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Click here to subscribePoster, British Railways(M) `Llandudno - Holiday Guide From R.P. Moore Town Hall Llandudno` by Claude Buckle, D/R. Image of a couple walking the cliff pathway with the sea to the left and the seafront town in the distance. Published by British Railways London Midland Region and printed by Jordison & Co. Excellent condition throughout with only folds.
BR (W) Somerset and Dorset section, Telephone circuit notice, issued in December 1964 for the section Highbridge and Burnham-On-Sea to Evercreech. lists the following locations:- Highbridge & B Office, Highbridge East C Box, Highbridge R&M Depot, Bason Bdge Office, Bason Bdge Sidings GF, Edington Burtle Office, Shapwick Box, Ashcott Box, Glastonbury & S Box, Pennard Lane Crossing, Stean Bow Crossing, Cockmill Crossing, Elbow Corner Crossing, Evercreech Jt North Box, Evercreech Jct Office. In its original oak, glazed frame measuring 8" x 5½".
Poster, London Transport, D/R ` London Whitehall` by Fred Taylor. One third view of Whitehall circa 1930`s/1940`s with period costumes/military, taxis and half cab London Buses. Lower two thirds states `Whitehall is the High Street of the British Empire and as such is without parallel`. The red LT target appears at the foot. Printed by the Baynard Press. Folds and corner pin-holes otherwise very good.
Poster, French Railways `See Brittany By Train`. D/R size depicting a wonderful beach view with the town and lighthouse as a backdrop, by J. Jacqueline, in the usual French poster style. Back to back with this is a more modern French Poster `To See France - Go By Train`. D/R size depicting a locomotive with train exiting a tunnel and crossing a viaduct. Both are in good overall condition.
Cricket. The Fight for the Ashes in 1926, Being a Critical Account of the Australian Tour in England, by P. F. Warner, 1st ed., 1926, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Jardine (D. R.), In Quest of the Ashes, [1933], b&w illusts. from photos, orig. green printed cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Larwood (Harold), Body-Line?, reprint, 1933, b&w frontis., orig. green cloth, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, plus fifty-six other cricket related (59)
Haggard (H. Rider). Maiwa’s Revenge; or, the War of the Little Hand, 1888, orig. printed cloth, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Ackerley (J. R.), Micheldever and Other Poems, 1972, tipped-in frontis., orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, plus Jefferies (Richard), The Open Air, 1885, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and some wear to extrems. 8vo, plus twelve other lit. and modern firsts (15)
Jackson (John). Chronological Antiquities: Or, The Antiquities and Chronology of the Most Ancient Kingdoms, 3 vols., printed for the author, 1752, early owner’s name Bibington in ink to front pastedown of first vol., contemp. speckled full calf, gilt dec. spines, with morocco title label to each, rubbed and some marks, 4to, together with Dryden (John, trans.), Plutarch’s Lives, in Six Volumes: translated from the Greek, with notes, explanatory and critical, from Dacier and others, to which is prefix’d The Life of Plutarch, written by Dryden, 6 vols., printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1758, eng. frontis. to first vol., eng. medallion portraits throughout, contemp. uniform speckled full calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints and head and foot of spines, a few labels missing, 8vo, plus other late 19th early 20th c. literature, including Jules Verne, E.M. Forster, The Eternal Moment, 1st ed., 1928, etc. (a carton)
Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.). Pirates and Predators. The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, 1st ed., 1959, col. illusts. after George Lodge, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in chipped and sl. torn d.j., 4to, together with D’Urban (W.S.M. and Mathew, Rev. Murray A.), The Birds of Devon, 2nd ed., with Supplement, 1895, chromo. frontis., four mounted album prints, three col. litho. plts. after Keulemans, three folding maps at rear (all correct as list), orig. dec. cloth, a little worn at extremities, thick 8vo, with other natural history, travel, etc. (3 shelves)
