The ‘Maiwand survivor’ Abyssinia and Afghanistan pair awarded to Major-General C. M. Griffith, 1st Bombay Grenadiers, who took over command of his Regiment after Colonel Anderson was severely wounded; when the inexperienced Jacob’s Rifles broke and fled, Griffith was ‘Conspicuous in his Efforts to Steady his Men’ and motivate the Bombay Grenadiers to ‘Fight On’, saving his Regiment’s reputation and averting a total disaster; afterwards he reconstituted a fighting unit from the surviving Grenadiers and commanded it during the Defence of Kandahar City and the subsequent victory at the Battle of Kandahar Abyssinia 1867 (Captn. C. M. Griffith. Bombay Staff Corps); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lieut. Col. C. M. Griffith. Bo. N.I.) both fitted with contemporary silver riband buckles, nearly extremely fine (2) £4,000-£5,000 --- Charles Matthew Griffith was born at Poona on 19 October 1834, the son of Colonel Julius George Griffith, later General and Colonel Commandant, Bombay Artillery. He was educated at Cheltenham College, nominated as an HEIC Cadet, and passed the Military Committee at East India House on 4 February 1852. After being twice rejected for his weak English and Latin, he was admitted to Addiscombe on 6 August 1852, and commissioned Ensign in the Bombay Infantry on 8 June 1854, at the age of 19. He arrived in Bombay on 23 September 1854 for regimental service with the 1st Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers). From June 1859 he was variously employed with the Irregular Cavalry, the Sind Judicial and Police departments, and as Superintendent of Police for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. The March to Fortress Magdala By 1868, Griffith was a Captain in the Bombay Staff Corps. He was first sent on active service during the Abyssinia Campaign, the most logistically challenging but among the best executed of the British expeditionary wars up to that time. He was given responsibility for organising and commanding ‘A’ Division Highland Transport Train, 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, Abyssinian Field Force. He also commanded the stretcher-bearers who recovered the wounded on 10 and 13 April 1868 from the battlefields of Arogee and Magdala. He was created Brevet Major on 15 August 1868 and was four times Mentioned in Despatches: London Gazette 16 June 1868: ‘The bandsmen and a party of Punjab muleteers were also organised under command of Captain Griffith and furnished with stretchers for the removal of wounded men from the field.’ London Gazette 30 June 1868: ‘Captain Griffith [and other officers] have distinguished themselves by their zeal and activity and deserve special notice.’ London Gazette 10 July 1868: ‘Captain Griffith [and other officers], Land Transport Corps, commanded the first Divisions that were raised, are strongly recommended by the Director of Transport Corps for the extent and value of their assistance.’ London Gazette 7 August 1868: ‘The working of the Train next comes into consideration, which commenced with the arrival of Captain Griffith, with the advance Brigade... The Train was divided into four divisions... and Captain Griffith commenced the formation of “A” Mules... Difficulties and disasters met these officers at every step. Mules landed without equipment in hundreds, and with muleteers of the class already spoken of. At that time these officers having no subordinates had to look to everything themselves... The pleasing task now remains of bringing to the special notice of His Excellency the names of such officers more especially deserving of his kind consideration, and whose efforts came under the personal observation of the Director, who from first to last, never failed... Captain C. M. Griffith, Bombay Staff Corps.’ Griffith was granted furlough to England from 10 October 1868 to 22 November 1870. After marrying and returning to India, he was appointed Brigade Major, Aden in November 1871, promoted Major in June 1874, and Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1877. In August 1879, at the age of 44, he was appointed officiating Second in Command of 1st Bombay Grenadiers, considered to be an elite Indian regiment smartly turned out in a uniform of red jacket, khaki turban and dark blue trousers with white gaiters. Griffith accompanied his regiment to join the South Afghanistan Field Force via the Bolan and Khojak Passes in October 1879, experiencing the hostile, anti-British environment of the Kandahar region for many months. In July 1880 a column built around Brigadier Burrows’s 1st Brigade, which included the Bombay Grenadiers, was sent west to Girishk on the Helmand river. At the disastrous battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880, Griffith initially commanded the Grenadier’s Right Wing, and then took command of the whole Regiment at around 3pm, after Colonel Anderson was severely wounded and evacuated. Maiwand Two months later, in mid-September 1880, the British, including some officers who had survived the massacre, revisited the battlefield. They found that the European and Indian bodies had been left to disintegrate where they fell, but, learning of the British return, local Afghan villagers had hastily buried them just days before in 40 separate shallow graves at the places where they had died. The battlefield was carefully surveyed and the graves plotted on the battle map, then opened and their contents recorded. The correlation of the battlefield survey with the unsatisfactory and evasive official despatches of the force commanders was so contradictory that each surviving officer was ordered to submit a written report outlining what he had directly witnessed. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffith’s official account is quoted below, slightly abridged, while extracts of accounts given by other officers mentioning Griffith are inserted in italics. ‘On the 26th July 1880, the force under Brigadier-General Burrows [personally brave but indecisive, cautious and totally inexperienced in commanding an all-arms force], which consisted of the following troops [2,600 men], were encamped at Khushk-i-Nakhud, which is on the road from Kandahar to Girishk on the Helmand and distant from the former place about fifty miles: E-B, Royal Horse Artillery [146 men]; Detachment [260 men], 3rd Sind Horse; Detachment [315 men] 3rd Light Cavalry; Detachment [46 men] Bombay Sappers and Miners; 66th Foot [473 men]; 1st Bombay Grenadiers [649 men, the largest infantry unit in the force]; and Jacob's Rifles [624 men]. It was generally believed… that an Afghan force, consisting of about 20,000 men and 36 guns, under Ayub Khan, was not far distant; but such was the enmity against us, that neither the political officers nor our own cavalry patrols were able to obtain reliable information either as to the correct numbers or the exact position of the Afghan force. However, information was received that a few ghazis and some cavalry of Ayub Khan’s advanced guard had occupied the village of Maiwand… and during the night orders were issued for our brigade to march on Maiwand the next morning [27 July] at 6:30 a.m. The position occupied by Ayub Khan’s army at this time was unknown. Owing to the large quantity of ordnance and commissariat stores which had been stowed away within walled enclosures at Khushk-i-Nakhud, and the loading of which took a considerable time, the force did not start punctually, and the sun was well up, and the heat considerable, before we were all off the ground. The force advanced with cavalry and two guns of E-B, Royal Horse Artillery, in advance; the infantry in line of columns at deploying distance; baggage on the right flank; and the whole brought up by a rear-guard of two guns and some cavalry, each regiment of infantry ...
