Ɵ TURKESTAN: Two Works on Turkestan in English. 1913 - 1934. comprises: RICKMERS, W. Rickmer. (1873 - 1965). The Duab of Turkestan. A Physiographic Sketch and Account of some Travels. Cambridge: University Press, 1913. first edition, 4to., (282 x 205mm), publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, lacks dustwrapper, gilt top, half title, numerous b/w. illustrations throughout, and plans to text, folding panorama, 2 folding maps at end, 563pp: MAILLART, ELLA K. (1903 - 1997). Turkestan Solo. One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum. SIGNED. Putnam, London, 1934. first English edition, 8vo., (229 x162mm), publisher's rust cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, map illustrated e/ps., contemporary gift inscription to half-title, and further SIGNED by the author in red ink to title page, b/w. photographic plates throughout, translated from the original French by John Rodker, 307pp. (2) Condition Report: 1. The Duab of Turkestan. - cloth faded to upper cover and spine, lower corners rubbed, spine bumped head/tail, light marks to edges, toning to leaf edges o/w. a clean copy. 2. Turkestan Solo - cloth marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine discoloured and bumped head/tail, front map illus e/ps. with small marks, toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
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Ɵ BONATTI, Walter (1930 - 2011). Four Works: first English editions, three volumes SIGNED. 1964-2001. comprises: On the Heights, SIGNED. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrations, translated from the Italian by Lovett F. Edwards, 248pp: The Great Days. SIGNED. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1974. 8vo. (220 x 145mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, luminous yellow e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrations, translated by Geoffrey Sutton, 189pp: The Mountains of My Life. SIGNED. The Modern Library, New York, 2001. paperback, 8vo., (230 x 130mm), SIGNED by Walter Bonatti and Robert Marshall to title page, 442pp: Magic of Mont Blanc. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1985. folio., (350 x 255mm), publisher's grey cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, b/w. and colour photo. illustrations throughout, translated by Geoffrey Byrne-Sutton, 208pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, explorer and journalist, who pioneered difficult and little known climbs in the Himalayas, Alps and Patagonia. He was one of three survivors of the disasters on the Central Pillar of Frêney in 1961. (4) Condition Report: 1. On the Heights - some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Great Days - boards marked, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a clean copy. 3. The Mountains of My Life - a clean copy. 4. Magic of Mont Blanc - (unsigned) dustwrapper with some crinkling, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). Two Works: SIGNED first editions, 1955-1999. comprises: High Adventure. SIGNED. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. first edition, 8vo., (210 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, pale blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary to title page, and further SIGNED to the author's preface by John Hunt, half-title, colour frontispiece, with maps after A. Spark, sketches after George Djurkouic, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations, 224pp. An account of Sir Edmund Hillary's 1951 Everest reconnaissance expedition and the British 1953 Everest expedition's first ascent, led by John Hunt. Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first confirmed climbers to have reached the summit on 29 May, 1953. HILLARY, Edmund. View from the Summit. SIGNED. Doubleday, London, 1999. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED and dated June 1999 by the author to title page, half-title, map illustrated e/ps., colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 5 full-page maps, 310pp. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. (2) Condition Report: 1. High Adventure - minor marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper chipped with loss to head/tail of spine, and lower r.h. edge, some toning internally. 2. View from the Summit - spine bumped head/tail, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). and LOWE, George. (1924 - 2013). East of Everest. An Account of the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition to the Baran Valley in 1954. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. single volume, first UK. edition, 4to., (250 x 190mm), publisher's blue gilt ruled cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, SIGNED by both authors to title page, 2 sketch-maps, 70pp. plus 48pp. photogravure illustrations. within removeable plastic wrapper. (1) Condition Report: clean boards, spine bumped at tail of spine, dustwrapper with some edge chips o/w. clean, new e/ps., some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, with Supplementary Appendix. London: John Murray, 1891 - 1892. two volumes, first editions, 8vo., (230 x 170mm), comprises: first volume: publisher's olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, chocolate e/ps. half-title, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p. 