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A .65 ELLIOT PATTERN 1799 FLINTLOCK SERVICE CAVALRY CARBINE, CIRCA 1800, serial no. 10, with 28in. barrel with baluster turned breech and stamped with the Kings proofs, block front-sight and bayonet lug, lock of rounded Ordnance pattern with borderline engraving, stamped 'TOWER' on the tail and engraved with the crown V.R. cypher to the centre, full walnut with handrail wrist and high comb, the right butt stamped with a storekeeper mark dated 1800, fitted with regulation brass mounts, the large flat side-plate engraved with the number '10', the carbine is complete with its correct rod, the side rib has been removed, which is not uncommon, many Eliott carbines were relegated to drill purpose and the ribs officially removed.

A GOOD .625 VOLUNTEER MATCH GRADE BAKER FLINTLOCK RIFLE SIGNED I. GILL, CIRCA 1802, serial no. T.W.W.III., with 30in. twist barrel stamped with Tower private Ordnance proofs at breech and rifled with seven grooves making one turn in 30in. (standard Baker 1/4 in 30in.), blade front-sight and block for bayonet on the underside of muzzle, leaf rear-sights with one fixed and two hinged, the hinged leaves with V's to top and sighting holes at a lower level, flat bevelled border-line engraved lock with stepped tail signed 'I. GILL' and with the Crown G.R. cypher to the centre, semi waterproof pan, roller to frizzen and fitted with a ring-neck cock, detented action, regulation brass-mounted figured full walnut with raised cheek rest, stocked to four inches of the muzzle, the wrist escutcheon engraved 'T. W. W. IIII', this is a superior example with fine stock, barrel professionally rebrowned at some time in the distant past and looking good.

A RARE .65 INDIA PATTERN SERGEANTS FLINTLOCK CARBINE PATTERN OF 1807, CIRCA 1807, no visible serial number, with 37in. barrel, the breech stamped with the Kings proofs and Ordnance inspection stamps, fitted with a block front-sight bayonet lug, border engraved lock of rounded form, stamped 'TOWER' on the tail and bearing the Crown G.R. cypher to the centre and fitted with a swan-neck cock, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock with handrail wrist and high comb the right butt with a faint B.O. broad arrow stamp.

A GOOD AND INTERESTING 1793 INDIA PATTERN BROWN BESS FLINTLOCK MUSKET CIRCA 1800, serial no 32023, with 39in. barrel stamped at the breech with the Kings proofs, block front-sight bayonet lug, border engraved lock of rounded form with 'TOWER' on the tail and the Crown G.R. cypher to the centre together with the small crown arrow inspection stamp, fitted with the early pattern swan-neck cock, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock with carved apron around the barrel tang, handrail wrist and high comb, the right butt with a crowned ordnance storekeepers stamp dated 1800, the left butt bearing the interesting roundel in which are the letters 'P.L.D" or "P.D.L' depending on how it is read nearby is the number '32,023', this is a French mark for which there are two interpretations the first being Pour Le Droit (For the Right) the other Propriete de L'etate (Property of the State), complete with sling swivels, rod an old replacement, this is a superior example.

AN EXTREMELY RARE .52 2ND MODEL NOCK SEVEN BARRELLED FLINTLOCK VOLLEY GUN, CIRCA 1787, no visible serial number, with a 20in. barrel clump stamped with Ordnance proofs at the breech, underside of barrels fitted with three brass rammer pipes, the top pipe with a retaining spring, the beveled edged lock of flat form engraved on the tail with the Crown G.R. TOWER cypher and a small crown arrow ordnance inspection stamp below the pan, fitted with a heavy ring-neck cock, the butt with handrail wrist and high comb and stamped with an Ordnance storekeepers mark (faint), there are two repairs where the butt joins the breech, one of which is under the lock and the other on the opposite side, these are weak spots on the Nock volley guns and many specimens are known with damage in these areas, another small repair to the toe of the butt.

A GOOD .75 (MUSKET BORE) 1796 HEAVY DRAGOON FLINTLOCK PISTOL MARKED TO THE AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1800, issue no. 14, 9in. barrel struck with the Kings proofs at the breech, the border engraved lock of rounded form engraved 'TOWER' on the tail and bearing the Crown G.R cypher to the centre together with an ordnance inspection stamp, fitted with a swan-neck cock, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock, bag shaped grip the right side of the grip stamped with a dated ordnance storekeeper stamp (faint), brass mounts include trigger-guard engraved on the bow 'A.Y.C. / 14', and distinctive double rammer pipe with spring to hold its original steel rammer which is numbered '14' to the gun, this is a crisp example with good untouched stock.

A .550 PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED RIFLED ORDNANCE CARBINE BY WILKINSON, LONDON, no visible serial number, circa 1850-55, with 22in. side-by-side browned damascus barrels, dovetailed blade fore-sight, broad plain top-rib signed 'WILKINSON, LONDON', rear-sight of one standing notch and three folding leaves, borderline engraved colour hardened top-tang, borderline engraved colour hardened bar-action locks signed 'WILKINSON', sliding safes behind the slab-sided colour hardened hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, the left hand side of butt stamped with an inverted Board of Ordnance letter and arrow mark, repeated on the underside of fore-end (both possibly spurious), borderline engraved iron furniture including raised pistol-grip lower tang with chequered tip, captive pan-headed iron ramrod, much original faded finish and colour remaining.