"George V bravery medal awarded to 238055 Pte. C. Foster I/Leic. R.(Leicestershire Regiment), War and Victory medals awarded to 34763 Pte. F.Norman, E. Surr R,(East Surrey Regiment) 1914 15 star awarded to 895 Pte C. Forster North D. Fus,(Northumberland Fusiliers) three other medals, buttons, badges and coins, etc"
"A group of ten 2nd World War medals awarded to Wing Commander Frederick Charles Hornsby Smith OCT., MPC., LD., BSC., TDS., PAC., comprising the O.B.E., five stars and four other medals in a glazed case, together with an album containing a list of the troop ships he sailed on as Officer Commander, with signatures of famous and other passengers, and typed letters from Churchill, Queen Mary and President Roosevelt etc., another album with photographs of him, Queen Mary and ships, photograph of him with other walkers in the recruits race from London to Brighton with two silver 1st medals, and certificates, an oil of the Bergensfjord under attack at night by R. F. Hyett, 1943, and other items"
Holmes (Charles editor) The Art of the Book. A Re Decoration & Binding colour and other illustrations original cloth The Studio 1914 § Plomer (H. R. et al) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 original quarter cloth Oxford 1932 § McLean (Ruari) Victorian Publishers` Book-Bindings in Paper dust-jacket 1983 plus other vol. relating to books and their illustration and production v.s. (quantity)
Goldsmith (V. F.) A Short Title Catalogue of Frenc 7 parts original printed card wrappers 1969-1973 § Foxon (D. F.) English Verse 1701-1750 2 vol. dust-jackets 1975 § Pollard (A. W. & G. R. Redgrave) A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 2 vol. dust-jackets 1986 § Crum (Margaret) First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500-1800..... 2 vol. dust-jackets 1969 § Croft (P. J. ) Autograph Poetry in the English Language 2 vol dust-jackets slipcase 1973 folio (15)
Roth (Cecil) Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica. A Bi original cloth 1937 § Taylor (C. R. H.) A Pacific Bibliography. Printed Matter Relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia Melanesia and Micronesia dust-jacket rubbed Wellington 1951 § Cockle (Maurice J. D.) A Bibliography of Military Books up to 1642 dust-jacket 1957 plus other vol. bibliography v.s. (17)
Topsell (Edward) The History of Four-footed Beasts whereunto is now added The Theatre of Insects by T. Muffet 3 parts in 1 vol. second edition revised corrected and inlarged by J[ohn] R[owland] half-title numerous woodcut illustrations one repeated on title B4 and B5 repaired at inner margin short tear in lower margin of M1 lower outer corner of Bb3 repaired small holes in Cc3 Rr6 Oo5 and 4U3 split in Hh4 and wormhole in 4P5-5D4 all slightly affecting text a few other short marginal tears the majority repaired contemporary rough calf repaired at top of spine with the bookplate and pencil annotations of Sidney Roscoe and three earlier labels [Wing G.624] folio E. Cotes 1658. *** Roscoe`s notes and markings were presumably made while researching the origin of the illustrations in Boreman`s Description of Three Hundred Beasts [Roscoe J41] about sixty of which are derived from those in Topsell`s natural history.
Tolkien (J. R. R.) [The History of the Middle Eart Morgoth`s Ring (vol. 10) fourth impression 1993; The War of the Jewels (vol. 11) first edition 1994; The Peoples of Middle-Earth (vol. 12) first American edition Boston & New York 1996 edited by Christopher Tolkien original cloth dust-jackets light creasing to spine ends 8vo (3) (3)
Bland (Humphrey) A Treatise of Military Discipline new edition 7 folding engraved plates one or two small tears some slight worming in some lower margins slightly browned ink signature of William MClintock on title contemporary calf gilt slightly rubbed and faded 8vo R. Baldwin J. Richardson and others 1762.
