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Lot 8136
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 153) 1873-80 4d sage-green, IMPERF IMPPRIMATUR HORIZONTAL PAIR, EK-EL, sheet margin with imprint at right '…el, 2s per …', light gum wrinkles, small tone spot on one stamp and in margin, o/wise very fresh, fine l.m.m. RARE. Cat £6400 (image available) [US2]
Lot 732
POP MUSIC, rare early pre-production booklet Pink Floyd - The Wall" Movie Promo Book. The film's original format was to be comprised of footage of the band playing live at Earls Court in London, with animation by political cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe spread throughout the film. Director Alan Parker found the concert footage to be unusable, and Roger Waters wasn't suitable as an actor, replacing him with Bob Geldof. "This presentation is a visual aid to understanding both how the film will be made and how it will look when finished. Of the drawings that follow some are stills from animation already completed but the majority are impressions of live action selected from the script. Alongside the drawings are presented the lyrics of the song which carry the story line as the film is largely mute; and short extracts from the script as clarification. This presentation should be read as an adjunct to the script itself." printed in full color on 16" x 12" card stock, 41 pages (lacking covers), EX
![[Clerke, Charles]. A Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, commanded by the Honourable Comm](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a55e7a67-fc3e-49b2-89c2-aa1f0109b0e2/d758a314-d08e-438f-8497-aa1f012b4c84/468x382.jpg)
Lot 11
[Clerke, Charles]. A Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, commanded by the Honourable Commander Byron ... in which is contained ... a Minute and Exact Description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the Gigantic People called Patagonians. Together with an Accurate Account of the Seven Islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By a Midshipman on Board the said Ship, printed for M. Cooper, 1767, iv + 75 pp., engraved frontispiece, browning, marginal chip to frontispiece, old marginal repair to A4 recto, without the folding world map and unpaginated 14-leaf insert containing additional material on the Patagonians noted in other copies (see note), 2 contemporary engravings of a bread-fruit and a bread-fruit tree mounted respectively to front free endpaper and title-page verso, bookplate of naval historian William Cuthbert Brian Tunstall to front pastedown, contemporary calf, joints rubbed, 8vo (19.9 x 11.4 cm)ESTC T67285 (locating seven copies only). Rare pirated abridgment of an unauthorized, anonymous account of the voyage originally published earlier the same year by Newbery and usually attributed to Byron's midshipman Charles Clerke (for which see Borba de Moraes, 1958 ed., p. 120, and Sabin 9732). Two other copies traced at auction in the last 50 years, both in the Franklin Brooke-Hitching collection, the first with page 26 ending 'and they eat their flesh raw', while the second had 'eat up a whole basket of ship biscuit at a meal'. Our copy has '[...] eat up a whole basket of ship biscuit at a meal, and they eat their flesh raw. They have no fixed habitations, but certain moveable cottages', and therefore appears to represent another, probably earlier setting of the text, with which the 14-leaf insert (and the world map) may not have been issued. It also retains the final two lines of page 24, erased in both Brooke-Hitching copies, and the final three lines of page 28 (containing a sentence ending 'jargon' on page 29), erased in the second.(Qty: 1)
Lot 12
Clüver (Philipp). Introductionis in Universam Geographiam, tam veterem quam novam, libri VI, Brunswick: printed by Balthasar Gruber for Gothofred Müller, 1641, engraved title-page vignette, engraved portrait constituting signature )(2, the leaf integral with signature )(3, engraved folding plate (called for in VD17 but not listed in the Index tabularum), and 33 engraved folding maps, variable browning, signature 2A2 abraded costing a few letters either side, marginal damp-staining to final index leaves, minor worming to lower margins of final 5 leaves and to rear endpapers, discreet 20th-century ink-stamps of Dr Ronald Ruprecht to front free endpaper, title-page verso and margin of p. 33, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, monogram 'M D S' to front board and date '164Z [sic]' to rear board gilt, yapp edges, slightly marked, 4to (18.4 x 15.5 cm)Sabin 13805 (erroneously dating this edition 1661); Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650 , 507; ibid., The Mapping of the World, Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700 , 356; VD17 56:726046B. The first edition of Clüver's work to contain maps; the text was originally published by the Elzevirs in 1624. Rare: no copies in UK libraries, 14 world-wide; a handful of copies traced in auction records, all in Germany, and several of these incomplete.(Qty: 1)
