Omega British Military RAF issue pilot's stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, ref. 2777-41 SC, serial no. 1459xxxx, circa 1956, the black dial with Arabic numerals, luminous dot markers, minute track and centre seconds, cal. 283 17 jewel movement, with movement cover, Huguenin Frères case with fixed bars and screw back, with broad Military arrow and ordnance numbering '6645-101000', air crew issue '6B/542', store number and year '19x/56', black leather strap, 37mm-Movement - currently functioning.Dial - Swiss Made T dial with nice patina to the markings, no Tritium marker or broad arrow.Glass - minor marks.Hands - sword hands with some re-touching present to the lume.Case - typical marks as expected, the case back does have some marks and surface scratches - see images for guidance.Crown - adjusting correctly.Strap - mild wear.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
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Two Royal Engineer Regiment Explosive Ordnance Disposal gentleman's wristwatches, quartz, 41mm; together with two two Xemex gentleman's wristwatches, quartz, 37mm (one with box and instructions); Swiss Airforce gentleman's wristwatch, quartz, 40mm including crown guards and a large Military style 'pilots/navigators automatic stainless steel watch, 55mm (6)
A collection of twenty two silk cards: Royal Hussars (2), Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Navy, Royal West Sussex, The Buffs, Royal Engineers, Medical Corps (3), Pay Corps, Service Corps (2), Rifle Brigade, Artillery, East Surrey, R.S.P.C.A. Auxiliary AVC, and 'England for Ever'. Two with envelopes, a number with messages to the reverse *Condition: All with nice strong colours, occasional spotting but generally well chosen examples.
With a 74.5cm slightly curved blade with fuller and spear point, the blade sharpened for active service and etched with a battleship, Imperial Reichs Crown over a fouled anchor, all amongst scrolling foliage. The guard with double folding inner and outer sections, the larger with fouled anchor, all with further scrolling foliage, with an ivory grip with wire binding, the pommel with lion's head set with red and greed eyes. Mounted with a second World War Kriegsmarine sword knot. The leather scabbard with engraved brass mounts, with twin ring suspension loops. With a black leather sword belt and twin hangers with Reichsmarine buckle marked for A.W. & S. Berlin. The grip engraved internally 'M. Tikrem C.L.' (?) and 'Dohnka'. 89cm overall. With copied research and images of some of Dohnka's ships. Research accompanying the sword suggests that Dohnka relates to Emil Dohnke who was born on the 22nd May 1879, he joined the Imperial Navy in 1896 as an artillery mechanic being promoted to the officer's rank of Lieutenant Ordnance Specialist (Feuerwerks-Leutnenat) on the 19th July 1911. He served in the artillery department of the Imperial Shipyard (Kaiserliche Werft) in Kiel and on the 22nd March 1914 he was promoted to Feuerwerks-Oberleutnant (Lieutenant Senior Grade). Following the beginning of the First World War he was posted to the ammunition depot of the German Navy Corps in Flanders. He appears to have retired from active service on the 30th October 1915 retiring from the Navy in 1918. By July 1st 1934 he had rejoined the Reichsmarine as a Lieutenant Commander and Erganzungs-Offizer (Supplement Officer), a branch of the Navy created for specialists in Artillery, Mine Sweeping or Torpedo operation. He remained at the Naval Arsenal in Kiel rising to the rank of Fregattenkapitan (Commander Senior Grade). He seems to have left the Navy at this time and celebrated his 100th birthday in Hamburg in 1979. A photocopied report of his 100th birthday celebrations is included with copied research relating to this combatant from the First and Second World Wars . A Cites License has been applied for MUVZ2SVW *Condition: Repair to split in scabbard, part of wire grip binding lacking, some light marking to blade.
