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Shanghai Municipal Council Rice Depot Official’s Badge, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘13’, fitted with a small loop and chain for wearing on a fob, some enamel damage, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £400-£500

Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, “Red Hot Shot” Medal, engraved on copper, 38mm with integral loop for suspension (T. Dodd) very fine and rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: From the collection of J. Lawson Whalley, which was sold in 1884. Sold again in 1887, this medal next appeared in the collection of Lieut.-Colonel J. Murray, which was sold at Sotheby in May 1926, and in the collection of H. J. Loxley, which was sold at Glendining in October 1949, when it was purchased by Seaby, from whom it was bought by John Tamplin in July 1951, and sold as part of his collection by Dix Noonan Webb in September 2002. Some ten examples of this unusual medal have been recorded, including two held by the National Maritime Museum and another in the Regimental Museum of The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Opinions differ as to the origins of these ‘awards’; some state that they were bestowed by commanding officers on deserving soldiers, others that they were privately purchased as souvenirs and that they were made by an armourer or enterprising jeweller in Gibraltar.

A Thomas Dodd is recorded in the Pay List and Muster Roll taken at Gibraltar dated 1 May 1781, for 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery, being in the Company commanded by Captain Vaughan Lloyd, R.A. His rank is given as Mattross and he was still serving in the same company in Gibraltar in April 1783. Thomas Dodd was born in the Parish of Dunce, county Berwick, Scotland, and was enlisted by Captain Donaldson in Edinburgh on 15 December 1779, aged 19. A cordwainer by trade, he could read but not write. Dodd was promoted to Bombardier on 9 October 1804, and transferred to the Invalid Battalion on 31 March 1806 (WO 69/75 and 10/588 refer). Sold with copies of the articles written on the Red-Hot Shot Medal by Lieut.-Colonel M. E. S. Laws, O.B.E., M.C., from The Gunner, May 1951, and by John Tamplin, M.B.E., T.D., from the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Winter 1953. The latter article cautions that ‘There is no proof that this is the same [Thomas] Dodd who had the red-hot shot medal, but it is possible that this is so.’

The rare ‘G.V.R.’ Military Division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Vernon wireless operator Aircraftman 2nd Class W. Howson, Royal Air Force, for his distinguished service during a crash in Iraq on the Desert Route, 16 October 1922 - his B.E.M. being one of the first 3 awards gazetted to the R.A.F. British Empire Medal, (Military) G.V.R. (No. 330130 Aircraftman 2nd Cl. William Howson. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, first worn, good fine, remainder very fine or better (5) £800-£1,000 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 3 June 1927. The original recommendation states: ‘This airman was wireless operator of a Vickers Vernon machine which crashed on the Desert Route on the 16th October 1922. He was pinned in the wreckage and when released was unconscious and very severely shaken. On regaining consciousness he immediately erected his ground set, and although in a dazed condition worked throughout the day, repairing his instruments and endeavouring to get in touch with Amman. He eventually succeeded in picking up messages from both Baghdad and Amman.’ Fewer that 200 G.V.R. B.E.M.’s were awarded to all military personnel, of which only 38 were awarded to the R.A.F. William Howson resided at 9 Radnor Drive, Wallasey, Merseyside in later life, and provided the following typed biography of his service career in August 1978: ‘I joined the R.A.F. in 1919. I was an apprentice of Campbell and Isherwood’s after serving a 2 years’ course of instruction at Toxteth Technical Institute. I broke my apprenticeship and then was posted to Halton where I received a Recruit’s Training. I then was posted to Flowerdown near Winchester where I was U/T Wireless Operator. I passed out with 84.5%. Then was posted to Uxbridge en route for overseas. I then went to Egypt via the Teutonic where I was posted to 56 Squadron while waiting posting. I then went to 70 Squadron and after a while there I was posted to Egypt Group Headquarters for a refresher course... The Group Signal’s Officer prevailed on me to go to Helwan (instead of my returning to 70 Squadron) where 47 Squadron was, in order to get the W/T Office removed and situated in the Headquarters Block. I then went to 45 Squadron serving at Helwan, and then at Almaza, and then at Hinaidi, I was first of all on the Vimy, and then on Vernons, both made by the Vicker’s Company. I was on the Vernon which attended the Prince of Wales when he went through the Suez Canal. I was on the rearguard when we went to Deolali, and then up the Persian Gulf to Basra, we then set out by train to Baghdad, and then on to Hinaidi. I was there under S/Ldr Murray, and after a while the C/O was moved, and the new C/O was S/Ldr Harris (afterwards called Bomber Harris) and the Flight Commanders were F/Lt The Hon. Ralph Cochrane [later Air Chief Marshal], and F/Lt Saunby. While there I flew to Kirkuk, and Mosul, and afterwards to Heliopolis on two occasions. I was on one when we crashed. It was a memorable occasion. We landed at Gaza, when we had engine trouble. After we had fitted a new pressure gauge we set off to Ziza. We then took off in company with one of 70 Squadron and we had a forced landing at L.G.I. when we had engine trouble again. We lost some aircraft at L.G.I. they D.H.9.A. We had some engine fitters with us and they decided we were due for an engine change. I went on with 70 Squadron and after we had transferred my W/T gear and the Airmail we took off. We could not get height owing to the load and the atmosphere. We had a passenger on board, a Brigadier General Dobbin, who on passing a message to me caught the... We had a couple of casualties. One of these was the pilot he had a back strain, and the other one was me. I had a blow on the head and it caused me temporary loss of memory. I do not know what happened to this day. When I recovered I rigged up an aerial after finding some of where it was strewn across the desert, and got in touch with Amman. They sent a doctor out and he landed at L.G.5. and made the way to us over the desert. We finally got the tenders out, and made the way back to base with the engines and the Airmail, and the passenger... On the Brigadier’s recommendation I was recommended for the B.E.M... I gained my L.A.C.... in 1 July 1923....’ (Copy included with lot). On cessation of awards of the R.A.F. M.S.M., it was decided to recognise special distinguished and meritorious service of a high standard by the Medal of the British Order (Military) - subsequently known as the British Empire Medal. The first 3 awards to the R.A.F. were gazetted on 3 June 1927 - A.C.2. Howson being one of these. Howson states that the passenger in the aircraft was one Brigadier H.. W. Dobbin - who at the time was Colonel Commandant of the Iraq Levies.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3278 Pte. A. Dearle. 11th. Hussars.) traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine, rare to unit £140-£180 --- Alfred Dearle was born in Twickenham and attested for the 11th Hussars at Canterbury on 7 July 1891, having previously served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He served with the 11th Hussars in South Africa from 11 May to 23 October 1892 and then in India from 24 October 1892 to 19 October 1895, and took part in the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895 attached to the Army Veterinary Department as a Clerk and Line Orderly. He was discharged on 19 October 1895. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

A rare Peninsula War Guelphic Medal group of three awarded to Corporal Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars, K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Corporal Henry Thieb (sic), 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.); Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Heinr. Thiele. Corporal dehem 1t. Hus. Regt. K... Gladebeck) officially engraved naming but with some loss from edge bruising, the last two with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the first good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1956; Elson Collection 1963. Guelphic Medal, extract from Guelphic Archives No. 142 of 1818, attested by Major von der Wisch and Captain Teuto: ‘Corporal Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars - was on a foraging party under Lieutenant von der Wisch in the neighbourhood of Santarem, 28th of February 1811, and learned that in a village half a league from thence, was an enemy’s cavalry detachment of twelve men. Lieutenant Wisch, with four hussars, one of whom was Thiele, surprised the enemy. Thiele particularly distinguished himself; he captured alone, two of the enemy’s vedettes who were posted in front of the place, then rushed with the rest into the village, where two men and four mules were taken. At Quinta de Toro on the 9th of October 1810, during the retreat into the lines, the rear-guard of the 1st Hussars was severely pressed; the horse of Lieutenant Wisch fell, wounded, and the lieutenant himself was only saved from capture, by the sacrifice made by Corporal Thiele, who gave up to him his own horse, and escaped with great difficulty on foot.’

Carib War 1773, silver, cast and chased as usual, fitted with contemporary suspension loop, very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dr. A. N. Brushfield Collection, Glendining’s, July 1945; Morton & Eden, April 2002.

A rare Second War ‘Somaliland operations’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Askari Simon, 2nd Battalion, King’s African Rifles, for his gallantry during the famous defence of the Tug Argan Pass in August 1940 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5424 Askari Simon. K.A. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- K.A.R. D.C.M. London Gazette 11 February 1941: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Somaliland’ One of eleven ‘African’ D.C.M.s gazetted in 1941 (four to the King’s African Rifles; three to the Somaliland Camel Corps; and four to the Northern Rhodesia Regiment). On 18 June 1942 the African D.C.M. was abolished, with the Regiments concerned instead receiving the ‘Imperial’ (British) D.C.M., and the award of Simon’s King’s African Rifles D.C.M. was cancelled and replaced with the Imperial D.C.M. in the London Gazette 21 July 1942. The original Recommendation states: ‘Somaliland. Outstanding gallantry in the face of the enemy on 12 August [1940] in the Mirgo Pass. This young soldier displayed remarkable coolness and courage in returning with his section commander to retrieve a box of Bren Gun magazines left behind when the enemy had overrun his section position.’ Simon, son of Muhowa, a member of the Nguru Tribe, was born in Twanga Village, Mlanje District, and attested for the King’s African Rifles at Zomba on 12 October 1939. He served with the 1st/2nd Battalion during the Second World War in Somaliland, East Africa, and Ceylon, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry during the Italian invasion of British Somaliland in August 1940. Askaris at War in Abyssinia gives the following account: ‘A few weeks after the siege of Moyale, the Italians invaded British Somaliland with an army of 25,000 men, 27 tanks, 100 armoured cars, and at least 20 big guns. Our little army consisted of 1,500 men, who came from Britain, India, and East Africa. There were the Somaliland Camel Corps, the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, King’s African Rifles, and the East African Light Battery. On came the Italians, through Hargeisa (the headquarters of our government), through Kodi Yera, into the mountains, and down towards the coastal plains. Here, on the road from Hargeisa to Berbera, they they had to pass through a narrow place called the Tug Argan Gap and there they found our forces waiting for them. We were outnumbered by 15 to 1, but our men were determined that the enemy should not get through the pass until they had had to fight for it very hard. At this time the Italians had not yet become demoralised by many defeats and they still thought that they were brave and skilful fighters. They surged forward like wildebeeste charging blindly, but the African Askaris were like lions - brave and cunning. Many of the African soldiers were awarded D.C.M.s for their courage in this battle. Private Ronald, 2/K.A.R., remained at his post with his mortar under heavy artillery fire, regardless of his own safety, and set a fine example to his comrades. Later on, when the only European available was in the observation post, he kept his mortar in action with the greatest skill and coolness. Then there were Lance-Corporal Raphael and Private Simon, both 2/K.A.R., who inflicted many casualties on the enemy by firing their Bren guns with great devotion to duty. Later on 12 August, when their platoon was forced to withdraw, they returned to their gun position, and rescued a box of Bren gun ammunition. In the end, in spite of the Italians’ efforts, nearly all the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment and 2nd King’s African Rifles got safely away to Berbera.’ For his defence of ‘Observation Hill’ at the Tug Argan Pass, Captain Eric Wilson of the Somaliland Camel Corps was awarded the Victoria Cross. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Five: Chief Petty Officer A. Newbery, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (A. Newbury, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Boadicea); 1914-15 Star (97886 A. Newbery, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (97886 A. Newbury, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. Newbery, Gr’s Mte., H.M.S. Excellent) note variations in surname spelling, mounted court-style for display purposes, the first and last with contact marks, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (5) £700-£900 --- Alfred Newbery was born at Gosport in September 1861 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1876. Present in H.M.S. Boadicea during the operations off South Africa in 1879 (Medal), he was appointed Gunner’s Mate in April 1887 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1889. Pensioned ashore as a Chief Petty Officer in May 1904, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was duly recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently appears to have served as a C.P.O. Instructor for much of the war and was demobilised from H.M.S. Mars in September 1919. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