Lot 199
Townson (Robert). Philosophy of Mineralogy, printed for the Author, 1798, title with hand-coloured vignette, two engraved plates, one hand-coloured and folding, folding table, four page publisher's catalogue at rear, light spotting, mainly to fore edges, front pastedown with ink stamp 'Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Penzance', untrimmed, original boards, front joint and spine strengthened, faint early ink manuscript title to spine, front cover with early ink manuscript name 'Cornwall Geological Society', extremities worn, 8voWard and Carozzi 2196. Rare, only one previous example found at auction.(Qty: 1)
Lot 203
Walsh (Dr. Francis). The Antediluvian World; or, a New Theory of the Earth: Containing a Clear Account of the Form and Constitution of the Terrestrial Globe before the Universal Deluge..., 1st edition, Dublin: printed by S. Powell, 1743, woodcut illustrations to text, subscribers list present, first page of Preface with contemporary ink signature of Robert Bray, first gathering strengthened, scarce light spotting, hinges strengthened (after title and before final leaf), endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with some wear, 8vo, together with Whitehurst (John) , An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth, 3rd edition, Revised and Corrected, Printed for W. Bent, 1792, lacking portrait fontispiece (as often), seven engraved plates at rear (some folding), final plate lightly toned/offset, contemporary mottled half calf gilt, rubbed, rear joint splitting, 4to, plus Welch (W. ) , Religiosa Philosophia; or a New Theory of the Earth..., with an Appendix on the Plurality of Inhabited Worlds, 1st edition, Plymouth-Dock: Printed for the Author, by W. Byers, 1821, engraved frontispiece, three engraved plates, half-title, generally spotted, pictorial bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid, hinges strengthened, contemporary boards, rebacked with cloth, some wear in places, 8vo, and three others similarFirst item: a rare title not in Ward and Carozzi. Robert Bray, who has inscribed the Preface, is listed as a subscriber 'in Dublin and other parts of Ireland'. Approximately 410 books were printed for the subscribers, which included Dr. Jonathan Swift.(Qty: 6)
Lot 24
Gimlette (George Hart Desmond). Nepal and the Nepalese, 2nd edition ('for private circulation'), H. F. & G. Witherby, 1928, 5 photographic plates, one plate and quires C-D creased at lower outer corners, original green cloth, damp-staining to bottom edge of each board, 8vo, together with: Forty (Cecil Heber), Bangkok: its Life and Sport, with Some Account of Siam's Coastal and Island Game Areas, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1929, 6 photographic plates, original orange cloth, 8vo, Ainsworth (Leopold), The Confessions of a Planter in Malaya, 1st edition,1933, 7 tinted photographic plates, original green cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, Holdich (Thomas), Tibet, the Mysterious, 1st edition, Alston Rivers, Limited, [circa 1906], 33 plates (mainly from photographs), folding map, half-title spotted, plates toned, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and 9 others, Himalayan or South-East Asian exploration, Witherby imprints, original cloth, 8voGimlette's work is rare, with Copac tracing one copy only of this edition, and one of an apparent first edition published the previous year, both in the British Library. Copac additionally locates eight copies for each of Forty and Ainsworth. Provenance (Witherby imprints): from the publisher's archive, with their ticket to front pastedowns.(Qty: 13)
Lot 26
Guarneri (Giovanni Antonio). De bello Cyprio libri tres, 1st edition, Bergamo: Comino Ventura, 1597, woodcut title device, initials and headpieces, intermittent spotting and browning, signature B1 stained, M2 and M4 transposed, Italian bookseller or auction description tipped to front pastedown, 18th-century vellum, yapp edges, 4to (20.8 x 15 cm)Adams G1446; Cobham-Jeffery p.5 (misattributing the work to 'P. Biranus'); not in Atabey, Blackmer or BM STC Italian 1465-1600. Extremely rare account of the Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-3), also known as the War of Cyprus; the conflict is best remembered today for the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Copac locates two copies only in UK libraries (Cambridge and Oxford); one other copy traced in auction records.(Qty: 1)
Lot 4