With an 89cm curved blade with spear point and fuller, the decorated blade with VR Monogramme and crown and presentation inscription 'Presented by Lt Colonel Pollard and the Officers of the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeoy Cavly to John Ellam for being the Best Shot in C Troop at Ball Firing Practice Augst 9th 1852'. Marked to the ricasso for Reeves Creaves & Co. sword manufacturer to Her Majestys Honble Board of Ordnance and the Honble East India Compy Charlotte Birm.'. With a three bar hilt, short forward facing quillon, wire bound grip and stepped oval pommel. With steel scabbard with twin ring suspension. 108cm overall *Condition: Light dents and scuffs to scabbard, light rubbing and surfacxe degradation to blade, generally a good early sword.
Early 19th century A.D. Featuring a circular opening to receive fuse and plug to one face; hollow-formed. See McConnell, D., British Smooth-Bore Artillery: A Technological Study to Support Identification, Acquisition, Restoration, Reproduction and Interpretation of Artillery at National Historic Parks in Canada, 1988; see Blackmore, H.L., The Armouries of the Tower of London. I. Ordnance, London, 1976.3.9 kg, 11 cm diameter (4 3/8 in.). Acquired after 2000. Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman. The shrapnel shell is named after Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), a British officer who devised the hollow, gunpowder-filled ball that was fused to explode either in the air or on the ground with the resulting ball fragments proving to be an effective anti-personnel weapon; later types were filled with lead musket balls and powder to make the weapon even more effective against troops; such projectiles were used both with field artillery cannon and with mortars. [No Reserve]
Allen, Thomas – A New and Complete History of the County of York. Vol 3 only. Complete with some illustrations, engraved on steel, by Nathaniel Wittock. I. T. Hinton, London, 1831. Hadley George: A New and Complete History of the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull; T. Briggs Hull 1788.Ordnance map by Edward Stanford of Willerby and surrounding areas.
Royal Fireworks.- Board of Ordnance. A Description of the Machine for the Fireworks, with all its Ornaments: and a Detail of the Manner in which they are to be exhibited in St. James's Park, Thursday, April 27, 1749 on account of the General Peace, signed at Aix La Chapelle, October 7, 1748, 16pp., issue with catchword "of" on p.6, woodcut title-vignette and tail-piece, small ink stain to head of title, first and last leaves browned with slight wear to final leaf where previously folded, modern cloth, W.Bowyer [for] R.Dodsley & M.Cooper, 4to, 1749.⁂ Account of the fireworks to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession between Britain and France, for which George II commissioned Handel to compose Music for the Royal Fireworks.
British Isles.- Geological Ordnance Survey.- Collection of 27 geological maps, from various editions, including two large sheets of the British Isles, sheet 1 of England and Wales, sheet 2 of Scotland, a large double-page 'Tectonic Map of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', and other regional geological maps, colour-printed maps, all mounted on linen, various sizes between 330 x 440 mm (13 x 17 1/4 in) and 840 x 1070 mm (33 x 42 1/8 in), old folds and handling creases, colours generally bright and vivid, all unframed, the majority circa 1950s (27)
* Spitfire P9372. Part of an airman's navigational map recovered from Spitfire P9372 which was shot down on 9 September 1940, the map produced by the Ordnance Survey Office Southampton 1933, stamped with the dates 21 Aug 1937, 25 Jan 1938, 23 Feb 1938 and annotated by Pilot Official William Charles Watling in pencil on the right-hand side, presented in a glazed display case 61 x 43 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Important Notice: All lots from the Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum (lots 401-557) will remain in situ in the Museum and will only be available for viewing and collection from there in Tonbridge, Kent. All viewings and collections are strictly by timed appointment - please see front of catalogue or contact the auction office for details.Provenance: Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum, Malcolm Pettit.See lots 450, 452, 494, 507 and 508.