An extremely rare ‘Northern Nigeria 1900’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major J. Heffernan, Royal Artillery, late West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (54705 Bty:-Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.A.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.F.A.) official correction to last four letters of surname; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria (54705 B.Q.M. Sgt. J. Heffernan, Royal Field Arty.) naming unofficially re-engraved; British War and Victory Medals (36076 W.O. Cl. 2 J. Heffernan. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (54705 Bty. Sjt. Maj. J. Heffernan. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr. J. Hefferman [sic] D.C.M. R.A.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine or better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 April 1902: ‘Battery-Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Heffernan, Royal Field Artillery, late West African Frontier Force (Tawari Expedition).’ Army Order 10 January 1903. L.S. & G.C. Army Order 172 of October 1904, with Gratuity. M.S.M. Army Order 227 of December 1941, with Annuity. The following report is taken from the despatch of F. D. Lugard, High Commissioner, to The Rt. Hon. The Secretary of State (London Gazette April 16, 1901): ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Lowry Cole, on the completion of the Mitchi operations, proceeded rapidly from Loko up the Okwa River to join the other two surveys at the rendezvous at Gierko. All three were concentrated there at the beginning of May. On the 9th Colonel Cole marched the whole force against a pagan town named Lemo, who had kidnapped a carrier. The people concerned (Kadaras) are a brave but lawless tribe, who had long defied the power of Zaria and the Fulanis. The town was defended by a 10 feet wall and deep ditch. The gate was breached by fire from the 7-pr. guns, and Colonels Cole and Morland and Captain Abadie charged it, but being unsupported by the troops, who had not apparently been concentrated for the charge, were forced back again. Colonel Cole was severely wounded by a poisoned arrow in the neck, and Colonel Morland took command. Colonel Morland made fresh dispositions, and formed a regular assaulting party 30 strong under Captain Bryan, who was followed by Captain Abadie with a subsection. These stormed the gate and entered the town, which was full of mud-wall enclosures, and where a sustained resistance was offered, the defenders being only slowly driven back to the rear of the town. The casualties among the enemy were very heavy, while those among our troops were Colonel Cole, severely wounded; and Captains Bryan and Abadio and Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], slightly wounded; four rank and file killed, nine wounded, as well as one carrier. The troops engaged in this affair were:- Lieutenant-Colonels Cole and Morland. Captains Bryan and Abadie. Lieutenants Dyer and Macarthy-Morough. Colour-Sergeants Hudson and Tucker. Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], R.A, and Sergeant Smith, R. A. Drs. Grant and Thompson. One hundred and eighty rank and file, with two Maxims and two 7-prs. Colonel Cole brings forward for special mention the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Morland, Captains Abadio and Bryan, Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], and Dr. Thompson (who sucked the poison from Colonel Cole's wound).’ Lugard also submitted a request to the Secretary of State for the Colonies at the Colonial Office, London, seeking promotion for Sergeant Heffernan, dated January 1st, 1901, which stated: ‘I have the honour to submit for your approval the name of Sergeant J. Heffernan R.A., Local Battalion Sergeant Major, for promotion in the R.A. to the rank of Battery Sergeant Major, or of Battery Quartermaster Sergeant. He is reported by the Commandant [W.A.F.F.] as “smart and energetic, has taken part in several expeditions, and in 2 actions has been in sole command of the guns; on one occasion of 3 guns and on this occasion of a section. He was wounded at Limu in May, and mentioned by Your Excellency in your despatch to the Secretary of State. He is one of the original members of this Force and has probably missed promotion in the Royal Artillery owing to his long absence in the Colonial Office.” I had the honour of favourably bringing him to your notice in my despatch, West African Frontier Force No. 99 of July 16th.’ Sold with copied London Gazette despatches and other research.

Three: Company Sergeant-Major L. W. Jones, Royal Garrison Artillery East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (79384 Serjt. L. W. Jones. R.A.) officially engraved naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Uganda 1900 (79384 Sgt. L. W. Jones. R.G.A.) high relief bust, officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (79384 C.S. Mjr: L. W. Jones. R.G.A.) the first two with contact marks, nearly very fine, the last good very fine and a rare group (3) £1,400-£1,800

A rare First Boer War 1881 ‘Siege of Potchefstroom’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Driver Alfred Pead, Royal Artillery, for gallantry in rescuing a severely wounded man under heavy fire and successfully bringing him into the fort in safety Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Driv: A. Pead. R.A. 22nd Jany. 1881.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (4754. Driv: A. Pead. 5th Bde. R.A.) scroll suspension on the second a little bent, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £8,000-£10,000 --- Provenance: City Coins Postal Auction, September 2003. D.C.M. Recommendation submitted to the Queen, 21 September 1882; Royal Artillery Regimental Order No. 59 of December 1882: ‘Her Majesty, on the recommendation of His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief, has been pleased to approve of the grant of... silver medals (without annuity or gratuity) to the undermentioned men in recognition of gallant conduct performed by them during the investment of Potchefstroom by the Boers, viz.:- No. 10205, Driver R. Gibson, N Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery. No. 10127, Trumpeter N. H. Martin, N Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery. No. 16832, Driver A. Pead, T Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery.’ In a report submitted by Major C. Thornhill, Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery at Potchefstroom, dated 23 March 1881, he records as follows: “Further I have to bring to your attention the conspicuous gallantry of Drivers Gibson and Pead and Trumpter Martin, who on the occasion of the attack on the trenches on the 22nd January went out under the very heavy fire, and at great Personal risk carried in 2 wounded men. In the first instance Dvr. Gibson and Trumpeter Martin carried in Dvr. Walsh N/5 R.A. who I regret to say has since died of his wounds - and in the second instance Dvr. Gibson and Dvr. Pead carried in Private Colvin 2/21st Royal Scots Fus. - Dvr. Gibson thus being present in both instances which occurred within a few moments of each other. These acts speak of themselves without any further comment of mine.” Driver Alfred Pead was subsequently wounded at Potchefstroom on 1 February 1882. The medal was presented by the Queen at Windsor Castle on 8 December 1882, the following report being published in The Ipswich Journal, on 12 December: ‘THE GARRISON - On Friday last, Mr Pead, late driver F Battery 1st Brigade Royal Artillery, and formerly stationed here, received instructions to proceed to Windsor to receive the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for an act of bravery performed during the late campaign in South Africa. The following is a brief account of the circumstances - In February (sic), 1881, a small detachment of the British Forces of the Royal Artillery and 21st Fusiliers occupied at fort at Potchefstroom. The Boers held a sap not far off and greatly troubled our small detachment. Volunteers were called for to try and dislodge the enemy. Twenty men, under command of Lieut. Hay, 21st Fusiliers, immediately came forward. The attack was on the whole successful. One man was severely wounded when Drivers Pead and Gibson and Trumpeter Martin, under very heavy fire from the enemy, succeeded in bringing the wounded man into the fort in safety. Driver Gibson and Trumpeter Martin shared the honour of each receiving a medal at Windsor. Mr Pead is, we believe, a native of Ipswich.’ Alfred Pead attested for the Royal Artillery on 13 October 1870, aged 19, and was posted to “F” Battery, 18 Brigade. He subsequently transferred to “M” Battery, 2 Brigade (No. 1899) and then to “A” Battery, 5 Brigade on 1 March 1879 (No. 4754); to Cape of Good Hope, 11 March 1879, and joined N/5 Brigade in South Africa, ‘being engaged against the Zulus’. “A” Battery subsequently became “T” Battery, 1 Brigade, and Pead served with this battery during the First Boer War (No. 16832) until invalided from South Africa on 3 June 1881, aboard the mail steamer Castle Duart to Netly Hospital and then to Depot 5 Brigade at Woolwich. On 7 October 1882, Pead was discharged time expired to Ipswich. Note: Awards for gallant and distinguished services during the First Boer War amounted to six V.C.s; one C.B.; four R.R.C.s; one C.G.M., and 20 D.C.M.s. No campaign medal, however, was issued. Sold original cutting from The Ipswich Journal, as quoted above, and with full research including muster details and copies of the relevant War Office records from The National Archives.

Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, no clasp (Cdr S E Foster RNR) in named ‘Operation Veritas’ card box of issue, extremely fine, rare £400-£500 --- A note with the lot states that Commander S. E. Foster was employed as a Royal Naval Liaison Officer with the United States Navy Central Command.

The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Private F. Howes, 20th Hussars, who was one of four members of the Regiment killed during the cavalry charge at Gemaizah on 20 December 1888 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2680. Pte. F. Howes. 20th. Hussars.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £1,400-£1,800 --- F. Howes attested for the 20th Hussars and was killed in action during the cavalry charge at Gemaizah on 20 December 1888: ‘It was indeed a glorious charge, though marred with grief and pain. For Newton, Thomas, Jordan, Howes, were numbered with the slain. We bore them from the field of strife with tenderness and love. And trusted that their souls had found a resting place above. Then our thoughts returned to Cairo camp, with mottoes and its flowers. With saddened recollections of its gay and festive bowers. We wept for our gallant comrades, as still in death they lay. And in the camp of our beaten foes we spent our Christmas Day.’ (The reflections of Trooper E. L. Wedlake, 20th Hussars, refer). The four men of the 20th Hussars were re-interred in the Khartoum Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (25280. Gunr. S. McEwen. 5/1st Sco: Div: R.A.) toned, nearly extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Approximately 11 clasps for Tofrek issued to 1st Brigade Scottish Division R.A., the only artillery present at this action.