Baker (Valentine). War in Bulgaria: a Narrative of Personal Experience, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879, 5 folding colour maps (repaired closed tears at inner folds, final map with short split to one other fold), spotting to outer leaves, armorial bookplates of George Long, inscribed 'Lord Llangattock, from [George Long], 1908', library plates of Ardmore School inscribed 'Langattock loan' to front free endpaper versos, original blue cloth, recased, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Sandwith (Humphry), A Memoir: Compiled from Autobiographical Notes, by his Nephew Thomas Humphry Ward, 1st edition, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1884 , portrait frontispiece (spotted and offset), original cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, and McCullagh (Francis), With the Cossacks, being the Story of an Irishman who rode with the Cossacks throughout the Russo-Japanese War, 1st edition, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 , 8 photographic plates including frontispiece, map, spotting, original cloth, 8voBaker's work not in Atabey or Blackmer. After his disgrace and imprisonment for indecent assault on a passenger train, Baker travelled to Constantinople and served with great distinction as a general with the Ottoman forces the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-8, for which he 'was acclaimed by the British public as a hero' (ODNB). His account of the conflict, which argued for continued British support for the Ottoman Empire against Russian aggression and discussed his own reorganisation of the Ottoman army, is notably rare in commerce.(Qty: 4)
Lot 435
Wolveridge (James). Speculum Matricis; or, the Expert Midwives Handmaid, catechistically composed, 2nd edition, printed by E. Okes ... to be sold by [Rowland] Reynolds, 1671, 6 engraved folding plates (of ?9: lacking frontispiece and 2 other plates; most torn with partial loss of image), 22 engravings in the text, browning, lacking text leaves D1, L3-6 and M1-4, title-page chipped at lower inner corner affecting imprint, closed tears extending into text of A3-4 and *3-4, A3 with large chip in fore margin, crudely mended closed tear in I2, leaves L7-8 loose and frayed, disbound retaining old rear board (sheep), 2 leaves of old printer's waste used as front endpapers, small 8vo (14.5 x 9.5 cm)ESTC R231964 (calling for seven plates only); Wing W3319A; not in Garrison-Morton or Norman. Extremely rare, Wolveridge's work is considered 'the oldest work on midwifery in the English language' (Gillespie & Hadfield, eds., The Oxford History of the English Book , volume 3, p. 452); written while the author, a graduate of the University of Dublin, was resident at Cork, it is also 'the first printed medical textbook written in Ireland' (Carpenter, ed., Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland , 2003, p. 418). ESTC traces three copies only for the first edition, printed the previous year (with the title Speculum matricis hybernicum ), and eight copies for this second edition, which is the only iteration traced in auction records, the last copy appearing in 1989.(Qty: 1)
Lot 45
Ortelius (Abraham). Epitome du Theatre du monde ... Reveu, corrigé, et augmenté de plusieurs cartes, pour la derniere fois, 2nd edition in French, Antwerp: Christofle Plantin for Philippe Galle, 1590, allegorical engraved plate and 94 engraved maps in the letterpress, mild browning, spill-burn in textl-leaf *3, quire F misbound, tide-mark in quire M only significantly visible in Palestine map, a few other trivial marks, circa 1800 green half roan, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, oblong 16mo in 8s (10 x 14.2 cm)Koeman III Ort 54; Shirley World 161; cf. Sabin 57688 for the first edition in French and Adams O346 for an edition of 1598. A complete copy of this rare pocket edition of the Theatrum .The preliminary matter is identifical with the first edition, published by Plantin in 1588, 'but the text is reset' (Koeman).(Qty: 1)
Lot 452
Leech (John, illustrator). The Comic History of England, by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, The Punch Office, 1847-8, title-pages printed in red and black, 20 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates, numerous wood-engravings in the text, half-titles discarded, plates offset, a few captions cropped, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo (20.9 x 13.2 cm), together with : The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, [1851], engraved title-page printed in red and black, 10 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates, light offsetting, spotting to binder's blanks, all edges gilt, c.1900 'Spanish' calf gilt by Riviere and Son, small chip to head of spine, 8vo (21.3 x 13.2 cm)Tooley 295 & 298.Tooley considered The Comic History of England 'among the most popular and best of Leech's work', while noting that the Comic History of Rome is 'more rare [sic]'.(Qty: 2)
![Minerva Press. The Nobleman and His Steward, or Memoirs of the Albany Family, A Novel, [by Eliza Taylor], 3 volumes, 1st edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a55e7a67-fc3e-49b2-89c2-aa1f0109b0e2/a520dccc-3260-41d5-9f6c-aa1f012c4002/468x382.jpg)
Lot 454