NAVAL CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FIVE TO CPO T E COLLINS RN Queens South Africa, no bar. Correctly impressed T E Collins Po 1st Cl HMS Monarch; 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; British War Medal, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; Victory Medal, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; Queen Victoria Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal, correctly impressed T E Collins P O Cl1 HMS Excellent, swing mounted as worn; condition VF and better, edge bruises to the LSGC The group is housed in a homemade wooden case. Sold with original service papers, torpedo and gunnery record and certificate of service. Three copy pictures of the recipient and copies of his birth and marriage certificates are included. Thomas Edward Collins was born in Maidenhead on the 22nd of December 1867. He joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday as a Boy 2nd Class; in civilian life, he worked as a Labourer. Collins progressed up the ranks quickly; by 1894, he was a Petty Officer 1st Class. While serving on HMS Excellent in 1901, he was awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal. During the Boer War, Collins served on HMS Monarch; interestingly, one of the pictures shows Collins posing with a rifle; the picture looks to have been taken in South Africa. On the 23rd of December 1905, he was pensioned to shore and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Collin served on HMS Victory and HMS Arethusa during World War One. At the time of the 1939 census, he was living in Kent. He was listed as a 'Naval Ordnance Examiner Retired.'
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL GROUP TO SUB CONDUCTOR CHADWICK RAOC 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 02298 SJT S V Chadwick AOC; British War Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC; Victory Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC (MID); Defence Medal; War Medal; GV MSM, correctly impressed 0/2298 T SUB CONDR S V Chadwick RAOC; condition VF+, court mountedSold with an original photograph of the recipient. Stanley Victor Chadwick was born in Elmesthrofie, Leicestershire, on the 22nd of March 1892. At the time of the 1911 census, he was living with his family in Morecambe, Lancashire and was working as an assistant to a photographer. During the Great War, he served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Salonika, arriving there on the 20th of November 1915. He rose to the rank of Temporary Sub Conductor by the end of the war and was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal, gazetted on the 30th of January 1919. At the time of the 1939 census, Victor worked as an accountant and lived in Hampshire. When WW2 broke out, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He served at home for the duration of the war. Victor passed away in 1973.
TERRITORIAL PAIR TO LIEUTENANT CHADWICK ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GSM Near East, correctly impressed Lieut A B Chadwick RAOC; EIIR T & AVR Officers Decoration dated 1969, with three bars. Sold with three sets of miniatures, with a photograph of the recipient; condition EF Anthony B Chadwick was born in Hampshire in 1935. Called up for National Service, he was given a commission in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He saw active service during the Suez Crisis and was awarded a GSM 'Near East'. After leaving regular service, he spent many years with the Territorial Army. Awarded the T & AVR Officers Decoration on the 16th of September 1969. 1st bar, 5.11.74, 2nd bar, 1.6.81 and 3rd bar 24.2.87. He retired as Major on the 10th of May 1988.
A COLLECTION OF CAP BADGES, MAINLY GREAT WAR ERA 1st (Royal) Dragoons2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)3rd (The King's Own) Hussars5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, first type, 1898-190320th HussarsAlexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)Auxiliary Territorial Service Corps ATS Cap Badge (3, one to Warrant Officer Pennington Smythe)Border Regiment Cheshire Regiment, World War II eraDevonshire Regiment (2)Duke of Cornwall's Light InfantryDuke of Wellington's (West Riding) RegimentEast Lancashire RegimentEssex RegimentGrenadier GuardsKing's (Liverpool Regiment), post 1927Lincolnshire RegimentLoyal North Lancashire Regiment (2)Northamptonshire RegimentPrince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (The Royal Berkshire Regiment) (2)Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), post 1927Royal Armoured Corps, World War II eraRoyal Army Medical CorpsRoyal Army Ordnance CorpsRoyal Army Pay Corps, World War II era (2)Royal Army Service Corps, post 1918 issueRoyal Corps of Signals, Inter-War eraRoyal Leicestershire Regiment, 1946-1952Royal Pioneer Corps, 1947 onwardsRoyal Regiment of ArtilleryRoyal Regiment of ArtilleryRoyal Warwickshire RegimentWest Riding Royal Horse Artillery, probable restrikeWest Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 7th & 8th Battalions (Leeds Rifles)Collar Badge. Royal Marines, 1923-1965 issueScottish Kilt Pin and Highlanders Belt Buckle Surround.