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British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Trooper S. G. Greer Victoria Column.) nearly extremely fine and a rare casualty £1,000-£1,400 --- Roll confirms 1893 Medal, Trooper, Victoria Column; 1896 Clasp, Trooper, “C” Troop, Bulawayo Field Force. Stuart George Greer was killed in the rearguard action on the Tuli Road on 10 April 1896, when on the Gwanda Patrol, near Fort Umlugulu. ‘On Thursday, April 2nd, a force consisting of 50 mounted men Bulawayo Field Force, 50 of the Afrikander Corps mounted under Capt. Van Niekerk, one Maxim gun and detachment, and Dr. Levy with ambulance, left Bulawayo at 5 p.m. -the whole under command of Capt. Brand, to proceed to Manzi-Izama in Gwanda district. His orders were to bring into Bulawayo the white population of Manzi-Izama, if still there. They had been warned to leave eight days previously, but had stated they wished to remain where they were. Matters, however, becoming so critical, and their force so small, a relief party was deemed necessary. No opposition was met with on the march down, and the people were found to have retired on Tali. Capt. Brand had been instructed to report on the road, particularly with reference to suitable sites for fortified camps, water supply, &c., with a view to future operations by a detached force. Manzi-Izama is 80 miles distant; the road is practically a defile, commanded on either hand from Spargo's store, 12 miles from this town, to Manzi-Izama. On the return march, opposition was first met with seven miles this side of Spiro's store, the force being fired on from kopjes commanding the advance. The flanking parties became at once engaged, pushing the rebels before them, and occupying flanking positions as they advanced. On reaching the point almost parallel with Latijan's farm, between the two hills shown on may, the dissel boom of the wagon broke. Firing recommenced and continued till more open ground was reached. The Matabele then appeared in considerable force, and Capt. Brand determined to take up a position on the left of the road on a hillock with about 50 feet command. The Maxim was placed on the salient commanding the road to the east, the Afrikanders on the right, and the remainder under Lieut. Pursell on the left. Fair cover was obtained for the horses; the scrub came pretty well up to the position on the south and east faces. A determined attack then developed on three sides of the position, the rebels being. in possession of a large number of guns of sorts, and running up with great determination, some reaching to within 30 yards of the firing line. The Maxim opened early, and did good execution, but the thickness of the bush prevented full use being made of the longer ranges. The attack was successfully repulsed on the south and east faces, largely due to the action of the Maxim, whose fire was then turned on the north attack, which was making considerable headway, but which immediately slackened. Capt. Van Niekerk then mounted 25 of his men, who made a counter attack on the thick bush into which the rebels had retired, their right being safeguarded by the fire of the guns. The rebels were pushed through the bush on to open ground beyond, where the Afrikanders inflicted heavy loss on them. By this time the remainder of the force was mounted and proceeded, as shown on map, to avoid the kopje and thick bush commanding the road, which was struck 300 yards further on, the Afrikanders forming the rearguard. Casualties: five killed, 15 wounded, 30 horses lost. The dead had to be left.’ Trooper Stuart George Greer was buried in one grave with Trooper Christopher John Packe, also of “C” Troop, in the small cemetery at Umlugulu. Sold with copied research from National Archives of Zimbabwe including letters from his mother and brother, death notice, and account of the action.
Drake (J): Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, frontis and map, 74pp and a 62pp classified advert section, original cloth, 12mo; + Fenton (Ben): Poems, Tributes to Scarborough, odes on Wellington and Napoleon, etc, original cloth SIGNED by author "To Thos Sutton June 1844, A present from the author”, signed on FFEP, pub Saunders and Otley, London, octavo, 1843. (2)
ALDIN (Cecil) collection of illustrated works. An Artist's Models, 1930, dust jacket; Just Among Friends, 1935, dust jacket; Scarlet to M.F.H., 1933, worn dust jacket; A Dozen Dogs or So, 1928; Hunting Scenes, 1936, torn dust jacket; The Romance of the Road, 1933, with map at end; Smugglers' Gallows, 1936, dust jacket foxed and chipped; The Pickwick Papers, 2 vols. 1910; etc. (22)
1772 The History and Antiquities of Rochester and its Environs: To which is added, a Description of the Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, and Ancient Buildings, situated on, or near the Road from London to Margate, Deal, and Dover. Embellished with Copper-Plates. Printed and sold by T. Fisher, sold also by S. Crowder, booksellers, in Paternoster Row, London 1772. Illustrated with folding map frontispiece engraving, and other plates through the text. Full contemp. calf binding with orig. gilt titles & spine label, loss to the tail of the spine and wear to the hinges, calf rather rubbed and extremities bumped resulting in slight loss. An interesting study into the history of Rochester, Kent. 8vo.
After John Ogilby (1600-1676) "The Road from London to Montgomery, North Wales", a watercolour-tinted strip map "containing 158 miles from the standard in Cornhill London to Montgomery", originally published in Ogilby's Britannia, An Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, volume one, 1675, engraved by Emanuel Bowen, late 16th / early 17th Century, in Hogarth frame under glass, 50.5 cm x 41.5 cm overall
Michael Drayton. Yorkshyre, hand-coloured engraved allegorical map from Poly-Olbion, 244mm x 310mm, framed and glazed; John Owen & Emanuel Bowen, three Road Maps taken from Britannia Depicta 1720, each 188mm x 128mm, framed and double-glazed (2).(i) discoloured fold down centre, some colour run particularly to Wakfield and some minor spotting (ii) minor rust marks. Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.