A .577 ENFIELD PATTERN 1853 2ND MODEL THREE BAND PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, CIRCA 1857, serial no. 524, with 39in. barrel stamped with Ordnance proofs at breech and inscribed with Hindi symbols, block and blade front-sight with ladder rear-sight, the lock stamped with the usual Crown V.R. cypher on the tail and '1857 / TOWER' to the centre together with Ordnance inspection stamps, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock, the right butt bearing a faint 'W.D' mark, large well executed repair to butt, complete with sling swivels and original rammer with swell and cupped end.

A .577 BELGIAN CONTRACT ENFIELD PATTERN 1853 3RD MODEL THREE BAND PERCUSSION RIFLE, CIRCA 1858, serial no. 294, with 39in. barrel rifled with three grooves and stamped with Ordnance proof and inspection stamps at breech, block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, borderline engraved lock with the usual crown V.R. cypher on the tail and dated 1858 to the centre (on these Belgian contract arms the lock markings are in a different style to British made arms), brass mounted full walnut stock, the left butt stamped with British Liege inspectorates triple ring roundel dated in the centre 1858 together with a 1st class stamp and the opposed arrows sale stamp, the butt-plate tang engraved 'V / GC? 1 / 294' indicating issue to the Rifle Volunteers, complete with sling swivels and rod, the barrel has been reblued over pitting at breech, lock and hammer with some heavy pitting.

A RARE .577 BRITISH CONTRACT MODEL 1855 SHARPS CARBINE MARKED TO THE 6TH DRAGOONS, CIRCA 1856, issue no 707, with 19in. barrel the breech struck with Ordnance proof and inspection stamps, block and blade front-sight, four leaf rear-sight of a design unique to this pattern of carbine, reputedly the design of James H Burton the American Chief Engineer at Enfield, the carbine is fitted with a back-action lock with Maynard tape primer the cover marked 'EDWARD MAYNARD / PATENTEE 1845', the action tang bearing the legend 'SHARPS / PATENT / 1848', together with an inspection mark from the British inspectorate in America, a side rib and ring is fitted to the left side of the action, two piece walnut stock the brass butt-plate engraved '6.D / 707 6th Dragoons the Inniskillings', half fore-end with one screw retained band.

A .650 LOVELL'S PATTERN 1839 CONSTABULARY PERCUSSION CARBINE, CIRCA 1844, serial number C9809, with 26 1/2in. barrel, struck with Ordnance proof and inspection stamps at breech, bayonet block / fore-sight at muzzle, the lock engraved with the Crown V.R. 'TOWER' cypher dated 1844, brass mounted full walnut stock the butt stamped with the 'B.O' arrow ownership mark and date stamped for December 1845, the butt cap tang having the constabulary issue identification 'C / 9809' fitted at the forend with a Hanoverian bayonet catch (the distinguished feature of these rare P39 constabulary carbines, only 2000 of this type were made), complete with sling swivels, rod missing, barrel pitted overall.

A .577 SNIDER / ENFIELD MK III CAVALRY CARBINE, CIRCA 1871, serial no. l1116, with 19in. steel barrel rifled with five grooves and profusely Ordnance marked at breech, fitted with a block and blade front-sight and carbine pattern ladder rear-sight the ladder sighted to 600 yards (the sight has been resoldered and the top bar a replacement), the breech is the improved Mk III type, the lock stamped with the crown V.R. cypher on the tail and 1871 ENFIELD to the centre and stamped with the number L1116, brass mounted walnut half-stock, the butt impressed with the Enfield 1st class roundel, the butt-plate with trap containing its original two piece cleaning rod.. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

A .577 SNIDER / ENFIELD MK III TWO BAND SERVICE RIFLE MARKED TO THE MONTREAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, CIRCA 1869, issue no. 238, with 30 1/2in. steel barrel rifled with five grooves and fitted with a bayonet lug at muzzle, block and blade front-sight and usual ladder rear-sight, the breech profusely Ordnance marked, the lock stamped on the tail with the Queens cypher of the Crown over V.R. on the tail and '1869 / ENFIELD' to the centre, regulation iron mounted full walnut stock, the right butt stamped with the Enfield 1st class roundel and the left butt with the Dominion of Canada ownership mark of 'D.C.' in a diamond and 'M.G.A / 238' indicating issue to the Montreal Garrison Artillery, the rifle is complete with its sling swivels, rod, and snap-cap, and having some fading original finish. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

A .577-450 MARTINI HENRY MK I/II SERVICE RIFLE BY B.S.A. & M.CO., CIRCA 1878, no visible serial number, with 33in. barrel profusely marked at the breech with Ordnance proof and inspection stamps the barrel also stamped 'N.S. / NEP' (Native State Nepal), block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the action body bearing the Crown V.R. cypher over 'B.S.A. & M. CO', with the small crown arrow inspection stamp over the Mark II designation, iron mounted two piece full walnut stock the butt stamped with various characters probably Regimental, together with a faint ordnance roundel and a date stamp for 1894, complete with sling swivels and original rod, some filler repairs to stock, barrel with line of pitting following fore-end edge. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

