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Click here to subscribeVintage Car Interest: Twenty-Eight Volumes, to include: Doug Woodrow The Austin 7 Manual Ed Burrow, Ed Cross & A J Wilson The Dunlop Book: The Motorist's Guide, Counsellor and Friend, 2nd edn, leather bound Four pamphlets by Profile Publications: The MG Midget M-Type, The Touring G.N.S., The Austin 7 and The 1500 and 1100 H.R.G.S 1935-1956 etc
Postcards; a large collection of assorted vintage and antique postcards. To include; largely topographical, some seaside views, French views, WWI related, real photo and others. Some in sleeves, artist type, views of Cardiff, Edinburgh, Laurel and Hardy , Comical , Bristol , Weston Super Mare , Greetings Cards , Guide Book postcards. Good collection. Approx 350 plus.
Travel - Africa - The South and East African Year Book and Guide for 1929, With Atlas, 35th Issue, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London 1929, various adverts, pictorial boards as issued, 12mo; Rawlinson (George), Ancient Egypt, With the Collaboration of Arthur Gilman, ninth edition, T. Fisher Unwin, London 1897, pictorial binding as issued, 8vo, [2]
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. Book signed, a hardback edition of Dali: A Study of his Art-in-Jewels, The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation, published by The New York Graphic Society, New York, Third Edition, 1970. Signed by the artist in bold blue ink with his name alone to the free endpaper. Housed in a slip case featuring a colour image of Dali's The Eye of Time. Together with an 8vo printed brochure and 4to printed guide, both which accompanied the exhibition of Dali's Art-in-Jewels. With light age wear, and minor creases and a tear to the upper left corner to the image on the slip case. Generally VG, 3
1958 Daily Express Newspaper, cloth backed maps, including Sheffield, Yorkshire, Lancashire, various mid XX Century music scores with signatures (Guy Mitchell, Jack Jackson noted), two c1945 Downing Street typed thank you letters, personalised scrap/autograph book, 1961 Bradshaws railway guide, etc.
An 18th Century Irish Log Book and Guide to NavigationManuscript: Paper-bound Volume compiled in 1764 by William Farrell, Commander of the ship William of Dublin. Headed: Navigation. Teaches to guide any Ship or Vessle from one Harbour to another, the Chief Instrument of which is the Mariners Compass,," of which a coloured sketch follows. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Most of the volume consists of case studies of navigational problems, copiously illustrated with diagrams. The remainder comprises details of a series of voyages - to Nantes, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Cadiz, Bermuda, Barbados, Charlestown..., some from Tuskar Rock.
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. Book signed, a hardback edition of Dali: A Study of his Art-in-Jewels, The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation, published by The New York Graphic Society, New York, Third Edition, 1970. Signed by the artist in bold blue ink with his name alone to the free endpaper. Housed in a slip case featuring a colour image of Dali's The Eye of Time. Together with an 8vo printed brochure and 4to printed guide, both which accompanied the exhibition of Dali's Art-in-Jewels. With light age wear, and minor creases and a tear to the upper left corner to the image on the slip case. Generally VG, 3
BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General who, in 1899 during the Second Boer War in South Africa, successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mafeking. Later Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement. Autograph Manuscript signed, with his initials BP, three pages, 8vo, Waiho Gorge, Westland, New Zealand, n.d. (1934), in pencil, on the printed stationery of the Glacier Hotel at the Franz Josef Glacier. Baden-Powell’s manuscript, with several corrections throughout, is entitled On a Glacier and states, in part, ‘As I write this I am sitting on a bluff on the shoulder of one of the great mountains which rear their snowclad heads high above me on every side. In front and below me runs a wide valley which is filled from side to side with a vast white sheet of ice; not the sort of ice you know at home but a jumbled mess of blocks and waves and walls of ice. It is a glacier, or frozen stream, a mile wide and twelve miles long from where it starts…..I can see three tiny moving specks some two miles away on the glacier. These are my two daughters mountain climbing with their guide. Dressed in breeches and puttees and heavy iron-shod climbing boots and armed with ice axes for cutting steps in the ice and with goggles to escape the glare of the snow, they love the excitement of clambering over those great slippery crags…..As for me I am taking it easy, sitting on my bluff and gazing over this mighty frozen torrent. There is a steady rumbling hum in the air, just like the roar of the traffic in London as you hear it sitting in Hyde Park. This rumbling is the sound made by that vast mass of ice slowly, slowly grinding its way over the rocks and stones beneath it. Watching it and standing on it you can perceive no movement, but moving it is all the same…..It behaves just as a stream of water does in running down a steep water course, the difference being that it is all a solid block of ice….’ The final page is lightly and neatly laid down to a page most likely removed from a scrapbook and the first two pages are neatly laid down to the left edges alongside. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG The present manuscript was most likely written in preparation for Baden-Powell’s book Scouting Round the World (1935) which records the Chief Scout’s round-the-world voyage undertaken in 1934 in the company of his wife, Olave Baden-Powell, and their two daughters. The book features a description of his observations as his daughters climb the Franz Josef Glacier.