Minerva Press. The Nobleman and His Steward, or Memoirs of the Albany Family, A Novel, [by Eliza Taylor], 3 volumes, 1st edition, printed at the Minerva-Press, 1803, stipple-engraved frontispiece to volume 1, slightly offset to title and both a little browned, some spotting throughout, (?)lacks half-titles, contemporary tree calf, gilt-decorated spines with leather labels, rubbed, slightly cracked on joints, some edge and corner wear, 12mo (17 x 10cm)Exceedingly rare. Eliza Taylor also published The Heiress of Avonmore and Education; Or Elizabeth, Her Lover and Husband. A Tale for 1817, with Minerva Press in 1805 and 1817 respectively.(Qty: 3)
Lot 48
Piacenza (Francesco). L'Egeo redivivo, o' sia chorographia dell' archipelago ... con la breve descrittione ... della Grecia, Morea, o'Peloponnese, di Candia, e Cipri, 1st edition, Modena: Soliani heirs, 1688, additional engraved title page, engraved portrait, 4 engraved maps bound as plates (3 folding, including the map of Cyprus), 59 full-page engraved maps in the text, light marginal spotting, a few other marks (including a stain along fold of folding Crete map), repaired closed tear to engraved title, map at p.146 faintly printed, map at p. 452 printed upside-down, old repairs to lower outer corners of front free endpaper and signatures A4-8, B5 and C8, repaired marginal worm-tracks in F6 and quires P-R and 2C-D, signatures M3-4 transposed, Trevisani bookplate to letterpress title verso, 18th-century vellum, slightly marked, 4to in 8s (21.2 x 15.5 cm)Blackmer 1305; Cobham-Jeffery p.50. First and only edition, rare, especially in this condition with all maps present. Copac traces six copies in UK libraries. 'This work was probably inspired by the Venetian conquests in Greece in the 1680s. It includes a very thorough and systematic description of the Aegean Islands, Crete, [and] Cyprus, and brief descriptions of Roumeli and the Peloponnesus ... The four separate maps are of the Aegean, the Peloponnesus, Crete and Cyprus' (Blackmer).(Qty: 1)
Lot 56
Shah (Sirdar Ikbal Ali). Westward to Mecca. A Journey of Adventure through Afghanistan, Bolshevik Asia, Persia, Iraq & Hijaz to the Cradle of Islam, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1928, 12 photogravure plates including frontispiece, publisher's ticket to front pastedown, original green cloth, dust jacket (slightly frayed at extremities), 8vo , together with: Dyer (Reginald Edward Harry). The Raiders of the Sarhad. Being the Account of a Campaign of Arms and Bluff against the Brigands of the Persian-Baluchi Border during the Great War, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby & Co., 1921, 15 photographic plates including frontispiece, 2 sketch-maps, almost entirely unopened, publisher's ticket to front pastedown, original orange cloth, dust jacket (slightly frayed at extremities), 8vo, and Whistler (Hugh), In the Himalayas. Sport and Travel in the Rhotang and Baralacha, with some Notes on the Natural History of that Area, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1924, 16 photographic plates including frontispiece, sketch map, publisher's ticket to front pastedown, original green cloth, dust jacket (a few nicks, spine soiled and repaired), 8voShah: Macro, Arabian Peninsula 1272. Whistler: Czech (Asia) p. 225; Yakushi W129. The publisher's file copies, all extremely rare in the dust jacket.(Qty: 3)
Lot 239
(x) A rare Australian Contingent casualties Boer War Medal awarded to Farrier Sergeant G. J. Dickson, of New South WalesQueen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (49 Serjt:-Far: G. D. Dickson. N.S. Wales M.R.), note second initial, suspension and clasps sometime refurbished and refitted, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine. Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 340
A superb and dateable Order of the Thistle StarThe Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, a fine early Victorian breast star by Rundell, Bridge & Co., 1840-42, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with gold retaining pin, 77mm x 70mm, the reverse centre inscribed 'Rundell Bridge & Co. Jewellers & Goldsmiths To The Queen, H.R.H. The Prince Albert & Royal Family', a superb centre and Thistle, the pin and retaining clip sometime replaced, nonetheless a most rare piece of insignia. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 385