GRANT FAMILY - MILITARY, BOER WAR, CHURCHILL, BRIGHTON AND WEST INDIESAn archive of diaries, albums of sketches and photographs, correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Francis W. Seafield Grant (1842-1912), his wife Anne, and their four sons, all of whom served with distinction in the military, including;Album, compiled by Cecil Grant, containing approximately 40 pen and ink caricatures and sketches, signed by Grant and others, subjects including hunting, horses and dogs, cricket and golf, a scene from 'Alice in Wonderland', military, of which one captioned 'Armoured Train 'Wasp' in Action at Night near Devondale, S.A. during the Boer War Operations 1902', original half morocco, soiled, one joint split, oblong 4to, [c.1899-1902]; 'Sketches', including approximately 15 pencil sketches, including maps of the country 'West of Devondale, British Becuana Land' and 'map for repairs on railway line... [Transvaal], Nov. 1901', caricatures and views relating to the Boer War, cloth, oblong 8vo, c.1901Album of private gelatin print photos, belonging to Cecil Grant, including approximately 25 views and military scenes of the Boer War (one captioned 'The Highland Brigade drawn up about to advance on Magersfontein. Photo by me, Major A.S. Grant...'), 40 of home life, including a tennis tournament horse show, and cycling in Brighton, quarter morocco, worn, small oblong 4to, c.1899-1900Album of photographs, compiled by A.S. Grant, including 14 of Barbados (8 large, 6 small) by 'Siza Photos', approximately 40 others, Boer War and South Africa (one captioned 'Boy made to sit on crocodile by force for photo'), family members in uniform, etc., gelatin silver prints, mounted, some captioned, half morocco, worn, c.1900-1905Materials relating to Henry Eugene W. Grant, Colonial Secretary to the Leeward Islands, and other Colonial postings, including printed ephemera (programme for memorial service to Edward VII, Antigua, 20 May 1910; issues of the Leeward Island Gazette, invitations, author's presentation of 'The Story of the Falkland Islands' (1907, by W.L. Allardyce), manuscript and typescript material (5pp. article on 'Sun Printing', Belize, 1906; report received by telegram on the earthquake in Jamaica, 24 January 1907)Album of ephemera, newspaper cuttings, telegrams, etc. relating to various Grant family members, including an ink drawing of a bedroom (163 x 215mm.) captioned 'Winston Churchill was at this school with me. 29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton' by A.S. Grant, and other materials, some loose, various datesA series of 18 pocket diaries for the years 1882, 1885-88, 1890, 1892-1901 and 1903-1905, belonging to Anne Grant (1842-1912), wife of Major F.W.S. Grant, with entries on their appointments (mostly in Brighton and Sussex), special events (Australia v. Sussex cricket match), or occasions in the lives/careers of her sons, etc., various bindings, worn, 8vo, 1882-1905; and several others (quantity)Footnotes:'WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS AT THIS SCHOOL WITH ME'- Miscellaneous manuscript, photographic and printed materials relating to Francis W. Seafield Grant (1842-1912), his wife Annie, their four sons Archie, Duncan, Alan and Cecil, and several other family members, all of whom had distinguished military or administrative careers in India, South Africa and the West Indies.Provenance: F.W.S. Grant (1842-1912) and sons; thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MAPS, J Basire, An Exact Draught of the Bay and Harbour of Vigo. c 1747. 380mm x 480mm. Hand coloured;Robert Morden, Shropshire, 1695. 355mm x 415mm. Hand coloured;John Speed, Shropshire, Bassett & Chiswell [1676]. 380mm x 510 mm. Hand coloured, browned;John Speed, Herefordshire, Sudbury & Humbell, 1610. 385 x 515mm;John Ogilvy, Road map from Buckingham to Bridgnorth [1675], 345mm x 443mm. Hand coloured;Saxton and Hole, Caernarvon, c.1607. 255mm x 310mm. Hand coloured , browned;Thomas Taylor, Map of Stafforshire, 180mm x 253mm.All framed and glazed (7)
![SPEED, John, Map of Shropshire, 380mm x 510mm, Bassett & Chiswell [1676]. Hand coloured, framed and glazed.With OGILBY, John,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/071e8afc-7ece-43d4-a29e-b0bb0114ffd9/8c9ef7b0-7335-4d51-879f-b13400c54597/468x382.jpg)
Carriage prints x 2 SOUTHERN RAILWAY GENERAL SYSTEM MAP. In good condition with some light water staining framed and glazed, measures 21.5in x 9.5in, together with SOUTHERN RAILWAY THE ROAD TO SUNSHINE map. In very good condition framed and glazed, measures 24in x 9.5in. Note both of these are original SR prints not to be confused with the 1960's British Railways Board reprints. (2)
A George V silver trophy cup, the winged handles with applied Australia map, inscribed Australia Window Display Competition, Conducted Among the Branches to the Lowestoft Cooperative Society Ltd, First Prize Won by Bridge Road Branch Oulton Broad, 3rd June 1937, Birmingham 1936, 11.27oz, on a turned wooden socle, 21cm high.