Charnock (John) Biographia Navalis 6 vol. first edition engravings by Bartalozzi contemporary mottled calf worn and rubbed R. Faulder 1794 § Campbell (John) Lives of the Admirals 4 vol. third edition contemporary quarter sheep rubbed bookplate contemporary signature to end-paper T. Osbourne and others 1761; and 1 other (13)(13)
* North-West Frontier. A private photograph album containing many images of Royal Air Force and British Army stations and camps, including Risalpur, Quetta, Malakand Fort, Dargai and others, many fine air-to-ground views of the harsh terrain, air-to-air views of Bristol Fighters of 27 Bombing Squadron, a Vickers ‘Vernon’ crash, Vickers ‘Victoria’ J7924 in flight and others taken in Egypt, album incomplete, approx. 45 images, some signed and dated R. Bullens 28/9/29 (1)
Royal Flying Corps. Technical Notes, 1916 (3 copies), num. folding diags., some marks, orig. cloth, a little soiled and minor wear, 8vo, together with Handley Page Bomber, Type 0.400 Descriptive Handbook, September 1918, b & w illusts. and diags., orig. printed wrappers, worn and soiled, slim 8vo, plus Matthews. (R. Borlase), The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918. A Compendium of Modern Practice and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulae, Rules, Tables, and Data Relating to Aeronautics, 6th ed., revised and enlarged, 1918, diags., num. ads., orig. cloth gilt, some wear to spine, small 8vo, and others of aviation interest, mostly technical, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks. Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection. (3 shelves)
Bowyer (Michael J. F.). Action Stations, 10 vols., reprinted, Cambridge, mixed eds., 1980-87, numerous b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, VG, together with Chorley (W. R.), Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 9 vols., 1st ed., 1992-2007, all orig. uniform printed wrappers, 8vo, VG, plus others on the history of the Royal Air Force in World War II, including publications of the Royal Air Force Historical Society, and a run of Proceedings of the Royal Air Force Historical Society, Nos. 6, 10, 12-13, 15-22, & 24-46, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo (3 shelves)
Ford-Jones (Martyn R., & Valerie, A.). Oxford’s Own Men and Machines of No. 15/XV Squadron, Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force, pub. Schiffer Military History, 1999, numerous b&w illusts., inscribed by the authors to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Thomas (Chris, & Shores, Christopher), The Typhoon & Tempest Story, pub. Arms and Armour Press, 1988, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Shores (Christopher F.), Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War, 3 vols., pub. Ian Allan, 1972-74, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, and Bowyer (Michael J. F.), 2 Group R.A.F., A Complete History, 1936-1945, pub. Crecy Books, 1992, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus others on the history of second world war aviation, various, including Bernard Ireland, The War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943, 1st ed., 1993, Ken Delve, The Winged Bomb, History of 39 Squadron R.A.F., 1985, Henry Probert, The Forgotten Air Force, The Royal Air Force in the War Against Japan 1941-1945, reprinted 1996, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, generally VG (3 shelves)
Freeman (Roger A.). Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now, revised ed., 1978, numerous b&w illusts., orig. mock leather, 4to, together with Brown (K. S., Heyn, E. F., Freeman, R. A., Bowyer, M. J. F., & Berry, P.), United States Army and Air Force Fighters, 1916-1961, pub. Harleyford Publications, 1961, colour frontis., numerous b&w illusts., plus Matt (Paul R.), United States Navy & Marine Corps. Fighters, 1918-1962, pub. Harleyford Publications, 1962, colour frontis., numerous b&w illusts., both orig. cloth, 4to, and Chhina (Sqdn. Leader Rana T.S.), The Eagle Strikes, The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932-1950, 1st ed., 2006, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, plus other aviation history, mostly relating to overseas Air Forces in World War II, etc. (3 shelves)