A small collection of 18th and 19th Century Royal Naval ordnance relics, comprising, a roved copper retaining bar and grape shot salvaged from the wreck of H.M.S. Colossus (wrecked 1798-99), accompanied by a letter of provenance; together with a 24 pound cannon ball, a four pound ball, a hollow shot or grenade with threaded aperture for filling and fuse, and four other grape shot. [9]H.M.S. Colossus was a 74 gun thrd rate ship of the line launched in 1787. She fouht in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, and was wrecked off the Scilly Isles in the winter of 1798-99.
Charles Turner after Sir Joshua Reynolds, mezzotint, 'The Most Noble George Markie Townshend', published by Charles Turner, 1807, visible sheet 68.5 x 42cm Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 1724 – 14 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite Rising, Townshend took command of the British forces for the closing stages of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. He went on to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or Viceroy where he introduced measures aimed at increasing the size of Irish regiments, reducing corruption in Ireland and improving the Irish economy. In cooperation with Prime Minister North in London, he solidified governmental control over Ireland. He also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, first in the North Ministry and then in the Fox–North Coalition.
Ordnance SurveyCity Plan of Leeds.Linen-backed folding map, Sheet CCXVIII.2.21, 1891 first edition, surveyed 1889, 64 sections, 137.5cm x 104 cm, original cloth covers with paper label;'Geographia', Plan of Leeds. linen-backed folding colour map, no date (c1935 in pencil), 114cm x 104cm, with index (taped) in original cloth gilt covers;Bain (James), The Authentic Map Directory of South Lancashire. 'Geographia', no date, quarto atlas, 208 pages plus index, original cloth gilt;Bacon (G.W.), New Commercial & Reference Chart of the British Isles,.Folding linen-backed colour map on two sheets, each approx 62cm x 97cm, 1 inch to 15 miles, original cloth gilt covers;Richardson's New Map of the British Isles.Folding linen-backed colour map on two sheets, each approx 61cm x 94cm, repairs to rear fold intersections, original cloth gilt covers. (5)
MapsPaterson (Capt Daniel), Paterson's British Itinerary, Being a New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain. In two vols (Vol II only), 1785, engraved title, strip maps, worn contemporary calf;Ordnance Survey - Halifax and Huddersfield (Sheet 230/231).Large hand-coloured, linen-backed, folding OS map (six inch to the mile), surveyed 1848-9, published 1854, 60 sections, 128cm x 193cm;Ordnance Survey - Burley in Wharfedale.Large linen-backed folding OS map (1/2500, 25.344 inches to the mile), surveyed 1889, reprinted 1893, 32 sections, 135cm x 106cm, hand-coloured areas identifying ownership (with key in margin), linen fragile;Ordnance Survey - llkley and Otley.Large linen-backed folding OS map, Sheets CLXIX and CLXX (six inches to the mile), 1895, 32 sections, 129cm x 192cm, waterways coloured on second sheet; Jackson's Map of the Bramham Moor Hunt.Richard Jackson, no date, linen-backed folding map, 32 sections, 71cm x 95cm, original roan gilt covers (worn);Jeffreys (Thomas), The County of York, Survey'd in MDCCLXVII, VII, IX and MDCCLXX, 1775 (1973), large folio reproduction, foxing to edges and endpapers, original bindings;Whitaker (Harold), A Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Yorkshire ....1577-1900, YAS, 1971, original cloth. (7)
Symons Alderman John: Kingstoniana. 1889 Hull. Folding map; other books and booklets of Hull interest; Victorian and later paper ephemera including newspapers, theatre programmes, letter headings and invoices, PDSA poster, sports programmes, social events, first day covers, Ordnance Survey maps, DVDs etcCondition Report:Condition varies dependent upon age but most in reasonable condition.Some rusting of staples to programmes etc
