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MECCANO; an Outfit No.10 in original wooden three drawer case with Special Models booklets, also a smaller group of components and tools in branded plastic case.Additional InformationAppears complete, components of lower two drawers appear unused, top drawer with general play wear and areas of surface oxidisation as well as loss to silvered finish, case with general wear including scuffs and marks, includes additional parts to what was usually included in these sets.
The WWII and Malaya Distinguished Flying Medal group and extensive archive of 1522919 Flight Sergeant and Master Navigator Eric Parker, Royal Air Force. Flight Sergeant Parker performed navigational duties in Bomber Command, Far East Air Force and Transport Command on Lancaster, Lincoln, B29, Canberra, York, Dakota and Beverley aircraft with 'Exemplary' conduct detailed in three log books with entries from 1943 to 1963 and numerous Confidential RAF Flight Plans for the Western Theatre of WWII comprising Chemnitz, Dortmund (x2), Pforzheim, Duisberg, Mannheim, Cologne, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Misburg, Nuremburg, Hamburg, Nordhausen, Kiel Bay (x2), Plauen, Heligoland, Bremen, Le Hague (with map detailing route) and Valkenburg with further untitled; Parker completed over 30 bombing operations over Germany and in 1945 took part in Operation Manna/Chowhound dropping food supplies to the starving people of Holland.The medal group comprises in full the Distinguished Flying Medal, WWII War and Defence Medals, France and Germany and 1939-1945 Stars (latter with 'Bomber Command' clasp), and Elizabeth II General Service Medal with 'Malaya' clasp and Elizabeth II RAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (DFM rank F/Sgt, GSM rank F/Sgt, RAF LSGC M.Nav), all on original ribbons ; also present is the Malaysian Pingat Jasa Medal and Miniature and three 1985 Dutch medals commemorating Operation Manna/Chowhound.The archive includes the aforementioned Log Books and Flight Plans, RAF Certificate of Service, DFM Warrant certificate dated 1958, DFM letter of issue from Buckingham Palace with printed King George VI signature, navigational tools (two in pouch with military issue 'broad arrow' stamp), numerous photographs featuring Parker individually, with crew mates and wider RAF personnel, newspaper articles relating to his service, further RAF certificates and Royal Visit booklets, two dress ties and a CD recording of Parker's interview with the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archives. Additional InformationThe exact naming on the DFM is 1522919 F/SGT. E. PARKER RAF; this is the original medal which was kept by F. Sgt Parker throughout his life and comes to market directly from his estate.
Deactivated DWM PO8 Luger, serial number 2771, dated 1937 with Waffenamt stamp to receiver, with spare magazine also Waffenamt marked, two loading tools and nineteen rounds of ammunition, deactivated to the latest standards in 2020, with certificate and earlier deactivation certificate.No licence required to buy this item, purchaser must be over the age of 18.
Williams and Powell Liverpool double 12 bore pinfire rotary underlever shotgun, the 30 inch Damascus barrels numbered 5069, engraved Williams and Powell 25 South Castle St. Liverpool, profusely engraved receiver and back actions mounted into a dark figured chequered stock with vacant silver escutcheon, the trigger guard tang also engraved with the gun's serial number. The gun is fitted into a period case (possibly not original to the gun) containing fourteen reloading and cleaning tools mounted in the French style, some stamped James Dixon and Sons as well as others by G. & J.W. Hawksley as well as various cleaning jags.Section 58(2) Antique /obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence.30 inch barrels.