Hildebrandt (A.). Airships Past and Present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon, trans. W. H. Story, 1908, b&w illusts., mostly after photos, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and one or two minor marks, together with Spanner (E. F.), This Airship Business, 1927, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, plus Lehmann (Capt. Ernst A., & Mingos, Howard), The Zeppelins, The Development of the Airship, with The Story of the Zeppelin Air Raids in the World War, pub. Putnams, [1928], orig. black cloth, and Rosendahl (C. E.), Up Ship!, 1st ed., New York, 1931, b&w plts. after photos, orig. blue cloth gilt, plus others related on the history of Zeppelins and airships, including Charles P. Burgess, Airship Design, New York, Ronald Press, 1927, R. P. Hearne, Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins, 1916, Treusch von Buttlar Brandenfels, Zeppelins Over England, reprinted 1931, Santos-Dumont, My Airships, The Story of My Life, 1904, Christopher Sprigg, The Airship, Its Design, History, Operation and Future, 1st ed., [1931], etc., some in d.j.s, mostly 8vo (22)
R101 Inquiry. Report of the R.101 Inquiry, Presented by the Secretary of State of Air, 1931, several folding plts. and illusts., orig. printed wrappers, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Der Luftschiffbau Zeppelin und seine Tochtergesellschaften, Berlin, [1926], numerous b&w illusts. after photos, later plain cloth, 4to, plus Hodgson (J. E.), The Royal Aeronautical Society. A Survey: 1866-1929, with notes on the French, German, Italian, Swedish and the Society’s Historical Exhibits at the International Aero Exhibition, Olympia, July 16-27, 1929, b&w illusts., some light soiling to title, orig. printed wrappers, sl. rubbed, slim 8vo, and British Airships Ltd, Airships To-day, a short history of airships, their development, and a plain statement of their place in civil aviation, n.d., c. 1928, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, very sl. rubbed, slim 4to, plus other booklets and ephemera relating to airships, including a bound volume of several issues of Illustrated London News, containing coverage of the R.101, a souvenir booklet on the airships of the Portsmouth Command, 1914-1918, a special issue of Der Woche relating to Zeppelins, 1929, The Machinery Installation of Airship R.101 by T. R. Cave-Browne-Cave, n.d., c. 1930, etc. (14)
Talbot (Frederick A.). Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War, 1st ed., 1915, b&w plts. after photos, modern maroon cloth, 8vo, together with Gill (Lt.-Col. N. J.), The Aerial Arm, Its Functions and Development, pub. The Aeroplane, 1919, b&w illusts. and diags., orig. cloth, sl. rubbed, square 8vo, plus Hearne (R. P.), Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins, 1st ed., 1916, b&w plts., orig. grey cloth, rubbed and spine lightly dulled, 8vo, and Wilkinson (Stephen), Lighter Than Air, [1939], b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, plus others related on World War I ballooning and aviation, including William A. Robson, Aircraft in War and Peace, 1916, Charles E. Lucke, ed., Aircraft of Belligerents in the Year 1914, pub. 1918, The Aerial Year Book and Who‘s Who in the Air, 1920, Joseph Morris, The German Air Raids on Great Britain, 1914-1918, [1925], etc., mostly bound in orig. cloth, 8vo (13)
* WWI - Richthofen. A certified true copy of Captain A. R. Brown’s Combat Report claiming victory over Manfred von Richthofen, on 21st April 1918, the copy dated 9th June 1936, one typed page in which Roy Brown describes how he ‘dived on pure red triplane which was firing on Lieut. May. I got a long burst into him and he went down vertical and was observed to crash by Lieut. Mellersh and Lieut. May’, additional red typed note indicating that this is a certified true copy from the original extracted for permanent retention by the Squadron, signed by H. A. Jones [British Official Historian for The War in the Air], one page, folio. The dispute as to whether Roy Brown fired the shot that killed The Red Baron has raged for years. While a majority believe that he was not responsible for shooting down Richthofen’s triplane, the mythology over the death of the Red Baron makes this report an important historical document. (1)
