party sent out in search of Captain G. Williams, and also one of the expedition on which Captain Campbell was killed, in addition to which he served the Maxim at the engagement on the Shangani River on the 25 October, and also at Imbembesi on 1 November, where he had a narrow escape, one bullet passing through his hat. Reaching Bulawayo safe and sound in early November, on the 10th he wrote his last letter to his relatives, being then evidently in high spirits, and regarding the campaign as over. He departed Bulawayo on the 14th and remained with Major Forbes throughout the patrol which ended at Shiloh; thence again, as a volunteer, he accompanied the force under Major Forbes to the Shangani River, where under Captain Borrow, he joined Major Wilson’s ill-fated patrol. Shangani River Frederick Burnham, the American scout, later Chief of Scouts under Lord Roberts, was the last man to leave the beleaguered patrol before their final stand at Shangani River. In his book Scouting on Two Continents, he describes his last meeting with Major Wilson and his officers, and the fate that befell his patrol: ‘It had now stopped raining. Captains Judd, Kirton, Fitzgerald, Greenfield and Brown gathered with us round Wilson. The first three were experienced colonials, and Wilson asked each what he thought to be the best move. Kirton, with a bitter smile, said: "There is no best move." Fitzgerald said: "We are in a hell of a fix. There is only one thing to do, cut our way out.” Judd said: "This is the end.” Picking up the threads of the grim story, we are told by Majors Forbes and Sir John Willoughby that, after crossing the river and following the king's spoor, Major Wilson and his men reached a series of scherms, or temporary encampments protected by felled bush or trees. These scherms were filled with Matabele, who, however, offered no resistance, probably because they did not know the strength of the whites, or believed them to be but the advance guard of a larger body. So the Patrol rode on till they reached the royal scherm, within which the king's wagons were dimly visible in the gathering gloom. Here a halt was called, and Lobengula summoned to surrender. The reply was an ominous rattle of arms within the reed fence, while parties of Matabele, rifle in hand, came hurrying up from the rear. With so small a force nothing could be done, and the Patrol withdrew into the bush, Captain Napier and Troopers Robertson and Mayne being sent for reinforcements. These in due time appeared in the form of Captain Borrow with eighteen mounted men. A miserable night was passed under arms in the drenching rain, and when day at length dawned, Major Wilson decided to make one more dash for the king, with the tragic result, which will not soon be forgotten in South Africa. From the start the Patrol was outnumbered, and almost as soon as the attack began, Ingram, Burnham, and Gooding had to be sent to cross the river, if that were possible, to ask for further support. That support, however, never arrived, and Burnham's first breathless remark to Major Forbes, after reaching the main body, was “I think I may say we are the sole survivors of that party.” The Shangani had risen in flood, added to which Major Forbes was himself attacked in force on the way down to the river. Either of these circumstances was enough to prevent the arrival of succour in time to save the doomed men to whom the last chance of escape was lost. To the end, however, there was no thought of surrender, no request for quarter. They resolved to show the Matabele that the white man could play a losing as well as a winning game. Taking cover behind the dead bodies of their horses, with an iron calmness they fought on for two long hours, pouring a destructive fire into their encircling foes, and coolly singling out the Indunas for their aim. One by one, however, they sank under the heavy fire from the bush, but many of the wounded continued, so the natives say, to re-load and pass their rifles to their uninjured comrades. Again and again the Matabele would issue from their cover to attempt a conclusive charge, but again and again were repulsed with a well-directed fire; upon which Wilson and his men would wake the echoes with an undismayed, defiant cheer. But at last the end came. Of the thirty-four valiant men whose hearts beat high with hope and courage as they rode behind their leader in the early dawn that morning, only one remained erect; the rest lay prone, dead or dying, upon that field of honour. The name of the one man who stood at bay against an army of Matabele will never be known; his remains could not be identified. But the natives tell that, picking up several rifles and bandoliers, this hero amongst heroes made his way to an ant-heap some twenty yards from where the rest lay stretched upon the earth. From that point of vantage he checked, single-handed, several rushes of the Matabele with a cool and deadly fire. At length, shot through the hips, he sank on his knees, but continued to load and fire until he succumbed to his wounds. Then, and not till then, the Matabele came out from the bush, but on reaching the hallowed circle where the Patrol lay side by side, were fired upon by several of the unconquerable wounded who were still alive. So great had been the terror and demoralisation inspired by the desperate bravery of the Patrol, that when the revolvers rang out the natives turned and fled precipitately into the bush; and it was not till several hours later - ‘when the sun was right overhead' - as the Matabele tell the tale - that they again ventured to leave their cover. But by this time death had mercifully come to the wounded, and as the native war...