TV Stars Collection. Boxtree fully illustrated guide to the stars 1992 book complete with over 420 signatures that lists like a whose who of tv stars from the early nighties signatures on every page of the book along with bio of the star and b/w photo signature included are Russ Abbott, Terry Wogan, Jane Asher, Tom Baker, Keith Baron, Jeremy Beadle, Linda Bellingham, Cilla Black, Richard Briers, June Brown, Marti Caine, Harry Carpenter, Keith Chegwin, George Cole, Robbie Coltrane, Pat Coombs, Ronnie Corbett, Leslie Crowther, Paul Daniels, Jim Davison, Gordon Kaye, Sam Kelly plus many more household names. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Collection of post 1900 Military Books including Field Service Regs. Musketry Regs. Manual of Field engineering, Military Law, ARP Gas Handbook, Officer Cadet Battalion Standing Orders, Field Service Pocket Book, Boxing Rules & Guide, in leather covered box (9) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Soldier's Pay Book for 536465 Thomas Reuben Mattocks, Soldier's Guide to Italy & Sicily, A Career in Royal Signals, The Fifth British Division 1939-45, a map of Catterick Camp, a cut-away plan of The Avro Lancaster and a copper & brass Bugle Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
A Collection of Books and Prestige Watch Brochures, including Practical Watch Repairing by Donald de Carle, 2004 Complete Price Guide to Watches, The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, Pocket Watches by Reinhard Meis, Automatic Wristwatches by Heinz Hampel, The World's Great Clocks & Watches, etc:- One Box
A superb large collection of vintage 1980's Hasbro ' Transformers ' action figures. Each unboxed, but many with accessories and related items. Including a child's book of ' Tech Specs ' removed from the rear of the original boxes. To include; Jetfire, Tailgate, Pipes, Scoop, Huffer, and many others. Some presumed complete. Also included is a vintage ' Trans Formers Universe ' guide book. Great collection.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1958 Three items from the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff July 1958. Includes a sixty page guide book to the games produced by Guinness which has been signed by 58 competitors including Anita Lonsborough, Dorothy Hyman, Judy Grinham and many others. Also includes programme for the Opening Ceremony 18/7/58 and Athletics 19/7/58. fair-generally good
Mixed ephemera lot: comprising a hand written letter on headed paper, "78 Pall Mall, SW1, Tel Whitehall 1927 and dated November 1940", "I have heard of the magnificent services the Voluntary Workers are rendering in the Southern region of the YMCA and wish to convey to all my sincerest congratulations on the wonderful work they are doing and how proud of their achievements. I know the difficulties they have to contend with and the sacrifices the work entails. I send my heartfelt good wishes in the continuation of their labours. May God bless and guide you all. (Signed) Helena Victoria", together with a typed note on National YMCA War Service fund letterhead dated 1940 and signed President, YMCA, Divisional Women's Auxiliary, an identity card from the Army Blood Transfusion Service named to Wren Barnes, SE, WRNS Quarters, Dorchester Road, Weymouth, Dorset and dated 20/4/45, a National Registration 1915 identity card named to Marian Elizabeth LeCocq and stamped City of London 1915, together with a National Ration Book (B) named to the same, a signed black and white photograph, Elizabeth II Coronation programme, a Maxims menu, a Guernsey facsimile newsletter dated 1805 and another for 1815 and a theatre programme for "The Circle" and signed by John McCallum and Googie Withers (qty)