Ziegler (Frank). The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose, 1st ed., 1971, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and chipped d.j. with brown paper protectors covering, 8vo, together with Bag the Hun!, pub. Air Ministry, reprint, November 1943, volvelle to p.15 and target transparency in envelope at rear both still present, orig. printed wrappers, sl. frayed on the spine, oblong 8vo. The front free endpaper and title pages bear a total of 42 signatures of personnel associated with 609 Squadron. Many of the names are neatly identified in pencil beneath and include Sheep Gilroy, George Darley, Alec Ingle, John Bisdee, Count du Monceau, General Mike Donnet, Bee Beamont, Binkie Stark, Eric Roberts, Moose Evans, Frank Ziegler, G. H. Ambler Geerts, Harald Peake, et al. Provenance: David R. Shaw, former chairman of the 609 Squadron Association who obtained this first edition at the book launch of R.A.F. Club in London. (2)
* McCormick (R.). ‘Wellington Flight’, original watercolour, signed, depicting a flight of four Wellington bombers led by aircraft EK-N against a clouded skyscape, together with “Short Sunderland”, orig. oil on board by the same artist depicting flying-boat no. KG-B on take-off, largest 17 x 23cm (43 x 59cm), framed and glazed (2)
* WWI Imperial German Air Force - Lieutnant R. Schreiber “Pour le Merite” award-holder. A good and large propeller tip memento inscribed to a fallen German Airman of the Great war 1914-1918, a wide section propeller-blade tip with full copper-sheathing, having painted decoration in Memoriam to a hero of the Air War, variously adorned with artistic imagery of pilot and his medal awards including the “Blue Max” (Pour le Merite) and Iron Cross etc, together with squadron details and date of his fatal combat, attached verso copy script obituary and photograph of the subject giving full details of his heroic action for which Germany’s highest military honour was posthumously rarely awarded (1)
Tractors - Ford and other Makers. A group of sales brochures and literature etc., 1930-1960, including Fordson Major Salesman’s Handbook, c1950s, together with Oliver No.7 Tractor plough c1930s, and with John Deere Model “R” Diesel Tractor large fold-out poster format c1950, Massey-Harris Full-range 32pp fully illustrated c1950, Fordson Tractors “Square-Deal Used Equipment Marketing Plan for dealers, large folio-format with sales sheet ‘flyers’ and promotional stickers & ephemera etc, also with “Major International Power” a rare and large factory folio salesman’s-pack including catalogues, full-range brochures, price-lists etc for sales to large commercial operators such as County Councils and contractors (-)
Fortescue (John & Beadon, Colonel R. H.). The Royal Army Services Corps, A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, 2 vols., Cambridge University Press, 1930-31, b&w port. frontis., orig. cloth gilt with title label to spine of each, some fading, 4to, limited ed. 13/227, together The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1945, pub. 1955, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, plus War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces, 1945, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus twenty-five other British and German military related (29)
* Henry VII (1485-1509), groat, class I, London, m.m. halved lis and rose / halved sun and rose, open crown, nothing by neck, rose on breast (N. 1703 (R); S. 2193), minor obverse crack, slightly creased, good very fine, scarce; together with miscellaneous silver (2) and base metal (9) coins, mainly British; also two modern balances and a quantity of assorted weights (lot)