Some with colour pencil additions from Hooper, in varying condition but mostly vg, all rolled. (Q)Including;0.5 1908 25 inch Scorrier and Wheal Rose, marked with lodes 0.5; 1974 Sheet 74 SW 74 St Day; 0.5 1963 Sheet SW 74 SW 6” St Day; 0.5 1890 Perranporth Rose, Gear Sands; 0.5 1908 25” North Country to Wheal Reevor marked with lodes; 0.5 1908 25” Redruth (S,W) to Carn Brea; Photocopy of 589 Overlaid with 1960s development; Photocopy 1908 25” 0.5 map Treleigh and Plain an Gwarry overlaid 1960s development; Photocopy part 0.5 25” map Shades bridge and Kestle Quarry; 0.5 1890 6” Perranporth; 0.5 1963 6” Redruth and St Day SW74SW; 0.5 1974 6” Redruth and Sat Day SW74SW with contours; 0.5 1908 25” Wheal Rose, Scorrier, Killifreth. Underground adits, including country adit marked in red; 0.5 1908 25” Redruth North (Plain An Gwarry, Treleigh) with laker housing superimposed; 1908 25” Redruth South Carn Brea Village Trewirgie, Victoria Park; 1908 25” Redruth North Country and Wheal Reevor, underground adits marked; 1908 25” Relubbus (left handed half); 0.5 1908 25” Goonlaze (Stithians parish); 0.5 1908 25” Brea Village, Condurrow, Treskillard, Carn A and then Piece; 0.5 1908 25” Tregonning Hill, Great Work Mine, Balwest, marked with a straight blue line; 0.5 1907 25” Navax Point, Hells Mouth, Hudder Downs, some fields coloured red; 0.5 1908 Part 0.5 LXXIV.8 Part Mounts Bay, The Greeb, Maen du Point; 0.5 1907 25” St Stephens Coombe Resugga; 0.5 1908 25” Pendarkes House, Treslothan, Ramsgate; 0.5 1908 25” Four Lanes; 0.5 1908 25” Mounts Bay, Methleigh, Tranno, Tremearne; 0.5 1908 25” Woon Gumpas Common with Penwith Boswens Common; 0.5 1907 25” Burnthouse, Laity moor, Roskrow (St Gluvias); 0.5 1936 25” Germae Tresowes Green; 0.5 1936 25” Kenneggy Downs and Kenneggy Sands; OS 50’ Copy SW 6539 SE 1967 Vivians Shaft Beacon;OS 25’ Copy SW 6439/59 Tregenna Lane, Camborne;OS 25’ Copy 6239/6339 Penponds;OS 50’ SW 6339 NE Camborne Rugby Ground;OS 50’ SW 6439 SW Barripper Road, Pendarvis Road;OS 50’ SW 6439 NW Tregurthen Road, Tregenna Lane;OS 50’ SW 6841 SE (photocopy) Carn Brea Mine, Carn Brea;OS 50’ SW 6841 SW (photocopy) Barncoose, Carn Brea;OS 50’ SW 6340 NW (photocopy) Weeth Road;OS 50’ SW 6340 NE (photocopy) Weeth Road;OS 50’ SW 6440 SE (photocopy) central Camborne Town;OS 50’ SW 6741 SW Carn Brea Leisure Centre;OS 50’ SW 6741 NW (photocopy) Flamingo, Taylors Shaft;OS 50’ SW 66 (photocopy) Pool School;OS 50’ SW 6641 NW (photocopy) A30 Junction Tolvadden;OS 50’ SW 6641 (photocopy) South Crofty, SWEB, Pool;OS 50’ SW 6641 (photocopy) Robinsons Shaft;OS 50’ SW 6640 Camborne Central;OS 50’ SW 6539 NE (photocopy) Pengegon;OS 50’ SW 6539 NW Stray Park;OS 50’ SW 6539 SE Beacon x 3;OS 50’ SW 6540 SW Wesley Street, Holmans;OS 50’ SW 6541 SE North Roskear;OS 50’ SW 6540 NE Roskear, Tuckingmill;OS 50’ SW 6440 SW College Street Camborne;OS 50’ SW 6540 SE Dolcoath, Pengegon;OS 50’ SW 6440 NW Reskadinnick Road;OS 50’ SW 6539 SW Trevu Road;OS 50’ SW 6640 NW Chapel Road, Tuckingmill;OS 50’ SW 6440 NW Enys Road;OS 50’ SW 6439 SW Mount Pleasant Road;OS 50’ SW 6439 NE Camborne Library;OS 50’ SW 6339 SE Penponds;OS 50’ SW 6340 NE Weeth Road West;OS 50’ SW 6340 SE Treswithian; OS 50’ SW 6540 NW North Roskear TA Centre;OS 25’ SW 6440–6540 Camborne;OS 50’ SW 6441–6741 Tuckingmill, Pool. (Q)From the estate of Ron Hooper, M.V.O., A.C.S.M., F.I.M.M.Born in St.Agnes, he graduated from Camborne School of Mines. After a short career mining in the Gold Coast of Ghana he joined the Camborne School of Mines, eventually becoming Senior Lecturer in Surveying. At the same time, he acted as an independent mining engineer and was appointed mineral agent for several Cornish estates including the Duchy of Cornwall, Tregothnan, and the Godolphin Estate (amongst others).
'Trenwith Mine, St Ives,' Surveys and maps by Leonard Hawkey, 1911. Hand drawn cross sectional survey on thin linen by L. Hawkey, scale 1 inch to 5 fathoms, showing Victory Shaft, Berriman Shaft and Old Sump Shaft, reference of Adit Level, damp staining to edges, colour ink offsetting, rolled, approx 75cm x 215cm, 1911; 'Longitude Section', scale 1 inch to 5 fathoms, damp staining and nibbles to edge, rolled, approx, 75cm x 220cm [L. Hawkey, 1911]; Handrawn map on linen, with scale and compass, showing mine burrows, Stennack Road and Trenwith Terrace, damp staining, rolled, approx, 65.5cm x 143cm, [L. Hawkey, 1911], '....Berriman Shaft, Transverse Section,' hand drawn, scale 1 inch = 30 feet or 5 fathoms, damp staining to edges, approx 56cm x 21cm on much larger thin linen, rolled, [L. Hawkey, 1911]; With the same for 'Old Sump Shaft' and 'Victory Shaft'; Hand drawn survey both transverse and longitudinal sections for 'East Virgin Shaft and Sump Shaft', on linen with damp staining to edge, rolled, approx 68cm x 100cm, [L. Hawkey, 1911]; 'St Ives. Ordnance Map to show Leases and accompany Report of October 8th 1907,' tears and nibble to edges, rolled, approx 88cm x 109cm. (8)Surveyed by Hawkey during the reopening of the mine, by the German-owned 'British Radium Company' for the extraction of uranium (and radium). A fascinating survivor of subterranean St. Ives. From the estate of Ron Hooper, M.V.O., A.C.S.M., F.I.M.M.Born in St.Agnes, he graduated from Camborne School of Mines. After a short career mining in the Gold Coast of Ghana he joined the Camborne School of Mines, eventually becoming Senior Lecturer in Surveying. At the same time, he acted as an independent mining engineer and was appointed mineral agent for several Cornish estates including the Duchy of Cornwall, Tregothnan, and the Godolphin Estate (amongst others).