A Collection Of Cameras And Accessories including Voigtlander Bessa 66 folding medium format film camera circa 1936, Black Prince Flashgun, various books, The Photo Amateurs Pocket Book 1951, I Konta guide, The Johnson Photographic Year Book 1954, Ikometer, Weston Master Exposure Meter, Zeiss Ikon camera and various flash bulbs etc
Literature: A quantity of books relating to treen and metalware, including: Edward H. Pinto ' Treen and other Wooden Bygones', Owen Evan-Thomas 'Domestic Utensils of Wood', 'Ivory: A History and Collector's Guide', Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer 'The Brass Book'. (A lot) Provenance: The collection of the late Geoffrey Harley, Pickwick End, Corsham.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
A Belleek part tea set comprising teapot, two cups, four saucers and a basketwork sugar bowl and shell decorated cream jug and sugar bowl, together with one volume RICHARD K DEGENHARDT "Belleek, The Complete Collector's Guide and Illustrated Reference" CONDITION REPORTS One teacup has a large hairline crack running down the main body as well as a significant firing flaw to the interior. One saucer has a hairline crack running through it, another has chipping evident to the rim. Milk jug and matching sugar bowl have small chips to the rims and milk jug has firing flaw down the main body. All items have wear to the gilding and painted decoration. General wear and tear to include surface scratches etc, - in need of a clean. The book has rips to the dust jacket, some areas of foxing and discolouration especially evident to the outside edges - see images for more details
MURRAY, JOHN; 'Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland', 5th edition, London 1893 (lacking Travelling Map of Russia), and three further travel guides comprising 'La Russie Manuel du Voyageur' by Karl Baedeker, 3rd edition, Paris 1902, 'Austria-Hungary […] Handbook for Travellers' by Karl Baedeker, 11th edition, London 1911, and 'Guide-Book to the Soviet Union' by A. Rado, Berlin 1929 (4).
An extensive collection of Wade Whimsies (60+) comprising nursery rhyme subjects (13), also Whoppas (7) including elephant, hippo, polar bear, and various further animals. Together with The World of Wade and The World of Wade Book 2 by Ian Warner and Mike Posgay and also together with The Charlton Price Guide to Wade Whimsical Collectable's
Stan Lee, Tom Defalco and one other signed Spiderman the ultimate guide hardback book. Signed on inside title page. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises: or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Bricklayers-Works, 8 engraved plates, one folding (slightly creased at fore-edge), joiner's old ink inscription in outer margin of title (cropped), old book-label "R.Roberts, Burton, Bradstock" on front pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing M3015; cf. Harris 581], J.Moxon, 1700 § Salmon (William) The London and Country Builder's Vade Mecum: or, the Complete and Universal Estimator, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece by B.Cole of gentleman supervising workmen felling trees, contemporary ink inscription "E Libris Amb. Seward" to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled sheep, upper cover a little worn, joints split, spine ends chipped, [Harris 792], for S.Crowder...and B.Collins, 1773, both rubbed, a few stains; and another on lime and cement, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first was issued separately to accompany Moxon's Mechanick Exercises concerning smithing, carpentry, joinery, turning, dialling and printing. The second, by a master carpenter of Colchester, was the first to compile a universal price-guide of building tradesmen.