AN EXCEPTIONAL .43 (11.15 X 60MM) MAUSER MODEL 1871/84 BOLT ACTION RIFLE MADE AT SPANDAU IN 1888, serial no. 3450, with 31 1/2in. barrel fully German Ordnance marked at breech and 'SPANDAU' on the knoxform, having a block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the action body marked on the left 'MOD 71/84' and on the right with the year of manufacture '1888', iron mounted full walnut stock incorporating an eight round tubular magazine in the fore-end, the magazine cap with piling spike, the butt with crisp Ordnance inspection stamps, this rifle is an exceptional example with virtually all deep blue finish to barrel and bands, crisp untouched stock, probably unissued. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

A GOOD .43 (11.15X60MM) MAUSER MODEL 1871 BOLT ACTION SINGLE SHOT CAVALRY CARBINE, MADE AT SUHL IN 1877, serial no. 6239, with 20 in. barrel profusely German Ordnance marked at breech, together with place of manufacture 'SUHL', wing protected front-sight and carbine pattern ladder rear-sight, the action body marked on the left 'MOD. 71' and on the right with the date of manufacture '1877', regulation iron mounted full walnut stock, the butt with crisp inspection stamp, the carbine has all matching numbers and is complete with its sling swivels. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

A GERMAN .43 (11.15 X 60MM) MAUSER MODEL 1871 BOLT ACTION SINGLE SHOT INFANTRY RIFLE, MADE AT AMBERG IN 1877, serial no. 2070, with 33 1/2 in. barrel fully German Ordnance marked at breech with the Crowned 'AMBERG' factory stamp, block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the action marked on the left 'D. G. MOD: 71' and on the right with the date of manufacture '1877', iron and brass mounted full walnut stock. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

Collection of Regimental Badges including Royal Military Academy, Royal Engineers, Indian Army Service Corps, Service Corps, Pay Corps, Ordnance Corps, Royal Artillery including H.A.C., etc.

FIVE BOXES OF BOOKS, to include road atlases, biographies, dictionaries, road maps, Ordnance Survey maps, a large boxed Phaidon Century book, a World Championship official souvenir guide book 1966, a Wembley 1965 official programme, Wembley 1966 Everton V Sheffield Wednesday official programme, 1968 Walsall V Bristol Rovers programme, Aston Villa March 1971 official programme, etc (5 boxes)

CASUALTY GROUP TO THREE BROTHERS 1914/15 Trio1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 18169 Pte A H Jackman North'n RBritish War Medal, correctly impressed 18169 Pte A H Jackman North'n RVictory Medal, correctly impressed 18169 Pte A H Jackman North'n RCondition EFPair correctly impressed, 2543 Pte F Jackman RAMCWith a photograph of FrankCondition EFPair correctly impressed, 034980 Pte E G Jackman AOC Frank, Ernest and Albert were brothers, all born in Cowley St, Oxford. Each was a clerk in the legal profession. Albert Henry was the youngest and first to enlist; he joined the Northamptonshire Regiment, serving in the 1st Bn. He landed in France on the 7th of July 1915. He would fall on the first day of the Battle Loos on the 25th of September 1915. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial. Ernest served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and later the Essex regiment. He survived the war, as did Frank, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Condition GVF

Uncollated folded 1.50,000 scale ordnance survey maps

Maps - Mixed lot with about Britain No's 1-4, good condition, various 1970s Ordnance Survey and Customs map of Europe.

An Ordnance Survey benchmark in brass for Scotland. Est. £30 - £40.

England & Wales. Seaton (Robert), New Map of England & Wales, with the adjacent countries, compiled by Surveyors employed in the Ordnance Department is Respectfully Dedicated to the King by His Majesty’s Most Obedient Servant & Geographer..., circa 1835, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, uncoloured vignette of Windsor Castle, the margins decorated with 4 ecclesiastical engravings and 28 portraits of eminent individuals, edged in brown silk, slight browning and staining, cloth endpapers with some fraying, 1170 x 940 mm, together with Rocque (John). The Traveller's Companion or the Post Roads of England and Wales..., Robert Sayer, 1771, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and soiling, 525 x 515 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, case worn and frayed, plus Cary (John). Cary's Reduction of his Six Sheet Map of the British Isles; comprehending the whole of the turnpike roads..., 1828, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland Isles, dust-soiled and stained, 1235 x 965 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, worn and frayed with slight loss, with another six folding maps with examples by or after Bacon, Ordnance Survey, J & C Walker, Swiss and Co. and W. J. Adams & Sons, various sizes and conditionQTY: (9)