A fine collection of awards for the Action at Sanna's PostAt first light on 31 March 1900, a large column of 2000 men under General Robert George Broadwood was subject to a vicious opportunity ambush by Boer troops led by General Christiaan de Wet and his brother Pieter Daniel de Wet. Having initially intended to capture the waterworks at Sanna's Post, 23 miles east of Bloemfontein, the enemy saw the chance of this far greater prize - which they grasped with both hands - deploying the first large-scale use of guerrilla tactics during the conflict. Utilising the cover of a deep spruit created by the Modder River, approximately 1600 Boers, supported by artillery from high ground, deployed in darkness and surprised the British, creating chaos amid a maelstrom of mauser-fire. As Broadwood's force began to withdraw from the main body of attack towards the direction of a ravine, a blocking force of 400 Boers held fire until large numbers of British troops lay squarely within their sights, entirely devoid of cover or any realistic opportunity to fight back without being slaughtered. Over 200 were forced to surrender in the first few minutes including six guns of 'U' Battery. Those stragglers to the rear of the captured main body faced the almost suicidal return towards the only cover available - a railway station - across 1300 yards of open ground.Within minutes, the Boers successfully captured over 100 wagons and a further artillery piece. The British began to retreat towards the station and it was amidst this apparently hopeless situation that the men of 'Q' Battery under Major Phipps-Hornby, joined by a single gun from 'U' Battery and the Mounted Infantry, decided to stand their ground and fight back. For four hours they fought continuously, aided by rifle fire from the railway station, and managed to transform a stampede into an orderly retreat. Those who managed to escape under the cover of British artillery were fortunate; had it not been for an eagle-eyed officer who noticed what was happening in the first few minutes and ordered 'Q' Battery to gallop away towards the railway buildings, the outcome may have been disastrous. Broadwood eventually managed to break contact and approximately three hours later the 9th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Sir Henry Colville arrived to relieve the Mounted Brigade. The element of surprise now lost, the Boers withdrew to highly defensive positions across the Modder River leaving a small garrison at the captured waterworks. The British forces, now low on ammunition, chose to retire from the field.In all, the British suffered 155 men killed or wounded with approximately 430 taken prisoner. The exact numbers vary by source, however what cannot be denied is the one-sided nature of the casualties. In his book Three Years' War, Christiaan de Wet noted his losses as 3 killed and 5 wounded. Had it not been for the desperate rearguard action of the British artillery, it is possible that British casualties may have been considerably higher.For the men of 'Q' Battery, it was a resounding example of bravery and professionalism, resulting in the award of 4 V.C.'s and 3 D.C.M.'s to the Battery, the former by ballot, there being no fair way to choose four from so many who performed so heroically on that day. This was the fifth case of the application of Clause 13 and the first since the conclusion of the Indian Mutiny. As a result, Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Edward Haydon Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge, and Driver Horace Henry Glasock were each awarded the Victoria Cross. Following the intervention of Queen Victoria, a further V.C. was awarded to Lieutenant Francis Aylmer Maxwell, 18th Bengal Lancers, attached Robert's Horse, for gallantry in assisting to save the guns.The capture by the Boers of their original target - the Bloemfontein waterworks - had tragic consequences for the citizens of the local region by greatly aggravating an epidemic of enteric fever, dysentery and cholera which eventually caused 2000 deaths. In a despatch to the Secretary of State for War, Lord Roberts placed the blame on an early morning patrol from Boseman's Kop which failed to warm the column of the preparations for an ambush. Subsequent writers, including the Boer Generals themselves, expressed surprise at the apparent lack of any proper enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the disaster, however the words of Rudyard Kipling are probably the best epitaph:'Let us admit it fairly as a business people should;We have had no end of a lesson; it will do us no end of good.'A very rare Sanna's Post D.C.M. awarded to Trooper T. Murphy, Robert's Horse, who formed part of the Mounted Infantry rearguard which enabled the guns of 'Q' Battery to escape ambush and make a valiant standDistinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Trooper T. Murphy: Robert's Horse.), good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 39
The Trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.'Corinthians, upon the 18th (Royal Irish) Regimental Memorial, refersA rare China 1842 Medal awarded to Lieutenant D. Edwards, 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, who succumbed to the testing climate, having previously been wounded in the campaignChina 1842 (David Edwards, Lieut. 18th Regiment Foot.), original suspension, the obverse heavily worn and all but obliterated, the reverse somewhat better, private corrections to naming, fair, the naming legible. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 44