Edward, Prince of Wales, medals from 1896 to 1936, in silver (4) and base metal (70): marriage of the Duke of York (the future George V), 1893, by A. Fenwick, copper, for Saffron Walden, rev., arms of Saffron Walden, 38mm (BHM-, cf. 3442 for a similar piece for Stafford); four generations of the Royal family 1896/9 (6), revs., Remington typewriter, blank, Bon Marché Sydney, three shields (2), and W. S. Lincoln; Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (3); Prince Edward of York (as a young boy), 1911; Investiture, Holyhead; Investure, by Vaughtons (2, different); coronation, 1911 (2, one with ribbon); Prince of Wales fund award, 1914; reception committee, 1919; visit to Australia, 1920 (3); visit to Geelong, 1920 (2); visit to Hyde Park Works North British Locomotive Co., 1921; Royal visit 1923 (4, different); cameograph model for British Empire Day medal series, undated; British Empire Exhibition, 1924 (4); as Colonel, Welsh Guards, undated (1924?); visit to South Africa, 1924; visit to Cape Town, 1925 (2); visit to Molteno, 1925; visit to Wynberg Cape, 1925; Britannia Lodge, 1925; visit to Argentina, 1925 (2, different); visit to Hull, 1926; British Empire Day, 1926 (2), 1927 (2, different metals), 1928, 1929 (3, 2 in fitted cases, partially pierced), 1931, and undated type (issued 1928, 3, all different); Church Lad’s Brigade Review, 1927; opening of new Parliament building, Northern Ireland, 1932 (2, different); silver jubilee, 1935 (3, different); maiden voyage of the Queen Mary, 1936, bronze (Gi. CM 2a, 3a, 4, 5a (2), 8a (2), 8b, 12, 14c, 26, 27a, 30a, 36a, 36b, 38, 45.2, 47b, 50a, 50b, 55a (2), 60, 70, 72, 73, 74, 78, 85 (large type (2), small type (1), 87, 89, 91, 93a (2), 96B, 97a, 102.4, 106a, 107b, 110a, 110b, 112a (2), 117a, 118a, 118b, 123a, 124a, 125a, 125a (with 4 bars), 125b, 125c, 126b, 130a, 135b, 136, cf. 141.1, cf. 182, 358a; BHM 3529, 4079, 4136, 4190, 4201, 4249 (large and small silver, each in case of issue); 4263, 4282); also two medals unrecorded in Giordano: four generations of the Royal Family, aluminium medal (hollow), 1895 (?), christening scene as Gi. CM1-2, but rev., Medway Coal Company, 38.4mm; International Fisheries Exhibition, 1922, gilt base metal medal, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., H R H THE PRINCE OF WALES K G around head left, rev., fishermen at sea hauling in nets, INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION 1922, 44.7mm; together with badges (4): Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, illustrating four generations (Gi. CM10.1, 10.2), Prince of Wales R.M.I.G. silver badge, 1927, by G. Kenning & Son (Gi. CM116), and visit to Coventry Cathedral, 1934, tin (Gi.-), mainly very fine or better (78)
Accession, 1936 and proposed coronation in 1937: commemorative medals (91) in silver (12) and base metal (79) comprising: accession souvenir; award medal; Daily Dispatch birthday club; coronation souvenir badge and coronation medals: by G. Allen (2) Birmingham Mint (2), Cashmore & Co., A. Fenwick (17, mostly different), J. R. Gaunt (3, also cased set of 4), M. & B., Mappin & Webb, J. Moore Ltd (6), J. Pinches & Co. (10, mostly different), H.B. Sale Ltd (5), Spink & Son Ltd (2), Tiptaft (9), Turner & Simpson Ltd (7), Vaughtons (5), Vienna mint (2), issuer unknown (11) (Gi. CM 170, 172.2b, 176a, 176b, 181.6, 184c, 184d, 185a, 185d, 187b, 193, 195c, 196c (2), 196c var. (maker’s name as the aluminium issue), 199a, 199b, 200a, 200b, 201d, 202d, 203d, 204b, 214b, 215a, 215c, 216, 222avar (ni.