Folding Maps. A collection of eight maps, 19th century, including Ordnance Survey. Map of Kent, on a scale of 25 inches to the mile, circa 1890, 10 lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on ten sheets, each sheet approximately 685 x 1025 mm, each with green cloth endpapers, contained in two half morocco bookboxes, rubbed and worn at extremities, together with Kirkwood (Robert). Map of Scotland constructed and engraved from the best authorities by Robert Kirkwood..., William Blackwood, Edinburgh, Smith & Son, Brash & Reid, J. & A. Duncan and F. Orr, Glasgow, and W. Faden, London, 1816, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset maps of The Orkney and the Shetland Islands, inset panels describing the navigable rivers, population density, canals and mountains, the route of Prince Charles as he fled after the battle of Culloden is highlighted in green, very slight staining, three publisher's labels to the verso of the map, one describing the route of Prince Charles after his defeat at the battle of Culloden, one showing a triangular table of distances between towns and cities and an explanatory key plan, 705 x 575 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a decorative engraved title label to the upper cover with a later 19th-century ownership signature, worn at the extremities, with Cary (John). An untitled Map of Central England, 1832, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, covering parts of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdon, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, a few sheets partially detached from the linen, marbled endpapers, 1000 x 1880 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a printed key map to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed at the extremities, plus Walker (J. & C.). Map of the Peninsula of India, comprising the whole of the Madras Presidency and portions of the adjacent territories of Bengal and Bombay, derived from the latest surveys and other information collected by Lt. Colonel F. H. Scott, Quarter Master General of the Madras Army, ..., 2nd Edition, Madras, 1863, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on two sheets, northern sheets with some marginal ink staining, later ink stamped ownership signature to verso, each sheet approximately 660 x 1000 mm, marbled endpapers, and George Philip & Son. Philips' Main Road Map of Great Britain, circa 1920, colour printed folding map, laid on linen, inset map of Northern Scotland, very slight staining, 870 x 550 mm, publisher's decorative printed paper wrappers, with Laurie (Robert & Whittle, James). Laurie & Whittle's New Traveller's Companion exhibiting a complete and correct survey of all the direct and principal cross roads in England Wales and Scotland; as far north as Edinburgh and Glasgow...., 1806 [or later], double-page title, advertisement, index and table of explanation all present, lacking the general map of England & Wales, 24 (of 25) engraved road maps, all with original hand colouring, slight offsetting, heavily stained and dust-soiled throughout, trimmed at lower margin with some loss to the publishing details, marbled endpapers, contemporary 'envelope style' limp morocco, slight wear to extremities, oblong 8voQTY: (8)

Folding Maps. A mixed collection of 30 maps, 19th & 20th century, including River Thames. Farrer's Panoramic Atlas of the Thames and Medway, extending from Cirencester to Southend with 46 page guide from Oxford to Southend, Farrer & Sons, circa 1880, frontispiece of a black and white photolithographic view of Windsor Castle, 46 pages of descriptive text and an eight sheet colour printed map of the River Thames, Tombleson's Panoramic Map of the Thames and Medway, published by G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., each map sheet 170 x 220 mm, if conjoined 1320 x 220 mm, gutta-percha perished, contents shaken and loose, publisher's red cloth boards, binding size 175 x 120 mm, together with John Bartholomew & Co. (publisher). The Autocar Map for Motorists, published from the Autocar offices by Iliffe & Sons Ltd. circa 1925, colour printed map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1355 x 1115 mm, publisher's colour printed endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with colour printed labels to both covers, with Ordnance Survey. Geological Survey of England and Wales, Sheet 12 (London and its Environs), 1895, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid in linen, 650 x 840 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary red cloth slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, plus Hayashi (Hideharu). Newest Detailed Map of the World, 1941, colour printed photolithographic map, the upper margin decorated with 16 national flags and showing the main aircraft routed and shipping lanes, the map shows a direct flight path from Japan to Hawaii which is significant as the map was published some three weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, old folds, small splits along some old folds, faint staining and spotting, 750 x 1055 mm, and G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. Bacon's New Map of London, circa 1900, folding colour photolithographic map, laid on linen, 800 x 980 mm, bound in contemporary cloth gilt boards, with another 25 folding maps and guide books, similar, including examples by or after Stanford, Philips, Ordnance Survey and W. & A. K. Johnston, various sizes and conditionQTY: (30)

Folding Maps. Cary (John), A New Map of Kent divided into lathes, and subdivided into hundreds, exhibiting its roads, rivers, parks &c., 1806, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 490 x 550 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's labels to the verso and recto, slipcase a little stained and worn, together with Smith (C.). A New Map of the County of Surrey, divided into hundreds, 1827, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, very slight staining, 460 x 505 mm, contained in a contemporary linen slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, with Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of the County of Surrey divided into its hundreds..., Carington Bowles, Robert Wilkinson and Robert Sayer, circa 1765, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining, some splits along old folds, 535 x 715 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's labels to the verso and recto, slipcase worn and frayed, plus Agas (Ralph). Civitas Londinium. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent..., by William Henry Overall, Librarian to the Corporation of London, The Facsimile by Edward J. Francis, Adams and Francis, Edward Stanford, 1884, thirty-page pamphlet of descriptive text, folding uncoloured lithographic panorama, sectionalised and laid on later linen, heavily toned overall, 740 x 1880 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase, with another three folding maps by or after Ordnance Survey and Adam and Charles Black, various sizes, good conditionQTY: (7)