‘Twelve Rolls Royce Merlins roared in unison with twelve fighter pilots crouched in their cockpits alone with their thoughts. This was the day, the hour, the moment of truth ... I had no feeling of fear, just the intense excitement before any contest. The fact that this was to the death, didn’t cross my mind. I looked down at Cap Gris Nez, and up at the dark surround of smoke which hung predatorily above it from its source on earth.’ Smoke Trails in The Sky, by A. C. Bartley refers The important Battle of Britain Fighter Ace’s ‘1940’ D.F.C. and ‘North Africa - Operation Torch’ Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader A. C. ‘Bolshie’ Bartley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - one of the founder members of the famous 92 Squadron, who is credited with at least 12 Victories, 8 damaged, a number of probables and possibles, and countless unclaimed. Bartley cut his teeth over the beaches of Dunkirk, shooting down two enemy aircraft after his first dogfight, 23 May 1940 - his aircraft riddled with bullets as a result. On the way home, ‘as I was racing back across the Channel, another Spitfire flew up beside me, and the pilot pulled back the hood and started pointing at my aircraft. Then, Bob Tuck came on the intercom and chortled, ‘You look like a sieve, chum.’ I scanned his fuselage and answered back, ‘Just wait until you get a look at your crate.’ Bartley survived a remarkable episode during the height of the Battle of Britain, when he shot down a Do 17, 15 September 1940, ‘I heard a cannon shell explode behind my armour-plated seat back, a bullet whizzed through my helmet, grazing the top of my head and shattering my gun sight, while others punctured my oil and glycol tanks. A 109 flashed by. Fumes then started to fill my cockpit, and I knew without doubt that I had had it, so I threw open my hood, undid my straps and started to climb over the side. As I braced myself to bale out, I saw my enemy preparing for another attack, and knew it meant suicide to jump with him around. Escaping airmen over their own territory were fair game in some combatants’ log book, and a friend of mine had been shot down in his parachute. So, I decided to bluff it out, climbed back into my aircraft, and turned on my attacker. My ruse worked; he didn’t know how hard he’d hit me, but he did know that a Spitfire could turn inside a Messerschmitt, and I fired a random burst to remind him, whereupon he fled for home. By this time I was too low to jump, so I headed for a field and prayed. At a hundred feet, my engine blew up, and I was blinded by oil. I hit the ground, was catapulted out, and landed in a haystack, unharmed. I hit the buckle of my parachute to release it, and as it fell to the ground, the pack burst open spewing forth the silk which had been shredded by splinters of cannon shell. I said a hasty prayer before the first of the rescue party could reach me.’ Bartley’s was a life of extraordinary adventure, during which he was involved in a number of iconic incidents, all of which are reflected in his Log Books and autobiography - a veritable who’s who of stars of the stage, screen and sky. From Winston Churchill to Clark Gable, Noël Coward to Laurence Olivier, and Bob Stanford Tuck to ‘Sailor’ Malan - all ultimately leading to his marriage to the film star Deborah Kerr, of The King and I fame Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, mounted on investiture pin, in damaged Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain, loose; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with seven related and mounted miniature awards, and riband bar for first four awards, the latter indicating the award of a bar to Africa Star, generally very fine or better (7) £100,000-£140,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 25 October 1940: ‘Pilot Officer Bartley has shot down at least eight enemy aircraft. He has always displayed great coolness in action and proved himself a clever and determined fighter.