An Artillery NCO Waffenrock Field-grey very fine tricot wool, privately tailored, eight-button front, bottle-green badge cloth collar with double hook closure, front panel, collar and cuffs piped in red, ornamental cuffs with bottle-green backing. Silver pebbled buttons, no award loops. Embroidered silver-aluminum eagle on dark green backing, hand-applied, collar insignia machine-embroidered in silver-aluminum over red backing, machine-applied, collar bordered in silver-aluminum tresse. Shoulder straps for rank of Oberfeldwebel, on green backing with red rayon piping, two silver rank pips, sewn into shoulder seam. Sleeves with silver-aluminum ornamental cuff bars on red backing. Ordnance Technician trade patch on green backing, machine-embroidered yellow thread “F”, piped in silver twist cord, hand-applied to lower right sleeve. Lined in green rayon with striped sleeves, no tailor or name tag.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier An Artillery NCO Waffenrock An Artillery NCO WaffenrockField-grey very fine tricot wool, privately tailored, eight-button front, bottle-green badge cloth collar with double hook closure, front panel, collar and cuffs piped in red, ornamental cuffs with bottle-green backing. Silver pebbled buttons, no award loops. Embroidered silver-aluminum eagle on dark green backing, hand-applied, collar insignia machine-embroidered in silver-aluminum over red backing, machine-applied, collar bordered in silver-aluminum tresse. Shoulder straps for rank of Oberfeldwebel, on green backing with red rayon piping, two silver rank pips, sewn into shoulder seam. Sleeves with silver-aluminum ornamental cuff bars on red backing. Ordnance Technician trade patch on green backing, machine-embroidered yellow thread “F”, piped in silver twist cord, hand-applied to lower right sleeve. Lined in green rayon with striped sleeves, no tailor or name tag.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II
An Ordnance Sword Maker Eickhorn, Solingen, nickel-plated, slightly curved blade with manufacturers logo on ricasso. Brass Dove’s head pommel, black celluloid grip with brass wire wrap. Blade washer intact. Underneath crossguard stamped with “118” below stick eagle, “10568” and “C.E./G” with Waffenamt stick eagle and “WaA253”. The edges of blade stamped with stick eagle and “18” and “2”. Scabbard stamped “10568”. Black lacquered scabbard. Includes knot. Blade 81 cm, overall ca. 97 cm.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier An Ordnance Sword An Ordnance SwordMaker Eickhorn, Solingen, nickel-plated, slightly curved blade with manufacturers logo on ricasso. Brass Dove’s head pommel, black celluloid grip with brass wire wrap. Blade washer intact. Underneath crossguard stamped with “118” below stick eagle, “10568” and “C.E./G” with Waffenamt stick eagle and “WaA253”. The edges of blade stamped with stick eagle and “18” and “2”. Scabbard stamped “10568”. Black lacquered scabbard. Includes knot. Blade 81 cm, overall ca. 97 cm.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II
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A collection of 23 postcards of military interest, the majority published by Gale & Polden and from the History and Traditions series, also including a later recruiting postcard from the Soldiers Pay series for the Army Ordnance Corps.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Selection of various cap badges, some more interesting examples, to include; RAF (x2), Royal Artillery, South Staffordshire, Liverpool Scottish (The Kings), West Yorkshire, The Kings Own, North Stafford, Cheshire, 3rd Dragoon Guards, The Suffolk Regt, South Staffordshire, Loyal North Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Royal Kent West, Arma Pacis Fulgra, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, The Buffs, Fideet Fiducia, Royal Marines, York and Lancaster, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Military Police, RAC, Boys Brigade, Egypt Lincolnshire Regt, Egypt The Essex Regt & Egypt Gloucestershire, Gibraltar Northamptonshire (x2) etc. Plus, a tin of worldwide coins & banknotes. Total qty badges 37.