London. Cruchley (G. F.), Ordnance Map of the Country 14 Miles round London, 1853, engraved map with bright contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 575 x 730 mm, 'tartan' endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publisher's yellow printed label to the upper cover, together with James Reynolds & Sons (publisher). The Oarsman's and Angler's Map of the River Thames from its source to London Bridge, circa 1880, folding lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring on two conjoined sheets, slight staining, laid on linen and bound 'concertina' style,2555 x 150 mm, publisher's cloth boards with gilt title to the upper siding, spine faded, plus Reynold's New Map of London and its Suburbs, circa 1880, colour printed lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 655 x 1050 mm, marbled endpaper, bound in publisher's blue gilt boards, upper board detached, spine lacking, with another ten maps of London, late 19th and early 20th century, including examples by or after Philips, Ordnance Survey, Bacon, Bartholomew and 'Geographia', various sizes and condition, plus Stockdale (James). Map of the Seat of War in the Northern Part of Europe, 1812, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset table of the 'Geographical Divisions' of Europe since 1779, slight staining, 1415 x 1545 mm, and Sanson (Guillaume). La Basse Partie de L'Archevesché et Eslectorat de Cologne, Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, light overall toning, 980 x 610 mmQTY: (15)

Caruana (Adrian B.). The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1994-97, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with:Poynter (F. N. L., general editor), Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of The British Army 1660-1960 [Publications of The Wellcome Historical Medical Library], 2 volumes, London, 1968, original uniform blue cloth, 8vo, plusStanley (David et al), Royal Service, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Victorian Publishing/Third Millennium Publishing, 1996-2001, numerous monochrome illustrations, volume 1 in original boards, volumes 2 & 3 in original cloth & dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, and other modern military, naval, and weapons reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 cartons)

Fishing and Shooting. Various periodicals, including Shooting Times, The Field, Trout and Salmon, arranged in binders, Ordnance Survey Maps, etc.

1853/58 Enfield Socket Bayonet17 1/4 inch, triangular form, hollow ground blade.  Forte with Ordnance stamp.  Steel shoulder and socket.  Swivel locking ring.  Together with a MKII* spike bayonet in MKII steel, tubular scabbard ... MKII spike bayonet ... Leather scabbard with steel throat mounts.  4 items

WW1 SMLE Bayonet and American P17 BayonetSMLE bayonet.  17 inch, single edged blade with fuller.  Old weld repair.  Forte with maker "Sanderson" dated 9/09.  Blued steel muzzle ring, crossguard and pommel.  Wooden slab grips.  Contained in its steel mounted, leather scabbard.  Chape loose ... P17 bayonet.  16 3/4 inch, single edged blade with fuller.  Forte with maker "Remington" and American Ordnance stamps.  Steel muzzle ring, crossguard and pommel.  Grooved wooden slab grips.  Contained in its leather scabbard.  Steel throat with American belt fixing.  Chape absent.  2 items.

1885 Pattern Cavalry Trooper's Sword34 1/4 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade with large fuller.  Forte with Ordnance stamps dated 86 and "Y.C".  Steel bowl guard with rolled edge and cut out Maltese cross.  Oval pommel.  Checkered leather slab grips secured by five steel rivets.  Contained in its steel scabbard with fixed hanging rings.  Scabbard stamped "7.89. Y.O.X. 133".  Sword with dark patina.  

1856 Pattern Pioneer's Sword By Wilkinson22 1/2 inch, single edged blade with back edge sharpened point.  Rear sawback edge.  Forte with maker "Wilkinson London" dated 8/94 and various Ordnance stamps.  Brass stirrup knuckle bow and downswept quillon dated 4/96.  Ribbed brass slab grips secured by four steel rivets.  Contained in its leather scabbard with brass chape and throat.  

WW2 Officer's Khaki Drill Tuniclight khaki drill, single breasted, open collar tunic.  Pleated chest and lower bag pockets, all with buttoned flaps.  Fixed belt (buckle absent).  Fitted with brown composite buttons.  Traces of Staff collar badges and formation badges being removed.  Together with an Officer's RAOC greatcoat.  Khaki, double breasted, closed collar, long coat.  Lower hidden pockets with plain flaps.  Turn back cuffs.  Brass, KC Royal Army Ordnance Corps buttons.  Shoulder rank absent.  Internal "Burberrys" label.  Clean condition.  2 items.

Mid 19th Century American Cartridge Pouch And Strapblack leather, large pouch.  The full front flap stamped "US".  Internal secondary pouch flap stamped "W H Jones Sub Inspector US Ordnance Dept."  The front with small percussion cap pouch.  The rear with loops and buckles and fitted with a black leather shoulder strap.

Mid 18th Century Continental Short Sword 23 1/4 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade. Forte with Ordnance stamp. Brass, half shell guard (rear removed). Brass, single bar knuckle bow and quillon stamped “BGC”.  Brass pommel and spiral grooved grip.

Late 19th Century Scottish Broadsword33 1/4 inch, double edged, wide blade with narrow central fuller.  The forte with Ordnance stamps and Sold Out Of Service broad arrows.  Steel basket hilt with heart pierced panels.  Steel dome pommel.  Grip replaced.  