A most unusual family group to the three Hamilton brothers, all of whom were killed or died in the Boer War Pair: Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton, Royal Irish Fusiliers, wounded in the action at Pieter’s Hill and later killed by lightning at Machadodorp in December 1902
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lieut: A. Hamilton, Rl. Irish Fus:) officially impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. Hamilton. Rl. Irish Fus.) officially engraved naming, extremely fine The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Mounted Infantry, who died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein in May 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (299 Trpr: K. Hamilton, Ceylon M.I.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper Ernest Hamilton, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, who was killed in action at Sheeper’s Nek on 20 May 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (631 Tpr: E. Hamilton. Bethune’s M.I.) officially impressed naming, all contained in an attractive contemporary fitted leather breakfront glazed display case with ivorine name labels, extremely fine, the group as a whole very rare (4) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2012. Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton was wounded in the fierce fighting at Pieter’s Hill on 27 February 1900, the capture of which cleared the way for the relief of Ladysmith by the cavalry the following day. His medals are accompanied by a contemporary hand-written transcript of a letter to his mother, written during the action whilst he lay wounded, describing the attack: ‘My dear Mother
We advanced today about 9 a.m. to take a hill to our front, which we did without much trouble, only losing a few men.
About 5.15 p.m. we advanced to take a small hill to our right which was strongly held. The Dublin Fusiliers being unable to manage it, we had to advance about half a mile over an open space under a heavy fire. A shell burst about ten yards from me and knocked over one of the men, but he was not hurt. We lay down to get our wind and a shell hit the handle of my knob carry and smashed the knob in three places and made a great gravel rush in my wrist, but there was not much blood.
Then we advanced about 700 yards to a small kopie where the D.F’s were. We again rested, then we advanced over another open bit and about half way I was hit in the ankle, at about 6 p.m., and am now lagging behind and am with bullets dropping round me pretty thick. The Company is about 100 yards in front under a stone wall. We were first in, and no one else has gone in passed me, but now they come. I was afraid they were going to give it up, but they are going up splendidly under a heavy fire. I am not 500 yards from the hill it is hard not to be able to go in as I had hoped, but no such luck. I am not in much pain, but hope I shall not have to crawl in, as I do not think the bullet came out as there is only one hole in my boot, so the least movement hurts a bit. We seem to be making a turning movement there are a lot of our men returning on my right under a heavy fire which makes a cross fire for me, I shall not be hit again I feel sure, but the bullets throw dust and stones over me every now and then. I expect you will get a wire tonight, I hope they will only put slight, as I am sure it is not bad. The evening star has just come out, so it will soon be dark, we must be doing well as the firing is not nearly so heavy, but may break out again at any moment. I am very sick at being hit, but must make the best of it. I think we are getting in but I wish I could hear them cheer. Well it is getting dark and the firing less and our men out of sight. I shall soon make tracks and hope soon to fall in with the stretcher bearers so good bye. 7 p.m.’ Alastair Hamilton was killed by lightning at Machadodorp on 5 December 1902. Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Contingent, died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 13 May 1900. Trooper Ernest Hamilton, H Squadron, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, was killed in action at Sheeper’s Nek on 20 May 1900. There is a marble cross in the cemetery at Machadodorp dedicated to these three brothers:
"In loving memory Alistair Hamilton, late Royal Irish Fusiliers. Killed by lightning Dec. 5th 1902. Aged 28 years.
Also of Ernest. Killed in Action at Vryheid May 20th 1900. Aged 22 years.
Also of Kenneth. Died at Bloemfontein May 16th 1900. Aged 24 years.” This group is also accompanied by a contemporary cutting from the Black and White Budget, or similar, with portrait photographs of “Four Fighting Brothers”. The fourth brother was Sub-Inspector J. Hamilton, Natal Mounted Police. There was a fifth brother, Patrick, a Captain in the Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed on flying manoeuvres during Military Trials, when his machine fell from some 500 feet in Graveley, near Stevenage, Herts, on 6 September 1912. He was aged 30 years.

The Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Assistant Surgeon L. F. Dickson, 2nd Sikh Police Corps, who was also attached ‘in medical charge in the field’ to Shannon’s Naval Brigade, February-September 1858; he afterwards emigrated to Australia but finally settled on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where a nature reserve today bears his name Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. L. F. Dickson 2nd Sikh Police Corps) good very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600 --- Lindsay Frederick Dickson was born on 26 October 1834, at Cheltenham, son of the distinguished physician Samuel Dickson later of 28 Bolton Street, Mayfair and his wife, ‘the beauty of Edinburgh’, Eliza, daughter of David Johnston of Overton and niece of Lord Campbell, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Samuel, after serving with the 30th Regiment of Foot in Madras for five years, published a book on the tropical diseases of India. His surgery of over 7,000 patients in Cheltenham made him a wealthy man but Samuel Dickson was a controversial physician who, by 1860, at his own expense, produced a monthly hand-written journal, The People’s Medical Enquirer, in which he advanced the cause of Dicksonian truth whilst exposing the errors of others. Samuel waged a long campaign against bloodletting which, he felt, weakened patients and instead he advocated the use of stimulants such as Quinine and alcohol. His lectures on the ‘Fallacies of the Faculty’ and the ‘Chrono-thermal System of Medicine’ were treated by the medical establishment with scepticism and he was ostracised by his peers. While he was not without supporters in England, his chief following was in the United States where the Penn Medical College of Philadelphia was founded to teach his doctrines. Lindsay was educated Aberdeen University, King's College, London, M.R.C.S. 1856 and L.S.A 1856, and St. Andrews, Scotland, M.D. 1857. He was appointed Assistant-Surgeon, 4 August 1857; Surgeon, 4 August 1869; Surgeon-Major, 1 July 1879; Brigade-Surgeon, 27 November 1882, and retired the following year. His Employment and Services in the Field plus additions are as follows: He arrived at Calcutta, 5 December 1857, and was appointed to accompany a detachment of recruits of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fusiliers from Barrackpore to Cawnpore where, on 8 February 1858, he was appointed to the Shannon’s Naval Brigade, being present with it until its departure back to Calcutta in September 1858. He was in medical charge in the field in the absence of Surgeon Flanagan, who had been taken with fever. ‘The Devil's Wind’ by Verney states that the hospital at Lucknow was in such an exposed position that it was relocated to a village 150 yards away. The enemy received information of the move and redirected their fire, whereby two camels were killed by round shot and another went through the building where Dr. Dickson and some staff were operating. On 10 October 1858, he took medical charge of a detachment of recruits, 70 women and 70 children to Allahabad per the flat Mala Ganga arriving at Calcutta on 10 November. On 18 November 1858, he took medical charge of the 2nd Sikh Police Battalion at Bulleah which was engaged in protecting the Gorackpore Frontier towards Nepal. In January 1859 he transferred to 20th Regiment Punjab Infantry, during several expeditions against flying parties of rebels in the Shahabad District. In September 1859 he was placed in medical charge of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry at Tirhoot and accompanied the regiment to Segowlee until forced by illness to go to Dinapore, where he was ordered to England for 15 months on Medical Certificate, returning to India on 9 August 1861. He served 5 years with the Mewar Infantry, with a brief period with the Malwa Bheel Corps; served 2 years, Bengal Artillery; 8 months, Bengal Sappers and Miners; 6 months each with 25th and 28th Bengal Native Infantry; and one year with 13th (Shekhawatti) Native Infantry. He served further various lengths of service in Civil Charge of the districts of Azimgarh, Mymensingh, Nagode and Roorkee. On 15 June 1869, Lindsay Frederick married Charlotte, the daughter of John Kirkpatrick, former Chief Justice of the Legislative Council of the Ionian Islands, and his wife Jean, at Edinburgh. Through her uncle William Kirkpatrick of Malaga, Charlotte was a direct cousin of the future Empress Eugenie. Charlotte bore Lindsay 8 children, although 3 died tragically young. On retirement, after serving for 22 years and 6 days, he sailed with his family to Australia. The Register of the Medical Practitioners for 1885 in the Victorian Police Gazette shows that Dr. Dickson had already registered in Melbourne as early as 7 May 1880. Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac for 1881 shows that he also registered in the town of Bothwell, a remote outpost on the island. Dickson and family remained in Australia for 5 years. In the late 1880s Dickson joined an established community of soldiers’ families who had come from India to settle on Vancouver Island. They were attracted in part by the excellent trout and salmon fishing on Cowichan River and Lake, but also by low property prices. Dickson bought a property on Denman Island and a house in Vancouver, wintering in Santa Cruz, California where he established a medical practice. In 1889 he further purchased the Cowichan Lake Hotel, remotely located on the mouth of the Campbell River. An Angler’s Paradise – Sport fishing and Settler Society on Vancouver Island 1860s-1920s, by Diana Pedersen, gives an atmospheric account of their lives and experiences with Dickson being one of the leading citizens of the community. At Santa Cruz Dickson was exposed to the new pastime of big-game fishing that was sweeping the sporting world. He brought his knowledge of angling for large salmon from Monterey Bay to the Campbell River, where he was considered an authority on tackle and lures, and even patented a reel of his own design at El Paso. In 1903 he created two salmon-angling world records at the Campbell River; the first, confirmed by the The Field magazine, to which Dickson contributed many articles, was for the greatest weight of salmon caught by a rod in one day; 12 Tyee (Chinook) salmon were landed weighing 458 pounds. The second was for the greatest weight of salmon caught by a rod in 16 days of fishing, an impressive 92 Tyee weighing 3,665 pounds. As a respected medical authority, his expertise was sought by provincial and legal health authorities. At the time of a local outbreak of smallpox he was appointed Municipal Health Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Cowichan District. Between 1890 and 1893 he served as medical examiner and testified at inquests in several cases of accidental or unexplained deaths. In October 1891 he rowed 40 miles to Saturna Island to conduct a post mortem examination on a man who had fallen and died during an attack of delirium tremens. His wife Charlotte, who had diabetes and had been ill for some time, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Victoria in February 1907, aged 64. Dickson died of throat cancer on 25 April 1908, but not before he had married Elizabeth in October 1907. Both Lindsay and Charlotte were buried in the family plot at Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria. After a 10 year campaign by the Denman Conservancy Association, 134 acres of forested land and foreshore, part of the Lindsay Dickson estate, was purchased by the Province of British Columbia in 2001 and transferred to the Islands Trust Fund. It is now known as the Lindsay Dickson Nature Reserve, making it one of the most pristine unlogged forests in British Columbia. Lot is sold with a comprehensive file of research together with Wills and the service reco...

A German Second World War Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Bar in Silver. A good example of the Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Bar in silver, maker marked ‘BWS’, for BWS Gebruder Schneider of Vienna, a rare maker of flight clasps, the reconnaissance clasp being its only known produced clasp. Virtually all of its original finish remaining and all of the blackened finish to the eagle’s head complete, with wide tapering pin. Fitted into its original box, extremely good condition £300-£400

The rare Great War ‘East Africa operations’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer 1st Class, later Wing Commander, W. Dickison, 8 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (272318. W. Dickison, C.P.O. 1Cl. R.N.A.S. E. Africa. 1917.) surname officially corrected; 1914-15 Star (272318 W. Dickison. C.P.O. 3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. Dickison. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 16 March 1918. Approximately 10 D.S.M.’s awarded for East Africa during the Great War. William Dickison was born in Jarrow-on-Tyne, County Durham in December 1890. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in January 1907, and advanced to Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in April 1912. Dickison’s service papers give ‘Air Service from 18 Dec. 1913’, and he advanced to Chief Petty Officer Mechanic in July 1914, and to Chief Petty Officer in January 1915. The activities of the R.N.A.S. in East Africa are splendidly recorded in considerable detail in the Cross and Cockade Journal - a series of 3 articles throughout 2007 entitled R.N.A.S. Operations in German East Africa 1914-1918 by Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye confirm Dickison’s presence with No. 8 R.N.A.S. Squadron from 22 March 1916 - January 1918. His record of service confirms similar service with H.M. Ships Laconia, Manica and Hyacinth, all vessels operating in that theatre at that time. One item in the diary of events recorded in the above mentioned articles states: “Somewhat violent explosion of petrol down at the hangar this evening. CPO Dickison sustained rather severe burns but was otherwise unhurt. The report was as loud as a canon.” On the formation of the Royal Air Force, 1 April 1918, Dickison’s grade of W.O. 2 saw his automatic commissioning in the rank of Second Lieutenant (Technical Branch). He advanced to Flying Officer in October 1919, and was posted to No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton in April 1920. Dickison advanced to Flight Lieutenant in October 1927, and was posted for service at R.A.F. Base Malta (202 Squadron, Flying Boats). Subsequent postings included with the Inland Water Transport Unit, Basrah, Iraq in September 1929. Dickison advanced to Squadron Leader in April 1937, and served at the Home Aircraft Depot in the same year. He advanced to Wing Commander in September 1940, and was retired 17 December 1940 (his 50th birthday), only to be re-employed in the same rank the following day. Wing Commander Dickison retired from the Service, 27 December 1944. Sold with copied service papers, and research.