The extremely rare China Medal awarded to Carpenter J. Lucks, Royal NavyChina 1842, 2 clasps, China 1842, Canton 1857 (James Lucks, Petty Offr, H.M.S. Wellesley), clasps loose upon riband, small test cut, very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 445
The dead and wounded on this ridge remained as a line of skirmishers, the Turks sweeping them with machine-gun fire at intervals throughout the day. Consequently men wounded early in the day were killed and all were riddled with bullets.'The War Diary of the 1/11th Battalion, London Regiment, refers to heavy loss in the Second Battle of Gaza in April 1917, a fact well-known to Regimental-Sergeant Major R. M. Callender.A rare Great War Palestine operations M.C. group of four awarded to Temporary Regimental Sergeant-Major R. M. Callender, 1/11th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign who went on to distinguish himself in the Gaza battles of March-November 1917Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, '450206 Regt. Sergt. Maj. R. M. Callender, for Distinguished Service in the Field'; 1914-15 Star (1649 Sjt. R. M. Callender, 11-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (1649 T.W.O. Cl. 1 R. Callender, 11-Lond. R.), minor contact marks, generally very fine (4). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 486
Welsh Regiment'We wore 'tin hats' and the intense heat of the sun made out heads feel like poached eggs. The battle of Khuweilfeh has been described in many narratives and despatches, but I have never seen mentioned the appalling shortage of water from which we suffered. We had about three pints for forty-eight hours, which included a long march up the stifling winding ravines of the Judean foothills, followed by incessant fighting, the temperature, thanks to the Khamsin which prevailed, being that of August. It was real hell. A lot of men went nearly mad with thirst.'Le Fleming's History of the 53rd (Welsh) T.F. Division, refers.A rare - highly unusual - Great War Third Battle of Gaza posthumous D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private A. J. Harris, 1/5th Battalion, Welsh RegimentAs verified in his unit's war diary, his D.C.M. was for gallantry in storming Turkish positions on Ain Kohle - to the south-west of the infamous Khuweilfeh Heights - on 3 November 1917, the same date on which he was killed in actionDistinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240726 Pte. A. J. Harris, 1/5 Welsh R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2226 Pte. A. J. Harris, Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (2226 Pte. A. J. Harris, Welsh R.), together with Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Albert Harris), extremely fine (5). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 491
An important Naval General Service Medal awarded to Stoker Mechanic V. D. Maskell, Royal Navy, who was killed in action aboard H.M.S. Amethyst on 20 April 1949Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C.KX. 118897 V. D. Maskell, Sto. Mech., R.N.), extremely fine; just two or three Amethyst casualty's awards are known on the market, thus excessively rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 515
Royal Society of Arts, The Albert Medal, by L. C. Wyon, 56mm, gold (hallmarks for London 1975, 9ct), the rim inscribed '1975 to Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, For Distinguished Service to Britain's Architectural Heritage', extremely fine and rare, in its Royal Mint case of issue. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 519
Yale University, Henry Elias Howland Memorial Medal, by Medallic Art Company, 73mm, bronze, the rim engraved 'Nikolaus Pevsner. November 9, 1963.', good very fine and rare, in its case of issue. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 534
A rare Second World War B.E.M. awarded to Able Seaman A. Herman, Merchant Navy, an Estonian national who was decorated for his gallant services on the Arctic runBritish Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Civil (Alexander Herman), good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 538
A rare Order of St. John of Jerusalem Life Saving Medal in Silver to Mr A. H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines, for gallantry in rescuing a miner who had been entombed for five days and nights in the Black Engine Mine at Eyam, Derbyshire in July 1879Stokes was subsequently awarded an Albert Medal of the First Class for the Baddesley Colliery Disaster, 22 May 1882Order of St. John Lifesaving Medal, 1st type (1874-88), silver (Arthur H. Stokes. 1879), with original black riband, the Badge of the Order, without embellishment, embroidered on the riband in white cotton, in its original Wyon, 287 Regent Street fitted case of issue, extremely fine and rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers. SRN: This is an imported lot. Subject to 5% import VAT on Hammer Price .