MAPS: Darton & Harvey (publisher): 'London Westminster and Southwark shewing the various alterations...': 1804, copper engraved map with hand colouring, 46 x 58cm, vertical centre fold, light toning and creasing, a few short tears and chips to margins: together with 'Cary's Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland, containing the whole of the Turnpike Road, the principal rivers & the course of the different navigable canals..', printed by J Cary, 1805: folding map laid on linen, slipcase with printed label, a little rubbed and marked: with another 19thc folding map. (3)
England & Wales. Walker (J & C), England & Wales founded upon the Grand Trigonometrical Survey, Shewing all the Mail Coach, Turnpike & Rail Roads, the Rivers & Navigable Canals, also the Boundaries & Divisions of Counties..., circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining and spotting, calligraphic title and table of explanation, 1300 x 1030 mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt slipcase with red morocco gilt label to the upper cover, some wear to extremities, together with another copy similar (dated 1845) with some offsetting from the calligraphic title, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase, with Wyld (James. successor to Mr Faden). A New Map of England & Wales Projected upon the Trigonometrical Operations made for the General Survey of the Kingdom, January 1st 1836, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, table of the 'Altitudes of the Principal Mountains', and table of explanation, slight offsetting, edged in green silk, advertisement endpapers, 1250 x 950 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, plus Mogg (Edward). Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland with the adjacent parts of the Continent from Amsterdam to Paris and Brest..., January 1st 1834, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, with an additional title above the map 'Mogg's Map of Steam Navigation', inset map of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, table of reference and compass rose, very slight staining, 770 x 610 mm, advertisement endpapers, contained in a contemporary blue card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed at extremities, and Sayer (Robert). An Accurate Modern Map of England and Wales, drawn from the latest Surveys, Corrected & Improved by the Best Authorities, circa 1775, an engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and dust soiling, slight wear where old folds cross, 480 x 405 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a near-contemporary manuscript ownership signature to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, with Wyld (James). Wyld's Road Director through England and Wales being a New and Comprehensive Display of the Roads and Distances from Town to Town and of each Remarkable Place from London, 1851, lithographic folding map with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, slight offsetting, bound in contemporary cloth boards with publisher's label to the upper cover, some wear to extremitiesQTY: (6)
A miscellaneous collection of books and maps to include James Riddell, 'The Ski Runs of Switzerland', Arnold Lunn, 'The Complete Ski-Runner', Charles Gos, 'Alpine Tragedy', Raymond Flower, 'The Story of Skiing and other Winter Sports', together with ten folding maps to include Bacon's County Map of Devonshire, and a Geographia Road Map of South Devon (14)
A collection of books on Topography, Royalty, Art etc, together with printed ephemera to include theatre programmes and maps, to include an Ordnance Survey map of Northwich and Macclesfield, a W. H. Smith and Sons, 'Map of Environs of London', a Bartholomew's map of 'Cheshire', 'The Contour Road Book of England, Northern Edition' and others
1960 Greeves Scottish Registration Number: YYW 476 Frame number 1791 Engine Number 2225H291F1329 The name Greeves is famous for competition machines in the 60s and 70s. The company was founded by Bert Greeves, producing a range of road and later competition bikes. Their trademark was cast beam downtube and rubber-in-torsion leading link forks, proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycles from the humble commuter to clubmans road racer, but it was the firm's off road products which really put Greeves on the map. The off-road range was extensively revised for 1958, gaining new frames with increased ground clearance, together with a narrower rear subframe and swinging arm. This 1960 model, fitted with the famous Villiers starmaker engine, has been with our vendor for over 20 years, and is described as in good running condition. Road registered, with current V5c, this would make the ideal motorcycle for classic trials events.