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 16 February 1943: ‘In the operations in North Africa, Squadron Leader Bartley took part in numerous sorties on which he destroyed 2 hostile aircraft, bringing his total victories to 13. His great skill, courage and determination have been an inspiration to all.’ Anthony Charles Bartley was born in Judge’s House, Ramna, Dacca, Bengal, India in March 1919. He was the son of Sir Charles Bartley, KT, a Judge in the Calcutta High Court. Bartley was educated at Stowe, and took up an apprenticeship at a Chartered Accountants in London with a view to joining the East India Company. A useful athlete, Barclay played for Blackheath Rugby Football Club - where his skipper encouraged him to learn to fly at West Malling Flying Club, Kent in 1938. With a sense of impending conflict Bartley applied for a commission in the Royal Air Force, and in May 1939 was posted as an Acting Pilot Officer (on probation) to No. 13 F.T.S., Drem: ‘A whole new life had opened up for me, and I knew that the next few months could make or break it. The sky was now my only goal, my only limit.’ (Smoke Trails in the Sky, by A. C. Bartley refers) With Jamie Rankin (later D.S.O. and Bar, D.F.C. and Bar and C/O of 92 Squadron) as one of his flying instructors, Bartley soon got in to the swing of things: ‘In our off duty time, I learned to play golf, sail a thirty-two foot boat I’d bought with four of my friends and named Pimms No. 4, went into Edinburgh with them on Saturday night drinking safaris, and fell madly in love with the Provost of Edinburgh’s daughter. When war was declared, just after I had got my Wings, I proved that the Oxford was acrobatic by looping the Firth of Forth Bridge, and nothing fell off. In October 1939 I was posted to 92 Fighter Squadron at Tangmere, and after a gargantuan farewell party in the officers’ mess, I headed my MG towards the south.’ (Ibid) The Squadron had reformed primarily from pilots from 601 Squadron, with Roger Bushell (later mastermind of the “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III) as the commanding officer. As Bartley settled in to squadron routine he noted, ‘A new life line was starting for all of us. Few were to survive it.’ (Ibid) 92 Squadron - Enter the Spitfire, Bob Stanford Tuck and Churchill... The Squadron re-equipped with Spitfires, 6 March 1940, Bartley was 20 years old at the time: ‘My second most exciting experience was to fly a Spitfire for the first time. It was like driving a racing car after an Austin... riding a racehorse, after a hack. It just didn’t seem to want to slow down... the perfection of a flying machine designed to combat and destroy its enemy. It had no vices, carried great fire power, and a Rolls Royce motor which very rarely stopped. An aerodynamic masterpiece, and a joy to fly. The next weeks were spent in a hasty training programme as the inevitable confrontation with the Luftwaffe drew nearer... The more proficient we became in mock combat, the more restless we were to get into the real thing, but our CO knew we were not yet qualified. We lacked a paramountly important element in our team - a second flight commander.... He knew we were unprepared until he’d found one. The arrival of Robert Stanford Tuck at Croydon was as spectacular as his reputation. He buzzed the airfield with every known and, to us, unknown acrobatic before m...
William D.Duffield (British,1816-1863), interior cottage kitchen genre scene, with an elderly lady in the background sitting by a fire, with a spinning wheel to her right and dead game in the foreground, including a stag, pheasants and duck, signed lower right and dated '1852', oil on canvas, frame chipped edges, approximately 95cm x 125cm, frame 132cm x 164cmCondition report: Craquelure. Painting dark and so would benefit from professional cleaning. Restored, re-lined.Frame - gesso - chipped edges, especially three of 4 corners and lower left inner corner. Also, 6cm of leaf moulded edge lower left.