Lot 557
A rare Great War East Africa operations M.M. awarded to Private Morogo Arap Chemwok, 4th King's African RiflesMilitary Medal, G.V.R. (10052 Pte. Morogo Arap Chemwok, 3 / 4 K.A.R.), good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 558
An M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class I D. Kirkwell, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal FusiliersQueen's South Africa 1899-1902, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith (7440 Pte. D. Kirkwell, 2nd Rl: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (S-18032 S. Q. M. Sjt. - A. S. S. Mjr. - D. Kirkwell. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-18032 T. W. O. Cl. 1. D. Kirkwell. A.S.C.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (18032 Sjt: D. Kirkwell. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (18032 W. O. Cl. 1. D. Kirkwell R.A.S.C.), mounted as worn in this order, the last with name and unit officially corrected, very fine and a rare combination (7). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 587
An unusual post-war C.B., C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Air Vice-Marshal F. G. S. Mitchell, Royal Air ForceHaving won entitlement to the rare 'Waziristan 1925' clasp for his services as a Flying Officer in No. 27 Squadron's D.H. 9As, Mitchell attained senior rank as a trail-blazing Armaments OfficerAmong other notable achievements, he was sent to Japan in 1946 to inspect and report upon the effects of the Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and duly co-authored his mission's official report for the Home Office and Air Ministry. Later still, he proved instrumental in developing the Britain's nuclear deterrentThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.), Military Division, Companion's neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Collingwood case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.), Military Division, Commander's 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (F./O. F. G. S. Mitchell, R.A.F.), double stamped letters to 'R.A.F.'; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; United States of America, Legion of Merit, Officer's breast badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse machine engraved, 'F. G. S. Mitchell', mounted as worn where applicable, good very fine (7). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 596
Five: Ordinary Seaman J. Hambrook, Royal NavyNaval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (John Hambrook, Ord, H.M.S. Castor); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Hambrook); St Jean d'Acre 1840, bronze, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, British die, with replacement scroll suspenion, the first with late, officially impressed naming, very fine and a rare combination (5). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 610
(x) A very rare pair awarded to Sergeant D. Bloomfield, Middlesex Militia, late Colour Sergeant, Royal Marines, who served aboard Rattlesnake during her Arctic expedition of 1853-54 in the search for Sir John FranklinArctic 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3979. Serjt Danl. Bloomfield. 4th Middlesex Militia), first good very fine, the second very fine (2). Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 632
(x) An unusual campaign group of three awarded to Able Seaman A. W. Badge, Royal Navy, who, having been wounded in the Gambia in 1894 when landed as a Bluejacket, became a founder member of the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (135780 A. W. Badge. A.B. H.M.S. Magpie); China 1900, no clasp (135780 A. W. Badge. A.B. H.M.S. Undaunted); British War Medal 1914-20 (A. W. Badge. Service With the Royal Navy), official replacements, nonetheless good very fine and a rare combination (3). Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 664
Six: Trooper C. Greetham, East African Mounted Rifles, late Lieutenant, Field Intelligence Department and Sergeant Major, Kimberley Light HorseMayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, hallmark ‘d’; Queen's South Africa 1899-1901, 5 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Relief of Mafeking, Rhodesia, Transvaal (Sergt. Major C. Greetham Kimberley Lt. Horse); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. C. Greetham Field Intelligence Dept.); 1914-15 Star (217 Tpr. C. Greetham. E. Afr. M. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (217 Tpr. C. Greetham. E. Afr. M. Rif.), mounted for display in this order, the second and third officially engraved in 'B.S.A. Company Medal' style, local rivets to the second, otherwise good very fine and a rare combination (6). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 697