A set of 83 numbered magic lantern photographic slides documenting Sir Norman Watson's pioneering expedition to cross the Coastal Range, exploring the Mount Waddington area of British Columbia in 1934. These images were taken by the accomplished Alpine & Himalayan mountaineer and skier Eric Bentley Beauman who was a member of the successful expedition to climb Mount Kamet in 1931 (see lot 373). These slides probably would have accompanied his address given about the expedition to the Alpine Club on 30th October 1934. On slide 62 'Kamet Expedition' can be clearly read on the side of a tent. The crossing was completed by way of the Homathko Valley and river, Lake Twist, Scimitar valley, Scimitar canyon, the 2600m Col Fury Gap and the Franklin glacier down to Knight Inlet. Other members of the party were: Sir Norman Watson, Major E.J.King M.C, Clifford White (Canadian skier & mountaineer), Camille Couttet (Chamonix guide) Pete McCormick, trapper and Yukon 'old-timer'. At this time, the Coastal Range of British Columbia was wild and virtually undiscovered country. Those who knew the region advised the party not to go. Watson and King wrote a book about their experience "Round Mystery Mountain"A contemporary Canadian newspaper article best details the trip:KNIGHT INLET, B.C. April 21, 1934Three intrepid skiers of a British Alpine party arrived here Friday to complete the hazardous crossing of the Coast Range after five weeks of thrilling adventure.Sir Norman Watson, leader of the expedition; Wing Commander E B Beauman, RAF president of the Alpine Club of England; and Camille Coutet, famous Chamonix guide, picked a treacherous route through a nest of giant peaks and ice glaciers and emerged without accident. Accompanied by Major E J King M.C. of London and Clifford White of Banff, Alta; well known Canadian Mountaineer, the party left Tatla Lake, B.C, March 18 to pierce the wilderness. Their supplies were carried by a pack train of 21 horses, handled by four packers.They established a base camp near Fury Gap at the base of the mighty Mount Waddington, 13,260 feet, about 80 miles west of Tatla Lake. Major King and White remained at the base camp in reserve. The packers returned to Tatla Lake and the three daring skiers penetrated one of the wildest mountain regions of North America. Watson and his two companions struggled against severe weather as they negotiated dangerous Fury Gap. They were delayed several days by driving blizzards and were forced to make camp in the half-shelter of snow laden rock ridges. Finally, as the weather moderated, they made their way to the crest of the pass, approximately 7,200 feet. Below them stretched myriads of glaciers dotting the slopes of Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain because the existence of such a giant peak in the British Columbia was doubted by all but the few who had entered the wild and beautiful district.The men made their way 25 miles down mighty Franklin glacier on skis. Though they encountered better weather on this part of the journey, they needed all their experience to avoid yawning crevasses and ever threatening avalanches.They neared sea level in safety and made their way to Knight Inlet, which winds about 170 miles north of Vancouver. The trip of more than 25 miles to this small settlement was comparatively easy.Sir Norman and his companions planned to fly south by seaplane to Vancouver today. They intended to get in touch as soon as possible with Major King and White at the Fury Gap base camp, notify them of the successful crossing and arrange for their return to civilization. " In the 1930s there still existed areas of largely undiscovered wilderness. British Columbia provided those intrepid enough, a taste of what the early explorers must have experienced. These slides show all stages of the expedition, the men, their basic equipment, the pack horses and wonderful mountain scenery. This is a unique set of images detailing an extraordinary expedition undertaken by some of the most revered mountaineers of their era.(See illustration)
Young Ladies Journal. Complete Guide to the Work-table, third edition, 4 coloured plates, very numerous text-figures, 1886-The Ladies Work-table book, third edition, possibly lacking halftitle, 1850, original cloth, gilt, minor fading---Legrand(Augustin)La Maitresse de Broderie, fifth edition, charming coloured frontispiecce but lacking the technical plates, contemporary scarlet boards,Paris, [1818]--[Humphreys(Eliza)]A few practical Hints on Church Embroidery, 6 plates signed by JWH, original blue wrappers, spine a bit worn, 1867; and others (14)