From the 'DJH Ford Collection', an original, unused/uninstalled factory bench-tested RS500 engine; 'automotive art' or as a spare, either way it's magnificent. The Sierra RS Cosworth might have been the first Ford to be honoured with the Cosworth name, but the relationship between the two companies dates back to the 1960s when the American car producer funded the development of a 3-litre V8 engine for Lotus' F1 car. The resulting V8, known as the DFV, then went on to be a dominant engine in Formula 1 for over a decade, winning 155 Grand Prix.Despite reigning supreme on track and in rallying throughout the decade, by the end of the 1970s, Ford’s motorsport dominance was on the wane. Even the once all-conquering Ford-Cosworth DFV Formula 1 was starting to lose out to more modern turbocharged units. This was painfully obvious when a Ford VIP contingent visited the 1983 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where a Touring Car race supported the main event and Ford bosses, Stuart Turner and Walter Hayes, were dismayed to witness a group of Capris being humbled by SD1s with Rover V8 power.The solution was again to be found with the engineers at Cosworth who had previously developed a four-cylinder engine for Ford's racing and rallying saloons in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Mk1 Escort RS1600, which replaced the Lotus-powered Twin Cam Escort, had a 1,600cc engine with a 16-valve head designed by Cosworth called the 'BDA'.The formula for the Sierra wasn’t dissimilar to that of the earlier homologation Escorts and Cosworth and the trusted cast iron block from Ford’s single-overhead cam, the T88 Pinto that was used in the Escort RS2000, was utilised to form the basis of this new engine. Code named 'YAA', Cosworth designed an aluminium head to suit the Pinto block with two belt-driven cams operating 16 valves; eight 35mm diameter inlet valves and eight 31mm exhaust. Compared with the basic Pinto, almost everything changed except for the cylinder block itself and the new head and valve gear were matched to a new steel crankshaft, rods, pistons, and sump, and hydraulic valve lifters were a given. A turbocharger was always part of the plan and a Garrett AiResearch T3 with an intercooler were selected boosting power to 201bhp at 6,000rpm and 205lb/ft at 4,500rpm, in road car spec.With a new facility to produce the production-ready version (now with the 'YB' prefix), the first prototype started test-bed work in Northampton in June 1984 although the first engines and test cars didn’t go to Weber-Marelli in Italy until September 1984 before subsequently being 'signed off' by mid-1985.First utilised in the 3-door Sierra RS Cosworth of 1986 - introduced for homologation to allow Ford to go 'Group A' Touring Car racing - the new production 1,993cc YBB engine proved to be legendary, both on road and track. When the ruling allowed for an 'evolution' upgraded model to compete, spawning the RS500 Cosworth, the YB engine stepped-up too, the grateful recipient of further development.To cope with the requisite extra horsepower required, the original YBB motor was switched to an uprated 'YBD' unit which featured a reinforced block (still cast-iron) with thicker walls (note, there are two main types of YB block - known as the 205 and the 200, the latter is a thicker-wall design and was found in 4 x 4 versions, such as the Escort and 1990 Sapphire; the RS500 block was also a thick-wall design but stamped 205, recognisable by its smaller core plugs). Other differences included a bigger Garrett AiResearch T04 turbo plus a larger air-to-air intercooler, pressurised oil-cooled pistons, uprated oil, water and fuel pumps and beefier (orange) air hoses for the radiator and turbo, and a re-mapped ECU.Ford pushed the limit of the Homologation rules to the maximum for the RS500 and the road car featured components that weren’t at all functional but allowed legal modifications on the race cars. The RS500's Cosworth YB engine had an inactive secondary injection system fitted so, when activated on the race cars, their engines could swallow greater amounts of fuel and produce more power (with a different engine map and the second injectors squirting fuel, race RS500s made an 'easy' 485bhp and it didn’t take much more before the engine was putting out 525bhp).In addition, the YBD’s induction system was reconfigured with a bigger intake plenum which, along with a new secondary fuel rail, required one corner of the battery tray be cut away for installation, and a slightly different thermostat housing and alternator bracket. On the road cars, the RS500's power rating went from 201bhp to 224bhp at an unchanged 6,000rpm. Peak torque was the same as the regular Sierra RS Cosworth: 204lb/ft at 4,500rpm.Although undoubtedly successful before, the Ford Sierra became really dominant when the RS500 took to the circuit, winning the 1988 DTM championship, the 1989 Spa 24 Hours, the 1988 and 1989 Bathurst 1,000km, the 1988 and 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship, the 1988 and 1989 Japanese Touring Car Championship and the 1990 British Touring Car Championship.The engine presented here is a Cosworth factory, bench-tested YBD unit, #YBD 0626, designed and built for an RS500 road car. Tested and signed off by Cosworth, confirmed by a tag, it's understood to be one of the very last YBD engines to leave the factory. We understand that it has always been complete (i.e. never as separate components), has never been apart, rebuilt nor ever installed into a car, being sat on its plinth since manufacture. All the factory elements appear to be present and correct, the stampings included, even down to the original FRAM oil filter!Meticulously kept - in pride of place even - alongside his two RS500 cars, it has been owned by our vendor for last 14 years. He sourced it from an ex-pat Ford aficionado living in Malta who had acquired it previously in the UK (some 6 years before). Rumour has it that only a handful of unused YBD engines still exist.For the serious collector or enthusiast, this 'jewel' of an engine is supplied with a bespoke glass display case and is now ready to be appreciated by its next custodian; what an opportunity.N.B. Please note this lot will be sold with a buyers premium of 20% plus VAT as per our usual memorabilia terms.Click here for more details and images
Quantity (13) of the c1965 special edition of the London Underground diagrammatic POCKET MAP, a paper version of the Garbutt design produced for distribution to arriving passengers at the British European Airways (BEA) West London Air Terminal in Cromwell Road with walking directions to Gloucester Road station. These copies have never been used and originated from LT stores. Excellent to mint condition, one or two may have minor storage marks. [13]
1906 POSTER MAP of the London United Electric Tramways 'showing connections with allied lines, Metropolitan District & Underground Railways of London'. Shows the company's lines plus authorised extensions, depôts, central power station etc as well as connecting LCC Tramways, Harrow Road Tramway and County of Middlesex Light Railways. Has a colour-coded index of the Underground and two panels listing lines, fares and distances. A most unusual survivor. Measures 40.5" x 30" (103cm x 76cm), mounted on card and in good condition, one short repair with archive tape. [1]
Two V.B. (Völkischer Beobachter) Strassenkarte (Road Maps), comprising map number 24 from the Osnabrück region and a map showing the whole of Deutschland, 1:200.000 scale; together with a copy of DDAC Durchfahrtsplane Fur 150 Deutsche Stadte, with several pull-out maps; and a small group of German booklets, comprising: 'Dienstvorschrift für die S.A. der N.S.D.A.P, Heft 2' (Issue 2, The S.A Economy and S.A Correspondence). In original linen bindings, dated 1932, comprising 207 pages with some illustrations; 'Wehrmacht Merkbuch 1945' (Soldier's pocket book); 'Kriegsflugzeuge' (Identification of German, Italian, British and American warplanes, 1943 edition); 'Kunst dem Volk' (Art of the Nation, 1942) together with a photographic postcard of Goering, a DAF membership book and twelve further re-print German Third Reich photographs.