An Edwardian cased set of four silver and enamel menu holders by Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd, Chester 1904, each individually enamelled depicting three game birds; a pheasant, partridge and grouse, together with a fox, each mounted to plain circular base and presented within fitted box, total weight approx 5.9ozCondition report: Makers marks are quite rubbed but the other hallmarks are reasonably clear, general wear and small light scratches to the enamel plaques in keeping with age but no significant losses or chips, crack to the case, wear to the outer case, refer to images
Two boxes of various vintage childrens' toys and games, including Sooty and Sweep glove puppets, Chad Valley, together with another of a rabbit, two Pelham puppets - SM Old Lady and SS Mitzy, a boxed set of nesting jars, boxed "Magic Pyramid", boxed "Magic Designer" game. big box of dot to dot drawing books, "The Mandarin Top Set" by KFL, vintage KFL bead set and child's dominoes set by Mertons, six various Goebel Hummel figures, miniature dolls, Tuscan china doll's house tea wares, etc
Dickie Bird signed and dedicated 6x4 TCCB promo photograph. Bird is an English retired international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a much loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence as an umpire, but also his many eccentricities. Dickie Bird is one of the most honest and unbiased umpires of the history of the game. Good condition Est.
Cricket Andrew Strauss signed 10x8 inch England colour photo. Sir Andrew John Strauss OBE, Kt, born 2 March 1977, is a South African-born English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board, ECB. He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the England national team in all formats of the game. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favoured scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. He was also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers. Good condition Est.
Cricket Fidel Edwards signed 10x8 inch West Indies colour photo. Fidel Henderson Edwards, born 6 February 1982, is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. A pace bowler, his round-arm action is not unlike that of former fast bowler Jeff Thomson. He was spotted in the nets by Brian Lara and was called up for his Test debut against Sri Lanka after just one match for Barbados. Good condition Est.
Cricket Shaun Pollock signed 10x8 inch South Africa colour photo. Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS, born 16 July 1973, is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest medium pace bowlers of all time. A genuine bowling all-rounder, Pollock along with Allan Donald formed a bowling partnership for many years. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003. Good condition Est.
A quantity of sporting ephemera, etc., to include a West Ham United signed football shirt, a pair of Everlast boxing gloves bearing the signature of Tyson Fury, an Eric Bristow family dart game bearing signature, Peter Andre programme bearing signature, Beatles box set of audio cassettes, etc.
Browning Model 525 12 Bore Over and Under Shotgun with 762mm long barell, serial no 63167MP. Overall length 120cm. Engraved decoration to receiver featuring Game birds. Comes in original case with spare Chokes and with original sale invoice and warranty from 2009. NOTE: Buyer must hold a valid Shotgun Certificate or be a Registered Firearms dealer.
VINTAGE BUSINESS / POLITICS THEMED BOARD GAMES to include "Careers" - two versions, one by Waddingtons and one by Parker, "Ratrace", "Scoop", "Business Game", "Diplomacy", "Go For Broke!", "Poleconomy", "The Business Strategy Game" and "Waddington's Game of Nations" plus another which is spares only and Waddington's Formula 1 Racing Game - two versions together with "Go For Gold" and Waddington's "Totopoly" (15)
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS GAME, "The New Easy Way to Master" , TSR Inc., used together with 4000 A.D. "An Interstellar Conflict Game" Waddingtons House of Games, "The London Game" 20th Anniversary Edition, "Advance To Marble Arch", "Westminster The Election Game" and "Scotland Yard" together with "The Dickens Game" Waddington's "Exploration", "Go", National Geographic Society "On Assignment", Spear's "Nile", "Wild Life", "Around The World in 80 Days with Michael Palin", "The Great Wall" (box A/F), "Risk", MB Games "Stratego", and Waddington's "Campaign" , 'Tri-Tactics' by H. P. Gibson & Sons. Ltd., 'Battleships' by Merit and 'Air Cav' Helicopter Warfare In The Eighties, by West End Games, "top club soccer" by David Nish & Roger Davies Productions, "Emlyn Hughes' TeamTactix" by Boss Leisure Ltd., "Terry Venables The Manager" together with "Seconddown" American Football game by Playtwice Ltd. (21)
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