1966 Austin Mini Cooper S 1275- Delivered new to the supplying dealer, Central Garage of Leeds- Subject to a restoration program that took some 20 years that was completed in 2011- Original service book, owners' manual and displays a credible 69,450 milesThe Mini mania sparked by Paddy Hopkirk's glorious victory on the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally has never really gone away. What's changed in recent times is that serious collectors increasingly insist on their cars being to original or period modified specification and are prepared to pay for the privilege. This delightful Cooper S appears to tick that box nicely. It is a 1966 1275 model, that retains its original Hydrolastic suspension system, three-synchro gearbox, dynamo and positive earth electrical system. It was the subject of a restoration program that took some 20 years, and was completed in 2011. Items of note include: the Webasto sunroof that has been retrimmed by Pickerings of Bradford; reclining front seats courtesy of Newton Commercial; period leather-rimmed Les Leston steering wheel; optional twin fuel tanks; Minilite-style alloy wheels from Mini Spares; and rare 163 cylinder head which, in common with the gearbox, has been overhauled. Other items refurbished since 2011 include the front suspension bushes and joints.This home market Mini is finished in the strident combination of Black roof over Tartan Red bodywork and trimmed in Red/Gold brocade. It was delivered new to the supplying dealer, Central Garage of Leeds, on April 6, 1966 and first registered 'FUM 740D'. The vendor acquired the car in 2011, since when it has dwelt on the Isle of Man with the appropriate registration 'MN 1275' - as he is retaining that number the Mini has now been allocated 'FMN 740D'. The vendor presently grades the bodywork, paintwork and transmission as 'excellent', and the engine and interior trim as 'very good'. He is now offering the car complete with the green continuation log book and original service book and owners' manual, as well as the Tudor Webasto instruction guide and Manx registration document. The odometer currently displays an eminently credible 69,450 miles.
Books - 'The Modern Carpenter Joiner and Cabinet Maker - a complete guide to current practice' Ed. G Lister Sutcliffe, two volumes 1905; 'The Liverpool Architectural Sketch Book', ed. C H Reilly, November 1911; 'Normand's Parallel of the Orders of Architecture', re-edited by R A Cordingley, reprinted 1946; and 'Covenants with Death', ed. T A Innes and Ivor Castle, London 1934 (5)
One volume Wilkinson "Tours to The British Mountains", London 1824, Hermann Prior "English Lake District" 5th Non-Pareil Edition, repair to spine and 8 loose but still attached pages front of book, both loose maps in good condition, and Jonathan Otley "Otley's Guide to The Lakes" 7th Edition including handcoloured map.
Selection of Diecast Toy Collectors Reference Books and Catalogues, ‘The Great Book of Corgi’ 1956-1983 by Marcel R.Van Cleemput 474 of 4000 complete with Limited edition Routemaster bus, pocket book and original box, ‘Dinky Toys and Modelled Miniatures’ by Mike and Sue Richardson, ‘Dinky Toy Compendium’ by Patrick Trench, ‘Dinky Toys’ by Dr. Edward Force with price guide plus others. Items are in fair to excellent condition. (8 items)
A Regency figured mahogany bureau. With fitted waterfall interior having faux book spines, raised on graduated drawers and supported on ogee bracket feet, 1m 7cm wide, 1m 6cm high, 50cm deep. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Interior baize needs replacing. Very minor veneer loss.
A Lomonosov Soviet porcelain figure group. Modelled as a pair of Naval Cadets (Nakhimovtsys) stood together reading from a book on a rectangular shallow plinth. Printed bue marks c.1950/60s, 19.5cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Sligh glaze mark on the right elbow of the right figure. No chips, cracks or repair.
Britain.- Coburn (Alvin Langdon) The Book of Harlech, 20 mounted plates, light spotting, original boards, spine and joints worn, Harlech, D.H.Parry, 1920 § Lewis (William, publisher) Lewis's New Traveller's Guide, and Panorama of England and Wales, 42 engraved maps (lacking map and text for Rutland), some staining, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, 1835 § Barber (Thomas) Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, engraved vignette title, plates and double-page map, original blind-stamped cloth, [1834], rubbed; and 14 others, mostly British topography, 4to & 8vo (17)
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