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Click here to subscribeA collection of assorted 20th century WWI, WWII and later military items, to include; a ' Screaming Eagle ' Airborne uniform patch (age unknown), a Royal Air Force RAF Athletics award plaque (1930), a forage cap, V Commando uniform patch, a silver plated topped swagger stick, various cloth cap badges, a de-mob booklet ' For Your Guidance ' and other items. An interesting collection.
A Rare Watson Pond Dipping Walking Stick, English, c.1880, unsigned but attributed to Watson & Sons, cane with bent horn handle, white metal collar, bamboo shaft, bamboo extending internal pole with screw body to fit accessories which include a spoon, a net holder, a bottle holder and a hook, cane length (closed) 94cmImages from a 1919 Watson Catalogue added. Catalogue not included with this lot
Collection of 20th-century novels, including crime & detective fiction, many with dust-jackets in varying states, comprising: Morgyn the Mighty, Thomson & Leng [1951]; Var the Stick, Piers Anthony, 1972; Jelly Baby, Catherine Dupre, 1968; Superintendent Wilson's Holiday, G. & M. Cole, 1928; The Mask of Dimitrios, Eric Ambler, reprinted 1944; Cause for Alarm, Eric Ambler, 1949; The Revived Cynic's Calendar, 1917; The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1939; The Poison Belt, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1941; The Daffodil Mystery, Edgar Wallace, no date; The Green Ribbon, Edgar Wallace, no date; The Green Pack, Edgar Wallace, no date; Thrilling Flights, Captain W. E. Johns, John Hamilton Ltd., no date; Biggles and the Black Peril, Captain W. E. Johns, Dean & Son, no date; The Hound of Death, Agatha Christie, 1933; Dumb Witness, Agatha Christie, Book Club, no date; The Judas Factor, Ted Allbeury, 1984; Reflex, Dick Francis, 1980; Whip Hand, Dick Francis, 1979; The Tormentors, George Bellairs, 1962; Death in Dark Glasses, George Bellairs, no date; The Man Next Door, M. G. Eberhart, 1951; The Case of the Missing Master, Stephen Mogridge, 1961; A Cockney on Main Street, Herbet Hodge, July 1945; The Seventh Chasm, Oliver Gard, 1954; Jaws, Peter Benchley, no date; Murder at Little Malling, Roland Daniel, 1946; Vengeance of Gwa, S. Fowler Wright, 1945; Behind the Ranges, Robert Harding, no date; The Long Ride, James McKimmey, 1963; 100 Fathoms Under, John Blaine, 1947. Condition varied (30)
George Formby (1904-1921). Archive of approx. 200-300 original assignment letters addressed to George Formby, song contracts, 1930s/40s, including some his most famous songs (The Window Cleaner; The Emperor of Lancashire; On the Beat; The Ukulele Man; The Blue Eyed Blonde Next Door; Going Down the Hole for the Coal; Imagine Me on the Maginot Line, and others), housed in binder. To include a carbon copy of an amusing letter from George, addressed to Gifford and Cliffe, 12 July 1936, signed 'GF' in blue ink, 'Dear lads, Very many thanks for your song but I am very sorry to have to send it back to you as it is really too blue, you are getting too much on the sex stuff, try and clean it up a bit and send it along again, alas you will have to clean up "With me little stick of Blackpool rock" for I can't work it in the state it is in, the Records have refused to do it as it is, so you had better get busy making them cleaner. You couple of muckey buggers, all the best wishes, Yours Faithfully'
A 9ct gold garnet set contemporary dress ring, the three circular cut stones in gypsy mounts, ring size Z, together with a yellow metal paste set eternity ring, ring size O, a 15ct gold and diamond chip stick pin, an early 20th Century turquoise, seed pearl and paste set bug tie pin, a pair of marbled glass and gilt metal cufflinks and two other items (8)
A late 19th/early 20th century South African gentleman's 22ct gold-mounted gold quartz, marine ivory and ebony walking stick, the crook-shaped handle inset with a gold quartz specimen within a chased mount, the collar inscribed Jameson within an open scroll, branch-effect shaft, brass tip, 90cm long, c. 1900Provenance: By repute the property of Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, KCMG, CB, PC (1853-1917), the Scottish colonial politician best known for his involvement in the eponymous Jameson Raid and being the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If'; by direct family descent until purchased by the current vendor.
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