A rare Second War ‘Invasion of Sicily’ D.S.M. awarded to Bombardier R. L. Gerrish, 6th Regiment, Maritime Royal Artillery, for ‘outstanding leadership and courage under heavy and sustained air-attacks during the landings at Sicily’ whilst serving aboard R.F.A. Ennerdale Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (1687318 Bmbr. R. L. Gerrish. 6th Regt. M.R.A.) officially impressed naming and mounted on original investiture pin, in its case of issue, extremely fine and rare £2,000-£2,400 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 11 January 1944: ‘For outstanding leadership and courage under heavy air-attacks during the landings at Sicily’ - Bombardier Raphael Leonard Gerrish, 1687318, Sixth Regiment, Maritime Royal Artillery.’ One of only two awards under this heading. Raphael Leonard Gerrish was serving aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ennerdale, a Dale class diesel oil tanker which was taken over by the Admiralty whilst building and completed as Fleet Supply Tanker/Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCM's and with accommodation for 150 military personnel.

An interesting and rare group awarded to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who was afterwards killed whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou Armo. Vit. Ob. Serv. Dono Dat Soc. Reg. Hum. 1836) (c) Georgian silver presentation Snuff Box, hallmarked London 1825, maker’s mark ‘T.E’ for Thomas Edwards, the gilt inner lid with inscription ‘Presented to Ensign Pigou, by the E.I.C. Sappers & Miners, as a humble token of their gratitude in his saving the life of one of their comrades whilst pontoning [sic] on the river Medway on the 27th August, 1835’, the R.H.S. medal with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004; Jack Boddington Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. Robert Pigou was the son of Henry Minchin Pigou, B.C.S., of Banwell Castle, Somerset, the Commissioner for Revenue at Jessore, and was born in India on 5 October 1816. He was baptised at Dacca on 13 October of that year, and in due course was sent home to Rugby School. He was nominated for his Cadetship in the Bengal Engineers by P. Muspratt, Esq., at the recommendation of ‘the executors of the late D. Stuart, Esq.,’ and was admitted to the Establishment in August 1830. Between 1833 and 1834 he attended Addiscombe and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 12 December of the latter year. He continued his studies at Chatham, and while there became conspicuous by his gallant conduct in saving the life of one Private Edward Williams on 27 August 1835. His selfless act was reported to the Royal Humane Society by Colonel Pasley in the following terms: ‘Sir, - I beg leave to make known through you the gallant conduct of Mr Pigou, yesterday, in saving a man’s life at Pontoon practice, as reported to me by Captain Alderson, of the Royal Engineers, who was the senior officer present when the circumstances occurred. The East India Company’s sappers and miners were employed at the time, in concert with the Royal sappers and miners, the men of both corps being mixed in each Pontoon, according to custom. Mr Pigou had command of one Pontoon: and in returning to his moorings, on leaving off for the afternoon, Private Edward Williams fell overboard into deep water, the tide running very strong at the time, so that he must have been drowned, but that Mr Pigou, who is an excellent swimmer, immediately plunged in after him, and saved him, all the other Pontoons being at some distance at the time. The man himself could not swim. I have noticed Mr Pigou’s conduct, in order that he may meet with that praise which he deserves; and I have great pleasure in now reporting the circumstance. I remain, C. W. Pasley, Col., R.E.’ The Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal medal was subsequently voted to Pigou in January 1836 (Morning Chronicle 19 January 1836). Pigou arrived at Fort William in July 1836 and was appointed assistant to Captain Fitzgerald, the Garrison Engineer at Fort William and Civil Architect to the Presidency. He went on to serve in the Canal Department, and to work on the surveys of the Pertraub Kally creek and the Aolabariah Road and Canal. In July 1838, Pigou’s services were brought to the notice of the Governor-General and he was subsequently directed to join the headquarters of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Delhi on account of his esteemed ‘scientific attainments and high promise’. Later that year he qualified as an Interpreter and was placed at the disposal of Sir William MacNaghten, the scholarly and autocratic Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, who was to accompany the Army of the Indus on its circuitous march into Afghanistan, following Lord Auckland’s decision to depose Dost Mohamed. Accordingly Pigou was one of the Bengal Engineer officers under Captain George Thomson, who went ahead of the Army with the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the Sappers and Miners to Rohri to make the necessary preparations for the crossing of the Indus. Under normal circumstances, given trained men, good boats or pontoons, and plenty of material at hand, building a bridge to span the river - which at this point ran in two channels, of 133 and 367 yards, separated by the fortified island of Bukkur - would not be difficult. But Thomson, Pigou and the others were faced with every difficulty. At first only eight boats could be procured and all good timber had to be floated 200 miles downstream from Ferozepore. The Sappers had to make 500 cables of grass and manufacture all the nails they required. None of the young officers had any practical experience of large floating bridges, nor could anyone speak the dialect of the local labourers. Furthermore the current was rapid and floods often endangered the whole structure. Nevertheless, the Indus was bridged successfully and, by 18 February 1839, 38,000 troops and camp followers, 30,000 camels, artillery, and ordnance carriages had crossed easily and safely. After a long and laborious march to Candahar via the sombre defile of the Bolan Pass and the mud village of Quetta, the Army was exhausted; paralysed by its loss of transport animals and on the point of starvation. On 27 June, 7,800 fighting men including the Engineers who had bridged the Indus, plodded on towards Ghuznee, which, unbeknown to MacNaghten, had been heavily fortified by Hyder Khan. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Keane, was ill-prepared to lay siege to the fortress and found himself in a desperate quandary. He had no more than a few days’ supplies and was being carefully watched by two large armies of Ghilzai tribesmen. Once again Keane was obliged to seek the advice of his Chief Engineer, Captain Thomson, who suggested blowing in the Cabul Gate. The gate was duly blown at dawn on 23 July by the Explosion Party, led by Captain Peat of the Bombay Engineers, and Lieutenants Durand and MacLeod of the Bengal corps. Pigou, leading some Sappers equipped with two scaling ladders, took part in the assault with the main storming party under Brigadier-General ‘Fighting Bob’ Sale, and was engaged in the hand to hand fight in the gateway. After the capture of Ghuznee, Pigou continued with the Army to Cabul which was entered unopposed on 7 August. In early January 1840, Pigou marched out from the British cantonment at Cabul with a force under Lieutenant-Colonel Orchard to reduce the fort at Pushoot, fifty miles northeast of Jellalabad. He was duly selected to lay the powder by the fort’s inner gate and ignite the charge, being three times obliged to advance to the gateway under a heavy fire. Unfortunately his efforts to flash the train were foiled by a heavy downpour of rain. Nevertheless he was praised in Orchard’s despatch for his gallant and meritorious conduct (Calcutta Gazette 15 February 1841). On 25 January 1841, he was promoted Lieutenant, and the next month took part in the expedition under Brigadier Shelton against the Sangu Khel in the Nazian Valley. On 24 February he made the fatal error of cutting his fuse too short and was unable to make good his retreat before the explosion took place. Brigadier Shelton afterwards reported, ‘A few men held out in two Forts and obliged me to blow open the gates which was effectually accomplished by Lieut. Pigou of the Engineers supported by the Li...

An interesting Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. N. Waugh, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached to the Dhanjibhoy Tonga Train, Supply and Transport Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (91595 Corpl: J. N. Waugh. R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (91595 Serjt: J. W. [sic] Waugh. Supply Trnspt: Cps:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Serjt: J. N. Waugh. S. & T.C.) edge bruise to KSA and light contact marks, generally very fine and better, rare to unit (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. J. N. Waugh attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served in South Africa attached to the Supply and Transport Corps, Punjab Command. He served throughout the campaign with the Dhanjibhoy Tonga Train. Concerning the train Lord Roberts wrote in his Despatch of 31 March 1900: ‘My thanks are due to Khem Bahadur Dhanjibhoy, a Parsee gentleman, long resident in the Punjab, who presented tongas for ambulance purposes. These tongas were horsed and fully equipped with drivers and all necessary gear. They proved most useful.’ As well as being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal Waugh was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 2 April 1901). Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Pair: Sergeant Major W. J. Bayton, Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (45848 [sic] F-Sjt. W. J. Bayton. R.F.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (45849 Sjt: W. J. Bayton. R.F.C.) mounted on card for display, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £300-£400 --- Approximately 30 Army L.S. & G.C. Medals awarded to the Royal Flying Corps. William J. Bayton was born in 1866, and initially served with the Army before re-enlisting aged 47 in the 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, 3 October 1914. He transferred as Sergeant (No. 45849) to the Royal Flying Corps, 25 July 1916, and was awarded the BWM as a consequence of ‘draft conducting to France October 1916’ (this medal being belatedly issued to OC Records, Ruislip in October 1937). Bayton advanced to Flight Sergeant in February 1917, and to Sergeant Major in September of the same year (awarded L.S. & G.C. with gratuity in October 1917). He was employed as a ‘Disciplinarian’. Bayton transferred to ‘G’ Reserve in June 1919, at which time he was serving in Ireland. Bayton gave his address on discharge as Dublin, albeit he was working as a publican in Norwich at the time of his enlistment in 1914.

Cervantes y Saavedra, Miguel The History of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha Formerly made English by Thomas Shelton; now revis'd, corrected, and partly new translated from the Original. By Captain John Stevens ... In Two Volumes [And:] A Continuation of the Comical History of the most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha. By the Licentiate Alonzo Fernandez de Avellaneda. Being a Third Volume; never before printed in English ... Translated by Captain John Stevens. London: for R. Chiswell [and others], [A Continuation:] for Jeffrey Wale; and John Senex, 1700 & 1705. 2 works in 3 volumes, 8vo (18.2 x 11.2cm), c.1800 calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, edges sprinkled blue, History with 34 engraved plates including frontispieces, Continuation with 13 engraved plates (no count provided by ESTC), moderately browned, closely trimmed along top edges, a few headlines and page-numbers shaved [ESTC R29188 & T89686]Note: Note: First edition of this rare English translation of Don Quixote, and the first edition in English of the spurious continuation by the pseudonymous Alonson Fernandez de Avellaneda. John Stevens (c.1662-1726) was a London-born translator, antiquary and Jacobite army officer of probable Spanish origin. ESTC traces nine copies world-wide for The History; no other first edition set (with or without the continuation) is traced in auction records.