Assortment of Cap Badges, some better, to include; Dorsetshire, Hampshire, East Surrey, South Staffordshire, Bedfordshire, Royal Leicestershire, Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (x3), RAF (x2), West Yorkshire, Royal Engineers, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Loyal Regiment, The Welsh, Royal Corps of Signals, Lancashire Volunteers, The Royal Sussex Regiment, Royal Kent West, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Royal Army Service Corps etc some smaller badges. Viewing recommended. Total qty 48 (48)
British Maps. A collection of approximately 150 maps, 17th - 20th century, engraved and lithographic county, regional, sea charts and road maps, with examples by or after Morden, including three framed and glazed (Shropshire, Hereford and Monmouth), Greenville Collins, Lewis, Owen & Bowen, Whittaker, Moule, Collins, Van den Keere, Seller/Grose, Senex, Gardner, Cary, Baker, Archer, Davies, Bacon, Ordnance Survey and Philips, occasional duplicates, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 150)
Maps. A collection of approximately 240 maps, 17th - 20th-century, engraved and lithographic regional, county and country British and foreign maps and charts, with examples by or after Speed (Durham, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & Worcestershire), Ordnance Survey, Fullarton, Kitchin, Vandermaelen, Johnston, Basire, Swanston, Archer, Moule, Hall, Monin, Cary, Lewis, J & C Walker, Teesdale, Jansson, Rollos and Gibson, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 240)
Scotland. A collection of fifteen maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved county, country, regional, city, and road maps, including Clerk (Thomas). Sketch of the Roads within the Eastern Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh [and] Sketch of the Roads of the Western Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh, circa 1820, two uncoloured engraved maps, the first on three conjoined sheets, 470 x 1300 mm, the second on three conjoined sheets, some dust soiling, 680 x 1300 mm, together with Arrowsmith (John). Map of Scotland constructed from original materials obtained under the Authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners..., 1807, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some spotting, staining and dust soiling, 1815 x 1435 mm, with Wallis (J, publisher). A Commercial Map of Scotland with the Roads, Stages and Distances brought down to the present time by J. Knox, January 11th 1791, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland Islands, some dust soiling and staining, slight offsetting, near-contemporary ink ownership signature and address to verso,735 x 560 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with oval publisher's label to the upper cover, worn and rubbed, plus Wood (J. surveyor). Plan of the Town of Dunfermline from Actual Survey..., Edinburgh, 1823, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, laid on linen, some spotting and overall toning, presented on contemporary turned and stained wooden batons, 540 x 580 mm, with another 10 maps by or after Morden, Moll, Harrison, Ordnance Survey, Cary, Thomson and Neele, various sizes and conditionQTY: (15)
Madras Army Lists. A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance, and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George, with an index. Compiled for the benefit of the Male Asylum, and printed at the Government Gazette Press, by the boys of the charity Madras, 1st August 1819, 173pp., interleaved with blanks, 22pp index, and 8pp. list of casualties at rear, modern dark blue half calf gilt, incorporating original blue boards, with original title label to upper cover bearing the ownership signature of C. Marriott, boards rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordinance, and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George, 1821, text interleaved with blanks, modern dark blue quarter calf gilt, incorporating original blue boards with printed title label to upper cover, and inscription to upper cover 'John Binny Esq., with Messrs. Binny & Co's., Compts. No 25 Upper Winpole Stree, London', covers rubbed and marked, 8vo, plus nine further Madras Army Lists, for 1829, 1836, 1850, 1857, 1859, 1862, 1872, 1877, 1879, all except three bound in modern dark blue or black half calf gilt, (army lists for 1836, 1850, and 1877 bound in contemporary red half calf, generally with some wear), mainly large 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:The Madras Army list for 1829 has a contemporary ownership signature of Captain Burnell Jones of Barnstaple, Devonshire, dated Colombo 30th November 1829, to front endpaper. The 1836 volume has a pencil signature of J. J. Sherwood to front pastedown and endpaper, and contains contemporary ink annotations and corrections to the text, the 1859 volume is inscribed Aggertant-Generals Offices, and dated February 1859 to front blank. The 1862 volume contains a handwritten letter from William Thomas, Superintendent of the Assylum Press, addressed to Colonel J. G. E. B. Henry at Trichinopoly, dated Madras, 10th February 1862. The 1877 volume contains the ownership signature to title-page of J.B. Knocker dated 9/7/77, and with contemporary news cuttings related to Lieutenant Knocker's appointments loosely inserted at front of volume.
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