-br.), 225.1a, 233, 235a, 237, 242 var (28mm), 242, 243, 246a, 247a, 247b (2, one with oxidised finish, no loop), 247d (2), 249a, 250, 251a, 251b, 251c, 256b (3, 2 cased), 257b (in case), 259b (in fitted case), 260a (but mounted with ribbon), 260b (in fitted case), 270a (2), 270b, 270c (2), 271a (4, one in card box), 274b, 278b, 281b (in fitted case), 283b, 287a, 289, 297a, 297b, 297c, 299a (2), 301a, 301b, 304, 307, 323.1a, 325(a), 325(b), 328, 329a, 329b, 331a, 332, 333 (4), 337; BHM 4284, 4291, 4293, 4295, 4296, 4297, 4299, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4306, 4309, 4310, 4311); also unlisted in Giordano: Berwick-upon-Tweed, aluminium, by T. Fattorini, head right, EDWARD VIII REX IMPERATOR, rev., arms between trees with supporters, BERWICK UPON TWEED over, CORONATION CELEBRATIONS MAY 12TH 1937 in exergue, maker’s name below, 38mm; together with badges (5): Beetleware, coloured coronation cameo (Gi. CM184.1); coronation lapel badge by J. Pinches, gilt AE, as the obverse of CM246ff, maker’s name on back, 25mm; three further badges, unlisted in Giordano; also a tie-pin, unlisted in Giordano, and a book of 30 Edward VIII stamps in official Post Office metal holder, mainly very fine or better (lot)
Period of abdication, 1936: a group of commemorative medals: by J. R. Gaunt (3, in different metals); W. H. Hasler, ‘three kings set’, hallmarked silver, 3 medals in fitted case, George VI with second reverse; another set, similar, but silvered base metal, George VI with first reverse; abdication, by Pinches (6, different); abdication, by Turner & Simpson (2), also their ‘three kings’ sets, 3 bronze medals, cased with metal label and leaflet, in two sizes (CM 344.1a, 344.1b, 347c, 348c, 349a, 350a, 350c, 350c var (AR gilt), 353a, 353b, 355, 357a (cased), 357avar (cased), 358a (cased), 359a; BHM. 4276, 4280, 4365, 4366); George VI, coronation, 1937, by Turner & Simpson, bronze 51 mm (Gi. CM359a; BHM. 4351); together with retrospective commemorative medals of Edward VIII: R. Lobel (5) (1971, 1987 cased, 1996 ‘three kings’), J. Pinches (3, 2 cased) (1972), and Franklin Mint (1975) (Gi. CM379c, 380a (3), MM2, MM17.3, MM231.a), mostly extremely fine or better (36)
* Portrait plaque, undated, in patinated brass, bust left in suit, no legend, CAMEOGRAPH COPYRIGHT within square stamped on truncation, 180mm, set within a wooden frame, bearing a small brass label on the frame REPRODUCED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF H R H THE PRINCE OF WALES ON BEHALF OF EARL HAIG’S BRITISH LEGION APPEAL BY THE CAMEOGRAPH CO LTD 45 PALL MALL SW, the frame 262 x 280mm (Gi. CM76), light scratches in field, nearly extremely fine
Portrait plaque, undated, silvered brass, bust left in suit, no legend, within ribbon bound reeded border, Cameograph on truncation, 103mm, mounted on a black wooden block with a suspension hook, bearing a small brass label on the lower edge of the block REPRODUCED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF H R H THE PRINCE OF WALES ON BEHALF OF EARL HAIG’S BRITISH LEGION APPEAL BY THE CAMEOGRAPH CO LTD 45 PALL MALL SW, the frame 178 x 131mm (Gi. CM77b), some wear, cleaned, about very fine
* Letters, documents, pamphlets and photographs, including a photograph of the four elder children of Edward VII, their names written in by their mother Queen Mary; admittance ticket, order of service, luncheon sitting list, menu and programme of music for the Prince of Wales` investiture as a Knight of the Garter, 10 June 1911; the Prince`s visiting card personally inscribed to Sir Allen Young with Christmas wishes; three of the Prince`s letters to Capt. Faussett (equerry to George V), dated 1913-14 (two have been punch holed); an envelope in the hand of Prince Edward addressed to Mrs Dudley Ward, sent from Peru, 1931 (Mrs Ward was the Prince`s mistress in the 1920s and until 1934); a greetings card and letter from the Prince to Miss McCann (the maid of Mrs Ward), 1932; programme for the Presentation of Colours, 16th July 1936 with a copy of the King`s speech inscribed to Lt. Col. F. Longueville D.S.O., M.C., signed on the verso; menu for Edward VIII`s visit to S.S. Queen Mary, 5 March 1936, signed by the King (Edward R I), Lord Weir, Sir Percy Bates, Lord Aberconway, Sir Thomas Bell and other shipping officials; two photogravure portraits by Vandyk, London; five meter stamps with the EVIIIR cypher; a selection of postage stamps and a Canadian $2 note, June 23 1923, with portrait of the Prince of Wales, etc., in two albums, an interesting collection (a selection illustrated on facing page)
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