Carson, Rachel L. Under the Sea-Wind A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First edition, first printing, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, 8 plates by Howard Frech, dust jacket, spine very slightly faded, dust jacket with a few shallow nicks and chips to extremities, mottling to rear panel and along extremities in places, spotting to versoNote: Note: The author's first book, rare in commerce. The lot sold with copies of The Edge of the Sea (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955) and Silent Spring (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962), both first editions, first printings, original cloth bindings, with the dust jackets (The Silent Spring price-clipped).

§ Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966) 'Impieta', 1925 woodcut, showing a bacchante carried by Bacchus and a faun, signed and dated by Waugh lower right, title lower right, both in pencil, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 8 x 10.5cmNote: Note: A rare survival from the young Waugh's brief period as an aspiring artist, dating from the year after he left Oxford with a disappointing third-class degree in history, and three years before he published his first book, a study of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. One other copy traced, at the Harry Ransom Center (accession number 94.14.6), where catalogued as a 'Nude man and satyr carrying man's body with chalice in hand'.Provenance: Presented by Waugh to Joyce Gill (née Fagan), a long-standing friend with whom he had a passionate affair during the unhappy period of the drawn-out annulment of his first marriage to Evelyn Gardner (see lot 284); thence by descent.

Bible; English; Authorised The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1672. Folio in sixes (37.2 x 22cm), 19th-century 'divinity' calf over heavy bevelled boards, spine and covers blind-tooled overall with geometric panelling and floral devices, marbled endpapers, all edges dyed red, [26] 710 248 pp., engraved additional title-page, binding scuffed, engraved title-page soiled and laid down, text with variable light soiling (old finger-marks, ink-splashes and oil-stains), OT with small holes in A2 and S6, NT n4 with repaired closed tear [Darlow & Moule 556; ESTC R30791, tracing 10 copies world-wide; Wing B2285]Note: Note: This rare edition combines the text of the Authorised version with the notes of the Geneva version.

Pornographic novel - circle of Oscar Wilde Teleny, or the Reverse of the Medal A Physiological Romance for Today. Cosmopoli [probably Paris: Renaudie], 1906. 2 volumes in one, square 8vo (17.2 x 13cm), contemporary half japon, [4] 148, [4] 178 pp., title-pages printed in red and black, half-titles with limitation statements verso, endpapers renewed, wear to extremities, contents toned, title-pages and early leaves of each volume browned, volume 1 with repaired closed tears to margins of title-page and p. 20/21 and 21/22, pp. 129/30 with repaired tear through text, volume 2 title-page with ink-stamp 'London 1922' verso, pp. 31/2 with slight marginal loss, pp. 65 with repaired tear through text [Peter Mendes, Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1800-1930, 87-B]Note: Note: Second edition, one of 200 copies, extremely rare, with no other copy traced in auction records, and one copy traced in institutions, at the British Library.First published in 1893 by Leonard Smithers, Teleny was the first novel in English 'in which the main story was concerned with homosexuality at its fullest extent [that is, in sexually explicit terms] ... The author, or authors, of Teleny were alone in their day in England in attempting to record the special atmosphere of homosexual intrigue and the emotions of men involved in … a liaison' (Reade, Sexual Heretics: Male Homosexuality in English Literature from 1850 to 1900, 1970, pp. 49-50).Charles Hirsch, owner of the Librairie Parisienne in London, recalled in his introduction to a French translation published in the 1930s that the manuscript was originally deposited at his shop by Oscar Wilde sometime in 1890. Wilde left instructions that the sealed parcel be held until requested by one of his friends, presenting his calling card. The process was repeated several times, with the parcel being retrieved and returned by different callers before finally being returned to Wilde. The extent of Wilde's personal contribution to the text has been debated, but the work is now thought to be the work of a number of authors in his circle, composing the text in the round-robin tradition (see Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson, 2000 pp. 34-6).

Golf Collection of rare biographies, manuals and club histories Tulloch, W. W. The Life of Tom Morris, with Glimpses of St Andrews and its Golfing Celebrities. London: T. Werner Laurie, c.1908. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, 25 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece (listed as 27, with 2 plates each containing 2 images), spine rolled, binding slightly rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription to initial blank, occasional spotting to text-block;Idem. The Life of Tom Morris. London: Ellesborough Press, 1982. Facsimile edition, one of 100 copies signed by J. H. Neill, captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1981-2, 8vo, original green morocco, all edges gilt, slipcase, spine sunned, section of discolouration to upper inner corner of front board;Forgan, Robert. The Golfer's Manual, including History and Rules of the Game, with Hints to Beginners. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. (Limited), c.1907. Presumed seventh edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 8 halftone photographic plates (including a portrait of 'Old Tom Morris' as frontispiece), 4 pp. advertisements to rear, with the 'Rules of Golf' section dated 1904, and notice of James Anderson's record round on St Andrew's Links in 1906 to verso of contents page;Dow, James Gordon. The Crail Golfing Society 1786-1936. Being the History of an Eighteenth-Century Golf Club in the East Neuk of Fife. Edinburgh: published at the office of Golf Monthly, 1936. First edition, one of 250 copies only, 8vo, original two-tone cloth, 7 halftone photographic plates, pale mottling to covers, blind stamp (Broadleys, Crail, Fife) to title-page;[Knight, William Angus, editor]. On the Links. Being Golfing Stories by Various Hands. With Shakespeare on Golf. By a Novice. Also, Two Rhymes on Golf by Andrew Lang. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8 pp. advertisements, custom case;Flint, Violet. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil on the Links of St Andrews. St Andrews: W. C. Henderson & Co, 1897. Third edition, 4to, later cloth, 8 plates, text spotted;and 12 others, including: J. B. Salmond, The Story of the R. & A., 1956 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, torn dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the title-page, signed by various R & A members on the front free endpaper including Ferguson Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, Charles MacAndrew, Baron Macandrew, and similar); The Book of St Andrews Links, Ellesborough Press, 1984 (facsimile edition, one of 200 copies signed by golfer J. Stewart Lawson, 8vo, original green morocco, spine sunned, slipcase); Robert Forgan, The Golfer's Manual, c.1980 (facsimile edition of the 1897 edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andra Kirkaldy, Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories, 1921 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andrew Lang & others, A Batch of Golfing Papers, c.1892 (original cloth, ex library); Violet Flint, A Golfing Idyll, 1978 (facsimile edition, of 150 copies); 2 others editions of Lang's work; and similar

[East Indies Sailing Directory] A New Directory for the East-Indies containing I. The First Discoveries made in the East Indies by European Voyages and Travellers. II. The Origin, Construction and Application of Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The Natural Causes ... of the Constant and Variable Winds ... throughout the East-India Oceans and Seas. IV. A Description of the Sea Coasts, Islands Rocks ... etc. in the Oriental Navigation. V. Directions for navigating in the East-India Seas ... VI. Directions for sailing to and from the East-Indies ... The whole being a Work originally begun upon the Plan of the Oriental Neptune, augmented and improved by Mr. William Herbert, Mr. Willm Nichelson, and Others; and now methodised, corrected, and further enlarged, by Samuel Dunn. London: Henry Gregory, 1780. Fifth edition, 4to (28.7 x 20.8cm), contemporary sailcloth stitched over boards, xxxvi 544 pp., engraved plate facing p. 341, engraved headpiece, without frontispiece noted in other copies, with detailed contemporary annotations to pp. 377, 378, 379, 381, 394, 397, 409, 520, 521 (in chapters 'Directions for Sailing toward the China Seas' and 'Directions for Returning from the China Seas'), in at least two different hands (signed J. Rossiter and S. Cooper), old ink-stamp ('S. E. Howell') to head of title-page, ownership inscription to front free endpaper and initial blank, toning, spotting to title-page, plate and adjacent text-leaves, scattered light spotting and soiling elsewhere [ESTC T146275]Note: Note: An engrossing artefact of late 18th-century trade and maritime exploration in the East Indies, containing annotations demonstrating first-hand knowledge of the waters around Java and Sumatra, and retaining an early makeshift covering of crudely stitched sailcloth, in a good state of preservation. Le Neptune orientale, the basis of the work, was first published in 1745; Herbert's New Directory for the East Indies first appeared in 1758. This fifth edition is considerably expanded from all preceding iterations, which all had 144 pages, suggesting that only limited changes if any had been made previously. All editions are rare in libraries and in commerce.