'with the compliments of the author', 20 full-page plates, numerous in-text illustrations, four maps (including folding route map in rear cover pocket), 456pp; second volume: Supplementary Appendix, olive green gilt illustrated decorative cloth, chocolate e/ps., half-title, 14 plates, numerous in-text illustrations, 147pp., both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. An account of Edward Whymper's expedition to Ecuador, primarily organised by the author in order to collect data for the study of mountain sickness and of the physical effects of high altitude. (2) Condition Report: light wear and marks to boards, corners bumped, spine bumped head/tail, endpapers foxed, hinges splitting in places, some toning internally o/w. clean text, plates and maps. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL. 1891-1967, Edinburgh: The Darien Press, with Index to Volume I to X. Edinburgh: The Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1911, and Index to Volumes 21-30, 1936-1975, n.d. (c.1894). with The Scottish Council for National Parks, Meeting Minutes, Jan, 1943. comprises: 29 bound volumes, and one booklet. Volume I. No. 1. Jan 1890 - Volume XXVIII. No. 158. May, 1967, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), half calf over marbled boards, red leather gilt-lettered labels to spine, gilt lettering and decorative bands to spine, marbled e/ps., marbled edges, half-titles, full-page b/w. photo. illustrations, folding panoramas and maps, in-text diagrams and sketches, Volume XIII. No. 73. Feb, 1914 - No. 78. Oct, 1915, with 3 full-page colour photo. illustrations, editors include Joseph Gibson Stott, William Douglas, F.S. Goggs, Eric P. Buchanan, G.B. Green, George Sang, Jack McRobert; with the Index to Volume 1 to X, (bound as above), compiled by William Garden and James A. Parker, 1911, 288pp; and the Index to Volumes 21-30, 1936-1975, Scottish Mountaineering Club, n.d. (c. 1984). beige illustrated card covers, lettered in black, foreward by W.D. Brooker dated February, 1984, largely the work of the late Robert M. Gall Inglis. 30pp; together with a 4pp. typed minutes of a meeting of The Scottish Council of National Parks, held in the Lower Galtshore Hall, Edinburgh, Saturday 23rd January, 1943; those present included Lord Keith (in the Chair), Major R.F. Brebner (National Trust for Scotland), Lt. Colonel J.W. Balfour (Boy Scouts Association), Mr. R.A. Storrock (Royal Scottish Academy), Dr. Catherine Snodgrass (Saltire Society), several representatives from the Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland, and other prominent Scottish organisations, the minutes recorded discussions on Hydro-Electric development in Scotland, creating areas within the parks as sanctuaries for birds, animals, and interesting plants, the commission's right of compulsory purchase of land which they consider necessary to acquire for National Park purposes (whatever authority Parliament may determine). Condition Report: Volume. XIV, and Volumes. XXI - XXVIII, uniformly rebound with new e/ps., a few volumes with scuffs to corners, and spines bumped head/tail, o/w. mostly clean copies. meeting minutes, folded, and stapled, with some foxing mostly to leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ ROCHE, Andre. (1906 - 2002). Everest 1952. SIGNED by Tenzing Norgay and two other members of the 1952 Swiss Expedition Team. Editions Jeheber, 1952. single volume, 4to., (270 x 210mm), cream paper wrappers, navy blue text to front and spine, colour photo. illustrated dustwrapper, and further within removeable clear wrapper, SIGNED in green ink to half-title by three members of the 1952 Swiss Everest Expedition team, including Tenzing Norgay, Lambert Raymond and Flory Leon, a further inscription in blue ink, dated 1971 to title page, French text, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated, 110pp. within clear wrapper. An account of the 1952 Swiss expedition led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant. Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who set a new climbing altitude record on the south-east ridge of approx. 8595m (28,199 ft.), this experience proving invaluable for Tenzing Norgay, later joining the British 1953 Everest expedition, during which he reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary. (1) Condition Report: clean cream covers, dustwrapper clean, with minor wear and chips to edges and spine, joint splitting slightly to half-title page, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, [with Supplementary Appendix and Atlas of maps], and one related work. London: John Murray, 1892 - 1891. comprises: four volumes, first editions, 8vo, (230 x 175mm), uniform brown gilt morocco backed cloth; first volume: Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. Special Edition, Subscriber's copy, No. 77 of 100 copies, inscribed by the author to fly-leaf, decorative gilt lettered spine, publisher's name to lower spine, gilt top, edges untrimmed, marbled e/ps., 2 half-titles, 20 full-page plates (including frontispiece), 118 in-text illustrations, a full-page General map of Ecuador, 456pp, with the 4pp. list of subscribers loosely inserted: second volume: Supplementary Appendix. gilt lettering to spine, publisher's name to lower spine, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., half-title, introduction by H.W. Bates, 14 plates, 42 in-text illustrations, 147pp. Neate 899: 'Supplementary volume of scientific material was published before the main volume'. third volume. Maps to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. 