French 1822 Cavalry Sword38 1/4 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade.  Wide fuller with narrow rear fuller.  The rear edge with maker dated 1828.  Forte with Ordnance stamp.  Brass, four bar guard.  Large brass pommel.  Leather covered ribbed grip. 

SWINBURNE, H.L. The royal navy. 1907. Or. pictorial cl. -- C. BELTRAME & R.G. RIDELLA, ed. Ships & guns. The sea ordnance in Venice and Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries. (2011). Fol. Owrps. -- J. DODDS & J. MOORE. Building the wooden fighting ship. (1984). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- K. BAUMANN & R. BLEILE, hrsg. Von Degen, Segeln und Kanonen. Der Untergang der Prinzessin Hedvig Sofia. (2015). 4°. Obrds. -- And 3 o. (7).

Large quantity of maps including bus maps, ordnance survey maps, underground amongst others 

A good selection of local interest ordnance survey guides and maps

A selection of O/S ordnance survey guides and maps including local areas and Lakeland

Large collection of Ordnance Survey maps

An East India Company Brown Bess flintlock musket, John Rea for East India Company, dated 1797, with flint lock action, the lock plate with East India heart shaped mark, dated 1797 and REA, the stock impressed with Board of Ordnance military arrow and "BO",  96cm barrel, brass trigger guard and butt plate, complete with ram rod, overall 137cm long.

Various folding Ordnance Survey and other maps etc 

A late Victorian Pattern 1897 infantry warrant officer's sword, the un-decorated blade bearing Ordnance view marks an abbreviated 1900 acceptance date, the guard and scabbard unit-marked "V MAN MSC" and dated 1900

Nameplate and badge SAPPER. Ex Ministry of Defence Austerity 0-6-0ST built by the Hunslet Engine Company in 1953 as works number 3797. Delivered new to the MOD at Bicester and numbered WD 197, it then worked at various Army locations including Longmoor in 1957, before going back to the Command Ordnance Depot at Bicester where it was named Sapper in May 1965. In 1977 it went to the Kent & East Sussex Railway where during its first two years it remained Army property and was sold to K&ESR members in October 1979. The nameplates were not available so it was renamed Northiam. Rectangular cast brass with integral badge and metal mounting plate, measures 25in x 16in. In good condition.

Ordnance Survey Maps, approximately 180:- Two Boxes.

A 16-Bore Percussion Fusil For Sergeants Of Native (India) InfantryDated 1864Of regulation pattern, with block-sighted barrel retained by two Baddeley patent barrel bands, flat lock dated over 'Enfield' and with 'V.R' crowned on the tail, three-quarter stock (old bruising and minor damage) stamped with indistinct circular arsenal mark over '2' on one side of the butt (toe repaired) and with 'O.A.2' over '1900' above, regulation brass mounts, and modern ramrod (some wear and rust patination), Ordnance proof marks 83.8 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 16-Bore Riviere Patent Percussion Target Or Sporting RifleBy Riviere, Patent Rifle Gun Maker, London, No. 299, Circa 1825With heavy browned twist two-stage barrel polygonal over most of its length, rifled with three wide grooves and leaf-sighted to 300 yards, octagonal breech signed along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened breech (plug replaced), border engraved enclosed action extending down the back of the grip to a hinged peep-sight aperture and engraved with scrolling foliage, plain hammer, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the butt with plain hinged circular patch-box cover on one side and later brass armoury tag stamped 'S.A.S. 1078' on the other, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and including later blued trigger-guard with chequered spur, steel fore-end cap en suite and engraved with a starburst around the ramrod-entry, later sling mounts, and original ramrod with dark horn tip (some rust patination), London proof marks 79.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Infantry and Small Arms School Corps Weapons CollectionSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 26 November 2014, lot 511Isaac 2 Riviere was granted English Patent No. 5175 (for concealed percussion locks) in 1825, however his lock was rejected by the Ordnance in 1834. He joined the H.A.C. in 1821, became a Captain in the Jäger Corps in which he served between 1833 and 1848, and died in 1851Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 26 May 2021, lot 252For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Brass-Barrelled English Lock (Type 2) BlunderbussThe Lock And Barrel By Godfrey Taylor, Late 17th Century, The Stock And Mounts LaterWith massive barrel (filed off beneath) stepped and with a ring behind the flared muzzle, breech with ramp at the rear notched for sighting, plain iron tang, signed flat bevelled lock engraved with foliage (pan and steel-spring expertly replaced), bellied ring-neck cock engraved with a flower, dog-catch engaging with the back of the cock and engraved as a bird's head, figured full stock, brass mounts comprising foliate engraved pierced scrolled side-plate, escutcheon (possibly original) engraved with a male profile bust wearing a hat, thin butt-plate secured by iron tacks and engraved with foliage along the tang, rounded foliate engraved trigger-guard involving a monster-head on the bow, single baluster ramrod-pipe, and brass-capped wooden ramrod, London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark of Godfrey Taylor 72.7 cm. barrel Footnotes:Godfrey Taylor was apprenticed to John Silke (4) in 1658 and was made free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1666. He was elected Master in 1690 and again in 1699. He was a Contractor to Ordnance between 1678 and the year of his death in 1700For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577/.450 Martini Henry Mark II 1. Service Rifle Late 19th CenturyWith reblued sighted barrel retained by two barrel bands, the forward one with a bayonet-lug on the right, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, reblued action retaining faint traces of markings, long lever stamped with War Department inspector's marks, figured butt and fore-stock (minor bruising), the former stamped on one side with circular arsenal mark, 'R.P' over '3' and '1908', and other numbers, regulation steel mounts including trigger-guard incised with Indian characters, sling loops, and original steel ramrod, Ordnance proof marks 84.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577 Snider Three-Band Service Rifle Musket For Canada Dated 1864Of regulation pattern, with clean bright bore, case-hardened lock dated above 'Enfield' and with 'V.R.' crowned on the tail, the butt stamped with circular Enfield arsenal mark on one side and 'DC' in a diamond for Dominion of Canada on the other, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate engraved '17' over '222' on the tang, original steel ramrod numbered to match, and socket bayonet with bright blade of hollowed triangular section, and blued socket, in its brass-mounted black leather scabbard, and in fine condition, Ordnance proof marks (2)93 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 16-Bore Flintlock Coastguard Pistol Early 19th CenturyWith plain barrel and tang, the former with sighting flat, flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and 'Tower' across the short stepped tail, ring-neck cock and safety-catch, figured stock and rounded butt with Board of Ordnance ownership mark behind the tail of the lock, regulation brass mounts including oval butt-cap with steel mount for a suspension loop (missing), and stirrup ramrod (steel parts with light rust patination), lightly struck King's proof marks 11.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 20-Bore Flintlock 1738 Pattern Land Service Pistol By Jordan, Dated 1743With shortened darkly russet barrel and tang, darkly russet border engraved rounded lock (jaws and jaw screw missing) with 'GR' crowned and signed and dated across the tail, figured moulded full stock (old split in front of the lock) with shallow apron around the barrel tang, regulation brass mounts (side-plate an old copper replacement) including spurred pommel and shaped vacant escutcheon, brass rear ramrod-pipe, and later wooden ramrod, indistinct King's proof marks 23.3 cm. barrel Footnotes:Edward Jordan was apprenticed to Samuel BlanckleySee De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, 1997, pp. 84-85, pl. 88Cf. another example by the same maker sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 351For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Classic French regional monographs on historical geography, circa 1934-1970, removed from a private Cambridge academic library. A collection of 16 works, authors include: Blanchard, Bonnamour, Bozon, Bravard, Brunet, Chabot, Claval, Delmnarre, Demangeon, Dion, Dugrand, Elhai, George, Le Lannou, Livet, and Miège. Also four 1942 Handbooks on France produced by the Naval Intelligence Division "for official use only"; COOK (T A) Twenty-Five Great Houses of France, 1916; Old Series Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales, vols. 1-5, 7 and 8, publ. Harry MargaryFull list of book titles available on request.