Orkney Collection of rare Court of Session rulings, [Edinburgh], 18th century all disbound, 4to or folio, not in ESTC unless otherwise stated, comprising:1. Information for Robert Earl of Morton against James Dunbar, and William Brown and Andrew Ross his Assignes, 22nd January 1718. 25 pp., browning to rear, final leaf near-detached ('The Earl of Orkney and Lordship of Zetland ... were ... given in Wadset to William Earl of Morton ... And its pretended that in 1647 the said Earl gave an Heretable Security to Sir Andrew Dick for the Sum of 100274 Merks ...');2. Information for James Earl of Morton, Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane, Andrew Ross Stewart-depute of Orkney [etc.] against Sir James Stewart of Burray, and Robert Sinclair Son to Alexander Sinclair of Sixpeny, Pursuers, 29 February 1740. 20 pp. ('The Pannels are accused of an unlawful Convocation of the Lieges in Arms, and of invading Sir James Stewart's Property, and unlawfully carrying off his Servant ...') [ESTC N17130: two copies in libraries worldwide, BL and UCLA];3. Answers for James Earl of Morton, and Mr Andrew Ross his Chamberlaine, to the Petition of Thomas Traill of Westove [and others], 3rd June 1745. 31 pp., ('For some Years last past, these six Petitioners, as well as a seventh Gentleman, Sir James Stewart of Burray, have been backward and irregular in their payments');4. Answers for James Earl of Morton, Pursuer; to the Petition of John Trail of Westove, and others, Defenders, 31st May 1750.16 pp., folding table at rear ('Accompt of the Difference betwixt the Prices libelled, and the highest Prices proved'), ('If the Interlocutor shall not be adhered to ... it will be an Example of the most pernicious Consequence upon the Pursuer and his Estate in that remote Country ...');5. Answers for James Earl of Morton, Defender, to the Additional Petition of Alexander Earl of Galloway, James Traill of Hobister, and others, Udalmen of Orkney, 15th June 1752. 3 pp., splits along folds, soiled;6. The Petition of Alexander Earl of Galloway ... and others, Heritors and Udalers of the Islands of Orkney, 3rd January 1750. 28 pp., ('The family of Morton has been in Use of demanding and exacting the Skat which they claim Right to ... whereby the Heritors in those Islands are subjected to a double Land-tax') [ESTC T60810: one copy worldwide, BL];7. Information for John Trail of Westness, Pursuer, against James Fea of Clestran, Defender, 22nd July 1751. 28 pp.;8. Information for James Fea of Clestron, Defender; against John Trail of Westness, Pursuer, 4th December 1751. 17 pp., contemporary annotation to final page;9. Answers for the Lairds of Gairsey and Breakness. To the Memorial dispersed in Name of the Lairds of Burray and Eagleshaw, concerning the Election for the Stewart-ry of Orknay, c.1700. [4] pp., ('The Jesuits impose upon the World, by making a shew of the greatest Sincerity, when they intend to be the most disingenuous, which is very exactly imitated by this Memorial');10. Information for John Sinclair, Son to Robert Sinclair of Quendale Suspender, against Mr William Maxwell Minister of Rutherglen Charger, 10th June 1751. 4 pp., contemporary annotation at foot;11. Information for Mr William Maxwell late Minister of the Gospel of the united Parishes of Dunrossness, Sandwick, Cummingsburgh, and Fair Island, in Zetland, now Minister of the Gospel at Rutherglen, Charger; against John Sinclair younger of Quendale, Suspender, 13th June 1751. 4 pp., ('Mr Maxwell's Distress during these seven Years was such as very few Ministers of the Church of Scotland could have struggled with ... His whole Stipend was payable by Quendale ... But ... this was a Debt which that Gentleman did not willingly chuse to pay');12. Memorial and Abstract of the Proof. Mr John Ballantyne, Minister of the Gospel of the united Parishes of South Ronaldsay and Burray, Pursuer, against Sir James Stuart of Burray, Defender, 5th June 1744. 2 copies, 4 pp., short splits to folds ('Mr Ballantyne ... was deprived ... by the said Defender's violently and oppressively debarring him from his Right to the Glebe and Pertinents in the Island of Burray ... the grass thereof eaten up by the Cattle of the said Sir James Stuart').Together with a group of similar Orkney items, including: a) A True Copy of Sir Alex. Brand's Accompt of Charge and Discharge of the Rents of Orkney and Zetland, 1798 [i.e. 1708]; A True Copy of Sir Alex. Brand's Suspension, laid before the Lords of Treasury and Exchequer in Scotland, and his Account of Charge and Discharge, 1708; Accompt Sir Alexander Brand, of uncontroverted Articles, whereby the Decreet of Exchequer is satisfied and payed, and a great Ballance due to him, [no date]; Attestation by the Gentlemen and Ministers of Orkney of Alex. Brand's Great Service he did ther for His Majestie and Government, during the Tyme he was Steuart, Justificar, and Leasee therof, [no date]. 4 items, folio, 2 pp., 2 pp., 1 p., 2 pp., side-stitched together;b) Autograph letter from Hugh Moare of Boardhouse, Birsay, to P. Neill of Edinburgh, 25 July 1812, concerning George Lowe (1747-1795), Orcadian scholar, with a transcript 'Description of the Tusk' from Low's manuscripts;c) 4 albumen print photographs of Orkney-related deeds;d) 19th- and early-20th century printed ephemera including: The Memorial of the Reverend Francis Liddell contra the Ministers of Kirkwall Messers. Yule & Stalker. Kirkwall?, 1804. 4 pp., unbound; To Orkney by David Vedder, Music by R. Semple, Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1880. 4 pp., unbound; approx. 7 others similar; and numerous Orkney-related newspaper cuttings

[Dusart, Cornelis (1660-1704) and Jacob Gole (1660-1724)] Les héros de la ligue ou la procession monacale. Conduitte par Louis XIV, pour la conversions des Protestans de son royaume. Paris [Amsterdam?]: Pere Peters, 1691. 4to (22.5 x 16.5cm), contemporary vellum, engraved arms of the dukes of Queensberry gilt to boards, engraved title-page, 20 mezzotint roundel caricatures (of 24), engraved leaf of text ('Sonnet'), bookplate of John Erskine Esqr, Advocate, boards sprung and marked, variable spotting and soiling to contents, contemporary inscription to head of title-page, closed marginal tear to 'Le roy de France' plate, 'Le père Petres' with repaired closed tear to gutter just extending into platemarkNote: Note: Rare collection of grotesque caricatures of figures implicated in the repression of French Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Each portrait is accompanied by a satirical quatrain. Sold as a collection of prints.

Indonesia View of the Island of Banda-Neira ... Captured by a Force landed from a Squadron under the Command of Captain Cole, in the Morning of the 9th August 1810. Engrav'd from a Sketch taken by Captain Cole from the Island of Great Banda. London: Wm. Daniell, & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811. Hand-coloured aquatint on wove paper, 40 x 54cm, toned, a few small marks, verso with remnants of mount along edgesNote: Note: Rare, two other copies traced in modern auction records, the last in 2004.

Pratap Narayan Singh, Maharaja of Ayodhya (1855-1906) Raskusumakar, or a Book on Rhetoric Allahabad: printed at the "Indian Press", 1894. First edition, 4to, original red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, [2] 10 6 23 [1] 191 [1] 40 6 2 5 9 pp., text in Hindi within decorative pictorial border, title-page in Hindi and English with decorative floral border, 41 halftone plates from photographic portraits or Indian miniature paintings including portrait frontispiece, presentation plate from the author to Norwich Public Library to front pastedown, shelfmark in white ink to spine, spine faded, corners of boards bumped, withdrawal stamp to front free endpaper, title-page wit closed tear to head extending into border, and small section at lower inner corner detached but presentNote: Note: Rare in commerce. Library records call for 38 or 40 plates; the latter count may exclude the frontispiece.

Fernandez de Avellaneda, Alonso The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote, de la Mancha Containing his Fourth Sally, and the Fifth Part of his Adventures ... With Illustrations and Corrections by the Licentiate Don Isidro Perales y Torres. And now first translated from the Spanish. Swaffham: D. Sudbury, 1805. 3 volumes, 12mo (17.5 x 10cm), contemporary calf, rebacked retaining most of original spines, edges sprinkled red, [2] 4 xliv 340, [2] 4 286, [2] 4 233 pp., covers rubbed, occasional spotting to contents, later ink inscriptions of one Edmund Esdaile (see below) to front endpapers or blanksNote: Note: First and only edition, presentation copy of this rare translation of the unauthorised and pseudonymous continuation of Don Quixote, inscribed 'From the translator to Mrs Esdaile by Brigg Fountaine Esqr' on the title-page of the first volume. Brigg Fountaine alias Price, of Swaffham, Norfolk, died in 1825; little else about him is known. Library Hub traces three copies only in UK and Irish libraries. Avellaneda's work was first published in Spanish in 1614; an English translation first appeared in 1705.

India Group of rare Indian imprints 1) Report on the Territories Conquered from the Paishwa. Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India, by the Hon'ble Mountstuart Elphinstone, Commissioner. Bombay: Bombay Government Press, 1838. Second edition, 8vo, later red cloth, [2] 82 li pp., colour pencil marks to title-page, ink-stamp of the government library, Agra, to p. 1, moderate browning, scattered dark spots;2) England and India: being Impressions of Persons and Things, English and Indian and Brief Notes of Visits to France, Switzerland, Italy, and Ceylon. By Lala Baijnath of the N.-W. P. Judicial Service. Bombay: Jehangir B. Karani & Co., Ltd., 1893. First edition, one of 1,000 copies, 8vo, contemporary yellow cloth, [2] 4 234 pp., errata leaf and advertisement leaf at rear, worming, stitching split between pp. 152 and 153, closed marginal tears in pp. 69/70 and 163/4;3) A Memoir of the Late Raja Partab Singh of Tajpur, in the District of Bijnor, North-West Provinces. Calcutta: Erasmus Jones, "Cambrian" Press, 1879. First edition, 12mo, original cloth-covered card wrappers with skiver label to front cover, [4] 20 pp., mounted albumen portrait photograph as frontispiece;4) A Revised and Enlarged Account of the Bobbili Zemindari, compiled by ... Sir Venkata Swetachalapati Ranga Row Bahadur ... Maha-Rajah of Bobbili. Madras: Addison & Co., 1900. 8vo, original cloth, [4] 185 pp., folding table, inscribed to 'Sir Henry Bliss K.C.I.E. with the compliments of the Maharajah of Bobbili 18/6/1902 London' on the initial blank, spine and edges of covers sunned, loss to spine-ends;Together with 2 others (The Jeypore Guide by Thomas Holbein Hendley, Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service, Jeypore [Jaipur]: "Raj" Press, 1876, first edition 12mo, lacking frontispiece and map, with 17 other lithographic plates, 3 copies on Library Hub, worming; and The Panjab as a Sovereign State (1799-1839), Thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of London, by Gulshan Lall Chopra. Lahore: Uttar Chand Kapur & Sons, 1928, lacking maps)Note: Note: Two copies of the Report on Territories Conquered from the Paishwa traced in UK libraries (BL and Oxford); the work was first published at Calcutta in 1821. A Memoir of the Late Raja Partab Singh of Tajpur is otherwise untraced. Library Hub cites three copies of the Bobbili Zemindari (BL, Oxford, SOAS).

India Group of rare pamphlets, Indian imprints, British and native presses, 19th century 1) The Rajasthanic Naya Prubundh. A Code of Penalties adopted by Certain Native States in the Province of Kattywar. Rajkot: printed at the Kattywar Agency Gazette Press by D. Sealy, 1864. Folio, 20 pp., stitched, title-pages in English and Gujarati, remainder of text in Gujarati, light damp-staining and soiling to outer leaves, faint transverse central crease where previously folded, slightly nicked along fore-edges, short closed tear to Gujarati title-page;2) Jeypore Exhibition, 1883 [cover-title]. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company, Limited, 1883. Folio, original wrappers, 64 pp., 2 folding plans, restitched, wrappers and last few text-leaves chipped;3) Philology of Upper Indian Dialects by Pandit Guruprasad, Head Pandit, Oriental College, Lahore, published under the Auspices of the Punjab University. [Lahore:] Anjumani Punjab Press, 1885. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 63 pp., folding tables, apparently in Punjabi (Gurmukhi script), lithographed throughout, wrappers slightly chipped;4) [?Compendium of legal rulings or specimen legal texts issued by the court of Madho Singh II, Maharajadhiraja of Jaipur], Jaipur: Raj Press, 1893. Folio, 111 pp., lithographed throughout, Urdu and Hindi text in double column, minor loss to lower fore corners of first few leaves, occasional soiling);and a chromolithographic portrait on card of Henry Hardinge as governor-general of India, [Bombay:] Ravi Varma Press, c.1900, 35 x 25cm, small chip to one cornerNote: Note: No other copy of any of these items traced. The main contributor to the account of the 1893 Jeypore Exhibition is Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard; there are also a few entries by his wife and Rudyard's mother Alice.