After John Ogilby (1600-1676), THE ROAD FROM WELSHPOOL COM MONTGOMERY TO CARNARVON IN NORTH WALES, a strip road map on paper, second edition, later hand coloured, visible plate mark, the plate 34cm x 42.5cm, framed and glazed, text from the first edition applied verso; with an Owen Bowen strip map on laid paper showing roads from Anglesey to North Wales and Chester, 18.5cm x 12cm, in double-sided glazed frame (2)
John Ogilby, Road from London to St Neots .. continued to Oakeham, 36x47cm; Emmanuel Bowen, Road from Hereford to Leicester, including a small map of Leicestershire; Emmanuel Bowen, The Road from London to Norwich, incorporating a small map of Rutlandshire; and a distances chart from Jacob Van Langeren, (4).
THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) - Set of Eight US Lobby Cards, 1969Bidding for this lot will end on Thursday 8th February. The auction will begin at 2:00PM GMT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. A full set of eight US Lobby Cards for the Michael Caine 1969 crime caper The Italian Job (1969). Each card shows a scene from the film with the heist road map of Turin drawn on the model's back; this image is derived from the American poster campaign. Rarely offered as a complete set as the more popular cards - Caine with Sir Noel Coward in prison, Caine reaching for the bullion, and the red, white and blue minis - are often removed and sold separately.(Each Lobby Card): 14" x 11" (36 x 28 cm)Additional Information: NSS #69/290Condition: Very GoodAll cards have some degree of handling wear with multiple pinholes in each corner. Some have tape residue.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 400VAT Status: MClick here for our Poster Auction Grading Guide
FOUR VARIOUS ENGRAVED MAPS, COMPRISING A ROBERT MORDEN OF OXFORDSHIRE AND ANOTHER OF WORCESTERSHIRE, A JOHN OGILBY COACHING MAP OF THE ROAD FROM OXFORD TO SALISBURY CONTINUED TO POOLE, AND ANOTHER SMALLER OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, SIZES VARY, TOGETHER WITH A JOHN SPEEDE MAP OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND A CHART OF THE WORLD DATED 1801 (THE LAST TWO UNMOUNTED AND UNFRAMED. (6)
Roby (John). Traditions of Lancashire, 4 volumes, 2nd series, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 - 31, additional decorative etched titles to volumes 1 & 2, 22 engraved and etched plates with skilful later hand-colouring, several marginal closed tears and slight spotting, title page to volume one with long repaired closed tear, contemporary gilt tree calf, re-backed with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, 8vo, together with [Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Surrey, 1st edition, 1821, additional decorative engraved title, folding map of Surrey, 46 engraved plates and a folding lithographic plan of Guildford, slight spotting, later half calf gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, plus Hutton (W.). A Trip to Coatham, A Watering Place in the North Extremity of Yorkshire, John Nichols and Son and others, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, preface, folding engraved map of Cleveland with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, some spotting and offsetting, near-contemporary manuscript annotations to the recto and verso of the third front blank, 19th century half calf gilt, worn and rubbed, 8vo, plus Armitage (Ella S.). A Key to English Antiquities with Special Reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District, published Sheffield by William Townsend, 1897, photolithographic frontispiece, numerous wood engravings throughout, contemporary ownership signature to the front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, 8vo, and Moffatt (Rev. J. M. of Malmesbury). The History of the Town of Malmesbury and its Ancient Abbet, published in Tetbury and printed by J. G. Goodwyn, 1805, additional half-title with later manuscript ownership signatures, engraved topographical frontispiece, list of subscribers, three engraved plates and a folding table, appendix and errata bound at rear, page 229 torn with slight loss, joints cracked, contemporary half calf, heavily worn, bumped and frayed, 8vo, with Warner (Revd. Richard of Bath). A Walk through Wales in August 1797, printed in Bath by R. Cruttwell and Sold by C. Dilly, London, 1798, uncoloured sepia aquatint frontispiece, an advertisement with errata printed to verso, wood-engraved road maps as chapter headings, itinerary at rear, later ownership signature to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked and worn with upper board near detached, contemporary half sheep with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, worn and frayed, 8voQTY: (9)
C Smith, 'A New Map of England and Wales, comprehending the whole of the Turnpike roads with the great rivers and navigable canals'. Originally printed 1804 second edition corrected to 1808 (58x47cm approx), together with Thomas Kitchen, a 'New Map of Shropshire'(25.5x20.5cm approx). And a strip road map of Ludlow and Shrewsbury in the Deanery of Chester pages 145 and 146 double sided (19x12cm approx). Together with Thomas Kitchen, 'Africa', original uncoloured map engraved by G Terry for John Harrison, dated 1787. 34x39cm approx. Framed. Together with a 19th century map of Sweden and Norway engraved by S Hall. 25x19cm approx. Framed and glazed. (5) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Local Interest. Auctioneers: Messrs. T. Neale & Son, Nottingham. Wollaton Park, Particulars and Condition of Sale, 3rd & 4th November, 1925, [16]pp, b/w plate of the house, large format map of the freehold estate by T. Wallis Gordon, 81 x 209.5cm, folding Plans 1-3 loosely-inserted in recto sleeve, original wrappers, folio (34.5 x 21cm), with Auctioneers: Messrs. Thurgood, Martin & Eve, London. Part III: Portions of the Estates of The Right Honourable Lord Middleton. The Wollaton Estate, 2 parts, 23rd & 24th March, 1925, split, folding Plans 7-10 loosely-inserted in recto sleeve, original wrappers, tatty and soiled, fragmentary recto cover, folio (41 x 25cm), Auctioneers: Hallam, Brackett & Co., Nos. 7-13 Long Row, Nottingham, including the famous Black Boy Hotel and four shops, 25th January, 1961, folding plan, original wrappers, upper-cover with tipped-on b/w illustration, oblong 4to, a b/w photograph of Hucknall Road/Perry Road, n.d. [c. 1930], 22.5 x 29.5cm, mounted, etc
John Overton (1640-1713) - A new mpp (sic) of ye Rodes of England, Showing the Townes (sic) you pass through with the reputed distance between Town & Town; road map, [London]: Printed & Sold by John Overton at the White Horse Against S:e Sepulchers Church, n.d. [c.1685], etching and engraving, 52 x 46cm, with five unassociated letterpress distance charts/tables, (6)
William Kip (act. 1588-1635) after John Norden (1546-1625) - Hertfordshire, double-page county map, numbered 16 within the plate, s.l., n.d. [first-half 17th c], 29 x 36cm, Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) - Anatolia, s.l. [Paris?], n.d. [17th c], engraving, some contemporary hand-colouring, 19.5 x 25cm, an Owen & Bowen road map, c. 1720, and an 18th c French map of ancient Greece, (4) Good condition. Unexamined out of frames.