(x) Family group:An outstanding and extremely rare family group to the Day brothers, who both served with 'B' Company - Fijian Platoon - 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle CorpsOne brother died of wounds when the Fijians were all but wiped out by German artillery, whilst the surviving brother was wounded in 1918 but would eventually make it back homeThree: 1914-15 Star (R-10184 Pte. J. C. Day, K. R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-10184 Pte. J. C. Day. K. R. Rif. C.), very fine1914-15 Star (R-10195 Pte. J. L. Day, K. R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-10195 Pte. J. L. Day, K. R. Rif. C.), traces of verdigris, otherwise very fine (6). Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 703
(x) A rare Great War casualty's group of three awarded to Bandsman C. O'Donnell, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed by shellfire in Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium, on 23 April 1915 - one of eight K.R.R.C. Bandsmen to be killed in the Great War1914-15 Star (5604 Bndsmn: C. O'Donnell, K.R. Rif:C.); British War and Victory Medals (5604 Pte. C. O'Donnell, K.R. Rif. C.), nearly extremely fine (3). Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 776
(x) A rare Great War casualty's pair to Rifleman H. J. Head, Rhodesian Platoon, attached King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme: only 10 men of his 90-strong Platoon remained fit to fight the next dayBritish War and Victory Medals (R-17495 Pte. H. J. Head, K.R. Rif. C.), good very fine (2). Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 833
Four: Acting Sergeant A. H. V. Ingram, Kent Cyclist Battalion, late Royal West Kent RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (687 A. Sjt. A. H. V. Ingram. Kent Cyc. Bn.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (687 Pte. A. H. V. Ingram. Kent Cyc. Bn); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (265123 Sjt. A. H. V. Ingram. Kent Cyc. Bn.), mounted as worn, surname and unit corrected on the last, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare combination (4). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 861
A rare Palestine and Second World War group of five awarded to Schoolmaster V. W. Phillips, Royal NavyNaval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Schlmr. V. W. Phillips, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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Lot 875
[Captain G. A.] Singer pointed out the tanks some distance ahead. Our second shot went home and the crew jumped from the burning tank into a slit trench. As we got level, Singer jumped off [the tank] and collected the crew. Among them was von Thoma, who was slightly wounded in the leg.'A prized trophy goes 'in the bag', Gloucestershire Echo, 23 December 1942, refersAn important 'Second Battle of El Alamein' group of seven awarded to Major S. B. Ferguson, Royal Tank Regiment, who had the rare distinction of the confirmed 'kill' upon the tank of General der Panzertruppe (General of the Armoured Corps) W. J. R. von Thoma, Rommel's Second-in-Command - it was Thoma's bugged conversation as a P.O.W. that would reveal the rocket sites at Peenemünde1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. S. B. Ferguson. R. Tks.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine (7). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 978
(x) Canadian Indian Peace Treaty Medal, V.R., an unissued bronze example, 76mm, by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, extremely fine and rare, in fitted leather case of issue. Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 1025
The M.C. and Two Bars mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Major C. H. Atkinson, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Royal Field ArtilleryMilitary Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, reverse of B.W.M. stamped 'STERLING'; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Special Constabulary Medal, G.VI.R., mounted as worn, good very fine and rare (11). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 1036
The mounted group of three miniature dress medals worn by Major J. McCabe, Royal MarinesGeneral Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; Gulf 1990-91, no clasp; South Africa, Unitas Medal 1994, bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine and a rare combination (3). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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