8vo., gilt lettering to spine, lacks title, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., contains linen-backed folding Route Map of Chimborazo from Observations made by Edward Whymper in 1879-80, folding linen-backed Plan of Quito by J.B. Menton, 1875, and folding linen-backed facsimile of the central portion of the map of the Province of Quito by Don Pedro Maldonaldo, 1780: fourth volume: WHYMPER, Edward. How to Use the Aneroid Barometer. London: John Murray, 1891. gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., 61pp. all contained within a red velour slipcase. An account of Edward Whymper's expedition to Ecuador, primarily organised by the author in order to collect data for the study of mountain sickness and of the physical effects of high altitude. During 1880 Whymper twice ascended the previously unclimbed Chimborazo. (4) Condition Report: first volume: travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator - cloth boards marked and stained to front, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 4pp. List of Subscribers, toning mostly to leaf edges, very small chip (with loss) to top centre of each leaf. Supplementary Appendix - cloth boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, minor toning internally, a clean copy. atlas of maps, boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and a little scuffed at head/tail, some marks to verso of linen backs, o/w. clean maps and plan. How to Use the Aneroid Barometer - cloth boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, some toning to leaf edges o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ EVANS, Charles. (1918 - 1995). Three Works: two first editions SIGNED by the author, and a related SIGNED volume. 1956. comprises: On Climbing. SIGNED. Museum Press Limited, London, 1956. first edition, 8vo., (237 x 165mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 32 plates, numerous in-text drawings, 6 maps, 191pp: Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak. SIGNED. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 155mm), publisher's black, gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by the author, half-title, SIGNED by Charles Evans (leader of the expedition) to title page, and further SIGNED to the dedication page by six members of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga Expedition, including Norman Hardie, George Band, John Jackson, Joe Brown Tony Streathers and John Clegg, 5 colour and 32 monochrome plates, 5 diagrams, 2 maps, 187pp: together with The Geographical Journal, Kangchenjunga Climbed, A Lecture delivered by Charles Evans and George Band. SIGNED. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), March, 1956. Vol. CXXII, Part 1, black card wrappers, white titled label to front, SIGNED to the first page by George Band and further SIGNED to the last page by five members of the 1955 British Expedition including Norman Hardie, Tony Streather, John Jackson, Joe Brown, and John Clegg, b/w.photo. illustrated, 18pp: Sir Robert Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon. The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the 8,586m Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for the first time. George Band and Joe Brown reached the summit on 25 May 1955, and were followed the next day by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather. The expedition was led by Charles Evans who had been deputy leader on the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. (3) Condition Report: 1, On Climbing - light marks to boards, top edge and spine faded, spine bumped head/tail, some marks mainly to verso of dustwrapper and a few edge nicks, toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak - minor marks to bright clean boards, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper torn at top r.h. corner and top of spine (with loss) with toning to inside flaps, foxing to e/ps., toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy. 3. The Geographical Journal, Kangchenjunga Climbed, A Lecture delivered by Charles Evans and George Band - some toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ FILIPPI, Filippo de. (1869 - 1938). Karakoram and Western Himalaya,1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. Duke of the Abruzzi. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1912. 2 volumes, Text and Atlas, 4to., (270 x 220mm), publisher's uniform quarter vellum, gilt lettering to spines, gilt top, others untrimmed, translated into English by Caroline de Filippi and H.T. Porter, Text: half-title, photogravure frontispiece, 25 photogravure plates, all with printed tissue guards, 5 double-page photographic panoramas, numerous in-text photographic illustrations after photographs by Vittorio Sella (a member of the expedition), 2 coloured photographic plates of geographical specimens, 469pp. Atlas: 18 folding photographic panoramas on 17 sheets after Sella, 3 folding coloured maps, and a booklet with list of plates and index loose, as issued in the portfolio atlas. Filippo de Fillipi was an Italian surgeon, scientist, and mountaineer. He accompanied and recorded the Duke of Abruzzi's 1909 expedition to the western Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, during which a 24,600 foot peak was scaled in the vicinity of K2. In 1913-1914 de Filippi organized and led a large and highly successful scientific expedition to Central Asia: Baltistan, Ladakh and Xinjiang. (2) Condition Report: some wear to cloth and spines darkened to both volumes. Text: lower untrimmed edges stained, Henry Southeran Ltd. London, bookseller's printed label to front pastedown, toning to tissue guards, e/ps., half-title, and title page, o/w. clean text and plates. Atlas: foxing to inside flap of the portfolio, and to the maps and index label, maps clean and bright, the plates with some toning to margins. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. & HILLARY. Peter. three SIGNED, first editions. 1975-1984. comprises: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). Nothing Venture, Nothing Win. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton. 1975. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt signature of author to front, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design George Crichard, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 17 maps and diagrams, 319pp. Sir Edmund Hillary's first autobiography: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). From the Ocean to the Sky. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 170mm), publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jefferson Godwin, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to the title page, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 9 maps and drawings, 272pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). and HILLARY, Peter. (b. 1954). Two Generations. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's blue cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, pictorial e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary to title page, colour photo. illustrations throughout after Peter Hillary, 4 maps, 223pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. The personal account of three decades of high-altitude climbing and aid development in Nepal by Edmund Hillary and his son Peter. (3) Condition Report: 1. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win - a clean copy, residue from a removed price sticker to inside front flap of the unclipped dustwrapper. 2. From the Ocean to the Sky - corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper torn (with loss) lower l.h., discolouring to front e/p., o/w. a clean copy. 3. Two Generations - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ EVANS, Charles. (1918 - 1995). Eye on Everest. A Sketch Book from the Great Everest Expedition. SIGNED. London: Dennis Dobson, 1955. single volume, first edition, 4to., (257 x 195mm), blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED to front free e/p. by five members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, including John Hunt (leader of the expedition), George Lowe, Edmund Hillary, Michael Ward, and George Band, half-title, numerous illustrations after the author, many from the author's original diary of the expedition, 122pp: Sir Robert Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon. He was leader of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition and deputy leader of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, (1) Condition Report: light marks to boards (especially to board edges), corners scuffed, spine bumped and marked head/tail, dustwrapper marked with 4 clean edge tears, approx. 40mm each, and chipped head/tail of spine, foxing to inside of the wrapper cover, edges marked, some toning and a small crease throughout to top l.h. corner of pages, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HIMALAYAS: a group of Three SIGNED French editions, 1951 - 1954. comprises: HERZOG, Maurice. (1919 - 2012 ). and ICHAC, Marcel. (1906 - 1994). Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED. B. Arthaud, Paris & Grenoble, (1951). second edition, 8vo., (255 x 200mm), rebound half vellum, silk patterned boards, gilt-lettered calf label to spine, gilt patterned e/ps., original colour pictorial wrappers bound in, SIGNED to half-title by Maurice Herzog in blue ink, French text, preface by Lucien Devies, numerous heliogravures, colour illustrations and photographs after Herzog, Ichac, and others, sketch map of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri bound in, blue silk ribbon book mark, 96pp. An account of the 1950 French expedition in the Himalayas of Nepal: HUNT, General Sir John. (1910 - 1998). Victoire sur L'Everest. [The Ascent of Everest]. Presentation copy, Amoit Dumont, 1953. Library of Mountaineering, Limited edition, number 1 of 1000 copies, 4to., (215 x 160mm), cream paper wrappers, red and black lettering to front, black lettered illustrated spine, dustwrapper unclipped, edges untrimmed, a Presentation copy to Sir Charles Matthews, SIGNED to front free e/p. by John Hunt, George Lowe, George Band, Alfred Gregory, E.P. Hillary, and Maurice Herzog, French text, b/w. photo. illustrated throughout, translated from English by Bernard Pierre, drawings after Charles Evans, preface by Maurice Herzog., 350pp: MAKALU. French Expeditions to the Himalayas 1954-1955, SIGNED, Federation Francaise de la Montagne, 1954. 