[South Africa] Le Vaillant, François Voyage de Monsier le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le cap de Bonne-Espérance dans les années 1788, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. Paris: Leroy, 1790. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece and 11 plates [including the rare suppressed Hottentott plate (plate no. 7 at p.346, vol. 2), 2 folding;Second Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les années 1783, 84 et 85. Paris: H.J. Jansen, l'an 3 de La République. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 22 engraved plates (5 folding) and large folding map, errata leaf in each volume;together 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, green morocco lettering pieces, gilt edgesNote: Note: A very fine set of first editions of both Le Vaillant's travels in South Africa. Le Vaillant’s work (comprising both voyages) “was attacked when published, and some of the incidents were declared to be either exaggerated or altogether invented. It is, however, interesting as an account of South Africa at a time when comparatively little was known regarding its natural history and the Dutch settlers” (Cox I, p.389).The first work is dedicated to "Monsieur Boers, Fiscal Indépendent" who befriended Le Vaillant after he had lost all his possessions in the ship Middleburg which was blown up by British forces as an act of war. Mr Boers, with Captain Robert Jacob Gordon, Commander of the troops at the Cape, assisted Le Vaillant to prepare for his journeys into the interior. His first journey took him to Hottentot Holland, Swellendam, Mossel Bay, the Knysna country, Algoa Bay, Fish River, the Karroo and back to Saldanha Bay. The second voyage, dedicated to "Citoyen Varon", took him across Namaqualand, Damaraland, parts of Bechuanaland and the Kalahari.

Indian lithographic printing Tarikh-i darbar-i taj pushi ['History of the Coronation Durbar'] Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, c.1904. 4to, recent red leather binding with original gilt cloth sides laid down, 4 12 596 pp., 2 lithographic title-pages printed in red and green, 48 halftone photographic plates, mainly portraits of maharajas (also including portraits of Edward VII, Curzon, the Duke of the Kent and their families, and durbar scenes), text in Urdu, lithographed throughout, cloth rubbed and mottled text-leaves toned, ink-stamps of one C. L. Agrawal to blanks and to margins of pp. 262 and 326Note: Note: Rare fully illustrated Urdu translation of Stephen Wheeler's History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar (1904), no other copy traced in libraries in or in commerce. The Nawal Kishore Press, founded at Lucknow in 1858 by Hindu entrepreneur Nawal Kishore (1836-1895), 'grew into the largest Indian-owned printing and publishing firm in South Asia. Supported by colonial patronage, the firm published an estimated 5,000 titles in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi during Nawal Kishore's lifetime, while it also served as an intellectual hub for scholars, poets and literati. As one observer noted: "No other press in India was fortunate to have such a large number of huffaz, scholars, historians, writers and poets as were gathered simultaneously at this press"' (Ulrike Stark, 'Calligraphic Masterpiece, Mass-Produced Scripture: Early Qur'an Printing in Colonial India', in Reese, ed., Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition, 2002, p. 158).

Robson, Francis The Life of Hyder Ally with an Account of his Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore, and other Contiguous Provinces. To which is annexed, a Genuine Narrative of the Sufferings of the British Prisoners of War, taken by his Son, Tippoo Saib. London: S. Hooper, 1786. First edition, 8vo (20.9 x 12cm), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, signed by the author at end of preface (p. vi), moderate browning, near-contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, effaced ownership inscription to initial blank bleeding through onto title-page, a few other marks [ESTC T100166: 8 copies in UK libraries];Kirkpatrick, William (editor). Select Letters of Tippoo Sultan to Various Public Functionaries. London: for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; and for John Booth, 1811. First edition, 4to (26.4 x 20cm), later black half sheep (probably a native binding), 2 plates of engraved Persian manuscript facsimile, browning, worming towards front and rear, stitching split between signatures b and c, signatures a and b consequently tipped to front free endpaper with concomitant paper disruption in gutter;Salmond, James. A Review of the Origin, Progress, and Result of the Decisive War with the Late Tippoo Sultaun, in Mysore, London, 1800. Second edition, 8vo (21.5 x 12.5cm), contemporary half sheep, frontispiece of Tipu's tiger lacking, folding leaf of Persian manuscript facsimile (sig. 4C), folding letterpress table (sig. 5E), leather detached from spine (fragments laid in), spotting and browning to contents [ESTC T133172: 5 copies in UK libraries]Note: Note: No other copies of Robson's work traced in auction records; Kirkpatrick's work is rare in commerce. There was a quarto edition of Salmond's work published in the same year and presumed to have priority over this octavo edition.

India Group of rare Indian imprints, 19th-20th century 1) Hindu Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics, History of Medicine and Practice of Physic. By Kaviraj Russick Lal Gupta. Calcutta: S. C. Addy, 1892. First edition, 8vo, contemporary orange cloth, [4] 209 pp., front inner hinge partly cracked, uniform moderate browning, coloured pencil markings to title-page, closed tear in pp. 87/8, pp. 141/2 transposed;2) The Betal Punchabinsati, translated into English by Adalut Khan, a College Moonshee. Calcutta: I. C. Bose & Co., 1864. [Bound with:] A Tale from the Sakuntala of Kalidasa by Iswara Chandra Vidyasagara. Calcutta: Sanskrit Press, 1862. 2 works in 1 volume, first and sixth editions, 8vo, modern wrappers, [2] ii 143, 4 102 pp., second work in Sanskrit, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page;3) Ex-King Edward's Diary of the Ten Eventful Days by Khwaja Hasan Nizami. English Translation by M. Fazl-i-Hamid. Delhi: Munadi Publishing Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, original printed wrappers, [6] 116 pp., photographic portrait of Nizami, errata leaf at rear, gift inscription to title-page, wrappers sunned and slightly marked, chipped at spine-ends, section of loss to rear wrapper, contents moderately browned, portrait and following text-leaf spotted;4) Bhut Nibandh: An Essay, Descriptive of the Demonology and Other Popular Superstitions of Guzerat. Being the Prize Essay of the Guzerat Vernacular Society for the Year 1849. By Dalpatram Daya. Translated by Alexander Kinloch Forbes, Secretary to the Society. Bombay: "Bombay Gazette" Press, c.1849. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers, cloth backstrip (repaired at foot), xv 95 pp., illustrations in text, variable browning and damp-staining, light marginal worming, prelims (including title-page) strengthened in cutter with clear tape, title-page with small circular mark, pp. xi-xiv loose at foot, bookplates (with Zoroastrian maxim 'Humata Hukhta Hvarshta' but owner's name effaced)5) [Urdu title:] Maqasid-i 'ulum. A Treatise on the Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science. By Lord Brougham, Translated into Urdu by Syed Mohomed Meer. A Native of Lucknow. Calcutta: printed for the Calcutta School-Book Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. 8vo, contemporary cloth, paper backstrip, 139 pp., printed with Urdu types, wear to binding, contents browned, pp. 29-32 working looseNote: Note: No copies of Hindu Anatomy or Ex-King-Edward's Diary traced in UK libraries; the latter is a satirical work purporting to be the journal of the former Edward VIII, and was written in Urdu by Sufi poet Khwaja Hasan Nizami, who despite knowing no English, claims in the preface to 'understand the language of Ex-King Edward's heart and mind'. Library Hub cites one institutional copy only for each of Betal Punchabinsati (University of Manchester) and the Urdu translation of Lord Brougham's work (British Library).

Fife and St Andrews Two maps Duncan, J. [surveyor] Skeleton Plan of the St. Andrews District of Fife-Shire, with delineation of the turnpike and statute labour roads. Edinburgh: Forrester & Nichol, 1833, 53.5 x 64cm, rare: no copies traced, the University of Dundee archives list a photograph of a copy belonging to Dr John Berry of Tayport, mounted on linen, varnished, a few cracks and small sections missing; Fraser, James, after Greenwood & Fowler. Map of the Counties of Fife and Kinross. Edinburgh: W. and A.K. Johnston, after 1841, 124.5 x 94cm, mounted on linen, varnished, a few cracks and small sections missing

McGonagall, Sir William Topaz McGonagall's Ode to the King. [And:] Bonnie Montrose. A New Poem Edinburgh: [printed for the author], 1902. Broadside, 31.5 x 24cm, printed on one side only in two columns each containing one poem, royal arms to head, signed by the author 'Sir Wm Topaz McGonagall, Poet', folded, chipped and marked, introductory paragraph to 'Ode ot the King' lightly scored through in pencil, sheet nearly separated along transverse central foldNote: Note: Very rare broadside containing two poems by the infamous Scottish poetaster, dated July 1902, a few months before his death, in September. No other copies traced in libraries or in commerce.

Münster, Sebastian Institutiones Grammaticae in Hebraeam linguam [Hebrew title at head: Melekheth ha-Diqduq]. [Basel]: Froben, 1524. First edition, [288 pp.], printer's woodcut device to title and final page, text in Hebrew, Latin (roman types) and Greek, musical notation in text, title-page dust-soiled and with early ownership inscription, old staining to a8 v. and b1 r., final page stained and with early ink annotations, a few marks and early ink annotations elsewhere [Adams M1932; VD16 M 6685].[Bound with 2 other works:]Ceporinus, Jakob. Compendium grammaticae graecae, iam de integro ab ipso authore et castigatum et locupletatum. Hesiodi georgicon ... Epigrammata. Basel: Valentin Curio, 1522. First edition, 175 [1] pp, allegorical woodcut border to title-page, printer's woodcut device to verso of colophon leaf, text in Greek and Latin (Latin in italic types), early ink annotations including ownership inscription 'George Hudson is the right owner of this book', title-page dust-soiled and with shallow chipping to foot, variable tide-mark to foot of gutter, [VD16 ZV 15528; not in Adams, the earliest edition there listed being Zurich, 1539]; Luscinius, Ottmar. Progymnasmata graecae literaturae. Strassburg: Johannes Knobloch, 1523. [28] 87 [30] pp., woodcut border to title-page, printer's woodcut device to final page, ownership inscription 'Ego libro Joannis Harryse Scoti 12th Octobrii anno 1561' to verso of title-page, occasional early annotations and underlining, title-page dust-soiling, a few stains elsewhere [Adams L1731; VD16 N 32].3 works in 1 volume, 8vo (15.9 x 10.5cm), 19th-century half calf, rebacked with most of original spine laid down, contents tonedNote: Note: First and only edition of an early work by Sebastian Münster, the preeminent Hebraist of 16th-century Europe, rare in commerce; his earliest verified publication is his Epitome Hebraicae grammaticae, printed in 1520, also by Froben. This appears to be the first edition of Ceporinus's work; the first part (Compendium) was also published separately by Curio in the same year. The design of the title-page has been attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. Luscinius's work first appeared in 1517.

Burton, Sir Richard Francis The City of the Saints and across The Rocky Mountains to California London: Longman, Green [&c.], 1861. First edition, 8vo, half-title, frontispiece, 3 maps on 1 folding sheet, 8 plates and plans (1 folding), text illustrations, contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt, 19th century bookplate of Thomas William Beaves [Sabin 9497]Note: Note: Edward in his excellent biography of Richard Burton noted "the book is a a rare account by an experienced traveller who was alert to every detail, to language, to the nuances of a dynamic developing nation that showed high civilization on its eastern coast and progressive barbarism as one travelled westward. Here are emigrants, soldiers, desperadoes, wanderers, frontier women, Indian tribes, government officials, rascals and saints, the inevitable pretty girls (white and Indian alike). Social conditions, perceptions about democracy, advice to the army about dealing with the aborigines (the Indians were like a sort of Bedawin to Burton), lists of routes and way stops, the legal system and frontier justice, analyses of raw materials and alkaline waters, the sources of rivers, the weather, soil conditions - it is mid century America in five hundred pages and appendixes and rarely dull".