MANCHESTER INTEREST; PORT OF MANCHESTER, THE MANCHESTER DOCKS, a hand coloured linen backed plan of the docks printed by Faulkner & Sons, with integral leather cover for ‘The Right Hon Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, Lord Mayor of London, plan 89cm x 43cm; with, MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL - GENERAL PLAN OF CANAL AND DISTRICT REVISED 1890; THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL, 1894, a folding map of Liverpool, and a boxed set of three Ordnance Survey maps of Lancashire dated 1904 (5) PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. Additional InformationThe 1894 book is a fragment - not complete. 

The G.S.M. ‘Palestine’ awarded to Private S. Williams, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, who served as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade during Operation Market Garden, and was taken prisoner of war, 26 September 1944 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3854155 Pte. S. Williams. Loyal R.) very fine £200-£300 --- Samuel Williams was born in February 1912, attested for the 2nd Battalion, Loyal Regiment in October 1931, and served with them in Palestine, February 1936 - March 1937. He initially served during the Second War as a Cook in the UK prior to transferring 1st Battalion, Border Regiment in April 1944. Williams retrained, and emplaned with the Battalion as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade to take part in Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944. Williams was posted as ‘Missing’ 26 September 1944, later classified as taken prisoner of war and interned in Germany. After his release, Williams briefly served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps prior o his discharge in December 1945. After the war he resided in Worsley, Manchester. Sold with copied service papers.