4to. (280 x 210mm), photo. illustrated soft wrappers, French text, SIGNED on the Foca cameras advertisement page by six members of the French 1955 Makalu Expedition team, Guido Magnone, Jean Franco, (expedition leader), Pierre Leroux, Jean Couzy, Andre Vialette, and Jean Bouvier, photo. illustrated throughout, adverts., 44pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. Regards vers L'Annapurna - light marks to the half vellum and lower silk patterned board, foxing to front free e/ps., some toning to the map's page edges, blue silk ribbon book mark faded, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Victoire sur L'Everest - some wear to boards and spine, toning to leaf edges, a clean copy. 3. Makalu - French Expeditions to the Himalayas 1954-1955 - boards worn at edges and to spine, clean bright copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ TILMAN, Harold William. (1898 - 1977). Mount Everest 1938. Noel Odell Presentation copy. Cambridge: University Press, 1948. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), brown crested cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by John Hockham, half-title, INSCRIBED to front free by the English geologist and mountaineer Noel Odell, 'Ethel / With much love / from Noel', 35 photo. illustrations including frontispiece, 4 maps, 160pp. An account of the fifth Everest Expedition, led by Bill Tilman, with Eric Shipman, and Frank Smythe among others in the party. Noel Odell (1890-1987) was an oxygen officer on the 1924 Everest Expedition, later climbing Nanda Devi with Bill Tilman in 1936, at the time the highest mountain climbed. within removeable clear wrapper. (1) Condition Report: small mark to lower cover, o/w. clean boards, dustwrapper with slight wear top of spine and toning to inside flap, minor foxing to e/ps. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Scarce Great War and second World War Medal Group of Five to a Member of the Civil Hospital Reserve, consisting 1914 Star (with copy bar) “MISS E. BRAY CIV:HOSP:RES”, British War medal and Victory medal “SISTER E. BRAY”, 1939-45 Star and War medal engraved “SISTER E BRAY M.N.”. Group mounted as worn with matching group of miniature medals and pin back enamelled badge ‘HMHS NEVASA 1916’. Copy 1914 bar loose. Ethel Bray was born on 19th May 1878 in St. Leonards on Sea in Sussex and worked as a nurse at the North West London Hospital between 1904 and 1912. She arrived in France on 8th August 1914 as a member of the Civil Hospital Reserve working at No.2 General Hospital and eventually became a Sister in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. During the Great War she served on the HMHS Asturias from Dec 1914. She later served in the Dardanelles on HMHS Nevasa. Her service record indicates ‘Recommended for exceptionally good service and devotion to duty while serving in HMHS Nevasa MEF at Gallipoli from Aug to Dec 1915’ signed by RN Hunt, Major RAMC, O/C HM Hospital Ship Nevasa, Oct 12th 1916. Post war she spent time the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe, Folkestone and during the 1930’s spent several years working as a Nursing Sister on the P&O liner Narkunda. The award of the two WW2 campaign medals to Ethel Bray is confirmed on the Merchant Navy medal cards.
An Interesting Medal Group of Five Awarded to a Resident of Jersey Who Served as a VAD Nurse During the Great War and Served in India During the Second World War, group consists Kaisar-I-Hind medal GVI in bronze in case of issue, Serving Sister of St John 2nd Type on ribbon bow, reverse engraved OLGA A SACHS, JAN 2ND 1940, QUETTA, British Red Cross Society Medal For War Service, unnamed as issued, Defence medal and War medal 1939-45. Lot includes a St. Johns pinback cap badge, and identity bracelet O A SACHS 225155 C OF E and an enamel British Red Cross Society, Jersey, Channel Islands badge engraved to the reverse OLGA LE CHASSEUR. Also includes several photographs. Olga Alice LeChasseur was born in 1892 in St. Helier on the island of Jersey. During the Great war she served in the VAD commencing her service on 13/1/1916 and was still serving in June 1919 at Chiseldon Camp Military Hospital, Swindon. Her record card indicates she was mentioned in despatches 17/4/1919 but this has not been located in the London Gazette. Post war she continued her Nursing training at Kings College Hospital London becoming a Registered Nurse in June 1923 and being gazetted as a Staff Nurse in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 7th November 1924. On the 8th December she married the Physician Albert Sachs (CB (1955), CBE (1952) BA Dubl (1926) MB ChB BAO (1926) MSc (1935) MRCP (1953) FRCP (1964) FRCPath (1964)) in Jubbulpore, India. Gazetted as a Serving Sister of the Order of St John on 2nd January 1940 and in the LG of 4th June 1943 she is listed as a Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. In 1948 she was awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind for services to the W.V.S. in India. Olga Sachs died on 23rd December 1979 in Crawley, West Sussex.
Brass Regimental Duty / Bed Plates of South Wales Borderers and Royal Welch Fusiliers Interest, being an example with regimental badge and impressed “24TH REGT 10429 W. MOODY” and example with Welsh Dragon above RWF impressed “4188908 SGT GRIFFITHS O ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS” this example engraved with the various places he visited. (2 items)Ex Jerry Withers collection
An emerald and diamond set dress ring, the central rectangular cut emerald measuring 6.8mm x 5.8mm x 3.8mm, with V splayed shoulders set with two baguette cut diamonds and four tiny diamonds to each side, white metal stamped platinum, ring size O, 3.5g all in, with original purchase receipt from Wine Gartens London for 1969.
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