McGonagall, Sir William Topaz The Clepington Catastrophe Dundee: [printed for the author], 1884. Broadside, 27.6 x 21.5cm, printed on recto only, text in double column, decorative border, crown device at head, spotting and dust-soiling, a few nicks and chips along edges, strengthened upper left versoNote: Note: Very rare early broadside poem by the infamous Scottish poetaster, published while he was still resident in his native Dundee, before he fled first to Perth and then Edinburgh to escape 'relentless persecution by local audiences' (ODNB). No other copies traced in libraries or in commerce.

'Arabian Nights' Al-juz' al-awwal min kitab Alf laylah wa-laylah [Arabic title, i.e. The Thousand and One Nights and a Night, first part]. Cairo: Matba'ah al-taqqadum al-'ilmiyah [Scientific Progress Press], 1325 AH [1907 CE]. Small 4to (19.4 x 13cm), contemporary half sheep, 528 pp., printed with Arabic types, loss to spine, text-leaves browned, paper slips with ownership inscriptions of Captain H. E. Short, Indian Medical Service, pasted to title-page not obscuring text. Together with a lithographic Buddhist text possibly in Mongolian, approx. 175 ff., loose between wooden covers, 18 x 56cm, occasional illustrations and borders printed in pink, title-page with pencilled transliteration and translation of title (' ...Herein is told the tale of Gasar ga-an, master of the ten directions')Note: Note: A new edition of the Bulaq edition of 1834/5, the first printed in the Arab world and now extremely rare. The first volume ends with the 162nd night; apparently four volumes were published.

India Quantity of works, including Indian imprints Firminger, Rev. W.K., editor. Bengal Past and Present. Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society; Volumes:I. No. 1, July-December 1907, 4to, blue half morocco;II. No. 1 and 2, January-December 1908, 2 volumes, blue half morocco;III. No. 1 and 2 (Serial No. 7-8), January-June 1909, 2 copies;IV. (Serial No. 9), July-December 1909, 2 copies;VIII. Part 1 and 2 (Serial No. 15-16), January-June 1914;IX. Part 1 and 2 (Serial No 17-18), July-December 1914;X. Part 1 and 2 (Serial No. 19-20), January-June 1915;XI. Part 1 and 2 (Serial No. 21-22), July-December 1915;XII. Part 1 and 2 (Serial No. 23-24), April-June 1916;XIII. Part 2 (Serial No. 26), October-December 1916;XIV. Part 2 (Serial No. 28), April-June 1917;Grierson, George A. Bihar Peasant Life, being a Discursive Catalogue of the Surroundings of the People of that Province. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press, 1885. 8vo, map, lithographed plates, contemporary half calf, binding (only) lightly wormed;Mukerji, Nitya Gopal. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture. Calcutta, 1901. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author, illustrations, contemporary half calf;M'Cann, Hugh W. Report on the Dyes and Tans of Bengal. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press, 1883. 8vo, original brown cloth;Anderson, J.D. A Collection of Kachari Folk-Tales and Ryhmes. Shillong: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1895. 8vo, original cloth-backed blue boards, slightly rubbed;Hume, Allan. List of the Birds of India, Reference Edition, corrected to 1st March 1879. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Co., 1879. 8vo, title from upper board, original cloth-backed boards;Bengal Camp Guide. Coronation Durbar at Delhi. Notes and Information for the use of the Guests of his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Small 4to, photographic plates, 7 folding plans in pocket at end, original blue cloth gilt;Hunter, William Wilson. North-Eastern Frontier. Political Dissertation prefixed to a Comparative Dictionary of the Languages of India and High Asia. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company Limited, 1869, 8vo, original wrappers slightly stained and small hole without loss, spine worn; RARE;Sastri, Pandit Sivanath. Remtanu Lahiri, Brahman and Reformer, a History of the Renaissance in Bengal. London: Sonnenschein; Calcutta: S.K. Lahiri, 1907, presentation copy to the Honble. W.C. Macpherson Esq. from S.K. Lahiri, plates, original cloth;Bradley-Birt, F.B. Chota Nagpore, a little known province of the Empire. 1903. 8vo, presentation copy from the author, plates, folding map, original red cloth gilt, slightly marked;Pennell, T.L. Amongst the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier. 1909. 8vo, plates, spine faded;Russell, William Howard. My Diary in India, in the year 1858-9. 1860. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, original cloth, a little dampstaining or spotting, rubbed, hinges weak;Crawford, Arthur. Our Troubles in Poona and the Deccan. 1897, 8vo, original cloth;Foster, William. The English Factories in India 1618-1621 [1622-23], Oxford, 1906-08, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g.;Neve, Major Arthur. The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Khardo, &c, Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette, 1918. 8vo, 11th edition, folding maps, original cloth-backed boards;Ronaldshay, Earl of. Lands of the Thunderbolt. Sikhim, Chumbi & Bhutan. 1923. 8vo, plates, original cloth;Beveridge, Henry. A Comprehensive History of India. 1842, 3 volumes, large 8vo, plates, illustrations, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;Fraser, Sir Andrew H.L. Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots. London, 1911, 8vo, plates, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded;Carstairs, R. The Little World of an Indian District Officer. 1912, 8vo, original cloth;Hoernle, A.F.R. A History of India. Cuttack: Orissa Mission Press, 1909. 8vo, original cloth;O'Malley, L.S.S. Bengal District Gazetteers. Saran. Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1908. 8vo, original blue cloth;Thornton, Thomas Henry. General Sir Richard Meade and the Feudatory States of Central and Southern India. London, 1898, original cloth;Case, Mrs. Day by Day at Lucknow. A Journal of the Siege. London, 1858. 8vo, original cloth;Fay, Mrs Eliza. The Original Letters from India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1908. 8vo, original cloth;Younghusband, Sir Francis. Kashmir. A. & C. Black, 1917, original pictorial cloth;Penny, F.E. Southern India, painted by Lady Lawley. A & C. Black, 1914, original pictorial cloth;Shakespear, John. Dictionary of Hindustani & English. London, 1849, 4to, contemporary half calf, lacks title page, margins of dedication leaf repaired;Roberts of Kandahar, Lord. Forty-one Years in India. 1902, 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;[Rousseau, Samuel]. A Dictionary of Words used in the East Indies... the leading word of each article being printed in a New Nustaleek type, to which is added, Mohammedan Law & Bengal Revenue Terms. London: for James Asperne, 1805. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, corners neatly repaired, extensively annotated;Smith, R. Bosworth. Life of Lord Lawrence. 1883, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, worn;Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: J. Murray, 1857. First edition, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end, on linen), folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait plate, 2 tinted lithographs, 20 wood-engraved plates, 1 folding plan, original brown cloth, neatly recased, hinges strengthened, bookplate of George Armistead;and a quantity of later, India-related volumes; sold as a collection not subject to return

A rare and early Caughley 'Stalked Fruit' coffee pot and covercirca 1775-78transfer-printed in underglaze blue, the print blurred and slightly experimental, featuring a possible stalked apple and supplementary sprigs, of plain, baluster form with a double indented strap loop handle with a kicked terminal and thumb grip, the cover with a 'flame' knop, the unglazed dry base marked 'S', 17.5cm highProvenance: Featured in Ironbridge Caughley Bicentenary Exhibition, no. 12.Condition:Small chip to spout. Firing crack to the foot and a further Y-shaped hairline crack. Small glaze blemish to lower portion of spout.Height of pot without cover- 13cm high. Height with cover- 17.5cm highInternal diameter of cover - 5cmStrainer holes - four

A rare Caughley 'Willow Nankin' oval tureencirca 1780-90of twin-handled form, lacking cover, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, unglazed base unmarked, 28cm wide including handlesProvenance: Previously featured in a Roderick Jellicoe, no. 62 (no date supplied).Condition:In a good condition with no damages or repairs. There are some losses of glaze visible to the rim and a few short firing cracks.

A rare, early Caughley milk jugcirca 1777-82of barrel form with a sparrow beak spout, the strap handle with a scroll terminal and projecting thumb grip, banded body with a moulded single flowerhead and leaves, additionally painted in underglaze blue with supplementary leaves, painted upper cell diaper border and a double line and wave lower border, open C with serif mark, 7.8cm highProvenance: Featured in Caughley Bicentenary Exhibition 1999, no. 53. Previously ex-Gittins Collection.Condition:Small nibbles around the foot rim, some of which are possibly on manufacture.

A rare Caughley 'Stalked Fruit' coffee cupcirca 1775-78transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the second version of pattern, printed C with serif mark, 6.4cm high (slight hairline)Condition:There is a faint C-shaped hairline visible around the upper terminus of the handle.

A rare, early Caughley milk jugcirca 1777-82of barrel form with a sparrow beak spout, the strap handle with a scroll terminal and projecting thumb grip, banded body with a moulded single flowerhead and leaves, printed in underglaze blue with supplementary foliage, printed upper cell diaper border and a double line and wave lower border, printed S mark, 7.8cm high (small chip to the spout)Literature: See Ironbridge Caughley Bicentenary 1999 Exhibition, no. 52 for a similar example and the preceding lot in this sale for a jug of the same shape with a painted pattern.

A rare Australian silver gilt enamelled waratah flower suite, retailed by Flavelle Bros Ltd, comprising a buckle, a brooch and a bracelet, marked silver 800, circa 1910, in original fitted caseCf. Anne Schofield and Kevin Fahy, Australian Jewellery, 19th and Early 20th Century, pg 75. A similar brooch, object number A1445, and belt buckle, object number A1701, can be found in the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia.Condition Report: A later gilt jump ring has been added to the bracelet.The enamel is generally in a good condition. There are no major losses, though one of the bracelet links is missing the green enamel to the stalk, there are some small chips/cracks elsewhere, and areas where the enamel has run poorly.Surface marks, scratches and wear to gilding, commensurate with age.Bracelet approximately 18cm long, buckle approximately 8.5 x 5.0cm, brooch approximately 3cm.Some wear and discolouration to the case.

WWII Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery 5 page D. Day landings ALS rare item written during the D. Day landing interesting content in which Montgomery talks about the obstacles on the beach the German surprise of the size and timing of the attack also mention the locals condition and how they were also surprised of the invasion fantastic insight into the battle plans during the D. D landings dated 8-6-44. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

WW2 Battle of Britain. Very Rare Original Wartime Photo of Flt Sgt Clifford Whitehead of 56th Squadron. He Was Killed on 4th July 1942 Near Bellasise. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

WW2. Rare Luftwaffe Signature of Sgt Walter Sumpf KC on 4 x 2 inch White Signature Card. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

WW2 Battle of Britain. Sgt Jozef Szlagowski rare BOB pilot Signed Signature Piece and Handwritten Letter Dated 21/9/69. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

WW2. A Rare Letter Sent From HMS Hood on 17th April 1941 on HMS Headed Paper. Addressed to Midshipman Piotr Surzyn PN. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

WW2 Battle of Britain RARE BOB autograph Flt Lt Geoffrey David Leybourne Haysom DFC DSO Signed Typed Letter Dated 13th March 1969. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

1666 silver crown of Charles II, rare date. P&P Group 0 (£5+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)