The outstanding Second War ‘North West Europe’ D.S.O., 1940 Dunkirk ‘Immediate’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier A. J. D. Turner, Suffolk Regiment, later Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who was awarded the D.S.O. for his gallantry and leadership as a Battalion Commander during the attack at Bemmel in Holland on 4 October 1944; he had previously been awarded the M.C. for his gallantry on the Dunkirk beachhead Bray Les Dunes on 29 May 1940. He later served as Commanding Officer of the Worker’s Brigade of the Ghanaian Army Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1945, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1940; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (Brig. A. J. D. Turner. D.S.O. M.C., Staff.), minor official correction to unit; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display purposes; together with the recipient’s three card identity discs, all stamped to him in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, good very fine and better (11) £5,000-£7,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 March 1945: The original Recommendation, dated 8 October 1944, states: ‘At Bemmel on 4 October 1944 Lieutenant Colonel Turner was in command of 1st Hampshires who were taking part in an attack. Just as the attack started violent and very concentrated artillery fire was brought to bear by the enemy on Lieutenant Colonel Turner’s command post, knocking him down and killing and wounding most of the Officers and men in the command post. It also destroyed all his communications. He soon realised that the command post was under direct observation, and any movement brought more fire. Lieutenant Colonel Turner showed outstanding courage by successfully organising evacuation of the command post under very heavy fire. Knowing that he was temporarily out of touch by signal with his company, he immediately went forward on foot to the forward companies and personally directed the attack. By his outstanding courage and leadership all the Battalion objectives were gained despite intense artillery and mortar fire, and very stubborn resistance by the enemy.’ M.C. London Gazette 27 August 1940: ‘For valuable services during the evacuation of the Dunkirk beaches. This officer showed a fine disregard of his personal safety throughout the evacuation. Always extremely fit, he did an immense amount of hard and dangerous work, showing a fine readiness to face any sort of unpleasant and difficult task without question. He proved himself utterly reliable and steady in most trying circumstances - his coolness being remarkable, and a grand example to the men.’ Arthur James Dillon Turner was born in Abbottabad, North West Frontier Province, India, on 19 September 1907, the son of Brigadier General A. J. Turner, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Suffolk Regiment on 2 February 1928, seeing service with the 1st Battalion. At the time his Battalion was based at home, and he served as a Platoon Commander, being promoted to Lieutenant on 2 February 1931. He was then seconded for service to the Royal West African Frontier Force in Sierra Leone where he served as a Platoon Commander from 10 August 1932 to 2 February 1935, and during which period he returned home to represent Sierra Leone at Bisley, shooting as part of the team captained by Sir A. Hodson, and won for the team The Barrett Imperial Challenge Cup of which he wrote: ‘I tried the last shot at 1,000 yards and got a bull which gave Sierra Leone a one point win’. Turner was also the highest scorer on his team. Turner rejoined the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment at Blackdown Camp, but then proceeded overseas to Madras in India to serve as a Platoon Commander with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and whilst out there was seconded to the Staff from 16 February 1936, and then served as a Station Staff Officer 1st Grade in India from that date till 13 December 1937, during which period he was promoted to Captain on 1 May 1936. He was posted home to attend the Staff College at Camberley from 21 January 1938, and on 15 February 1939 was appointed a Staff Captain with the Aldershot Command, which role he performed till 1 September 1939. Two days later the Second World War was declared. Retreat from Dunkirk - Immediate M.C. Turner was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General of 1st Corps from 2nd September 1939 through to 1st July 1940, having been promoted to Acting Major on 3rd September 1939, and then to Temporary Major from 3rd December 1939, he then saw service out in France with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, and was involved in the retreat to Dunkirk, and then assisted in the evacuation of men from the beaches at Dunkirk, being based in the White House at Bray Les Dunes, it was here that he performed the deeds which led to the award of the Military Cross. Further details of his time at Dunkirk comes from correspondence at a later date, one of which confirms that he won his Military Cross for his actions at Bray Les Dunes on 29 May 1940, and one of his fellow officers was John Spencer Churchill, nephew of the Prime Minister, who later led a charmed life as a Commando Officer in the Mediterranean during the war, but who at the time sketched an image of the evacuation at Dunkirk, including of the White House at Bray Les Dunes, which was later published in the Daily Telegraph on 15 June 1954, which prompted Turner, by then a Brigadier, to write and enquire about this image, and in return received as response from not only John Churchill himself, promising to forward an image of the scene discussed, but also detailing ‘I saw F.M. Alexander at Winston’s birthday party last year…’ As Turner confirmed in his original letter to the Daily Telegraph ‘for me your sketch has a particular value for it was at Bray Les Dunes on 29th May (according to the citation) that I was honoured with an immediate award of the M.C. At the time of Dunkirk I knew John Churchill well…’, he additionally mentions that ‘the last four officers to leave the little white house were Lieutenant-General (later Field Marshal Lord) Alexander, Lieutenant-Colonel (later Major-General Sir) John Winterton, Major (later Major-General) Bob Ransome, and myself - then Captain’. Further to this, Turner received a letter from one Mr. H. Hickman, who was then in June 1954 an Established Civil Servant at the Base Ordnance Depot in Bicester, but he been, at the time of Dunkirk, a Sergeant in the King’s Own Royal Regiment, and as he writes: ‘although you may not remember me I had the pleasure of getting certain instructions from you on the night of 30 May 1940. You may remember ordering me to get the French troops out of the queues and tell them to move further along the beaches where they were to be taken off. I had quite an interesting time carrying out this order in the semi darkness…’ Initially in May 1940 Turner had been based with 1st Divisional Headquarters at Douai, but with the advance of the German forces, was pushed back to Armentieres and then to the Dunkirk beaches at Bray Les Dune’s where the Headquarters took over the White House. As his diary recalls: ‘On 10 May left Douai and went to advanced Corps HQ just south of Belgian border for night’; ‘on 11 May advanced into Belgium spent night near Grammont billeted on Flemish couple…’ From 13 to 15 May he was in Brussels, and on ‘15 M...