A GROUP OF THREE MAPS INCLUDING: A John Speede map of Glamorganshyre (sic), published John Sudbury and George Humbell, framed and glazed, 49cm x 55cm overall; Together with two strip maps by John Ogilby of the Road from St. Davids to Holywell and Carmarthen to Aberistwith (sic), 40.5cm x 50.5cm and 38cm x 49.5cm overall
Original vintage Road map of the Cape Peninsula, Malmesbury, Paarl & Gordons Bay Districts. Drawn by A.I Bannerman from the best available sources of information. Presented by the Vacuum oil company of South Africa Limited. Adverts for Pegasus motor spirit and Mobiloil. Fair condition, tears, creasing. Vacuum Oil Company was an American oil company known for its Gargoyle 600-W Steam Cylinder Oil. Vacuum Oil merged with the Standard Oil Co of New York, commonly known as Socony Oil to form Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, and is now a part of ExxonMobil. County: South Africa, year of printing:1920s, designer: A I Bannerman, size (cm): 70x49. Poor condition,tears and loss on margins.
Original vintage sport poster for a golfing event at the Island Club in Singapore: "Exhibition Golf Match Island Club 6 1/2 Mile Thomson Road 3pm Saturday 29th January. Von Nida will play an 18 hole Exhibition Match with Jack Hodgkinson (Island Club Singapore) followed by a short demonstration of various golf shots." Great design in blue and white featuring the notable Australian golfer Norman Von Nida (Norman Guy Von Nida; 1914-2007) in a swing stance with his club raised ready to strike a golf ball with a kangaroo on the left and a map of Australia in the background, the text below in stylised blue and red letters. The Golf Club was opened in Singapore in 1891 (now the Singapore Island Country Club); Jack Hodgkinson joined the Club in 1937 and retired as Club Secretary in 1959. Good condition, staining, creases and folds in margins. Country:Singapore. Year:1949. Designer:Theo. Size (cm):56x38
John Speede, 'Breknoke', an original later coloured map, Framed and glazed, together with John Bleau, 'Glamorganensis', sparsely coloured and double sided glazed frame, together with a strip road map 'Margam and Cowbridge to Haverfordwest' and a later map of South Wales. (4) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Topography, Derby & Derbyshire – Keys (John), ed. Gadd (George Frederick), Sketches of Old Derby & Neighbourhood, Derby & London, Bemrose & Sons, 1895 4to 203pp 2 plates and a folding map of the town after John Speed (1610), likewise a foldout re-drawn east prospect of Derby by Bemrose 1863 after S & N Buck, 50 engravings by Orlando Jewitt and P(ercy) C(urrey) also engraved elevation of the 1841 Guildhall after Henry Duesbury facing p. 186, inscribed ‘Mrs Ward from J & F. H. Ward, Aug. 29th 1895’, original boards, green boards and printed paper outer cover; Robinson (J. B.), Derbyshire Gatherings, A Fund of Delight for the Antiquary, the Topographer, the Biographer and the General Reader, Derby, Bemrose & London, J. R. Smith, 1866, large 4to, 106 pp, numerous slightly gauche but charming engravings by the author, bound original Gothic gilt bevelled & embossed boards (2) ** Joseph Barlow Robinson (1821-1883) was a sculptor of national standing with his workshop on Derwent Street, Derby and home in Uttoxeter New Road there. After a family apprenticeship he worked extensively on the Palace of Westminster, and later locally, notably with architect Henry Isaac Stevens, carrying out country house and church commissions throughout the Midlands and beyond
Small range of early 20th Century foldout Ordnance Survey / Road maps to include; Ordnance Survey Contoured Map of Bournemouth and Swanage, Ordnance Survey England & Wales – Sheet 106 [Forster Groom & Co Ltd], Ordnance Survey Tourist Map New Forest, Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Truro, Cycling & County Maps – 2” Salisbury Plain [Forster Groom & Co Ltd], Touring Atlas of the British Isles – Specially Prepared for Cyclists, Motorists & Travellers [Ward, Lock & Co, London, 1909] & Phillips’ Cyclists Map of North Wales [The London Geographical Institute]. (7)
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[MISCELLANEOUS] Eighteen assorted works, in nineteen volumes, including Mothersole, Jessie. The Isles of Scilly, reprint, Religious Tract Society, London, 1919, original blue cloth, twenty-six colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), map, square octavo; Powell, Commander J.W. Damer. Bristol Privateers and Ships of War, first edition, Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1930, original crimson cloth, plate illustrations, quarto (front free endpaper with hole to centre); and Malet, Captain. Annals of the Road, or Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1876, original pictorial crimson cloth gilt (rebacked), ten colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece) and three woodcuts (all as called for), octavo.
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