A set of Regency steel and brass mounted fire tools, circa 1820, in Orientalist taste, comprising shovel, poker and tongs, the handles cast with floral diapering, beading and knops modelled as stylised turbans, the pierced tulip form shovel approximately 75cm longCondition Report: There is some minor tarnishing to the tools particularly the ends, and there is white residue, probably polish, to the recesses of the handles. Otherwise, aside from the usual minor marks, knocks and scratches overall commensurate with age and use, these tools are in perfectly presentable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Six hallmarked silver mounted dressing table bottles, including one Victorian, two further hallmarked silver lids, two white metal topped peppers, two hallmarked silver mounted cut glass knife rests, three hallmarked silver handled tools, hallmarked silver collar, two further cut glass items with silver plated mounts and a shoe horn, height of tallest item 14.5cm
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd mahogany cased twelve place setting part hallmarked silver canteen of rat tail pattern cutlery comprising 7 dessert spoons, 12 soup spoons, 6 table spoons, 6 cake forks, 2 sauce ladles, 4 jam spoons, 9 dessert forks, 11 dinner forks, 7 tea spoons and six pickle forks, most London 1938 but some other dates and makers, weight of silver 2983g, also in the canteen are various knives, silver plated fish and dessert set in the middle drawer and carving tools, width of canteen 56cm
A large quantity of collectibles including a wide variety of seeds, natural specimens including fungus, raw rubber, sea urchins and stone tools, with annotations eg early Paleolithic from mountain near Thebes, Egyptian Shabti, quartz containing gold, coral, bottle containing possible coffee beans, a piece of wood with script relating to a house near Bernsford / Izaac Walton 1817 etc
[Earle, John]. Micro-cosmographie. Or, A Piece of the World Characteriz'd; in Essayes and Characters, London: by W. Bentley for William Shears, 1650, pp. [12] 131 [1], A1=blank but for signature mark 'A' (not mentioned in ESTC), also with contemporary ownership inscription ('Liber Robert ?Ashbury') heavily deleted but retaining date 1667, front free endpaper excised, spill-burn to F3 fore margin just touching a letter verso, contemporary mottled calf, sides gilt with twin fillet outer frames, floral cornerpieces, quatrefoil centrepieces incorporating the same floral tools, neat restoration to spine-ends and joints, 12mo (12.6 x 6.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) William Bradley, Brasenose College, Oxford (19th-century ownership inscription 'W. Bradley, Coll. Aen Nasi, Oxon' to front pastedown); 2) Charles H. Bayley (bookplate; ownership inscription to title-page); 3) Christopher Rowe (d.2015), acquired from Ken Spelman in 2007 (bookplate; pencilled note), his sale, Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 14 December 2016, lot 425; 4) John Lawson (1932-2019); 5) By descent. ESTC R35032 (six copies); Wing E90. First published in 1628.
Brassington (W. Salt). A History of the Art of Bookbinding, with some account of the Book of the Ancients, 1894, colour frontispiece and plates, monochrome plates & illustrations, modern cloth, with dampstain, 4to, contained in purpose-made book-box, together with: Mitchell (John) , The Craftsman's Guide Series. An introduction to Gold Finishing, 1st edition, Five Oaks, Sussex: Standing Press Ltd., 1995, monochrome illustrations, author's signature at head of title-page and his inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth with pictorial upper board, small folio, Crane (W.J.E.) , Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being descriptions of the various tools and appliances required and minute instructions for their effective use, London: L. Upcott Gill, [1900?], wood engraved illustrations, upper hinge split, original cloth, blocked decoration in gilt & black, 8vo, Lindsay (Jen) , Fine Bookbinding a Technical Guide, 1st edition, London: The British Library; Newcastle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 2009, monochrome illustrations, title inscribed by the author, original printed stiff wrappers, 4to, Cockerell (Douglas) , Some Notes on Bookbinding, Oxford University Press, 1929, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, near contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo, and other bookbinding related referenceQty: (a carton)
* Decorative finishing tools. 24 decorative brass finishing tools, mostly centre & few corner tools mostly of traditional design (includes two pairs), four with makers mark of Morris & Co., all with wooden handles, together with five interchangeable fillet wheels (various), with fillet wheel handle and 4 inch type holderQty: (a small carton)
* Handle letters. 10 sets of brass serif font handle letters, majority with wooden handles, various sizes (between approximately 3 mm - 20 mm letter height), none checked for completion, together with a set of 46 mm height number tools, mostly contained in wooden boxes, plus some in tinsQty: (a carton)
Trade Catalogues. Eight trade catalogues for machines, tools & engineering, late 19th/early 20th c., including: 1. Description and Illustrations of the Boilers, Engines and Machinery constructed by Galloways Limited Manchester 1894, wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, few finger marks, lower free-endpaper torn with loss, original cloth, slightly marked, oblong 16mo in 8s, 2. The Glengarnock Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Manufacturers of Siemens acid open-hearth and Bessemer-acid steel; Siemens basic and Bessemer-basic steel; hematite, basic and foundry pig iron, circa 1900, monochrome frontispiece, diagrams to text, original cloth, vertical crease to upper board, extremities rubbed, oblong 8vo, 3. George Pike Limited, Engineers and Manufacturers of Tools and Plant, Birmingham, circa 1935, monochrome illustrations, original printed boards with cloth spine (frayed & torn at head & foot), ink date 1935 written to upper outer corner of upper board, slim 4to, 4. National Gas Engines, Wellington Works, Ashton-Under-Lyne, November, 1920, monochrome illustrations, original printed stiff wrappers side tied as issued, outer half of rear cover cut away and discarded, label to both front & rear covers, oblong folio, 5. Farmer, Stedall & Co, Engineers' Equipment and Stedall-Dowding Machine Tool Co. Machine & Hand Tools, St. John Street London EC1, circa 1920, monochrome and wood engraved illustrations, lacking title, few leaves and rear loosening, original cloth, spine torn at head, extremities frayed, 4to, and three others similarQty: (8)

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